Chapter Summaries

Lin Baichuan slaughtered a demon and devil army, collected their cores and hearts, and left Xuanming Valley. He found Yan He and a stronger group holding Li Xuantian, Tie Zhan, and the rest of the Mystic Battle Squad hostage, and Yan He demanded that he surrender.

• Lin Baichuan killed several thousand demons and devils with his Blood Shadow Battle Saber and earned over one hundred thousand Merit Points.
• Lin Baichuan collected the enemies' Demon Cores and devil hearts, then considered buying or refining a larger Space Ring.
• Lin Baichuan left Xuanming Valley and sensed someone watching him from the mountain peak.
• Lin Baichuan saw Yan He with several powerful allies and found Li Xuantian, Tie Zhan, and the Mystic Battle Squad restrained.
• Yan He threatened to kill Lin Baichuan's teammates unless Lin Baichuan came over.

Lin Baichuan reached the mountaintop and discovered that Yan He and the Night Owl Squad had captured the Mystic Battle Squad alongside White Lotus Cult members. After Yan He threatened him, Lin Baichuan killed Chen Yaohui with a single wave, and the others surrounded him.

• Lin Baichuan rushed to the mountaintop, intending to kill Yan He and the Night Owl Squad.
• Tie Zhan warned Lin Baichuan that the Night Owl Squad had colluded with White Lotus Cult members and urged him to escape.
• Lin Baichuan found the Mystic Battle Squad restrained and questioned why they had been captured rather than killed.
• Lin Baichuan accused Yan He of disgracing the Demon Suppression Army, and Chen Yaohui challenged his right to judge the Night Owl Squad.
• Lin Baichuan killed Chen Yaohui with a flash of Blade Qi, prompting the others to surround him.

Lin Baichuan faced Yan He, the Demon Warrior leaders, and the Night Owl Squad as they attacked him together, but his strength overwhelmed them. He killed Yan He and the strongest woman among the remaining leaders, while the battle against the last survivors continued.

• Yan He and the others surrounded Lin Baichuan and launched a combined attack, but his Golden Bell Body Protection blocked their blows and the shockwave injured the Mystic Battle Squad.
• The half-step Core Condensation Realm woman realized Lin Baichuan was far stronger than expected and tried to flee, but his shockwaves shattered the attackers’ assault.
• Lin Baichuan unleashed Blood Kill All Under Heaven, killing dozens of Demon Warriors and Night Owl Squad members while Yan He and four others struggled to resist.
• After Yan He threatened him with the Demon Suppression Army’s higher-ups, Lin Baichuan pierced his brow with Gang Qi and blew apart his head.
• Lin Baichuan rejected the woman’s offer to submit and killed her with a palm strike, leaving three of the original five survivors still resisting.

Lin Baichuan slaughtered the Demon Warriors who had ambushed the Mystic Battle Squad and reunited with the injured team on the mountainside. He grew suspicious of Li Xuantian’s motives after noticing that the captain was unhurt and demanded the Innate Spirit Embryo, and Lin Baichuan kept the artifact’s fate under discussion until they returned to base.

• Lin Baichuan killed the remaining Demon Warriors, collected 6,290 Merit Points, and looted the bodies before heading down the mountain.
• Lin Baichuan found the Mystic Battle Squad recovering in a forest, where everyone had been injured except Li Xuantian, whose wounds appeared faked to him.
• Li Xuantian greeted Lin Baichuan warmly while privately suspecting that he had obtained the Innate Spirit Embryo.
• Li Xuantian asked Lin Baichuan to hand over the Innate Spirit Embryo so he could submit the mission, and Lin Baichuan questioned why he had withdrawn from Xuanming Valley.
• Lin Baichuan confirmed that the Innate Spirit Embryo was in his hands but postponed discussing the mission until they reached the base.

Lin Baichuan returned to the Demon Suppression Army base with the Mystic Battle Squad while keeping the Innate Spirit Embryo from Li Xuantian. Unbeknownst to him, two black-robed figures had begun watching the squad, and Li Xuantian again asked him to hand over the embryo.

• Lin Baichuan agreed to return to the base with the squad while secretly planning to deal with Li Xuantian and win over the other members.
• Two Black Robe Figures arrived at the mountain after the squad left, identified Lin Baichuan as the likely killer, and ordered their people to watch him and Li Xuantian.
• The Mystic Battle Squad returned safely to its courtyard, where Tie Zhan and Qin Qing warned everyone not to discuss the Night Owl Squad or its collusion with Demon Warriors.
• Li Xuantian told the squad to keep the Innate Spirit Embryo secret, then asked Lin Baichuan to give it to him so he could submit the mission.

Lin Baichuan confronted Li Xuantian over the secret mission and the Innate Spirit Embryo, accusing him of hiding his strength and serving someone outside the Demon Suppression Army. Tie Zhan backed Lin Baichuan, and the chapter ended as Li Xuantian revealed his power to defend himself against Lin Baichuan’s lethal strike.

• Li Xuantian promised the Mystic Battle Squad a fortune in rewards and demanded that Lin Baichuan hand over the Innate Spirit Embryo so he could submit the mission.
• Lin Baichuan refused, challenged Li Xuantian to identify who had assigned the mission, and claimed he had never obtained the embryo.
• Tie Zhan stood with Lin Baichuan and insisted that, as Li Xuantian’s equal in rank, he had the right to know the mission’s source and rewards.
• Lin Baichuan accused Li Xuantian of concealing his strength and serving someone outside the Demon Suppression Army, shocking the squad.
• Lin Baichuan struck Li Xuantian with a killing blow, forcing Li Xuantian to unleash his hidden strength and punch back.

Li Xuantian’s hidden strength and attempt to seize the Innate Spirit Embryo exposed his betrayal of the Mystic Battle Squad. He left without revealing who was behind him, while Lin Baichuan and the squad were left to face the fallout.

• Li Xuantian revealed his true strength while blocking Lin Baichuan, prompting Qin Qing to question him about his concealed power and suspicious mission.
• Qin Qing challenged Li Xuantian over the mission’s lack of official records, and Lin Baichuan accused him of undervaluing the Innate Spirit Embryo and trying to profit from it.
• Lin Baichuan said the Innate Spirit Embryo could be worth one billion Contribution Points and threatened to exchange it at the Treasures Pavilion, alarming Li Xuantian and the squad.
• Li Xuantian admitted he had acted out of greed for Contribution Points, then asked Lin Baichuan to name his price for the treasure.
• Lin Baichuan offered to negotiate if Li Xuantian revealed who stood behind him, but Li Xuantian laughed and left without answering.
• The Mystic Battle Squad fell into dejection over Li Xuantian’s betrayal, and Tie Zhan asked Lin Baichuan what he planned to do.

Lin Baichuan and Qin Qing discussed the suspicious mission and the Innate Spirit Embryo, agreeing to keep it hidden while Qin investigated the Demon Suppression Army. Meanwhile, Li Xuantian reported to a mysterious figure that Lin Baichuan held the embryo, and they planned to obtain it by any means necessary.

• Tie Zhan questioned Lin Baichuan about Li Xuantian’s strange behavior, and Lin Baichuan said he suspected Li was acting for a higher-up.
• Lin Baichuan explained that the Innate Spirit Embryo was worth far more than the mission’s stated reward and wondered whether Li Xuantian had acted alone or served someone within the Demon Suppression Army.
• Qin Qing agreed to investigate the higher-up behind the mission and asked Lin Baichuan not to reveal or sell the Innate Spirit Embryo for now; he agreed.
• Lin Baichuan left for Treasures Pavilion to sell demon spoils and obtain spirit herbs for pill refinement.
• Li Xuantian met a mysterious figure in an underground chamber and reported that Lin Baichuan had the Innate Spirit Embryo.
• The mysterious figure promised Li Xuantian a reward and said they would use force if Lin Baichuan refused to give up the embryo.

Lin Baichuan sold the spoils from his own kills at Treasures Pavilion and bought medicinal herbs to prepare for refining pills. He then found a large storage artifact he wanted, but its price was far beyond what he could afford without selling the Innate Spirit Embryo, which he had promised Qin Qing not to sell yet.

• Lin Baichuan went alone to Treasures Pavilion’s third floor and asked Zi Xi to appraise the Demon Cores, demon hearts, spirit artifacts, and other materials he had collected.
• Lin Baichuan gave Zi Xi a list of medicinal herbs he wanted, and she appraised his goods at 32.81 million Contribution Points.
• Lin Baichuan bargained for 33 million Contribution Points, and Zi Xi accepted the deal.
• Zi Xi quoted 21 million Contribution Points for the herbs, and Lin Baichuan agreed to buy them immediately.
• Lin Baichuan asked about storage artifacts and learned that a Mystic Grade High-Quality Spirit Gourd with a hundred-zhang interior cost at least 78 million Contribution Points.
• Lin Baichuan realized he could not afford the Spirit Gourd without selling the Innate Spirit Embryo, but he had promised Qin Qing not to sell it yet.

Lin Baichuan moved into a new courtyard and refined a Dragon Tiger Great Pill to prepare for a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Qin Qing investigated Li Xuantian’s hidden connection to Yuan Ze and ordered her people to uncover who was behind him.

• Lin Baichuan spent 100,000 Contribution Points on a new courtyard and began refining pills with the herbs he had purchased.
• Qin Qing learned that Yuan Ze had secretly sought an Innate Spirit Embryo and suspected someone else was behind Li Xuantian.
• Qin Qing ordered an investigation into the person behind Li Xuantian.
• Lin Baichuan successfully refined a Heaven-grade High-rank Dragon Tiger Great Pill on his first attempt.
• Lin Baichuan swallowed the pill, intending to reach the Core Condensation Realm and condense a solid core.

Lin Baichuan used a Dragon Tiger Great Pill and merit points to break through to the Solid Core stage and advance his martial understanding. He emerged with a Half-step Saber Domain and strength more than a hundred times greater than before.

• Lin Baichuan spent fifty thousand merit points to enhance the Five Elements Golden Bell Shield and another fifty thousand to improve his saber, wind, earth, metal, and water intents.
• In a reincarnated lifetime, Lin Baichuan refined the pill, reached the Solid Core stage, perfected several True Intents, comprehended the Five Elements, and developed the embryonic form of a domain before dying without mastering one.
• Lin Baichuan returned from the reincarnation experience with its accumulated energy and insights, transformed his Gang Qi into True Essence, and condensed a Virtual Core.
• Lin Baichuan used the remaining pill energy and merit-enhanced insights to solidify his core and reach the First Rank Core Condensation Realm.
• Lin Baichuan recognized that he had reached the Half-step Saber Domain and checked his Attribute Panel.

Lin Baichuan finished refining nine more Dragon Tiger Great Pills and set out to sell them for Contribution Points. On the way to the Treasures Pavilion, a Golden Core True Person blocked his path and invited him to meet his Young Miss, whom Lin Baichuan was acquainted with.

• Lin Baichuan found that his Attribute Panel now listed Poison Arts, alchemy, and artifact refinement, each at second rank, and reflected on his new Half-step Saber Domain.
• He refined the remaining nine batches of Dragon Tiger Great Pills with a one hundred percent success rate.
• Lin Baichuan left his courtyard to sell the pills at the Treasures Pavilion and other merchant associations.
• A middle-aged man in a coarse linen robe blocked Lin Baichuan on the garrison's main street and revealed himself to be a Golden Core True Person.
• The man said his Young Miss had sent him to invite Lin Baichuan for a talk, and Lin Baichuan followed him to find out who she was.

Lin Baichuan met Qin Qing and learned that Li Xuantian had sought the Innate Spirit Embryo to curry favor with Yuan Ze, the Demon Suppression Army’s Seventh Commander. With Li Xuantian sent to a hidden cultivation treasury, Qin Qing offered Lin Baichuan a place in a Cave Heaven Blessed Land if he became a guest elder of the Qin Family, but he refused and chose to keep hunting demons in the Underground Abyss.

• Lin Baichuan followed Qin Qing’s servant to her courtyard and was surprised by her noble bearing and powerful background.
• Qin Qing told Lin Baichuan that Li Xuantian had taken the Innate Spirit Embryo to gain Yuan Ze’s favor and that a powerful, hidden force backed him.
• Lin Baichuan wanted to capture Li Xuantian, but Qin Qing revealed that he had been promoted and sent to a Cave Heaven Blessed Land.
• Qin Qing offered Lin Baichuan a cultivation slot if he became a guest elder of the Qin Family.
• Lin Baichuan refused Qin Qing’s offer and left, choosing to earn merit by killing demons and devils.

After rejecting Qin Qing's invitation, Lin Baichuan went to the Treasures Pavilion to sell Dragon Tiger Great Pills and considered disposing of the Innate Spirit Embryo. The pill required testing, so he waited while planning how to spend the Contribution Points from selling nine pills.

• Lin Baichuan left Qin Qing's courtyard, and Qin Qing warned her middle-aged subordinate not to provoke him.
• Lin Baichuan decided to stop pursuing Li Xuantian for now and considered selling the Innate Spirit Embryo.
• Lin Baichuan went to the Treasures Pavilion, where Zi Xi greeted him and led him to a private room.
• Lin Baichuan presented Zi Xi with a Dragon Tiger Great Pill for appraisal, and she said testing would take no more than two hours.
• Lin Baichuan headed to the second-floor hall to browse for treasures while the Treasures Pavilion tested the pill.

Zi Xi brought Lin Baichuan’s Dragon Tiger Great Pill to Elder Yun, the Treasures Pavilion’s chief alchemist, who confirmed its extraordinary quality and suspected Lin Baichuan had refined it himself. After Lin Baichuan found no suitable equipment on the second floor, Elder Yun confronted him in his private room about his alchemy skills.

• Lin Baichuan searched the second floor for better equipment but found nothing suitable among the Earth-grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Zi Xi showed Elder Yun the Dragon Tiger Great Pill, and he identified it as a supreme-quality Heaven-grade High-rank Spirit Pill.
• Elder Yun asked Zi Xi to take him to the pill’s seller, believing its refiner might be a Pill Dao Master.
• Lin Baichuan sensed Zi Xi and Elder Yun approaching, recognized Elder Yun as an alchemist, and returned to his private room.
• Elder Yun met Lin Baichuan and asked whether he had personally refined the Dragon Tiger Great Pill.

Lin Baichuan sold nine Dragon Tiger Great Pills to Treasures Pavilion for 315 million Contribution Points and revealed that he had attained Pill Dao Master rank. Elder Yun’s admiration turned to renewed hope that he might advance in pill refinement.

• Elder Yun appraised Lin Baichuan’s Dragon Tiger Great Pill as exceptionally pure and offered either an auction or a direct purchase for thirty-five million Contribution Points per pill.
• Lin Baichuan chose the direct sale because he urgently needed Contribution Points and did not want to wait for an auction.
• Lin Baichuan produced eight more Dragon Tiger Great Pills, bringing the sale to nine pills worth 315 million Contribution Points.
• Elder Yun inspected the additional pills, praised Lin Baichuan’s skill, and declared that he had likely reached Pill Dao Master rank.
• Lin Baichuan privately recognized that his pill-refining mastery was already at Pill Dao Grandmaster level and resolved to pursue even greater heights.
• Elder Yun, who had long been unable to advance beyond advanced pill refiner, felt hope rekindle after learning of Lin Baichuan’s attainment.

Lin Baichuan spent his Contribution Points on upgraded equipment and herbs to refine more Dragon Tiger Great Pills, planning to reach the Golden Core Realm and pursue the Earth Origin Pearl. As he returned to his courtyard, Elder Yun waited for another chance to approach him, while a secret group debated how to obtain the rumored Innate Spirit Embryo.

• Lin Baichuan exchanged his Contribution Points for a Spirit Gourd, a larger Space Ring, Low-grade Heavenly Spirit Artifact equipment, and herbs for refining Dragon Tiger Great Pills.
• Lin Baichuan planned to refine more pills, advance to the Golden Core Realm, and seek the Earth Origin Pearl in Burial God Abyss.
• Elder Yun told Zi Xi he would wait until Lin Baichuan returned before asking him for Pill Dao guidance.
• A group hiding in a dark courtyard discussed Lin Baichuan's refusal to sell the Innate Spirit Embryo and considered capturing and interrogating him.

Lin Baichuan spent a month refining Dragon Tiger Great Pills, greatly increasing his strength, before Tie Zhan and the other Mystic Battle Squad members arrived with news of a summons for every Special Operations Squad. They told him Li Xuantian had quit the squad and been sent away for secret training, while Qin Qing was still absent.

• Lin Baichuan refined ninety Dragon Tiger Great Pills over a month and strengthened his cultivation and body.
• Lin Baichuan sensed Tie Zhan and the other Mystic Battle Squad members approaching and invited them into his courtyard.
• Tie Zhan told Lin Baichuan that every Special Operations Squad had been summoned, possibly in preparation for a major conflict with the demons.
• Tie Zhan explained that Li Xuantian had resigned from the Mystic Battle Squad and been sent to a mysterious place for cultivation.
• Meng Zikun accused Li Xuantian of deceiving and exploiting the squad, while Lin Baichuan remained detached.

Lin Baichuan accepted the Mystic Battle Squad members’ request to become their captain, setting conditions that gave him full authority while promising to support their cultivation. He declared his goal of leading the squad to become the number one Special Operations Squad and revealed six Dragon Tiger Great Pills as proof that he could help them advance.

• Tie Zhan and the others asked Lin Baichuan to become the Mystic Battle Squad’s captain after Li Xuantian and Qin Qing left.
• Lin Baichuan said he would accept only if the squad obeyed his decisions, members needed his consent to leave, and he could provide cultivation resources.
• Meng Zikun and the others agreed to follow Lin Baichuan, while Tie Zhan asked what future he planned for the squad.
• Lin Baichuan set the goal of making the Mystic Battle Squad the number one Special Operations Squad and vowed to raise every member to the First Rank Pill Condensing realm.
• Lin Baichuan produced six Dragon Tiger Great Pills, saying they could help the squad members advance their cultivation.

Lin Baichuan gave Dragon Tiger Great Pills to the Mystic Battle Squad and stood guard while they refined them to advance their cultivation. Outside, factions recalled their people to the Underground Abyss, its passage was sealed, and Lin Baichuan sensed a great calamity approaching.

• Lin Baichuan gave each of the six Mystic Battle Squad members a Dragon Tiger Great Pill, despite their protests that the Heaven-grade pills were too precious to accept.
• Tie Zhan and the others accepted the pills, and Lin Baichuan told them to refine them in his courtyard before heading to the Underground Abyss gathering point.
• Lin Baichuan remained on guard as the squad members refined their pills and tried to break through to the next realm.
• Special Operations Squads, Rogue Cultivators, clan and sect disciples, and demon hunters returned to the camp as tension mounted.
• People trying to leave the Underground Abyss discovered that the passage had been sealed and that the Demon Suppression Army required a pass to exit.
• Lin Baichuan sensed grim Killing Intent and surging calamity aura, though he and the Mystic Battle Squad remained unaware of the camp's unrest.