Chapter Summaries

Xuan Bing fought five Thearch Realm cultivators who wanted to capture her and sell her, while Lin Xuan watched from nearby. With Lin Xuan present, Xuan Bing resolved to keep fighting and show her strength.

• Xuan Bing wounded three Thearch Realm cultivators, but their greed grew as they used pills and other trump cards to keep attacking her.
• Xuan Bing transformed into an enormous immortal deer, revealing the power of her bloodline and intensifying the attackers' desire to capture her.
• Lin Xuan arrived with Situ Rong and a woman, but chose to watch while the woman recognized Xuan Bing as a Holy Spirit.
• Two more Thearch Realm cultivators arrived, and the first three invited them to join forces and divide the spoils.
• As the five cultivators attacked, Xuan Bing spotted Lin Xuan and charged into battle without fear of what might happen next.

The five Thearch Realm experts unleashed their trump cards against Xuan Bing and pushed the exhausted Holy Spirit to her limit. Lin Xuan intervened, and after Xuan Bing escaped their attack, she rushed into his arms and called him her master.

• Xuan Bing’s antler charge sent several Thearch Realm experts flying, so they used their Divine Abilities and Emperor Weapons against her.
• As Xuan Bing weakened under their attacks, Lin Xuan stepped forward and rebuked the five experts for ganging up on her.
• The woman retreated in fear, while Situ Rong tried to shield Lin Xuan but was forced to his knees by the experts’ pressure.
• Xuan Bing reverted to her original form and tried to flee, prompting one expert to draw his bow and target Lin Xuan and his companions.
• Xuan Bing charged into Lin Xuan’s arms, clutched his sleeve, and cried that the experts had bullied her, urging him to beat them to death.

Lin Xuan revealed that Xuan Bing was his spirit pet and killed the Thearch Realm cultivators who tried to seize her, including a veteran at the Thearch Realm Third Layer. He then left Situ Rong behind with Xuan Bing, while the surviving onlookers struggled to comprehend his strength.

• Xuan Bing called Lin Xuan her master and asked him to avenge her, stunning Situ Rong and the woman who had scorned him.
• A Thearch Realm old man claimed Lin Xuan had no right to possess a Holy Spirit, but Lin Xuan cut him down with one sword strike.
• The remaining Thearch Realm cultivators pleaded to leave, but Lin Xuan killed them all to prevent them from spreading word about Xuan Bing.
• Lin Xuan told Situ Rong he would travel separately, then walked away with Xuan Bing as she collected the dead cultivators' Storage Bags and Emperor Weapons.
• Situ Rong watched Lin Xuan leave and wondered what kind of monster Sacred Master Yunzhao had taken as a disciple.

Lin Xuan searched Cloudmist Marsh for Lin Yuechan but found no trace of her, then encountered Heaven-Pillaring Sect cultivators fleeing the Blood-Melting Hall. He accepted their plea for help after they handed over a rare spirit herb, which he gave to Xuan Bing.

• Lin Xuan and Xuan Bing traveled through Cloudmist Marsh, where his Sword Intent kept nearby Demon Beasts at bay.
• Lin Xuan pondered the scarcity of Spirit Plants but set aside his questions and focused on finding Lin Yuechan with a compass that had not yet reacted.
• Several injured Heaven-Pillaring Sect cultivators fled to Lin Xuan and begged him to protect them from the Blood-Melting Hall.
• One cultivator offered Lin Xuan a rare spirit herb they had found in the marsh, and Lin Xuan gave it to the eager Xuan Bing.
• Lin Xuan agreed to help the Heaven-Pillaring Sect cultivators.

Lin Xuan stood against two Blood-Melting Hall pursuers to protect the Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples, despite their pleas for him to escape. He sent Xuan Bing to fight, and her transformation revealed the little deer’s Thearch Realm power.

• Two Blood-Melting Hall pursuers caught up with the fleeing Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples, and the older pursuer revealed himself as a Heavenly Venerable.
• The Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples urged Lin Xuan to leave, but he refused because he had accepted their payment and promised to protect them.
• Lin Xuan stepped forward and gave the Blood-Melting Hall pursuers three breaths to leave.
• Lin Xuan told Xuan Bing to help settle the trouble, and she leaped down and transformed into a Xuan Bing Immortal Deer.
• Xuan Bing released terrifying thearch might, shocking everyone present.

Lin Xuan revealed Xuan Bing’s Thearch Realm strength, killed the two Blood-Melting Hall Venerables, and left after the Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples thanked him. In Demon-Suppressing City, three Primordial Holy Heaven Saint Masters learned that the gifted young sword cultivator had rejected all Ten Great Saint Heavens.

• The Blood-Melting Hall Venerables tried to flee after seeing Xuan Bing grow to her full size, but Xuan Bing killed them with a wind blade that froze and shattered them.
• Lin Xuan took the Venerables’ Storage Bags and told the Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples he had fulfilled their bargain before leaving.
• A Saint Master from the Primordial Holy Heaven worried over recent events in Demon-Suppressing City and asked two returning Saint Masters whether they had recruited the young sword cultivator.
• The two Saint Masters said the girl had rejected every one of the Ten Great Saint Heavens, including the Primordial Holy Heaven.

The Saint Masters learned that the young sword cultivator had refused every Holy Heaven, then prepared to join the thousand-year harvest of the Holy Lotus of Creation in Cloudmist Marsh. As the lotus bloomed and the restrictions fell, the Holy Heavens began arguing over its parts before the Primordial Holy Heaven could claim anything.

• The middle-aged Saint Master heard that the young sword cultivator had rejected the Ten Great Saint Heavens and learned that the Holy Lotus of Creation was about to bloom.
• One returning Saint Master stayed behind to recover, while the middle-aged Saint Master and Yun Bi prepared to enter Cloudmist Marsh with some Heavenly Venerable students.
• Several days later, the Holy Lotus of Creation began blooming on an island in Cloudmist Marsh as demons, Demon Beasts, and humans lay dead around it.
• The leaders of the Holy Heavens opened the lotus's restrictions while their forces gathered, hoping to claim its petals, roots, seeds, and leaves.
• The leaders of several Holy Heavens started dividing the lotus's treasures, and the Primordial Holy Heaven's members looked displeased before they could speak.

Lin Xuan intervened after Golden Feather Holy Heaven humiliated Primordial Holy Heaven over the Holy Lotus of Creation, killing Fang Sheng with one sword and reclaiming the lotus seeds. As the gathered students reeled from his strength, a furious Great Emperor’s presence swept over the island.

• Fang Sheng offered Primordial Holy Heaven three low-grade lotus seeds, then struck Xiao Yu and took them back when Xiao Yu protested.
• Lin Xuan appeared and condemned Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s treatment of Primordial Holy Heaven, while Xuan Bing demanded the lotus seeds.
• Fang Sheng mocked Lin Xuan and drew his twin sabers, but Lin Xuan killed him with a single sword strike before he could finish speaking.
• Lin Xuan reclaimed the lotus seeds and tossed them to Xuan Bing, then challenged anyone who objected to step forward.
• A terrifying presence identified as that of a Great Emperor swept over the island.

After Lin Xuan killed Fang Sheng, Golden Feather Holy Heaven's sage instructor Fang Fu arrived and threatened to kill him. Chi Yizhou intervened to protect Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan refused to flee and challenged Fang Fu to take his life himself.

• Fang Fu found Fang Sheng's corpse and accused Lin Xuan of killing his disciple, declaring that he would kill him.
• Chi Yizhou arrived on a jade bird and stepped between Fang Fu and Lin Xuan, insisting that he would protect the Primordial Holy Heaven student.
• Fang Fu threatened the other Primordial Holy Heaven disciples, and Chi Yizhou ordered Huang Li'er to protect Lin Xuan as he prepared to fight.
• Huang Li'er urged Lin Xuan to escape while she protected him, but Lin Xuan declined and set her on Xuan Bing's back.
• Lin Xuan walked toward Fang Fu with his sword and challenged him to take his life himself.

Lin Xuan killed Fang Fu, a Great Emperor from Golden Feather Holy Heaven, with a single sword strike in Cloudmist Marsh. He harvested the Holy Lotus of Creation and distributed three white lotus seeds to each of the other eight Holy Heavens.

• Lin Xuan drew his sword and challenged Fang Fu despite being below the Thearch Realm.
• Chi summoned his heaven-swallowing python to protect the Primordial Holy Heaven disciples and moved to save Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan struck Fang Fu with a Sword-Ray, killing the Great Emperor instantly.
• Xuan Bing retrieved Fang Fu's and Fang Sheng's Storage Bags while Lin Xuan assessed his strength and harvested the Holy Lotus of Creation.
• Lin Xuan gave the other eight Holy Heavens three white lotus seeds each, reminding them that he had considered their earlier efforts.

Lin Xuan defeated the other Holy Heavens, gave Primordial Holy Heaven thirty golden lotus seeds and a section of lotus root, then slipped away from Elder Zuo. Deep in the Demon Battlefield, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower emerged, still hungry for more human cultivators.

• The other eight Holy Heavens fled after Lin Xuan intimidated them, while Primordial Holy Heaven celebrated its reversal of fortune.
• Lin Xuan gave the middle-aged Holy Master thirty golden lotus seeds and a section of creation lotus root before departing with Xuan Bing.
• The middle-aged Holy Master realized the lotus root might heal his hidden injuries and let him advance further.
• Elder Zuo searched Cloudmist Marsh for Lin Xuan, unaware that Lin Xuan had deliberately hidden from him.
• Deep in the Demon Battlefield, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower devoured human corpses, transformed its Demon Qi, and shrieked for more prey.

The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower revealed an ancient palace as bait to draw human cultivators within reach. Lin Xuan and Xuan Bing approached the palace, and Lin Xuan resolved to hunt the powerful presence he sensed there.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower summoned an ancient palace from her blossom and hid beneath it, hoping to lure human cultivators with its treasures and trapped demons.
• Lin Xuan continued across the Demon Battlefield while Xuan Bing, having eaten most of the Holy Lotus of Creation, urged him toward the palace for its enticing food.
• Lin Xuan saw that cultivators were flocking to the palace, which rumors identified as a damaged Half-Step Saint Weapon containing ancient demons and the legacy of a Holy Heaven Domain sect.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful presence near the palace and decided to kill it to help Xuan Bing grow stronger.

Lin Xuan saved a group of Moon Eve Alliance cultivators from a powerful demon and asked them about his sister, Lin Yuechan. They told him that Lin Yuechan had failed her breakthrough and returned to Primordial Holy Heaven a few days earlier.

• A Moon Eve Alliance group was overwhelmed by a two-mark Heavenly Venerable Perfection demon while trying to reach the ancient hall.
• Lin Xuan arrived and killed the demon with one slash of Sword Qi, while his deer spirit pet collected its body.
• The wounded cultivators recognized Lin Xuan’s Moon Eve Alliance jade pendant and wondered at his immense strength.
• Lin Xuan asked the group where the alliance leader had gone, hoping to learn news of his sister.
• The group’s leader told Lin Xuan that Lin Yuechan had failed her breakthrough and returned to Primordial Holy Heaven a few days earlier.

Lin Xuan learned that his sister Lin Yuechan had survived her failed breakthrough and agreed to bring the injured Moon Eve Alliance members to the ancient hall. At the entrance, Yu Wei tried to place the Primordial Holy Heaven students under his command, while Lin Xuan remained focused on the opportunity inside.

• Lin Xuan reassured the injured Moon Eve Alliance members that the Black-Crowned Snow Lotus would not cure Lin Yuechan’s breakthrough backlash and invited them to travel with him to the ancient hall.
• Wen Ling and his companions accepted Lin Xuan’s offer, and they continued onward with him, killing demons along the way.
• After a day of travel, Lin Xuan’s group reached the ancient hall, where people from the Ten Great Saint Heavens and other factions had gathered.
• Wen Ling spotted Yu Wei, a Heavenly Venerable Perfection disciple from the Heaven-Reaching Institute, and Yu Wei came over to confront the group.
• Yu Wei ordered the Supreme Institute students to follow his arrangements, prompting Lu Qiuyan to object before another woman covered her mouth.
• Lin Xuan ignored the dispute over leadership and kept his attention on the fortuitous opportunity inside the ancient hall.

Lin Xuan and the others followed Yu Wei into the ancient hall, where they discovered that its floors and walls were made of rare, valuable materials. At a fork in the increasingly dangerous maze, Yu Wei proposed going left, but someone disagreed and suggested the right path.

• Yu Wei spoke with Qin Lingsu, then arranged for the group to enter the ancient hall together and warned them not to touch anything.
• Inside the hall, Qin Lingsu identified the floor as azure flame stone, and the group found other rare materials decorating the walls and ceiling.
• The group restrained themselves from taking the materials because damaging the hall might release demons or provoke its defenses, while Xuan Bing watched hungrily from Lin Xuan's shoulder.
• As the group traveled deeper, they encountered fewer but stronger demons and eventually reached a fork with left and right paths.
• Yu Wei suggested taking the left path, but an unidentified voice said they should go right.

At a fork in Cloudmist Marsh, Lin Xuan chose the passage filled with demons after Xuan Bing sensed a supreme treasure there, while Yu Wei led most of the group toward the denser Immortal Spirit Qi. The chapter left Lin Xuan’s small party heading right, joined by Qin Lingsu.

• Xuan Bing urged Lin Xuan to take the right passage because she sensed something exceptionally delicious among the demons there.
• Yu Wei rejected Lin Xuan’s choice, called the right passage too dangerous, and led most of the group left.
• Wen Ling and the other Supreme Institute members stayed with Lin Xuan despite warnings from Wen Ling’s friend, trusting Lin Xuan’s strength.
• Qin Lingsu reflected on Lin Xuan’s unusual presence and her dislike of Yu Wei, then chose to go right with Lin Xuan.

After Qin Lingsu joined Lin Xuan’s group, they advanced deeper into the ancient hall and faced increasingly powerful demons. Lin Xuan stopped them just before a Five-Mark Demon emerged, leaving the group trapped between it and demons blocking their retreat.

• Qin Lingsu rejected Yu Wei and walked over to Lin Xuan, prompting Yu Wei to leave in anger with his followers.
• Lin Xuan’s group cautiously advanced along the dangerous passage, where Wen Ling’s compass detected dense Demon Qi and the demons grew stronger.
• Qin Lingsu distributed pills to help the group endure while Wen Ling and the others fought the demons; Lin Xuan held back at Wen Ling’s request.
• Lin Xuan raised his hand to stop the group just before the path ahead collapsed and a powerful demon burst out, shattering the surrounding formations.
• Qin Lingsu recognized the demon as a Five-Mark Demon, but the passage behind the group collapsed and became blocked by other demons, trapping them.

Lin Xuan saved the group by killing a Five-Mark Demon and its horde with one sword strike, then guided them through the hall’s broken formations. The group arrived at a flooded cavern filled with demons and spotted a Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruit.

• Wen Ling and the others despaired when a Five-Mark Demon confronted them.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the formation barrier and killed every demon, including the Five-Mark Demon, with a single sword strike while leaving the group and formation unharmed.
• The group continued through the hall, relying on Xuan Bing to sense formations and Lin Xuan to dismantle them.
• A group teleportation formation carried them to a ruined, flooded cavern packed with demons that all stared at the same spot.
• Qin Lingsu recognized the object captivating the demons as a Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruit.

Lin Xuan killed the demons guarding a Vermilion Bird Spirit Tree, collected its fruits, and shared some with the Moon Eve Alliance. The group reached another hall, where a damaged sword’s overwhelming Sword Intent drew their attention.

• Qin Lingsu identified the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruits and living soil, but the group feared the demons guarding them.
• Lin Xuan descended into the pool and killed all the demons with a single strike of Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan collected the spirit fruits, gave one to each companion, and traded Qin Lingsu three more for two fruits suited to beasts.
• Xuan Bing ate the beast pills Qin Lingsu offered and secretly returned to swallow the demon-contaminated water from the pool.
• Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance reached another hall and saw a damaged palm-sized sword whose Sword Intent stunned them.

Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance disciples entered a hall where a small sword's powerful Sword Domain drew sword cultivators to comprehend it, while injuring those who could not withstand its pressure. They spotted Yu Wei nearby, then Wang Fu approached to taunt them about their ragged appearance and claim they had gained nothing.

• Lin Xuan recognized that the small sword contained an extraordinary Sword Domain, and the group saw a cultivator suffer backlash from its Sword Intent.
• Wen Ling warned his companions to proceed cautiously after they saw the cultivator carried away injured.
• Lu Qiuyan spotted Yu Wei and the others comprehending the sword's Intent within a hundred zhang of it.
• Wang Fu and two companions approached Lin Xuan's group and mocked their torn clothes and supposed lack of gains.
• Wang Fu thanked them for not joining his group, saying he would otherwise have had to share their Spirit Stones with them.