Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lin Sheng exposed Viya as a Heavenly Net Sect spy, changed the convoy’s route, and kept her alive for questioning. Meanwhile, Heavenly Net Sect Protectors in Feihua City learned that Lu Qing was on his way and prepared to confirm the meeting location.

• Lin Sheng tore off Viya’s arm, crushed her bones, and took the jade communication stone after she tried to attack him.
• Lin Sheng told Bai Can, Jin Yang, and Nong Yu that Viya was a Heavenly Net Sect spy and ordered the convoy back toward the Northern Lands while warning Leech to hide.
• Bai Can asked how Lin Sheng had seen through Viya, and Lin Sheng said he had trusted his feeling that something was wrong and acted without proof.
• In Feihua City, Puji told the Protectors Black Bear and the old crone that Lu Qing had set out from Northern Yan and would arrive the next day.
• The old crone told Black Bear to contact Eva and confirm the location.

Black Bear and the old woman realized Eva had gone silent and set out after Lin Sheng, who split his group and hurried toward the Military Department with Viya. When Viya revealed she had secretly led their pursuers to him, Lin Sheng was seized by a bear-man monster, but he pierced through its paw and killed it.

• Black Bear and the old woman used a blood-and-qi secret art to contact Eva, received no response, and decided to pursue Lin Sheng after concluding she was in trouble.
• Lin Sheng ordered Bai Can, Jin Yang, and the others to head for the East Sea while he continued alone with the captive Viya toward the Military Department.
• Lin Sheng treated Viya when her vitality weakened, then exposed her feigned unconsciousness and warned her not to try it again.
• A fleeing girl who claimed to belong to the Southern Qi Imperial Family ran to Lin Sheng with a giant black bear close behind her.
• Viya revealed that her blood had helped track Lin Sheng, and a bear-man monster bound and seized him.
• Lin Sheng showed no fear and pierced the monster's paw and brow, killing it.

Lin Sheng killed the Heavenly Net Sect Protectors Black Bear and Abei, then confronted Lu Qing, a First Realm Grandmaster from the Northern Yan Imperial Court. After Lu Qing struck him hard enough to send him crashing through the forest, Lin Sheng recovered and charged back at him.

• Lin Sheng killed Black Bear in one exchange and chased down Abei, who failed to escape through the black mist.
• Abei tried to attack Lin Sheng with poisonous black liquid, but he killed her before she could reveal whether others had come.
• Lin Sheng caught the badly injured Viya as she crawled away, knocked her unconscious, and hurried onward with her.
• Lin Sheng encountered Lu Qing, who identified himself as a Northern Yan Imperial Court Grandmaster and demanded that Lin Sheng cripple his cultivation and surrender.
• Lin Sheng transformed into a towering, scale-covered giant and challenged Lu Qing, who struck him through the forest with his folding fan.
• Lin Sheng stood up with his chest already healed and charged at Lu Qing.

Lin Sheng killed Lu Qing, a Grandmaster of Northern Yan, and hurried to the Northern Lands with the unconscious Viya. He reached the Southern Qi camp outside Jushi City, where Hong Feng mistook him for Viya’s attacker and drew his sword.

• Lu Qing unleashed a barrage of green blades, but Lin Sheng endured the assault and suddenly increased his speed with Level Three Divine Speed.
• Lin Sheng struck Lu Qing with Dragon Elephant Power and True Yang Transformation, killing him, then took a black token and buried the battle’s traces.
• Tu Hong learned that Lu Qing’s life token had shattered and realized the Grandmaster was dead.
• After two days of flight, Lin Sheng reached the camp outside Jushi City while carrying Viya, who remained unconscious.
• Hong Feng recognized Viya in Lin Sheng’s grasp, accused him of harming her, and attacked with his sword.

Lin Sheng reported Viya’s identity and accused Rashid of colluding with Northern Yan, prompting Hu Yanji and his allies to investigate and decide to go to Wan Jun City. The chapter ended with Rashid emerging from a blood sacrifice to learn that Abei and Black Bear had run into trouble.

• Hong Feng attacked Lin Sheng, but Lin Sheng stopped his blade barehanded and sent him retreating before Hu Yanji arrived and ordered the soldiers to withdraw.
• Lin Sheng showed Hu Yanji evidence that Viya was a Heavenly Net Sect agent, and Hu Yanji exposed the restriction in her body and took her away to investigate.
• Lin Sheng accused Rashid of colluding with Northern Yan and presented a Northern Yan Grandmaster token as evidence of an attack on his journey.
• Tang Chong confirmed that Viya's memories contained contact with Northern Yan Grandmasters, while Zhong Po reported that two Heavenly Net Sect protectors had died and a Northern Yan Grandmaster was missing.
• Hu Yanji urged action against Rashid, and Tang Chong ordered the group to go to Wan Jun City and bring Lin Sheng along.
• Rashid completed a blood sacrifice using Divine Form warriors and learned from Shi Gui that Abei and Black Bear had run into trouble.

Rashid learned that Lu Qing had died and discovered that Eva had been exposed, just as Hu Yanji and Lin Sheng arrived at the Heavenly Net Sect residence. Lin Sheng's accusations and evidence of beastified martial artists led Hu Yanji to attack Rashid, and the chapter ended with Rashid's black mist engulfing the battlefield, including Lin Sheng.

• Rashid learned from a jade message that Lu Qing had died and ordered Shi Gui to find Eva, but Shi Gui reported that she had lost contact.
• Rashid used a secret art to locate Eva nearby before Hu Yanji entered with Lin Sheng, who was carrying the captured agent.
• Hu Yanji confronted Rashid over Eva and accused him of conspiring with Northern Yan, while Lin Sheng presented Lu Qing's token and exposed Rashid's knowledge of Lu Qing's death.
• Lin Sheng pointed out the giant cauldrons, and Zhong Po reported that thirteen Divine Form beastified martial artists from the Beast Taming Army had been prepared for Rashid's blood sacrifice.
• Hu Yanji attacked Rashid as soldiers seized Heavenly Net Sect members, while Zhong Po fought another Grandmaster.
• Rashid transformed with black mist and fought Hu Yanji, then spread the mist across the area, trapping Lin Sheng within it.

Tang Chong rescued Lin Sheng from Rashid, uncovered Lin Sheng’s role in Lu Qing’s death, and removed the traces that could expose him to Northern Yan. Lin Sheng received a technique from Tang Chong and returned to Jushi City to inspect himself and study the jade token.

• Tang Chong dispersed Rashid’s black mist and subdued him with a single attack, leaving Hu Yanji to carry Rashid’s weakened body back.
• Tang Chong brought Lin Sheng to his tent, identified Lu Qing’s Black Bird aura on him, and learned that Lin Sheng had killed Lu Qing.
• Tang Chong warned Lin Sheng that Northern Yan might target him, then erased the Black Bird aura and the grandmaster’s resentment with a cup of tea.
• Tang Chong gave Lin Sheng a jade token containing a method for removing grandmaster aura and resentment, asking him to protect the Military Department if it faced calamity.
• Tang Chong told Hu Yanji that Rashid’s blood-sacrifice plans involving Northern Yan’s beastified warriors had made him a danger, and ordered a meeting to decide Rashid’s fate.
• Lin Sheng returned to Jushi City, checked himself for traces of tracking, and pressed the jade token to his forehead to absorb its information.

Lin Sheng learned the Heavenly Clarity Qi Guiding Method, checked himself for lingering traces, and left Jushi City for East Sea Prefecture after Hu Yanji arranged a royal contact there. Princess Lingyu learned that Tang Chong had recommended Lin Sheng and decided to travel to East Sea Prefecture to meet him.

• Lin Sheng cultivated the Heavenly Clarity Qi Guiding Method until he could inspect himself and found no unusual aura or marks.
• Hu Yanji told Lin Sheng that a royal family member in East Sea Prefecture would meet him, and Lin Sheng left Jushi City with a caravan before slipping into the mountains.
• Two black-clad figures confirmed that Lu Qing's Blackbird aura had been erased and withdrew to avoid Tang Chong.
• Tang Chong told Hu Yanji that Lin Sheng had killed Lu Qing and instructed him to keep Lin Sheng's cultivation secret.
• Princess Lingyu learned that Emperor Jing intended to match her with Lin Sheng, reviewed his records, and agreed to travel to East Sea Prefecture to meet him.

After returning to Yunhai City, Lin Sheng resumed cultivating and tried to find a path into the Blood Devouring realm of Heavenly Snake Bone Changing. He learned that the Misty Sea Region was far more dangerous than expected, then discovered an unusual fish whose potential gave him reason to investigate further.

• Lin Sheng reunited with Nong Yu and Bai Can at the Hundred Iron Shop and met Li Da, the person in charge of the East Sea stronghold.
• Lin Sheng cultivated, worried that his progress had slowed without demonic essence, and spent the night considering how to advance Heavenly Snake Bone Changing into its Blood Devouring realm.
• Leech and Jin Yang reported that the Misty Sea Region was vast, difficult to navigate, and filled with dangerous sea beasts, including powerful demon beasts.
• Nong Yu showed Lin Sheng a strange fish she had bought, and his system identified it as an Inkfish with Mimicry talent and potential to become a spirit beast.
• Lin Sheng told Nong Yu to search the streets and buy as many Inkfish as she could find.

Lin Sheng tested the lacquer fish’s Mimicry Talent and concluded it could help him cultivate the Blood Devouring realm, so he began gathering and breeding lacquer fish. As the chapter ended, Princess Lingyu’s deputy general invited him to the East Sea Military Department and delivered two Spirit Beast lacquer fish, one of which Lin Sheng assimilated.

• Lin Sheng discovered that the Mimicry Talent let him grow temporary scales by consuming goldfish, and he theorized that stronger mimicry could help him absorb exotic-beast bloodlines.
• Lin Sheng ordered Dark Star members to search for beasts with Mimicry Talent and arranged for Nong Yu to breed lacquer fish.
• Lin Sheng discussed an expedition into the Misty Sea Region with Leech, Bai Can, and the others, then received a visit from Deputy General Si Liqing, who invited them to the Military Department on Princess Lingyu’s behalf.
• Si Liqing presented two Spirit Beast lacquer fish as a gift from Princess Lingyu, and Li Da explained her high status and exceptional cultivation talent.
• Lin Sheng examined the lacquer fish, confirmed that its Mimicry Talent had improved, and assimilated one of them.