Chapter Summaries

After the battle on Cold Moon Peak, Bai Ziyin used a thousand-year-old Soul-Returning Grass to save Lin Shisan, whose injuries and exhausted Dantian had left him near death. As the medicine healed him, his cultivation advanced to the Meridian Opening Third Realm.

• In Nine Nether Mountain, Zhang Wujun warned Ning Jiuying that his reckless attempt to seize the Heart-Exterminating Mirror had nearly gotten him killed and ordered an investigation into Lin Shisan.
• Feng Xian'er watched over Lin Shisan as Qing'er and Long Yan'er waited anxiously outside the Bamboo Hut.
• Bai Ziyin examined Lin Shisan and gave Feng Xian'er the Soul-Returning Grass Zhang Wujun had offered in exchange for taking Ning Jiuying away.
• Feng Xian'er guided the Soul-Returning Grass's medicinal power into Lin Shisan, healing his wounds and restoring his Dantian.
• As the medicine stirred the turbulent Spiritual Power inside him, Lin Shisan endured the backlash while Bai Ziyin told Feng Xian'er to let him withstand it himself.
• The restored Taiji Wheel opened Lin Shisan's third Spirit Vein, advancing him from the peak of the Meridian Opening Second Stage to the Meridian Opening Third Realm.

Lin Shisan recovered from his injuries as Bai Ziyin cleared him of suspicion over the Biluō Purple Cauldron key and dismissed the gathered Elders. After waking, Lin Shisan discovered that Gu Mengli, who was actually Gai Jiuyou, could see the miniature Little Sprite above his head.

• Lin Shisan absorbed the remaining power of the Soul-Returning Grass, opening his third Spirit Vein as Bai Ziyin sensed a mysterious ancient aura within him.
• Bai Ziyin told Feng Xian'er and the gathered Elders that Lin Shisan was not responsible for the Biluō Purple Cauldron key, and said the Sect would investigate how Ning Jiuying obtained it.
• Feng Xian'er rebuked Xiao Changfeng for implying Lin Shisan was a Demon Sect spy, reminding him that Gai Jiuyou had tainted Lin Shisan with demonic qi in the Nine Yang Pavilion.
• After the Elders left, Lin Shisan woke, reassured Long Yan'er, and drank Feng Xian'er's Deer Whip Soup while recovering.
• Lin Shisan realized that only he could see the miniature Little Sprite, then noticed Gu Mengli staring at her and suspected that Gai Jiuyou could see her too.

Lin Shisan confronted Gai Jiuyou about her role in the attack on Cold Moon Peak and learned that the little sprite was the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror’s artifact spirit. He forced Gai Jiuyou to explain her scheme and discovered she intended to use the Nine Yang Cauldron to transform into an immortal.

• Little Yan'er reunited with Gu Mengli, while the little sprite reacted to Gu Mengli and wondered whether they were sisters.
• Feng Xian'er apologized to Gu Mengli for leaving during Cold Moon Peak’s danger, then left Lin Shisan with her.
• Gai Jiuyou revealed that she had arranged Aunt Mei’s attack to cover the strange phenomena from Lin Shisan’s advancement and had pursued the Biluō Purple Cauldron Key.
• Gai Jiuyou identified the little sprite as the Heart-Exterminating Mirror’s artifact spirit, which acknowledged Lin Shisan as its master.
• Lin Shisan stood up to Gai Jiuyou and demanded to know how his father died, prompting her to explain that three demon seeds and the mirror’s heavenly fire could help free and transform her true body.
• Lin Shisan concluded that Gai Jiuyou’s apparent imprisonment was part of a larger plan to use the Nine Yang Cauldron to become an immortal.

Lin Shisan exposed Gai Jiuyou’s plan to transform into an immortal and agreed to help her in exchange for her investigating his father’s death. After setting conditions to protect his loved ones and Gu Mengli, he revealed the Little Black Cauldron to learn more about it.

• Lin Shisan deduced that Gai Jiuyou had willingly been sealed so she could use the Nine Yang Cauldron and the Heart-Exterminating Mirror to transform into an immortal.
• Gai Jiuyou explained that Lin Shisan’s cultivation arts, evolving Dao Seed, and bond with the mirror made him central to her plan, and she warned that Xue Yaotian’s Heartlock could also constrain him.
• Lin Shisan asked who had killed his father, and Gai Jiuyou offered to investigate through Nine Nether Mountain if he helped her transform into an immortal.
• Lin Shisan agreed on the conditions that Gai Jiuyou protect his loved ones and innocents, not force Gu Mengli to act against her will, and tell him everything she learned about his father’s death.
• Lin Shisan vowed to grow stronger and survive, then manifested the Little Black Cauldron for Gai Jiuyou to identify.

Lin Shisan asked Gai Jiuyou about the Little Black Cauldron, and she identified it as possibly an imitation of the legendary Heaven and Earth Myriad Things Creation Cauldron. She warned him to keep its identity secret, while suggesting it might hold clues about his father; the chapter ended as Gai Jiuyou faded and Gu Mengli regained control of her body.

• Gai Jiuyou recognized the Little Black Cauldron from an ancient mural and recounted the legend of the Creation Cauldron, which was made to contain Chaos Power.
• Gai Jiuyou said the cauldron might be an imitation, made no distinction between immortals and demons, and was beyond Lin Shisan's control until he reached a far higher cultivation realm.
• Gai Jiuyou suggested the cauldron might reveal what happened to Lin Shisan's father because of its karmic connection to him, possibly from a previous life.
• Gai Jiuyou told Lin Shisan to cultivate, build affection with the little sprite, and keep the cauldron's identity secret from everyone else.
• Gai Jiuyou faded away, and Gu Mengli's eyes returned to their cool, gentle expression.

Lin Shisan learned that the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm would open in a month and that he and Gu Mengli had been assigned to represent Cold Moon Peak. As the Six Peaks Competition approached, Ling Yun remained missing, and the Ling Household prepared to have Ling Lei take his place.

• Feng Xian'er gave Lin Shisan the sect announcement about the secret realm and explained its dangers, while telling him Bai Ziyin had personally selected him and Gu Mengli to enter.
• Feng Xian'er told Lin Shisan to place in the top three when he returned or face a hundred bowls of Deer Whip Soup.
• Gu Mengli warned Lin Shisan that Ling Yun had vanished and described rumors that he had been killed, while Ling Lei had advanced in the Ling Household's favor since marrying Long Shuang'er.
• Ling Fengshou learned that the Ling Household still could not find Ling Yun and ordered the search to continue, while allowing Ling Lei to replace him in the competition if necessary.

Gu Feiyu challenged Lin Shisan to a public fight after becoming enraged over his relationship with Gu Mengli. Lin Shisan accepted, and he and Gu Mengli waited together on Cold Moon Peak as the confrontation approached.

• Gu Feiyu and Xiao Han discussed Lin Shisan, and Gu Feiyu decided to challenge him and threaten to kill him in the secret realm if he refused to withdraw.
• News of Gu Feiyu's challenge spread through the Danyang Sect, where most disciples expected Lin Shisan to lose.
• Feng Xian'er told Lin Shisan to fight Gu Feiyu if he wished, and Lin Shisan chose to rely on his own strength rather than the Heartlock.
• Gu Mengli apologized to Lin Shisan for the trouble, but he said Gu Feiyu would have targeted him regardless.
• Qing'er reassured Long Yan'er that Lin Shisan would not be hurt, and Long Yan'er cheered him on.

Lin Shisan faced Gu Feiyu in a challenge on Cold Moon Peak and defeated him with a single punch, leaving the crowd stunned. Xiao Han departed in anger, vowing that Lin Shisan would die without a place to be buried.

• Disciples from across Danyang Sect gathered at Cold Moon Peak to watch Gu Feiyu challenge Lin Shisan, while Gu Mengli arrived with Qing'er and Long Yan'er.
• Gu Feiyu promised to show mercy, and Lin Shisan calmly entered the training grounds despite the crowd's mockery.
• After the deacon gave the signal, Gu Feiyu attacked Lin Shisan with the Gu Household's Dragon-Seizing Hand.
• Lin Shisan struck Gu Feiyu once, sending him through a stone pillar and into the mountain wall, where he was left unconscious and badly injured.
• The spectators reacted with shock as they realized Lin Shisan had overwhelmed a fifth-stage cultivator with one punch.
• Xiao Han left the training grounds, muttering that Lin Shisan would die without a place to bury his body.

After defeating Gu Feiyu, Lin Shisan discussed the dangers of the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm with Gu Mengli and explored the Little Black Cauldron’s response to the Little Sprite, whom he named Little Nine. The next morning, Feng Xian'er warned him that Xiao Han and Ling Lei could be major opponents, and Lin Shisan began preparing to refine pills before the secret realm opened.

• Lin Shisan won the arena match against Gu Feiyu, then left with Qing'er, Long Yan'er, and Gu Mengli as Feng Xian'er dismissed the onlookers as irrelevant strays.
• Gu Mengli told Lin Shisan she would enter the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm and return alive, determined to defy those who looked down on her.
• Lin Shisan found that the Little Black Cauldron glowed warmly when brought near the Little Sprite, who revealed the name Ling'er before accepting his nickname, Little Nine.
• Lin Shisan cultivated overnight and reflected that his strength could let him fight someone at the sixth stage of meridian opening, while Xiao Han at the seventh stage might be his true rival.
• Feng Xian'er told Lin Shisan that Ling Lei had replaced the missing Ling Yun and reportedly reached the third stage of meridian opening, then warned him to consider how he would face Long Shuang'er if he fought Ling Lei.
• Lin Shisan entered the Alchemy Chamber and summoned the Biluō Purple Cauldron to begin refining pills ahead of the secret realm.

After Lin Shisan crippled Gu Feiyu, Gu Canglan planned to have Xiao Han’s brothers target him in the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm. Feng Xian'er lent Lin Shisan the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror to study, but Gai Jiuyou demanded it before the secret realm and threatened Long Yan'er until Lin Shisan agreed to hand it over.

• Gu Feiyu’s injuries left him unable to attend the Six Peaks Competition or enter the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm, and Gu Canglan resolved to use Xiao Han’s brothers to deal with Lin Shisan inside it.
• Feng Xian'er lent Lin Shisan the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror and urged him to try to comprehend the lost Cultivation Manual associated with Patriarch Tianjizi.
• Gai Jiuyou, controlling Gu Mengli, confronted Lin Shisan by Little Mirror Lake and demanded that he give her the mirror immediately.
• When Lin Shisan refused because Feng Xian'er had lent him the mirror, Gai Jiuyou sent a golden streak toward Long Yan'er’s room and threatened to kill her.
• Lin Shisan brought out the Little Black Cauldron and agreed to keep his promise to Gai Jiuyou, warning her not to harm Long Yan'er; Gai Jiuyou then withdrew her pressure and became Gu Mengli again.

The Danyang Sect’s twenty elite disciples set out for the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm, where they would face a fifteen-day trial without help from cultivators above the Meridian Opening Realm. At Lion Peak Mountain, the other seven sects gathered, and Lin Shisan recognized familiar figures among Tai Chi Hall’s delegation.

• Bai Ziyin and Ling Fengshou warned the disciples that the secret realm was dangerous and that no one could rescue them inside, while one disciple withdrew from the trial.
• Xiao Han, Ling Feng, and Wang Yan taunted Lin Shisan, and Feng Xian'er threatened anyone who tried to harm her disciple behind his back.
• Bai Ziyin led the remaining disciples and guardians aboard a Cloud Boat and flew toward Lion Peak Mountain.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect, Setting Sun Valley, Thunderclap Temple, Netherworld Hall, Five Elements Sect, Ice Soul Palace, and Tai Chi Hall arrived at Lion Peak Mountain.
• Lin Shisan noticed Bai Youyou watching him and recognized Qi Jian among the Tai Chi Hall disciples; Qi Jian gave him a slight nod.

The eight sects entered the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm after Elder Qingming and Elder Xuanji opened it and gave the disciples a one-use protection mark. Lin Shisan was separated from Gu Mengli, while the Demon Sect prepared a covert operation; the chapter ended with Lin Shisan killing an Ironback Azure Wolf with one punch.

• Elder Qingming and Elder Xuanji welcomed the sects, warned the disciples about the secret realm’s dangers, and marked them with protection that would activate once.
• The elders and Bai Ziyin opened the stone gate, and Ye Xingchen led the Heavenly Sword Sect inside, followed by Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli.
• Bai Ziyin, the elders, and Han Yansong discussed the Demon Sect and the possibility that Yama Lord would appear.
• Zhang Wujun and Aunt Mei confirmed that fifteen Demon Sect members had entered the realm under false identities and discussed watching Han Yansong’s daughter Ling'er.
• The secret realm randomly separated Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli, and Lin Shisan killed a charging Ironback Azure Wolf with one punch.

Lin Shisan and Ye Xingchen joined forces to defeat a Wolf King and became sworn brothers. They explored its lair, found valuable treasures, and left with their friendship established and their gains divided.

• Dozens of Ironback Azure Wolves surrounded Lin Shisan, and the Wolf King led their attack.
• Ye Xingchen arrived and fought beside Lin Shisan, who struck the Wolf King's paw while Ye Xingchen finished it with the Heavenly Sword Ninth Form.
• Lin Shisan and Ye Xingchen recovered their strength and swore to become brothers who would die on the same day, though born on different days.
• The two followed the Wolf King's trail to its cave and divided the Red Blood Lingzhi, star crystals, Thunder Sword Art Fragmented Sword Manual, and Spirit Stones.
• Lin Shisan and Ye Xingchen searched the cave for more treasures, found nothing else, and left.

Xiao Han, Ling Feng, and Wang Yan searched the secret realm for Lin Shisan while Ning Jiuying, controlling Ling Lei, prepared to kill him. Mu Ling'er headed for the Immortal Volcano to find a Demon Seed, and Bai Youyou wondered whether Lin Shisan was chosen by fate.

• Xiao Han used an ancestral Tracking Talisman to pursue Lin Shisan with Ling Feng and Wang Yan, while they also discussed the changed behavior of Ling Lei.
• Ning Jiuying vowed to settle his debts with Lin Shisan through Ling Lei, but warned him not to harm Mu Ling'er.
• Mu Ling'er studied a jade slip showing the first Demon Seed at the Immortal Volcano and resolved to apologize to Lin Shisan before continuing her search.
• Bai Youyou touched the altar's stele bearing the Nine Nether Emperor's Order and wondered whether Lin Shisan was chosen by fate.

Lin Shisan and Ye Xingchen rescued Su Wan'er from three Poison Pythons in the secret realm. After killing the beasts, Lin Shisan began transferring his spiritual power to stabilize her, while Ye Xingchen guarded them.

• Lin Shisan and Ye Xingchen heard a battle ahead and found Su Wan'er surrounded by three Poison Pythons, with two Setting Sun Valley disciples unconscious nearby.
• Ye Xingchen engaged the largest Poison Python while Lin Shisan killed the left one by exploiting its injured eye.
• Lin Shisan joined Ye Xingchen against the largest Poison Python and pierced its brain with the Black Sword, while the third Poison Python fled.
• Su Wan'er collapsed after the fight, and Lin Shisan fed her pills before realizing her depleted dantian could not absorb their spiritual power.
• Lin Shisan used the Danyang Sect method of Transferring Spiritual Power to force the poison from Su Wan'er's body as Ye Xingchen kept watch, and her breathing grew steadier.

After receiving Gu Mengli’s broken message, Lin Shisan left Ye Xingchen to guard Su Wan’er and rushed to rescue her. He reached the trap and killed Wang Yan with a single strike, leaving Ling Feng and the other attacker stunned.

• Lin Shisan recovered some spiritual power, then received Gu Mengli’s plea for help and entrusted unconscious Su Wan’er to Ye Xingchen.
• Lin Shisan followed Gu Mengli’s message to a hollow in the western forest and found her injured and trapped by Ling Feng, Wang Yan, and an unfamiliar young man.
• Ling Feng and Wang Yan revealed that they had used Gu Mengli to lure Lin Shisan there and demanded that he kneel or be killed.
• Wang Yan, Ling Feng, and the unfamiliar young man attacked Lin Shisan together, but he dodged their swords and pierced Wang Yan’s heart.
• Lin Shisan declared Wang Yan his first victim as Ling Feng and the unfamiliar young man stood shaken.

Lin Shisan killed Ling Feng and the last ambusher, then rescued Gu Mengli and learned she had lured him into a trap under her Second Uncle’s coercion. The two took shelter in a forest crevice, where Gu Mengli explained that her Second Uncle and Xiao Han had plotted to kill them in the secret realm.

• Lin Shisan defeated and killed Ling Feng despite Ling Feng’s higher cultivation, then killed the terrified young man who tried to flee.
• Lin Shisan pulled Gu Mengli from the pit and admitted he had recognized the trap but came because he could not risk her life.
• Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli found a crevice to shelter in for the night after he checked that no Demon Beasts were nearby.
• Gu Mengli told Lin Shisan that her Second Uncle had forced her to lure him there by threatening her father and their branch of the Gu Household.
• Gu Mengli explained that her Second Uncle feared Lin Shisan’s growing influence, while Xiao Han had sent Wang Yan and Ling Feng to help kill them and disguise their deaths as a Demon Beast attack.

Lin Shisan struck a bargain with Gai Jiuyou: she gave him the route to the Ancient Lightning Pool, and he agreed to seek her demon seed in return. He decided to leave at dawn, determined to reach the pool and help his flood dragon evolve despite the dangers.

• As Lin Shisan recovered in the crevice, Gai Jiuyou used her seduction arts to test him, then asked whether he knew about the Ancient Lightning Pool.
• Gai Jiuyou offered to guide Lin Shisan to the pool if he retrieved the demon seed she had hidden in the secret realm.
• Lin Shisan negotiated for the pool's location first, and Gai Jiuyou revealed a map showing the route through Miasma Forest, Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge, and the Immortal Volcano.
• Gai Jiuyou explained that her demon seed lay at the Immortal Waterfall Pool and warned Lin Shisan that the journey was perilous.
• After Gu Mengli returned to herself, Lin Shisan decided they would leave at dawn so he could reach the Ancient Lightning Pool and help his flood dragon evolve.

Lin Shisan asked Gai Jiuyou to help him lure Xiao Han into a trap in the secret realm, planning to use the Thunder Pool guardian beast to kill him. Gai Jiuyou agreed but warned that Xiao Han could temporarily raise his cultivation to the eighth or ninth stage of Meridian Opening, while she would handle Ning Jiuying.

• Lin Shisan resisted Gai Jiuyou's bewitching technique, and she teased him before he asked for her help.
• Lin Shisan lent Gai Jiuyou the Heart-Exterminating Mirror and argued that their cooperation would help him grow stronger and free her true body from the Nine Yang Cauldron.
• Lin Shisan proposed driving the Thunder Pool guardian beast against Xiao Han, confident Xiao Han would follow his aura using the Xiao Household's Tracking Talisman.
• Gai Jiuyou agreed to help Lin Shisan and said she would deal with Ning Jiuying, whose aura she sensed in Ling Lei.
• Gai Jiuyou warned Lin Shisan that Xiao Han could use the Xiao Household's bloodline secret technique to reach the eighth or ninth stage of Meridian Opening temporarily.

Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli traveled toward the Ancient Lightning Pool, fighting their way through the Miasma Forest and Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge. They reached the ridge’s highest point at evening and saw the Immortal Volcano ahead.

• Gai Jiuyou gave Lin Shisan a Divine Sense imprint that could block one fatal attack, then let Gu Mengli return to control.
• Lin Shisan told Gu Mengli they were heading west toward the Ancient Lightning Pool, and she insisted on accompanying him despite the danger.
• Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli crossed the poisonous Miasma Forest with the Miasma-Averting Pearl and defeated a pack of Netherworld Wolves.
• On Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge, Lin Shisan killed a giant bear and several more waves of Demon Beasts as they continued onward.
• By evening, Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli reached the ridge’s highest point and saw the Immortal Volcano on the horizon.