Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng discovered that his new Demon Slaying Dao Fruit grew by killing demons, then ambushed and killed a Level 1 Cunning Wolf. He learned the kill had raised the Dao Fruit to 10% and set his sights on a Demon Suppression Division mission to wipe out a newly discovered Demon Cave.

• Li Changsheng learned that killing demons raised his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit and improved his martial arts cultivation efficiency.
• Li Changsheng sensed a disguised Level 1 Cunning Wolf on the street, followed it into an alley, and killed it with a sneak attack.
• Zhao Ya examined the Cunning Wolf's body and ordered the Demon Suppression Division to take it away without investigating further.
• Li Changsheng checked his Dao Fruit data and found that killing the Cunning Wolf had raised Demon Slaying to 10%.
• Li Changsheng learned about a mission to exterminate a newly discovered Demon Cave containing Level 1 and Level 2 Minor Demons, and prepared to join the Demon Suppression Division's main force.

Li Changsheng joined the Demon Suppression Division’s raid on a rat-type Demon Cave, where killing demons raised his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to Level 1 and helped him bring Azure Steel Fist to Perfection. The mission ended with three martial artists missing, and Cao Jun sent a search party into the cave.

• Cao Jun led more than thirty martial artists to the Demon Cave and ordered the weaker fighters to guard its outer passages.
• Li Changsheng killed eight Level 1 Demon Rats, then killed a badly injured Level 2 Demon Rat after a prolonged fight, advancing his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to Level 1.
• Li Changsheng entered a special cultivation state and raised Azure Steel Fist from peak Entry to Perfection, while his Dao Fruit also improved his martial arts cultivation and warning range.
• Li Changsheng used the Dao Fruit’s warning to find and kill a wounded Demon Rat, then killed six more before the Division’s bell signaled the mission’s end.
• Cao Jun gathered the returned martial artists outside the cave, noted that three were missing, and ordered several people to search for them.

Li Changsheng completed Iron Skin across his entire body and strengthened his hands before seeking out demons at the Demon Fighting Arena to advance his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit. He entered his first match as Steel Fist against a Level 1 Minor Demon Red Dog Demon, and the arena’s spectators were stunned by what happened next.

• After the Demon Suppression Division rewarded Li Changsheng for killing Demon Rats, he stopped hunting to focus on cultivation.
• Li Changsheng reached full-body Iron Skin, then cultivated the Iron Skin on both hands to Perfection with the Azure Steel Fist and White Spirit Secret Medicine.
• Unable to find worthwhile Demon Suppression Division missions, Li Changsheng learned about the Demon Fighting Arena and decided to fight there for demons to kill.
• Li Changsheng registered under the alias Steel Fist, waited for his match, and entered the arena without placing a bet.
• A Level 1 Minor Demon Red Dog Demon charged at Li Changsheng, while the arena’s spectators expected him to die and were stunned by what followed.

Li Changsheng kept killing demons to strengthen his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit, but the Demon Fighting Arena tried to make him lose a match, so he hunted on his own. After a Level 2 Cunning Wolf nearly killed him, Qin Wuyang intervened, and Li Changsheng returned home ready to advance his Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng killed demons at the Demon Fighting Arena while concealing his strength, raising his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to 90% experience and improving his Wind Shadow Leg.
• Jiang Yun asked Li Changsheng to deliberately lose a match, but Li Changsheng withdrew and left the arena.
• Li Changsheng hunted through Baiye City's outer city, found a Cunning Wolf disguised as a servant, and killed it in an alley.
• A Level 2 Cunning Wolf ambushed Li Changsheng and seriously wounded him, but Qin Wuyang broke the demon's arm and injured it.
• Li Changsheng killed the wounded Cunning Wolf himself, learned that his rescuer was Qin Wuyang of the Qin Family, and hurried home to advance his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit.

Li Changsheng upgraded his Medicine Refining Dao Fruit, crafted Flawless White Spirit Secret Medicine, and used it to advance his skin cultivation into the Bronze Skin Realm. He then exchanged Merit Points for martial arts and forged Demon-Slaying Arrows to prepare to temper his entire body to Bronze Skin.

• Li Changsheng upgraded his Medicine Refining Dao Fruit to level 3 and successfully refined ten portions of Flawless White Spirit Secret Medicine.
• Li Changsheng used the flawless medicine to reach full-body Iron Skin Perfection in twenty days, then completed a third skin polishing on both hands and entered the Bronze Skin Realm there.
• Li Changsheng exchanged Merit Points at the Demon Suppression Division for Mantis Leg and used it to bring his legs into the Bronze Skin Realm.
• After running out of Merit Points, Li Changsheng accepted a mission to forge Demon-Slaying Arrows and earned Merit Points day after day.
• One month later, Li Changsheng bought six more Skin Polishing Martial Arts, including Bronze Back Skill, and began training to reach full-body Bronze Skin.

After reaching copper skin across his entire body, Li Changsheng learned that an inner-city genius had crippled Senior Brother Qin Xun over a demon treasure. He discovered a group of demons entering Zhang Manor and left to consider how to act, suspecting it was a Cunning Wolf den.

• Qin Wuyang told Jiang Qingyun that he had come to the outer city to find the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine and advance his blood changing, while declining to help her hunt the Cunning Wolves.
• More than a month later, Li Changsheng emerged from seclusion with copper skin across his entire body and learned that an inner-city genius had severely injured Qin Xun while they competed for a demon treasure.
• Du Hai explained that Cunning Wolves had killed the martial artist who took the treasure from Qingfeng Demon Stockade, and that the treasure remained with the Cunning Wolves.
• Li Changsheng visited the dispirited Qin Xun, then went to the Demon Suppression Division to gather intelligence.
• The Demon Slaying Dao Fruit warned Li Changsheng that a group he encountered included six demons, so he secretly followed them to Zhang Manor.
• Li Changsheng identified Zhang Manor as at least a Cunning Wolf den and considered reporting it to the Demon Suppression Division, but worried he could not explain how he had found it.

Li Changsheng helped the Demon Suppression Division wipe out the Cunning Wolves hidden in Zhang Manor and used the ensuing Dao Fruit advancement to perfect his top-tier mid-grade Skin Polishing Martial Arts. He asked Jiang Qingyun to reward him with a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art so he could pursue the Silver Skin Realm.

• Li Changsheng reported a suspected Cunning Wolf den to Cao Jun, who brought him to senior Envoy Jiang Qingyun.
• Jiang Qingyun led Demon Suppression Division martial artists to surround and storm Zhang Manor, where they battled a pack of Cunning Wolves, including three Level 5 Cunning Wolves.
• Li Changsheng killed several Cunning Wolves and gained enough experience to advance his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit, while Jiang Qingyun fought the three Level 5 enemies.
• After the battle, inner-city geniuses searched Zhang Manor for the Crimson Blood Treasure Lotus, but Qin Wuyang noted that the three dead Level 5 Cunning Wolves were not the one that had taken it.
• Li Changsheng advanced his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit at the Demon Suppression Division and perfected all his top-tier mid-grade Skin Polishing Martial Arts.
• Jiang Qingyun offered Li Changsheng a reward for his service, and he requested a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art.

Li Changsheng memorized the High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art Golden Bell Shield and began cultivating it after reaching full-body Copper Skin. When Demon Luring Incense drove demons into a frenzy across Baiye City's outer city, he rushed to protect Li's Blacksmith Shop and began killing the nearby Cunning Wolves.

• Jiang Qingyun gave Li Changsheng the Golden Bell Shield manual and warned him not to share or sell it.
• Li Changsheng raised his cultivation to full-body Copper Skin, then used flawless Secret Medicine to begin cultivating Golden Bell Shield and reach its introductory stage.
• Demon Luring Incense spread through Baiye City's outer city, sending demons into a frenzy and prompting Jiang Qingyun to mobilize the Demon Suppression Division.
• Li Changsheng heard the commotion, saw that demons were attacking the city, and rushed toward Li's Blacksmith Shop.
• A Cunning Wolf injured Li Han and the other blacksmiths, but Li Changsheng killed it with one strike and set out to hunt nearby Cunning Wolves.

Li Changsheng advanced to the Silver Skin Realm and sought a stronger Secret Medicine to continue his cultivation. After buying the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine formula at the Secret Pavilion, he realized someone was following him.

• Qin Wuyang killed a Level 5 peak Cunning Wolf and took the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine, then his third uncle killed a black-clad assassin from the Evil Demon Society who tried to seize it.
• Cao Jun explained to Li Changsheng that the Evil Demon Society cooperated with demons and used people as test subjects in its research into absorbing Demonic Nature.
• Li Changsheng found that his Dao Fruit experience had grown slowly, then continued cultivating the Golden Bell Shield with flawless White Spirit Secret Medicine.
• Li Changsheng completed his fourth skin grinding and transformed his whole body from copper skin to silver skin, but found that White Spirit Secret Medicine had become less effective.
• Li Changsheng went to the Black Market and bought the Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine formula from the Secret Pavilion for two thousand taels of silver.
• After leaving the Secret Pavilion, Li Changsheng noticed that someone was following him.

Li Changsheng refined flawless-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine and advanced to Full Body Silver Skin Minor Accomplishment. After asking Xu He about the realms beyond Silver Skin, he learned that Flood Dragon Skin required a Skin Grinding Ultimate Skill and Dragon Skin was almost legendary, leaving him hoping his next Dao Fruit could help him advance.

• Li Changsheng killed three men who tried to rob him after revealing his Silver Skin Realm cultivation.
• He refined Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine over several weeks, improving its quality until he could make flawless-grade medicine.
• Li Changsheng used the flawless-grade medicine to cultivate the Golden Bell Shield and reached Full Body Silver Skin Minor Accomplishment.
• He visited Xu He at Azure Steel Martial Hall and asked about the realms beyond Silver Skin.
• Xu He explained that Flood Dragon Skin required a Skin Grinding Ultimate Skill and that Dragon Skin was exceedingly rare.
• Li Changsheng returned home and hoped his next Dao Fruit would help him reach the higher Skin Grinding Realms.

Li Changsheng reached Silver Skin Perfection and gained the Vajra Dao Fruit, which improved his physical constitution by consuming food. After leveling it up to Level 2, he completed his Fifth Skin Grinding Cultivation but remained in the Silver Skin Realm, leaving him considering Monster Meat as a way to strengthen the Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng reached Full Body Silver Skin Perfection and used the remaining half-month before the fourth Dao Fruit appeared to refine medicine.
• The fourth Dao Fruit formed as the Vajra Dao Fruit, transforming Li Changsheng's body and granting him the ability to improve it by eating.
• Li Changsheng ate steamed buns and then beef to raise the Vajra Dao Fruit from Level 0 to Level 1, discovering that beef provided more experience.
• Li Changsheng continued eating beef and cultivating, raised the Vajra Dao Fruit to Level 2, and completed his Fifth Skin Grinding Cultivation without breaking through to the Flood Dragon Skin Realm.
• After finding that beef and medicinal herbs were too slow to improve the Vajra Dao Fruit, Li Changsheng decided to test whether he could safely eat Monster Meat.

Li Changsheng used wolf demon meat to rapidly raise his Vajra Dao Fruit, reached the Flood Dragon Skin Realm, and was approached by the Evil Demon Society. He pretended to join and accepted Demon Worm Meat as a supposed means of control, intending to refine the worm eggs with his Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng bought and ate wolf demon meat, finding that the Vajra Dao Fruit absorbed its energy and Demonic Nature without harming him.
• After five days of eating wolf demon meat, Li Changsheng raised the Vajra Dao Fruit to level 3, then completed the Sixth Skin Grinding and entered the Flood Dragon Skin Realm.
• Li Changsheng noticed a powerful figure following him home and confronted the masked stranger, who identified himself as Greedy Wolf Number Six of the Evil Demon Society.
• Greedy Wolf Number Six offered Li Changsheng secret arts in exchange for joining the society and supplying intelligence from the Demon Suppression Division.
• Li Changsheng agreed to join and swallowed the Demon Worm Meat Greedy Wolf Number Six gave him, believing his level 3 Vajra Dao Fruit could refine its worm eggs.

Li Changsheng refined Demon Merging Secret Medicine for the Evil Demon Society and used the merit to request another High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art. After progressing through Iron Cloth Shirt and reaching the Lesser Accomplishment of the Serpent Skin Realm, he sought further ways to improve his cultivation.

• Li Changsheng digested the Demon Worm Meat’s insect eggs, and Greedy Wolf Number Six gave him the Iron Cloth Shirt manual.
• Li Changsheng cultivated Iron Cloth Shirt to Perfection and later advanced to the Lesser Accomplishment of the Serpent Skin Realm.
• Li Changsheng met Greedy Wolf Number Six and asked to take on a mission from the Evil Demon Society.
• Li Changsheng chose the Demon Merging Secret Medicine mission, and Greedy Wolf Number Six gave him its formula and three portions of materials.
• Li Changsheng easily refined the medicine and showed some to Greedy Wolf Number Six, who was surprised to learn he was an Alchemist.
• Li Changsheng asked to exchange his merit for another whole-body High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art, and Greedy Wolf Number Six agreed.

Li Changsheng perfected the Tiger Skin Demon Refining Fist and Great Strength Bull Demon Fist, reaching the Perfection of Flood Dragon Skin Realm. When Greedy Wolf Number Six tried to take him under the Evil Demon Society’s control, Li Changsheng killed him, raided a Black Market stronghold, and then went to warn Xu He that the society might target Azure Steel Martial Hall.

• Li Changsheng refined flawless-grade Tiger Demon Secret Medicine and used it to perfect the Tiger Skin Demon Refining Fist, advancing to the Great Accomplishment of Flood Dragon Skin Realm.
• He exchanged for the Great Strength Bull Demon Fist, perfected it, and reached the Perfection of Flood Dragon Skin Realm.
• Greedy Wolf Number Six ordered Li Changsheng to move to an Evil Demon Society facility, but Li Changsheng attacked and killed him when he refused to go.
• Li Changsheng searched Greedy Wolf Number Six, raided the Black Market shop, killed its shopkeeper, and took the money and three High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts.
• Li Changsheng moved to a new residence and returned to Azure Steel Martial Hall to warn his master, Xu He.

Li Changsheng told Xu He that he had killed a member of the Evil Demon Society, and Xu He protected him at the Azure Steel Martial Hall while passing on new martial arts. After further cultivation, Li Changsheng broke through to the Dragon Skin Realm and awakened the Azure Dragon Armor Technique.

• Li Changsheng told Xu He he had killed an Evil Demon Society member and concealed his true cultivation while revealing Silver Skin Perfection.
• Xu He explained that his sister Xu Zixi’s position in the Qingyuan Sect protected the Azure Steel Martial Hall, then taught Li Changsheng the Azure Cicada Body and urged him to stay at the hall.
• Li Changsheng cultivated additional High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts and completed his seventh and eighth skin polishings without reaching the Dragon Skin Realm.
• Greedy Wolf Numbers Two through Five learned that Number Six had died and identified Li Changsheng as a possible target, but decided to wait for an opportunity to capture him.
• Li Changsheng completed his ninth skin polishing and broke through to the Dragon Skin Realm, awakening the Body Divine Ability Azure Dragon Armor Technique.

Li Changsheng awakened the Azure Dragon Armor Technique and sought stronger resources to advance his Dragon Skin Realm. After disguising himself to avoid the Evil Demon Society, he arranged a deal with Cao Jun for level 3 and level 4 Minor Demon corpses in exchange for high-quality Skin Grinding Secret Medicine.

• Li Changsheng discovered that reaching the Dragon Skin Realm had awakened the defensive Body Divine Ability Azure Dragon Armor Technique, which greatly increased his strength and defense.
• Li Changsheng decided to perfect his Dragon Skin Realm before breaking through, but found that his cultivation had stalled and that stronger demon meat or an ultimate-skill-grade martial art might be needed.
• Li Changsheng asked Xu He for a martial art that could alter his appearance, learned the Fox Skin Technique, and cultivated it to perfection to disguise himself.
• Li Changsheng left Azure Steel Martial Hall in disguise and learned that the Demon Suppression Division had level 3 and level 4 Minor Demon corpses.
• Li Changsheng asked Cao Jun about obtaining the demon corpses, and Cao Jun agreed to provide some if Li Changsheng could get him high-quality Skin Grinding Secret Medicine.

Li Changsheng traded high-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine for demon corpses and ate them to raise his Vajra Dao Fruit to level 4, then advanced his martial cultivation through intensive training. The chapter leaves him at the Greater Accomplishment of Dragon Skin Realm, one step short of perfection.

• Li Changsheng traded ten portions of high-grade Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine to Cao Jun for two Level 3 Pig Demon corpses and one Level 4 Pig Demon corpse, then ate the roasted meat to gain experience for his Vajra Dao Fruit.
• Li Changsheng exchanged twenty more portions with Cao Jun for three Level 4 demon corpses and ate them until his Vajra Dao Fruit reached level 4.
• Li Changsheng used his stronger Vajra Dao Fruit and flawless Tiger Demon Secret Medicine to advance his Skin Grinding Realm, while his Azure Cicada Body reached perfection and his cultivation reached the Lesser Accomplishment of Dragon Skin Realm.
• Li Changsheng's Medicine Refining Dao Fruit rose from level 3 to level 4, improving his ability to refine flawless Secret Medicine.
• Li Changsheng spent another month consuming more than ten portions of flawless Tiger Demon Secret Medicine each day and reached the Greater Accomplishment of Dragon Skin Realm.

Li Changsheng traded secret medicines with Cao Jun for the High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art Mountain Settling Stance and used it to reach Dragon Skin Perfection, the limit of the Skin Grinding Realm. He planned to begin Bone Refining, but lacked a High-grade Bone Refining Martial Art and resolved to seek more techniques to temper all 365 bones.

• Li Changsheng offered Cao Jun one hundred portions of High-grade Skin Grinding Secret Medicine in exchange for a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art.
• Cao Jun traded Li Changsheng the Mountain Settling Stance, while hoping the medicines would help his son reach the Silver Skin Realm.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the Mountain Settling Stance with Flawless-grade Tiger Demon Secret Medicine and soon brought it to Perfection.
• Li Changsheng broke through from Dragon Skin Great Accomplishment to Dragon Skin Perfection, reaching the Skin Grinding Realm's limit.
• Li Changsheng reviewed the Bone Refining Realm's stages and decided to cultivate the Azure Steel Bone Refining Fist while seeking more martial arts to temper all 365 bones.

Li Changsheng entered the Bone Refining Realm and sought Tiger Bone Secret Medicine to speed up his progress. After buying its formula and refining high-grade medicine, he tempered all thirty-six bones used in the Azure Steel Bone Refining Fist into iron bones.

• Li Changsheng used the Azure Steel Bone Refining Fist to turn six bones into iron bones in one day, but worried that advancing through later realms would take too long.
• Li Changsheng bought the Tiger Bone Secret Medicine formula from the Secret Pavilion for five thousand taels of silver and learned it required tiger bones and tiger demon blood.
• Li Changsheng found a shop with one tiger bone and bought it along with tiger demon blood.
• Li Changsheng refined Tiger Bone Secret Medicine, improving from low-grade to high-grade medicine after several attempts.
• Li Changsheng used the high-grade medicine while cultivating and transformed all thirty-six bones involved in the Azure Steel Bone Refining Fist into iron bones.

Li Changsheng learned Vajra Leg and arranged a supply of tiger bones and Tiger Demon Blood through Cao Jun in exchange for high-grade Tiger Bone Secret Medicine. He refined Flawless Tiger Bone Secret Medicine and left Cao Jun open to further cooperation.

• Li Changsheng showed Xu He his thirty-six iron bones, and Xu He taught him Vajra Leg, which tempered thirty-six different bones.
• Li Changsheng practiced Vajra Leg with the Azure Steel Martial Hall's steel pillars, but ran out of Tiger Bone Secret Medicine and could not find more tiger bones at the Black Market.
• Li Changsheng asked Cao Jun to obtain tiger bones and Tiger Demon Blood, promising high-grade Tiger Bone Secret Medicine in return.
• Cao Jun provided Li Changsheng with three tiger bones and ten portions of Tiger Demon Blood, and Li Changsheng promised him ten portions of high-grade medicine.
• Li Changsheng refined Flawless Tiger Bone Secret Medicine, delivered Cao Jun's ten portions of high-grade medicine, and agreed to cooperate with him again.