Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng killed the Nightglow Jellyfish King, then used its Gill Absorption talent to lure out and capture the Aurora Jellyfish he had come to find. He absorbed the rare beast and returned to the ship with its body, leaving Nong Yu astonished by his ability to move through the sea.

• Lin Sheng broke free after the Nightglow Jellyfish King swallowed him, killed it, absorbed it, and collected its valuable poison gland and appendages.
• After sensing a trace of malice beneath the water, Lin Sheng pretended to leave, circled back using Gill Absorption, and waited for the hidden Aurora Jellyfish to reveal itself.
• The Aurora Jellyfish blinded Lin Sheng and fled, but he used repeated roars to slow it down, caught it, and absorbed its Perception, Concealment, and Level 3 Gill Absorption talents.
• Lin Sheng found Little Black and Nong Yu, then returned to the ship with the Aurora Jellyfish's body.
• Nong Yu saw Lin Sheng arrive with the jellyfish and wondered whether his impressive swimming ability came from a bloodline talent.

Lin Sheng captured a valuable Aurora Jellyfish and set off back with Wu Chuan and Nong Yu, but they encountered an unmanned Red Sea Merchant Association ship carrying Black Crystal Coral. After reaching the vessel, Lin Sheng found terrified survivors and learned that a mysterious singing had driven the rest of the crew into the sea.

• Lin Sheng asked Nong Yu to value the captured Aurora Jellyfish, and Wu Chuan offered to sell it for at least five hundred thousand taels of silver.
• As their ship headed back, a faster vessel with no sailors aboard approached through the storm, and Lin Sheng leapt over to investigate.
• Nong Yu identified the vessel as belonging to the Red Sea Merchant Association and found Black Crystal Coral cargo, suggesting the ship was the sole returner from a large convoy.
• Lin Sheng sensed people in the cabin and found several traumatized sailors alongside a bound man with blank white eyes.
• Lin Sheng calmed one sailor, who recalled that singing had caused everyone to jump into the sea, before he fainted.

Lin Sheng investigated a shipwrecked convoy’s encounter with a song that drove sailors into the sea, then returned to Seaweed Town and cultivated. After completing his sixth demon mark and advancing to late Blood Circulation, he prepared to leave with Bai Can, anticipating his first demon-bone shedding.

• Lin Sheng questioned the surviving sailors and learned that strange music had lured the Red Sea Merchant Association convoy’s crew into the sea; Nong Yu suspected an ancient ghost shark.
• Lin Sheng freed the bound Zhou Yuan, who attacked in a state of beastification, and killed him; Nong Yu identified him as the association president’s second son, whose control of sea fish had helped the ship escape.
• Lin Sheng had Wu Chuan transfer the Black Crystal Coral, and their ship returned safely to Seaweed Town two days later.
• Lin Sheng entered seclusion and, after five days of cultivating with his enhanced perception, completed his sixth demon mark and advanced to late Blood Circulation.
• Nong Yu told Lin Sheng that Bai Can had asked him to set out the next day; Lin Sheng reflected on the growing backlash from demonic essence and looked forward to his first demon-bone shedding.

Lin Sheng traveled toward Southern Qi with a caravan, learned about Crimson Crystal Stone and the Silo Kingdom, and cultivated the Heavenly Snake Bone Changing secret art during the journey. After three days of shattering and healing his bones, he extracted a highly pure strand of bone blood, while the chapter also introduced a powerful figure in Vast Sea City feeding Dragon Blood Pills to horned sea snakes.

• Lin Sheng examined Crimson Crystal Stone and heard Bai Can explain its difficult purification, the Northern Yan imperial family's Divine Fire Bomb, and the Silo Kingdom's Spirit Light cultivation system.
• Lin Sheng set aside the Crimson Crystal Stone and cultivated the Heavenly Snake Bone Changing secret art in his carriage, using his spirit bone talent to advance Bone Shattering.
• Leech told Bai Can that the caravan would avoid Nanli Prefecture and follow its border, and Bai Can said Lin Sheng had already agreed to Leech's route.
• After three days of repeated bone shattering, Lin Sheng extracted a pure strand of bone blood, healed his limbs, and replenished himself with spirit beast jerky.
• In Vast Sea City's City Lord's Manor, a robust figure fed valuable Dragon Blood Pills to horned sea snakes as two visitors waited to enter.

Xia Houqi uncovered Dark Star’s secret mining of Crimson Crystal Ore and left to confront two Southern Qi agents, while Lin Sheng traveled toward Nanli Prefecture and planned to seek out demon beasts. The chapter ended with Xia Houqi battling Jade Faced Cicada and Luo Yin as his three sea serpents raced away, and Lin Sheng resolved to find the Phantom Demon Beast after his mission.

• Xia Houqi ordered Lu Mei to investigate Dark Star and the Crimson Crystal Ore, then learned that ore had been secretly mined in East Sea, Heluo, and Shuidong Prefectures.
• Xia Houqi set out alone, met Jade Faced Cicada and Luo Yin in a forest, and sent his three sea serpents flying toward their targets while he fought the two Grandmasters.
• Lin Sheng continued cultivating Heavenly Snake Bone Changing and brought the Bone Shattering stage close to completion.
• Lin Sheng learned that his party had reached the Little Yuan Mountain Range near Nanli Prefecture and reflected on the demon beasts rumored to inhabit the distant Yuanqi Mountain Range.
• Lin Sheng decided to seek demon beasts after completing his mission and considered taking in the Phantom Demon Beast he had encountered before.

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.