Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng arrived in Sun Radiance City and discovered that Anna’s Crystal Pendant contained power capable of threatening a Wasteland Martial Being. As he took in the city’s immense strength and resources, he saw the statue of a fallen Feathered Serpent King, once the First Council Speaker’s mount.

• Lin Sheng examined the Crystal Pendant Anna had given him and sensed that breaking through its lightning seal would kill him; he identified its power as Wasteland Martial level and suspected it was Fallen Star Extreme Lightning.
• Anna persuaded Raymond to let her travel to Sun Radiance City with Feya, then admitted she had given Lin Sheng the Crystal Pendant; Raymond eventually agreed to let her leave the day after tomorrow.
• Lin Sheng, He Ping, A-Huan, Mary, and Little Black arrived by cross-region train at Sun Radiance City’s outer transport hub.
• Lin Sheng observed the city’s extraordinary scale and dense concentration of powerful fighters, while Little Black sensed many rare void treasures and then trembled as if frightened.
• Lin Sheng recognized a Wasteland Martial aura in the Feathered Serpent Statue, and Mary explained that it depicted the fallen Feathered Serpent King, who had been the First Council Speaker’s mount.

Lin Sheng settled into Quiet Thunder Courtyard in Sun Radiance City, learned that the Ghost Whale World lead lay near the hostile Mogu Star Starfield, and rapidly advanced his cultivation. The chapter left him with a council token from Bai Qiu, a Wasteland Martial Being and his teacher’s old friend.

• Lin Sheng arrived in Sun Radiance City and learned about its districts and the Alliance Council’s power.
• Zhou Chuan showed Lin Sheng and Mary the suspected location of a surviving Tian Yuan Ghost Whale near the Mogu Star Starfield.
• Lin Sheng moved into Quiet Thunder Courtyard and received Core Disciple privileges and access to resources for his flesh-rule cultivation.
• Lin Sheng spent three days cultivating with the courtyard’s facilities and Xia Leisheng’s Blood Essence Injections, bringing the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm within reach.
• Bai Qiu visited Lin Sheng, advised him to limit his Blood Essence Injections, and gave him a council token to use if he encountered trouble.

Sun Radiance City’s prodigies discussed Lin Sheng’s reputation and questioned whether he deserved to be Xia Leisheng’s disciple. At the Quiet Thunder Courtyard, Sha Luo challenged Lin Sheng to a sparring match, and their fight was interrupted just as both prepared to escalate.

• Lalu, Andy, and the other young prodigies discussed Xia Leisheng’s appointment, Lin Sheng’s abilities, and the risks at the Northern Border.
• Vilen Kane dismissed Lin Sheng’s accomplishments and proposed inviting him to a gathering so the city’s young generation could test him.
• Ling Yue acknowledged Lin Sheng’s potential but said his abilities needed to be judged in person.
• Lin Sheng refined his cultivation at the Quiet Thunder Courtyard until a Demigod-level flame aura appeared in the courtyard.
• Sha Luo challenged Lin Sheng, attacked with fire arrows, and exchanged punches with him while he defended himself using flesh rules.
• As Sha Luo and Lin Sheng prepared to unleash stronger attacks, someone opened the gates and shouted for Sister Sha Luo to stop.

Lin Sheng met Sha Luo, Anna’s elder sister, and learned about the upcoming Inner City tournament and the threat Wei Lun might pose. After the visitors left, Lin Sheng discovered that the Meltform Phantom possessed a wisp of meltform origin from birth, giving him an extraordinary advantage in reaching Wasteland Martial.

• Anna and Feya interrupted Sha Luo’s spar with Lin Sheng, and Sha Luo explained that she had wanted to test Anna’s friend and invited Lin Sheng to a proper match later.
• Sha Luo told Lin Sheng about the upcoming New Generation Sparring Tournament and warned him about Wei Lun of the Kane Group, offering to help if Wei Lun caused trouble.
• Lin Sheng chose to focus on reaching his second limit break and conceal his erosion and meltform rules rather than draw attention to himself.
• After Anna, Sha Luo, and Feya left, the Meltform Phantom remarked that Sha Luo had touched a sliver of origin power, prompting Lin Sheng to inspect him.
• Lin Sheng found meltform origin inside the Meltform Phantom and forced him to explain that he had been born with it and used the Meltspirit Secret Art to absorb small amounts of free-floating rules power.
• Lin Sheng realized the Meltform Phantom’s innate origin would give him a major advantage when attempting to advance from peak demigod to Wasteland Martial.

Lin Sheng uncovered the Meltform Phantom’s Spirit-Stealing Secret Art and managed to reproduce a weak version despite lacking meltform origin. Researching its underlying principles, he found an old note that meltform rules also held the authority of theft.

• Lin Sheng questioned Little Black and learned that its secret art stole tiny amounts of rule power from Fighters across a wide area, but could not affect Desolate Tier beings.
• Lin Sheng ordered Little Black not to target him, then made it explain the Spirit-Stealing Secret Art in full.
• Lin Sheng practiced the secret art for two days and formed an unstable miniature pattern that drew rule power from only a few feet away, while his Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art neared the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm.
• A steward from Starwave Pavilion invited Lin Sheng to a gathering, but Lin Sheng showed little interest and went to consult the Fighting Association’s Archive instead.
• Lin Sheng found an old note stating that meltform rules included the authority of theft, which helped explain the Spirit-Stealing Secret Art.

Lin Sheng learned more about the Meltform Rules’ theft authority, then sparred with Sha Luo and narrowly lost to her powerful attack. Ling Yue and Sha Luo urged him to attend a gathering of the major factions, where he might encounter Weilun Kane.

• Lin Sheng questioned Little Black and learned that the Meltform Rules could steal other rules’ power, while greater theft required reaching the Meltform Origin level.
• Lin Sheng sparred with Sha Luo at the Fighting Association headquarters and was injured when her Purple Flame Explosive Fist overwhelmed his Blood Devour attack.
• Ling Yue watched the match, praised Lin Sheng, and invited him to attend the gathering at Starwave Pavilion.
• Sha Luo encouraged Lin Sheng to attend and promised to support him if Weilun Kane caused trouble.
• Lin Sheng agreed to consider attending because the gathering involved his teacher, and he wanted to meet Weilun Kane.

Lin Sheng broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm after using a Blood Essence Injection, then went to a gathering at Starwave Pavilion. There, Sha Luo defended him from a guest who mocked his borderland origins.

• Lin Sheng recovered from Sha Luo's Purple Flame Explosive Fist and continued refining the Spirit-Stealing Secret Art while cultivating.
• Lin Sheng injected a Blood Essence Injection and broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm, raising his attributes and combat strength.
• Lin Sheng traveled with Steward Zhou Chuan to Starwave Pavilion, where Andy welcomed him and introduced him to the gathering's guests.
• Villen welcomed Lin Sheng with veiled disdain, while Ao Xuan and Lalu showed little regard for him and Ling Yue greeted him warmly.
• A young man from a Kane Group collateral branch insulted Lin Sheng, and Sha Luo arrived, threatened him, and openly took Lin Sheng's side.

Villen displayed three rare items at a gathering, and Lin Sheng recognized the last as a meltform crystal. Villen then arranged a sparring match between Lin Sheng and Shen Tuo, which Lin Sheng accepted to demonstrate his strength and pursue the crystal.

• Villen presented void black scale and a three-thousand-year fireheart lotus, which drew little interest from the gathered geniuses.
• Lin Sheng sensed the meltform crystal's connection to his rules, and Little Black identified it as a source of meltform affinity.
• Ao Xuan insulted Lin Sheng, prompting Sha Luo to confront him; the two left to spar in the Combat Training Area.
• Villen proposed a group sparring match with the crystal among the prizes and selected his subordinate Shen Tuo to face Lin Sheng.
• Ling Yue warned Lin Sheng about Shen Tuo's strength, but Lin Sheng accepted the match because he wanted to show his abilities and obtain the crystal.

Lin Sheng defeated Shen Tuo in one move, impressing the Inner City's young elites and securing the prizes Villen had promised. After trading the fireheart lotus for a blood-drawing spirit vine, he returned to Thunderclap Courtyard and prepared to examine the meltform crystal stone.

• Shen Tuo attacked Lin Sheng with Keen Metal Blades, but Lin Sheng's reinforced body endured them and he overwhelmed Shen Tuo, stopping just short of killing him.
• Andy and the other spectators reassessed Lin Sheng, while Villen reluctantly honored their agreement and gave him the fireheart lotus and gray crystal.
• Ao Xuan emerged from his fight with Sha Luo at an advantage, and both fighters reacted to Lin Sheng's victory over Shen Tuo.
• Lin Sheng traded the fireheart lotus to Su Wan for a blood-drawing spirit vine, then left the gathering before the tea session.
• Back at Thunderclap Courtyard, Lin Sheng laid out the spirit vine and meltform crystal stone, treating the crystal as the main prize.

Lin Sheng discovered that the crystal Villen had given him was a meltform origin crystal and sealed it away before anyone could learn of it. The next day, he joined Ling Yue to welcome the Crimson Blood Empire delegation, whose arrival was tied to a secret plan by Helian Lie.

• Lin Sheng used his meltform rules to strip the crystal’s shell, and Little Black recognized the exposed treasure as a meltform origin crystal.
• Lin Sheng sealed the origin crystal and the blood-attracting spirit vine, then warned Little Black to keep the discovery secret.
• Ling Yue invited Lin Sheng to the south gate to welcome the Crimson Blood Empire delegation, and Lin Sheng agreed.
• Helian Lie privately confirmed that his preparations were complete and declared that he would not allow his plan to fail.
• Lin Sheng and Ling Yue watched the delegation approach with Starwave Pavilion members, while Ling Yue identified its chief envoy, Bloodshadow Commander Xiao Zhenshan, as a veteran Wasteland Martial expert.

Lin Sheng welcomed the Crimson Blood Empire delegation and learned that Ao Feng’s old conflict with his teacher may explain Ao Xuan’s hostility toward him. Back at Quiet Thunder Courtyard, Lin Sheng completed an isolation array and purified the Meltform Origin Crystal, awakening its origin aura while Little Black watched in awe and envy.

• Lin Sheng learned from Andy that Helian Lie and Divine Maiden Hongyin ranked among the top ten on Sunstar’s Hero Ranking and that Ao Feng, Ao Xuan’s father, had a rumored past conflict with Lin Sheng’s teacher.
• Ao Feng greeted Xiao Zhenshan and escorted the Crimson Blood delegation to the Floating Island, while Andy warned Lin Sheng to be wary of Ao Xuan and Villen.
• He Ping delivered the materials Lin Sheng had requested, and Lin Sheng carved and activated an Isolation Magic Array in the Cultivation Room.
• Lin Sheng poured meltform rule power into the Meltform Origin Crystal, stripped away its remaining impure void energy, and awakened its pure origin aura.
• Little Black recognized the crystal’s meltform origin and longed for the chance to absorb it.

Lin Sheng used the Meltform Origin Crystal to deepen his understanding of the meltform rules, then found a way to contain its origin energy in the Meltform Phantom's true nature. After seven days, he completed the Spirit-Stealing Secret Art and reached Microcosmic mastery of meltform, leaving his combat strength greatly increased.

• Lin Sheng absorbed the origin aura for a day and night, improving his control over meltform and harmonizing his flesh, inferno, and meltform rules.
• Lin Sheng tested whether his true nature could contain the origin energy, but severed the part of his true spirit that touched it after it began changing uncontrollably.
• Lin Sheng used the two strands of the Meltform Phantom's true nature to contain the origin energy, and promised Little Black he could cultivate alongside him whenever Lin Sheng studied it.
• After seven days of study, Lin Sheng completed the Spirit-Stealing Secret Art and used it to silently absorb scattered rule power from as far as a hundred li away.
• Lin Sheng reached Microcosmic mastery of the meltform rules and tested an ashfire attack that nearly depleted the Training Room's barrier.
• Little Black felt the origin energy nourishing his true nature and promised to keep it hidden, while Lin Sheng said he would continue sharing its benefits with him.

Ao Feng and Xiao Zhenshan discussed the erosion crisis and the death of Amonji before Ao Xuan escorted the Crimson Blood delegation around Sun Radiance City. Lin Sheng accepted Andy’s offer to serve as an honorary adviser to the Dragon Antiquity Consortium and learned that Hong Yin’s Crimson Blood Divine Tiger was a rare flesh-aligned pureblood demon beast.

• Ao Feng and Xiao Zhenshan discussed the border mineral veins, trade routes, and efforts to contain the return to stillness erosion.
• Xiao Zhenshan revealed that Longus had killed Amonji after erosion mutated his true spirit and drove him to slaughter three cities.
• Ao Xuan escorted Hong Yin, Helian Lie, and the other Crimson Blood guests from the council hall to see Sun Radiance City.
• Lin Sheng accepted Andy’s honorary adviser offer and asked him to find flesh- and Inferno-aligned Corrosion Beasts and provide a starfield chart to help locate Ghost Whale World.
• Andy explained that pureblood demon beasts had especially pure rules power and identified Hong Yin’s Crimson Blood Divine Tiger as a flesh-aligned example descended from the Blood-Patterned Sacred Tiger.

Andy arranged Corrosion Beast materials and sent Lin Sheng a detailed Starfield Map, while Lin Sheng trained for seven days and advanced his meltform cultivation. When he forced the origin energy in his true spirit to respond to his will, a citywide disturbance drew the attention of Sun Radiance City's council speakers, but the source remained hidden.

• Andy instructed Uncle Fu to request flesh- and Inferno-aligned Corrosion Beasts for Lin Sheng, explaining that he valued Lin Sheng's potential and wanted to build their relationship early.
• Lin Sheng examined the Dragon Antiquity Consortium's Starfield Map, confirmed that the Ghost Whale World lay in the dangerous Mogu Star Starfield, and hurried to cultivate so he could reach it and help Xiahou Qingyi and the others.
• After seven days of training, Lin Sheng advanced the Myriad Transformations Meltform Scripture to the Erosion Martial third realm, improved his attributes, and found that his ashfire could extinguish the Training Room's Energy Barrier.
• Lin Sheng considered the increase in his fighting strength, then returned to studying the meltform origin energy and ordered Little Black to release it within his true spirit.
• Lin Sheng forcibly stripped the origin energy from his true nature and directed it, causing meltform rules to surge through him and forming a huge vortex over Sun Radiance City.
• Carmen, Ao Feng, and Xiao Zhenshan sensed the meltform-origin disturbance, but the vortex vanished before they could identify its source.

Lin Sheng survived a reckless attempt to draw on origin energy, gaining insights into meltform rules and briefly harnessing origin aura while suffering damage to his true spirit. He concealed his involvement in the citywide disturbance and began recovering, with a limit break now potentially only days away.

• Lin Sheng ended his cultivation after origin energy nearly damaged his true spirit, and Little Black berated him for risking their lives and attracting attention.
• Lin Sheng found that his meltform cultivation had advanced, his first limit break might be possible within seven days, and his ashfire was nearly thirty percent stronger after gaining a trace of origin aura.
• Lin Sheng reflected that bearing origin energy had briefly let him experience the Desolate Tier's elevated existential standing, then began calming his injured true spirit and studying the insights he had gained.
• He Ping told Lin Sheng that the Association had asked whether he was safe after a huge disturbance in origin aura alerted city factions and Floating Island council speakers.
• Lin Sheng assured He Ping that the courtyard was unaffected and kept his role in the disturbance hidden.

Ao Feng and the Crimson Blood delegation searched for the unclaimed Meltform Origin that had caused the recent phenomenon. Three days later, Andy delivered Lin Sheng a powerful Flesh Mutation Beast from the Ancient Wilderness Forbidden Zone and asked him to kill two people as payment; Lin Sheng began absorbing the beast.

• Ao Feng ordered a search for the unclaimed Meltform Origin, believing it could advance his cultivation, while Ao Xuan reported that Hong Yin was difficult to approach.
• Xiao Zhenshan concluded that the origin energy belonged to the Meltform Rules and ordered Helian Lie to seek clues through the Black Market.
• Hong Yin dismissed most of Sun Radiance City's young fighters but noted Xia Leisheng's disciple Lin Sheng as mildly interesting.
• Andy delivered Lin Sheng the Flesh Mutation Beast that Lin Sheng had encountered years earlier and offered it in exchange for help killing two people.
• Lin Sheng accepted the beast, approached its cage, and the creature's roars turned to terrified howls before falling silent.

Lin Sheng integrated the Eight-Eyed Bone-Spiked Blood Toad, gaining greater physical strength and blood poison, then joined Andy in attacking Mercury's Gaze members. After they killed four demigods, Lin Sheng noticed secret texts and Withering Potions that suggested Andy's mission had a larger purpose.

• Lin Sheng integrated the Eight-Eyed Bone-Spiked Blood Toad and tested its blood poison by transforming a silverflower tree into writhing mist.
• Three days later, Lin Sheng met Andy at a villa and accepted a silver mask to conceal his identity and aura.
• Lin Sheng and Andy entered the villa's basement, where four Mercury's Gaze members discussed delivering Withering Potions to the Inner City.
• Lin Sheng killed two mid-rank demigods with his flesh power, blood mist, and ashfire while Andy fought the two peak demigods.
• Andy killed the peak demigods, including Biro, whose Death-Avoidance Secret Art was exposed before Purgatory Flame finished him.
• After the fight, Lin Sheng noticed secret texts and Withering Potions and suspected Andy's mission was about more than a grudge against Mercury's Gaze.

After helping Andy stop Mercury's Gaze from recovering an old spirit, Lin Sheng cultivated until he reached the brink of the Myriad Transformations Meltform Scripture's first limit break. He learned that meltform authority had four aspects, then discovered that the citywide hunt for its origin had driven up the prices of materials he needed, so he requested supplies through the Fighting Association instead.

• Andy thanked Lin Sheng for helping stop Mercury's Gaze's old spirit from escaping, promised to handle the fallout, and watched Lin Sheng leave the villa.
• Lin Sheng spent five days cultivating at Quiet Thunder Courtyard, strengthening his flesh-rule attainment and advancing his meltform cultivation to the threshold of a first limit break.
• Little Black explained that meltform authority had four aspects— theft, transformation, assimilation, and distortion—and that origin essence could connect its possessor to a true authority aspect.
• He Ping reported that soaring prices and hoarding had left him with less than twenty percent of the requested limit-break materials, so Lin Sheng ordered him to stop buying and store the materials already acquired.
• Lin Sheng requested meltform materials through the Fighting Association using his status as Xia Leisheng's personal disciple, disguising the requisition as supplies for Little Black's cultivation.

Lin Sheng waited for materials needed for his Meltform limit break, but a surge of erosion in the Northern Frontier delayed their delivery. He broke through to the Sixth Erosion Martial Realm, then discovered Zhou He was deliberately withholding his resources on Ao Ming’s orders.

• Lin Sheng received confirmation that his requested materials had been approved and were due within seven days, then resumed cultivation while waiting.
• Xia Leisheng strengthened the Stillness-Sealing Grand Array as destructive erosion surged in the Northern Frontier and other regions showed increased activity.
• Lin Sheng learned that the materials were delayed because resources were being diverted to the front line, so he continued cultivating the Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art.
• Lin Sheng used his second Blood Essence Injection and broke through to the Sixth Erosion Martial Realm, increasing his physical attributes and toughness.
• When Lin Sheng called about the delayed materials, Zhou He ignored him and told Ao Ming that Lin Sheng was pursuing the allocation; Ao Ming ordered Zhou He to keep withholding it in exchange for a chance at promotion.
• Lin Sheng received another message from the Resources Department saying the materials could not be transferred and giving no deadline.

Lin Sheng learned that Xia Leisheng was being worn down while anchoring the Stillness-Sealing Grand Array against a severe Return to Stillness eruption at the Northern Border. After securing Limit Break materials through Andy, Lin Sheng refused an offer to relocate to the Crimson Lightning Company and remained at Quiet Thunder Courtyard, intent on advancing his strength.

• Lin Sheng suspected that the Fighting Association was deliberately withholding his Limit Break materials, while Zhou He celebrated his backing from Ao Ming and the Ao Family.
• Lin Sheng met Andy, who supplied all the requested materials and warned that a powerful buyer had been stockpiling Meltform materials.
• Andy revealed that Xia Leisheng was exhausting his origins to reinforce the Stillness-Sealing Grand Array at the Desolate Silent Expanse and could not leave his post for at least fifty years.
• Andy warned Lin Sheng to be wary of the Kane Group and the Ao Family, and Lin Sheng concluded that he needed to complete his Meltform Limit Break quickly.
• Anna, Feya, and Sha Luo urged Lin Sheng to move to the Crimson Lightning Company for protection, but he declined and chose to stay at Quiet Thunder Courtyard.