Recaps

Lin Sheng entered Black Mist Valley to find the Ink Scale Black Bear and discovered that poisonous creatures were being drained of their vitality beneath the valley. In an underground cavern, he found a horde of powerful Spirit Beasts gathered among heaps of bones, leaving the source of the strange phenomenon unrevealed.

• Lin Sheng killed a gray eagle Spirit Beast and absorbed its blood, raising his Fourth Mark activation progress to 9%.
• Sun Hai led Lin Sheng toward Black Mist Valley, and Lin Sheng carried him there at great speed before entering the poisonous mist alone.
• Lin Sheng crossed the toxic mist unharmed and searched the valley, finding no trace of the Ink Scale Black Bear or other ordinary beasts.
• Lin Sheng discovered a cave where poisonous insects were listless and dying as their life essence flowed underground.
• Lin Sheng followed the flow into an underground cavern filled with bones and found at least twenty or thirty powerful Spirit Beasts gathered there.

Lin Sheng entered Black Mist Valley to hunt Spirit Beasts and found a cave where a tentacled creature nearly drained him before he escaped. He left the valley with Little Black, ordered others to investigate and avoid it, and observed that the black mist was slowly spreading.

• Lin Sheng found the Ink Scale Black Bear and several high-level Spirit Beasts trapped in a cave, then absorbed the bear and drained the blood of the dead beasts to advance the Fourth Mark.
• Lin Sheng failed to absorb the long-dead Crimson Blood Viper, drained the remaining Spirit Beasts, and raised his Fourth Mark activation progress past 35%.
• Tentacles emerged from the beasts and formed a face that ensnared Lin Sheng; he burned through the feelers and escaped through the cave wall.
• Lin Sheng fled Black Mist Valley and found Little Black frightened and disoriented in the mist.
• Lin Sheng told Sun Hai to investigate the valley’s origins and ordered the Wind Cloud Gang and Medicine Gang to stay away.
• Lin Sheng flew above the valley, saw that the black mist was slowly spreading, and continued hunting Spirit Beasts in the mountain range with greater caution.

Lin Sheng returned to Luoshui County after his cultivation advanced, and raised the Fourth Mark’s activation progress past fifty percent by absorbing Spirit Beasts. He then learned that the Prefectural Office was moving against the Red Flower Tower and Haihe Gang, while Meng Ke confronted a disguised figure who might be Mei Sanniang.

• Lin Sheng returned to Luoshui County, cultivated for a month, broke through to the Blood Circulation realm, and neared the sixth layer of the White Elephant Town Mountain Art.
• Lin Sheng visited Ah Da, absorbed four newly delivered Spirit Beasts and the recovering beasts, and raised the Fourth Mark’s activation progress beyond fifty percent.
• Lin Sheng overheard Brother Hu say the authorities were targeting Luoshui County’s two local powerhouses, the Red Flower Tower and Haihe Gang, and left to investigate.
• Meng Ke and Wu He led soldiers to surround the Red Flower Tower’s headquarters, while Meng Ke stopped a fleeing scholar and suggested the figure might be Mei Sanniang in disguise.

Lin Sheng rescued Mei Sanniang and the Red Flower Tower members after Meng Ke and Wu He attacked them, then discovered that an Imperial Court defense in Wu He's mind triggered his beastification when Lin Sheng probed his memories. Meng Ke survived Lin Sheng's counterattack and struck him with a blood-red arrow, but golden flames emerged to suppress its glow.

• Meng Ke shot Mei Sanniang with three arrows, and Wu He captured her while soldiers seized more than a hundred Red Mountain Pavilion members.
• Lin Sheng arrived, killed the soldiers with poison arts, and knocked Meng Ke aside before lifting Wu He by the throat.
• Lin Sheng questioned Mei Sanniang, who said she did not know why the Prefectural Office had attacked, and ordered her to take her people away from Luoshui County.
• Lin Sheng used the Seed Demon Secret Technique to inspect Wu He's memories, but a beast roar disrupted the technique and triggered Wu He's beastification, so Lin Sheng killed him.
• Meng Ke recovered in the rubble and fired a blood-red arrow at Lin Sheng, but golden flames surged up and suppressed the red light.

Lin Sheng killed Meng Ke and discovered that Luoshui County officials were turning prisoners into beastlike beings for a secret mission tied to Sky Rainbow Pavilion. He confronted Zhang Han in the underground prison, where Zhang summoned a mysterious power that focused the prisoners’ attention on Lin Sheng.

• Lin Sheng blocked Meng Ke’s Great Demon Arrow, identified himself as the Seven Forms Sect Master, failed to extract Meng Ke’s memories, and killed him.
• At the County Office, Sun Wenbo praised Zhang Han for their mission while Zhang explained that Sky Rainbow Pavilion was behind it and that the work mattered to the front-line war.
• Zhang Han inspected a chained Bone Transformation martial artist whose body was developing scales, believing the man’s unusual bloodline made him especially compatible with the secret technique and medicine.
• Lin Sheng arrived after killing Sun Wenbo and questioned Zhang Han about the frenzied prisoners, whose beastlike state seemed impossible for Blood Circulation Practitioners.
• Zhang Han crushed a black jade charm and gained a blinking eye tattoo on his palm, while the prisoners abruptly stopped moving and stared at Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng fought through the beastified prisoners in the county yamen and discovered the Beast Taming Army’s brutal method. After a black single eye transformed Tie He and provoked a fierce battle, Lin Sheng destroyed it, then returned home and began evacuating his people as he anticipated trouble with the Imperial Court.

• The beastified prisoners attacked Lin Sheng, but he repelled them and advanced on Zhang Han, who had used the single eye to intensify their transformations.
• Lin Sheng killed Zhang Han and found Tie He chained to the wall, already near the critical stage of beastification, then used the Seed Demon Secret Technique to suppress his instincts.
• A black single eye emerged from Zhang Han’s corpse, entered Tie He, and transformed him further; Tie He broke his chains, attacked Lin Sheng, and devoured other prisoners.
• Lin Sheng overpowered Tie He, crushed the eye between his brows, and burned the black slime that emerged from his head; the beastified prisoners then withered and died.
• Lin Sheng left the county yamen and returned to his residence, where he arranged for Lin Hong, most of the Seven Star Sect, and the manor’s spirit beasts to be evacuated.

At the Workshop Department Storehouse, Gongsun Yuanzhou showed Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian how the Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s experiments had turned Wan Shuang into a Divine Form-level monster and hinted that the method could strengthen their own cultivation. After they agreed to finish gathering Martial Artists, Gongsun learned that Meng Ke and Zhang Han had run into trouble in Luoshui County and told He Lanjian to investigate personally.

• Gongsun Yuanzhou watched Wan Shuang transform under the demonic blood, escape her cage as black fluid, and attack him before he subdued her and returned her to the cage.
• Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian recognized Wan Shuang as the Myriad Spirits Sect’s Holy Maiden and objected to her secret capture, but Gongsun dismissed their concerns and demonstrated her Divine Form-level strength.
• Gongsun revealed that the Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s experiments were meant to strengthen its own people, and Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian realized the method might help them advance.
• Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian agreed to gather the remaining Martial Artists within a month after Gongsun asked about their progress.
• Black patterns appeared on Gongsun Yuanzhou’s head, and he told the others that Meng Ke and Zhang Han had encountered trouble in Luoshui County.
• Gongsun Yuanzhou directed He Lanjian to go to Luoshui County personally.

Lin Sheng examined Da Huang’s growing potential and learned more about the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord behind the Beast Taming Army. As he prepared to leave Luoshui County, a mysterious young woman who knew Senior Sister Qi appeared in his courtyard.

• Da Huang broke free of Little Black’s hallucination, stole dried meat, and showed increased Perception and Agility, prompting Lin Sheng to recognize its potential.
• Lin Sheng ordered Ah Da to finish evacuating the estate and considered how the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord’s corpse might be connected to the Beast Taming Army.
• Lin Sheng decided to keep his distance from the Beast Taming Army and reflected that the Imperial Court was risking disaster by experimenting with the Void Beast’s remains.
• Lin Sheng sensed an illusion near the eaves and attacked, but a black umbrella absorbed his force.
• A young woman who said Senior Sister Qi thought highly of Lin Sheng offered an emblem to prove her identity.

Lan Man arrived in Luoshui County to protect Lin Sheng from the Prefectural Office’s likely Divine Form response, then killed two Silver Badge Constables who had traced the Red Flower Tower. Lin Sheng advanced his cultivation and considered practicing the Yang Extremity Skill, while Lan Man warned him to leave if no further danger appeared.

• Lan Man revealed herself as the Blazing Star Emissary and said Qi Ning had sent her to help Lin Sheng handle the trouble in Luoshui County.
• Lan Man investigated the county office while Lin Sheng cultivated, completing the sixth layer of the White Elephant Town Mountain Art and reviewing the Yin-Yang Union Skill and Yang Extremity Skill.
• Lan Man killed two Silver Badge Constables who had tracked traces of the Red Flower Tower and brought their heads to Lin Sheng.
• Lan Man said she had seen no sign of He Lanjian, planned to stay two more days, and advised Lin Sheng to leave afterward.

Lin Sheng tried to protect his forces from the Imperial Court’s investigation while pursuing a high-level Spirit Beast in the Congyun Mountain Range. Lan Man intercepted him, and Divine Constable He Lanjian learned that his subordinates had been attacked and suspected Dark Star.

• Lin Sheng ordered his people to disperse from Fengcheng County, kept Mei Sanniang behind to assist Sun Hai, and decided to deal with threats to the Seven Forms Sect himself.
• Prefectural Office riders traced the Spirit Beast purchases to local forces and headed for the Congyun Mountain Range, but Lan Man stopped them and killed the four Silver Badge Constables.
• Lin Sheng absorbed Spirit Beasts at a mountain cave, raising his Fourth Mark’s activation progress to seventy percent, then left after receiving news of a high-level Spirit Beast in the Congyun Mountain Range.
• Lan Man told Lin Sheng that she had dealt with the Silver Badge Constables, briefly embraced him to investigate his scent, and later wondered about his bloodline before heading toward the mountain range.
• He Lanjian studied a black jade stone that drew black mist into his body, then learned that Zhou Tao and the others had been attacked and ordered an investigation into suspected Dark Star agents.

Lin Sheng searched the Congyun Mountain Range for two high-level Spirit Beasts, absorbing lesser beasts as he pursued the Fourth Mark’s activation. Meanwhile, He Lanjian confronted Lan Man at the mountain’s foot, and a wounded giant salamander appeared in the central region; Lin Sheng ended by approaching the Five Poisons Barrier to enter the depths.

• Sun Hai and Yao Quan told Lin Sheng that they had found the corpse of an Earth Fiend Python and signs of a fierce battle between two high-level Spirit Beasts.
• Lin Sheng examined the Earth Fiend Python’s blood, then followed the beasts’ scents but found only lesser Spirit Beasts, raising the Fourth Mark’s activation progress to 75%.
• He Lanjian ordered his subordinates to investigate groups transporting living Spirit Beasts from Luoshui County, then attacked Lan Man, who revealed herself as a member of Dark Star.
• A giant salamander-like beast emerged from a lake, killed and drained a white-furred wolf beast, then returned to the water with wounds still healing.
• Lin Sheng killed and absorbed a swift Golden Leopard, bringing his activation progress close to 80%, then headed toward the Five Poisons Barrier at the edge of the mountain range’s depths.

Lin Sheng hunted Spirit Beasts in the Congyun Mountain Range to advance his Fourth Mark, while Lan Man fought He Lanjian after learning that Lin Sheng was in danger. The chapter left Lin Sheng facing a powerful giant salamander at a lakeshore as Lan Man and He Lanjian prepared to use their secret techniques.

• Lan Man and He Lanjian fought in the forest, and He Lanjian revealed that he knew about Lin Sheng and intended to capture him.
• Lan Man attacked He Lanjian with a secret technique after worrying that Lin Sheng was in danger, and He Lanjian activated one of his own in response.
• Lin Sheng killed a poisonous snake beast, but absorbing its blood barely advanced his Fourth Mark.
• Lin Sheng discovered an unmarked lake and used its water to wash himself, unaware that a giant salamander was watching from below.
• The giant salamander ambushed Lin Sheng, but he resisted its tongue, injured its jaws, and forced it out of hiding.
• Lin Sheng observed the salamander's rapid healing and poison resistance, then advanced toward it.

Lin Sheng fought a giant salamander that feigned death and escaped, then killed the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon that swallowed it and absorbed enough blood to bring his Fourth Mark to 96%. A strange creature’s mind-controlling cries forced Lin Sheng to flee underground, and he escaped only after activating the Mind Ape talent.

• Lin Sheng survived the giant salamander’s lightning, killed its apparent body, and chased its miniature form as it fled into the forest.
• The Earth Fiend Pig Dragon emerged from the ground, swallowed the miniature salamander, and attacked Lin Sheng, who killed it with a flaming strike.
• Lin Sheng absorbed the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon and some of the salamander’s remains, raising the Fourth Mark’s activation progress to 96%.
• A tentacled creature emerged near the carcasses and sent out eerie cries that weakened Lin Sheng’s control of his body.
• Lin Sheng fled underground and activated the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey’s Mind Ape talent, resisting the cries until they faded.

Lin Sheng escaped a powerful Demon Beast, activated his Fourth Mark, and discovered the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon’s Gold Devourer talent before leaving the Congyun Mountain Range. At the foot of the mountains, He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen joined forces against Lan Man, who faced their attack alone.

• Lin Sheng escaped the Demon Beast’s roar and realized his Dragon Might talent had likely provoked it.
• Lin Sheng absorbed the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon, activated his Fourth Mark, and tested Gold Devourer by eating azuregold darts and growing defensive scales.
• Lin Sheng left the Congyun Mountain Range, regretting that he had not absorbed the giant salamander.
• He Lanjian used a Dragon Demon Great Pill to recover while fighting Lan Man and revealed that she was their real target.
• Zhou Xingwen appeared to block Lan Man’s retreat, and he and He Lanjian attacked her together.

Song Xuan’s constables captured the Wind Cloud Gang and Medicine Gang, but Lin Sheng arrived and killed Song Xuan and the Silver Badge Constables. As Lin Sheng fled with Lan Man, she revealed that He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen were pursuing them.

• Song Xuan subdued Sun Hai, Yao Quan, the two gangs, and three Red Mountain Fiends, then seized Little Black, who wounded him.
• Lin Sheng appeared, killed the Silver Badge Constables and Song Xuan, and rescued Little Black before finding Da Huang hiding underground.
• Lan Man arrived injured and urged Lin Sheng to flee, explaining that she had fallen into He Lanjian’s trap and that Zhou Xingwen had joined him.
• Lin Sheng and Lan Man raced into the mountain forest as two powerful auras pursued them.

Lan Man tried to escape He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen with Lin Sheng, but the two cornered and overwhelmed her. Lin Sheng revealed his transformed strength to save her, then began fighting the two Divine Form Martial Artists.

• Lan Man pushed herself to move faster while shielding Lin Sheng, but He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen gradually caught up and attacked her.
• Lan Man threw Lin Sheng toward the forest and fought Zhou Xingwen, while He Lanjian hurled his spear after Lin Sheng and joined the assault on her.
• Lin Sheng intercepted He Lanjian's descending hand seal and protected Lan Man from the strike, astonishing both pursuers.
• Lin Sheng transformed into a towering, crimson-scaled form and revealed himself as the master of the Seven Forms Sect, prompting He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen to recognize him and resolve to kill him.
• Lin Sheng charged the two men and traded attacks with them; although their strikes wounded him, his body healed at once, and he attacked again.

Lin Sheng fought He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen despite their Divine Form strength, then unleashed his talents and Secret Technique to overwhelm them. After killing He Lanjian, he caught Zhou Xingwen as he tried to flee and tore him apart.

• He Lanjian and Zhou Xingwen attacked Lin Sheng together, wounding him while Zhou Xingwen's Extreme Cold True Qi slowed his recovery.
• Lan Man rushed to help Lin Sheng, but Zhou Xingwen intercepted her sword strike and He Lanjian advanced on Lin Sheng.
• Lin Sheng let He Lanjian's spear pierce his hands, seized He Lanjian's arm, and activated Blazing Bones, Level Three Great Strength, and Azure Meridian Transformation.
• Lin Sheng broke through He Lanjian's defenses, punched through his chest, and burned him to death.
• Zhou Xingwen fled into the air, but Lin Sheng's roar dazed him and Lin Sheng caught and killed him with a flaming hand.

Lin Sheng defeated Zhou Xingwen after unleashing his ancestral bloodline, then killed him when he tried to escape by feigning death. As Lin Sheng and Lan Man left the Congyun Mountain Range, she explained the Divine Form realm and warned that a powerful Sky Rainbow Pavilion envoy might pursue them.

• Lin Sheng used his ancestral bloodline to defeat Zhou Xingwen and helped Lan Man survive their battle.
• Zhou Xingwen revived through a feigned-death art and fled, but Lin Sheng transformed again, caught him, and crushed his skull.
• Lin Sheng and Lan Man left the Congyun Mountain Range after arranging for Sun Hai and Yao Quan to disband their gangs and ordering Mei Sanniang and the others to turn back.
• On the Black-eyed Ghost Crow, Lan Man explained the Divine Form Nine Transformations and advised Lin Sheng to avoid stronger Divine Form martial artists.
• Lan Man warned that the Sky Rainbow Pavilion's Divine Form Fifth Transformation envoy might soon arrive, and Lin Sheng began sending messages to protect his allies.

After Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian died, Gongsun Yuanzhou blamed Dark Star and lost control under the influence of demon blood. Dark Star learned of the deaths, while Lan Man left Lin Sheng in hiding and went to report the matter to Qi Ning.

• Gongsun Yuanzhou learned that the Beast Taming Army had been attacked by Thousand Faces and ordered Lu Chuan to prepare another deployment.
• Two constables reported that Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian's life plaques had shattered, and Gongsun Yuanzhou killed them and the dancers in a demon-blood frenzy.
• Gongsun Yuanzhou summoned Lu Chuan to Tiannan Prefecture within five days, then suppressed the demon blood's influence with a piece of white jade.
• Black Eagle warned Thousand Faces that someone might have leaked information about the operation, then gave Qi Ning news that Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian were dead.
• Lan Man told Lin Sheng that Dark Star had hidden the Seven Forms Sect and his family, then left to inform Qi Ning and take responsibility for the incident.

Lin Sheng focused on cultivating the Seven Forms Sect’s martial arts after activating the Fourth Mark, while Gongsun Yuanzhou consolidated control of Tiannan Prefecture and ordered an investigation into Dark Star. Lin Sheng also studied the Yang Extremity Skill and considered how the beasts within his body could help him overcome the technique’s difficult yin-yang balance.

• Lin Sheng chose to cultivate the Seven Forms Sect’s other martial arts to the Bone Transformation realm before advancing Qingniao Chasing Star Finger further.
• Gongsun Yuanzhou subdued Wan Shuang with a white jade stone and learned that the Sky Rainbow Pavilion wanted an explanation for Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian’s deaths.
• Commander Lu Chuan arrived at the City Lord’s Manor, and Gongsun Yuanzhou blamed Dark Star and ordered him to investigate and uproot the organization from Tiannan Prefecture.
• Lin Sheng advanced his White Elephant Town Mountain Art and found that his improved physical attributes helped him cultivate the Yang Extremity Skill.
• Lin Sheng reasoned that the exotic beasts within his body might help balance yin and yang qi, but he resolved to test the technique further.

Qi Ning and Lan Man discussed Lin Sheng’s strength and planned to raise his standing in Dark Star and find him a powerful teacher. After an unsuccessful attempt at cultivating Yin-Yang Fusion destroyed the Bamboo House, Lin Sheng met Qi Ning, who told him he would soon become a Blazing Star Emissary and might be taught by a Dark Star Emissary.

• Lan Man told Qi Ning that Lin Sheng had killed Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian, and Qi Ning revealed that Lin Sheng was not yet eighteen and was Lin Miao’s younger brother.
• Lan Man proposed recommending Lin Sheng to Dark Star’s Pavilion Masters, but Qi Ning said they had left Great Yan and decided to seek another powerful teacher while raising Lin Sheng’s status.
• Lin Sheng attempted to cultivate the Yang Extreme and Yin-Yang Union Skill together, but his yin and yang qi fell out of balance, damaged his meridians, and destroyed the Bamboo House.
• Qi Ning arrived at the Bamboo House, praised Lin Sheng’s increased strength, and warned him to keep it concealed from the Imperial Court.
• Qi Ning told Lin Sheng that Dark Star would likely promote him to Blazing Star Emissary and that she had requested a potential teacher among the organization’s strongest Dark Star Emissaries.

Lin Sheng abandoned attempts to fuse Yin and Yang and rapidly advanced by cultivating only the Yang Extremity Skill. Meanwhile, Qi Ning prepared Dark Star for a fight against Gongsun Yuanzhou and Lu Chuan, while a hidden figure at Yuntian Temple received news of Lin Sheng’s achievements.

• Lin Sheng considered Qi Ning’s news about a possible Void Transformation master and decided to focus on cultivation while awaiting the organization’s reply.
• At White Cloud Temple, Qi Ning told Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard that Gongsun Yuanzhou and Lu Chuan were too dangerous to attack without help, and ordered them to abandon the base because Black Eagle suspected a traitor.
• Qi Ning said she would contact local powers to help eliminate Gongsun Yuanzhou and Lu Chuan, and revealed that a new Blazing Star Emissary whom Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard knew would soon arrive in Tiannan Prefecture.
• A messenger delivered a letter about Lin Sheng to a figure at Yuntian Temple, who reacted to the news of Lin Sheng’s ancestral bloodline and victory over a Divine Form Martial Artist with laughter and sobs.
• After repeated failures to fuse Yin and Yang, Lin Sheng chose to cultivate only the Yang Extremity Skill and broke through its first level in the time it took to burn an incense stick.

Wan Jun weighed Qi Ning’s warning about the Beast Taming Army and Wan Shuang, while Qi Ning worked to draw the Myriad Spirits Sect and Ten Absolute Sect into an alliance against Gongsun Yuanzhou. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng advanced the Yang Extremity Skill to the early Blood Circulation realm and discovered a powerful way to turn its true qi back into his body.

• Wan Jun heard his elders’ concerns about Gongsun Yuanzhou and the Beast Taming Army, then privately ordered an investigation into Wan Shuang’s disappearance.
• Qi Ning met Wan Jun on Misty Waves Mountain, warned him that the Beast Taming Army threatened the sect, and claimed Wan Shuang was in Gongsun Yuanzhou’s hands.
• Qi Ning returned to White Cloud Temple, where Lan Man showed her a message from headquarters; Qi Ning said the Blazing Star Emissary matter was settled and told Yellow Dog to deliver an item to him.
• Lin Sheng trained in the bamboo forest and advanced the Yang Extremity Skill to its fourth level, entering the early Blood Circulation realm.
• Lin Sheng used Yang Extremity true qi within his body to empower a punch that matched the force of an ordinary early Bone Transformation martial artist’s full-powered strike.

Lin Sheng refined the Yang Extremity Skill into a method for storing and releasing concentrated force, then began investigating whether he could reproduce the Giant Spirit Bear’s Great Strength talent. Meanwhile, Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard traveled toward Yan County to meet Lin Sheng, who might be tested as a disciple by a powerful figure in Dark Star.

• Lin Sheng tested a refined burst of force and created a deep pit, then considered how to improve the technique’s power and speed.
• Lin Sheng studied how the Giant Spirit Bear’s Great Strength talent activated, attempting to imitate its bodily changes and injuring himself when the simulation failed.
• Lin Sheng recognized that the talent’s activation resembled the Yang Extremity Skill and began testing whether its compression method could reproduce the talent safely.
• Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard left Clear Water City for Yan County to meet Lin Sheng, discussing his rise to become a Blazing Star Emissary and his possible chance to become someone’s disciple.

Lin Sheng perfected his new True Yang Transformation technique and tested the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon’s Gold Devourer talent by consuming several weapons, turning their properties into protective scales. He considered seeking more famed swords in Lin'an County but decided to wait until he grew stronger.

• Lin Sheng used the Yang Extremity Skill to simulate the Great Strength talent, named the technique True Yang Transformation, and planned to refine it further.
• Little Black brought Lin Sheng a slain muntjac, which he roasted while considering the weapons he had taken from Ouyang Lengshui, Zhou Xingwen, and He Lanjian.
• Lin Sheng merged with the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon and chewed up the Zhuo Guang Sword, refining its metal into tough, scorching scales on his right arm.
• Lin Sheng consumed the Cold Frost Sword, Zhou Xingwen’s iron fan, and He Lanjian’s spear, gaining scales across his limbs and testing their durability.
• Lin Sheng decided that the Tianxiang Sword Sect’s other six famed swords could help cover his whole body, but postponed returning to Lin'an County until he became stronger.