Chapter Summaries

Lin Baichuan reflected on his Primordial Array Dao General Outline inheritance and enhanced cultivation before three Demon Suppression Division commanders arrived to take him to headquarters for an investigation. He refused to go with them, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Baichuan considered how the first layer of the Primordial Array Dao General Outline had raised his Array Dao Mastery to the fourth tier, though he could not yet form the cave valley’s powerful legal array.
• Lin Baichuan examined his three-foot-three-inch star vortex and the continuing improvements to his body and innate talent from the Primordial Yellow Mother Qi.
• Lu Chen, Zhu Hao, and Fang Feiyan tracked Lin Baichuan down and demanded that he return to Demon Suppression Division headquarters for an investigation connected to Marquis Beichen.
• Lin Baichuan dismissed Zhu Hao’s hostile rebuke, questioned Lu Chen about their orders, and asked what they would do if he refused to go with them.

Lin Baichuan shattered Zhu Hao’s Crimson Flame Palm and gravely wounded him with a single slash, then refused the Demon Suppression Division’s order and vanished. Fang Feiyan and Lu Chen decided to report his strength to their superiors, while Zhu Hao secretly vowed revenge against all three.

• Zhu Hao attacked Lin Baichuan with his Divine Ability, Crimson Flame Palm, after Lin refused to accompany the Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin Baichuan’s power destroyed the giant flaming palm, and his Blade Qi slashed Zhu Hao nearly to death.
• Lin Baichuan spared Zhu Hao because he belonged to the Demon Suppression Division, warned Fang Feiyan and Lu Chen, and vanished after refusing to go with them.
• Fang Feiyan and Lu Chen judged Lin Baichuan far stronger than their intelligence suggested, and Fang Feiyan gave Zhu Hao a medicinal pill to save him.
• Zhu Hao concealed his resentment and vowed to make Lu Chen and Fang Feiyan pay, while resolving to kill Lin Baichuan by any means.

Lin Baichuan killed Zhu Hao after overhearing his threats, then decided to avoid Demon Suppression Division headquarters and head to Eastern Wasteland Prefecture instead. Lu Chen and Fang Feiyan prepared to return to the Imperial Capital with Zhu Hao’s body, fearing the consequences.

• Zhu Hao threatened to torture Lin Baichuan, while Lu Chen warned him against seeking revenge and Fang Feiyan stayed silent.
• Lin Baichuan used a Wind-Thunder Arrow from a hillside to kill Zhu Hao, earning more than eight hundred taels of merit.
• Lin Baichuan suspected Zhu Hao was connected to the Zhu family and Marquis Beichen, and concluded he needed to kill Marquis Beichen to end the pressure on him.
• Lin Baichuan decided not to go to Demon Suppression Division headquarters and instead headed for the Eastern Wasteland Prefecture Demon Suppression Division to learn divine abilities.
• Lu Chen and Fang Feiyan discussed returning to the Imperial Capital with Zhu Hao’s corpse, knowing his death would bring trouble from their superiors and the Zhu family.

Lin Baichuan entered the Eastern Wasteland Prefecture Demon Suppression Division, intending to reach its Scripture Pavilion. His genuine three-star identity plaque let him pass the outer guards, but a captain who did not recognize him ordered his arrest.

• News spread that Lin Baichuan had destroyed the Great Yi Sect, and the powers of Eastern Wasteland Prefecture speculated about his next move.
• Lin Baichuan entered Eastern Wasteland Prefecture City alone and headed to the Demon Suppression Division headquarters.
• Lin Baichuan showed the gate guards his three-star Demon Slaying Commandant identity plaque and entered the headquarters.
• Lin Baichuan asked for directions to the Scripture Pavilion and passed several checkpoints without incident.
• A middle-aged Demon Slaying Captain outside the Scripture Pavilion accused Lin Baichuan of impersonating a Commandant and ordered his men to seize him.

Lin Baichuan killed the guards who attacked him outside the Scripture Pavilion, then faced Wang Tianxing’s Heaven-grade Spirit Artifact, the Prison Suppressing Peak. He blasted the artifact into the air and cracked it with a single punch.

• A middle-aged Demon Slaying Captain and his guards attacked Lin Baichuan, who killed them all with a roar carrying lightning true intent.
• Lin Baichuan prepared to enter the Scripture Pavilion, but the Prison Suppressing Peak descended from above and attacked him.
• Onlookers identified the artifact and its wielder as Wang Tianxing, a powerful three-star commandant who had returned to the Eastern Wasteland Prefecture.
• Lin Baichuan struck the Prison Suppressing Peak with a punch that formed a savage bull from his dharma power.
• The punch sent the mountain artifact hundreds of zhang into the sky and spread cracks across its surface.

Lin Baichuan defeated Wang Tianxing, destroying his war spear and nearly killing him before a powerful guardian intervened. The guardian shielded Wang Tianxing and offered Lin Baichuan free access to the Scripture Pavilion, but Lin Baichuan doubted his sincerity.

• Lin Baichuan seized Wang Tianxing's damaged Prison Suppressing Peak and drew it toward himself.
• Wang Tianxing attacked Lin Baichuan with his war spear, but Lin Baichuan's Protective Barrier stopped it and his palm shattered the weapon.
• Lin Baichuan caught up to the wounded Wang Tianxing and moved to crush his head with a stomp.
• An Elder in coarse clothes struck Lin Baichuan with a powerful punch, forcing him to abandon his attack and retreat.
• The Elder in coarse clothes shielded Wang Tianxing and told Lin Baichuan he could enter the Scripture Pavilion freely, while Lin Baichuan questioned the offer's sincerity.

Lin Baichuan threatened to kill Wang Tianxing, but the Elder in coarse clothes secured his safety by granting Lin exclusive use of the Scripture Pavilion for a month. Lin entered the pavilion to cultivate, while the Elder recognized how dangerous his strength had become.

• Wang Tianxing invoked his master, a Deputy Division Chief of the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division, to threaten Lin Baichuan.
• Lin Baichuan unleashed his killing intent and prepared to attack Wang Tianxing, but the Elder in coarse clothes shielded him with a Protective Barrier.
• The Elder offered compensation to spare Wang Tianxing, and Lin Baichuan demanded exclusive use of the Scripture Pavilion for a month.
• The Elder agreed to keep everyone else out of the pavilion, and Lin Baichuan entered it using Wind Thunder Power.
• The Elder in coarse clothes marveled at Lin Baichuan's strength and concluded that Wang Tianxing was no match for a true Heavenly Prodigy.

Lin Baichuan explored the Scripture Pavilion’s collection of Divine Abilities and learned that cultivating too many could make an Innate Divine Ability talisman kill its own bearer. He left determined to use his system and merit to pursue ninety-nine Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities.

• Lin Baichuan rushed to the Scripture Pavilion’s third floor, where the Divine Abilities were kept.
• He resolved to bring the Demon Suppression Army of the Underground Abyss under his control and declared that he would one day claim the Great Xia Dynasty’s throne.
• Lin Baichuan broke the seals on the two Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities and found that both suited his elemental paths.
• He examined the twenty-one Earthly Fiend Great Divine Abilities and judged that nineteen fit his system, while the rest would not aid his Innate Divine Ability.
• Lin Baichuan considered the danger of an Innate Divine Ability talisman overwhelming its bearer, but set himself a goal of cultivating ninety-nine Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities with the help of merit.

Lin Baichuan cultivated ninety-nine divine abilities at once in the Scripture Pavilion, while Elder Xu protected him with the Pavilion’s Guardian Array. Injured Wang Tianxing plotted to kill Lin Baichuan once he left the city.

• Lin Baichuan selected over a hundred divine abilities and began comprehending ninety-nine of them simultaneously in the Scripture Pavilion.
• He used merit to advance the ninety-nine abilities, reaching completion with his Lesser Divine Abilities and major accomplishment with his Greater Divine Abilities in ten days.
• Elder Xu sensed Lin Baichuan’s growing power, sent a jade talisman to the Demon Suppression Division, and activated the Scripture Pavilion’s Guardian Array to protect him.
• Wang Tianxing saw the array activate and angrily accused Elder Xu of protecting Lin Baichuan.
• A middle-aged man in brocade robes told Wang Tianxing that his plan would take time, and Wang Tianxing said he intended to kill Lin Baichuan after he left the city.

Lin Baichuan completed three years of cultivation in the Scripture Pavilion, mastering 108 Heavenly Gang Great Divine Abilities and advancing to the Divine Ability Fourth Layer, the Yin-Yang Realm. After assessing his immense increase in power, he left to settle old debts.

• Wang Tianxing told a middle-aged man that he had arranged for someone to intercept and kill Lin Baichuan after he left the city, but refused to name them.
• The middle-aged man warned Wang Tianxing against risking his future, then left the courtyard regretting his Lineage’s investment in him.
• After three years in the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Baichuan completed his cultivation and comprehended the Yin-Yang Dao, reaching the Divine Ability Fourth Layer.
• Lin Baichuan saw that he had perfected 108 Heavenly Gang Great Divine Abilities, expanded his Star Vortex, and raised his Blade Domain to 99%.
• Lin Baichuan judged that he could defeat opponents at the Divine Ability Seventh or Eighth Layer, then used his Wind and Lightning Wings to leave and settle old debts.

After failing to find Wang Tianxing, Lin Baichuan headed for the border to kill Marquis Beichen and confront the forces that had opposed him. On the way, Demon Warriors ambushed him, and he crushed their sword attack before launching a counterattack.

• Lin Baichuan discovered that Wang Tianxing had left Eastern Wasteland Prefecture City and vowed to settle accounts with him later.
• The Elder in coarse clothes sensed Lin Baichuan had departed and worried that Wang Tianxing might foolishly provoke him.
• Lin Baichuan left for the border, intending to kill Marquis Beichen and later punish the other allied forces.
• Demon Warriors attacked Lin Baichuan with a sword art as he crossed a mountain range, but his Mighty Ox Heaven Shaker shattered their attack and destroyed their hiding place.
• Lin Baichuan used Grasping Wind Divine Palm to suppress the fleeing Demon Warriors, while an ox-head-masked Demon Warrior blamed Wang Tianxing for giving them false intelligence.

Lin Baichuan slaughtered the Demon Warriors who had been manipulated by Wang Tianxing, then headed for the border to confront Marquis Beichen. Wang Tianxing returned to Eastern Wasteland Prefecture City boasting of a powerful inheritance, only to learn that Lin Baichuan had killed everyone he sent out.

• Lin Baichuan pretended Wang Tianxing had betrayed the Demon Warriors, but the tiger-masked warrior saw through his deception and ordered the others to flee and spread the news.
• Lin Baichuan unleashed a storm that tore apart all the Demon Warriors, including their strongest Divine Ability Sixth Layer fighter.
• Lin Baichuan vowed to kill Wang Tianxing after dealing with Marquis Beichen and vanished toward the border.
• Wang Tianxing returned to the Demon Suppression Division riding a fifth-rank Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf and celebrated the inheritance he had found in a ruined hidden realm.
• Wang Tianxing entered his courtyard, where a mysterious black-robed man told him that Lin Baichuan was stronger than expected and had mastered multiple Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities.

Lin Baichuan reached Barbarian Suppression City after spending ten days investigating its defenses and Marquis Beichen, Ye Linshan. He suspected Ye Linshan had colluded with the barbarians and wondered who in the Imperial Court was hiding it from the emperor.

• Wang Tianxing agreed to compensate the organization and pay more for renewed attempts to assassinate Lin Baichuan.
• The organization’s representative warned Wang Tianxing that Lin Baichuan was far stronger than his intelligence had indicated and that a new assessment would take time.
• Lin Baichuan traveled north toward Barbarian Suppression City, slowing down to gather intelligence along the way.
• After ten days of investigation, Lin Baichuan concluded that Ye Linshan’s border policies suggested he had colluded with the barbarians.
• Lin Baichuan reasoned that someone in the Imperial Court might be concealing Ye Linshan’s actions from the emperor.

Lin Baichuan spent seven days establishing the Earthen Seven Kill Formation around Barbarian Suppression City to counter its Guardian Array and prepare to kill Marquis Beichen, Ye Linshan. With the formation complete, he appeared at the city gates and challenged Ye Linshan to come out and die.

• Lin Baichuan circled Barbarian Suppression City and began laying the Earthen Seven Kill Formation, using the earth veins and surrounding terrain to suppress the city's defenses.
• For seven days, Lin Baichuan planted spiritual materials across the mountains, rivers, and marshes around the city, linking them into a vast formation.
• Lin Baichuan drove the final formation base underground, causing a brief tremor as the formation spread across the region.
• After completing the formation, Lin Baichuan flew to Barbarian Suppression City's gates and roared for Marquis Beichen, Ye Linshan, to come out and die.

Lin Baichuan confronted Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan outside Barbarian Suppression City, accusing him of colluding with demons and barbarians before attacking him. His public accusations exposed the suppressed truth about the Beichen Marquisate to the city as the two sides faced off.

• Lin Baichuan's roar drew attention across Barbarian Suppression City, and residents recognized him as a Divine Ability Realm expert from the Demon Suppression Division.
• Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan learned that Lin Baichuan was outside the city and led Barbarian Suppression Army generals to meet him.
• Lin Baichuan waited above the city gates, his pressure overwhelming the soldiers without harming them.
• Ye Linshan threatened to kill Lin Baichuan, who accused him of colluding with demons and barbarians and announced he had come to arrest him.
• Lin Baichuan attacked Ye Linshan with Blade Qi, while his accusations about the Beichen Marquisate and Madam Cui spread through the city.

Lin Baichuan attacked Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan but first killed a Barbarian Suppression Army general with his Mighty Ox Heaven Shaker divine ability. He then overwhelmed a group of generals defending Barbarian Suppression City, and the city’s protective barrier appeared as the resulting energy surged toward its walls.

• Ye Linshan ordered his men to kill Lin Baichuan, and a Barbarian Suppression Army general charged at him with a fire-dragon attack.
• Lin Baichuan struck the general with Mighty Ox Heaven Shaker, killing him and allowing the manifested Mighty Ox to consume his remains and grow larger.
• More than twenty Barbarian Suppression Army generals attacked the Mighty Ox, but their combined force shattered the Fifth Layer expert’s divine ability talisman before the Mighty Ox also exploded.
• The blast’s energy swept toward Barbarian Suppression City, and a formation activated to shield the city with a protective barrier.

Lin Baichuan used the Earthen Seven Kill Formation to suppress Barbarian Suppression City's Guardian Array and weaken everyone inside, then attacked Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan. The chapter ended as Ye Linshan rose to meet Lin Baichuan's Mystic Thunder World-Ending Palm with a punch and the strike of a colossal beast phantom.

• Marquis Beichen laughed when the Guardian Array blocked Lin Baichuan's attack and threatened him with incoming attendants.
• Lin Baichuan activated the Earthen Seven Kill Formation, making Barbarian Suppression City tremble and its defensive barrier ripple under the pressure.
• The formation suppressed the city's inhabitants and injured the Guardian Array's scholarly controller, who warned Marquis Beichen that Lin Baichuan had exploited the array's weakness.
• Lin Baichuan attacked Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan with the Heavenly Gang Divine Ability Mystic Thunder World-Ending Palm, cracking the city walls.
• Ye Linshan soared into the air and countered with a punch as the enormous beast phantom behind him swung its claw at the thunder palm.

Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan revealed that he had reached the Divine Ability Eighth Layer, Calamity Realm, while fighting Lin Baichuan outside Barbarian Suppression City. Lin Baichuan remained confident after the Insight Eye showed Ye Linshan’s identity, strength, and Karma Value of 5391.

• Ye Linshan shattered Lin Baichuan’s colossal lightning palm with a punch and revealed his Calamity Realm strength, shocking the people of Barbarian Suppression City.
• A group of Divine Ability experts discussed Ye Linshan’s hidden strength and the danger to their faction, but the woman in white warned them not to intervene.
• The woman in white said Lin Baichuan was not as simple as they believed and that the real show had only just begun.
• Lin Baichuan revealed that the Insight Eye had already shown him Ye Linshan’s cultivation and identity.
• Lin Baichuan saw that Ye Linshan’s Karma Value was 5391, the highest he had encountered, and judged him to be a demon.

Lin Baichuan confronted Marquis Beichen Ye Linshan in Barbarian Suppression City, where Ye Linshan attacked with a Quasi-Treasure Artifact. Lin Baichuan used the city's Earthen Seven Kill Formation to shatter the attack and wound Ye Linshan, then rushed forward with his blade.

• Lin Baichuan resolved to kill Ye Linshan, believing his enormous Karma Value came from colluding with the barbarians and causing Great Xia citizens' deaths.
• Ye Linshan summoned his Mysterious Ice Spear and sent a huge ice dragon toward Lin Baichuan.
• Lin Baichuan countered with Heavenly Fire Burning Soldier, but Ye Linshan's ice dragon overwhelmed the flames and grew larger.
• Lin Baichuan activated the Earthen Seven Kill Formation, which crushed the ice dragon, knocked the spear into the ground, and made Ye Linshan spit blood.
• Lin Baichuan used his luminous wings to reach Ye Linshan and slashed at him with a battle blade.

Lin Baichuan killed Marquis Beichen, Ye Linshan, after overcoming the Venerable Pavilion expert’s attempt to intervene. The enraged expert revealed strength at the peak of Divine Ability Ten Stages and struck at Lin Baichuan, who fled just before the giant palm hit.

• Lin Baichuan used his blade domain and World Burying Three Blades: Earth Burial to badly wound Ye Linshan.
• A Venerable Pavilion expert in the Dharma Form Realm intervened, but Lin Baichuan used the Earthen Seven Kill Formation to hold him back.
• Lin Baichuan cut off Ye Linshan’s head, blasted it apart, and burned his body to ash, earning 2 taels and 5 qian of merit.
• The Venerable Pavilion expert raged at Ye Linshan’s death and unleashed a stronger attack that began to break the formation.
• Lin Baichuan realized the expert was at the peak of Divine Ability Ten Stages and used a bronze battle spear and Wind Thunder Wings to flee as the giant palm struck his former position.