Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng learned that the Myriad Sect Alliance was suspected of attacking two sects, while its leaders investigated the massacre and negotiated with Silo Kingdom Apostles Rachel and Alan. Rachel and Alan slaughtered two villages, then Rachel demanded replacement Divine Form Martial Artists from Hong Lian and learned of the leader’s interest in beastified martial artists.

• Lin Sheng heard that the Tianxiang Sword Sect and Yuanyang Beast Sect had been massacred and learned from Wang Wei that a new Myriad Sect Alliance had formed from survivors of purged forces.
• He Lianfeng and Hong Lian discussed the attacks, decided to seek another target, and worried about their dealings with people from the Silo Kingdom.
• Rachel used her thorned plants to drain the people of one village, then Alan killed the residents of another village with worm-like Yellow Arrowwood.
• Alan told Rachel that their leader wanted information about Northern Yan’s beastified martial artists and preferably some high-level examples brought back.
• Rachel met Hong Lian, demanded a replacement for the promised Divine Form Martial Artist, and warned that she would act herself if Hong Lian delayed.

Rachel defeated Hong Lian and persuaded her to bring the Myriad Sect Alliance into Heart of Thorns, secretly intending to use them as scapegoats in a move against Sky Rainbow Pavilion’s beastification experiments. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng learned that Blood Wolf might be tracking him and decided to travel by sea to Southern Qi, leaving the chapter with Wang Wei arranging to bring nearby Heart of Thorns members along.

• Rachel attacked Hong Lian with vines, transformed into a vine monster, and suppressed Hong Lian’s force until she could no longer fight.
• Rachel healed Hong Lian, tempted her with the promise of Divine Power and eternal vitality, and secured her agreement to bring the Myriad Sect Alliance into Heart of Thorns.
• After Hong Lian left, Rachel told Alan she had no intention of sharing Divine Power and planned to use Northern Yan martial artists as scapegoats.
• Wang Wei informed Lin Sheng that Luo Yin had asked them to escort organization members to Southern Qi and warned him about Blood Wolf, a Sky Rainbow Pavilion elder skilled at tracking.
• Lin Sheng concluded Blood Wolf might be pursuing him after the deaths of two Imperial Court Grandmasters and chose to travel by sea from Arid Sea Dao to Southern Qi.
• Wang Wei mentioned a Blazing Star Emissary and several Hidden Star Emissaries in Tiannan Prefecture, and Lin Sheng told him to bring them along.

Prince Ping’s investigators concluded that one attacker with a low cultivation realm but extraordinary physical and mental strength had killed Ku Rong and Song Zhong, prompting Zhao Yantai to order a search for information. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng traveled toward Arid Sea Dao with a merchant caravan and learned that his message to the Blazing Star Emissary had gone unanswered, suggesting that something had happened.

• Blood Wolf examined the ruined forest and identified fragments of Ku Rong’s bones, concluding that one person had killed Ku Rong and Song Zhong.
• Blood Wolf ruled out several powerful suspects and theorized that the attacker was below the Grandmaster realm but possessed immense physical strength and advanced mental abilities.
• Zhao Yantai ordered Sky Rainbow Pavilion to search for information about the mysterious attacker.
• Lin Sheng traveled with the Qian Family caravan toward Arid Sea Dao while Cao Luan continued recovering.
• Lin Sheng received a returned letter that had not reached the Blazing Star Emissary and suspected that something had happened to him.

Lin Sheng reached Wu County seeking Wang Wei and discovered that the Myriad Sect Alliance had captured him as part of Hong Lian’s effort to gather Divine Form Martial Artists for a mysterious power. At the secret contact point, Lin Sheng uncovered a poison-wielding impostor’s trap and captured Ku Zhu, but Wang Wei’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Lin Sheng entered Wu County to investigate after suspecting Wang Wei and the others had run into trouble.
• Huang Qi reported to Hong Lian that the alliance had gathered Divine Form Martial Artists, including Dark Star emissaries, and Hong Lian ordered him to keep searching.
• Hong Lian told He Lianfeng that she intended to obtain more Divine Form Martial Artists, including from within the Myriad Sect Alliance, and he agreed to her plan.
• Lin Sheng visited Sun's Grocery Store using the secret code and learned from Qing Song and Ku Zhu that Wang Wei had sent a letter but never arrived.
• Ku Zhu poisoned and attacked Lin Sheng, but Lin Sheng resisted, defeated the attackers, seized Ku Zhu, and used his golden gaze to daze him.

Lin Sheng discovered that the Myriad Sect Alliance had seized Wang Wei and the others, then tracked them to an old residence near Wu County. Wang Wei briefly escaped before He Lianfeng recaptured and crippled him, and Lin Sheng confronted Huang Qi’s group in the forest.

• Lin Sheng killed the disguised Ku Zhu and learned that the Myriad Sect Alliance had taken Wang Wei and the other Dark Star personnel.
• Wang Wei used a secret technique taught by Luo Yin to expel the poison, escaped his cage, and tried to send Lin Sheng a warning.
• He Lianfeng caught Wang Wei, shattered his bones, and ordered Huang Qi to take him to Wu County to capture another Dark Star seed.
• He Lianfeng and Daoist nun Hong Lian decided to travel to Wu County themselves in case a Dark Star Grandmaster was nearby.
• Lin Sheng followed the trail toward the old residence and encountered Huang Qi’s group in the forest.
• Old Zhou charged Lin Sheng, who killed him with a single strike before confronting the remaining alliance members.

Lin Sheng pursued the Myriad Sect Alliance members who had captured Dark Star’s people and killed Huang Qi, Daoist nun Hong Lian, and He Lianfeng. After defeating the two Grandmasters, he was left demanding to know why the Alliance had attacked Dark Star.

• Lin Sheng killed Huang Qi’s Bone Transformation companions and pursued Huang Qi, who fled toward an old residence.
• Lin Sheng killed Huang Qi despite Hong Lian’s arrival, then blocked her sword strike with his bare hand.
• Hong Lian unleashed her Moonlight Wheel Slash, but Lin Sheng’s scales healed through the wounds and he killed her with a crushing blow.
• Lin Sheng asked He Lianfeng why the Myriad Sect Alliance had attacked Dark Star, while He Lianfeng attacked and fled underground.
• He Lianfeng used his stored Gang Force to escape, but Lin Sheng halted him with a dragon’s roar and killed him.

Lin Sheng rescued Wang Wei and Ku Zhu from a Myriad Sect Alliance compound, then encountered two Heart of Thorns Grandmasters who had partnered with the Alliance to capture Divine Form Martial Artists. He killed Rachel and Alan, while the fate of Shi Die and the other evacuees remained unresolved.

• Lin Sheng killed the Myriad Sect Alliance guards at the ancient residence and freed Wang Wei and Ku Zhu from the dungeon.
• Wang Wei and Ku Zhu told Lin Sheng that two Blazing Star Emissaries and the seed Shi Die still needed to evacuate from Northern Yan.
• A foreign Grandmaster woman and man appeared, and Lin Sheng recognized them as Rachel and Alan from the Heart of Thorns.
• Rachel and Alan revealed their interest in Lin Sheng and their connection to the Myriad Sect Alliance's capture of Divine Form Martial Artists.
• Lin Sheng transformed, struck Rachel dead, and crushed Alan with overwhelming strength.

Lin Sheng fought Alan and Rachel, two Heart of Thorns Grandmasters who revealed monstrous forms and used Divine Power to regenerate. After destroying them, he captured two strange black seeds, and his consciousness panel identified them.

• Lin Sheng noticed Alan and Rachel's bodies bubbling and regenerating after his first attacks.
• Rachel transformed into a half-spider monster and attacked Lin Sheng, but he broke free and struck both her and Alan.
• Lin Sheng used True Yang Transformation and Demonic Blood Fusion to grow nearly nine meters tall, then crushed Rachel's body while resisting Alan's assault.
• Alan tried to retreat, but Lin Sheng grabbed and killed him, then repeatedly crushed and burned the two pools of regenerating slime until they stopped moving.
• Two black, tendril-covered seeds shot from the burning slime, and Lin Sheng caught them before messages appeared on his consciousness panel.

Lin Sheng identified the strange seeds as remnants of the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, destroyed them, and escaped with Wang Wei and Ku Zhu. In Fulong City, Blood Wolf argued that Lin Sheng had killed several Grandmasters, and Liu Tianci began recounting what he had witnessed in Clear Spring Town.

• Lin Sheng recognized that the Heart of Thorns likely held the other remnant of the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord and reflected on the danger its powers posed.
• Lin Sheng crushed and burned the two seed monsters, then found Wang Wei and Ku Zhu and led them away from the pursuers.
• In the Silo Kingdom, Anthony felt pain from the patterns on his face, cursed Rachel and Alan, and ordered Beck and Corey to leave for Northern Yan.
• At the City Lord's Manor in Fulong City, Blood Wolf identified Flame Demon Lin Sheng as the likely killer of Ku Rong and other Grandmasters, despite objections from Xiang Kong, Red Spider, and Bai Er.
• Blood Wolf summoned Liu Tianci to describe what he had witnessed in Clear Spring Town, and Liu Tianci began his account.

Blood Wolf and Zhao Yantai identified Lin Sheng's parents as a way to track him, while Lin Sheng reached East Sea Prefecture and met Dark Star's Shi Die. After effortlessly defeating Shi Die and two other agents, Lin Sheng ordered them to follow his arrangements.

• Zhao Yantai deduced that Lin Sheng had returned to Northern Yan for his parents, and Blood Wolf found their clothes at Clear Spring Villa to track him.
• Lin Sheng left the Qian Family caravan in Bibo Prefecture and traveled with his family toward East Sea Prefecture.
• Blood Wolf used the clothes to pursue Lin Sheng, while Lin Sheng's group reached East Sea Prefecture and received a message directing him to No. 35 Sea Star Street.
• Lin Sheng and Wang Wei visited the Shi Family Sea Goods shop, where Shi Die recognized Lin Sheng and challenged him by grabbing his arm.
• Lin Sheng slapped Shi Die and sent her and two other agents flying, then told them they would follow his arrangements.

Lin Sheng forced his ship to leave East Sea Prefecture early and drove it across the sea with his inner force. After reaching Black Cliff Reef, he effortlessly killed a Three-Headed Green Snake, leaving Shi Die stunned by the extent of his power.

• Lin Sheng ordered Shi Die to ready the ship for departure before nightfall, and the group sailed away from Northern Yan that evening.
• Lin Sheng spent the night cultivating in the eerie black space and then used his inner force to propel the ship at extraordinary speed.
• At dawn, Lin Sheng discovered that his strength had increased, while Shi Die realized they had reached Black Cliff Reef in a single night.
• Lin Sheng summoned countless giant pythons of inner force and killed the Three-Headed Green Snake that attacked the ship.
• Lin Sheng ordered Shi Die to prepare the sea beast's corpse as food, and she hurried off to carry out his command.

Lin Sheng realized Blood Wolf’s group was tracking the ship and used Colored-Face Snails and his force to obscure the trail. Zhao Yantai’s pursuers lost their precise lead but continued searching the waters nearby.

• Zhao Yantai and his companions found Dark Star’s former base, and Blood Wolf tracked Lin Sheng’s group to the docks and out to sea.
• On the ship, Shi Die, Taishan, and Qingzhi discussed Three-Headed Green Snake’s meat while Lin Sheng worried that a hidden pursuer was still following them.
• Lin Sheng realized Blood Wolf could be tracking the others’ auras and used his Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood talent to sense the surrounding waters.
• Lin Sheng let Colored-Face Snails coat the ship in mucus, then ordered Shi Die to keep everyone aboard and change course; his uneasy feeling began to weaken.
• A thousand li away, Blood Wolf reported that the group’s auras had weakened, and Zhao Yantai ordered his companions to search separately without alerting Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng sensed that his pursuers were closing in, tracked them through the sea, and ambushed Blood Wolf. After Red Spider found the ship carrying the Dark Star group, she and Bai Er moved to attack it before Lin Sheng could escape.

• Lin Sheng used his ocean talents and sea beasts to search for his pursuers, then headed toward them to strike first.
• Blood Wolf followed the faint traces of Lin Sheng's group through a storm and was ambushed by Lin Sheng, who killed him and took his jade stone.
• Lin Sheng used the jade stone to search for more Grandmasters, but it revealed that Red Spider had found the ship carrying the Dark Star group.
• Red Spider notified the others and waited near the ship with Bai Er, while sea beasts helped the ship speed away.
• Bai Er and Red Spider decided to attack the ship together and keep Lin Sheng from fleeing.

Lin Sheng's family and allies were attacked aboard the great ship by the Grandmasters Bai Er and Red Spider, who tortured prisoners and killed passengers to force him out. Lin Sheng appeared and killed Bai Er instantly, then seized Red Spider as she tried to use Shi Die and the others as hostages.

• Taishan, Qingzhi, Shi Die, and Wang Wei discussed Lin Sheng's recent rise while sea beasts surrounded the ship, then the beasts suddenly dove beneath the water.
• Bai Er and Red Spider arrived, blasted Taishan and the others through the cabins, and demanded to know where Lin Sheng was.
• Red Spider tortured Taishan and Shi Die while Bai Er killed passengers and threatened to kill more unless Lin Sheng appeared.
• Lin Sheng emerged from the sea and crushed Bai Er with a single blow, then faced Red Spider amid the wreckage of the ship.
• Red Spider grabbed Shi Die and the others as hostages, but Lin Sheng charged through her threat, stunned her with a roar, and crushed her in his hand.

Lin Sheng defeated the attackers aboard the ship and learned that Prince Ping, Zhao Yantai, was approaching. Lin Sheng confronted Zhao Yantai, rejected his offer to join Northern Yan, and the two began a fierce battle that left Zhao Yantai narrowly avoiding Lin Sheng’s attack.

• After killing the attackers, Lin Sheng ordered the wounded treated and the ship to flee while he questioned Shi Die about Prince Ping.
• Shi Die identified Zhao Yantai as a powerful Third Realm Grandmaster and urged Lin Sheng to escape, but Lin Sheng sensed Zhao Yantai approaching and chose to face him.
• Zhao Yantai arrived and clashed with Lin Sheng, whose giant hand crushed his sword force while his scales were damaged by its sharpness.
• Zhao Yantai offered Lin Sheng a place in Northern Yan and promised access to two incomplete Void Beast corpses, but Lin Sheng demanded the corpses and refused to accept the offer without them.
• Zhao Yantai wounded Lin Sheng with successive invisible sword strikes, while Lin Sheng healed and struggled to hit him as he evaded with afterimages.
• Lin Sheng’s dragon roar briefly disrupted Zhao Yantai’s movement, allowing Lin Sheng’s attack to shatter his protective Gang Force and destroy his crown, though Zhao Yantai narrowly escaped the blow.

Lin Sheng and Zhao Yantai fought through escalating sword attacks, with Lin Sheng enduring devastating injuries to close the distance. Zhao Yantai escaped Lin Sheng’s final counterattack when an ancient jade stone shattered and carried his mangled body away.

• Zhao Yantai used his Four Swords, Five Swords, and Six Swords techniques to sever Lin Sheng’s limbs and wound him heavily, but Lin Sheng’s scales shielded his neck.
• Lin Sheng reassembled his severed hand and struck Zhao Yantai from behind, then battered him with his regenerating demon claws and left him badly injured.
• Zhao Yantai unleashed Seven Swords: Divine Annihilation, Form Destruction, filling Lin Sheng’s body with Sword Qi as Lin Sheng continued advancing despite being reduced to a skeleton.
• Lin Sheng reached Zhao Yantai and appeared to fall after Sword Qi pierced through his head, but he struck Zhao Yantai through the chest and crushed his skull with a finger bone.
• An ancient jade stone at Zhao Yantai’s neck shattered, destroying Lin Sheng’s finger bone and transporting Zhao Yantai’s mangled body several hundred meters away.

Lin Sheng survived his battle with Zhao Yantai, though Zhao escaped and a mysterious force from Zhao Hongzhang left Lin Sheng’s right arm unable to heal. After three days of recovery aboard the ship, Lin Sheng reflected on Zhao Yantai’s strength and resolved to grow stronger as the ship continued toward Southern Qi.

• Lin Sheng pursued the badly injured Zhao Yantai, but Zhao used a decoy to escape after Lin Sheng’s attack crushed it.
• Lin Sheng returned to the ship with his right forearm missing, and Shi Die and Qingzhi learned that he had fought Zhao Yantai and driven him away.
• Lin Sheng spent three days recovering, expelled Zhao Yantai’s sword aura, and found that a stronger force still prevented his right arm from regenerating.
• Lin Sheng suspected that the force came from Supreme Grandmaster Zhao Hongzhang and endured its effects while healing in the sea.
• Lin Sheng recognized that Zhao Yantai had exposed the limits of his strength, resolved to improve after returning to Southern Qi, and began searching the nearby sea for beasts.

After recovering from his near-fatal wounds, Zhao Yantai told Emperor Jingyuan that Lin Sheng had killed five Grandmasters and vowed to hunt him down himself, beginning by seeking demon blood. Meanwhile, a storm-stranded fleet led by Lady Deville encountered a vast rift swallowing the sea.

• Zi Shu and Chi Yu restored Zhao Yantai with rare medicinal treasures, and he awoke two hours later.
• Zhao Yantai told Emperor Jingyuan that Lin Sheng had killed Song Zhong, Ku Rong, Blood Wolf, Red Spider, and Bai Er, and was likely responsible for Liu Yu’s death as well.
• Zhao Yantai asked to pursue Lin Sheng himself, saying he would first visit Sky Rainbow Pavilion to consume demon blood, and Emperor Jingyuan agreed.
• Emperor Jingyuan sent intelligence about Lin Sheng to the front lines and ordered that King Yan be informed.
• Lady Deville’s three ships struggled through a worsening storm as Captain Vito warned that their Silver Brilliance Stones could last only one more day.
• Penny spotted an enormous rift ahead that was swallowing the seawater.

Deville and Captain Vito’s warships were trapped by the Sea Demon Eye, but Lin Sheng’s merchant ship crossed it safely and caused it to shrink, giving them a chance to escape. Afterward, the Silo Kingdom flagship began catching up with Lin Sheng’s ship as it continued toward Southern Qi.

• Captain Vito used the mermaid sculpture to shield the warships, but the sculpture cracked as the Sea Demon Eye’s pull dragged them closer.
• Deville refused to abandon her family, and Penny pointed out a merchant ship caught near the Sea Demon Eye.
• Lin Sheng’s merchant ship sailed straight through the Sea Demon Eye, shrinking it and weakening its pull.
• Deville told Captain Vito to follow the merchant ship, and the three warships escaped the danger zone behind it.
• Qingzhi said they would reach Southern Qi in seven days, while Shi Die noticed the Silo Kingdom flagship speeding after them.

Lin Sheng struggled to regrow his right arm after his battle with Zhao Yantai, unable to purge the lingering force of a Supreme Grandmaster. When Deville of the Silver Luminous Tulip Family insisted that her family could heal any injury, Lin Sheng asked whether they could treat erosion by a Supreme Grandmaster's force.

• Lin Sheng found that five days of cultivating had only weakened the Supreme Grandmaster's force in his wound, and less than half of his right forearm had regrown.
• Shi Die told Lin Sheng that people from the Silo Kingdom's Silver Luminous Tulip Family had followed their ship to meet him, but he ordered her to send them away.
• Deville, Penny, and Captain Vito waited on deck, where Shi Die refused their request to see Lin Sheng and told them to leave.
• Penny insulted Shi Die, prompting Shi Die and Taishan's group to threaten to drive the visitors off the ship.
• Deville claimed the Tulip Family could heal any injury, and Lin Sheng called from inside the cabin to ask whether they could heal erosion by a Supreme Grandmaster's force.