Chapter Summaries

Fairy Ice Butterfly recruited Lin Chang'an, the Glazed Saintess, Wild Crane Wanderer, and Evil Blade Patriarch to plan an attack on a Thousand Mechanism Sect puppet master whose Frost Crystal Core could aid her cultivation. Lin Chang'an and the Glazed Saintess also traded assistance and resources, while rumors about his ties to powerful female cultivators continued to spread, leaving him unaware of how badly his reputation had grown.

• Evil Blade Patriarch and Wild Crane Wanderer bickered at the frontline outpost before Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly arrived with the Glazed Saintess.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly explained that she wanted the Frost Crystal Core of a Frost Centipede puppet master, and the group agreed to attack the target and strike her battle line.
• Lin Chang'an and the Glazed Saintess left together to cultivate and exchange information, prompting Wild Crane Wanderer and Evil Blade Patriarch to speculate about Lin Chang'an's relationships with powerful female cultivators.
• The Glazed Saintess helped Lin Chang'an refine a demon core crystal with his Sun Essence Fire and offered to help him obtain the essence soul of a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank fierce beast in exchange for its Demon Core Blood Crystal.
• The Glazed Saintess warned Lin Chang'an that rumors claimed he was pursuing Peacock Princess's resources, but he had not realized how widespread the rumors had become.

Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly ambushed a Blood Demon Sect puppet master, won a battlefield victory, and returned to Blazing Snow City. Meanwhile, True Lord Qingxu secretly negotiated with the Blood Demon Sect and devised a new scheme to obtain what he needed for his path to Void Refinement.

• Lin Chang'an used the Wind-Spirit Wings and his Formation Diagram to trap a Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation puppet master while the Glazed Saintess and his allies held off her rescuers.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly struck the puppet master's escaping Primordial Spirit with Ice Arrows, forcing the Blood Demon Sect to retreat and giving the North Cold Alliance victory.
• Lin Chang'an and his allies divided the spoils, and Fairy Ice Butterfly returned to Blazing Snow City to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Jin Feng asked Lin Chang'an to accompany her to meet Qing about an Ancient Cultivator Cave Ruins, but Lin Chang'an proposed hunting a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute greater demon instead.
• True Lord Qingxu refused to provide intelligence to a Blood Demon Sect contact, demanded secret arts and materials, and considered Lin Chang'an too risky to capture.
• True Lord Qingxu decided to lure a demon known to Lin Chang'an and ordered his disciple to help carry out the plan.

During the war, Lin Chang'an continued seeking a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute beast essence to improve the Wind-Spirit Wings, while Fairy Ice Butterfly advanced to Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation. Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng realized True Lord Qingxu had lured them toward a Secret Realm as part of a scheme to capture Jin Feng, and they planned to strike first.

• Fairy Ice Butterfly advanced to Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation, and Lin Chang'an discussed the worsening war and his continued search for a suitable Wind-Attribute beast essence.
• True Lord Qingxu offered Lin Chang'an information about a wounded Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast in exchange for help removing a Restriction from a Secret Realm.
• Lin Chang'an noticed that Shangguan Bai's soul had changed and suspected True Lord Qingxu had refined his disciple into a Puppet.
• Jin Feng learned of the Secret Realm opportunity and told Lin Chang'an that True Lord Qingxu had also invited her, leading them to suspect he was targeting her.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng planned to attack Shangguan Bai before entering the Secret Realm and seize his Split Soul to discover True Lord Qingxu's intentions.
• True Lord Qingxu revealed that he intended to capture Jin Feng and use her to overcome his bottleneck, while Shangguan Bai's original soul remained imprisoned in his cave residence.

Lin Chang'an helped True Lord Qingxu open a restricted wooden box while Jin Feng baited Qingxu's plotters into an ambush. After Lin Chang'an devoured Qingxu's Split Soul and learned of his path to Void Refinement, Qingxu began silencing witnesses, while Lin Chang'an resolved to use the secret to extract benefits from him.

• Lin Chang'an examined the wooden box's Fifth-Rank Restrictions at the outpost while Fairy Ice Butterfly guarded him and True Lord Qingxu watched.
• Jin Feng met Shangguan Bai and two other Spirit Transformation Cultivators at a hidden Secret Realm, then attacked Shangguan Bai and trapped him with the Six Harmonies Golden Light Mirror.
• Jin Feng's Golden Light Divine Flame wounded Shangguan Bai, and her Gold Essence Divine Thunder revealed that his fleeing Primordial Spirit was a Split Soul of True Lord Qingxu.
• Lin Chang'an emerged from the Fire Lotus, restrained and devoured Qingxu's Split Soul, and learned that Qingxu had devised a path to Void Refinement through the Blood Demon Sect's inherited techniques.
• Jin Feng and the Sword Servant escaped while Qingxu rushed to the valley and killed the remaining cultivators, believing they might expose his secret.
• Lin Chang'an stayed at the outpost and decided to hold Qingxu's secret over him, while Qingxu found a Jade Talisman carrying Lin Chang'an's threat and vowed not to let the matter end.

Lin Chang'an obtained the Blood Demon Sect techniques and learned the drawbacks of True Lord Qingxu’s method for reaching Void Refinement, then began planning his own version using Blood Fiend Pills and a Soul-Refining Banner. He intended to stay hidden, secure the Wind-Spirit Wings, and steer True Lord Qingxu into helping him hunt the Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast.

• True Lord Qingxu returned from the Cave Ruins without Shangguan Bai and concluded that a veteran Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator had orchestrated the trap to steal his path to Void Refinement.
• Lin Chang'an finished breaking the Restriction, copied the Blood Demon Sect arts from the wooden box, and accepted the location of a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast as payment.
• Lin Chang'an met Jin Feng and examined Shangguan Bai's body and spoils, while Red-Clothed explained that the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Pills could grant only a dangerous Pseudo-Void Refinement breakthrough.
• Lin Chang'an devised a plan to use a Blood Fiend Pill as the core of a modified Soul-Refining Banner, relying on the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine to stabilize it.
• Lin Chang'an decided to avoid risks for now, keep Jin Feng concealed, and pursue the Wind-Spirit Wings before cultivating further.
• Lin Chang'an began searching for talented Fire Attribute cultivators and planned to keep his identity hidden while drawing True Lord Qingxu into helping him hunt the Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast.

Lin Chang'an extorted True Lord Qingxu for Blood Fiend Pill materials, then continued advancing amid the spreading war on North Cold Continent. The chapter ended with Evil Blade Patriarch returning gravely wounded after a disciple betrayed him, leaving Lin Chang'an and Blazing Snow City's allies to reckon with the betrayal.

• True Lord Qingxu silenced complaints in the Loose Cultivator Alliance, then negotiated with Lin Chang'an, who demanded a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Blood Demon Beast body and rare materials in exchange for keeping Qingxu's secrets.
• True Lord Qingxu reluctantly agreed to the demands and planned how to obtain the beast while continuing his pursuit of the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Pills.
• Lin Chang'an returned to his cave abode, where Jin Feng celebrated the materials for her breakthrough, and he considered the risks of hunting a Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast with Qingxu.
• Seven years later, True Lord Yunyi told Lin Chang'an that North Cold Continent's great powers were preparing a counterattack against Jade Jewel Continent and offered intelligence on the Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly summoned Lin Chang'an back to Blazing Snow City after Evil Blade Patriarch was badly wounded in an ambush and lost his Dharma Body.
• Old Devil Hehuan revealed that one of Evil Blade Patriarch's disciples had betrayed him to the Blood Demon Sect, and Lin Chang'an vowed to capture the disciple who defected.

Lin Chang'an learned secrets from the dying Evil Blade Patriarch and agreed to help protect his descendants and seek revenge on his traitorous disciple. True Lord Qingxu then proposed teaming up to hunt a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast, offering Lin Chang'an its essence soul.

• Lin Chang'an dismissed concerns about Evil Blade Patriarch's treatment of his disciples and discussed preparing a Five-Elements Blood Fiend Pill and banner with Jin Feng.
• Lin Chang'an gave Evil Blade Patriarch a medicinal pill and received the Evil Buddha Temple's inheritances and information about the Spirit Realm in return.
• Evil Blade Patriarch asked Lin Chang'an to help his descendants ascend with a Small Teleportation Token and to punish his traitorous disciple, and Lin Chang'an agreed to send word to the Lower Realm.
• True Lord Qingxu visited Blazing Snow City and proposed that Lin Chang'an help hunt a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute Blood Demon Beast, with Lin taking its essence soul and Qingxu its body.

Lin Chang'an joined Ice God Palace and other allies in an ambush that trapped and killed a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Two-Headed Blood Eagle, helping the North Cold Alliance launch a major offensive. After a brutal half-month battle, news that a spy had poisoned the Ice God Palace's Void Refinement Venerable left the war poised to escalate further.

• Lin Chang'an agreed to help Ice God Palace capture a Blood Demon Sect cultivator with an Ice-Crystal Spirit Body in exchange for sect support against the Blood Demon Beast.
• Five months later, Lin Chang'an, True Lord Qingxu, Fairy Ice Butterfly, the Glazed Saintess, and their allies prepared a coordinated ambush while the front-line armies pinned down the enemy.
• The Glazed Saintess immobilized the Two-Headed Blood Eagle, Fairy Ice Butterfly froze it, and Lin Chang'an trapped it in the Yin-Yang Five-Elements Diagram before the group killed it.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly emerged from the diagram to help the Glazed Saintess ambush a Blood Demon Sect cultivator, while the Blood Demon Sect army sounded a retreat.
• After the half-month battle, news spread that a spy had poisoned Ice God Palace's Void Refinement Venerable, provoking outrage among the North Cold Continent's leading powers.

Lin Chang'an completed the Wind-Spirit Wings, gaining extraordinary Wind Evasion speed, and learned that Sword Servant could use Lightning Evasion Technique with Red-Clothed’s help. After reflecting on the dangers surrounding the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine, he set out to fulfill his agreement with Ice God Palace and join its preparations for a counteroffensive.

• Ice God Palace concealed its fake Void Refinement Venerable by claiming she had been poisoned, planning to seize a Spirit Body and use it to deceive other Venerables.
• Lin Chang'an refined the Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Wind-Attribute demon’s spirit essence into the Wind-Spirit Wings and tested their speed, wind blades, and tornado.
• Red-Clothed revealed that Sword Servant had begun learning Lightning Evasion Technique, and Lin Chang'an praised her devotion while thinking about the need to grow stronger and leave the North Cold Continent.
• Lin Chang'an accepted Ice God Palace’s call to support its counterattack as a Formation Master and considered secretly using his Teleportation Array to raid the Jade Jewel Continent.
• Lin Chang'an set out with Sword Servant, using the Wind-Spirit Wings to lighten the Yin-Yang Five-Elements Diagram as the North Cold Continent’s major forces gathered for their counteroffensive.

Lin Chang'an helped Ice God Palace capture a Blood Demon Sect cultivator, earning the Great Elder’s favor before attending Ice God Palace’s grand Void Refinement Ceremony. The gathering became the cover for a secret counterattack against Jade Jewel Continent, and Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly departed with the vanguard.

• Lin Chang'an used his Wind-Spirit Wings and Dragon-Binding Rope to help Ice God Palace seal the Blood Demon Sect cultivator, then gave her ice treasure to Fairy Ice Butterfly.
• Ice God Palace’s Great Elder praised Lin Chang'an’s contribution, sent him a High-Grade Fifth-Rank material, and arranged for Yun Yi to invite him to the Void Refinement Ceremony.
• At the ceremony, the Void Refinement Venerables debated the poisoned cultivator, Jade Jewel Continent, the True Spirit Xiao Family, and the threat posed by Blood Demon Sect before agreeing to launch a counterattack.
• True Lord Yunyi told Lin Chang'an that the counterattack would begin in half a day and gave him a map marking Ice God Palace’s hidden Teleportation Arrays in Jade Jewel Continent.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly boarded a Warship with the elite vanguard and teleported toward Jade Jewel Continent as Ice God Palace strengthened its defenses around the array.

After ten years of repairing formations on the Jade Jewel Continent, Lin Chang'an returned to Blazing Snow City under the pretense of recovering from injuries. He prepared to secretly return to the continent disguised as a demonic bandit, intending to plunder resources and reclaim a debt from True Lord Qingxu.

• Lin Chang'an spent ten years repairing and advising on formations across the Jade Jewel Continent while the war between the continents ground to a stalemate.
• Lin Chang'an feigned serious injuries and returned to Blazing Snow City with Fairy Ice Butterfly to recuperate.
• Lin Chang'an planned to secretly return to the Jade Jewel Continent after preparing the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Banner and disguises for his group.
• Jin Feng and the Sword Servant disguised themselves as demonic cultivators, while the Green-Horned Ox stayed behind in Blazing Snow City.
• Lin Chang'an and the Sword Servant left Blazing Snow City to reclaim what the Loose Cultivator Alliance owed them.

Lin Chang'an traded with True Lord Qingxu, then traveled to the Jade Jewel Continent and stabilized the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Banner. He infiltrated the Ji Household ahead of Old Ancestor Ji’s birthday banquet and captured its newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivator, taking control of his body as the next step in a plan to seize the household.

• Lin Chang'an met True Lord Qingxu, collected the promised Blood Demon Beast bodies, and agreed to cooperate with him while both men concealed their suspicions.
• Lin Chang'an traveled to the Jade Jewel Continent and used a Late-Stage Fifth-Rank Blood Demon Beast to stabilize the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Banner.
• The Sword Servant reported that Old Ancestor Ji was nearing the end of his life and that the Ji Household would hold a birthday banquet before handing over his body to the Blood Demon Sect.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng entered the Ji Household as guests, while Lin Chang'an secretly mapped its formations and prepared to capture its newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Lin Chang'an disguised himself as the Spirit Turtle and seized the Ji Household cultivator when he arrived with a spiritual treasure.
• Lin Chang'an used the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Banner to trap the cultivator’s Primordial Spirit and took control of his body, intending to impersonate him and target Old Ancestor Ji.

Lin Chang'an ambushed the Ji Household's Old Ancestor, refined him and his grandson in the Blood Fiend Banner, then impersonated the Old Ancestor at his birthday banquet and trapped the gathered guests. He defeated the Spirit Transformation cultivators and let many survivors escape after they pledged loyalty, leaving him with secret agents across the continent.

• Lin Chang'an poisoned and bound the Ji Household's Old Ancestor, then killed him and captured his Primordial Spirit with the Five-Elements Blood Fiend Banner.
• Jin Feng searched the Old Ancestor's cave residence while Lin Chang'an began refining the Old Ancestor and his grandson, then prepared to ambush the birthday banquet guests.
• Lin Chang'an disguised himself as the Old Ancestor and arrived at the banquet, where he activated the Mountain Protection Formation and trapped the guests inside the Formation Diagram's world.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng fought the eight Spirit Transformation Cultivators, killing those who resisted and accepting the surrender of those who offered three-tenths of their Primordial Spirits.
• Some cultivators blasted open the barrier and escaped, while Lin Chang'an knowingly allowed many survivors to leave after they secretly swore loyalty to him.

After twenty years of war, Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng abandoned their exposed identity in the Jade Jewel Continent and returned to Blazing Snow City, where Fairy Ice Butterfly warned that the conflict could draw in Void Refinement Cultivators. Lin Chang'an planned to secure a way out by trading his accumulated military merits for an Upper-Grade Fifth-Rank Formation Dao inheritance and advancing his formation skills.

• True Lord Qingxu identified Lin Chang'an as the Lightning-Evasion Body Cultivator who had hunted Spirit Transformation Cultivators, then abandoned his plans against him to pursue Void Refinement instead.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng divided their spoils, dismantled their Teleportation Array, and left the Jade Jewel Continent after repeated encirclement attempts made it too dangerous to remain.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly gave Lin Chang'an resources for repairing Formation Arrays and described the war's stalemate, the arrival of Barbarian Race defectors, and unfamiliar Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Cultivators from other continents.
• Lin Chang'an and Fairy Ice Butterfly discussed preparing an escape from the war, and Lin Chang'an returned to his cave abode to repair the arrays and assess his skills and weapons.
• Lin Chang'an decided to trade his military merits for an Upper-Grade Fifth-Rank Formation Dao inheritance, conceal the transaction through a Puppet and Teleportation Array, and contact True Lord Yunyi.

Lin Chang'an obtained High-Grade Fifth-Rank formation inheritances from Ice God Palace and met a Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce envoy investigating Ascension Cultivators and the Lower Realm. The envoy left after questioning him about the Demon Sealing Abyss, the Spirit-Devouring Insect, and his unusual advancement, while the Chamber of Commerce continued investigating the insect aboard its treasure ship.

• Lin Chang'an received formation inheritances and insights from True Lord Yunyi, then learned that the Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce had arrived at Ice God Palace.
• True Lord Yunyi explained that the neutral Chamber of Commerce traded across continents but offered no transport services, instead selling spatial nodes to other regions.
• At Ice God Palace, a golden-armored envoy questioned Lin Chang'an and a Spirit Transformation Great Demon about the Lower Realm, the Demon Sealing Abyss, and the treasure sought by Upper Realm visitors.
• The envoy learned that Mingyue and Xingyue had reached Spirit Transformation Late Stage and could jointly fight a Void Refinement cultivator, while Lin Chang'an was classified as an ordinary Ascension Cultivator.
• The envoy asked about the Spirit-Devouring Insect, then left after questioning Ascension Cultivators across both continents; aboard the Chamber of Commerce treasure ship, an old man considered the insect's history and whether it still existed.

Lin Chang'an and his companions prepared for the Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce’s rare trading fair aboard its treasure ship, hoping to obtain useful resources and information. After discovering that leaving the North Cold Continent would be difficult, Lin Chang'an traded for a Spirit Realm map and information, then focused on cultivation supplies while the others made their own purchases.

• Lin Chang'an dismissed Jin Feng’s desire for revenge and reasoned that the rumors surrounding the Spirit-Devouring Insects could help conceal his connection to the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine.
• Wild Crane Wanderer, Old Devil Hehuan, Evil Blade Patriarch, Fairy Ice Butterfly, and Lin Chang'an discussed the Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce’s investigation and planned to use their invitations to trade aboard its treasure ship.
• Lin Chang'an decided to hide the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine and Golden Mountain, prioritize information and a route off the North Cold Continent, and caught Jin Feng skimming valuable items from past trades.
• Six months later, Lin Chang'an and his companions boarded the treasure ship, where sixth-rank restrictions suppressed cultivation and blocked divine sense probes.
• Lin Chang'an bought a map of the Spirit Realm’s northern regions and a book of local information, then learned that reaching a prosperous continent would require a costly intercontinental teleportation array.
• Old Devil Hehuan traded for an Ice Spirit Bird egg, Evil Blade Patriarch acquired Spirit Transformation Treasures and supplies, Fairy Ice Butterfly chose cultivation supplies, and Lin Chang'an sought cultivation resources.

Lin Chang'an traded most of his wealth at the Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce fair for Spirit Items to strengthen his Divine Sense, then spent thirty years in seclusion advancing it close to the late stage. After discovering that the Glazed Saintess had reached Spirit Transformation Late Stage, he learned that Zhao Lingyue had also ascended five years earlier with help from resources the Evil Blade Patriarch sent to the Mystic Sound Pavilion.

• Lin Chang'an prioritized Divine Sense Spirit Items at the fair, trading for them along with Fire Attribute items for Jin Feng and a Stone Crystal Flower for the Green-Horned Ox.
• Lin Chang'an and the other cultivators returned to Blazing Snow City after the fair, and Wild Crane Wanderer described the Cloudsea Chamber of Commerce's strict recruitment terms.
• Lin Chang'an distributed the traded Spirit Items to his companions and entered seclusion as the war between North Cold Continent and Jade Jewel Continent temporarily eased.
• Old Devil Hehuan gave Ling Qiao'er spirit milk and an Ice Spirit Bird egg, while the Evil Blade Patriarch reflected on the legacy he would leave behind.
• After thirty years in seclusion, Lin Chang'an reached Peak Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation in Divine Sense, with a range of 2,800 li, but lacked materials for the final step to late stage.
• Lin Chang'an read that the Glazed Saintess had reached Spirit Transformation Late Stage and learned that Zhao Lingyue had ascended five years earlier after receiving resources sent by the Evil Blade Patriarch to the Mystic Sound Pavilion.

After receiving Ni Chang and Yun Yao’s letter, Lin Chang'an learned that Yun Yao had become a Devil Race Saintess and that spirit-devouring insects were feared there. Hearing that Ascension Cultivators had been attacked during his seclusion, he prepared to strike back with his allies, while Ice God Palace considered how to cultivate ties with him.

• Zhao Lingyue told Lin Chang'an about the Lower Realm’s recent ascensions and her agreement with Evil Blade Patriarch, then delivered Ni Chang’s jade box containing Yun Yao’s letter and a jade talisman.
• Lin Chang'an learned that Yun Yao was the Devil Race’s Saintess, Fairy Nishang was a Moon Envoy, and Yun Yao was waiting for him in the Demon World; the letter also warned him about spirit-devouring insects.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly showed Lin Chang'an the cold-energy divine ability she had cultivated and told him that Ascension Cultivators had been robbed and attacked during his thirty years in seclusion.
• Lin Chang'an decided to retaliate against three mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivators who had targeted Wild Crane Wanderer, and he arranged to act with Fairy Ice Butterfly and Wild Crane Wanderer while seeking help from Ice God Palace.
• True Lord Yunyi and Ice God Palace’s Great Elder discussed Lin Chang'an’s connections and strength, and the Great Elder resolved to build goodwill with him.

Lin Chang'an and his allies avenged Wild Crane Wanderer by exploiting a Market’s formation and defeating the Spirit Transformation cultivators who had ambushed him. Blazing Snow City established its authority, while Lin Chang'an gained resources and planned to seek help strengthening his divine sense and preparing to travel the Spirit Realm.

• Lin Chang'an revealed he had become a High-Grade Fifth-Rank Formation Master and explained that Jin Feng would provoke the Loose Cultivator Alliance’s cultivators into action.
• Jin Feng attacked a trading house in the Market, drawing out its stationed Spirit Transformation cultivators as Lin Chang'an’s sabotage caused the Market’s formation to malfunction.
• Green-Horned Ox broke through the weakened defenses, and Lin Chang'an, Fairy Ice Butterfly, and Wild Crane Wanderer attacked the Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivator who had ambushed Wild Crane Wanderer.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly’s Mystic Crystal Cold Qi forced the cultivator to abandon his body, and Lin Chang'an caught his primordial spirit and killed him; Jin Feng pursued the other fleeing cultivator.
• Blazing Snow City demanded an explanation, and the Loose Cultivator Alliance sent gifts and accepted a temporary truce after the Ice God Palace and North Cold Alliance became involved.
• Lin Chang'an shared the spoils, planned to visit the Peacock Princess before Fellow Daoist Liuli returned, and resolved to grow strong enough to travel safely through the Spirit Realm.

Lin Chang'an asked the Peacock Princess about the Taiyin Star Ruins Body, the Moon Demon, the Spirit Realm, and spirit-devouring insects, learning that Yun Yao's demonic path might be tied to a dangerous ancient secret. He sought resources to strengthen himself while the Peacock Princess considered recruiting him, and the chapter ended with the Glazed Saintess arriving to ask for help cultivating a risky secret technique before her sect's grand competition.

• Lin Chang'an visited the Peacock Princess and asked about the Taiyin Star Ruins Body, explaining that an acquaintance from the Lower Realm had ascended to the Demon World.
• The Peacock Princess said the Taiyin Star Ruins Body was linked to the devil race's search for a Moon Demon and a supreme secret realm, leaving Lin Chang'an worried about Yun Yao's safety.
• The Peacock Princess described the Spirit Realm and the spirit-devouring insects, then asked Lin Chang'an to introduce her to his influential acquaintances if she needed help in the future.
• Lin Chang'an asked for divine sense spirit items, and the Peacock Princess offered to provide one or two from her father's treasury if he helped resolve her troubles.
• Three months later, the Glazed Saintess arrived in Blazing Snow City, saying she had condensed her Glazed True Body and needed to ignite the Yin-Yang Glazed Spirit Fire before the sect's grand competition.
• The Glazed Saintess vowed to risk death rather than abandon her chance to become the sect's foremost Void Refinement candidate, and Lin Chang'an solemnly acknowledged her determination.