Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin defeated Wu Sheng Dao Zi, recovered Mei Zi, and seized Demon Talisman Seeds from three fleeing cultivators. Luo Xin Er then proposed cooperating with him over the Sand Time Divine Palace, but her explanation was cut off as she began describing the Jade Clarity Dao’s internal rivalry.

• Lin Xin evaded Wu Sheng Dao Zi’s enhanced attacks, pierced him with three sword strikes, and absorbed his Demon Body as Red Ridge Dao Lord warned him about its dangers.
• Lin Xin found Captain Gu Lin Ce and Chen Fan digging for Mei Zi, unearthed her, and watched them treat her injuries.
• Lin Xin sensed three Golden Core True Persons fleeing the Buddha statue ruins, struck them down, and took their eight Demon Talisman Seeds before letting them go.
• Luo Xin Er offered Lin Xin a way to obtain more Demon Talisman Seeds and proposed that they cooperate in connection with the Sand Time Divine Palace.
• Luo Xin Er explained that she was one of the Jade Clarity Dao’s Twelve Azure Maidens and began discussing their rivalries before the chapter ended.

Lin Xin endured Kun Ji’s attacks and petrification with his extraordinary regeneration, then survived Kun Ji’s all-stilling Yuan Jing ability and strongest treasure. As Kun Ji’s power finally failed, Lin Xin seized him and struck back with devil swords, leaving Kun Ji pierced through the chest.

• Kun Ji sent his Golden Wheels at Lin Xin, but they only shredded his armor and left shallow cuts that soon healed.
• Kun Ji used his petrification divine power, but Lin Xin’s blood-red rune crystal reversed the effect and restored his body.
• Kun Ji activated his Yuan Jing ability to freeze everything around them and attacked Lin Xin with the Golden Wheel and Return Origin Blade.
• Lin Xin’s regeneration prevented Kun Ji’s blade from penetrating far, while Kun Ji exhausted himself maintaining his ability and driving the treasure forward.
• Lin Xin seized Kun Ji’s wrist as the Yuan Jing ability collapsed, then pierced Kun Ji’s chest with dozens of dark-red devil swords.

Lin Xin and Child King fought with and studied each other’s Dao Intents, then argued over whether Dao should be drawn from nature or created by living beings. Their three-month exchange ended when Lin Xin’s enemies arrived, prompting him to prepare to part from Child King.

• Lin Xin fought Child King using many Dao Intents, endured their contests, and learned one of Child King’s techniques while discovering Child King was also learning from him.
• Lin Xin and Child King settled near the cave residence and met daily, gradually spending more time discussing Dao Intent than fighting.
• Lin Xin argued that living beings could create their own Dao, while Child King insisted that Dao came from nature and warned that Lin Xin’s approach would hinder his path to Yuan Jing.
• Child King acknowledged Lin Xin’s rapid progress, noting that Lin Xin had learned more than half of his thirty-six Heavenly Gang Dao Intents and wielded them with greater power.
• Lin Xin heard enemies approaching and told Child King they would part that day; Child King recognized that Lin Xin’s enemies had arrived.

Lin Xin waited for Demon Arm Venerable and Red Saint Ming to exhaust themselves, then attacked them to absorb their demonic qi. Silver Phoenix Zi’s axe interrupted his assault, but Lin Xin used a spiritual-qi image to distract her while he ambushed Red Saint Ming from underground.

• Lin Xin concealed himself near the battle and watched Demon Arm Venerable and Red Saint Ming trade powerful attacks.
• Their final techniques collided, killing the remaining disciples and destroying much of the mountainside, leaving both venerables badly injured.
• Lin Xin emerged and attacked the two wounded men with Red Flower Sword Qi, but Silver Phoenix Zi’s axe appeared and blocked him.
• Lin Xin fought the Silver Phoenix Axe and nearly struck Red Saint Ming, who narrowly dodged his sword slash.
• Lin Xin distracted Silver Phoenix Zi with a spiritual-qi image and a fabricated tale while his real attack struck Red Saint Ming from below, leaving a hole in his chest.

Lin Xin followed Gu Lin Ce’s group and the red-robed Netherworld Mansion Children into an artificial cave, where they fought Robe Demons and Dragon Subduing Arhats. Jian An revealed that the temple might contain the Azure Lotus Spirit Heart Sword, and the teams continued onward with the red-robed group claiming it had no interest in the treasure.

• Gu Lin Ce led both teams through the cave, where Robe Demons ambushed them and he and the others quickly defeated the attackers.
• The group entered a hall of Python Arhat statues, and Chen Fan’s talismans failed to harm one when it came to life.
• Chen Fan unleashed the Great Sun Heart Sutra, destroying all the Arhats in the hall.
• Jian An identified the hall as the Dragon Subduing chamber of the Evil God Temple, and Luo Xin Er said the next chambers were Buddha Light and Spirit Heart.
• Jian An revealed that the Azure Lotus Spirit Heart Sword was said to be worth fifty Demon Talisman Seeds, then claimed his group only sought a new home for a friend’s clan and had no interest in the treasure.

Lin Xin endured the Fire Spirit Seal's escalating pressure and survived its final crushing blow, completing the trials but failing to awaken the life flame Yellow Ape True Lord sought. The white-clothed woman took the badly injured Lin Xin for treatment, while Yellow Ape True Lord judged that Lin Xin would likely reach only the fifth level of the Primal Battle Demon Art.

• Lin Xin endured more than two days beneath the Fire Spirit Seal as star power repaired and strengthened his body.
• Yellow Ape True Lord, the woman in white, and the Black-Clothed Masked Woman waited for Lin Xin to face the trial's final blow.
• Yellow Ape True Lord warned Lin Xin that he needed to endure one final incense stick's worth of time to achieve the Primal Demon Body.
• After the seal briefly grew lighter, it crashed down again, and Lin Xin broke both arms and his spine while resisting it.
• Yellow Ape True Lord said Lin Xin had survived but failed to force out his life flame, and the woman in white carried him away for treatment.

Gu Lin Ce and the others were trapped in the cave as Wu Sheng Dao Zi appeared, killed Shen Jing, and exposed Lin Xin’s disguise. Lin Xin revealed his true identity and challenged Wu Sheng Dao Zi, and their duel began with both unleashing powerful techniques.

• Shen Jing blocked the exit while Luo Xin Er fought her, and a red-robed stranger silently approached the black vortex.
• Wu Sheng Dao Zi appeared, seized Jian An with invisible force, and killed Shen Jing with a glance.
• Wu Sheng Dao Zi revealed that the cave held Heaven Banner Qi and an Azure Robe Lotus Seed, then noticed Gu Lin Ce’s group and the red-robed man.
• Chen Fan and Gu Lin Ce accused Lin Xin of being an impostor, and Lin Xin dropped his disguise and asked Wu Sheng Dao Zi how he had recognized him.
• Wu Sheng Dao Zi and Lin Xin clashed with their spiritual pressure, then Wu Sheng Dao Zi attacked with Wing-Spreading Demon as Lin Xin answered with Qilin.

Lin Xin pursued Grand Turtle and annihilated the sects that tried to shelter him, while turning the slaughter into greater combat strength. Grand Turtle’s group reached Heaven Cloud Path, where Lin Shan and allies from Jade Clarity Dao and Transformation Cave prepared to confront Lin Xin.

• Lin Xin destroyed Jade Slip Mountain’s formation and killed its cultivators, then explained to Guan Mingyue that he was letting Grand Turtle gather helpers so he could kill them all.
• As the pursuit continued, Lin Xin converted his kills into attributes and raised his damage and defense.
• Over several days, Lin Xin killed more than a thousand cultivators and destroyed dozens of sects, provoking declarations against Yuan Dou Demon Sect while Grand Turtle’s group fled toward Heaven Cloud Path.
• Lin Shan prepared an ambush for Lin Xin at Absolute Bull Peak and received Jade Clarity Dao’s Tian Rong and Tian Qin, along with Qian Yunzi’s parasitic bodies from Transformation Cave.

Lin Xin visited Spirit Heart Mountain Manor, inspected the Lin Family’s training system, and watched Lin Zhen and Lin Luo spar. After learning that Lin Luo’s rapid cultivation was consuming his lifespan, Lin Xin warned that the Tai Kun Birthday Banquet could bring trouble, while Dugu Lin argued that staying home was no longer safe.

• Lin Xin agreed to visit Ji Lu and You Xuan at the Pine Forest Sword Sect and asked Dugu Lin about the mountain manor’s other Foundation Establishment Realm guest elders.
• Lin Xin toured the Lin Family’s Inner Courtyard and learned that Duan Er had organized its training and management system.
• Lin Zhen fought Lin Luo, revealing Qi Refinement Level Four cultivation, while Lin Luo defeated him with ease.
• Dugu Lin tested Lin Luo and found that he had Qi Refinement Level Seven cultivation and battle power equivalent to Qi Refinement Level Eight.
• Lin Xin discovered that Lin Luo’s Nine Heavens Earth Extinction Great Art had consumed nearly half his lifespan and warned him to find a way to stop it.
• Lin Xin cautioned that the Tai Kun Birthday Banquet might be dangerous, but Dugu Lin said the group might be safer traveling with him than staying behind.

Lin Xin learned that the Second Demon Extermination had weakened the Pine Forest Sword Sect and that its rival, the Vermilion Bird Holy Court, was challenging it ahead of Tai Kun’s birthday banquet. He decided to return quietly to Spirit Heart Mountain Manor before attending the banquet, while his demon followers urged him to kill anyone who might disturb him.

• Lin Xin listened to restaurant patrons and approached four Dragon Crown Sect disciples to learn what had happened in Southern Prefecture.
• The disciples told Lin Xin that the sects had killed the Insect Mother but lost six Yuan Jing cultivators, leaving the Pine Forest Sword Sect weakened.
• Lin Xin learned that the Vermilion Bird Holy Court had allied with Heavenly Devil Palace and was preparing to challenge the Pine Forest Sword Sect at Tai Kun’s birthday banquet.
• Lin Xin decided to visit Spirit Heart Mountain Manor before going to the banquet, where he hoped to assess his strength among Yuan Jing cultivators.
• Lin Xin’s demon followers offered to kill the people around him, but he focused on returning quickly and avoiding attention.

Lin Xin reunited with Zhao Ke, learned that Zhao Ke’s strange purple egg secret treasure was linked to Netherworld Mansion Power, and killed a group of attackers who tried to seize it. After discovering Ye Qingchang was pregnant, Lin Xin changed plans and took the group toward Southern Prefecture, where a familiar voice called to him in Flower Drum Town.

• Inu-sha Ying fled with her injuries, and Lin Xin rejoined Zhao Ke and the others.
• Zhao Ke showed Lin Xin a purple egg secret treasure connected to his belly, which drained his spiritual energy and could isolate Yuan Jing domains and enable short-range teleportation.
• A group of Demonic Path cultivators attacked Zhao Ke for the treasure, and Lin Xin killed them with a single Sword Qi.
• Lin Xin discovered that Ye Qingchang was pregnant with a girl and learned from Lin Xiaoyu that Seven Nodes Expansion would begin in a little over six months.
• Lin Xin changed his destination from the Heaven Cloud Path to Southern Prefecture and led Zhao Ke, Ye Qingchang, and Lin Xiaoyu to Flower Drum Town.
• While returning to the inn with Lin Xiaoyu, Lin Xin heard a familiar woman call him Teacher Red Flower.

Lin Xin accepted Luo Xin Er’s offer to cooperate in the Sand Time Divine Palace expedition and set out to confront Flowing Cloud Sword Zheng Yunzhen. After rewarding Chen Fan and Gu Lin Ce for their help, he arrived at the Cloud Soaring Sword School and challenged its Grand Elder, where a Foundation Establishment disciple stepped forward to test him.

• Luo Xin Er offered Lin Xin a roster of cultivators with Demon Talisman Seeds and named Zheng Yunzhen, who possessed fifteen; Lin Xin agreed to their partnership and promised to join the expedition in ten years.
• Lin Xin gave Chen Fan and Gu Lin Ce spirit jade as a reward, and Gu Lin Ce resolved to surpass him one day.
• Lin Xin reached the Cloud Soaring Sword School and announced that Wandering Red Flower had come to challenge Zheng Yunzhen.
• The sect’s disciples and elders gathered, and a plump Daoist ordered the elite disciple Zhi Song to send Lin Xin away and test his strength.

After becoming Sect Master of the Yuan Dou Demon Sect, Lin Xin left the elders to manage the sect and rushed to the Southern Prefecture to pursue Hong Gui and his companions. He tracked them through several teleportation arrays and destroyed the Fang Zheng Gate formation shielding their escape, killing its defenders.

• Lin Xin accepted congratulations from the elders, appointed Bai Suozi and Yin Pengzi as Vice Sect Masters, and ordered them to oversee the sect while he returned to the Southern Prefecture.
• Lin Xin pursued Hong Gui after destroying the silver skyship, then followed him through successive teleportation arrays by reconstructing their lingering runes.
• Hong Gui, Qing Nu, and the white-robed man fled into a formation prepared by the Fang Zheng Gate, whose cultivators and elders prepared to defend them.
• Lin Xin arrived with Guan Mingyue as his avatar's Qilin Demonic Flame fought the formation, then broke the array with a giant demonic hand.
• Lin Xin's sword cut down the two Yuan Jing elders, and his Qilin Demonic Flame burned the remaining defenders to ash.

Lin Xin brought a huge collection of valuable goods to Wild Jade Appraisal, where Shen Ning agreed to appraise and sell them despite the work taking two days. The spectacle drew the attention of Wan An Appraisal’s manager, the White Jade Young Master, and the two appraisers who had previously turned Lin Xin away.

• Shen Ning inspected Lin Xin’s Storage Ring, saw the valuable goods inside, and said the appraisal would take at least two days.
• Lin Xin asked Shen Ning to oversee the transaction from beginning to end, and she accepted gratefully.
• Wild Jade Appraisal limited its customers while Shen Ning and more than a dozen appraisers worked through Lin Xin’s artifacts, manuals, materials, and other goods.
• The White Jade Young Master and the Wan An manager came to see the commotion and found Lin Xin’s many high-grade items displayed at Wild Jade Appraisal.
• Na Na and Xiu Xiu recognized Lin Xin as the customer they had turned away, and Na Na felt embarrassed while Xiu Xiu tried to reassure her.

Lin Xin confronted three Heaven Cloud Path cultivators at Kun Ji’s grave and revealed that he wanted information from them. Before he could question them further, Zhao Ke and Ye Qingchang arrived with Zhou Huaishe in pursuit.

• Ximen Rou, Lin Xiaoyu, and Duan Xinhun investigated the scorched ruins of Fanjing Mountain and found Lin Xin at Kun Ji’s grave.
• Lin Xin told the three that the Heaven Cloud Path had killed Kun Ji, then stopped Lin Xiaoyu from activating her escape vessel.
• Lin Xin learned that the Heaven Cloud Path had issued a warrant naming him the Red Flower Sword Demon and asked the three to introduce themselves.
• Lin Xin explained that he wanted someone familiar with the Heaven Cloud Path, while the three heard a pursuer approaching.
• Zhao Ke fled through the sky with Ye Qingchang as Zhou Huaishe chased him, accusing him of stealing a destined opportunity and secret treasure.

Lin Xin returned to Spirit Heart Mountain Manor after learning about its struggle with the Hua family and Pine Forest Sword Sect. He was recognized at the gate by Ou Yinghong, who brought him inside after disciplining her unruly disciple.

• Lin Xin ordered Ke Ke Sai, the twins, and the other monsters to conceal their strength and obey him, then pressured Lin Xiaoyu into gathering news about the manor and the Hua family.
• Lin Xiaoyu reported that the manor had lost territory and strength but was holding its ground with support from Pine Forest, Dugu Lin, and Bright Sun Sect experts, while the Hua family was drawing closer to Gold Jade Sect.
• Lin Xin led his group to Spirit Heart Mountain Manor, warned Ke Ke Sai and the twins not to cause trouble, and presented his token at the gate.
• A young girl named Xiao Hong whipped the gatekeeper disciples and tried to strike Lin Xiaoyu, who snapped her whip before Lin Xin told her to stop.
• Ou Yinghong arrived, recognized Lin Xin as the Manor Lord, made her disciple kneel and apologize, and escorted Lin Xin into the manor.

Lin Xin followed the Flying Corpse King from the black market and demanded the Silkworm White Moon Sword, provoking him into a fight. The Flying Corpse King attacked with a torrent of filthy water as Lin Xin prepared to face him.

• Situ Rong'er outbid the Soul Summoning King and acquired the fourth-rank cultivator slave after a brief disturbance disrupted the trade fair.
• Lin Xin subdued the white-robed woman, then followed the Flying Corpse King out of the black market while Situ Rong'er and the Fire God Child pursued them.
• Lin Xin stopped the Flying Corpse King in a valley and demanded the Silkworm White Moon Sword and that he sever his own arm.
• The Flying Corpse King transformed his arms into a giant python and a scorpion tail, then sent a torrent of filthy water at Lin Xin with the Suiyuan Kuangming Skill.

Lin Xin’s avatar defended An Ying and her companions from a white-clad ice wielder, but three Holy Monks from the Buddhist Domain intervened and trapped both Lin Xin and his supposed ally in a golden barrier. The monks invited them to the Buddha Country, leaving everyone immobilized as the white-clad man tried to explain himself.

• Lin Xin confronted a white-clad man wielding powerful Profound Ice, while An Ying, Ji Lu, and Ji Lu’s wife prepared to escape with Earth Escape Talismans.
• Lin Xin deflected an ice spike aimed at An Ying and neutralized a hidden attack near Ji Lu and his wife.
• Three Holy Monks, Fan Hui, Fan Chen, and Fan Du, surrounded Lin Xin and urged him to abandon killing and join the Buddhist Domain.
• The Holy Monks formed a golden barrier that restrained Lin Xin and drew the white-clad man inside as well.
• Fan Hui invited the white-clad man, whom he called Benefactor Bai, to return with them to the Buddha Country, and Bai hurriedly claimed they had misunderstood him.

Lin Xin went to the Lion Fist Gate branch in Liao City to draw out a Foundation Establishment cultivator, then openly challenged the sect after learning its expert only appeared when the branch faced an unsolvable problem. The chapter ended with Fei Pengzi stepping forward to confront the branch deputy chief while Lin Xin watched in disguise.

• Lin Xin offered Sha Sha a chance to cultivate her Abyssal Physique under him, then left her to decide whether to follow him.
• Lin Xin and his companions reached the Lion Fist Gate branch and waited for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Lin Xin distributed thirty-two Demon Talisman Seed attribute points evenly among his attributes.
• Lin Xin noticed that a storyteller’s account portrayed the Demon Sect as righteous and suspected the Red Ridge Gate was secretly promoting itself.
• Wang Peng learned that the branch’s secluded Foundation Establishment cultivator appeared only when the branch faced a problem it could not solve, so Lin Xin went to provoke the sect.
• Lin Xin, Fei Pengzi, and the fat man stormed the Lion Fist Gate branch, defeated several disciples, and confronted the deputy chief from the Nan Family.
• Fei Pengzi stepped forward to challenge the deputy chief while Lin Xin remained still and posed as an expert.

Lin Xin fought Fourth Qing Nu and a white-clothed man inside the Three Holy Monks’ Great Brightness Merit Lamp, then escaped after destroying the barrier. At Unfixed Mountain, he assessed his newly strengthened body and the deadly breakthrough still required to reach the ninth layer of the Primal Battle Demon Art.

• Fourth Qing Nu attacked Lin Xin’s group, but the Three Holy Monks trapped her and the white-clothed man inside the Great Brightness Merit Lamp.
• Lin Xin questioned the monks about Buddhist bliss, then attacked the two captives and shattered their bodies with his Red Flower Sword Dao, Infinite.
• The Merit Lamp broke, leaving two Soul Replacement Pearls behind, and Lin Xin fled as the Three Holy Monks pursued him.
• A silver skyship exploded above Sword Hall Peak while An Ying and the others remained behind.
• At Unfixed Mountain, Lin Xin examined his increased attributes and considered the dangerous Nine Twists Demon Worm ritual required to advance the Primal Battle Demon Art to its ninth layer.