Chapter Summaries

Lin He defended his advantage on the battlefield while Li Huayuan rejected Meng Fan’s accusation that he was breaking the rules. After reassuring Senior Sister Chen that he would not leave her, Lin He prepared to return to the front lines, but Li Huayuan called him aside.

• Meng Fan accused Lin He of unfairly using Core Formation-level strength against Foundation Establishment cultivators, and threatened retaliation on the fifteenth; Li Huayuan defended him.
• Lin He returned to camp after three days of fighting, rested, and refined six Level Five Soul-Burning Pearls.
• Senior Sister Chen visited Lin He while drunk and admitted she feared he would no longer need her or might abandon her because he had outgrown the Chen Family’s influence.
• Lin He reassured Senior Sister Chen that he had never sought anything from her family, and she regained her confidence in him.
• The next day, Lin He prepared to head back to the battlefield with his group, which was missing Wu Xuan and Han Li.
• Li Huayuan arrived and summoned Lin He to accompany him.

Meng Fan recruited Wang Shan to kill Lin He by lending him powerful items, while Li Huayuan and Hongfu prepared Lin He for the Ghost Spirit Sect’s expected retaliation. Lin He returned to the Golden Drum Plains battlefield equipped with two Ancient Treasures.

• Meng Fan told Wang Shan that Lin He had caused the Ghost Spirit Sect heavy losses and offered him a Storage Bag and Spirit Beast Bag to help kill Lin He.
• Wang Shan accepted the task, motivated by revenge for his fallen friends and Meng Fan’s promised reward.
• Li Huayuan and Hongfu warned Lin He that the Ghost Spirit Sect was likely to retaliate, and Dong Xuan'er urged them to consider the threat of Level Five Spirit Beasts.
• Li Huayuan lent Lin He an Ancient Treasure for attacking, while Hongfu lent him one for escaping.
• After spending several days learning to use the treasures, Lin He returned to the Golden Drum Plains battlefield.

Lin He went alone to the Golden Drum Plains battlefield, where he drew a Ghost Spirit Sect force into an ambush. He and Lan Chou slaughtered over half the cultivators, while the survivors fled.

• Lin He left Senior Sister Chen and Dong Xuan'er behind and flew to the battlefield with Lan Chou.
• Meng Fan tried to intimidate Lin He, but Lin He remained unaffected as Li Huayuan watched Meng Fan closely.
• Lin He found over a hundred Ghost Spirit Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators advancing toward him and chose to face them alone.
• Wang Shan's cultivators used the Ghost Spirit Sect Poison Formation to engulf Lin He in purple mist, then chased what they thought was his poisoned figure.
• Lin He's Illusory Clone dissolved into starlight as Lan Chou attacked the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators from beneath the ground, killing more than half of them.
• The surviving cultivators scattered, and Lin He declared that it was too late for them to escape.

Lin He and Lan Chou ambushed and killed the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators, but Wang Shan’s Silver-Scaled Python and turtle puppet forced Lin He into a fierce battle. Lin He killed Wang Shan and moved to claim his belongings before an unknown voice from the sky challenged him.

• Lin He used Giant Ape Puppets and Ape One’s Sound Wave to hold off the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators, then killed them with the Golden Rain Sword.
• Wang Shan summoned a Level Five Silver-Scaled Python, which fought Ape One and the Giant Ape Puppets while Wang Shan attacked Lin He with the Rock Spirit Fan.
• Lin He defended himself with the Blood Spirit Shield and Blood Spirit Armor, then sent Lan Chou to fight Wang Shan’s early Core Formation turtle puppet.
• Lin He countered the Rock Spirit Fan with the Jadefire Blade, then exploited Wang Shan’s strain from controlling two powerful creatures to kill him with five Blood-Red Flying Knives.
• Lin He took Wang Shan’s Storage Bag and Rock Spirit Fan and reached for the turtle puppet, but a thunderous voice accused him of coveting the puppet and spirit beast.

Lin He defeated the Silver-Scaled Python and killed Old Monster Yan after Hongfu intervened in their fight. He then turned his murderous gaze toward Meng Fan, who had watched the battle in disbelief.

• Old Monster Yan appeared to reclaim his Giant Tortoise Puppet, but Hongfu stopped him from attacking Lin He.
• Lin He took the Giant Tortoise Puppet and Storage Bags, then used his puppets, Lan Chou's support, and the Seven-Colored Giant Peak to kill the Silver-Scaled Python.
• Hongfu wounded Old Monster Yan with her Five-Thunder Whip, and Lan Chou used a cloud banner to carry himself and Lin He away from his charge.
• Lin He struck Old Monster Yan with an Ancient Treasure great seal and collected his corpse.
• Lin He looked toward Meng Fan, who was being held up by Li Huayuan, and Meng Fan's heart lurched under Lin He's murderous gaze.

Lin He, Hongfu, and Li Huayuan killed Meng Fan after he tried to escape, then faced a delegation from the Six Demonic Path Sects. The delegation demanded that Lin He stop fighting Foundation Establishment cultivators and instead join battles against Core Formation cultivators, giving the Seven Sects three days to decide.

• Meng Fan tried to flee, but Hongfu bound him with the Five-Thunder Whip while Lin He used the Mountain-Cleaving Seal to attack.
• Meng Fan used his Thunder Crystal Pearl to weaken the whip and a Blue-Light Shield to withstand the seal, but a Seven-Colored Giant Peak struck him, and Li Huayuan killed him.
• Hongfu collected Meng Fan's Storage Bag and treasures as Red Powder, Skeleton, and three other Core Formation cultivators arrived.
• Fellow Daoist Liu questioned the deaths of Old Monster Yan and Meng Fan, but Li Huayuan defended the killings as responses to their broken agreements.
• Fellow Daoist Liu demanded that Lin He stop fighting Foundation Establishment cultivators and take part in Core Formation battles, threatening a decisive battle if the Seven Sects refused.
• The Six Demonic Path elders gave the Seven Sects three days to consider, and Hongfu suggested returning to discuss the demand.

Lin He and his companions divided the spoils from Meng Fan and Old Monster Yan, with Lin He trading the Silver-Scaled Python's Demon Core to Li Huayuan for an ancient manual on Spirit-Nurturing Talismans. They concluded the Demonic Path sects had used Lin He to weaken the Ghost Spirit Sect, and Lin He agreed to join battles against Core Formation cultivators on the condition that Li Huayuan and Hongfu gather the Seven Sects' Core Formation cultivators so he could speak with them.

• Hongfu, Li Huayuan, and Lin He divided Meng Fan's treasures, with Lin He taking the skull-shaped Magic Treasure, Blue-Light Shield, and Thunder Crystal Pearl while the others took the Fortune Essence Pills and remaining treasures.
• Lin He shared Old Monster Yan's Storage Bag with Hongfu and Li Huayuan and gave Li Huayuan the Silver-Scaled Python's Demon Core in exchange for an ancient book about Spirit-Nurturing Talismans.
• Li Huayuan explained that the five Demonic Path sects had likely used Lin He to weaken the Ghost Spirit Sect, whose disciples had been unusually active.
• Lin He learned that the Demonic Path outnumbered the Seven Sects and would likely overwhelm them in a decisive battle, leaving him little choice but to join the fighting.
• Lin He agreed to take part in battles between Core Formation cultivators and asked Li Huayuan and Hongfu to gather the Seven Sects' Core Formation cultivators for a face-to-face meeting.

Lin He prepared to request rare materials from the Seven Sects at a meeting of Core Formation cultivators, while Nangong Wan helped him choose Ape One as his attendant. The next day, Lin He arrived at the meeting with Ape One transformed to the size of an adult human.

• Lin He showed Nangong Wan the materials he needed for Spirit-Nurturing Talismans and Soul-Burning Pearls and explained that he planned to ask the Seven Sects to help gather them.
• Lin He told Nangong Wan that he had treated Dong Xuan'er well to gain Senior Martial Aunt Hongfu's protection against late Core Formation cultivators.
• Nangong Wan suggested that Ape One serve as Lin He's trusted aide and gave him a jade slip for the Ape Transformation Technique.
• Lin He gave Ape One the technique to practice before the meeting and then spent time with Nangong Wan.
• The following day, Lin He attended the meeting with Ape One transformed to adult human size.

Lin He brought Ape One to meet the Seven Sects’ Core Formation cultivators and arranged for him to join the Golden Drum Plains battle in his place. At the meeting, Lin He and the Giant Sword Sect’s burly man surnamed Yan faced off, with Lan Chou ready to fight.

• Lin He introduced Ape One to Senior Sister Chen and Dong Xuan'er, then said he would take him to the Core Formation cultivators’ meeting.
• Lin He told Liu Jing and the others that he could no longer join Foundation Establishment battles and proposed that Ape One enter the Golden Drum Plains disguised as Senior Sister Chen’s spirit beast.
• At the meeting hall, Lan Chou destroyed a Core Formation cultivator’s probing spiritual sense after Lin He refused to yield to it.
• Lin He greeted the assembled cultivators, including Fairy Nishang and Nangong Wan, but gave the burly man surnamed Yan only a perfunctory greeting.
• The burly man surnamed Yan gathered sword qi against Lin He, and Lan Chou stepped forward as the two sides prepared to clash.

Lin He demonstrated his Core Formation combat strength in a test against Han of the Yan surname, then argued that fighting the Six Demonic Path Sects would put him at grave risk because of his enemies. Fairy Nishang invited him to state his conditions for taking part in the conflict.

• Lin He sent Lan Chou to fight Han of the Yan surname, who tested him with his Giant Sword while Fairy Nishang protected the others with a formation.
• Lin He used the Seven-Colored Giant Peak and Lan Chou’s Blue-Light Shield to hold off Han’s attacks until Fairy Nishang stopped the fight.
• Fairy Nishang led the group to the council hall, where the Core Formation cultivators accepted that Lin He had demonstrated Core Formation combat strength.
• Lin He explained that the Ghost Spirit Sect and Spirit Controlling Sect would seek revenge for his past killings, and Li Huayuan supported his concerns.
• Floating Cloud Daoist objected until Li Huayuan informed him of Lin He’s role in killing Old Monster Yan and Meng Fan.
• Fairy Nishang asked Lin He to state his conditions for joining the fight against the Six Demonic Path Sects.

Lin He agreed to fight the Six Demonic Path Sects only if the Seven Sects supplied rare materials and lent him treasures to survive attacks by Core Formation cultivators. After receiving their support, he committed to joining the battles, and the meeting ended.

• Lin He asked the Seven Sects to find materials from his list, which he bought at market price.
• Lin He demanded to borrow powerful treasures and refused to fight unless both conditions were met.
• Hongfu and Li Huayuan offered Lin He the Flowing Cloud Banner and Mountain-Cleaving Seal, while staging a show of support to encourage the others.
• Nangong Wan lent Lin He a Frost Wyrm Token, and Fairy Nishang lent him a Soul-Congealing Pearl in repayment for his aid at Yan Family Castle.
• The cultivator surnamed Jian offered a bottle of Divine Power Pills, and Heavenly Gate Fort, the Giant Sword Sect, Blade Transformation Valley, and the Qingxu Sect each lent Lin He a magic treasure.
• Lin He thanked the Seven Sects and agreed to take part in the battles between Core Formation cultivators.

Lin He arranged protection for Dong Xuan'er and Senior Sister Chen before joining the fighting at the Golden Drum Plains. The chapter ended with Senior Sister Chen bringing him the materials she had gathered, and Lin He sealing her mouth before she could finish speaking.

• Lin He met with Hongfu, Li Huayuan, Dong Xuan'er, and Ape One, then arranged for Ape One to accompany Dong Xuan'er into the Golden Drum Plains.
• Hongfu gave Ape One the Coiling Dragon Staff, and Li Huayuan lent her the Rock Spirit Armor.
• Lin He gave Dong Xuan'er the Rock Spirit Fan to protect her from the Joyful Union Sect and warned her to stay safe.
• Lin He gave Senior Sister Chen a Copper Armored Zombie for protection and taught her how to control it.
• Senior Sister Chen brought Lin He the materials she had gathered, and Lin He sealed her mouth before she could finish speaking.
• Three days later, Lin He arrived at the Golden Drum Plains.

Lin He used a Level Five Soul-Burning Pearl to kill an Early Core Formation cultivator from the Spirit Controlling Sect, then drew his pursuers into a battle between Core Formation cultivators. The chapter ended with the cultivator surnamed Jian betraying the burly man surnamed Yan, poisoning and severely wounding him.

• Nangong Wan hid in the clouds with the Flowing Cloud Banner while Lin He flew openly to lure out enemies.
• Lin He stunned an Early Core Formation Spirit Controlling Sect cultivator with a Soul-Burning Pearl and killed him with the Giant Tortoise Puppet and Mountain-Cleaving Seal.
• Two Early Core Formation Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators pursued Lin He, who flew toward a battle involving Floating Cloud Daoist, the burly man surnamed Yan, and the cultivator surnamed Jian.
• Lin He joined the ongoing fight, and Floating Cloud Daoist asked the cultivator surnamed Jian to help the burly man surnamed Yan repel the Ghost Spirit Sect pursuers.
• The cultivator surnamed Jian sent a venomous flying snake to bite the burly man surnamed Yan, then struck him with a palm and left him severely wounded.

Lin He and his allies were caught in a growing battle against Demonic Path Core Formation cultivators after Jian Li betrayed them. The arrival of Meng Liang worsened their predicament, but Hongfu intercepted his attack as Lin He prepared to strike back.

• Jian Li revealed his betrayal, sent out a fifth-grade Azure Fire Wolf, and attacked the poisoned Yan Wu.
• Lin He and Floating Cloud Daoist fought off multiple opponents as the battle drew in more Core Formation cultivators, including Fairy Nishang and Li Huayuan.
• Meng Liang arrived and attacked Lin He with a Ghost Hand, but Hongfu shattered it and challenged him to a fight.
• Lin He reflected that the borrowed Magic Treasures had persuaded more allies to stay and fight, then prepared to attack the two Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators facing him.

Lin He and Nangong Wan turned the battle around with Soul-Burning Pearls, puppets, and coordinated attacks, helping their allies defeat the Spirit Controlling Sect cultivators. Meng Liang escaped, leaving Lin He’s first battle involving Core Formation Stage Cultivators with a formidable record.

• Lin He shattered a black pearl to stun two early core formation cultivators, then killed them with Lan Chou and the Giant Tortoise Puppet.
• Lin He and Nangong Wan used another Soul-Burning Pearl and the Li Brothers to kill three cultivators attacking Floating Cloud Daoist.
• Lin He’s group captured Jian Li and killed his Azure Fire Wolf, while Yan Wu agreed to keep Jian Li alive for a soul search.
• Nangong Wan helped Li Huayuan and Fairy Nishang defeat their four attackers as Lin He’s allies killed four more cultivators on another front.
• Meng Liang forced Hongfu back and fled when the battle turned against him.

While Lin He and the others fought on the Golden Drum Plains, Dong Xuan'er, Senior Sister Chen, and Ape One discussed their feelings and Dong Xuan'er's doubts about Hongfu hiding the truth about her parents. An attack on the Seven Sects' main camp left Ape One unconscious, and a stunningly beautiful man appeared before Dong Xuan'er.

• Senior Sister Chen and Dong Xuan'er praised Ape One's battlefield feats and discussed Lin He's growing reputation with women.
• Dong Xuan'er admitted she liked Lin He and revealed that she suspected Hongfu was hiding the truth about her parents.
• Dong Xuan'er heard a strange call urging her outside, but Ape One initially refused to leave the camp with her.
• Red Powder Skeleton and other Core Formation cultivators attacked the Seven Sects' main camp while Joyful Union Sect disciples fought the defenders.
• A cloud of pink mist knocked Ape One unconscious, and a stunningly beautiful man appeared before Dong Xuan'er.

Dong Xuan'er left with the Gorgeous Man after he incapacitated Ape One, while Hongfu raced after them. Ancestor Linghu uncovered Spirit Beast Mountain's betrayal and sent Li Huayuan and Lin He with him to pursue Hongfu, rewarding Lin He for capturing Jian Li.

• The Gorgeous Man took Dong Xuan'er away after knocking Ape One unconscious, and the Joyful Union Sect's forces withdrew from their surprise attack.
• Lin He and the others returned from the Golden Drum Plains with Jian Li captured, and Hongfu learned that Dong Xuan'er had been taken and flew off in pursuit.
• Ancestor Linghu searched Jian Li's memories and discovered that Spirit Beast Mountain had been planted among the Seven Sects by the Spirit Controlling Sect.
• Ancestor Linghu ordered the Seven Sects to seize Spirit Beast Mountain's cultivators and prepare an attack, then asked Li Huayuan what he intended to do about Hongfu.
• Li Huayuan agreed to pursue Hongfu, and Ancestor Linghu brought him and Lin He along, rewarding Lin He by letting him keep the treasures he had borrowed.

Lin He, Li Huayuan, and Ancestor Linghu set out to rescue Hongfu, but Cloud Dew confronted them and claimed her as his woman. During the ensuing battle, Dong Xuan'er revealed that Cloud Dew was her father and asked Lin He to join her instead.

• Ancestor Linghu warned Lin He not to rely too heavily on the Soul-Burning Pearl and urged him to focus on his cultivation.
• Cloud Dew stopped the group, admitted he had Hongfu, and refused to return her to Yellow Maple Valley.
• Ancestor Linghu blocked Cloud Dew's attack and began fighting him in the sky.
• Dong Xuan'er appeared with the unconscious Hongfu beside Red Powder Skeleton and revealed that Cloud Dew was her father.
• Dong Xuan'er refused to hand over Hongfu and invited Lin He to come with her.

Dong Xuan'er revealed that she knew Lin He was involved with Nangong Wan and tried to persuade him to join the Demonic Sect. When Yunlu ordered Red Powder and Skeleton to seize their targets, Lin He fought Red Powder and brought out a Frost Wyrm Essence Soul, leaving her alarmed.

• Dong Xuan'er offered Lin He resources if he joined her, and told him that Senior Sister Chen knew about his relationship with Nangong Wan.
• Li Huayuan realized that Nangong Wan had become involved with Lin He, but Lin He urged him to focus on rescuing Martial Aunt Hongfu and rejected Dong Xuan'er's offer.
• Yunlu ordered Skeleton to attack Li Huayuan and Red Powder to capture Lin He.
• Red Powder's Soul-Congealing Pendant protected her from Lin He's Soul Impact, and she then enveloped him in pink mist.
• Lin He used the Soul-Congealing Pearl to regain his clarity, then attacked Red Powder with Lan Chou, the Golden Rain Sword, the Seven-Colored Giant Peak, and a black cord Ancient Treasure.
• Red Powder escaped the Mountain-Cleaving Seal by transforming into pink mist, but Lin He summoned a Frost Wyrm Essence Soul, making her wary.

Lin He and Red Powder fought to a standstill until Ancestor Linghu called off the rescue of Hongfu and Cloud Dew departed with her. Ancestor Linghu explained that he had intervened to help Li Huayuan avoid a future heart demon, leaving Lin He to wonder what his own heart demon would be.

• Lin He used the Frost Wyrm's essence soul and his treasures to pressure Red Powder, but her Ring and Brocade Handkerchief let her hold out as the fight threatened to become a war of attrition.
• Cloud Dew and Ancestor Linghu broke apart after clashing, and Ancestor Linghu ordered Li Huayuan and Lin He to retreat.
• Cloud Dew left with Xuan'er and the unconscious Hongfu, while Red Powder stopped fighting and Li Huayuan accepted the retreat reluctantly.
• Ancestor Linghu told Li Huayuan that the failed rescue had helped him avoid a heart demon, and warned that Hongfu's own heart demon would kill her if she attempted Nascent Soul Formation.
• Ancestor Linghu carried Li Huayuan and Lin He back to the Golden Drum Plains, while Lin He wondered what his heart demon would be.