Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng fought Iron Mountain’s four-armed demonic body and learned how the Demonic Body Lineage cultivated its combat forms. With Wei Xuan set to accept him as a direct disciple, Lin Sheng remained wary of being exposed as an impostor and resolved to seek the mark on his body as a possible way out.

• Iron Mountain activated his demonic body and overpowered Lin Sheng until Lin Sheng used Giant Form at fifty percent to match him in the Combat Arena.
• Iron Mountain ended the fight, praised Lin Sheng’s strength, and explained that a demonic body fused the physical body, divine soul, and Inferno Origin.
• Iron Mountain described how demonic bodies gained additional arms with cultivation and said Lin Sheng’s talents could produce an exceptional one.
• Iron Mountain told Lin Sheng that Wei Xuan would soon accept him as a direct disciple and provide the Demonic Body Bone-Tempering Scripture and lineage resources.
• Lin Sheng worried that the Demonic Body Lineage would discover he was not truly Chen Long and decided to locate the mark on his body before choosing whether to leave.

Lin Sheng accepted an order to travel to Jaye City and become Mo Gu’s personal disciple, then learned about the Withered Bone Cathedral’s rival lineages aboard the Bone Dragon Flying Boat. As the boat headed toward Jaye City, it burned away a flock of attacking Evil Vultures.

• Wei Xuan learned from Chen Long’s records that he had dual-polar aptitude, but revealed that Mo Gu had already claimed him as her personal disciple.
• After leaving secluded cultivation without achieving his third limit break, Lin Sheng agreed to travel to Jaye City and join Mo Gu’s tutelage.
• Iron Mountain told Lin Sheng about the Cathedral’s three competing lineages and the upcoming Three Branches Tournament, which Lin Sheng had little interest in entering.
• Two days later, Lin Sheng and Iron Mountain departed aboard a Bone Dragon Flying Boat bound for Jaye City.
• A flock of Evil Vultures attacked the flying boat, and Iron Mountain’s vessel engulfed them in Purgatory Flame.

Lin Sheng learned that the Demonic Body Lineage monitored millions of descendants and that his unusual dual-pole talent could draw dangerous attention as he approached Jaye City. There, Mo Gu received news of him, brutally tested Jin Shi, and expressed anticipation for her new disciple.

• Lin Sheng watched the Bone Dragon Flying Boat destroy a flock of vultures with Inferno flames that wielded Origin Aspect power.
• Iron Mountain warned Lin Sheng that Mo Gu had kept only four of nearly twenty personal disciples, then explained that the lineage monitored at least ten million descendants in the Azure Snake Domain and induced awakenings in some of them.
• Lin Sheng suspected that induced awakenings involved deadly trials and resolved to face the lineage despite the risks as the flying boat neared Jaye City.
• Jin Shi brought Mo Gu a Jade Slip containing news from Wei, and Mo Gu crushed it after reading its contents.
• Mo Gu battered Jin Shi across the hall, restored him with a drop of her blood, and said she hoped Lin Sheng's dual-pole talent would not disappoint her.

Lin Sheng arrived in Jaye City and met Mo Gu’s powerful disciples, who tested his composure before Mo Gu pulled him into the True Demon Court. Mo Gu began her assessment by striking at his chest, leaving Lin Sheng facing an immediate attack from his new master.

• Jin Shi escorted Lin Sheng and Iron Mountain through Jaye City to the True Demon Court, where Shi Huang, Chi Lian, and Hei Ta met them.
• Chi Lian tried to seduce and test Lin Sheng, but he resisted her influence and calmly stopped her from touching him further.
• Mo Gu summoned Lin Sheng into the hall, drawing him inside with an invisible force and shutting the doors behind him.
• The disciples speculated that Mo Gu might spare Lin Sheng an assessment because of his rare Dual-Pole Talent, but Shi Huang warned that her obsession made that unlikely.
• Lin Sheng sensed Mo Gu’s immense Wasteland Martial strength, greeted her as his master, and watched her suddenly lunge at his chest with a clawed hand.

Mo Gu tested Lin Sheng’s physical aptitude and sealed him inside the Demon-Refining Cauldron to assess his endurance. Lin Sheng survived nearly two hours of intensified Inferno Black Flame, impressing Mo Gu, who rescued and healed him with her natal demon blood.

• Mo Gu probed Lin Sheng’s body, judged his physical aptitude exceptional, and declared that his body passed.
• Mo Gu bound Lin Sheng and sealed him inside the Demon-Refining Cauldron while her disciples watched from outside.
• Lin Sheng endured the flames by using his Purgatory Affinity and Inferno Divine Astral Force, absorbing Inferno Power as he cultivated his Demonic Body.
• Mo Gu repeatedly increased the cauldron’s heat and Origin Power, while Lin Sheng continued to withstand the flames and improve his affinity.
• After nearly two hours, Lin Sheng let the flames burn through his defenses, and Mo Gu broke open the cauldron and pulled him out.
• Mo Gu fed Lin Sheng a large amount of her blood, restoring his charred body, while her disciples marveled at his endurance.

After surviving the Demon-Refining Cauldron, Lin Sheng received Mo Gu’s exceptional support and broke through the third limit of Demonic Body Bone Tempering. As the Three Branches Tournament approached, the Heart-Confounding and Evil Bone Lineages learned of his Dual-Pole Talent and prepared to test the Demonic Body Branch’s new prodigy.

• Mo Gu carried Lin Sheng from the hall and ordered Jin Shi, Hei Ta, Shi Huang, and Chi Lian to prepare the Pure Demon Court, powerful arrays, Nine-Aperture Demon Blood, and personal cultivation support for him.
• The next day, Lin Sheng broke through the third limit while cultivating in the Nine-Aperture Demon Blood and asked Chi Lian about the Demon-Summoning Ritual and True Demon Baptism.
• Chi Lian explained that the Demonic Body Lineage underwent the Demon-Summoning Ritual at the fourth limit, and Lin Sheng resumed cultivating with his improved attributes and rare resources.
• In Fallen Soul City, Youji told Su Ling that Mo Gu had taken in a Dual-Pole Talent disciple and said Su Ling could face him at the upcoming Three Branches Tournament.
• In Withered Bone City, the Bone Emperor told Shi Que about the Demonic Body Branch’s new Dual-Pole Talent and ordered him to prepare for the tournament.

Lin Sheng studied the Demon-Summoning Ritual and learned that it drew the attention of multiple Inferno Origins, offering immense benefits at the risk of death or ruined cultivation. Confident that his abilities could protect him from its dangers, he considered using the ritual to complete his Purgatory Affinity’s transformation.

• Lin Sheng read the Jade Slip and learned that the Demon-Summoning Ritual gathered far more Origin’s Gaze than ordinary Limit Break rituals by attracting multiple Inferno Origins.
• Lin Sheng recalled Chi Lian’s explanation that Demonic Body Lineage cultivators risked death to gain greater Origin affinity, reflecting the Mogu Star Starfield’s extreme cultivation style.
• Lin Sheng judged that the ritual’s risks were manageable for him because he had withstood Inferno attacks and possessed powerful Purgatory Affinity and Flesh Rank.
• Lin Sheng wondered whether the True Demon Baptism could complete his Purgatory Affinity’s transformation and hoped it would prove effective.

After Lin Sheng advanced to the Eleventh Erosion Martial Realm, Mo Gu gave him a drop of Nine Tribulations Molten Abyss Beast Blood Essence to accelerate his cultivation for the Three Branches Tournament. Lin Sheng swallowed it and began enduring its violent Inferno power as he drove his Purgatory Affinity to its limit.

• Lin Sheng reached the Tenth Erosion Martial Realm, and Chi Lian escorted him to the True Demon Hall at Mo Gu's summons.
• Mo Gu examined Lin Sheng, found no lingering Inferno corrosion, and personally instructed him while drawing Inferno energy into the hall.
• Lin Sheng advanced to the Eleventh Erosion Martial Realm in ten days, and Mo Gu demanded that he reach at least High-Rank Demigod before the Three Branches Tournament in six months.
• Mo Gu gave Lin Sheng a drop of processed Nine Tribulations Molten Abyss Beast Blood Essence and urged him to consume it.
• The Blood Essence's Inferno power erupted through Lin Sheng's body, and he endured it by driving his advanced Purgatory Affinity to its limit.

Lin Sheng refined two doses of Desolate Beast Blood Essence in the True Demon Hall, breaking through to the eleventh erosion martial realm and then reaching greater mastery of the Demonic Body Bone Tempering Manual. Mo Gu told him to rest while she prepared the Demon-Summoning Ritual.

• Lin Sheng used his purgatory affinity and demonic body furnace to absorb the first Desolate Beast Blood Essence, reaching the eleventh erosion martial realm in a day.
• Mo Gu praised Lin Sheng’s breakthrough and gave him a second dose of Desolate Beast Blood Essence, urging him to aim for the twelfth realm.
• Lin Sheng cultivated for two more days, increased his strength, constitution, and agility to 90, and achieved greater mastery of the Demonic Body Bone Tempering Manual.
• Mo Gu told Lin Sheng to rest while she prepared the Demon-Summoning Ritual, and suggested that his second senior sister look after him.

Lin Sheng received the Demonic Body Lineage’s core cultivation method and learned that it was a transcendence method capable of awakening a primordial demon body. He agreed to spar with Jin Shi, and their first clash showed that Lin Sheng could meet the senior brother’s powerful punch head-on.

• Lin Sheng returned to the Pure Demon Court, where Chi Lian tried to win his favor by offering to bear his descendants.
• Shi Huang and Jin Shi visited Lin Sheng, reacted to his rapid cultivation, and told him the Demon-Summoning Ritual would take place in seven days.
• Shi Huang passed Lin Sheng the first level of the Primordial Demon Luoshen True Explanation and explained its origins and status as a transcendence method.
• Jin Shi challenged Lin Sheng to a spar, and Lin Sheng accepted while Shi Huang and Chi Lian watched.
• Jin Shi charged and struck Lin Sheng with a strength-only punch, but Lin Sheng blocked it with one hand, surprising Jin Shi.

Lin Sheng sparred with Jin Shi and defeated him after both activated their demonic bodies. Shi Huang stopped the fight and warned Lin Sheng about the brutality that could overwhelm practitioners of the Demonic Body Lineage.

• Lin Sheng and Jin Shi exchanged punches, and Jin Shi challenged him to withstand the power of his Four-Armed Golden Demonic Body.
• Lin Sheng activated Giant Form at fifty percent and blocked Jin Shi's four fists before knocking him into the courtyard wall.
• Jin Shi attacked again but gradually lost ground as his demonic body's brutality began to overwhelm his reason.
• Shi Huang stepped between the fighters and caught both their fists, stopping the match.
• Jin Shi withdrew his demonic body, admitted defeat, and Shi Huang warned Lin Sheng to control his mind when using the technique.

Lin Sheng studied the Primordial Demon Luoshen True Explanation while Mo Gu secured resources for his Demon-Summoning Ritual and concealed concerns about his inheritance. Meanwhile, Su Zhe’s investigation led Wan Chen to suspect that Chen Long had a hidden secret, and Wan Chen decided the matter was worth pursuing.

• Shi Huang left after giving Lin Sheng further breathing guidance, and Chi Lian offered to help him study the Primordial Demon Luoshen True Explanation and prepare his Nine-Aperture Demon Blood bath.
• Mo Gu persuaded the Demonic Body Lineage’s elders to supply materials for Lin Sheng’s Demon-Summoning Ritual within seven days, despite their warnings about the resources and the risk of another failed prospect.
• Shi Huang told Mo Gu that the Primordial Demon Mark had briefly rejected Lin Sheng during the inheritance transmission, and Mo Gu ordered him to keep the matter secret and treat Lin Sheng as her disciple and the branch’s Dual-Pole Talent.
• Su Zhe tortured two Crimson Blood Sect elders, used his Five-Colored Toad to extract one man’s memories, and took the surviving elder to Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain.
• Wan Chen swallowed the surviving elder to absorb his memories, then concluded that Chen Long’s background was suspicious and that he likely concealed a great secret.