Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng asked Deville of the Silver Luminous Tulip Family to examine his arm wound, but her healing talent could not withstand the energy within him and she fainted. After she recovered, Deville concluded that a Supreme Grandmaster had caused Lin Sheng’s injury, while Lin Sheng continued searching the sea for powerful demonic beasts.

• Lin Sheng stopped Deville and her companions, then invited Deville to inspect his missing right arm and assess whether she could heal it.
• Deville examined Lin Sheng’s wound and sensed vitality far beyond anything she had encountered before.
• When Deville touched the severed end of Lin Sheng’s arm, the energy overwhelmed her and she fainted; Lin Sheng carried her to a bed.
• Vito and Penny confronted Shi Die outside the cabin, but Lin Sheng emerged and ordered them to enter once Deville woke.
• Lin Sheng searched the sea for powerful demonic beasts while recovering his injuries.
• After waking, Deville told Vito and Penny that Lin Sheng’s wound had been caused by a Supreme Grandmaster, and Vito realized how dangerous it had been to challenge Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng returned to the merchant ship and agreed to let Deville try to heal his injury after she explained that the strange force-energy was draining his life and would eventually rebound. Deville activated her Tulip bloodline and began channeling its power into him, and his pain started to ease.

• Lin Sheng returned to the merchant ship and learned that the Tulip family’s warships were still following it.
• Deville told Captain Vito and Penny that she intended to approach Lin Sheng to secure help for her family and insisted she could treat his injuries.
• Taishan brought Deville, Vito, and Penny to Lin Sheng, who agreed to let Deville attempt the treatment if she had prepared to avoid the previous backlash.
• Deville explained that the force-energy in Lin Sheng’s wound was absorbing his life energy and could not be fully removed without matching energy.
• Deville awakened a silver-white power marked by a tulip, placed her hand above Lin Sheng’s severed arm, and began drawing motes of light into his flesh as his pain weakened.

Lin Sheng’s wound resisted Deville’s silver energy, but her effort weakened the strange force and revealed a possible way to destroy it with a spirit-light formation. Deville needed Silver Brilliance Stones lost in a sea-beast attack, and Lin Sheng offered to retrieve them in exchange for something more than a chance to heal his injury.

• Deville used her silver energy to treat Lin Sheng’s wound, but the dark-blue force destroyed her power and she collapsed unconscious.
• Lin Sheng stabilized Deville, suppressed the weakened force, and later decided he might need to go to Jushi City early because the injury hindered his cultivation.
• Deville recovered sooner than Lin Sheng expected and said a spirit-light formation fueled by enough Silver Brilliance Stones might break down the force.
• Deville explained that her ship carrying most of the stones had been destroyed during an attack by a huge sea beast that could withstand naval cannon fire and exhale perception-blocking fog.
• Lin Sheng agreed to help retrieve the lost stones but asked what Deville could offer him in return.

Lin Sheng and Deville searched the deep sea for the Lucy and its Silver Brilliance Stones, finding the wreck inside a hidden trench. When Lin Sheng removed the stones, a colossal starfish emerged and attacked him, leaving him excited to face the powerful beast.

• Lin Sheng took Deville to the area where the sea beast had attacked the Lucy and sent controlled sea beasts to scout while they descended into the deep sea.
• Lin Sheng and Deville found the Lucy's anchor, then Lin Sheng returned alone to investigate a strange seabed trench.
• Lin Sheng discovered the damaged Lucy floating inside the trench and found its Silver Brilliance Stones piled nearby, but no sign of the sea beast.
• Lin Sheng gathered the Silver Brilliance Stones, triggering a colossal starfish concealed beneath the trench to engulf him in mist and attack.
• Lin Sheng evaded the starfish's strike, recognized it as the beast that had taken the Lucy, and began swelling in anticipation of fighting it.

Lin Sheng killed the Phantom Sea Crystal Wrist Star and discovered it had been contaminated by the Ink Sea Dragon Crab’s consciousness, then escaped a frightening presence in the trench. He returned to the warship with Deville and nearly eighty percent of the Silver Brilliance Stones from the Lucy.

• Lin Sheng endured the starfish beast’s corrosive blood and mental attack before crushing it from inside its mouth and killing it.
• Lin Sheng read the beast’s information and learned it was a flesh puppet contaminated by the Ink Sea Dragon Crab’s consciousness.
• A powerful presence from the trench lured Lin Sheng to turn back, but he resisted and fled toward the surface with the Silver Brilliance Stones.
• Deville waited anxiously through a storm until Lin Sheng returned and carried her away from the sea.
• Lin Sheng brought a large pile of Silver Brilliance Stones aboard the warship, and Deville hurried off to prepare a formation to treat his injuries.

After two days of treatment by Deville, Lin Sheng recovered his severed right arm and tested his improved Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood and the talents he gained from the Starfish Demon Beast. He destroyed the Ink Sea Dragon Crab essence blood rather than risk refining it, and left determined to uncover the secrets behind the beast and the Silver Brilliance Stone.

• Taishan, Shi Die, and Qingzhi discussed the Silo Kingdom's warships and the growing danger firearms posed to powerful martial artists while they worried about Lin Sheng's recovery.
• Lin Sheng finished healing in a Silver Brilliance Stone array, and Deville restored his right arm at the cost of her own vitality.
• Lin Sheng tested his advanced Sea Sacrifice Demonic Blood, discovering that he could control seawater, travel through it, and create concealing fog.
• Lin Sheng burned the Ink Sea Dragon Crab essence blood, deciding not to refine it because he suspected a dangerous connection to the beast inside him.
• Lin Sheng examined the Starfish Demon Beast's talents, using a mental attack to kill distant fish and confirming that his blood could become highly corrosive slime.
• Lin Sheng credited Zhao Yantai for leading him to the demon beast and vowed to kill him quickly the next time they met.

Lin Sheng uncovered the Silver Luminous Tulip Family’s ancient history, then completed the Divine Form Second Transformation after three days of cultivation aboard the Tulip. As the ship neared Southern Qi, news of Lin Sheng’s safety reached Princess Lingyu and Emperor Jing, who also learned he had survived the confrontation with Zhao Yantai and killed several grandmasters.

• Penny delivered Lin Sheng translated records of the Silver Luminous Tulip Family, and he learned that its lineage dated back to the Ancient Luo Empire and that its direct descendants could use the Silver Brilliance Stone.
• Lin Sheng cultivated for three days and completed the Divine Form Second Transformation, then resolved to reach Southern Qi and witness the War God’s strength.
• Shi Die told Lin Sheng that the Tulip would reach Southern Qi’s coastal waters within two days, and he planned to send her group to the Misty Sea Region before returning to the capital.
• Princess Lingyu pressed Emperor Jing for news of Lin Sheng, and A'Fu delivered a message from the Misty Sea Region confirming that Lin Sheng was safe and would return soon.
• Emperor Jing and Old Dragon confirmed that Lin Sheng had killed five named grandmasters and two Myriad Sect Alliance grandmasters, and Emperor Jing ordered his agents to remain hidden in Northern Yan.

Grand Duke Blazing Sun warned Grand Duke Golden Mountain not to let his pursuit of the Silver Luminous Tulip Family interfere with their mission to Nanqi, but Henry ordered Lida to capture the family’s survivors anyway. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng investigated Deville’s bloodline talent and discovered it could dissolve his force, leaving him intrigued by its mysterious origins.

• On a storm-tossed warship, Anus told Henry that the Silver Luminous Tulip Family should be left alone and warned him to prioritize their mission to Nanqi.
• After Anus left, Henry dismissed his warning and ordered the maidservant to tell Lida to find the Tulip family’s survivors before they reached Nanqi.
• Lida and Bozhong pursued the Tulip ships aboard a golden warship, then activated its figurehead to double its speed and close the distance.
• Lin Sheng asked Deville to demonstrate her bloodline talent, and she made his force python dissolve into nothing.
• Lin Sheng tested Deville’s ability further and concluded that her silvery-white energy could suppress force, deepening his curiosity about its origin.

Lin Sheng discovered that the Light-Gathering Array drew unusually potent silver-white energy into his cultivation, rapidly consuming its stored power. As the Tulip fleet neared Southern Qi, he had Deville rebuild the array with more silver brilliance stones, eager to continue benefiting from it.

• Lin Sheng tested Deville's Light-Gathering Array and found that its calming and cultivation effects helped him, though its bloodline-stimulating effect did nothing for him.
• While cultivating in the Pitch-Black Space, Lin Sheng drew in white motes that felt like refined, higher-quality Demon Resonance.
• Deville and Captain Vito discussed plans for settling the Tulip people in Southern Qi, and Deville decided to ask Lin Sheng for help.
• Penny told Deville that Lin Sheng had remained in secluded cultivation for over a day, and Deville warned Shi Die that staying in the array too long could harm him.
• Lin Sheng emerged unharmed after exhausting the array's energy in one day and told Deville to rebuild it with two hundred silver brilliance stones.
• Deville restored the array, and Lin Sheng welcomed the Tulip family's unexpected gift as the Golden Ship approached from hundreds of miles away.

Lin Sheng discovered that Deville’s Light-Gathering Formation let him absorb purified demon resonance from silver brilliance stone at extraordinary speed, while the Golden Mountain caught up with the Tulip family’s ships. The pursuers descended on their ship just as Deville tried to flee, leaving the family facing an attack.

• Lin Sheng found that Deville’s Light-Gathering Formation processed silver brilliance stone into demon resonance he could absorb without backlash, greatly accelerating his cultivation.
• Lin Sheng crushed a piece of silver brilliance stone and realized he could not sense or absorb its energy unless Deville processed it through the formation.
• Lida and Bozhong pursued the Tulip family aboard the Golden Ship, and Lida agreed to let Bozhong choose three women after they caught up.
• Deville told Captain Vito and Penny that Lin Sheng had exhausted the formation’s energy in a single day despite its side effects.
• The Golden Mountain appeared behind the Tulip ships, and Deville ordered Captain Vito to activate the cracked mermaid figurehead and increase their speed.
• A golden figure descended from above the mast and mocked Deville and the others for trying to escape.

Lida and Bozhong attacked the ship carrying Deville, Penny, and Lin Sheng’s companions, but Lin Sheng emerged and killed them both. Still consumed by fury, he destroyed the approaching Golden Mountain warship, leaving the survivors’ fate unclear.

• Lida and Bozhong confronted Deville, Penny, and the others, and Lida crippled Deville before declaring that everyone but her would die.
• Taishan and Qingzhi attacked Lida, but she grievously wounded them, while Bozhong captured Shi Die.
• Lin Sheng left his cultivation after sensing the disturbance and killed Bozhong as he rushed toward Penny and the others.
• Lin Sheng pursued the fleeing Lida and smashed her with one blow, killing her before she could finish invoking Grand Duke Golden Mountain.
• Lin Sheng attacked the approaching Golden Mountain warship and shattered it, staining the surrounding sea red.

Lin Sheng returned from Northern Yan with Deville and the Tulip family, broke through to Divine Form Three Transformations on the journey, and neared the Imperial Capital. There, he sensed that Gongsun Yue had become more powerful through the Heart of Thorns and vanished from his carriage.

• Lin Sheng learned that Grand Duke Golden Mountain had driven Deville's family from their homeland, then promised to take them to the Imperial Capital and help them find Silver Brilliance Stone mines.
• Lin Sheng reached the Three Mist Islands, reunited with Qi Ning, and learned that Sister Lan and Yellow Dog were away at sea.
• Lin Sheng departed with three battleships, dispersed the mist, and returned to the Eastern Continent, where Hong Ye arranged carriages for the party.
• Lin Sheng cultivated during the five-day journey and used the Light-Gathering Formation to reach Divine Form Three Transformations before arriving at the Imperial Capital.
• Gongsun Yue discovered that the Heart of Thorns had restored his vitality and strengthened his force, and he planned to kill Lin Sheng and seize the Heart's secrets.
• Lin Sheng sensed Gongsun Yue near the Imperial Capital and vanished from his carriage.

Lin Sheng killed Gongsun Yue, then returned to Southern Qi’s imperial capital and learned that Zhao Hongzhang had been held back after Zhao Yantai’s defeat. Emperor Jing gave him a jade from Tang Chong that drew the Black Little Snake from his arm, though its final stare left the matter unsettled.

• Gongsun Yue confronted Lin Sheng and was killed by Lin Sheng’s Phantom Star Impact and follow-up attack.
• Lin Sheng burned Gongsun Yue’s remains and the escaping Flesh Seed, then left for the imperial capital.
• Princess Lingyu welcomed Lin Sheng, and Emperor Jing hosted a banquet for him and his family.
• Emperor Jing told Lin Sheng that Zhao Hongzhang had intended to act against him but Tang Chong had held him back.
• Lin Sheng revealed that Zhao Yantai’s Life-Saving Jade Token had severely wounded him before he recovered.
• Emperor Jing gave Lin Sheng Tang Chong’s black jade, which released a White Fox phantom that drove the Black Little Snake out of Lin Sheng’s arm before both vanished.

Lin Sheng learned about Supreme Grandmasters and the ancient great tribulation from Old Dragon, then agreed to marry Ling Yu in five days and received Southern Qi’s support for his cultivation and the Tulip family. As Lin Sheng left, Old Dragon arranged powerful demonic beasts and Dragon Saliva Golden Liquid for him, while the chapter ended with Henry asking whether anyone had contacted Lida and Bozhong.

• Tang Chong removed the remnant of Zhao Hongzhang’s consciousness imprint from Lin Sheng, and Emperor Jing confirmed that Zhao Hongzhang could no longer track him through it.
• Old Dragon explained that Supreme Grandmasters stood beyond ordinary Grandmasters, described Yin Luo’s disappearance and the great tribulation, and answered Lin Sheng’s questions about the past.
• Emperor Jing agreed to hold Lin Sheng and Ling Yu’s wedding in five days and promised assistance with Lin Sheng’s requests, including support for the Tulip family.
• Old Dragon instructed Emperor Jing to gather powerful demonic beasts for Lin Sheng and send him half the treasury’s Dragon Saliva Golden Liquid, then urged pressure on the delayed Silo Kingdom delegation as the front-line conflict worsened.
• On the road to Southern Qi’s capital, Dongfang Qing hosted Silo Kingdom’s Prince Joel, Anus, and Henry, and Henry later asked whether they had contacted Lida and Bozhong.

Henry concluded that Lida and Bozhong had likely died after losing contact, while Lin Sheng received nine bottles of Dragon Saliva Golden Liquid and cultivated with Deville’s light-concentrating array. In the Northern Lands, Zhao Hongzhang authorized Zhao Yantai to pursue Lin Sheng, and after three days of cultivation Lin Sheng emerged stronger and considered the power he might gain from the Star Pivot Spirit Radiance Dragon.

• Henry feared Lida and Bozhong had perished after several days without contact and lamented the loss of his two leading subordinates.
• A'Fu delivered nine bottles of Dragon Saliva Golden Liquid to Lin Sheng on Emperor Jing’s orders, and Lin Sheng declined Princess Lingyu’s invitation to meet the Silo Kingdom delegation so he could cultivate.
• Deville completed a light-concentrating array, and Lin Sheng promised her a settlement, supplies, craftsmen, and a thousand-person exploration team to search for silver brilliance stone.
• Zhao Hongzhang warned Zhao Yantai not to meet the demon blood’s gaze and agreed to conceal his movements while holding off Tang Chong; Zhao Yantai resolved to fully fuse with the demon blood before pursuing Lin Sheng alive.
• After three days cultivating with the array, Lin Sheng absorbed the nine bottles, increased all his attributes, and wondered how much stronger he would become by incorporating the Star Pivot Spirit Radiance Dragon.

Lin Sheng reviewed the Blood Corpse Life Technique and learned that fighting between Southern Qi and Northern Yan had intensified as Silo Kingdom pressed for concessions. At the palace, Prince Jiao'er offered crimson crystal ore refining technology in a wager, and Emperor Jing agreed to the contest.

• Lin Sheng decided to test the Blood Corpse Life Technique before attempting to revive the dragon beast in Southern Qi's treasury.
• Princess Lingyu told Lin Sheng that the fighting with Northern Yan had escalated, grandmasters had died on both sides, and Tang Chong could not attend because of the war.
• Deville told Lin Sheng that her people had settled near the capital and discovered a silver brilliance stone deposit yielding more than twenty thousand refined pieces.
• Prince Jiao'er asked Emperor Jing to accept Silo Kingdom's proposal and offered to teach Southern Qi its crimson crystal ore refining techniques.
• Jiao'er challenged Dongfang Feng to a contest, wagering the refining technology against a fifty-year lease of the Eastern Continent with exclusive mining rights.
• After an aged hand touched his shoulder, Emperor Jing agreed to Jiao'er's wager.

After Lin Sheng and Ling Yu married, Lin Sheng received Tang Chong’s mind-tempering art and advanced his cultivation, while the Tulip family’s settlement was attacked and Deville was abducted. A masked stranger used an ancient fragment on Deville, revealing a shifting fish-shaped mark as Lin Sheng raced to respond.

• Lin Sheng and Ling Yu completed their wedding rites, then returned to the Princess’s Residence, where Lin Sheng examined Tang Chong’s newly created Heavenly Lock Soul Siphon.
• The next day, Lin Sheng’s Spirit attribute increased by one, and he raised the Light-Gathering Formation’s strength before cultivating until he neared the Divine Form Fourth Transformation.
• At Tulip Valley, the defensive formation shattered, Vito was knocked unconscious, and Deville was abducted by an attacker.
• During sparring with Lin Sheng, Ling Yu received word through his silver-white signal stone, and Lin Sheng left for the Quiet Room before vanishing.
• A masked figure carried Deville away and touched an ancient fragment to her brow, causing a silver flower emblem to change into a fish-shaped mark.

Lin Sheng rescued Deville from Henry, Duke Golden Mountain, and killed the Silo grand duke after Henry attacked him. He took a strange fragment from Henry’s remains, then returned to Princess Lingyu while Prince Jiao'er and Anus continued toward the Eastern Continent, unaware that Henry was dead.

• Henry seized Deville and tried to take her back to the Silo Kingdom, but Lin Sheng intercepted him in the mountain forest.
• Henry attacked Lin Sheng, who recognized him as Duke Golden Mountain; Henry revealed himself and decided to kill Lin Sheng and blame the Heart of Thorns.
• Lin Sheng used his enormous strength to crush Henry, rescued Deville, and burned Henry’s remains, then retrieved a fragment that resisted his Dragon Flame and dissipated his force.
• Lin Sheng returned to Princess Lingyu’s residence with Deville and joined Lingyu for a meal.
• Prince Jiao'er complained about Lin Sheng as Anus warned him that Lin Sheng’s strength rivaled a First Realm Great Knight of Spiritual Light.
• Anus told Jiao'er that Henry had stayed behind to shop in the imperial city, while hurried footsteps sounded outside their carriage.

After Henry’s death, Anus learned that he had pursued the Silver Luminous Tulip Family and warned Jiao'er against investigating them. Lin Sheng began cultivating Tang Chong’s Heavenly Lock Soul Siphon, then tested Henry’s ancient fragment and found that it could withstand his full strength.

• Anus learned from Jones that Henry had gone to capture the remnants of the Silver Luminous Tulip Family, then sent news of Henry’s death to the Silo Kingdom.
• Anus told Jiao'er that Henry’s killer must have been powerful enough to prevent his escape, leading Jiao'er to suspect Southern Qi’s Supreme Grandmaster.
• Lin Sheng studied the Heavenly Lock Soul Siphon and used its star chart to recover from the mental exhaustion caused by briefly projecting his consciousness beyond his body.
• Lin Sheng tested Henry’s ancient fragment with his full strength, but the fragment remained intact and pierced his palm.

Lin Sheng discovered that the ancient fragment reacted to Deville and the Silver Luminous Tulip Family, then consumed thousands of silver brilliance stones to unleash immense quantities of demonic resonance. He survived refining the dangerous grayish-green resonance, while Deville collapsed and the others waited outside the sealed chamber.

• Lin Sheng found that the ancient fragment remained undamaged and caused the Light-Gathering Formation and Deville’s silver markings to flare when he brought it into the chamber.
• Lin Sheng handed the fragment to Deville, and her tulip mark transformed into a fish-shaped mark as the silver brilliance stones were drained.
• Lin Sheng supplied thousands of silver brilliance stones until the fragment absorbed their energy, swelled with moss-like matter, and burst into purified and unrefined demonic resonance.
• Lin Sheng threw unconscious Deville out of the chamber and used his force to seal it as the unrefined resonance released a deadly chill.
• Princess Lingyu, Meng Lie, Granny Shi, Old Dragon, and Emperor Jing gathered outside; Old Dragon lost his right hand after reaching into the chamber but sensed Lin Sheng was still alive.
• Lin Sheng endured and refined all the grayish-green resonance, then noticed a drop of blood suspended in the chamber, shifting between scarlet and dark green.