Chapter Summaries

Su Lun and Su Wan opened the Spirit Ruins Secret Land and entered with their companions. After five days of secluded cultivation, Lin Sheng repaired about thirty percent of his true spirit damage, advanced to the peak of the erosion martial third realm, and set out to collect three more potions.

• Su Lun and Su Wan used their Spirit Ruins Jades to open the hidden entrance to the Spirit Ruins Secret Land, then entered with Na Ya, Tuo Ke, and the guards.
• After five days of cultivation, Lin Sheng healed about thirty percent of his true spirit damage and reached the peak of the erosion martial third realm.
• Lin Sheng found that his perception and mental stats had increased, and that he could draw on his Meltform Rules to a limited degree while his Inferno Rules had recovered completely.
• Little Black asked about Lin Sheng's recovery, but Lin Sheng said he still could not sense the true nature hidden within his true spirit or provide the promised origin energy.
• Lin Sheng left for the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace with Little Black to collect his remaining three potions.

Lin Sheng collected soul-nourishing potions, then used a limit break to heal his true spirit and strengthen his cultivation. Meanwhile, Su Wan prepared another attempt to enter the Spirit Ruins core, seeking a fighter capable of breaking its Divine Illusion Array.

• Lin Sheng collected three Transcendent Potions from Wan Qing, learned that True Spirit-Tier Potions might take half a year to obtain, and asked Wan Qing to submit a request.
• Su Wan and her companions escaped the Spirit Ruins core region after the Divine Illusion Array injured their souls, then agreed to regroup in half a month with more preparations.
• After the potions healed his true spirit only slightly, Lin Sheng bought ritual materials, hunted Corrosion Beasts, and set up a Soul-Stabilizing Grand Array outside Hurricane City.
• Su Wan learned that Hall Master Sean and Hall Master Clear Spring would arrive to help, while Elder Gray Crane could not return in time, so she ordered the Branch Pavilions to recruit High-Tier Fighters with strong divine souls.
• Lin Sheng passed the flesh and true spirit tribulations, endured the origin's gaze, and broke through to the first limit break, increasing his mental power and further healing his true spirit.

Lin Sheng continued recovering his true spirit in Hurricane City, but the Grand Alliance rejected Wan Qing’s request for true spirit-grade potions. Wan Qing then recruited Lin Sheng for an Alchemist Alliance assessment tied to Fairy Su Wan’s Hidden Site expedition, and Lin Sheng agreed to attend.

• Lin Sheng’s limit break further healed his true spirit, and he returned to Hurricane City to cultivate while awaiting news from Wan Qing.
• Wan Qing learned that the Grand Alliance had rejected the potion request, then decided to recommend Lin Sheng for the search for spirit-rule Fighters.
• After three days of cultivation, Lin Sheng assessed his slow progress and discussed alternatives with Little Black while Su Wan ordered five candidates, including an Erosion Spirit cultivator, to come to Hurricane City.
• Wan Qing told Lin Sheng that the potion request had failed but invited him to join the Alchemist Alliance’s assessment for Fairy Su Wan’s Hidden Site expedition.
• Lin Sheng accepted and agreed to attend the joint assessment at the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace seven days later.

Lin Sheng completed seven days of secluded cultivation and broke through to the Erosion Martial Fourth Realm before arriving at the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace for the spirit-type Fighters’ assessment. Su Wan began testing the candidates with the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele, and the chapter ended as the second candidate started his trial.

• Lin Sheng cultivated in seclusion, shattered his bottleneck on the sixth night, and further stabilized his True Spirit injuries.
• Lin Sheng went with Little Black to the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace, where Wan Qing welcomed him alongside four other candidates.
• Su Wan explained the assessment, promised rewards to successful and unsuccessful candidates, and had Xiao Qing summon the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele.
• The first candidate failed after the stele overwhelmed her Divine Soul, and Xiao Qing freed her and arranged treatment.
• The burly second candidate released his defensive spiritual strength and pressed his palm against the stele.

Lin Sheng and Bai Ji faced the Soul-Suppressing Test Stele after earlier candidates were injured or withdrew, and both passed its assessment. Lin Sheng endured the pressure longer than Bai Ji, securing the strongest performance and drawing Bai Ji’s wary attention.

• The burly Fighter endured the stele’s pressure past the standard time before collapsing unconscious with severe damage to his true spirit.
• The third Fighter withdrew, leaving Bai Ji and Lin Sheng as the remaining candidates.
• Bai Ji calmly passed the assessment, lasting seven breaths beyond the standard and earning a pair of Dragon Inkstones from Su Wan.
• Despite the crowd’s doubts, Lin Sheng used his erosion affinity to withstand the stele for fifteen breaths beyond the standard, surpassing Bai Ji.
• The stewards and Xiao Qing were astonished by Lin Sheng’s performance, while Bai Ji grew wary and felt a hint of killing intent.

Lin Sheng received three True Spirit Potions from Su Wan, used them to completely heal his True Spirit injuries, and broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm. After returning Little Black’s Origin True Nature, he turned his thoughts to his friends in Sun Radiance City and Ghost Whale World and planned to find an Interstellar Warship after the Hidden Site expedition.

• Su Wan selected Lin Sheng and Bai Ji for the operation, promised Lin Sheng the potion he sought, and offered him a chance to join the Alchemist Alliance as a hall master.
• Wan Qing gave Lin Sheng three True Spirit Potions and warned him that the Wild Horse Tribe would also explore the Hidden Site.
• Lin Sheng consumed all three potions during three days of secluded cultivation, fully healed his True Spirit, and broke through to the Fifth Erosion Martial Realm.
• Lin Sheng confirmed that he could use the Meltform Rules without hindrance and that his strength had greatly increased.
• Lin Sheng returned Little Black’s Origin True Nature, restoring Little Black’s aura and stability.
• Lin Sheng wondered about his friends in Sun Radiance City and Ghost Whale World and decided to seek an Interstellar Warship after the expedition.

After completing his recovery, Lin Sheng joined Su Wan’s expedition to explore an ancient secret realm near the Falling Wind Mountains. He entered the realm’s gate after facing skepticism from the Wild Horse Tribe’s Batu and Apu, with Bai Ji following behind him.

• Lin Sheng finished cultivating at the fifth erosion martial realm, and Little Black settled on his shoulder before they left for the Ten Thousand Medicines Heavenly Palace.
• Su Wan led Lin Sheng, Bai Ji, Xiao Qing, and Alchemist Alliance members aboard a Flying Craft, explaining that they needed Lin Sheng and Bai Ji to help navigate the secret realm’s Divine Illusion Arrays.
• The party reached the Falling Wind Mountains and met five members of the Wild Horse Tribe, including peak demigod Batu and priestess Apu, who questioned the Rogue Cultivators’ usefulness.
• Su Wan and Su Lun opened the secret realm’s gate with jade discs, and the Alchemist Alliance and Wild Horse Tribe parties entered the seven-colored vortex.
• Lin Sheng entered the vortex after Bai Ji invited him to go first, and Bai Ji followed with a cold laugh.

Lin Sheng and the expedition reached the secret realm’s central array and broke through its illusion barrier, only to trigger a lethal killing array that scattered the group. As the others fought for survival and suffered deaths, Lin Sheng crossed the killing array unharmed and headed deeper into the secret realm.

• Lin Sheng entered the secret realm with Bai Ji and learned from Little Black that its ancient domain was nearing collapse.
• Su Wan led the group through the empty outer and middle regions toward the central Divine Illusion Heavenly Net Array.
• The expedition combined its abilities to break through the illusion array, but a hidden killing array activated and separated everyone into isolated traps.
• Apu and two Alchemist Alliance demigods were killed by the crimson blades while the others struggled to withstand the attacks.
• Lin Sheng resisted the killing array with his rules and passed through it unharmed.

After surviving the Myriad Illusions Slaughter Array, the explorers split up to search the Spirit Ruins secret realm, while Bai Ji used an ancient key to race toward its heart. Lin Sheng found a rich medicinal garden, but a huge armored deer-shaped beast swallowed him whole.

• Su Wan, Su Lun, and the others escaped the slaughter array, learned that Apu and two Alchemist Alliance demigods had died, and continued toward the secret realm's core.
• Bai Ji emerged unharmed from the array, revealed an ancient iron ring that controlled the secret realm's space, and sped toward its heart.
• Su Wan's group and Su Lun's party divided to search separately, while Batu went alone toward a massive ancient hall.
• Lin Sheng and Little Black searched ruined buildings and collected valuable treasures before sensing a powerful rule aura to the west.
• Lin Sheng discovered a garden filled with divine soul herbs and realized a creature had been feeding there.
• A giant alloy-armored deer-shaped beast ambushed Lin Sheng and swallowed him.

Lin Sheng destroyed the rule-absorbing deer beast, looted its herb garden, and approached a mysteriously sealed hall. Elsewhere, explorers uncovered ancient alchemical formulas and a Divine Bloodstone, but Batu arrived to claim the treasure by force.

• Lin Sheng killed the alloy deer beast with Blood Devour and recovered its ruined Energy Core.
• Lin Sheng harvested the herb garden and headed toward an intact hall whose sealed aura Little Black warned him about.
• Su Wan and Xiao Qing found three preserved pill formulas and alchemical materials in the ruins of the Alchemy Hall.
• Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke searched a damaged Spirit Vein Valley, while Sean and Clear Spring led Alliance disciples through other ruins.
• Sean and Clear Spring uncovered a Divine Bloodstone in a sealed vault and prepared to collect it.
• Batu entered the vault, demanded the Divine Bloodstone, and threatened to dispose of the Alchemist Alliance group.

Batu seized the Divine Bloodstone after killing the Alchemist Alliance team, while Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke continued exploring elsewhere. Lin Sheng entered an ancient hall and discovered a supreme spirit divine iron longsword ruined by powerful Return to Stillness erosion.

• Batu broke through the Alchemist Alliance group's defenses, killed Clear Spring and Sean, and wiped out the other disciples.
• Batu took the Divine Bloodstone and planned to search the core region for more chances to reach the Wasteland Martial Realm.
• Su Lun, Na Ya, and Tuo Ke finished sorting their materials in Spirit Vein Valley and set out for another location.
• Lin Sheng entered an ancient hall with Little Black and found a longsword made from genuine origin divine iron.
• Little Black identified the sword's severe damage as Return to Stillness erosion and estimated its former master had been a High Realm or possibly Peak Realm Wasteland Martial expert.
• Lin Sheng recognized the danger and examined the sword without touching it.

Lin Sheng overcame the Dark Teal Broken Sword’s corrosive power, explored Gu Xuanzi’s private hall, and discovered a hidden message linked to his Erosion Spirit Mark. Elsewhere, Bai Ji entered the Ruin Ancestor Hall and took two breakthrough treasures before realizing the treasure he sought was likely in Gu Xuanzi’s residence.

• Lin Sheng fused all Four Rules to endure the Dark Teal Broken Sword’s corrosion long enough to store it in his spatial inventory.
• Lin Sheng and Little Black entered a side hall, where Lin Sheng found Gu Xuanzi’s travel journal and learned the room had belonged to a Spirit Ruins Path patriarch.
• Lin Sheng’s Erosion Spirit Mark reacted to the small table, and golden patterns from it streamed into his brow.
• Bai Ji used a rusted iron ring to bypass the Ruin Ancestor Hall’s defenses and took its ruin-burning blood marrow and Dao Ruins Soul-Consolidating Pearl.
• Bai Ji failed to retrieve anything else from the statues’ base, deduced that Gu Xuanzi had kept the supreme treasure in his residence, and left the hall.
• Lin Sheng activated his erosion affinity, revealing Gu Xuanzi’s concealed message, which began with the black-robed man identifying himself by name.

Lin Sheng acquired Gu Xuanzi’s Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art and hid with Little Black as Bai Ji killed Batu, revealing himself as the legendary Silver King. Bai Ji opened a seven-colored vortex beside the ancient painting, while Lin Sheng remained concealed to see what he would do.

• Lin Sheng received and studied Gu Xuanzi’s Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art, then hid with Little Black when he sensed someone approaching.
• Batu entered the side hall and smashed its furnishings while searching for hidden treasures.
• Bai Ji attacked Batu with Domain and Annihilation Rules, and Batu recognized him as the supposedly dead Silver King.
• Bai Ji trapped and killed Batu, then took his spatial pouch.
• Bai Ji used his rusted iron ring to activate the ancient painting, opening a seven-colored vortex as Lin Sheng watched from hiding.

Lin Sheng and Little Black discovered that Bai Ji had seized a wisp of Erosion Spirit Origin Qi, but Bai Ji trapped them and attacked. Lin Sheng revealed his Four Rules demon-god form and clashed with Bai Ji, while the resulting shock wave alerted explorers across the secret realm.

• Lin Sheng and Little Black spotted Erosion Spirit Origin Qi in the vortex, and Bai Ji sealed it inside a hexagonal iron box.
• Lin Sheng prepared to steal the box, but Bai Ji's annihilation-chain ambush forced him and Little Black out of hiding.
• Bai Ji sealed the hall and wounded Lin Sheng with annihilation power, believing its effects would kill him.
• Lin Sheng transformed into an eighteen-meter demon god, fused the Four Rules, and revealed his identity as the Azure-Melt Blood Demon.
• Lin Sheng and Bai Ji collided with their fused rule powers, destroying the hall and carving out a vast crater.
• Su Wan and Xiao Qing sensed the clash, while Su Lun chose to leave the area with his group after they finished looting a vault.

After defeating Bai Ji, Lin Sheng used the Ancient Iron Ring to escape the Spirit Ruins Secret Land without being noticed by the waiting forces. He hid in the Falling Wind Mountains and began sorting Bai Ji’s spoils, discovering a valuable ruin-burning blood marrow.

• Lin Sheng killed the badly wounded Bai Ji, gathered his belongings, and healed his own injuries.
• Lin Sheng and Little Black returned to the Blood Blade Killing Array, where Lin Sheng used Bai Ji’s Ancient Iron Ring to open a safe passage out of the secret land.
• Lin Sheng slipped past the Alchemist Alliance’s guards by escaping through a spatial gap as the main exit vortex appeared and vanished.
• Su Wan’s and Su Lun’s teams emerged later and reported the battle; the Su family’s Second Elder arrived but divined that the combatant had already escaped.
• Lin Sheng reached a concealed cave in the Falling Wind Mountains and examined Bai Ji’s spoils, finding ruin-burning blood marrow in an ancient jade casket.

Lin Sheng cultivated the Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art in a concealed cavern and advanced it to the peak of the first limit break. Outside, the Alchemist Alliance and Wild Horse Tribe searched the Falling Wind Mountains for the hidden killer of the Silver King, while Lin Sheng prepared to check the situation before resuming cultivation.

• Lin Sheng inspected Bai Ji’s treasures, including the Ruin-burning Blood Marrow, the Dao Ruins Soul-Consolidating Pearl, and a wisp of erosion spirit origin qi, then began studying Gu Xuanzi’s Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art.
• Su Shui and High Priest Bo Di divined that the Spirit Ruins Secret Land’s reserves had been taken and that the Silver King had died, with the killer hiding in the Falling Wind Mountains.
• Su Shui ordered the Alchemist Alliance and Wild Horse Tribe to search the mountains, and over a hundred demigods began sealing off the area.
• During a month of secluded cultivation, Little Black concealed the golden phenomena as Lin Sheng raised the Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art to the peak of the first limit break.
• Lin Sheng demonstrated that his golden lotus could erode nearby energy and weaken attacks, then decided to check the situation outside before returning to seclusion.

The Alchemist Alliance and Wild Horse Tribe activated Bo Di’s Heaven-Searching Array to expose Lin Sheng in the Falling Wind Mountains. Lin Sheng stopped the array from tracking him by changing the rules within himself, but Su Wan and Su Lun’s forces raced toward his last known location while Bo Di reinforced the array.

• Su Lun and Na Ya led the Wild Horse Tribe’s demigods in activating the Heaven-Searching Array alongside Su Wan’s Alchemist Alliance forces.
• The array detected Lin Sheng and Little Black in their Hidden Cave despite Lin Sheng concealing his aura with erosion spirit, meltform, and the Silent Spirit Erosion Heaven Art.
• Lin Sheng fled the cave as the array’s enormous net pursued him, then stopped after realizing the array detected foreign rules rather than auras.
• Lin Sheng made the array lose its target, and its net vanished before Su Wan, Su Lun, and their forces could reach him.
• Bo Di dismissed the detection as possibly caused by an Eerie Beast, then reinforced the array to prevent Lin Sheng from escaping.

Lin Sheng escaped the Falling Wind Mountains’ Magic Array by disguising himself with decay and annihilation rules and hiding Little Black inside his arm. After leaving the mountains, he decided to travel to High Tower Province to avoid pursuit and continue cultivating.

• Lin Sheng used the rules of decay and annihilation to evade the Magic Array, but its intensified probing began to detect Little Black.
• Lin Sheng hid Little Black inside a wound in his arm and raced through the Danger Zone while Su Wan, Su Lun, and their group searched the valley he had left.
• Lin Sheng controlled an Alchemist Alliance demigod to open a brief gap in the array’s barrier, then escaped the Falling Wind Mountains without being noticed.
• Lin Sheng freed Little Black after traveling ten thousand miles, and Little Black was moved that Lin Sheng had risked his life rather than abandon him.
• Lin Sheng decided to avoid Hurricane City and head to High Tower Province, then departed with Little Black on his shoulder.

Su Wan and Su Lun’s search party found Lin Sheng’s former hideout, but Bo Di and Su Shui ordered them to withdraw after discovering he had escaped the Falling Wind Mountains. Lin Sheng reached High Tower Province and began planning where to lie low, unaware that the two elders intended to pursue him.

• Su Wan, Su Lun, and their Demigod team found traces of Lin Sheng’s secluded cave, but Bo Di and Su Shui ordered them to end the search and withdraw.
• Su Lun told the group that Lin Sheng had left the Falling Wind Mountains, leaving Na Ya and the others shocked and dismayed.
• Bo Di and Su Shui suspected Lin Sheng was the same Demigod who had used origin power at Black Cliff Valley, and agreed to capture him and claim his origin qi.
• Su Shui divined that Lin Sheng was heading southwest toward High Tower Province and planned to fetch the Heaven-Deriving Mirror to locate him.
• Lin Sheng crossed into High Tower Province, studied a map, and chose the prosperous province as a place to hide and seek cultivation materials.
• Lin Sheng noticed a marked Return-to-Stillness Erosion Zone on the map, while Little Black sensed its dangerous presence and urged him to leave the area.

Lin Sheng discovered that fate-based tracking had exposed his escape route and raced toward the Return-to-Stillness Erosion Zone to escape it. Su Shui and Bo Di caught up and attacked him from afar, leaving Lin Sheng to brace for their strikes as he faced them head-on.

• Lin Sheng broke free of Bo Di’s hidden mental interference when his erosion rule awakened him, then fled with Little Black.
• Little Black recognized that fate-type rules were tracking Lin Sheng and urged him to enter the Return-to-Stillness Erosion Zone.
• Lin Sheng changed course toward the forbidden zone, while Su Shui and Bo Di used the Heaven-Deriving Mirror to pursue him.
• Su Shui and Bo Di realized Lin Sheng was heading for the zone and launched attacks intended to capture or cripple him before he arrived.
• Lin Sheng transformed, activated his blood and demonization abilities, gathered four rules in his hands, and prepared to meet the attacks head-on.