Chapter Summaries

A-Huan unknowingly led Howl and Tes to the Oath of Embers’ hidden base at the Fallen Leaf Reef Cluster, where Lin Sheng was waiting nearby. After finding the cavern, the pursuers were confronted by Lin Sheng, who recognized their inferno power and decided to kill them.

• A-Huan escaped Sea City by speedboat, but Howl and Tes followed him through the sea fog using the Soul-Tracking Jade Incense.
• Lin Sheng found that the Blackgold Body-Forging Art gathered flesh rules far more efficiently than inferno rules and planned to pursue a martial corrosion breakthrough with flesh-aligned Eerie Beasts and potions.
• Lin Sheng returned toward the Limestone Cavern as A-Huan arrived at the reef cluster and entered the hidden base with the cultivation materials.
• Howl and Tes traced A-Huan to the cavern and prepared to report its location to Sha Lu.
• Lin Sheng silently appeared behind Howl and Tes, recognized their inferno power, and said he would kill them.
• Howl and Tes realized Lin Sheng appeared to be only a peak master and dismissed him as a threat.

Lin Sheng killed Howl and Tes, then learned that the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone might contain Flesh Rule mutants suited to his cultivation and set out with He Ping and A-Huan. As they flew toward central Senluo Province, Sha Lu tracked them down and attacked the Silver Shuttle from beneath.

• Lin Sheng killed Tes and Howl with his emberfire, then returned to the Limestone Cavern with their jade incense.
• Lin Sheng told He Ping and A-Huan that the Crimson Prison Society’s pursuers had been dealt with, then asked where to find beasts associated with the Flesh Rule.
• He Ping told Lin Sheng about Flesh Rule mutants in the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone, and Lin Sheng decided they would head there before going to Forest City.
• He Ping and A-Huan packed the hideout, and the three left for an island where He Ping had concealed the Silver Shuttle.
• Sha Lu arrived at the deserted hideout, killed an attendant, used Blood-Soul Tracing to locate the fugitives, and pursued them.
• As Lin Sheng, He Ping, and A-Huan traveled in the Silver Shuttle, Sha Lu’s flaming skeletal hand burst through the waves and grabbed at the aircraft.

Lin Sheng fought Sha Lu, the Crimson Prison Society’s chief in Senluo Province, after Sha Lu attacked the Silver Shuttle and sought to devour Lin Sheng’s pure inferno power. Lin Sheng destroyed Sha Lu with a crushing embrace, though the chapter ended before his condition after the battle was revealed.

• Sha Lu trapped the Silver Shuttle with his White Bone Asura Hand, but Lin Sheng’s emberfire blocked the attack and let He Ping escape with A-Huan.
• Lin Sheng merged with the seven Purgatory Eerie Beasts and confronted Sha Lu, who decided to devour him to advance to the third-tier Limit Break.
• Lin Sheng overpowered Sha Lu’s Asura Bone Claw and shattered his Inferno Asura Domain, while Sha Lu used Asura Blood Drain to boost his speed and strength.
• Sha Lu pierced Lin Sheng’s chest and crushed his heart, but Lin Sheng trapped him in a bear hug and crushed his body, killing him.

Lin Sheng drove off Sha Lu and learned that the Crimson Prison Society could track its enemies through lingering Killing Intent. After returning to Forest City, he found that Xia Leisheng had returned to the Fighting Association, while two more Crimson Prison Society deacons arrived at the Third Public Hospital.

• Lin Sheng forced Sha Lu to flee, then assessed his strength and resolved to seek the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone to advance further.
• Xia Leisheng returned from the Void River and told Mary to compile intelligence about the Extradimensional Creature who had killed Golden Light Marshall and a Bureau of Affairs investigator.
• He Ping warned Lin Sheng that the Crimson Prison Society could track opponents with its Blood Draw Tracking Secret Art and would likely send more experts into Senluo Province.
• Three days later, Red Bone and Blood Claw entered an underground space at Forest City's Third Public Hospital.

Sha Lu faced questions from Red Bone and Blood Claw about missing apostles and the Oath of Embers, while Lin Sheng traveled toward the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone and considered the risks of cultivating both the Flesh Rule and Inferno Rules. Near the zone, he spotted a hunter squad under attack by a Blood-Armored Bristle Boar and prepared to intervene.

• Red Bone and Blood Claw confronted Sha Lu about the missing apostles and ordered him to resume the plan against the Crimson Lightning Company; after they left, Sha Lu tore apart a female corpse in anger.
• During the Silver Shuttle journey, Lin Sheng revealed that he had refined a special yuan gang aligned with the Flesh Rule, and He Ping warned that it could clash dangerously with the Inferno Rules.
• Lin Sheng resolved to keep pursuing the Flesh Rule and trust his strength and control to suppress the Inferno Rules.
• He Ping and A-Huan proposed stopping at Blackrock Outpost to seek information about Flesh Rule mutants, and Lin Sheng agreed.
• Lin Sheng spotted a hunter squad fleeing a Blood-Armored Bristle Boar, which killed and devoured two members and grew stronger; the squad's captain struggled to keep the survivors alive.

Lin Sheng killed a powerful Blood-Armored Bristle Boar and learned from Kanna that it may have been driven out by a newly formed flesh aberration nest in the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone. He agreed to let Kanna guide him to Red Sand Valley while He Ping took the surviving hunters to Blackrock Outpost to gather information.

• Kanna and the Wind and Sand Hunting Team were overwhelmed by the Blood-Armored Bristle Boar until Lin Sheng descended from the clouds and killed it.
• Lin Sheng integrated the Blood-Armored Bristle Boar, gaining its flesh and withering affinity talents and strengthening his flesh-rule abilities.
• Kanna offered the team's collected beast materials as thanks, but Lin Sheng declined and asked where they had encountered the boar.
• Kanna said they met the boar in Red Sand Valley and suspected a new flesh aberration nest had driven it from the central region.
• Kanna offered to guide Lin Sheng to the valley in exchange for protection, and Lin Sheng accepted.
• Lin Sheng sent He Ping and A-Huan toward Blackrock Outpost with the surviving hunters, then entered the forbidden zone with Kanna.

Xia Leisheng learned that the Crimson Prison Society’s Flame Hell Branch might be in Senluo Province and investigated Lin Sheng’s connection to the Iron Fist Gate. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng and Kanna entered Red Sand Valley, where they fought off Bonefang Rats and pushed into a miasma-filled passage toward the valley’s central region.

• Mary told Xia Leisheng that the Guard Army suspected the Crimson Prison Society’s Flame Hell Branch was hiding in the provincial capital.
• Xia Leisheng discovered that the Iron Bone Martial Hall was connected to the ancient Iron Fist Gate and decided to visit it to investigate Lin Sheng’s origins.
• Lin Sheng and Kanna entered the Desolate Bone Forbidden Zone and crossed Withered Bone Slope after Lin Sheng and Kanna defeated a swarm of Bonefang Rats.
• Lin Sheng and Kanna entered Red Sand Valley, where its unstable quicksand and concentrated Flesh Rule and Withering rule suggested a mutation nest nearby.
• Lin Sheng used Ashfire to carve a passage through the miasma blocking his spiritual sense, then led Kanna into the central region.

Lin Sheng and Kanna raced toward a newborn mutation nest in Red Sand Valley, where Han Tong’s Eaglehead Group seized control and trapped the other hunting teams. When a mature Corrosion Beast emerged from the nest, Han Tong faced a threat far beyond the creatures he had fought so far.

• Kanna warned Lin Sheng that the newborn mutation nest would attract rival hunting teams, so Lin Sheng hurried toward it with her.
• The Iron Hammer Hunting Team and other groups hunted beasts emerging from the nest until Han Tong arrived and drove them off with his strength.
• Han Tong ordered the Eaglehead Group to keep the other teams trapped and claim both the nest’s profits and their spoils.
• The Eaglehead Group killed several waves of Void Beasts before a newly spawned Two-Headed Giant Python attacked Han Tong.
• As Han Tong prepared to finish the wounded python, a mature Corrosion Beast emerged from the basin and terrified him.

Lin Sheng arrived in Red Sand Valley and killed the mature Tumor-Horned Giant Python before absorbing its flesh and withering affinities. He also absorbed the Two-Headed Giant Python and other Mutation Beasts, greatly strengthening his body as the chapter ended.

• Han Tong attacked the mature Tumor-Horned Giant Python, but its defenses negated his lightning techniques and it overwhelmed the Eaglehead Group.
• The python's tendrils killed several Eaglehead Group members, and Han Tong exhausted himself trying to injure it before fleeing.
• Lin Sheng arrived, smashed the Tumor-Horned Giant Python apart, and absorbed its blood mist to gain intermediate flesh and withering affinities.
• Lin Sheng killed and absorbed the recovering Two-Headed Giant Python, then drew in other nearby Mutation Beasts.
• Lin Sheng felt his flesh affinity approaching or reaching the high grade as his body and cultivation strengthened.

Lin Sheng left the battlefield beside the Mutation Nest, but Han Kui and two Bloodbone Outpost experts arrived and tried to ambush him. Scorpion Lady’s attack barely wounded Lin Sheng, and he crushed her in a single counterstrike as Han Kui and Iron Face watched in horror.

• Lin Sheng decided to leave the Mutation Nest after sensing that a stronger Mutation Beast was about to hatch.
• Han Kui, Iron Face, and Scorpion Lady arrived at Red Sand Valley, and Han Tong accused Lin Sheng of attacking the Eaglehead Group and stealing their prey.
• Han Kui questioned Lin Sheng while Iron Face sealed off escape routes and Scorpion Lady concealed herself for an ambush.
• Lin Sheng prepared to leave with Kanna, but Scorpion Lady appeared behind him and pierced his scales with a poisonous thorn.
• Lin Sheng ignored the poison and crushed Scorpion Lady into a cloud of blood mist with a backward sweep of his hand.

Lin Sheng annihilated Scorpion Lady, Iron Face, and Han Kui’s forces before fleeing Red Sand Valley with Kanna when the Blood-Thunder Poison Toad emerged from the Mutation Nest. The toad devoured Han Kui and the remaining Eaglehead Group members, then returned to the nest to feed and grow stronger.

• Lin Sheng’s ashfire dissolved Han Kui’s blood phantoms, and he shattered Iron Face’s barrier before killing him with his bare hands.
• Han Kui fled, but the Blood-Thunder Poison Toad emerged from the Mutation Nest and swallowed him whole.
• Lin Sheng struck the toad’s tongue, then used ashfire to hold back its attacks while he escaped Red Sand Valley with Kanna.
• The Blood-Thunder Poison Toad devoured Han Tong and the remaining Eaglehead Group members.
• The toad returned to the Mutation Nest and began digesting its prey while absorbing the power of rules.

Xia Leisheng visited the Iron Bone Martial Hall, uncovered its history and Lin Sheng’s ties to it, then ordered the Fighting Association to reserve it an elite quota slot. Lin Sheng escaped Red Sand Valley with Kanna and headed for Blackrock Outpost, planning to pursue a breakthrough before facing stronger mutation beasts.

• Xia Leisheng watched the Iron Bone Martial Hall’s students and recognized traces of the Iron Fist Gate’s lost inheritance.
• Yue Hongya and Jelas discussed the Guard Army’s pressure, seized resources, and the threat to the martial hall’s support.
• Xia Leisheng examined the Blood-Colored Humanoid in the secret chamber and discovered that its divine intent had nearly dissipated.
• Xia Leisheng read Yue Hongya’s memories, learned about Lin Sheng and the martial hall’s founder, and ordered Mary to reserve the hall an elite quota slot.
• Lin Sheng escaped Red Sand Valley with Kanna, decided to go to Blackrock Outpost, and resolved to enter seclusion to break through into erosion martial.

He Ping visited Blackrock Outpost to learn about the Flesh Mutation Nests, but One-Eye secretly identified him and his companions as targets wanted by the Crimson Prison Society. As One-Eye tried to lure He Ping toward Red Sand Valley, Lin Sheng arrived at the outpost and prepared to leave with him after completing his objective.

• He Ping and A-Huan entered Blackrock Outpost, where One-Eye told He Ping about two Flesh Mutation Nests and a newly emerged nest in Red Sand Valley.
• After He Ping left, One-Eye’s crystal confirmed He Ping’s identity, and he contacted Deacon Red Bone, who ordered him to keep the group from leaving.
• One-Eye caught up with He Ping and A-Huan in an aircraft and offered to accompany them to Red Sand Valley, but He Ping received a message and asked to turn back.
• Lin Sheng arrived at Blackrock Outpost with Kanna, sent her away after warning her to keep quiet, and waited for He Ping so they could leave and find a secluded place to cultivate.

One-Eye revealed himself as a Crimson Prison Society operative and trapped He Ping and A-Huan aboard the Flying Craft. As One-Eye nearly defeated He Ping, Lin Sheng arrived, crushed the craft, and rescued them before escaping with them.

• He Ping sensed something wrong with One-Eye and tried to leave the Flying Craft with A-Huan, but One-Eye activated the Crimson Baleful Space-Locking Formation.
• One-Eye admitted he had joined the Crimson Prison Society and planned to capture He Ping for a reward, while He Ping revealed his second-limit-break strength and fought back.
• One-Eye overwhelmed the injured, restrained He Ping as A-Huan watched helplessly, and prepared to cripple him while waiting for Deacon Red Bone.
• Lin Sheng sensed strong inferno fluctuations and rushed to the Flying Craft as One-Eye struck He Ping down.
• Lin Sheng tore off the craft's nose and crushed it, breaking the formation and freeing He Ping and A-Huan.
• Lin Sheng rescued He Ping and A-Huan, crushed the Flying Craft, and left with them.

Red Bone and Blood Claw investigated the wreckage of One-Eye’s aircraft and identified Lin Sheng as the powerful attacker, then returned to report to their superiors. Five days later, Lin Sheng, He Ping, and A-Huan reached Forest City, passed its entrance inspections, and traveled toward a secluded area on the edge of the outer district.

• Red Bone sensed that One-Eye’s battle had ended in three breaths and concluded that the attacker’s inferno power was purer than her own.
• Red Bone recognized the attacker as the Extradimensional Creature sought by Lord Prison Demon and decided to report the intelligence rather than pursue him recklessly.
• Over five days, Lin Sheng absorbed seven flesh Mutation Beasts, while He Ping wondered whether he intended to cultivate both flesh and Inferno power.
• He Ping warned Lin Sheng that Forest City’s entrance screened cultivation and identity, and the group passed through undetected with A-Huan using an Aura-Concealing Stone.
• Lin Sheng, He Ping, and A-Huan explored the outer district’s busy streets, then took a hovering train to a remote area where He Ping planned to conceal their movements.

Lin Sheng broke through to the Erosion Martial Realm after months of secluded cultivation, gaining greatly increased power and an unusual scarlet-gold divine astral force. Meanwhile, He Ping met with Kane Group executive Wang Kun to continue negotiations and offered him an azure potion.

• Lin Sheng secluded himself in a concealed courtyard basement to prepare for his breakthrough, while A-Huan maintained the concealment array.
• After more than four months, A-Huan sensed Lin Sheng's breakthrough beginning and strengthened the courtyard's concealment.
• Lin Sheng broke through to the Erosion Martial Realm, awakening the Bloodforged True Form and discovering that his divine astral force and body bore unexpected scarlet-gold traits.
• Lin Sheng checked his improved attributes and considered testing his strength and asking about He Ping's negotiations with the Kane Group.
• He Ping met Wang Kun at the Kane Group Tower, and Wang Kun insisted that he cared only about benefits.
• He Ping pushed a briefcase across the table, revealing an azure potion to Wang Kun.

He Ping tried to secure a place in the Kane Group and its Interstellar Fleet for Lin Sheng, while Lin Sheng tested his new Erosion Martial powers outside Forest City. Lin Sheng returned to the city intending to join the group, but encountered a crowd gathering around the Crimson Lightning Company and continued home without stopping.

• He Ping offered Wang Kun a vial of Blueheart Serum to secure Lin Sheng admission to the Kane Group and its Interstellar Fleet.
• Wang Kun demanded two vials and proposed a three-year outside assignment, a twenty-year Spirit Contract, and other harsh conditions, leaving He Ping to consider negotiating.
• Lin Sheng killed a powerful three-headed Eerie Beast and tested his divine astral force and Bloodforged True Form.
• Lin Sheng decided to prepare for a breakthrough in the Thousand Tribulations Ashen Wheel Sutra and hoped to join the Kane Group and reach the Endless Void.
• Lin Sheng explored Forest City, noticed a crowd gathering around a vehicle marked with the Crimson Lightning Company emblem, and headed home without investigating.

After He Ping failed to secure a satisfactory deal with the Kane Group, he discovered that the Crimson Lightning Company was recruiting high-level Fighters and decided to tell his leader. At the company headquarters, Raymond recruited bodyguards for his daughter Anna while investigating the Crimson Prison Society’s attack and ordering security tightened.

• He Ping left the Kane Group disappointed after Wang Kun demanded two years of service before allowing him to join the fleet, and he considered other options.
• He Ping saw a public advertisement for the Crimson Lightning Company recruiting Martial Corrosion Realm Fighters and decided to report it to his leader.
• Anna complained to Raymond about her bodyguards, and he promised she could manage the Morningstar once he dealt with the threats in the city.
• Paul told Raymond that the Crimson Lightning Company had released its recruitment advertisement and formed an intelligence-sharing agreement with Colonel Mark and Vice President Situ Ming.
• Raymond learned that the Crimson Prison Society had planned the attack on his company and ordered rigorous candidate screening and stronger security for Anna.

After the Kane Group demanded three years of service, Lin Sheng rejected its offer and chose to try out for the Crimson Lightning Company instead. He impressed the recruiters with extraordinary strength and speed, and the chapter left him beginning the divine astral force test.

• Lin Sheng rejected the Kane Group's offer after learning it required three years of service and decided to pursue a position with the Crimson Lightning Company.
• He Ping explained that the company's dangerous bodyguard recruitment could bring Lin Sheng close to senior management and potentially earn him a chance to enter the Endless Void.
• Lin Sheng went to the Crimson Lightning Company's headquarters, registered under his real name, and submitted a Void Beast crystal core as proof of combat ability.
• At the testing hall, Lin Sheng's strength test reached the first limit break, surprising the instructor and other applicants.
• Lin Sheng ran the thousand-meter track at 3,000 kilometers per second, then placed his palm on the instrument for the divine astral force intensity test.

Lin Sheng passed the Crimson Lightning Company’s assessment and was hired as an outer guard assigned to protect Miss Anna. After meeting his fellow guards and inspecting Anna’s security arrangements, he settled into the company dormitory and followed Zhao Kai to explore its underground training facilities.

• Lin Sheng scored 117 on the divine astral force test, passed the assessment, and was hired by Personnel Director Cole for one million star coins a month.
• Cole dismissed Feya’s concerns about Lin Sheng’s suspicious records and judged his powerful flesh divine astral force made him a useful guard for Anna.
• Lin Sheng received his identification tag and equipment, then Lu Feng and Zhou Kai instructed him and four other outer guards on their duties and restrictions while protecting Anna.
• Lin Sheng accompanied the group to Anna’s heavily defended villa, sensed a hidden third-limit-break expert, and learned the routes they would cover on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
• Lin Sheng inspected his spacious dormitory room, met his neighbor Zhao Kai, and followed him to the underground training area.