Chapter Summaries

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.

Wan Jun and Qi Ning uncovered the Beast Taming Army’s terrifying beastification method and agreed to act in five days. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng received his Blazing Star Emissary status and a mysterious manual, Heavenly Snake Bone Changing, which Divine Lord Li had ordered him to master before meeting him.

• Wan Jun found a beastified warrior near Ripple Lake, killed it, and heard Qi Ning explain that Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s controlled warriors gained vastly increased strength and felt no pain.
• Qi Ning warned Wan Jun that the Myriad Sect Alliance was compromised, linked his daughter’s Hibernating Dragon bloodline to Gongsun Yuanzhou’s interest, and agreed to make their move in five days.
• Lin Sheng continued simulating the Great Strength talent and considered how further compressing his organs might improve its effects.
• Yellow Dog brought Golden Leopard to meet Lin Sheng and delivered his Blazing Star Emissary token, a Blood Summoning Treasure Pill, a fragmentary manual, and a letter from Lord Thousand Faces.
• Lin Sheng read that Divine Lord Li would meet him after he mastered the manual, then identified its title as Heavenly Snake Bone Changing, startling Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard.

Yellow Dog warned Lin Sheng that the Heavenly Snake Bone Changing secret art was a deadly, bloodline-altering technique, but Lin Sheng began studying and cultivating it anyway. Meanwhile, Gongsun Yuanzhou suppressed the black lines spreading across his scalp and celebrated another increase in his power.

• Yellow Dog explained that the Heavenly Snake Bone Changing art had killed or ruined nearly all who tried it, and advised Lin Sheng not to cultivate it.
• Lin Sheng learned that the city’s authorities were focused on the Beast Taming Army and that Lord Thousand Faces planned to investigate it; Yellow Dog relayed Lady Lan Man’s warning for Lin Sheng to keep a low profile.
• After Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard left, Lin Sheng studied the art and discovered its three realms could transform a person’s bloodline through dangerous methods.
• Lin Sheng began cultivating the secret art despite doubting whether its methods could work.
• In Tiannan Prefecture, Gongsun Yuanzhou used a white glow from his left eye to force spreading black lines back into his scalp, then declared that he had broken through.

Lu Chuan warned Gongsun Yuanzhou that their aggressive campaign in Tiannan Prefecture was provoking trouble, but Gongsun ordered him to accelerate the Beast Taming Army’s raids. Lin Sheng improved his Heavenly Snake Bone Changing cultivation by fusing with snake beasts and then the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon, while Lan Man departed from White Cloud Temple after handing Yellow Dog a message for the Bamboo House.

• Lu Chuan reported new movements and urged Gongsun Yuanzhou to slow the Beast Taming Army’s raids, but Gongsun ordered him to lead a sweep through the city and capture local forces.
• Lin Sheng found that a day of practicing Heavenly Snake Bone Changing had produced no effect, then studied its illustrations and realized Skin Transformation cleansed the body and refined bloodlines.
• Lin Sheng fused with the Profound Nether Yin Python and Black Crystal Ghost Snake, which helped him form the blood-and-Qi circulation needed for the first stage.
• Lin Sheng fused with the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon and found that it greatly improved his ability to mobilize waste blood, then stopped to rest and prepare food.
• Yellow Dog, Lan Man, and Golden Leopard confirmed that White Cloud Temple had been abandoned as their stronghold, and Lan Man gave Yellow Dog an item to take to the Bamboo House before leaving.

After completing the first stage of Heavenly Snake Bone Changing, Lin Sheng questioned whether his weak bloodline would benefit from the technique, then agreed to travel to Dark Star’s new base. Golden Leopard revealed himself as a traitor and attacked Lin Sheng, but Lin Sheng emerged from the wreckage in a monstrous form.

• Lin Sheng completed the great circulation of blood and qi and discovered it had created a blood sac, but he saw no change in his physical abilities and worried his weak bloodline would make the technique ineffective.
• Yellow Dog and Golden Leopard arrived with a cultivation gift and invited Lin Sheng to join them at Dark Star’s new base near Yan County.
• A message from the garrison ordered the destruction of the Dark Star base, and Golden Leopard paralyzed Yellow Dog and revealed his plan to take him and the others to Prefecture City.
• Golden Leopard claimed an empty bamboo tube contained a secret letter, then struck Lin Sheng in the chest with overwhelming force and sent him crashing through the Bamboo House.
• Lin Sheng burst from the Bamboo House ruins in a colossal half-human, half-demon form and demanded to know why Golden Leopard had attacked him.

Lin Sheng killed Golden Leopard, an Imperial Court spy, and learned that the new stronghold in Yan County was in danger. As Lin Sheng and Yellow Dog headed there, Silver Badge Constables attacked the Hidden Star Emissaries at Licorice Town, where Hua Long revealed himself as a traitor.

• Lin Sheng overwhelmed Golden Leopard, tore off his arm, and killed him before he could reveal information.
• Lin Sheng revived Yellow Dog from the poison and told him that he had killed Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjian.
• Lin Sheng and Yellow Dog realized Golden Leopard’s attack meant the Imperial Court had discovered the new stronghold and might have exposed Lan Man and Qi Ning’s group.
• Lin Sheng carried Yellow Dog toward the stronghold in Yan County, while Silver Badge Constables stormed a Hidden Star Emissary hideout in Licorice Town.
• The Hidden Star Emissaries were weakened by Heart-Corroding Powder, and Hua Long attacked two of them, exposing himself as a traitor.