Chapter Summaries

After killing Carly, Lin Sheng escaped with Nora and searched the commissioners’ cases, learning about the powerful elixirs and the twelve realms of the Martial Corrosion Realm. He sold Nora one Spiritheart Potion and left, while Nora headed back to prepare for the Fighting Association’s response.

• Lin Sheng told Nora that their business was settled and explained that the evidence pointed to a cult attack rather than the Iron Bone Martial Hall.
• Lin Sheng opened Carly’s case and found Star Coins, cultivation elixirs, and a Spiritheart Elixir; he found a Spiritheart Potion and a secret document addressed to Vice President Chris in Bai Hong’s case, then destroyed the document.
• Nora explained the twelve Erosion Martial Realms, the limit breaks between them, and the vast strength gap between newcomers and fighters like Chris.
• Lin Sheng sold Nora one Spiritheart Potion for ten million Star Coins, rejected her advances, and departed.
• Nora suspected Lin Sheng’s powers involved Inferno Rules and Flesh Rule, then returned to Greenwood City to prepare for the Fighting Association’s response.

After killing Carly and Wan Huo, Lin Sheng returned to the Iron Bone Boxing Gym and focused on improving his strength while the Fighting Association investigated the attack. Director Marshall suspected the Crimson Prison Society, while Wan Shan ordered an investigation of the Iron Bone Boxing Gym and prepared to contact Chris.

• Lin Sheng entered Greenwood City in disguise, considered the likely fallout from the killings, and decided to prioritize cultivation and monitor the Fighting Association and Heavy Peak Martial Hall.
• Director Marshall examined the ruined ambush site with Su Mingquan, detected unusual illusion traces and highly concentrated Infernal Aura, and ordered investigations into possible cultists and the victims’ personal affairs.
• Wan Shan learned that Wan Huo and Commissioner Carly had died, demanded an investigation and a ten-million-Star-Coin bounty, and ordered his people to investigate Yue and the Iron Bone Boxing Gym.
• Wan Zhong urged Wan Shan to contact Chris for help, and Wan Shan agreed to reach out to his cousin.
• Lin Sheng kept the elixirs hidden, reviewed how he had defeated Carly, and began cultivating as he considered advancing his Purgatory Body-Burning Fist Manual and developing Inferno origin astral force.

After Carly and Wan Huo died in the attack on the Fighting Association convoy, Greenwood City's factions grew anxious while the Iron Bone Martial Hall regained standing. Lin Sheng continued cultivating, agreed to meet Li Suihan, and Nora moved to approach the Guard Army as its investigation advanced.

• The deaths of Carly and Wan Huo shook Greenwood City, and the Iron Bone Martial Hall welcomed back merchants and factions that had distanced themselves after the tournament.
• Yue Hongya and Meng Cheng ordered Iron Bone students to stay cautious and avoid dangerous areas while the attack was investigated.
• Bai Jiushuang warned Swift Shadow Martial Hall's disciples against suspicious strangers and leaving the city, then gave them two days off.
• Tang Xue'er urged Li Suihan to contact Li Wei; after initially declining, Lin Sheng agreed to meet them at the Feast Pavilion that afternoon.
• Lin Sheng assessed his slow Blood Seal cultivation and growing Inferno Power, deciding he needed a more suitable private place to practice.
• Nora denied Deacon Nine Eyes's accusation and, after learning the Guard Army was investigating, instructed Xiao Luo to invite Captain Zhou Ze to the Gloam Club.

Lin Sheng met with Li Suihan and Tang Xue'er, gave them Star Coins, and left after reassuring his sister about his strength and his identity as Li Wei. At the Feast Pavilion, he sensed infernal aura from a young red-haired man and followed the clue of 113 Furong Street, suspecting the man belonged to a hidden organization.

• Lin Sheng met Li Suihan and Tang Xue'er at the Feast Pavilion, where Li Suihan asked how he had become so strong.
• Lin Sheng gave Li Suihan a guarded explanation about discovering a dormant talent and told her that he was still her brother, Li Wei.
• Lin Sheng gave Li Suihan four hundred thousand Star Coins for her training and gave Tang Xue'er one hundred thousand for looking after her.
• Lin Sheng noticed a masked red-haired young man ordering food for delivery to 113 Furong Street and sensed infernal aura from him.
• Lin Sheng identified the young man as a likely third-tier Combat Master who cultivated the Inferno path, then headed toward the Iron Bone Martial Hall while considering his identity.

A-Huan and his master, the last two members of the Oath of Embers, discussed their hidden lineage’s effort to control inferno power rather than succumb to it. At the Gloam Club, Nora and Lin Sheng identified A-Huan’s aura as evidence that the supposedly vanished branch might still exist in Greenwood City.

• A-Huan reached his hidden basement meeting place at 113 Furong Street and told his master that Crimson Prison’s attack had caused the Fighting Association and Guard Army to search the city.
• A-Huan’s master explained that the Oath of Embers sought to master inferno power through willpower, and urged A-Huan to strengthen his will and control his temper before attempting a breakthrough.
• A-Huan questioned whether their path could succeed with only two members left, while his master privately recalled that four of his five disciples had died during training and doubted the lineage’s future.
• At the Gloam Club, Lin Sheng told Nora that A-Huan’s inferno aura was pure and restrained, unlike the corrupted power associated with Crimson Prison.
• Nora concluded that A-Huan might belong to the old branch that had split from Crimson Prison to harness inferno power while preserving clarity of mind.

Lin Sheng investigated the Oath of Embers, secured a secluded manor, and tested the Domain Energy Resonance Elixir. The potion sharpened his perception of energy and rules, revealing the sixty-two blood seals within his body as he began to explore its effects.

• Nora explained that the Oath of Embers sought to control Inferno corruption and warned Lin Sheng about Golden Light Marshall’s investigation.
• Lin Sheng realized Inferno rules had affected his temperament, then spent three days cultivating with little benefit from a costly Nutritional Potion.
• Xiao Luo showed Lin Sheng a secluded manor near Furong Street, where members of the Oath of Embers were likely hiding.
• Lin Sheng settled into the manor and cautiously drank one-tenth of the Domain Energy Resonance Elixir.
• The elixir transformed Lin Sheng’s perception, exposing energy throughout the chamber and sixty-two connected blood seals inside his body.

Lin Sheng used the Domain Energy Resonance Elixir to accelerate his cultivation, reaching eighty-two blood seals in ten days while advancing the Purgatory Body-Burning Fist Manual. Elsewhere, He Ping sacrificed A-Huan’s cultivation to save him from an inferno transformation and questioned whether their path could succeed.

• Lin Sheng used the elixir’s enhanced perception to refine his Inferno energy and discovered that the Vortex Mark helped condense his blood seals.
• The Vortex Mark enabled Lin Sheng to form two blood seals in a day, and he planned to cultivate in seclusion and ask Nora to obtain more elixir.
• Over ten days, Lin Sheng used up the elixir, reached eighty-two blood seals, and perfected the fifth level of the Purgatory Body-Burning Fist Manual.
• He Ping watched A-Huan lose control of his inferno power and forcibly suppressed it, saving his disciple but destroying his cultivation.
• He Ping looked at the metal statue and wondered whether the founding master’s path had been the right one.

Lin Sheng completed the sixth layer of the Purgatory Body-Burning Fist Manual and demonstrated that he could control inferno power without suffering its corrosion. He rejected He Ping’s invitation to join the Oath of Embers but agreed to cooperate in exchange for the organization’s Core Cultivation Method.

• He Ping sealed the Oath of Embers’ legacy away and resolved to end his lineage’s attempts to control Inferno, then sensed an infernal aura nearby.
• Lin Sheng completed the sixth layer of the Purgatory Body-Burning Fist Manual and condensed inferno origin astral force.
• He Ping confronted Lin Sheng in the Manor courtyard and was astonished that he controlled inferno power without signs of corrosion.
• Lin Sheng told He Ping his resistance came from a special constitution, not a method, crushing He Ping’s hopes of finding a cure for Inferno’s corrosion.
• He Ping invited Lin Sheng to join the Oath of Embers, but Lin Sheng refused and agreed instead to cooperate in exchange for the first three layers of its Core Cultivation Method.

Lin Sheng accepted He Ping’s secret partnership and began cultivating the Thousand-Tribulation Ember-Annihilation Cycle Heart Sutra, while Wan Zhong broke through to Erosion Martial and set his sights on Li Wei. After Lin Sheng formed a nascent heart furnace and received a resonance elixir, He Ping arrived with his skeptical disciple, A-Huan, for guidance.

• Lin Sheng agreed to guide He Ping’s disciple when convenient, keep their cooperation secret, and stay out of the Oath of Embers’ feud with the Crimson Prison Society.
• Lin Sheng studied the Thousand-Tribulation Ember-Annihilation Cycle Heart Sutra, suffered pain when he tested its heart-furnace method, and used the Blackgold Body-Forging Art to strengthen his heart.
• Wan Zhong broke through to Erosion Martial, learned that the investigation into Huo’er’s death had stalled, and ordered Wu Er to watch Li Wei before deciding to visit him himself.
• After three days of cultivation, Lin Sheng formed a nascent heart furnace that refined Inferno Power and reduced its influence on his emotions.
• Lin Sheng received a vial of Domain Energy Resonance Elixir, then met He Ping and his doubtful disciple A-Huan at the manor.

Lin Sheng received cultivation supplies and the Oath of Embers’ Ancestral Idol from He Ping, then revealed he had already condensed an embryonic heart furnace. After identifying the idol as a source of essence blood, Lin Sheng arranged to keep it and prepared to extract its power.

• He Ping brought Lin Sheng five Mind’s Eye Potions and the Ancestral Idol, a visualization source for the Thousand Tribulations Ashen Wheel Sutra.
• When He Ping unsealed the idol, its pulsing infernal aura drew out Lin Sheng’s embryonic heart furnace, shocking He Ping and A-Huan.
• Lin Sheng touched the idol and used his system to identify it as the Crimson Ash Bone-Burning Evil Lord, a sovereign-class creature formed by the primordial inferno.
• Lin Sheng asked to borrow the idol, and He Ping agreed to leave it with him and arranged for A-Huan to stay at the Manor.
• Lin Sheng studied the idol’s inferno-rule imprints, then commanded his system to extract its essence blood.

Wan Zhong broke into the Manor to kill Li Wei, but discovered Infernal Aura while trying to read A-Huan’s memories. Lin Sheng killed him in his transformed form and, believing no witnesses knew of the visit, began considering how to contain the danger before vanishing from the main hall.

• Wan Zhong entered the Manor after breaking through to the Martial Corrosion Realm and searched for Li Wei.
• Lin Sheng cultivated underground while A-Huan worked on a Magic Array to seal Infernal Aura.
• Wan Zhong seized A-Huan, tried to inspect his memories, and detected Inferno Power, which he took as proof of Li Wei’s ties to the Crimson Prison Society.
• Li Wei confronted Wan Zhong, who threatened to kill him and expose the Iron Bone Martial Hall; Lin Sheng asked whether anyone else knew of Wan Zhong’s visit.
• Lin Sheng transformed into a scarlet-scaled giant and killed Wan Zhong with a single crushing attack.
• Lin Sheng checked that A-Huan was alive, searched the surrounding streets for watchers, then returned to the Manor and left the main hall to make further preparations.

After finishing his ninetieth blood seal, Lin Sheng returned to Greenwood City and maintained his cover while the city investigated Wan Zhong’s death. Wan Shan learned that Wan Zhong had asked about Li Wei shortly before he died and began forcing Wu Er to reveal everything he knew.

• Lin Sheng completed his ninetieth blood seal, heard from Nora that the city blamed the Crimson Prison Society for Wan Zhong’s death, and returned to Greenwood City.
• Lin Sheng passed the Guard Army’s inspection and went back to the Iron Bone Martial Hall, where Yue Hongya and Meng Cheng warned him about the danger in the city.
• At the City Lord’s Residence, Marshall and Zhou Yuanhe discussed the infernal aura and the possibility of a larger Crimson Prison Society plot while Wan Shan demanded revenge for Wan Zhong.
• Wan Shan summoned Wu Er, Wang Haiyang, and Sun Kai, and Wu Er revealed that Wan Zhong had asked about the Iron Bone Martial Hall and Li Wei before going out at night.
• Wan Shan struck Wu Er and threatened to kill him unless he recounted every detail about Wan Zhong’s plans.

After two days of cultivation, Lin Sheng was attacked by Wan Shan, who suspected him of involvement in the disappearance of Chong'er. Lin Sheng hid his rapid recovery from Yue Hongya and decided to postpone dealing with Wan Shan after witnessing Marshall's overwhelming strength.

• Lin Sheng completed a two-hour cultivation session with advanced instruments and the Evil Lord Ancestral Idol, then left to learn what had changed outside.
• Marshall inspected Lin Sheng and found no unusual signs, but Wan Shan insisted on testing him as their only lead in Chong'er's disappearance.
• Wan Shan struck Lin Sheng with a mass of Origin Astral Force, and Yue Hongya rushed from the study to protect him and fight Wan Shan.
• Marshall stopped the fight, ordered Lin Sheng to remain in Greenwood City for a month, and gave him a Cell-Repair Potion before leaving with Su Mingquan.
• Yue Hongya carried Lin Sheng to the infirmary, where he pretended to remain gravely injured until she left, then recovered completely in three breaths.
• Lin Sheng judged that Wan Shan and Marshall were too dangerous to confront and decided to let Wan Shan live for now.

A shadowy Crimson Prison Society attacker struck White Tower City and other cities, drawing the Guard Army’s attention away from Greenwood City. Lin Sheng continued extracting blood essence while concealing his connection to the attacks, and the chapter ended with Wan Shan asking his cousin to investigate whether Chong'er and Huo'er had been killed by the Crimson Prison Society.

• A dark figure attacked White Tower City, absorbed its cannon fire, and clashed with City Lord Guo and Director Meng before escaping.
• Lin Sheng emerged from training and learned that the Crimson Prison Society attacker had appeared in several cities over three days, easing pressure on Greenwood City.
• Jelas revealed that he had broken through to Erosion Martial, and Yue Hongya assigned him to oversee the martial hall while she answered the Guard Army’s summons.
• Lin Sheng returned to training, revealed that he had told He Ping to cause trouble, and began extracting the Evil Idol’s blood essence as he prepared to condense all 108 blood seals.
• Wan Shan asked his cousin to use his connections within the faith to find out whether Chong'er and Huo'er had died at the hands of the Crimson Prison Society, and his cousin agreed to try.

Sha Lu of the Crimson Prison Society denied responsibility for the killings Wan Shan blamed on them and attacked Wan Bai, whose report revealed someone had framed the Society. Wan Shan concluded Iron Bone Martial Hall and Yue Hongya were behind the deaths and persuaded Su Mingquan to place him on her team so he could pursue them.

• Sha Lu tortured a corpse while waiting for news of his target, then burned him for making no progress.
• Wan Bai questioned Sha Lu about the attack on Commissioner Carly, and Sha Lu said the Crimson Prison Society had not carried it out before attacking Wan Bai and destroying his clone.
• Wan Bai told Wan Shan that Crimson Prison was innocent and that Sha Lu had attacked him, prompting Wan Shan to conclude Yue Hongya and Iron Bone Martial Hall had arranged the killings and framed the Society.
• Wan Shan summoned Su Mingquan and offered him credit for finding the culprit if he helped investigate.
• Wan Shan asked Su Mingquan to put him on Yue Hongya's team and claimed Iron Bone Martial Hall was connected to the ambush; Su Mingquan agreed after Wan Shan insisted he had evidence.

Yue Hongya was assigned to search White Tower City alongside Wan Shan and Greenfang, while Lin Sheng cultivated in isolation and broke through to the Supreme Grandmaster realm. The chapter left Lin Sheng with an intermediate Purgatory Affinity talent but uncertain whether he could extract more essence blood from the Evil Lord Ancestral Idol.

• Wan Shan joined the conscripted party, and Marshall assigned Yue Hongya, Wan Shan, Greenfang, and Su Mingquan to search White Tower City.
• Yue Hongya asked to switch groups, but Su Mingquan persuaded her to travel with him and Wan Shan agreed to prioritize the search for Inferno Society cultists.
• Lin Sheng pushed his cultivation to its limit, forming blood seals while the Evil Lord Ancestral Idol's essence blood extraction progressed.
• After eight days, Lin Sheng formed his 108th blood seal and broke through to the Supreme Grandmaster realm.
• Lin Sheng discovered that the Ancestral Idol had activated intermediate Purgatory Affinity at 50% extraction, but further extraction appeared to have stopped.

Lin Sheng reached peak master, concealed his strength as a Third Tier Combat Master, and volunteered to escort supplies out of Greenwood City. As he departed with a convoy, Wan Shan’s group prepared a plan to capture him, while Lin Sheng looked forward to cultivating the Thousand Tribulations Ashen Wheel Sutra beyond the city.

• Lin Sheng discovered that he could no longer extract blood essence from the Evil Lord statue and inspected the major attribute gains from reaching peak master.
• Lin Sheng found Meng Cheng and Jelas struggling with supply orders because Senior Disciple Sister and many Elite Disciples had been conscripted, then offered to help with an escort mission.
• Lin Sheng concealed his cultivation and convinced Meng Cheng and Jelas to let him lead an escort convoy to the Sunset Settlement.
• Wan Shan spoke with Men Jie Fu and Su Mingquan, arranging to capture Li Wei alive in three days and promising concrete evidence to Su Mingquan.
• Three days later, Lin Sheng left the Iron Bone Martial Hall with five Official Students and three hover trucks, intending to cultivate the Thousand Tribulations Ashen Wheel Sutra outside Greenwood City.

Lin Sheng discovered that Yang Ming was a hidden agent for the Three Mountains Gang and killed him, but Men Jie Fu soon intercepted the convoy. Lin Sheng drew Men Jie Fu away from the other students, then abruptly stopped during their pursuit.

• Lin Sheng broke through while cultivating in the Hover Truck, transforming his inferno origin astral force and greatly increasing its power.
• Lin Sheng caught Yang Ming sending an encrypted message, probed his memories, learned he served Men Jie Fu of the Three Mountains Gang, and killed him.
• Lin Sheng warned the official students that the Three Mountains Gang planned to attack and ordered the convoy to flee at top speed.
• Men Jie Fu and two core disciples intercepted the trucks, cut off their road, and forced the students to abandon the vehicles.
• Lin Sheng sent the students toward the settlement and fled in the opposite direction, drawing Men Jie Fu after him.
• Lin Sheng suddenly stopped during the pursuit, and Men Jie Fu taunted him for giving up.

Lin Sheng learned that Wan Shan had arranged attacks on the Iron Bone Boxing Gym and its convoy, then killed Men Jie Fu and sent allies to protect the gym’s people. Meanwhile, Wan Shan and Greenfang waited in Danger Zone No. 27 to ambush Yue Hongya, unaware that attacks elsewhere were already being disrupted.

• Men Jie Fu told Lin Sheng that Wan Shan had hired experts to attack the Iron Bone Boxing Gym, and Lin Sheng transformed and burned Men Jie Fu after learning that Wan Shan was behind the plot.
• Lin Sheng learned that Men Jie Fu’s target was in Danger Zone 27 outside White Tower City, then asked Nora to protect the Iron Bone Boxing Gym’s convoy and called He Ping for help.
• Jelas returned to find the convoy stopped, where the Black Fiend Duo ambushed and badly wounded him before a purple light enveloped them.
• Meng Cheng watched Wan Lian, Kabit, and the nearby Heavy Peak Martial Hall and Tooth Gang attackers dissolve into black smoke before they could kill him and the Iron Bone Boxing Gym students.
• Wan Shan and Greenfang waited for Yue Hongya to move farther into Danger Zone No. 27, planning to interrogate her and let Greenfang assault her.

Yue Hongya was lured into a trap in Danger Zone 27 by Wan Shan and Greenfang, who attacked her with the Ban Tu Brothers after revealing their plot against the Iron Bone Martial Hall. As Greenfang moved to finish her off, the attackers suddenly stopped and stared toward something outside the camera’s view.

• Su Mingquan sent Yue Hongya, Wan Shan, and Greenfang to investigate a fabricated infernal-aura signal in Danger Zone 27 while he watched them remotely.
• Yue Hongya discovered her communicator had been jammed, and Wan Shan revealed that the conscription and signal had been part of a scheme to destroy the Iron Bone Martial Hall.
• Wan Shan summoned the Ban Tu Brothers, and the four attackers overwhelmed Yue Hongya, leaving her gravely wounded and unable to gather her astral force.
• Greenfang approached Yue Hongya to finish her off while Wan Shan threatened to destroy the Iron Bone Martial Hall and kill Old Monster Tie.
• Su Mingquan watched the scene through a tampered communicator, but the attackers abruptly stopped and stared in one direction.