Chapter Summaries

Lin Fei protected Su Caiwei from her Five-Colored Lightning Tribulation, swallowed its lightning, and dispersed the thunderclouds with a slap. He healed her injuries and offered to help her reach the Martial Venerable Realm, leaving Su Caiwei stunned by his power and generosity.

• Lin Fei caught Su Caiwei as she collapsed and scolded her for entering the tribulation alone.
• Lin Fei shielded Su Caiwei from the first bolt of five-colored lightning, leaving them both unharmed.
• Lin Fei swallowed the lightning pouring from the clouds, astonishing Su Caiwei, Hong Xiaowei, and the onlookers.
• Lin Fei slapped the thunderclouds away, and Hong Xiaowei fell to his knees as the crowd praised Lin Fei.
• Lin Fei used Miraculous Hand to heal Su Caiwei and offered to help her attain the Martial Venerable Realm.

Lin Fei helped Su Caiwei reach the Golden Core Realm before returning to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, while the Medicine Sect’s growing fame drew Guo Zhiqiang and Mo Wan'er into a confrontation with its disciples. Guo Zhiqiang demanded that Song Yufeng appear and threatened the sect and Lin Fei.

• Lin Fei used five-colored lightning to temper Su Caiwei, helping her form a golden core and reach the Golden Core Realm.
• Su Caiwei thanked Lin Fei and offered to serve him, but he declined her invitation to stay and vanished.
• Li Huainan and the others wondered what realm Lin Fei had reached, and Lin Fei later told Ji Yaoguang that he had helped Su Caiwei break through.
• Song Yufeng publicized his connection to Lin Fei and the Shennong Medical Classic, bringing a stream of visitors to the Medicine Sect.
• Guo Zhiqiang demanded that the Medicine Sect’s sect master come out, and Mo Wan'er defeated a disciple who challenged her.
• Guo Zhiqiang ordered the Medicine Sect to submit or die and claimed that neither Song Yufeng nor Lin Fei concerned him.

Guo Zhiqiang and Mo Wan'er forced their way into the Medicine Sect, where Guo Zhiqiang effortlessly survived attacks from Elder Liu and Song Yufeng. Song Yufeng activated the sect’s Spirit-Sealing Formation, but Guo Zhiqiang remained confident and called forth his pet.

• Mo Wan'er killed a Medicine Sect disciple, and Guo Zhiqiang stopped her from pursuing the fleeing disciples as they walked up the mountain.
• Elder Liu confronted Guo Zhiqiang and attacked him with metal-element Gang Qi, but Guo Zhiqiang's black flames burned Elder Liu to ashes.
• Song Yufeng arrived and struck Guo Zhiqiang and Mo Wan'er with a powerful palm, but Guo Zhiqiang's protection left them unharmed.
• Guo Zhiqiang claimed he was a Body Refinement cultivator and offered to spare Song Yufeng if he handed over the Shennong Medical Classic and submitted.
• Song Yufeng activated the Medicine Sect's Spirit-Sealing Formation, but Guo Zhiqiang mocked it and summoned his pet.

Guo Zhiqiang unleashed the Black Flame Fire Phoenix on Spirit Coffin Peak, destroying most of the Medicine Sect and overpowering Song Yufeng. After Song Yufeng’s desperate attack failed, Guo demanded the Shennong Medical Classic, but Song refused and predicted Immortal Lin would kill him.

• Guo Zhiqiang revealed that he belonged to the Corpse Refining Sect and summoned the Black Flame Fire Phoenix.
• Guo Zhiqiang ordered the Black Flame Fire Phoenix to burn Spirit Coffin Peak, killing or injuring more than half of those there.
• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix swept Song Yufeng and the other survivors into Plain Questions Valley, where Guo Zhiqiang taunted them.
• Song Yufeng attacked Guo Zhiqiang with Jade Waves Split the Heavens, but the phoenix’s light screen evaporated the waves.
• Guo Zhiqiang wounded Song Yufeng with black feather-shaped lights and demanded the Shennong Medical Classic, but Song refused and said Immortal Lin would take his life.

Guo Zhiqiang forced Song Yufeng to hand over the Shennong Medical Classic, then left with Mo Wan'er and the Black Flame Fire Phoenix. He pursued greater power and longevity before flying into Xufu City and declaring how lonely it was to be invincible.

• Guo Zhiqiang threatened to kill the people with Song Yufeng unless Song handed over the Shennong Medical Classic, and killed one man to force his decision.
• Song Yufeng gave Guo Zhiqiang a handwritten copy of the Shennong Medical Classic, which Mo Wan'er examined and judged likely genuine.
• Guo Zhiqiang spared Song Yufeng and the survivors, then flew away with Mo Wan'er on the Black Flame Fire Phoenix.
• Guo Zhiqiang told Mo Wan'er to teach him the Demon Sect’s dual cultivation arts so he could target the female cultivators of Douque Palace, especially Su Caiwei.
• Guo Zhiqiang rode the Black Flame Fire Phoenix into Xufu City, frightening the residents as he basked in his power and called himself lonely in his invincibility.

Lin Fei learned that Guo Zhiqiang had nearly destroyed the Medicine Sect after exploiting the Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s corpse, and he rebuked Song Yufeng for bringing disaster on the sect. He took Song Yufeng to Douque Palace to confront Guo Zhiqiang and avenge the Medicine Sect’s disciples.

• The six women at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa advanced rapidly in cultivation, with Ji Yaoguang and Wu Moling reaching the Qi Refining Twelfth Layer and the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Song Yufeng arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa and told the four maids that Guo Zhiqiang had nearly wiped out the Medicine Sect.
• After Chunhua called him, Lin Fei returned with Ji Yaoguang and questioned Song Yufeng about how Guo Zhiqiang had learned of the Shennong Medical Classic.
• Lin Fei blamed Song Yufeng for publicizing the Medicine Sect’s treasure and ignoring his warning, then struck him across the face on behalf of Suxuzi.
• Lin Fei ordered Song Yufeng to accompany him to Douque Palace, where he intended to confront Guo Zhiqiang and avenge the Medicine Sect’s disciples.

Lin Fei brought Song Yufeng and the six women to Douque Palace after warning its leaders that Guo Zhiqiang and the Black Flame Fire Phoenix might attack. Guo Zhiqiang arrived with Mo Wan'er and the phoenix, and the chapter ended as its black flames struck Douque Palace's mountain-protecting formation.

• Lin Fei teleported his companions to Douque Palace, where Hong Xiaowei nervously greeted him and Lin Fei told him to leave.
• Lin Fei warned Su Caiwei and the two supreme elders that Guo Zhiqiang had destroyed the Medicine Sect and might target Douque Palace next.
• Su Caiwei offered Lin Fei the Water Cloud Mirror, which he revealed he had forged for Princess Longji, but he sensed Guo Zhiqiang was already approaching.
• Guo Zhiqiang arrived on the Black Flame Fire Phoenix with Mo Wan'er, and Hong Xiaowei activated Douque Palace's mountain-protecting formation.
• Guo Zhiqiang ordered the Black Flame Fire Phoenix to break the formation, and its blast of black flame struck the water barrier.

The Black Flame Fire Phoenix destroyed Douque Palace’s mountain-protecting formation, and Su Caiwei challenged Guo Zhiqiang to defend her palace. She survived the phoenix’s devastating flame breath, but Guo Zhiqiang ordered it to attack her with everything it had.

• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s breath spread black flames across the formation and destroyed it, leaving Hong Xiaowei gravely injured by the backlash.
• Su Caiwei asked Lin Fei for permission to fight Guo Zhiqiang herself, and Lin Fei sent Chunhua to call Chen Longxiang and summon Yinglong to Phoenix Mountain.
• Su Caiwei’s Water Cloud Sword failed to pierce Guo Zhiqiang’s Gang Qi, but she dodged and parried his black-light attack without injury.
• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix blasted Su Caiwei with black flames, and her Heaven and Earth Primordial Unity barrier broke after blocking the attack.
• Guo Zhiqiang, surprised that Su Caiwei had survived, ordered the Black Flame Fire Phoenix to attack her with everything it had.

Su Caiwei fought Guo Zhiqiang and the Black Flame Fire Phoenix but was overwhelmed by the phoenix’s powerful body and killing arts. Lin Fei rescued her before she could die, while Guo Zhiqiang celebrated what he saw as his victory.

• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix unleashed its Wind Feather Sword attack, and Su Caiwei countered with Snow Dance Frost Dragon Break.
• Su Caiwei threw the Water Cloud Sword with One Strike Through All, breaking the phoenix’s Protective Gang Qi but failing to injure its body.
• The phoenix’s black feather swords struck Su Caiwei, shattering her ice armor and leaving her badly wounded.
• Lin Fei pulled Su Caiwei to safety, where she collapsed and coughed up blood.
• Guo Zhiqiang mocked Su Caiwei and boasted that he searched all beneath heaven seeking only a single defeat.

Su Caiwei fell to Guo Zhiqiang's Black Flame Fire Phoenix, leaving Douque Palace in despair until Lin Fei revealed himself and faced the beast. As Yinglong arrived, Lin Fei called for her to reveal her true form, and a dragon's roar darkened the skies.

• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix defeated Su Caiwei, and Guo Zhiqiang threatened Su Mingyue and the other women of Douque Palace.
• Song Yufeng announced that Lin Fei was present, and Guo Zhiqiang mocked Lin Fei and Ji Yaoguang while ordering the phoenix to kill the men.
• Lin Fei rose to confront the phoenix and its sea of feather swords, calmly claiming he could crush his enemies with one finger.
• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix sensed danger and dodged as Yinglong streaked from the horizon and stopped beside Lin Fei.
• Lin Fei told Yinglong to reveal her true form, and her dragon's roar filled the sky with dark clouds.

Yinglong appeared on Phoenix Mountain and overwhelmed the Black Flame Fire Phoenix, forcing it to kowtow before Lin Fei. Guo Zhiqiang used his blood to regain control and attacked, but Yinglong’s strike split the phoenix’s sword apart.

• Yinglong appeared above Phoenix Mountain, and her draconic might forced everyone except Lin Fei and Su Caiwei to their knees.
• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix bowed repeatedly before Yinglong as Lin Fei descended on her back.
• Yinglong accused Guo Zhiqiang and Mo Wan'er of turning her descendant into a demonic corpse and attacked them.
• Guo Zhiqiang cut his wrist and used his blood to strengthen his control, freeing the Black Flame Fire Phoenix from its fear of Yinglong.
• At Lin Fei’s urging, Yinglong resolved to give the demonic corpse peace, while Guo Zhiqiang commanded it to attack with its feather swords.
• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix formed thousands of feathers into a giant sword, and Yinglong struck it, splitting the demonic sword apart.

Yinglong crushed Guo Zhiqiang’s Black Flame Fire Phoenix, leaving him powerless before Lin Fei. As Guo Zhiqiang and Mo Wan'er turned on each other and Mo Wan'er tried to win Lin Fei’s favor, Lin Fei beckoned her closer with a knowing smile.

• Yinglong shattered Guo Zhiqiang’s feather sword and seized the Black Flame Fire Phoenix, overwhelming it without effort.
• Guo Zhiqiang begged Lin Fei to spare him, while Mo Wan'er mocked his downfall and accused him of forcing her to become his lover.
• Mo Wan'er offered herself to Lin Fei, but Guo Zhiqiang exposed her role in his schemes and called her a hypocrite.
• Guo Zhiqiang attacked Mo Wan'er, and Lin Fei swept him toward Yinglong while Mo Wan'er assumed Lin Fei had taken her side.
• Lin Fei opened his arms and told Mo Wan'er to come closer, prompting Ji Yaoguang to recognize his devilish intent.

Lin Fei killed Mo Wan'er after exposing her attempted honey trap, then Yinglong absorbed a drop of demonic blood and the Black Flame Fire Phoenix vanished. At the ruined Illusion Sect, a black-robed figure saw the Hell Path mark on the Samsara crystal glow with a phoenix and realized the powerful demonic corpse had been killed.

• Lin Fei slapped Mo Wan'er away, mortally wounded her with an invisible force, and dismissed her accusation before she died.
• Yinglong showed Lin Fei a drop of black blood from the Black Flame Fire Phoenix, and he identified its owner as a disciple or descendant of Lin Yuan who had cultivated the Golden Scale Dragon Abyss Art and the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
• Lin Fei purified the blood and sent it into Yinglong, helping her recover some strength, then made the Black Flame Fire Phoenix vanish.
• The people on Phoenix Mountain knelt to honor Yinglong and Lin Fei, while Ji Yaoguang worried that the female disciples had become Lin Fei's admirers.
• A black-robed figure at the Illusion Sect saw the Hell Path face on the Samsara crystal shine with a phoenix mark and learned that the Black Flame Fire Phoenix had died.

Lin Fei explained that the Immortal Realm had orchestrated the depletion of Earth’s spiritual energy and said that restoring Jianmu would reconnect the two realms. He revealed that he had accidentally chopped down Jianmu during his battle with the Demonic Venerable of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Hong Xiaowei regretted provoking Ji Yaoguang as Lin Fei entered Douque Palace with Su Caiwei and the others.
• Su Caiwei lamented that depleted spiritual energy would halt everyone’s cultivation, and Lin Fei promised to revive it and usher in an age of cultivation.
• Lin Fei explained that Haotian and the other Immortal Emperors had used the Investiture of the Gods and four divine artifacts to drain the human realm’s spiritual energy.
• Lin Fei said that restoring Jianmu would allow spiritual energy to flow between the human and Immortal Realms.
• Lin Fei revealed that he had accidentally chopped down Jianmu with one sword stroke during his fight with the Demonic Venerable of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Lin Fei visited the Sound Sect to retrieve the spiritual wood he had left there and check on Yin Shuangtong’s cultivation, but the sect’s leaders suspected him of belonging to the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace. The chapter ended with Mo Li ordering the elders to test him by severing his meridians and destroying his dantian.

• Lin Fei sent his companions back to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa and went to the Sound Sect to see Yin Shuangtong.
• Lin Fei noticed Yin Shuangtong was not practicing the Jade Zither Heavenly Sound Art, and she revealed that Ji Xue suspected the art was dangerous.
• The Sound Sect activated the Heavenly Sound Wind Lotus Formation and surrounded Lin Fei.
• Ji Xue accused Lin Fei of being Lin Yuan’s descendant and a member of the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace.
• Mo Li ordered the elders to test Lin Fei by severing his meridians and destroying his dantian, leaving Yin Shuangtong horrified.

Mo Li and the Sound Sect elders attacked Lin Fei, suspecting he belonged to the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace, but he effortlessly countered their techniques with his zither. He demonstrated the Jade Zither Heavenly Sound Art and healed the elders, leaving Mo Li to understand that Lin Fei had been teaching them rather than trying to destroy the Sound Sect.

• Mo Li rejected Yin Shuangtong’s plea and ordered the elders to surround Lin Fei and attack him.
• Lin Fei used Yin Shuangtong’s zither to deflect the elders’ wind blades and collapse their tornadoes, then criticized their flawed musical technique.
• Lin Fei summoned sword shadows with his zither and protected the Sound Sect members with Three Variations on Yangguan, though the clash’s force sent them flying and injured them.
• Lin Fei played Night Mooring on the Autumn River, creating an autumn-moon vision that helped the elders recover as they listened.
• Yin Shuangtong realized Lin Fei had deliberately slowed the music to teach the elders, and Mo Li understood he could have destroyed the Sound Sect if he had wanted to.

Lin Fei cleared up the Sound Sect’s suspicions, revealed his connection to their founding ancestor, and explained the nameless zither’s origin before announcing that he would restore Jianmu. In Lin'an City, Lin Xinyu and Wangliang learned of Lin Fei’s growing power, and Wangliang identified him as the Celestial Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages who had once killed him.

• Yin Shuangtong, Mo Li, Ji Xue, and the Sound Sect elders apologized to Lin Fei for suspecting him and asked how he had obtained the Jade Zither Heavenly Sound Art.
• Lin Fei sent them memories revealing that their founding ancestor, the Jade Zither Fairy, had served him, and the Sound Sect members knelt to honor him as the Celestial Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages.
• Mo Li had Ji Xue bring Lin Fei the nameless ancient zither, and he explained that its Jianmu wood transmitted primordial spirit fluctuations rather than sound.
• Lin Fei told the Sound Sect that he would soon restore Jianmu and urged them to prepare for a new era.
• In Lin'an City, Lin Xinyu and Wangliang discussed Lin Fei’s strength, and Wangliang concluded that Lin Fei was the Celestial Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages who had killed him in the past.

Lin Xinyu and Wangliang discussed Lin Fei’s terrifying past incarnation and the difficulty of opposing him in an age without spiritual energy. The story then shifted to Hong Xiaowei, who began studying the Blood Prison Sword Art without knowing it came from a stele left by Lin Fei.

• Wangliang told Lin Xinyu that he hated Lin Fei and believed Lin Fei was a reincarnation, but Lin Xinyu pointed out that neither of them could hope to kill him or Yinglong.
• Wangliang claimed he had often injured Yinglong in sparring and could kill her once spiritual energy returned and he recovered the weapons he needed.
• Wangliang named Yinglong, Nüba, Guangchengzi, the Flame Emperor, and Zhurong as beings once on his level, then speculated that Lin Fei and an equally powerful opponent had perished together before Lin Fei reincarnated.
• In Jiangnan Province, Hong Xiaowei opened a bloodstained ancient book and began studying the Blood Prison Sword Art, unaware that its source was a stone stele left by Lin Fei.

Hong Xiaowei turned to the Blood Prison Sword Art and decided to rebuild his strength, but killed Xiaoqing when he feared she would keep him from pursuing power. He mourned her while insisting he would make the same choice and seize control of his destiny.

• Hong Xiaowei resolved to cripple his cultivation and practice the Blood Prison Sword Art after recalling its origins and its promise to break down and rebuild.
• Hong Xiaowei confessed to Xiaoqing that he had murdered a family for the sword art and had used his heroic reputation to conceal his motives.
• Hong Xiaowei attacked Xiaoqing, but hesitated when she said she loved him despite his deceit and wanted them to live quietly together.
• Hong Xiaowei convinced himself Xiaoqing was lying and broke her neck, then collapsed beside her corpse in grief.
• Hong Xiaowei declared that he wanted power and control because he refused to remain vulnerable, while Xiaoqing's corpse bore a look of regret and pity.

After burying Xiaoqing, Hong Xiaowei awakened the Sword Demon’s Blood Prison Sword Art and vowed to take revenge on Lin Fei. Meanwhile, Douque Palace and the Sound Sect gathered near Kunlun ahead of Lin Fei’s planned restoration of Jianmu, while Lin Fei traveled there casually with his companions.

• Hong Xiaowei buried Xiaoqing, then studied the Blood Prison Sword Art and endured its terrifying sword intent.
• Hong Xiaowei’s blood awakened the book’s hidden soul essence and made the magical treasure acknowledge him as its master, granting him a shortcut into the demonic path and aid for cultivation.
• Hong Xiaowei celebrated his chance to rise during the coming spiritual energy revival and vowed to defeat Lin Fei and claim Su Caiwei.
• Douque Palace and the Sound Sect moved near Mount Kunlun in secret, hoping to benefit from the new era Lin Fei was expected to usher in.
• Lin Fei traveled toward Yundian Province with Yinglong, Ji Yaoguang, and Wu Moling to restore Jianmu, while the group approached a vast mountain forest.