Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng harvested a dead tiger flood dragon and refined its bones into a powerful new secret medicine, using it to break through to the Initial Success of Dragon Bone Realm and gain the Dragon Bone Domain. He continued cultivating toward Dragon Bone Perfection while Qin Xun successfully reached the Flood Dragon Tendon Realm.

• Li Changsheng cut apart the tiger flood dragon, gave Qin Xun one of its demon tendons, and collected its bones, scales, and remaining tendons.
• Back at the Azure Steel Martial Hall, Li Changsheng successfully refined Flawless Tiger Flood Dragon Bone Secret Medicine after adjusting the ingredients, and used it to accelerate his cultivation and improve his Healing Dao Fruit.
• Li Changsheng reached the Perfection of Flood Dragon Bone Realm, then spent ten days transforming all three hundred and sixty-five Flood Dragon Bones and advancing to the Initial Success of Dragon Bone Realm.
• Li Changsheng gained the Dragon Bone Domain Body Divine Ability and cultivated it to the beginner level before continuing to pursue Dragon Bone Perfection.
• Qin Xun completed his seclusion and broke through to the Flood Dragon Tendon Realm.

Li Changsheng was taken from the outer city into Baiye City’s hidden inner city, where he was assigned forced blacksmithing work and learned about the city’s factions. He discovered the inner city was built inside a vast Demon Cave and remained confined there, while Qin Xun prepared to attempt the Blood Changing Realm.

• Qin Xun completed transforming every tendon in his body into a flood dragon tendon and decided to attempt the Blood Changing Realm.
• Li Changsheng emerged from seclusion after reaching Minor Accomplishment in Dragon Bones throughout his body and improving his Dragon Bone Domain and Healing Dao Fruit.
• Three City Guards took Li Changsheng to the inner city under an order requiring outer-city blacksmiths to enter.
• Li Changsheng discovered that Baiye City’s inner city lay within a remodeled Demon Cave and was assigned a small Forging Room and a quota of thirty components each month.
• Li Changsheng met Zhao Shun, who guessed the components were Formation Artifact embryos for a defensive grand formation, and learned about the inner city’s leading factions and the Bai, Qin, and Jiang families.

Li Changsheng completed his Blacksmith Guild assignment while steadily improving his cultivation, as the Evil Demon Society recruited the Huang Family into a plot to destroy the Nine Luminaries Demon Slaying Array and kill Bai Ting. After a month, Li Changsheng was permitted to return, while Li Han and the other ninth-grade blacksmiths remained to finish their work.

• Li Changsheng forged only his daily quota, cultivated with his Tiger Flood Dragon Bone Secret Medicine, and exchanged insights with other blacksmiths.
• Li Changsheng met Li Han and learned that ninth-grade blacksmiths also had to forge array-base components, though their assignments would take longer.
• Sun Chen asked Huang Chun to secretly alter the Nine Luminaries Demon Slaying Array components so the Evil Demon Society could destroy the array and kill Bai Ting.
• Huang Chun agreed to help after Sun Chen offered an Exquisite Grade Acupoint Refining Method, and the two signed a Contract Demon Book agreement.
• Li Changsheng completed his assignment a day early with thirty extra components, reached Dragon Bone Great Accomplishment, and advanced his Dragon Bone Domain.
• A Blacksmith Guild official told Li Changsheng he could return, while Li Han and the other ninth-grade blacksmiths still needed about half a month.

Li Changsheng learned that Baiye City’s Outer City could fall in the coming battle and secured an Inner City residency slot by qualifying as an Advanced Blacksmith. He asked Jiang Qingyun for protection from being forced to forge weapons, and she arranged for him to join the Inner City Jiang Family as a hired blacksmith who could choose whether to work for them.

• Xu He warned Li Changsheng that the Outer City might be abandoned if the Baiye Army lost its coming battle against the demons, and advised him to enter the Inner City.
• Li Changsheng chose to qualify as an Advanced Blacksmith rather than earn Merit Points by killing demons, and deliberately forged low-quality Baiye Swords to avoid revealing his full skill.
• Li Changsheng passed the Blacksmith Guild’s assessment and received an Advanced Blacksmith badge and an Inner City residency slot.
• Xu He warned Li Changsheng that unaffiliated factions might try to compel him to forge weapons after he entered the Inner City.
• Li Changsheng asked Jiang Qingyun to recommend a faction, and she arranged for him to become a hired blacksmith for the Jiang Family with the choice of whether to forge for them.

Li Changsheng settled in the inner city, perfected his Dragon Bone Realm, and broke through to the Tendon Refining Realm. As he expected, his sixth Dao Fruit was born, but its effect was not revealed before the chapter ended.

• Li Changsheng joined the Jiang Family as an externally hired blacksmith and bought a courtyard in the inner city.
• Li Changsheng used flawless Tiger Flood Dragon Bone Secret Medicine to reach the Perfection Realm of the Dragon Bone Realm.
• Li Changsheng bought the Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine formula from Wind Sea Pavilion and refined flawless Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine.
• Li Changsheng used the medicine and Hundred Ape Tendon Refining Fist to temper his Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and enter the Tendon Refining Realm.
• Li Changsheng's sixth Dao Fruit condensed and merged into his body, and he learned that it had an effect.

Li Changsheng used Silver Stone to raise his Space Dao Fruit to Level 1 and opened a small Dao Fruit Space inside his left arm bone. After buying large quantities of Silver Stone to expand it, he noticed he was being followed, changed his aura and appearance, and escaped.

• Li Changsheng learned that his Space Dao Fruit could create an internal storage space but needed spatial materials to gain experience, so he bought thirty jin of Silver Stone from Wind Sea Pavilion.
• He absorbed the Silver Stone's spatial matter, then bought more from another shop until the Space Dao Fruit reached Level 1.
• Li Changsheng opened a Dao Fruit Space inside the dragon bone in his left arm, creating a space about one cubic meter in size.
• He decided to raise the Space Dao Fruit to Level 2, sold Secret Medicines for funds, and bought two hundred thousand taels' worth of Silver Stone from several shops.
• A man followed Li Changsheng after a Silver Stone purchase, but Li Changsheng altered his aura and appearance and escaped; the man failed to find him.

Li Changsheng evaded Wind Sea Pavilion’s surveillance, raised his Space Dao Fruit to Level 2, and stored his belongings in its five-cubic-meter space while advancing his tendon cultivation. Meanwhile, Bai Ting led the Baiye Army into the Baiyue Mountain Range, where an ambush killed many soldiers and a horde of demons appeared as the army pushed deeper.

• The Third Pavilion Master ordered further investigation into Li Changsheng after suspecting that he could extract spatial substance from Silver Stone.
• Li Changsheng returned home without being followed and decided to stop buying spatial materials to avoid drawing attention.
• Li Changsheng used up his Silver Stone, raised his Space Dao Fruit to Level 2, and expanded its space to five cubic meters before storing his belongings inside.
• Li Changsheng cultivated diligently, mastered several High-grade Tendon Refining Martial Arts, and reached the initial stage of Iron Tendons throughout the entire body.
• After the Nine Luminaries Demon Slaying Array was completed, Bai Ting led the Baiye Army into the Baiyue Mountain Range to attack Demon Caves.
• An exploding Demon Cave killed at least two thousand Baiye Army soldiers, and as Bai Ting led the surviving army onward, numerous demons appeared, including several great demons comparable to Great Grandmasters.

The Baiye Army was routed, Bai Chongshan died rescuing Bai Ting, and demons broke into Baiye City and the Inner City. Li Changsheng survived the fighting, collected a slain Great Demon's corpse in his Dao Fruit space, and went to find Xu He after the chaos ended.

• The Nine Luminaries Demon Slaying Array failed, the Baiye Army was routed, and Bai Ting was trapped and gravely wounded by peak Great Demons.
• Bai Chongshan killed one Evil Demon Society Great Grandmaster while rescuing Bai Ting, then returned to Baiye City and died from his injuries.
• Li Changsheng left the Inner City to urge Xu He to seek shelter, but Xu He stayed in the Outer City to protect his students.
• The Evil Demon Society destroyed the Inner City's eastern gate, but the recovered Bai Ting fought back after the demons invaded.
• Li Changsheng killed a Level 5 Minor Demon, then stored a slain wolf Great Demon's corpse in his Dao Fruit space.
• After the demons retreated and the chaos ended, Li Changsheng went to the Outer City to find Xu He.

After the demon attack devastated Baiye City, Li Changsheng cultivated until he reached Copper Tendons throughout his body and agreed to join the Demon Suppression Division for access to better martial arts. Jiang Qingyun brought him to apply, but Director Wang He rejected his appointment, claiming he had another candidate.

• Li Changsheng found Xu He and several surviving disciples at the ruined Azure Steel Martial Hall, and helped Qin Xun handle the dead disciples' funerals.
• Xu He dissolved Azure Steel Martial Hall and left Baiye City with Xu Zixi, telling Li Changsheng and the others they could seek him out at Qingyuan Sect after reaching the Qi Refining Realm.
• Li Changsheng returned to the Outer City, cultivated with flawless Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine, and broke through to Copper Tendons throughout his body.
• Jiang Qingyun invited Li Changsheng to become a Demon Suppression Envoy, and Li Changsheng agreed in hopes of gaining access to High-grade Martial Arts.
• At the Demon Suppression Division, Wang He rejected Li Changsheng's application and said he had another candidate for the vacant position.

Li Changsheng fought for a lower-ranked Demon Suppression Envoy position against the Wan Family Twin Stars and defeated Wan Qingshan so decisively that Wan Qingyun conceded. He secured the position and learned about its benefits and exchange system, including an unusable Exquisite-grade Viscera Martial Art.

• Wang He arranged for Wan Qingshan and Wan Qingyun to compete with Li Changsheng for the remaining Demon Suppression Envoy slots, and Jiang Qingyun relayed the challenge to Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng defeated Wan Qingshan with Circulatory Bone Refining Fist, breaking through his defenses and leaving him unconscious.
• Wan Qingyun conceded, and Wang He agreed to appoint Li Changsheng as a lower-ranked Demon Suppression Envoy.
• Jiang Qingyun explained the position’s duties, benefits, and exchange options, including the special resources needed for an Exquisite-grade Viscera Martial Art.
• Li Changsheng said he had found his Exquisite-grade Bone Refining Martial Art in the Red Ape Cave library, while Wang He flew into a rage elsewhere.

Wang He revealed that the Thirteenth Prince had sent him to find an inheritance key in Baiye City, which would lead to a tomb containing a Profound Grade tendon-refining martial art. Li Changsheng began refining Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine to earn Merit Points, and Jiang Qingyun came to see him after he accepted the task.

• Wang He refused Zuo An's suggestion to kill Li Changsheng and explained that the Thirteenth Prince's real mission was to find an inheritance key in Baiye City.
• Wang He said the key would lead to a Great Grandmaster's tomb containing a Profound Grade tendon-refining martial art that could help the Thirteenth Prince form an Immaculate Body.
• Wang He gave Zuo An and another subordinate an image of the key and ordered them to investigate discreetly.
• Li Changsheng decided to earn Merit Points by refining high-grade Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine.
• Li Changsheng accepted a Demon Suppression Division task to refine Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine, and Jiang Qingyun came to find him.

Li Changsheng upgraded his Space Dao Fruit to level 3 and used powerful Tiger Flood Dragon Tendon Secret Medicine to advance his tendon cultivation. Meanwhile, Wan Huasheng decided to kill him, and a masked peak Viscera Realm attacker ambushed him as he left to buy herbs.

• Li Changsheng refined high-grade Tiger Tendon Secret Medicine for the Demon Suppression Division until its supply of tiger sinews ran out, then exchanged his Merit Points for Hollow Stones.
• Li Changsheng absorbed the Hollow Stones’ spatial matter, raising his Space Dao Fruit to level 3 and expanding his Dao Fruit space to twenty cubic meters.
• Li Changsheng refined flawless-grade Tiger Flood Dragon Tendon Secret Medicine and used it with the Healing Dao Fruit to reach the Perfection Realm of Copper Sinews.
• Wan Qingshan urged Wan Huasheng to kill Li Changsheng, and Wan Huasheng agreed to attack him when he left the Demon Suppression Division.
• Two days later, Li Changsheng left to buy spiritual herbs, but a masked peak Viscera Realm attacker appeared at an alley entrance and charged at him.

Li Changsheng killed Wan Huasheng after the Wan Family warrior ambushed him, then brought a token drawing from the scene to Jiang Qingyun. Jiang Feng identified it as an Inheritance Key to the tomb of Ye Qingtian, revealing that Wang He and the Thirteenth Prince were secretly searching for the tomb and its Profound Grade Tendon Refining Martial Art inheritance.

• Li Changsheng used the Dragon Bone Domain and his powerful defenses to defeat Wan Huasheng, then killed him after learning he belonged to the Wan Family.
• Li Changsheng returned to the Demon Suppression Division and told Jiang Qingyun about the attack; she promised to manage the fallout and warn the Wan Family.
• Li Changsheng showed Jiang Qingyun the token drawing he had found on Wan Huasheng, and she took it to Jiang Feng for identification.
• Jiang Feng recognized the drawing as an Inheritance Key connected to Ye Qingtian's hidden tomb and deduced that Wang He was searching for it on behalf of the Thirteenth Prince.

After the Inheritance Key led Baiye City's forces to a tomb, they discovered that only warriors below the Qi Refining Realm could enter and that the tomb was deadly. Li Changsheng asked Jiang Qingyun to take him inside when she entered, and she agreed.

• The Jiang Family and other forces learned about the Inheritance Key, while Wang He and Li Changsheng also sought information about it.
• Li Changsheng broke through to the Silver Tendon Realm and advanced several Tendon Refining martial arts to Great Accomplishment.
• Bai Ting, Wang He, and representatives of Baiye City's forces used the Inheritance Key to locate a tomb outside the city.
• The forces discovered that the tomb barred Grandmaster-level warriors and could only be entered by Viscera Realm warriors or those of lower cultivation.
• Viscera Realm warriors sent into the tomb suffered heavy casualties from dangers including Golden Armored Corpse Beetles.
• Li Changsheng asked Jiang Qingyun to bring him into the tomb when she went, and she agreed despite warning that she might not be able to protect him.

Li Changsheng entered the Demon Cave with Jiang Qingyun to seek a Profound Grade Tendon Refining Martial Art, then fought through its demon insects. He deliberately endured the Phosphor Insects’ flames to train his Healing Dao Fruit, which was nearing level 5.

• Li Changsheng cultivated day and night, reached Great Accomplishment Silver Tendon Realm, and raised his Healing Dao Fruit to level 4.
• Jiang Qingyun brought Li Changsheng to the tomb, warned him about the Phosphor Insects, and entered the Demon Cave with him.
• Li Changsheng fought through hundreds of Golden Armored Corpse Beetles, using his Dragon Bone Domain and martial arts to kill them.
• Li Changsheng encountered Phosphor Insects and endured their explosive flames, healing his injuries to increase his Healing Dao Fruit’s experience.
• Li Changsheng swallowed a ball of Phosphor Insect flame, worsening his injuries and rapidly advancing the Healing Dao Fruit toward level 5.

Li Changsheng cleared the first five trials of Ye Qingtian’s Illusion Cave and gained an Exquisite Grade Blood Exchange Martial Art. After defeating ten Crimson Blood Demon Apes in the fifth round, he stood ready to claim the cave’s second reward.

• Li Changsheng killed the Phosphor Insects, collected more than a hundred Blue Heart Flowers, and found the entrance to the Illusion Cave.
• He defeated the first three rounds of Demon Wolf trials and chose the Exquisite Grade Blood Exchange Martial Art, Blazing Sun Blood Refining Fist, as his first reward.
• Li Changsheng defeated twenty Demon Wolves in the fourth round.
• He killed all ten Crimson Blood Demon Apes in the fifth round, overcoming their Crimson Blood Armor with his martial arts and physical strength.

Li Changsheng survived the fifth round of the Illusion Cave trial and obtained the Starlight Tendon Refining Technique, then emerged into a cavern where Ye Qingtian trapped him and attempted to possess his body. As Ye Qingtian’s demon soul reached Li Changsheng’s soul, the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit erupted with radiance and made Ye Qingtian scream.

• Li Changsheng killed all thirty Crimson Blood Demon Apes and cleared the fifth round of the trial.
• Li Changsheng chose and received the incomplete Starlight Tendon Refining Technique, deciding his level 5 Healing Dao Fruit would let him cultivate it safely.
• Li Changsheng left the Illusion Cave and found himself in a vine-filled cavern beside a coffin.
• A Spirit Devouring Demon Vine bound Li Changsheng, and Ye Qingtian revealed he had turned his soul into a demon soul to survive and prepare for possession.
• Ye Qingtian’s demon soul entered Li Changsheng’s sea of consciousness, but the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit released Demon-Slaying Radiance and caused Ye Qingtian to scream.

After killing Ye Qingtian’s demon soul, Li Changsheng used his breakthrough in the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to master the Starlight Tendon Refining Technique and strengthen his tendons before escaping the tomb. Back in Baiye City, he learned from Jiang Qingyun that the Profound Grade martial art could help its possessor pursue an Immaculate Body, and asked her to explain what that meant.

• Li Changsheng’s Demon Slaying Dao Fruit advanced after Ye Qingtian’s demon soul was destroyed, and he cultivated the Starlight Tendon Refining Technique to Perfection while his other martial arts also reached Perfection.
• Li Changsheng used Tiger Flood Dragon Tendon Secret Medicine and sunlight to temper his tendons into Silver Tendons, then uprooted the Spirit Devouring Demon Vine and found the Nine Fiend Demon Soul Chapter beneath Ye Qingtian’s corpse.
• Li Changsheng burned the Nine Fiend Demon Soul Chapter, left the tomb with ordinary herbs and materials, and was searched by Qi Refining Realm martial artists guarding the exit.
• Li Changsheng returned to Baiye City and spent several days refining Tiger Flood Dragon Tendon Secret Medicine at the Demon Suppression Division.
• Jiang Qingyun told Li Changsheng that the tomb might attract a Spirit Refining Realm expert because factions sought its Profound Grade Tendon Refining Martial Art, which could help form an Immaculate Body, and Li Changsheng asked her about it.

After Ye Qingtian's tomb was plundered, Li Changsheng rapidly advanced through the Tendon Refining Realm and awakened the True Dragon Combat Technique. Meanwhile, an entrance appeared on a hill east of Baiye City, shocking the city's forces.

• Three days after the tomb was discovered, Spirit Refining Realm experts joined forces to break Ye Qingtian's formation and obtain the Profound Grade Tendon Refining Martial Art.
• Steward Chen told Wang He that the Thirteenth Prince had ordered him to remain in Baiye City, explaining that the inheritance's spread had erased the prince's advantage in pursuing an Immaculate Body.
• Li Changsheng cultivated with starlight and Flawless-Grade Tiger Flood Dragon Tendon Secret Medicine, advancing from Silver Tendon Perfection to Flood Dragon Tendon Perfection.
• Li Changsheng broke through to the Dragon Tendon Realm and awakened the True Dragon Combat Technique, which improved his fighting skills and control over his body.
• A spatial entrance appeared on a hill six hundred li east of Baiye City, and news of it reached the city, exciting and shocking its forces.

Baiye City’s factions discovered a secret realm that allowed Viscera Realm martial artists to enter and contained an Azure Origin Fruit, a key ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pills. As the Jiang Family, Prince Li Huo, and Li Changsheng prepared to enter, Li Changsheng joined Jiang Qingyun and the Jiang Family on their way to the secret realm.

• Baiye City’s factions learned that the secret realm suppressed Qi Refining Realm martial artists and that it contained an Azure Origin Fruit.
• Jiang Feng told the Jiang Family’s upper ranks that the secret realm might hold the main ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills and offered priority exchange rights to those who brought them back.
• Jiang Qingyun volunteered to enter the secret realm, and Jiang Feng approved her request.
• Prince Li Huo learned of the secret realm and ordered the demons to gather forces to enter it with him.
• Li Changsheng sought to enter with the Jiang Family, and Jiang Qingyun agreed to bring him along.
• Li Changsheng followed Jiang Qingyun and the other Jiang Family members toward the secret realm.