Recaps

Hu Yanji negotiated with Nicole for a Holy Fire Cannon in exchange for Divine Seeds and discussed the Silo Kingdom’s Black Disaster. After Luo Yin and Jade Faced Cicada’s mission was exposed during their battle with Xia Houqi, Dark Star agents sent reinforcements, but the Divine Monarch could not remember Lin Sheng.

• Hu Yanji offered Nicole Ice Extreme Crystal Tears, securing his promise to produce a Holy Fire Cannon within half a month.
• Hu Yanji told Zhong Po that the Silo Kingdom traded firearms for Divine Seeds to contain the Black Disaster, then confirmed preparations for the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring were nearly complete.
• Xia Houqi fought Luo Yin and Jade Faced Cicada in a forest until their clash shattered the formation barriers, allowing Luo Yin to send a warning.
• Dark Star Emissaries learned the mission had been exposed and dispatched Blazing Star Emissaries to help the endangered escorts and change their route.
• A Blazing Star Emissary delivered an urgent letter to the Divine Monarch, who read that Lin Sheng was in danger but could not remember who Lin Sheng was.

Yuan Fang’s convoy was ambushed by the Prefectural Office, but reinforcements helped drive off the attackers. The group discovered that Lin Sheng’s route to Jade Sea Pass might be unsupported and hurried to send help as Lin Sheng’s convoy neared the pass.

• Yuan Fang told Gong Wei that the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring could aid cultivation, and encouraged him to stop dwelling on his defeat by Lin Sheng.
• Luo Lie blocked a surprise attack on the convoy, but Shi Shu was killed before Blazing Star Emissaries arrived and helped repel the Prefectural Office forces.
• Qi Ning learned that the mission details had leaked and feared for Lin Sheng, who was responsible for the Jade Sea Pass route.
• Ye Qing discovered that Lord Divine Monarch was in seclusion and had issued no orders; Luo Lie, Red Wolf, and others set out for Jade Sea Pass.
• Leech estimated that Lin Sheng’s convoy would reach the area around Jade Sea Pass by the following night and noted that Lin Sheng had caused no trouble so far.

Lin Sheng completed Bone Tempering despite a violent backlash caused by his lack of a primary bloodline, greatly increasing his physical abilities. After testing his new strength, he rejoined the convoy as it approached Jade Sea Pass, where Dark Star’s people changed the horses to avoid attracting attention.

• Lin Sheng forced the rebellious blood and qi in his body to merge into his bones, completing Bone Tempering during the convoy’s overnight journey.
• Lin Sheng checked his increased attributes and left the carriage to test his strengthened body in the forest.
• Lin Sheng returned to the convoy after wrecking part of the forest and reflected that he could now suppress Mad Tiger without integration marks.
• The convoy reached a roadside post station near Jade Sea Pass, where Leech’s people exchanged the black horned horses for ordinary horses to avoid notice.
• Bai Can explained that the convoy would switch back to horned horses after passing the gate, and the group continued toward Jade Sea Pass.

Lin Sheng’s convoy was ambushed by Lu Mei’s forces inside Jade Sea Pass, where the Purple Spider Demon Array trapped them and Water Leech was gravely wounded. When two Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes attacked Lin Sheng’s carriage, he transformed into a fiery giant and seized them.

• The convoy entered Jade Sea Pass after its Hidden Star Emissary bribed the gate guards, and Lin Sheng cultivated in the rear carriage.
• Water Leech noticed the deserted streets and ordered the convoy to flee, but Lu Mei’s forces trapped them in the Purple Spider Demon Array.
• Water Leech attacked Lu Mei and dragged two enemies underground, but two Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes struck him and left him gravely wounded.
• The Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes ignored Bai Can and Jin Yang and charged at Lin Sheng’s carriage.
• Lin Sheng burst from the carriage as a fiery giant and caught both Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes in his hand.

Lin Sheng broke free from his interrupted cultivation, crushed the Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes and slaughtered Lu Mei and the Gold Badge Divine Constables. With the Purple Spider Demon Array still trapping them and no way to activate its control artifact, he prepared to smash through it himself.

• Lu Mei bound Lin Sheng with spider threads and sent the escaped Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes to attack him, but they could not pierce his chest.
• Lin Sheng crushed the Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes, tore free of the threads, and killed Lu Mei and the other Gold Badge Divine Constables.
• Leech, Bai Can, and Jin Yang realized Lin Sheng was far stronger than they had known, then found they could not activate the spider demon array's control artifact.
• Lin Sheng refused to fetch Crimson Crystal Stones and instead expanded his right arm before striking the array.

After the escape from Jade Sea Pass, Bai Can and Leech discussed the exposed mission and changed the convoy’s route while Lin Sheng examined the Dragon Whisker Teng Snake abilities he had gained. The chapter left Lin Sheng aware that the dead snakes belonged to the formidable Dragon Demon Xiahou Qi, who might pursue them.

• Leech took Blood Surge Pills from Bai Can and recovered from his injuries as they discussed the Imperial Court’s trap at Jade Sea Pass.
• Bai Can and Leech decided to change the convoy’s route toward the outskirts of the Yuanqi Mountain Range to avoid pursuit.
• Lin Sheng inspected the Dragon Whisker Teng Snake’s attributes and talents, including Level Three Divine Speed and Body Melding.
• Bai Can asked Lin Sheng whether the mission should continue, and Lin Sheng ordered the convoy onward toward its rendezvous with Southern Qi.
• Bai Can warned Lin Sheng that Dragon Demon Xiahou Qi owned the two dead snakes and was one of Northern Yan’s strongest Grandmasters.

Xia Houqi attacked and destroyed the Sea Moon Sect and Nine Star Gate, claiming they had rebelled and were tied to Dark Star. After learning that two of his Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes had been killed near Jade Sea Pass, he headed there, while Lin Sheng and Nong Yu traveled beyond the pass into the yellow-sand wasteland.

• Xia Houqi told Xiang Kong that Luo Yin had reached the second stage of the Grandmaster realm and revealed that he intended to act against the Sea Moon Sect.
• Xia Houqi defeated and killed the Sea Moon Sect's Supreme Elder, then destroyed the sect and had its disciples captured.
• Xia Houqi and Xiang Kong attacked Nine Star Gate; Xia Houqi killed Hong Fang, and officials and soldiers subdued the sect's disciples.
• Xia Houqi discovered that two Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes had been killed, slaughtered a Gold Badge Divine Constable who brought news, and left for Jade Sea Pass after hearing what had happened to Lu Mei.
• Lin Sheng and Nong Yu traveled beyond Jade Sea Pass, where Nong Yu described the vast yellow-sand wasteland and its ancient name, Yuanhai Continent.

Lin Sheng’s convoy escaped Jade Sea Pass and crossed the sandstorm while he cultivated, unaware Xia Houqi had nearly caught up. Meanwhile, Luo Yin learned the survivors were safe and investigated the destruction, as a Heavenly Net Sect Holy Son traveled toward the Northern Barrens over a dispute about the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring.

• Lin Sheng dismissed Nong Yu, then prepared to cultivate the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture after discarding the Dragon Whisker Teng Snake remains.
• Luo Yin returned to Fulong City injured, learned Lin Sheng’s group had not yet reported in, and prepared to go to Jade Sea Pass before his other disciples returned.
• Luo Lie reported that Leech and the others had escaped Jade Sea Pass and Lu Mei had died, while Luo Yin rejected the idea that Lin Sheng had killed her and arranged continued support for the mission.
• Xia Houqi inspected the ruined pass and searched for the Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes, but the sandstorm prevented him from tracking the people who had escaped.
• After ten days crossing the desert, Lin Sheng’s convoy neared the Yuanqi Mountain Range, and Lin Sheng noticed Little Black’s agility had increased after eating the snake’s flesh and blood.
• A Heavenly Net Sect Holy Son traveled toward the Northern Barrens, complaining that Tang Chong had made the sect provide a share of the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring.

Kamra ordered the Heavenly Net Sect to advance its reception mission while Lin Sheng traveled through the Yuanqi Mountain Range and cultivated. News of Lin Sheng’s victory at Jade Sea Pass reached Dark Star, while turmoil spread across Great Yan; the chapter ended with a grim view of the lawless Northern Barrens.

• Kamra questioned Protector Tomi about sacrifices and the Dark Star mission, then agreed to move forward and requested Lin Sheng’s intelligence dossier.
• Lin Sheng admired the Yuanqi Mountain Range from his carriage, chose not to explore it, and began cultivating to reach the Bone Transformation realm.
• Luo Yin told Gong Wei and the others that Lin Sheng had killed Lu Mei and two Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes and broken the Purple Spider Demon Array at Jade Sea Pass.
• After reading the report, Luo Yin and the others believed Lin Sheng’s feat and agreed to keep the news secret until he returned.
• Rumors of Jade Sea Pass and the Imperial Court’s destruction of the Sea Moon Sect and Nine Star Gate spread, prompting factions to prepare, flee, or rebel.
• In the Northern Barrens, travelers passed mutilated corpses as wolves and vultures fed beside the road.

Lin Sheng’s convoy reached Southern Qi’s rendezvous point in the Jade Bamboo Forest and met Kamra, the Heavenly Net Sect’s First Holy Son, who hosted them at a banquet. After the tense meal, Lin Sheng requested the promised payment for delivering the Crimson Crystal Ore, and Tomi brought out a jade bottle containing a potent-looking liquid.

• Bai Can killed mountain wolves and bandits that attacked the convoy as it traveled through the chaotic Northern Lands.
• Nong Yu reflected on how ordinary people suffered during war and resolved that she needed more strength to protect Tianhai Sect.
• Lin Sheng arrived at the Jade Bamboo Forest rendezvous point with the convoy and learned that the Heavenly Net Sect had sent the reception party.
• Kamra introduced himself to Lin Sheng and his companions, then hosted them at a feast while questioning Lin Sheng about his cultivation and past encounters with the sect.
• Lin Sheng declared the mission complete and asked for his payment, prompting Kamra to have Tomi produce a jade bottle filled with luminous liquid.

Lin Sheng received the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring from Kamra, rejected his offer to join the Heavenly Net Sect, and left South Qi. Afterward, Kamra revealed that he had identified Lin Sheng as a potential sacrificial offering for completing his Shadowy Form.

• Kamra gave Lin Sheng the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring and offered him a human-bone lute, which Lin Sheng refused.
• Kamra tried to recruit Lin Sheng into the Heavenly Net Sect by offering him the Heavenly Net Divine Drink and the position of Second Holy Son, but Lin Sheng declined.
• Lin Sheng, Leech, Bai Can, and Jin Yang left the courtyard and disappeared into the night.
• Tomi questioned why Kamra had offered the Heavenly Net Divine Drink and mentioned sensing resentment on Lin Sheng.
• Kamra explained that Lin Sheng carried four traces of resentment connected to the Spiritual Pivot Jade Soul Elephant tusk and Shaha's group.
• Kamra revealed that Lin Sheng's physique surpassed Lang Qi's and could serve as the offering needed to complete his Shadowy Form.

Kamra and Tomi planned to abduct Lin Sheng and sacrifice him to help Kamra condense his Shadowy Form. Lin Sheng returned to the courtyard, killed them both, and rejoined the convoy with two valuable bottles as the journey continued.

• Kamra told Tomi that Lin Sheng’s extraordinary physique made him a valuable sacrifice and ordered him to arrange reinforcements to capture Lin Sheng and his companions.
• Lin Sheng appeared in the courtyard, transformed into a towering giant, and confronted Kamra and Tomi.
• Tomi’s and Kamra’s attacks shattered against Lin Sheng, who crushed Tomi and then killed Kamra with a squeeze of his hand.
• Lin Sheng took the Heavenly Net Divine Drink from the courtyard and returned to the convoy, where Bai Can, Leech, and Jin Yang cursed the Heavenly Net Sect as they traveled.
• Lin Sheng asked Nong Yu to move to the carriage ahead, then entered seclusion with the Heavenly Net Divine Drink and the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring.

Lin Sheng refined the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring and the dangerous Heavenly Net Divine Drink, gaining initial increases to his attributes as their effects continued to develop. In Northern Yan’s camp, Tu Hong reviewed the newly arrived Beast Taming Army and learned that Southern Qi’s firearms came from the Silo Kingdom.

• Lin Sheng drank the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring and sensed it transforming his innate bones and bloodline.
• Lin Sheng absorbed the Heavenly Net Divine Drink, endured its physical chill and mental illusions, and refined it successfully.
• Lin Sheng checked his attribute panel and saw that his Agility, Perception, and Spirit had each increased by one point.
• Tu Hong inspected the elite Beast Taming Army in the Northern Yan camp as Lu Qing reported its numbers and the arrival of another batch next month.
• Lu Qing told Tu Hong that Southern Qi’s firearms came from the Silo Kingdom, and Tu Hong said Northern Yan would target the Silo Kingdom after taking Southern Qi.

Lu Qing told Tu Hong that Dark Star had disrupted a Crimson Crystal Stone shipment and that the Heavenly Net Sect was hunting for suitable sacrifices in Wan Jun City. After Rashid discovered that beastified martial artists made powerful offerings, he learned that the Holy Son Kamra and Protector Tomi had died and demanded answers from the survivors.

• Lu Qing told Tu Hong that Dark Star's attack on Lord Xiahou's route had killed Divine Constables and injured two Dragon Whisker Teng Snakes, and Tu Hong ordered the traitors killed.
• Rashid rejuvenated himself by absorbing blood mist from six cauldrons, then complained that his latest batch of sacrifices was inadequate.
• Rashid crushed and consumed seven beastified martial artists, discovering that their unusually pure energy made them excellent sacrifices.
• Rashid ordered the Holy Son Kamra to return, hoping to use the Shadowy Form's completion to advance his own cultivation.
• Two sect members reported that Kamra and Protector Tomi had died, and Rashid killed them before demanding that the survivors be brought to him.

Lin Sheng received Dark Star’s order to remain in Southern Qi and chose to return there with the convoy. Meanwhile, Divine Lord Li arrived at Luo Yin’s refuge and ordered the injured Dark Star leaders to return to Fulong City and evacuate their people.

• The leech warned Bai Can and Jin Yang that Xiahou Qi and the forces of East Sea Prefecture might be hunting them, then received a letter from Dark Star.
• Lin Sheng reviewed his improved attributes and continued refining demonic resonance, expecting to meet the requirements for shedding his first demon bone in three days.
• Bai Can gave Lin Sheng Luo Yin’s letter explaining that Great Yan’s crackdown had badly damaged Dark Star and advising the convoy to remain in Southern Qi.
• Lin Sheng decided to return to Southern Qi, and Bai Can relayed the order before the convoy turned around.
• Yuan Fang brought Bone Blood Ginseng Pills to Luo Yin, Jade Faced Cicada, and Tu Long as they recovered from injuries sustained in the fighting with Xia Houqi and Xiang Kong.
• Divine Lord Li arrived at the Bamboo House and ordered Luo Yin, Jade Faced Cicada, and Tu Long to return to Fulong City and bring their people out, saying Xia Houqi had already left.

Luo Yin and the others learned that Divine Lord Li’s memory was worsening, and he sent Lin Sheng a letter to prepare secret islands off Southern Qi as a refuge. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng cultivated the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture in a cave as Leech revealed that Divine Lord Li had once abandoned his Grandmaster cultivation to follow the same dangerous path.

• Luo Yin told Divine Lord Li that Lin Sheng was safe in Southern Qi, and Divine Lord Li recalled secret islands there as a possible retreat for Dark Star.
• Divine Lord Li wrote a letter for Lin Sheng, briefly forgot his disciple’s name, and relied on a booklet to remember important details before leaving the Bamboo House.
• Luo Yin, Jade Faced Cicada, and Tu Long discussed Divine Lord Li’s worsening memory and then headed toward Fulong City to rescue Dark Star members.
• Outside Lin Sheng’s cave, Leech told Bai Can and Jin Yang that Divine Lord Li had once cultivated the Dragon Swallowing Elephant Art to the third stage of the Grandmaster realm before abandoning his cultivation to start over with the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture.
• As the cold demonic chill intensified around Lin Sheng, he cultivated inside the cave and sensed a strange, webbed environment within his dark inner space.

Lin Sheng endured an exceptionally severe backlash while condensing his first Demon Bone, then recovered and chose to use the resulting energy to strengthen his Constitution. Bai Can, Jin Yang, and Leech entered the cave after the dangerous mist began to fade and found Lin Sheng unharmed.

• Lin Sheng absorbed demonic essence far beyond the amount needed to condense a Demon Bone, while black frost spread from his cave and alarmed Bai Can, Jin Yang, and Leech.
• Lin Sheng broke free from the pitch-black space when the demonic essence overwhelmed his body, then used Dragon Flame to shatter the ice imprisoning him as blue-black mist entered his body.
• Lin Sheng spent two days dispelling most of the backlash and saw that his Agility and Perception had each increased by one.
• Lin Sheng decided to devote the energy produced by shedding his Demon Bone to strengthening his Constitution.
• Bai Can, Jin Yang, and Leech rushed into the cave after waiting outside for two days and found Lin Sheng unharmed.

Lin Sheng reached White Deer City, received Divine Lord Li’s orders to develop islands in the Misty Sea and deliver a letter to Hu Yanji, and set out for the front lines while Shui Zhi headed to East Sea Prefecture. In Northern Yan, Xia Houqi ordered Dark Star’s members hunted down, and a battle began beneath a city wall.

• Lin Sheng ended his three-day seclusion, traveled with the caravan, and reached White Deer City after seven days on the road.
• At the White Deer City stronghold, Lin Sheng reviewed Dark Star’s Southern Qi intelligence and received letters from Divine Lord Li directing him to develop the Misty Sea islands and deliver a letter to Hu Yanji.
• Lin Sheng sent Shui Zhi toward East Sea Prefecture to find and develop the islands, then departed with Jin Yang, Bai Can, Nong Yu, and several Hidden Star Emissaries to deliver the letter to Hu Yanji.
• In Vast Sea City, Xia Houqi ordered six Grandmaster experts, including Xiang Kong, to kill every Dark Star member in Arid Sea Dao and Fulong Dao.
• Xia Houqi vowed to avenge his defeat by Divine Lord Li and the person who had ruined his plans.
• A horn sounded at a city wall, and soldiers launched flaming arrows as beast-formed warriors charged forward.

Lin Sheng and his companions arrived in Jushi City as emissaries of Dark Star and were escorted to a courtyard while the Southern Qi General was away. Guard Commander Viya later led them to the military camp, where they waited as the General met with other leaders.

• Lin Sheng explained that Northern Yan had to defeat Southern Qi’s main forces in Jushi City and the imperial capital to win the war.
• Bai Can presented Dark Star’s insignia at the city gate, and the gate commander recognized the group as emissaries and led them to a courtyard.
• Lin Sheng rested in a medicinal bath, then met Viya, a Guard Commander of mixed North Eye Tribe and Qi blood, and declined her offer to tour the city.
• Bai Can, Jin Yang, and Nong Yu returned from exploring the city, and Viya escorted the group toward the military camp.
• Viya showed Lin Sheng’s group the camp’s drilling formations and explained how they let Blood Circulation Practitioners stand against stronger martial artists.

Lin Sheng delivered Divine Lord Li’s letter to High General Hu Yanji and received approval for his request for military assistance. Sect Master Rashid then confronted Lin Sheng over the deaths of Kamra and Tomi, and Hu Yanji intervened as Rashid’s aura threatened him.

• Viya showed Lin Sheng and the others Southern Qi’s battle formations and explained that the Jushi and Fubo formations could restrain Grandmasters for a time.
• General Hong Feng challenged the presence of Lin Sheng’s group before Viya identified them as allies invited by the High General.
• Hu Yanji discussed Crimson Crystal Ore and Northern Yan’s expected moves with Southern Qi’s Grandmasters, while Rashid stayed to meet the Dark Star emissary.
• Lin Sheng entered Hu Yanji’s tent, delivered Divine Lord Li’s letter, and received approval for his request for assistance.
• Rashid blocked Lin Sheng and questioned him about Kamra and Tomi’s deaths, while Lin Sheng denied killing them and Hu Yanji warned Rashid to stop.

Rashid suspected Lin Sheng was connected to Kamra and Tomi’s deaths, but Tang Chong removed a hidden mark Rashid had placed on him. After Lin Sheng returned to Jushi City and began investigating the Heavenly Net Sect, Rashid resolved to capture him for a new Shadowy Form and considered exploiting the Northern Yan military’s search for Dark Star groups.

• Rashid confronted Lin Sheng in the command tent, but Tang Chong arrived and erased the hidden mark Rashid had placed on Lin Sheng.
• Hu Yanji warned Rashid not to threaten the alliance, and Lin Sheng left the army camp with Bai Can, Jin Yang, and the others.
• Lin Sheng searched his body for lingering effects, ordered Bai Shu to investigate the Heavenly Net Sect, and decided to leave Jushi City the next day.
• In Wan Jun City, Rashid told his Protectors that Lin Sheng carried fresh blood resentment and was closely connected to Kamra’s death.
• Rashid decided Lin Sheng’s constitution could nourish a new Shadowy Form, while the Protectors warned that Hu Yanji and Tang Chong made an attack dangerous.
• The gaunt old woman suggested using the Northern Yan military’s search for Dark Star groups as an opportunity.

Lin Sheng completed the first layer of his demonic-remains transformation, greatly increasing his Constitution, then left Jushi City with Viya and his companions to avoid Rashid. On the road, Viya explained the Heavenly Net Sect’s bloodline-based techniques and their brutal practice of devouring other warriors.

• Rashid ordered Abei and Black Bear to give Northern Yan Lin Sheng’s information and location in exchange for Divine Form-level beastified warriors, and insisted that Lin Sheng’s corpse be recovered if he died.
• Lin Sheng shed the first layer of demonic remains, raising his Constitution to 21 and his Perception to 10, and realized the transformation’s gains depended on how much demonic resonance he absorbed.
• Viya arrived to coordinate Lin Sheng’s departure, and he left Jushi City with Bai Can, Jin Yang, Nong Yu, and the others in concealed Southern Qi Military Department carriages.
• Bai Shu brought Lin Sheng information about the Heavenly Net Sect, but it revealed little beyond the name of its sect-defending technique, Hundred Ghosts Worshiping God Great Law.
• Lin Sheng questioned Viya about the Heavenly Net Sect, and she explained that its techniques strengthened bloodlines through practices including devouring fellow warriors.

Lin Sheng questioned Viya about the Heavenly Net Sect’s tracking methods, then rapidly advanced his cultivation while Rashid negotiated with Northern Yan’s Lu Qing over beastified martial artists and a possible alliance. The war intensified near Jushi City, while Lu Qing prepared to target Dark Star and Lin Sheng reached the Bone Transformation Third Layer on the road to White Deer City.

• Lin Sheng asked Viya whether the Heavenly Net Sect could secretly mark and track people, and she said she would inquire with the Military Department.
• Rashid studied the effects of blood-sacrificing beastified martial artists, met Lu Qing, and agreed to provide the corpse of the Green Robe Divine Lord’s disciple in exchange for fifteen powerful beastified martial artists.
• Lu Qing offered Rashid a place in Northern Yan and gave him two beastified martial artists, while privately planning to let demonic blood eventually force Rashid into dependence.
• Lu Qing told Wenchang to wait until Dark Star had traveled farther before attacking, and explained that Southern Qi’s factions might splinter if Rashid joined Northern Yan.
• Three days later, Southern Qi’s forces fought an enlarged and stronger beastified army near Jushi City, and cannon fire turned the tide after heavy casualties.
• Lin Sheng reached the Bone Transformation Third Layer during the journey to White Deer City and estimated that his remaining demonic resonance could carry him to the Fifth or Sixth Layer.

After refining the accumulated demonic essence, Lin Sheng reached Bone Transformation Sixth Layer and prepared to travel to the Misty Sea Region. As his party departed for East Sea Prefecture, Tu Hong and Lu Qing discussed the power of Silo Kingdom firearms and the results of Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s experiments.

• Lin Sheng completed his seclusion after seven days, reaching Bone Transformation Sixth Layer and gaining seven attribute points.
• Lin Sheng learned that Leech had prepared arrangements for the Misty Sea Region and that Viya had secured warships, so he ordered the party to depart the next day.
• Viya was stunned by Lin Sheng’s sudden advancement, while Lin Sheng gave her a vague explanation and watched her leave in thought.
• Lin Sheng’s party departed White Deer City, and Viya began teaching Nong Yu a North Eye Tribe secret art during the journey.
• Lin Sheng cultivated the final realm of Heavenly Snake Bone Changing while traveling toward East Sea Prefecture.
• At the Northern Yan military camp, Tu Hong and Lu Qing discussed the strength of Silo Kingdom firearms and Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s experimental martial artists, and Tu Hong ordered the successful subjects transferred.

Lin Sheng confronted Viya on the road to East Sea Prefecture and tricked her into admitting she was a Heavenly Net Sect agent. He let her leave, but as she tried to alert the Sect Master, a figure emerged from the ground and caught her.

• Lu Qing learned that Dark Star's people were heading to East Sea Prefecture and ordered the net cast around them.
• During the journey, Lin Sheng revealed that Bai Can had investigated Viya and challenged her to take a supposed Phantom God Pill.
• Lin Sheng overpowered Viya and forced her to confess that she was a covert Heavenly Net Sect agent, though she claimed she had never intended to harm the group.
• Lin Sheng revealed that the pill was ordinary and let Viya go, warning her not to appear before him again.
• After leaving, Viya tried to use a hidden hairpin to alert the Sect Master, but a man emerged from the ground and seized her arm.