Arc 30The Hidden Site Expedition

After surviving the Black Cliff Valley trap, Lin Sheng fled with a badly damaged True Spirit and traveled to Hurricane City to restore it. Once he healed and proved his value to Su Wan, he joined the expedition into the collapsing secret realm, where a hidden killing array split the group and competing searches began.

  • Lin Sheng defeated Ao Xuan and Prison Evil at Black Cliff Valley, then destroyed Kalon’s phantom body and escaped Prison Demon with Little Black, though his True Spirit was badly damaged.
  • Lin Sheng sought treatment in Hurricane City, cultivated the Divine Nurturing Manual, and earned money by hunting Eerie Beasts and robbing the Black Fang Squad.
  • Lin Sheng passed Su Wan’s Soul-Suppressing Test Stele assessment, earned a place in her Hidden Site expedition, and used three True Spirit Potions to fully heal his True Spirit and reach the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm.
  • Lin Sheng returned Little Black’s Origin True Nature before joining Su Wan, Bai Ji, Xiao Qing, and the Wild Horse Tribe in entering the secret realm.
  • The expedition triggered a hidden killing array that separated the group and killed Apu and two Alchemist Alliance demigods, while Lin Sheng passed through unharmed.
  • Bai Ji revealed an ancient iron ring that controlled the secret realm’s space and hurried toward its heart as the other parties split up to search.
  • Lin Sheng found a divine soul herb garden, killed the alloy-armored deer beast that swallowed him, and gathered the herbs.
  • Su Wan and Xiao Qing found preserved pill formulas, while Batu confronted Sean and Clear Spring in a vault and demanded the Divine Bloodstone.
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Ch. 730A narrow defeat

Lin Sheng defeated Zhou Qi quickly, while Sha Luo advanced to the final eight and then beat Villen. Ao Xuan entered the arena early and used the Blood Soul Secret Art to defeat Sha Luo, leaving Lin Sheng and Andy uneasy about his sudden challenge.

  • Lin Sheng neutralized Zhou Qi's poison and defeated him in two moves, then chose to keep a low profile in the competition.
  • Sha Luo won three consecutive matches and reached the final eight after breaking through to mid-rank demigod.
  • Sha Luo overwhelmed Villen with her Blazing Flame Rules, forcing him to concede and return to the private box resentful.
  • Ao Xuan announced that he would settle Villen's score, then was matched against Sha Luo earlier than expected, prompting Lin Sheng and Andy to suspect his intentions.
  • Sha Luo and Ao Xuan fought evenly until Ao Xuan activated the Blood Soul Secret Art and knocked her out of the arena with a strengthened tornado.

Ch. 731Over?

Lin Sheng defeated Huyan Gang and reached the Rising Heroes Gathering final against Ao Xuan. When Ao Xuan unleashed his Blood Soul Secret Art, Lin Sheng conceded immediately, leaving Ao Xuan champion but furious and hurt by the interrupted attack.

  • Ao Xuan defeated Sha Luo and advanced to the top three, disrupting Lin Sheng's plans to obtain the Earth Vein Crystal through her.
  • Lin Sheng broke Huyan Gang's stone prison with ashfire, defeated him, and advanced to the semifinals.
  • Ao Xuan and Lin Sheng won their semifinal matches, setting up a final between them.
  • Ao Xuan prepared to crush Lin Sheng with his Blood Soul Secret Art, while Lin Sheng calmly ignored his taunts.
  • As Ao Xuan unleashed his full-power attack, Lin Sheng conceded and left the arena, causing Ao Xuan's interrupted secret art to backlash and leaving him furious despite winning the championship.

Ch. 732In hand~~

Lin Sheng conceded the final to Ao Xuan, claimed the Earth Vein Crystal and two doses of Divine Blood Medicinal Liquid, and began cultivating while the city debated his rise. Elsewhere, Helian Lie revealed his growing power and said he intended to use his trap to catch more than one target.

  • Lin Sheng conceded the final, leaving Ao Xuan champion but frustrated by the crowd's attention to Lin Sheng's decision.
  • Lin Sheng chose the Earth Vein Crystal and two doses of supplementary medicine, then returned to Quiet Thunder Courtyard as Ao Xuan vowed revenge amid the spreading rumors.
  • Lin Sheng drank one dose of Divine Blood Medicinal Liquid and used the Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art to strengthen his flesh rule ahead of his planned exchange in five days.
  • Helian Lie displayed terrifying power beyond a peak demigod and declared that devouring the Pure-Blood Demon Wolf could help him seize the Hero Ranking's top spot.
  • Helian Lie learned that his intended target had taken the bait, then said he planned to use the trap to catch more than one person.

Ch. 733Undercurrents

Helian Lie set plans in motion to use Ao Xuan and lure Hong Yin with news of a pureblood Crimson Sky Python, while Lin Sheng broke through his second limit and headed to an outside-the-city transaction. The chapter left Lin Sheng approaching Black Cliff Valley in disguise, with Ao Xuan mobilizing guards and Hong Yin setting out for the western woods.

  • Helian Lie ordered the Gray-Robed Elder to contact Ao Xuan and Wei Lun, then watched his fish and declared that the show had only begun.
  • Lin Sheng refined two doses of divine blood elixir, broke through his second limit, and saw his attributes rise across the board.
  • Lin Sheng learned from Gray that the beast transaction would take place at Black Cliff Valley outside the city, then prepared to leave.
  • Ao Xuan received a message from Helian Lie, crushed his Communicator, and ordered twelve demigod personal guards to accompany him to West Mountain.
  • Hong Yin accepted Helian Lie's report of an injured pureblood Crimson Sky Python and left without notifying Commander Xiao or bringing guards.
  • Lin Sheng disguised himself as a trading house guard and traveled west with Little Black to meet the seller.

Ch. 734Trap!

Lin Sheng entered Black Cliff Valley and found the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, confirming that the beast had been used as bait in a trap. He defeated Ao Xuan’s demigod guards and survived Ao Xuan’s strongest attack, then reached down toward him as the fight turned decisively in Lin Sheng’s favor.

  • Lin Sheng secretly entered Black Cliff Valley, sensed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, and found it alone in an Alloy Iron Cage.
  • Ao Xuan appeared with twelve demigod guards and accused Lin Sheng of smuggling a prohibited infernal demon beast.
  • Lin Sheng called Ao Xuan trash and killed several guards while shrugging off their coordinated wind-blade attacks.
  • Ao Xuan activated the Blood Soul Secret Art and unleashed Demonic Wind Nine Heavens, but Lin Sheng emerged from the storm in a towering crimson form, largely unharmed.
  • Lin Sheng declared the fight over and brought his scaled hand down toward the trembling Ao Xuan.

Ch. 735Trap 2~

Lin Sheng crippled Ao Xuan, but Helian Lie revealed himself as the Crimson Prison Society’s Prison Evil and attacked with a powerful Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf. As Hong Yin fought Prison Evil, Lin Sheng unleashed his Meltform Rules against the wolf, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • Lin Sheng shattered Ao Xuan’s arms and was about to finish him when the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf broke free and blocked his attack.
  • Helian Lie emerged atop the wolf, revealed that he had used Ao Xuan to test Lin Sheng, and recognized Lin Sheng’s hidden Meltform Rules.
  • Helian Lie exposed Hong Yin’s presence and declared he would refine her and her Crimson Blood Divine Tiger; Hong Yin confronted him as the three sides faced off.
  • Helian Lie revealed that he was the missing Crimson Prison Society genius Prison Evil and attacked Hong Yin while the ghost wolf attacked Lin Sheng.
  • Prison Evil overpowered Hong Yin and wounded her and her tiger, while Lin Sheng struggled against the ghost wolf’s strength.
  • Lin Sheng fully unleashed his Meltform Rules, and the ghost wolf’s claws passed through his chest as though he were an illusion.

Ch. 736Trap 3~

Lin Sheng killed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf and severely wounded Prison Evil, but Kalon appeared in a Phantom Body and overwhelmed the others with his Wasteland Martial power. Lin Sheng unleashed his strongest strike, whose dissolving blood thread suddenly burst into a vast sphere of annihilating lightning.

  • Lin Sheng crushed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf's Inferno Heart and tore its body in half, then survived Prison Evil's furious strike and retaliated by smashing Prison Evil into the cliff.
  • Lin Sheng overpowered Prison Evil and reduced him to a shattered skeleton, leaving him barely alive and unable to resist.
  • Kalon appeared in Villen's body as a Phantom Body, revealed his Wasteland Martial strength, and pinned Lin Sheng, Hong Yin, and the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger beneath his gravity field.
  • Hong Yin sacrificed her True Spirit and fused with the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger to form a powerful attack, but Kalon caught and shattered it with ease.
  • Lin Sheng combined his three Rules and secret techniques into a dark-purple blood thread, which Kalon's gravity membrane began to dissolve before silver-blue lightning erupted into a gigantic sphere.

Ch. 737Trap 4

Lin Sheng defeated Kalon's phantom body after absorbing the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, but Prison Demon emerged in Prison Evil's body and trapped everyone in Black Cliff Valley. With his strength nearly exhausted and defeat looming, Lin Sheng released meltform origin power and persuaded Little Black to lend him its own origin qi.

  • Kalon's Fallen Star Extreme Lightning attack left him gravely wounded, and Lin Sheng absorbed the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, advancing his flesh rule to the Manifestation realm.
  • Lin Sheng's fused blood thread pierced Kalon's weakened gravity defenses and destroyed his phantom body.
  • As Lin Sheng approached the surviving Prison Evil, Prison Demon attacked from underground, severed Lin Sheng's arm, and sealed Black Cliff Valley behind an inferno barrier.
  • Prison Demon manifested in Prison Evil's body, revealing genuine Wasteland Martial Rank pressure and leaving Lin Sheng and Hong Yin facing near-certain defeat.
  • Lin Sheng unleashed meltform origin power, causing a vast vortex to form above the valley, and Little Black finally lent him a wisp of its own origin qi.

Ch. 738Gravely Wounded

Lin Sheng connected with the Meltform Origin and destroyed Prison Demon’s illusory body, but the effort left him gravely injured. After fleeing Black Cliff Valley, he collapsed in the Wilderness, where Little Black protected him from three Eerie Beasts and considered abandoning him.

  • Lin Sheng used the Meltform Origin to dissolve Prison Demon, then escaped Black Cliff Valley with Little Black despite his catastrophic injuries.
  • Hong Yin told Carmen, Ao Feng, and Xiao Zhenshan how the Crimson Prison Society had trapped Lin Sheng and how he defeated Prison Demon and Kalon’s illusory body.
  • Carmen ordered the Alliance to suppress news and investigate the Crimson Prison Society, while Hong Yin kept Lin Sheng’s escape route secret.
  • Lin Sheng collapsed in the Wilderness, where three Void-class Eerie Beasts approached his unconscious body.
  • Little Black killed the three Eerie Beasts and then wondered whether to leave Lin Sheng behind.

Ch. 739Lying low

Little Black rescued Lin Sheng from Black Cliff Valley and hid him in the Falling Wind Mountains, while Sun Radiance City's factions mobilized to find him and seize his meltform origin. After seven days of healing, Lin Sheng had recovered physically, but his true spirit remained badly damaged and showed no sign of recovery.

  • Little Black carried the unconscious Lin Sheng away from Black Cliff Valley before two corrosion beast-level ghost beasts arrived and retrieved the dead eerie beasts.
  • Word spread through Sun Radiance City that Lin Sheng had killed two Wasteland Martial phantom bodies and possessed meltform origin, prompting the Council and major factions to search for him.
  • Raymond ordered Crimson Lightning Company to find and protect Lin Sheng, while Andy arranged a secret search and false reports to buy him time.
  • Ao Feng ordered the Ao Family to track Lin Sheng after learning Ao Xuan would need at least half a year to recover from his injuries.
  • Lin Sheng awoke in a cave in the Falling Wind Mountains and learned he had been unconscious for three days, with his true spirit damaged and his strength greatly reduced.
  • After seven days of recovery, Lin Sheng's body had healed, but his true spirit remained cracked and his perception had grown dull.

Ch. 740Hurricane City

Lin Sheng traveled in disguise to Hurricane City to find ways to heal his damaged true spirit, while news of the Black Cliff Valley battle spread across the Alliance. He heard a storyteller exaggerate his exploits and settled into the city unnoticed as the crowd debated what had really happened.

  • Little Black told Lin Sheng that his damaged true spirit would not recover naturally and that he could not yet sense the origin energy sealed within it; Lin Sheng promised to return it once he recovered.
  • Lin Sheng decided to leave the mountains for Hurricane City to seek treasures that nurtured the true spirit and cultivation methods for the erosion rule.
  • Lin Sheng entered Windmist City disguised as a wounded peak Combat Master and continued on to Hurricane City while news of his identity and the Black Cliff Valley battle spread.
  • At the Gathered Worthies House, Mr. Liu told a dramatic version of the battle, claiming Lin Sheng had defeated Kalon and Prison Demon through his own power and earned the title Azure-Melt Blood Demon.
  • A mercenary captain disputed the tale, saying Lin Sheng had used a fallen-star-class weapon against Kalon, while Lin Sheng listened quietly in disguise and Little Black mocked the storyteller’s embellishments.

Ch. 741Potions and Making Money

After the Battle of Black Cliff Valley made Lin Sheng’s name widely known, he bought rare potions to treat his damaged true spirit, but learned that recovery would require far more than he could afford. He went to the Dragon Antiquity Treasure Pavilion to seek a way to make money.

  • Su Lun praised Lin Sheng’s victory at Black Cliff Valley, while Na Ya dismissed his achievement and Tuo Ke said he wanted to test Lin Sheng’s ability to cultivate three kinds of rules.
  • Su Lun reminded Na Ya and Tuo Ke that they represented the Fierce Horse Tribe in negotiations with the Alchemist Alliance over exploring the Ancient Ruins Secret Land.
  • Lin Sheng entered the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace and traded Prison Evil’s black-and-white Luo stone wondrous objects for Soul Marrow Essence, Clear Nether Spirit Dew, and Pure Essence Soul-Nourishing Paste.
  • Lin Sheng consumed the three potions, which eased his injuries but did not restore his true spirit, and concluded that he needed to make money and begin cultivating the Erosion Spirit Cultivation Method.
  • Lin Sheng went to the Dragon Antiquity Treasure Pavilion and inspected its posted prices for Eerie Beast materials.

Ch. 742Divine Nurturing Manual

Lin Sheng bought the Divine Nurturing Manual and used it to repair his True Spirit and break through to the Erosion Martial Realm. In the Falling Wind Mountains, he began collecting commission targets and persuaded Little Black to hunt the rest while he focused on recovering.

  • Lin Sheng accepted several Treasure Pavilion hunting commissions under the alias Lin Mo and bought the Divine Nurturing Manual for fifteen million Star Coins.
  • Lin Sheng cultivated the manual for five days, reached the Initial Erosion Martial Realm, and repaired about three percent of the damage to his True Spirit.
  • Lin Sheng entered the Falling Wind Mountains and killed an Earth Ghost Beast, collecting its valuable materials for a commission.
  • Little Black returned with two Shadow Corrosion Wolf carcasses, showing that its strength had nearly recovered.
  • Lin Sheng assigned Little Black the remaining commissions, and Little Black reluctantly went into the forest to hunt.

Ch. 743The hunt completed

Lin Sheng cultivated the Divine Nurturing Manual, then continued hunting in the Falling Wind Mountains with Little Black. When the Black Fang Squad tried to ambush him, Lin Sheng struck back with a powerful mental attack, leaving the squad’s fate unresolved as the leader faced his incoming blow.

  • Lin Sheng advanced the Divine Nurturing Manual to the erosion martial second realm and healed more of his true spirit’s injuries.
  • Little Black returned with beast corpses, and Lin Sheng collected their materials before heading deeper into the Falling Wind Mountains.
  • Su Wan agreed to explore the Ancient Ruins Secret Land with Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke, and they planned to meet at the entrance in three days.
  • The Black Fang Squad spotted Lin Sheng alone and decided to rob him, but Little Black detected the five pursuers.
  • Lin Sheng faced the Black Fang Squad and unleashed Mental Shock, incapacitating three mercenaries, badly injuring the perception-type mercenary, and stunning their leader.

Ch. 744Rich Rewards

Lin Sheng returned to Hurricane City with the spoils from defeating mercenaries and spent 1.2 billion Star Coins on soul-nourishing potions to heal his True Spirit. As he began secluded cultivation, Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke arrived at a cliff in the Falling Wind Mountains.

  • Lin Sheng collected the mercenaries’ valuables, then returned to Hurricane City with a little over 1.2 billion Star Coins.
  • Lin Sheng exchanged Eerie Beast materials at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion for one billion Star Coins.
  • Lin Sheng bought nine vials of soul-nourishing potions from Wan Qing for 1.2 billion Star Coins, taking six immediately and arranging to collect the rest in five days.
  • Lin Sheng used the Divine Nurturing Manual alongside the potions, sensing that his True Spirit’s cracks were slowly healing.
  • After three days of Lin Sheng’s secluded cultivation, Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke landed on a stone platform beside a cliff in the Falling Wind Mountains.

Ch. 745Erosion Martial Third Realm~

Su Lun and Su Wan opened the Spirit Ruins Secret Land and entered with their companions. After five days of secluded cultivation, Lin Sheng repaired about thirty percent of his true spirit damage, advanced to the peak of the erosion martial third realm, and set out to collect three more potions.

  • Su Lun and Su Wan used their Spirit Ruins Jades to open the hidden entrance to the Spirit Ruins Secret Land, then entered with Na Ya, Tuo Ke, and the guards.
  • After five days of cultivation, Lin Sheng healed about thirty percent of his true spirit damage and reached the peak of the erosion martial third realm.
  • Lin Sheng found that his perception and mental stats had increased, and that he could draw on his Meltform Rules to a limited degree while his Inferno Rules had recovered completely.
  • Little Black asked about Lin Sheng's recovery, but Lin Sheng said he still could not sense the true nature hidden within his true spirit or provide the promised origin energy.
  • Lin Sheng left for the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace with Little Black to collect his remaining three potions.

Ch. 746The Divine Nurturing Manual Breaks the Limit

Lin Sheng collected soul-nourishing potions, then used a limit break to heal his true spirit and strengthen his cultivation. Meanwhile, Su Wan prepared another attempt to enter the Spirit Ruins core, seeking a fighter capable of breaking its Divine Illusion Array.

  • Lin Sheng collected three Transcendent Potions from Wan Qing, learned that True Spirit-Tier Potions might take half a year to obtain, and asked Wan Qing to submit a request.
  • Su Wan and her companions escaped the Spirit Ruins core region after the Divine Illusion Array injured their souls, then agreed to regroup in half a month with more preparations.
  • After the potions healed his true spirit only slightly, Lin Sheng bought ritual materials, hunted Corrosion Beasts, and set up a Soul-Stabilizing Grand Array outside Hurricane City.
  • Su Wan learned that Hall Master Sean and Hall Master Clear Spring would arrive to help, while Elder Gray Crane could not return in time, so she ordered the Branch Pavilions to recruit High-Tier Fighters with strong divine souls.
  • Lin Sheng passed the flesh and true spirit tribulations, endured the origin's gaze, and broke through to the first limit break, increasing his mental power and further healing his true spirit.

Ch. 747Hidden Site

Lin Sheng continued recovering his true spirit in Hurricane City, but the Grand Alliance rejected Wan Qing’s request for true spirit-grade potions. Wan Qing then recruited Lin Sheng for an Alchemist Alliance assessment tied to Fairy Su Wan’s Hidden Site expedition, and Lin Sheng agreed to attend.

  • Lin Sheng’s limit break further healed his true spirit, and he returned to Hurricane City to cultivate while awaiting news from Wan Qing.
  • Wan Qing learned that the Grand Alliance had rejected the potion request, then decided to recommend Lin Sheng for the search for spirit-rule Fighters.
  • After three days of cultivation, Lin Sheng assessed his slow progress and discussed alternatives with Little Black while Su Wan ordered five candidates, including an Erosion Spirit cultivator, to come to Hurricane City.
  • Wan Qing told Lin Sheng that the potion request had failed but invited him to join the Alchemist Alliance’s assessment for Fairy Su Wan’s Hidden Site expedition.
  • Lin Sheng accepted and agreed to attend the joint assessment at the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace seven days later.

Ch. 748Assessment~

Lin Sheng completed seven days of secluded cultivation and broke through to the Erosion Martial Fourth Realm before arriving at the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace for the spirit-type Fighters’ assessment. Su Wan began testing the candidates with the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele, and the chapter ended as the second candidate started his trial.

  • Lin Sheng cultivated in seclusion, shattered his bottleneck on the sixth night, and further stabilized his True Spirit injuries.
  • Lin Sheng went with Little Black to the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace, where Wan Qing welcomed him alongside four other candidates.
  • Su Wan explained the assessment, promised rewards to successful and unsuccessful candidates, and had Xiao Qing summon the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele.
  • The first candidate failed after the stele overwhelmed her Divine Soul, and Xiao Qing freed her and arranged treatment.
  • The burly second candidate released his defensive spiritual strength and pressed his palm against the stele.

Ch. 749The assessment, part two

Lin Sheng and Bai Ji faced the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele after earlier candidates were injured or withdrew, and both passed its assessment. Lin Sheng endured the pressure longer than Bai Ji, securing the strongest performance and drawing Bai Ji’s wary attention.

  • The burly Fighter endured the stele’s pressure past the standard time before collapsing unconscious with severe damage to his true spirit.
  • The third Fighter withdrew, leaving Bai Ji and Lin Sheng as the remaining candidates.
  • Bai Ji calmly passed the assessment, lasting seven breaths beyond the standard and earning a pair of Dragon Inkstones from Su Wan.
  • Despite the crowd’s doubts, Lin Sheng used his erosion affinity to withstand the stele for fifteen breaths beyond the standard, surpassing Bai Ji.
  • The stewards and Xiao Qing were astonished by Lin Sheng’s performance, while Bai Ji grew wary and felt a hint of killing intent.

Ch. 750Injuries fully healed

Lin Sheng received three True Spirit Potions from Su Wan, used them to completely heal his True Spirit injuries, and broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm. After returning Little Black’s Origin True Nature, he turned his thoughts to his friends in Sun Radiance City and Ghost Whale World and planned to find an Interstellar Warship after the Hidden Site expedition.

  • Su Wan selected Lin Sheng and Bai Ji for the operation, promised Lin Sheng the potion he sought, and offered him a chance to join the Alchemist Alliance as a hall master.
  • Wan Qing gave Lin Sheng three True Spirit Potions and warned him that the Wild Horse Tribe would also explore the Hidden Site.
  • Lin Sheng consumed all three potions during three days of secluded cultivation, fully healed his True Spirit, and broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm.
  • Lin Sheng confirmed that he could use the Meltform Rules without hindrance and that his strength had greatly increased.
  • Lin Sheng returned Little Black’s Origin True Nature, restoring Little Black’s aura and stability.
  • Lin Sheng wondered about his friends in Sun Radiance City and Ghost Whale World and decided to seek an Interstellar Warship after the expedition.

Ch. 751Entering the Secret Realm

After completing his recovery, Lin Sheng joined Su Wan’s expedition to explore an ancient secret realm near the Falling Wind Mountains. He entered the realm’s gate after facing skepticism from the Wild Horse Tribe’s Batu and Apu, with Bai Ji following behind him.

  • Lin Sheng finished cultivating at the fifth erosion martial realm, and Little Black settled on his shoulder before they left for the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace.
  • Su Wan led Lin Sheng, Bai Ji, Xiao Qing, and Alchemist Alliance members aboard a Flying Craft, explaining that they needed Lin Sheng and Bai Ji to help navigate the secret realm’s Divine Illusion Arrays.
  • The party reached the Falling Wind Mountains and met five members of the Wild Horse Tribe, including peak demigod Batu and priestess Apu, who questioned the Rogue Cultivators’ usefulness.
  • Su Wan and Su Lun opened the secret realm’s gate with jade discs, and the Alchemist Alliance and Wild Horse Tribe parties entered the seven-colored vortex.
  • Lin Sheng entered the vortex after Bai Ji invited him to go first, and Bai Ji followed with a cold laugh.

Ch. 752The Killing Array

Lin Sheng and the expedition reached the secret realm’s central array and broke through its illusion barrier, only to trigger a lethal killing array that scattered the group. As the others fought for survival and suffered deaths, Lin Sheng crossed the killing array unharmed and headed deeper into the secret realm.

  • Lin Sheng entered the secret realm with Bai Ji and learned from Little Black that its ancient domain was nearing collapse.
  • Su Wan led the group through the empty outer and middle regions toward the central Divine Illusion Heavenly Net Array.
  • The expedition combined its abilities to break through the illusion array, but a hidden killing array activated and separated everyone into isolated traps.
  • Apu and two Alchemist Alliance demigods were killed by the crimson blades while the others struggled to withstand the attacks.
  • Lin Sheng resisted the killing array with his rules and passed through it unharmed.

Ch. 753Exploring the Secrets

After surviving the Myriad Illusions Slaughter Array, the explorers split up to search the Spirit Ruins secret realm, while Bai Ji used an ancient key to race toward its heart. Lin Sheng found a rich medicinal garden, but a huge armored deer-shaped beast swallowed him whole.

  • Su Wan, Su Lun, and the others escaped the slaughter array, learned that Apu and two Alchemist Alliance demigods had died, and continued toward the secret realm's core.
  • Bai Ji emerged unharmed from the array, revealed an ancient iron ring that controlled the secret realm's space, and sped toward its heart.
  • Su Wan's group and Su Lun's party divided to search separately, while Batu went alone toward a massive ancient hall.
  • Lin Sheng and Little Black searched ruined buildings and collected valuable treasures before sensing a powerful rule aura to the west.
  • Lin Sheng discovered a garden filled with divine soul herbs and realized a creature had been feeding there.
  • A giant alloy-armored deer-shaped beast ambushed Lin Sheng and swallowed him.

Ch. 754Exploring the secrets

Lin Sheng destroyed the rule-absorbing deer beast, looted its herb garden, and approached a mysteriously sealed hall. Elsewhere, explorers uncovered ancient alchemical formulas and a Divine Bloodstone, but Batu arrived to claim the treasure by force.

  • Lin Sheng killed the alloy deer beast with Blood Devour and recovered its ruined Energy Core.
  • Lin Sheng harvested the herb garden and headed toward an intact hall whose sealed aura Little Black warned him about.
  • Su Wan and Xiao Qing found three preserved pill formulas and alchemical materials in the ruins of the Alchemy Hall.
  • Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke searched a damaged Spirit Vein Valley, while Sean and Clear Spring led Alliance disciples through other ruins.
  • Sean and Clear Spring uncovered a Divine Bloodstone in a sealed vault and prepared to collect it.
  • Batu entered the vault, demanded the Divine Bloodstone, and threatened to dispose of the Alchemist Alliance group.
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