Chapter Summaries

Luo Yin refined the supplementary ingredients for the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill and learned that Gong Wei was provoking Lin Sheng over the Spirit Bone Python. After arriving in Fulong City, Lin Sheng was led to meet Mad Tiger, where he crushed Bai Pi to his knees for disrespecting his rank.

• Luo Yin purified rare herbs into medicinal liquid and told Yuan Fang that he had a forty percent chance of completing the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill.
• Luo Yin and Yuan Fang discussed Gong Wei's dispute with Lin Sheng, and Luo Yin chose to let Gong Wei face Lin Sheng.
• Lin Sheng entered Fulong City and went to Guiyuan Hall, where he asked Tu Shu to contact Qi Ning and Yellow Dog.
• Bai Pi told Lin Sheng that Mad Tiger was waiting and led him to a courtyard in the outer city.
• When Bai Pi refused to address him as 'my lord,' Lin Sheng crushed his jaw and forced him to his knees.

Gong Wei received word that Lin Sheng had arrived in Fulong City and went to challenge him over the Spirit Bone Python King. Lin Sheng overwhelmed Gong Wei in their spar, repeatedly knocking him around the courtyard.

• Gong Wei lost control while cultivating the Mad Tiger Swallowing Elephant Technique, but Ye Qing stopped him and warned him to master the Tiger Elephant Twin Forms first.
• Gong Wei read a letter from Guiyuan Hall and left to meet Lin Sheng, while Yellow Dog told Qi Ning about Lin Sheng's arrival and she hurried to intervene.
• Lin Sheng broke Bai Pi's bones for addressing him disrespectfully, then sent him away after making him conceal his injuries.
• Gong Wei challenged Lin Sheng to a spar and offered him the Spirit Bone Python King and his residence if he lost.
• Lin Sheng struck Gong Wei before he could react and repeatedly used his ghostly gaze and punches to send him flying across the courtyard.

Lin Sheng defeated Gong Wei in a brutal sparring match, forcing him to concede before Ye Qing took him away. Qi Ning then brought Lin Sheng to Guiyuan Pavilion to meet Luo Yin, where he learned she was Luo Yin’s sister-in-law and that Luo Yin wanted to meet him as the Divine Lord’s disciple.

• Lin Sheng repeatedly battered Gong Wei and interrupted his ancestral transformation until Gong Wei finally conceded.
• Ye Qing stopped Lin Sheng, took the injured Gong Wei away, and left to inform Luo Yin.
• Qi Ning and Yellow Dog arrived, and Lin Sheng assured them Gong Wei was alive and that he would handle any dispute with Luo Yin.
• Yellow Dog revealed Qi Ning’s connection to Luo Yin, and Qi Ning admitted that Luo Yin was her brother-in-law.
• Qi Ning brought Lin Sheng to Guiyuan Pavilion, explained Luo Yin’s influence as a Void Transformation Grandmaster and top-tier alchemist, and said Luo Yin wanted to meet him.

Lin Sheng met Luo Yin, who tested his mental will, approved of his character, and promised him a Spirit Bone Python as a gift. The next morning, Yuan Fang delivered the gift and pills, and Lin Sheng discovered the python was an unusually powerful Spirit Bone Python King.

• Luo Yin dismissed Qi Ning and tested Lin Sheng with a spiritual assault shaped like a Four-Winged Red Tiger, then praised Lin Sheng's resolve and steady temperament.
• Luo Yin learned that Lin Sheng had reached Bone Changing and sought a Spirit Bone Python, so he promised to give him one and told him to remain in Fulong City.
• Lin Sheng left Guiyuan Pavilion with Qi Ning, enjoyed a meal with Yellow Dog, and returned to his residence for the night.
• Yuan Fang delivered Luo Yin's pills and a sealed iron chest, advising Lin Sheng to stay in Fulong City for half a month.
• Lin Sheng opened the chest and found a python covered in writhing white bones, identifying it as a Spirit Bone Python King stronger than ordinary ones.

Lin Sheng possessed the Spirit Bone Python King, used its enhancement and Luo Yin's Bone Dissolving Pills to dissolve his Bone Transformation realm cultivation, and kept the beast alive as a follower. The chapter ended with Gong Wei recovering from his injuries and vowing revenge against Lin Sheng.

• Lin Sheng subdued the Spirit Bone Python King with Dragon Might, possessed it, and gave it the choice to follow him or die.
• Lin Sheng fed the Spirit Bone Python King the Blood Summoning Treasure Pill and Spirit Beast jerky, then ordered it to stay in the courtyard.
• Lin Sheng cultivated the Bone Dissipation secret art and found that possessing the Spirit Bone Python King greatly accelerated the process.
• Lin Sheng took five of Luo Yin's Bone Dissolving Pills and dissolved his Bone Transformation realm cultivation, leaving seven pills for later.
• Gong Wei recovered in a medicinal bath, smashed a bronze mirror in anger, and vowed revenge against Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng dissipated all his cultivation and prepared to cultivate the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture, while Luo Yin received reports of the widening war and captured Gongsun Yuanzhou in a strange slime form. After recovering in Fulong City, Lin Sheng began studying the dangerous scripture and embraced its risks.

• Lin Sheng continued using Bone Dissolving Pills to dissipate his cultivation while Luo Yin learned that Great Yan had conquered the Northern Barrens and Southern Qi’s factions had allied with the imperial court.
• Luo Yin heard that Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s experts were leaving the Great Capital and that Xiang Kong was rebuilding the Beast Taming Army, then released a black slime from an old bottle and stopped it from escaping.
• After ten days, Lin Sheng completely dissipated his cultivation without losing his fused-body marks.
• Lin Sheng ordered Gou Donglai to prepare costly medicinal baths, calming incense, and high-grade Spirit Beast meat so he could recover before cultivating the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture.
• Lin Sheng studied the scripture’s teaching that demonic resonance eroded life and could be used as nourishment, then decided the dangerous technique was worth pursuing.

Lin Sheng overcame his inability to sense demonic resonance by merging spirit- and perception-enhancing beasts, then began absorbing the strange gray-green spores. Elsewhere, Gong Wei regained confidence in his martial art and planned to challenge Lin Sheng again, while Lord Luo Yin successfully refined seven Dragon Tiger Great Pills.

• Lin Sheng failed to sense demonic resonance until he merged Da Huang, the Three-Eyed Spirit Beast, the Three-Colored Mother Bird, and the Spirit Bone Python to boost his Spirit and Perception.
• Lin Sheng entered a decayed world where gray-green spores settled on his corpse-like body, then returned to cultivation and began accepting the demonic resonance.
• Gong Wei completed the Tiger Elephant Twin Forms and vowed to reclaim his defeat from Lin Sheng, prompting Ye Qing to decide to warn Lord Luo Yin.
• Lord Luo Yin opened the pill furnace and drew out seven successfully refined Dragon Tiger Great Pills.

Hu Yanji and Zhong Po assessed Southern Qi’s costly battle against Northern Yan’s beastified warriors while Lin Sheng returned to Body Tempering and received two pills from Lord Luo Yin. After taking the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill, Lin Sheng prepared to cultivate, and Yuan Fang reconsidered a secretive plan involving a jade bottle.

• Hu Yanji and Zhong Po reviewed a battle in which black-armored soldiers used Crimson Flame Arrows and halberds to defeat a force of beastified warriors, though the losses remained heavy.
• Hu Yanji told Zhong Po that beastification had reached the Divine Form stage and that he hoped to cooperate with Northern Yan’s Dark Star organization to uncover its secrets.
• Lin Sheng condensed his first demonic pattern in one day, re-entered Body Tempering, and attributed his rapid progress to his heightened spirit and perception.
• Yuan Fang delivered the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill and Heavenly Spirit Essence Pill from Lord Luo Yin, then left Lin Sheng puzzled by his resentful manner.
• Lin Sheng chose to take the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill before the spirit-enhancing pill, while Yuan Fang reconsidered using a jade bottle against his fellow disciple.

Lin Sheng refined the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill and unexpectedly awakened both Dragon and Elephant Power, greatly increasing his physical attributes. Yuan Fang left in shock, while Lin Sheng measured his new strength and realized it surpassed peak Bone Transformation.

• Lin Sheng swallowed the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill and absorbed its fierce medicinal power while refining it with the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon's possession.
• Yuan Fang returned, learned Lin Sheng had entered seclusion with the jade box, and rushed to warn him after realizing he might have swallowed the entire pill.
• Yuan Fang entered Lin Sheng's room and heard dragon roars and elephant cries, then recognized that Lin Sheng had awakened both Dragon Elephant Power.
• Lin Sheng emerged unharmed and told Yuan Fang that the pill had been extraordinarily effective, while Yuan Fang concealed his shock and departed.
• Lin Sheng checked his transformed physique and system panel, finding increased strength, constitution, and agility, with strength reaching fourteen points.

Lin Sheng discovered that the Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill had awakened Dragon Elephant Power, then refined the Heavenly Spirit Essence Pill and advanced his Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture by condensing a second demonic mark. He immediately began cultivating toward a third mark, while Yuan Fang and Luo Yin recognized the extraordinary nature of his talent and Gong Wei prepared to refine a Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill of his own.

• Lin Sheng tested Dragon Elephant Power, finding that it toughened his skin, gave him powerful crimson claws, and raised his strength enough to overwhelm ordinary peak Bone Transformation Martial Artists.
• Luo Yin reassured Yuan Fang about giving Lin Sheng the pills, then learned that Lin Sheng had triggered the Dragon Elephant Dual Forms without Sky Frost Spirit Powder and praised his talent.
• Gong Wei received a Dragon Elephant Great Bone Pill, entered seclusion, and began refining it with Sky Frost Spirit Powder while vowing to defeat Ghost Face.
• After three days, Lin Sheng finished refining the Heavenly Spirit Essence Pill, raising his Spirit attribute by one and his Perception by two.
• Lin Sheng cultivated the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture for five days, condensed his second demonic mark, and began immediately working toward the third.

Lin Sheng learned that Dark Star had assigned him a Crimson Crystal Stone transport mission through Jade Sea Pass, a route near the front lines, and accepted it despite the risks. After leaving Guiyuan Pavilion, he returned home to find a towering young man waiting in his courtyard.

• Luo Yin studied the black ooze and received a letter from a black sparrow.
• Lin Sheng condensed his third demonic mark, reached major completion of Tendon Forging, and decided to visit Luo Yin.
• Qi Ning told Lin Sheng that Dark Star had allied with Southern Qi and assigned its Seeds to transport Crimson Crystal Stone.
• Luo Yin revealed that Lin Sheng's assigned route went through Jade Sea Pass, and Qi Ning objected because it lay closest to the front lines.
• Lin Sheng accepted the mission, resolved to seek mental-strength-enhancing Spirit Beasts through Dark Star, and returned home to find a towering young man in his courtyard.

Gong Wei challenged Lin Sheng to reclaim his pride, but Lin Sheng overwhelmed him and left him severely injured despite Ye Qing’s attempt to intervene. After sending Ye Qing away with Gong Wei, Lin Sheng decided to visit Luo Yin and returned to his plans for cultivation.

• Gong Wei confronted Lin Sheng in the courtyard and attacked, claiming his improved strength would overcome Lin Sheng’s spiritual tricks.
• Gong Wei’s blows forced Lin Sheng back, but Lin Sheng transformed and subdued him when Gong Wei’s rampage escalated.
• Lin Sheng tore off Gong Wei’s arms and a leg, ignoring Ye Qing’s demand to stop and knocking Ye Qing away with a single palm.
• Lin Sheng gave the unconscious Gong Wei to Ye Qing and warned that the next encounter would end worse.
• Lin Sheng considered visiting Luo Yin after the fight, while the Spirit Bone Python King hid in the pond and felt relieved that it had not challenged him.

Lin Sheng impressed Yuan Fang after defeating Gong Wei, learned about his upcoming mission to transport Crimson Crystal Ore, and condensed his fourth demon mark. Before departing, he visited Lin Hong and Xie Guilan, who urged him to consider marrying Cao Ying, but he postponed the matter.

• Yuan Fang told Lin Sheng that his mission to Jade Sea Pass would begin in about ten days and explained how Crimson Crystal Ore powered weapons used in the war between Southern Qi and Northern Yan.
• Lord Luo Yin warned Yuan Fang that the Heavenly Snake Bone Changing secret art had dangerous consequences, denied Gong Wei healing pills, and ordered him to memorize eleven volumes of scriptures before receiving them.
• Lin Sheng condensed his fourth demon mark and reached the early Blood Circulation stage, though he realized his remaining qi and blood energy was nearly exhausted.
• Lin Sheng visited Lin Hong and Xie Guilan, where Xie Guilan proposed that he marry Cao Ying; Lin Sheng said he would consider it later and reminded them he would soon be leaving.

Lin Sheng received the Long-bearded White Ape and White-crowned Sleeve Mouse, then integrated the ape to gain Spirit and the Spiritual Heart talent. When his mission to East Sea Prefecture and Southern Qi began, he set out with Da Huang, Little Black, and Blazing Star Emissaries Bai Can and Jin Yang.

• Lin Sheng collected the dead Long-bearded White Ape and White-crowned Sleeve Mouse from Dark Star and learned their abilities from the system.
• Lin Sheng integrated the Long-bearded White Ape, gaining two points of Spirit and the Spiritual Heart talent, which greatly enhanced his learning ability.
• Lin Sheng had Gou Donglai dispose of the beast corpses and continued cultivating until the order to set out arrived three days later.
• Lin Sheng prepared Da Huang and Little Black for the journey, then met Qi Ning and Yellow Dog before leaving the city with Bai Can and Jin Yang.
• Bai Can explained that the group would travel through East Sea Prefecture to collect Crimson Crystal Ore, pass through Jade Dragon Pass, and deliver it to Southern Qi.

Hu Yanji showed Zhong Po the newly completed Crimson Flame Cannon and ordered him to secure Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring quotas for Darkstar’s recruits. Meanwhile, Nong Yu fled pursuing Silver Badge Constables with her younger brother and begged Lin Sheng’s passing party to save him, leaving their response unresolved.

• Hu Yanji demonstrated the Crimson Flame Cannon, explained that it had been developed with the Silo Kingdom, and told Zhong Po to obtain Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring quotas for Darkstar’s recruits.
• Nong Yu and her companions fled through the forest with Xiao Hai, but a crossbow bolt struck Senior Brother Zhou, and Uncle Shui stayed behind with Wang Hai and Ma Ping to hold off the pursuing Silver Badge Constables.
• Nong Yu evaded an arrow and used a blue smoke stone to escape the constables briefly, but her injury and fading secret technique left her exhausted as wolves closed in.
• Nong Yu reached the road and spotted Lin Sheng’s carriages; after Lin Sheng ordered Bai Can to leave her, she blocked their path and begged him to save Xiao Hai.

Lin Sheng took in Nong Yu and her unconscious brother, then rescued her from the East Sea Prefectural Office’s constables and learned that the office had launched a purge of the Tianhai Sect. The chapter ended with Nong Yu explaining the arrests, while Lin Sheng’s party continued toward an uncertain confrontation with the Prefectural Office.

• Lin Sheng agreed to take Nong Yu’s unconscious brother along, and Nong Yu fled into the forest as his carriage continued down the road.
• Song Kui and Wang Gang captured Nong Yu, used Bone-Softening Powder on her, and searched for the child after Song Kui learned from a Sea Blue Sparrow that the child had escaped with Lin Sheng’s party.
• Lin Sheng’s carriage stopped when Song Kui and Wang Gang pursued it, and Bai Can killed both constables and the other pursuers.
• Bai Can brought Nong Yu into Lin Sheng’s carriage, and Lin Sheng neutralized the poison and gave her a medicinal pill.
• Nong Yu told Lin Sheng that the East Sea Prefectural Office had used fabricated charges to arrest hundreds of Tianhai Sect disciples, leaving only a few survivors outside the city.

Lin Sheng traveled toward Pinghai County with Nong Yu and learned about the Eastern Sea’s dangerous sea beasts from her knowledge of Tianhai Sect’s Arid Sea Record. He accepted Nong Yu and her younger brother into his service, and the group arrived near Pinghai County, where people met them and led the carriages west of town.

• Nong Yu told Lin Sheng that the Prefectural Office had raided Tianhai Sect and other local forces, and she gave him Tianhai Sect’s inherited Tianmeng Haixin Art.
• Nong Yu explained the Eastern Sea’s powerful sea beasts and recounted details from the Arid Sea Record as the carriage traveled toward Pinghai County.
• Nong Yu asked Lin Sheng to take her and her younger brother in, and he agreed, ordering her to call him Young Master.
• The carriages reached Pinghai County, where Jin Yang confirmed the waiting party’s identity and followed them onto a path west of town.

Lin Sheng arrived in Seaweed Town for Dark Star’s mission and met Leech, the powerful Blazing Star Emissary overseeing the Crimson Crystal Ore operation. After refusing Leech’s offer to keep him safely out of the mission, Lin Sheng asked Nong Yu to help locate rare sea beasts, leaving them with a likely lead near East Sea Prefecture.

• Bai Can and Jin Yang explained Dark Star’s strength and the Great Yan imperial court’s many Divine Form and Void Transformation experts to Lin Sheng.
• Leech arrived and explained the Supreme Grandmaster realm before questioning Lin Sheng’s Blood Circulation cultivation.
• Leech offered to protect Lin Sheng by keeping him in Seaweed Town while he handled the mission, but Lin Sheng insisted on leading the team into Southern Qi.
• Leech left to return to the Crimson Crystal Ore mine, and Lin Sheng settled into the prepared courtyard residence.
• Lin Sheng asked Nong Yu about the rare sea beasts he had taught her to identify, and she said she had a seventy-percent chance of finding Nightglow Jellyfish near East Sea Prefecture.

Lin Sheng and Nong Yu sailed beyond the near-sea boundary to find the Nightglow Jellyfish, following fish schools that Nong Yu believed they had attracted. After a storm hid the schools from view, Lin Sheng used his enhanced perception to locate them and ordered the ship northwest.

• Lin Sheng and Nong Yu boarded Wu Chuan’s ship and directed it toward the second shipping lane in search of Nightglow Jellyfish.
• In the Northern Lands, the Snow Wolf Tribe’s chief agreed to give outsiders a share of the Heaven-Bestowed Spirit Spring, declaring his debt to Hu Yanji settled.
• Lin Sheng dived into the sea and swiftly captured a Ghost Head Fish that had been striking the ship.
• Nong Yu explained that Nightglow Jellyfish release a fragrance during mating season that draws fish schools, and she led the ship after unusual schools near the near-sea boundary.
• When an overcast sky and storm hid the fish schools, Lin Sheng used his enhanced perception to find them swimming northwest and ordered Wu Chuan to change course.

Lin Sheng and Nong Yu searched the stormy Eastern Sea for Aurora Jellyfish, but found a Nightglow Jellyfish swarm instead. After driving off Tri-colored Squids and confronting the Jellyfish King, Lin Sheng prepared to fight it when he found no Aurora Jellyfish nearby.

• Lin Sheng took Nong Yu on Little Black to follow the scent of the Nightglow Jellyfish, leaving Wu Chuan and the sailors to anchor and wait.
• A school of Tri-colored Squids attacked Little Black, but Lin Sheng killed one and frightened the rest into retreat with his golden eyes.
• Lin Sheng and Nong Yu found nearly fifty Nightglow Jellyfish feeding on fish, and Lin Sheng descended to attack the swarm.
• After Lin Sheng killed many jellyfish, the survivors fled through green mist toward their Jellyfish King.
• Lin Sheng found no Aurora Jellyfish near the King and decided to kill it instead, but the King attacked him with a blast of viscous green mist.