Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng completed his first meltform limit break, strengthening his rules and combat abilities while receiving a one-use weapon from Anna. After discovering the Ao Family was likely behind the resource restrictions against him, he learned the Black Market had captured live Erosion Zone specimens.

• Anna secretly gave Lin Sheng the activation key for Fallen Star Extreme Lightning, and Sha Luo explained that the weapon could unleash a strike as powerful as one from a Wasteland Martial Being.
• Lin Sheng arranged the ritual materials and completed his first meltform limit break, passing both trials and drawing the meltform origin's attention.
• Lin Sheng tested his stronger ashfire and resolved to keep the Ao Family's interference in mind.
• He Ping reported that the Association had suspended Lin Sheng's resource allocations and Quiet Thunder Courtyard's monthly supplies, and Lin Sheng told him to stop applying through the Association.
• He Ping told Lin Sheng that the Black Market had captured live specimens in the Western Border's Erosion Zone, and Lin Sheng asked whether they were eerie beasts.

Lin Sheng sought out the Shadow Black Market after hearing it had rare Eerie Beasts and learned it was offering an Inferno beast. At the Manor, he examined a scale that revealed the supposedly contaminated variant was actually an injured Inferno Pureblood Demon Beast, leaving him poised to pursue it.

• Lin Sheng asked Andy about the Shadow Black Market after learning it might have Eerie Beasts from the Erosion Zone.
• Andy learned that the Shadow Black Market was preparing an auction and advertising an Inferno Variant Mutation Beast, then arranged for Lin Sheng to inspect it.
• Andy and Lin Sheng visited Gray at a fortified Manor, where Gray explained that the beast itself was not present but offered a freshly removed scale as proof.
• Lin Sheng touched the scale and saw through his Attribute Panel that the beast was an injured Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, an Inferno Pureblood Demon Beast.

Lin Sheng discovered that the contaminated beast at the Shadow Black Market was a rare pureblood inferno demon beast and began searching for the materials needed to acquire it. Elsewhere, Ao Xuan agreed to pit his Ghost-Head Dragonfly Demon against Hong Yin’s Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, with Helian Lie offering valuable materials as stakes.

• Lin Sheng concealed his recognition of the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf’s true bloodline while Andy negotiated to reserve it for a 200-billion-star-coin bid or an exchange of two listed materials.
• Lin Sheng declined Andy’s offer of a loan, then sent He Ping and Sha Luo to search for the materials before the Black Market opened.
• At Sun Radiance City’s arena, Ao Xuan’s Ghost-Head Dragonfly Demon defeated and drained a two-headed bull, impressing Ao Xuan and Helian Lie.
• Helian Lie challenged Hong Yin to pit her Crimson Blood Divine Tiger against Ao Xuan’s demon, and Ao Xuan accepted a fight to the death.
• Hong Yin sent her tiger into the arena, while Helian Lie offered dragon-subduing iron if Ao Xuan won and an Earth Vein Crystal if he lost.

Hong Yin’s Crimson Blood Divine Tiger effortlessly defeated Ao Xuan’s Ghost-Head Dragonfly Demon, and she gave Ao the dragon-subduing iron as compensation for his loss. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng deepened his understanding of the meltform rules but decided to postpone contacting their origin until he could do so safely.

• The Ghost-Head Dragonfly Demon attacked the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, but the tiger shattered its assault with one swipe and evaded its later attacks without moving from its spot.
• The Crimson Blood Divine Tiger unleashed its blood-colored pressure and killed the Ghost-Head Dragonfly Demon, leaving Ao Xuan shocked by his loss.
• Hong Yin accepted the dragon-subduing iron and gave it to Ao Xuan along with the Earth Vein Crystal as compensation before departing with her tiger.
• Lin Sheng used his improved connection to the meltform origin to deepen his grasp of transformation in both form and nature.
• Lin Sheng considered briefly communing with the meltform origin but decided against risking exposure to the Wasteland Martial experts watching Sun Radiance City.
• Lin Sheng returned the origin energy to his true spirit and prioritized gathering materials for the Shadow Black Market auction and acquiring the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf.

Lin Sheng received the Heavenheart Divine Herb from Sha Luo and learned that the New Generation Tournament might offer the second material he needed to trade for the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf. After seven days of training, he arrived at the tournament with Sha Luo and Andy, where Ao Xuan and Villen took notice of him as the competition began.

• Sha Luo delivered a thousand-year-old Heavenheart Divine Herb to Lin Sheng, but said the other exchange materials could not be transferred in time for the auction.
• Sha Luo found Dragon-Subduing Iron and Earth Vein Crystals among the tournament's top-three prizes and offered to compete for one, while Lin Sheng agreed to register.
• Lin Sheng trained for seven days, solidifying his sixth-realm Erosion Martial foundation and nearing the Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art's second limit break.
• Lin Sheng, Sha Luo, and Andy traveled to the tournament, where Sha Luo learned that Ao Xuan would compete and vowed to defeat him after her breakthrough to mid-rank demigod.
• Ao Xuan noticed Lin Sheng at the venue, and Villen declared he would teach him a lesson; the tournament bell then rang, officially beginning the competition.

Lin Sheng defeated Zhou Qi quickly, while Sha Luo advanced to the final eight and then beat Villen. Ao Xuan entered the arena early and used the Blood Soul Secret Art to defeat Sha Luo, leaving Lin Sheng and Andy uneasy about his sudden challenge.

• Lin Sheng neutralized Zhou Qi's poison and defeated him in two moves, then chose to keep a low profile in the competition.
• Sha Luo won three consecutive matches and reached the final eight after breaking through to mid-rank demigod.
• Sha Luo overwhelmed Villen with her Blazing Flame Rules, forcing him to concede and return to the private box resentful.
• Ao Xuan announced that he would settle Villen's score, then was matched against Sha Luo earlier than expected, prompting Lin Sheng and Andy to suspect his intentions.
• Sha Luo and Ao Xuan fought evenly until Ao Xuan activated the Blood Soul Secret Art and knocked her out of the arena with a strengthened tornado.

Lin Sheng defeated Huyan Gang and reached the Rising Heroes Gathering final against Ao Xuan. When Ao Xuan unleashed his Blood Soul Secret Art, Lin Sheng conceded immediately, leaving Ao Xuan champion but furious and hurt by the interrupted attack.

• Ao Xuan defeated Sha Luo and advanced to the top three, disrupting Lin Sheng's plans to obtain the Earth Vein Crystal through her.
• Lin Sheng broke Huyan Gang's stone prison with ashfire, defeated him, and advanced to the semifinals.
• Ao Xuan and Lin Sheng won their semifinal matches, setting up a final between them.
• Ao Xuan prepared to crush Lin Sheng with his Blood Soul Secret Art, while Lin Sheng calmly ignored his taunts.
• As Ao Xuan unleashed his full-power attack, Lin Sheng conceded and left the arena, causing Ao Xuan's interrupted secret art to backlash and leaving him furious despite winning the championship.

Lin Sheng conceded the final to Ao Xuan, claimed the Earth Vein Crystal and two doses of Divine Blood Medicinal Liquid, and began cultivating while the city debated his rise. Elsewhere, Helian Lie revealed his growing power and said he intended to use his trap to catch more than one target.

• Lin Sheng conceded the final, leaving Ao Xuan champion but frustrated by the crowd's attention to Lin Sheng's decision.
• Lin Sheng chose the Earth Vein Crystal and two doses of supplementary medicine, then returned to Quiet Thunder Courtyard as Ao Xuan vowed revenge amid the spreading rumors.
• Lin Sheng drank one dose of Divine Blood Medicinal Liquid and used the Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art to strengthen his flesh rule ahead of his planned exchange in five days.
• Helian Lie displayed terrifying power beyond a peak demigod and declared that devouring the Pure-Blood Demon Wolf could help him seize the Hero Ranking's top spot.
• Helian Lie learned that his intended target had taken the bait, then said he planned to use the trap to catch more than one person.

Helian Lie set plans in motion to use Ao Xuan and lure Hong Yin with news of a pureblood Crimson Sky Python, while Lin Sheng broke through his second limit and headed to an outside-the-city transaction. The chapter left Lin Sheng approaching Black Cliff Valley in disguise, with Ao Xuan mobilizing guards and Hong Yin setting out for the western woods.

• Helian Lie ordered the Gray-Robed Elder to contact Ao Xuan and Wei Lun, then watched his fish and declared that the show had only begun.
• Lin Sheng refined two doses of divine blood elixir, broke through his second limit, and saw his attributes rise across the board.
• Lin Sheng learned from Gray that the beast transaction would take place at Black Cliff Valley outside the city, then prepared to leave.
• Ao Xuan received a message from Helian Lie, crushed his Communicator, and ordered twelve demigod personal guards to accompany him to West Mountain.
• Hong Yin accepted Helian Lie's report of an injured pureblood Crimson Sky Python and left without notifying Commander Xiao or bringing guards.
• Lin Sheng disguised himself as a trading house guard and traveled west with Little Black to meet the seller.

Lin Sheng entered Black Cliff Valley and found the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, confirming that the beast had been used as bait in a trap. He defeated Ao Xuan’s demigod guards and survived Ao Xuan’s strongest attack, then reached down toward him as the fight turned decisively in Lin Sheng’s favor.

• Lin Sheng secretly entered Black Cliff Valley, sensed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, and found it alone in an Alloy Iron Cage.
• Ao Xuan appeared with twelve demigod guards and accused Lin Sheng of smuggling a prohibited infernal demon beast.
• Lin Sheng called Ao Xuan trash and killed several guards while shrugging off their coordinated wind-blade attacks.
• Ao Xuan activated the Blood Soul Secret Art and unleashed Demonic Wind Nine Heavens, but Lin Sheng emerged from the storm in a towering crimson form, largely unharmed.
• Lin Sheng declared the fight over and brought his scaled hand down toward the trembling Ao Xuan.

Lin Sheng crippled Ao Xuan, but Helian Lie revealed himself as the Crimson Prison Society’s Prison Evil and attacked with a powerful Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf. As Hong Yin fought Prison Evil, Lin Sheng unleashed his Meltform Rules against the wolf, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Sheng shattered Ao Xuan’s arms and was about to finish him when the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf broke free and blocked his attack.
• Helian Lie emerged atop the wolf, revealed that he had used Ao Xuan to test Lin Sheng, and recognized Lin Sheng’s hidden Meltform Rules.
• Helian Lie exposed Hong Yin’s presence and declared he would refine her and her Crimson Blood Divine Tiger; Hong Yin confronted him as the three sides faced off.
• Helian Lie revealed that he was the missing Crimson Prison Society genius Prison Evil and attacked Hong Yin while the ghost wolf attacked Lin Sheng.
• Prison Evil overpowered Hong Yin and wounded her and her tiger, while Lin Sheng struggled against the ghost wolf’s strength.
• Lin Sheng fully unleashed his Meltform Rules, and the ghost wolf’s claws passed through his chest as though he were an illusion.

Lin Sheng killed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf and severely wounded Prison Evil, but Kalon appeared in a Phantom Body and overwhelmed the others with his Wasteland Martial power. Lin Sheng unleashed his strongest strike, whose dissolving blood thread suddenly burst into a vast sphere of annihilating lightning.

• Lin Sheng crushed the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf's Inferno Heart and tore its body in half, then survived Prison Evil's furious strike and retaliated by smashing Prison Evil into the cliff.
• Lin Sheng overpowered Prison Evil and reduced him to a shattered skeleton, leaving him barely alive and unable to resist.
• Kalon appeared in Villen's body as a Phantom Body, revealed his Wasteland Martial strength, and pinned Lin Sheng, Hong Yin, and the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger beneath his gravity field.
• Hong Yin sacrificed her True Spirit and fused with the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger to form a powerful attack, but Kalon caught and shattered it with ease.
• Lin Sheng combined his three Rules and secret techniques into a dark-purple blood thread, which Kalon's gravity membrane began to dissolve before silver-blue lightning erupted into a gigantic sphere.

Lin Sheng defeated Kalon's phantom body after absorbing the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, but Prison Demon emerged in Prison Evil's body and trapped everyone in Black Cliff Valley. With his strength nearly exhausted and defeat looming, Lin Sheng released meltform origin power and persuaded Little Black to lend him its own origin qi.

• Kalon's Fallen Star Extreme Lightning attack left him gravely wounded, and Lin Sheng absorbed the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger, advancing his flesh rule to the Manifestation realm.
• Lin Sheng's fused blood thread pierced Kalon's weakened gravity defenses and destroyed his phantom body.
• As Lin Sheng approached the surviving Prison Evil, Prison Demon attacked from underground, severed Lin Sheng's arm, and sealed Black Cliff Valley behind an inferno barrier.
• Prison Demon manifested in Prison Evil's body, revealing genuine Wasteland Martial Rank pressure and leaving Lin Sheng and Hong Yin facing near-certain defeat.
• Lin Sheng unleashed meltform origin power, causing a vast vortex to form above the valley, and Little Black finally lent him a wisp of its own origin qi.

Lin Sheng connected with the Meltform Origin and destroyed Prison Demon’s illusory body, but the effort left him gravely injured. After fleeing Black Cliff Valley, he collapsed in the Wilderness, where Little Black protected him from three Eerie Beasts and considered abandoning him.

• Lin Sheng used the Meltform Origin to dissolve Prison Demon, then escaped Black Cliff Valley with Little Black despite his catastrophic injuries.
• Hong Yin told Carmen, Ao Feng, and Xiao Zhenshan how the Crimson Prison Society had trapped Lin Sheng and how he defeated Prison Demon and Kalon’s illusory body.
• Carmen ordered the Alliance to suppress news and investigate the Crimson Prison Society, while Hong Yin kept Lin Sheng’s escape route secret.
• Lin Sheng collapsed in the Wilderness, where three Void-class Eerie Beasts approached his unconscious body.
• Little Black killed the three Eerie Beasts and then wondered whether to leave Lin Sheng behind.

Little Black rescued Lin Sheng from Black Cliff Valley and hid him in the Falling Wind Mountains, while Sun Radiance City's factions mobilized to find him and seize his meltform origin. After seven days of healing, Lin Sheng had recovered physically, but his true spirit remained badly damaged and showed no sign of recovery.

• Little Black carried the unconscious Lin Sheng away from Black Cliff Valley before two corrosion beast-level ghost beasts arrived and retrieved the dead eerie beasts.
• Word spread through Sun Radiance City that Lin Sheng had killed two Wasteland Martial phantom bodies and possessed meltform origin, prompting the Council and major factions to search for him.
• Raymond ordered Crimson Lightning Company to find and protect Lin Sheng, while Andy arranged a secret search and false reports to buy him time.
• Ao Feng ordered the Ao Family to track Lin Sheng after learning Ao Xuan would need at least half a year to recover from his injuries.
• Lin Sheng awoke in a cave in the Falling Wind Mountains and learned he had been unconscious for three days, with his true spirit damaged and his strength greatly reduced.
• After seven days of recovery, Lin Sheng's body had healed, but his true spirit remained cracked and his perception had grown dull.

Lin Sheng traveled in disguise to Hurricane City to find ways to heal his damaged true spirit, while news of the Black Cliff Valley battle spread across the Alliance. He heard a storyteller exaggerate his exploits and settled into the city unnoticed as the crowd debated what had really happened.

• Little Black told Lin Sheng that his damaged true spirit would not recover naturally and that he could not yet sense the origin energy sealed within it; Lin Sheng promised to return it once he recovered.
• Lin Sheng decided to leave the mountains for Hurricane City to seek treasures that nurtured the true spirit and cultivation methods for the erosion rule.
• Lin Sheng entered Windmist City disguised as a wounded peak Combat Master and continued on to Hurricane City while news of his identity and the Black Cliff Valley battle spread.
• At the Gathered Worthies House, Mr. Liu told a dramatic version of the battle, claiming Lin Sheng had defeated Kalon and Prison Demon through his own power and earned the title Azure-Melt Blood Demon.
• A mercenary captain disputed the tale, saying Lin Sheng had used a fallen-star-class weapon against Kalon, while Lin Sheng listened quietly in disguise and Little Black mocked the storyteller’s embellishments.

After the Battle of Black Cliff Valley made Lin Sheng’s name widely known, he bought rare potions to treat his damaged true spirit, but learned that recovery would require far more than he could afford. He went to the Dragon Antiquity Treasure Pavilion to seek a way to make money.

• Su Lun praised Lin Sheng’s victory at Black Cliff Valley, while Na Ya dismissed his achievement and Tuo Ke said he wanted to test Lin Sheng’s ability to cultivate three kinds of rules.
• Su Lun reminded Na Ya and Tuo Ke that they represented the Fierce Horse Tribe in negotiations with the Alchemist Alliance over exploring the Ancient Ruins Secret Land.
• Lin Sheng entered the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace and traded Prison Evil’s black-and-white Luo stone wondrous objects for Soul Marrow Essence, Clear Nether Spirit Dew, and Pure Essence Soul-Nourishing Paste.
• Lin Sheng consumed the three potions, which eased his injuries but did not restore his true spirit, and concluded that he needed to make money and begin cultivating the Erosion Spirit Cultivation Method.
• Lin Sheng went to the Dragon Antiquity Treasure Pavilion and inspected its posted prices for Eerie Beast materials.

Lin Sheng bought the Divine Nurturing Manual and used it to repair his True Spirit and break through to the Erosion Martial Realm. In the Falling Wind Mountains, he began collecting commission targets and persuaded Little Black to hunt the rest while he focused on recovering.

• Lin Sheng accepted several Treasure Pavilion hunting commissions under the alias Lin Mo and bought the Divine Nurturing Manual for fifteen million Star Coins.
• Lin Sheng cultivated the manual for five days, reached the Initial Erosion Martial Realm, and repaired about three percent of the damage to his True Spirit.
• Lin Sheng entered the Falling Wind Mountains and killed an Earth Ghost Beast, collecting its valuable materials for a commission.
• Little Black returned with two Shadow Corrosion Wolf carcasses, showing that its strength had nearly recovered.
• Lin Sheng assigned Little Black the remaining commissions, and Little Black reluctantly went into the forest to hunt.

Lin Sheng cultivated the Divine Nurturing Manual, then continued hunting in the Falling Wind Mountains with Little Black. When the Black Fang Squad tried to ambush him, Lin Sheng struck back with a powerful mental attack, leaving the squad’s fate unresolved as the leader faced his incoming blow.

• Lin Sheng advanced the Divine Nurturing Manual to the erosion martial second realm and healed more of his true spirit’s injuries.
• Little Black returned with beast corpses, and Lin Sheng collected their materials before heading deeper into the Falling Wind Mountains.
• Su Wan agreed to explore the Ancient Ruins Secret Land with Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke, and they planned to meet at the entrance in three days.
• The Black Fang Squad spotted Lin Sheng alone and decided to rob him, but Little Black detected the five pursuers.
• Lin Sheng faced the Black Fang Squad and unleashed Mental Shock, incapacitating three mercenaries, badly injuring the perception-type mercenary, and stunning their leader.

Lin Sheng returned to Hurricane City with the spoils from defeating mercenaries and spent 1.2 billion Star Coins on soul-nourishing potions to heal his True Spirit. As he began secluded cultivation, Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke arrived at a cliff in the Falling Wind Mountains.

• Lin Sheng collected the mercenaries’ valuables, then returned to Hurricane City with a little over 1.2 billion Star Coins.
• Lin Sheng exchanged Eerie Beast materials at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion for one billion Star Coins.
• Lin Sheng bought nine vials of soul-nourishing potions from Wan Qing for 1.2 billion Star Coins, taking six immediately and arranging to collect the rest in five days.
• Lin Sheng used the Divine Nurturing Manual alongside the potions, sensing that his True Spirit’s cracks were slowly healing.
• After three days of Lin Sheng’s secluded cultivation, Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke landed on a stone platform beside a cliff in the Falling Wind Mountains.