Chapter Summaries

After defeating Yuan Tiandu, Lin Baichuan secluded himself and used the system to advance to the Divine Ability Sixth Layer: Heavenly Man Realm. His breakthrough brought him into a deeper state of understanding the Primordial Qi and the Dao of heaven and earth.

• The Demon Suppression Army debated Lin Baichuan’s strength, while some of his opponents secretly hoped Yuan Tiandu would take control of the Underground Abyss.
• Xue Ningshuang told the white-haired old man that Lin Baichuan had defeated Yuan Tiandu without using the Underground Abyss’s power, and she valued his Array Dao Mastery for a future expedition into the Barren Land.
• Lin Baichuan spent half a month in seclusion and called on the system to burn ten thousand merit points to help him achieve Unity of Heaven and Man.
• The system reported that Lin Baichuan had merged 365 Heavenly Gang Great Divine Abilities into his Heaven and Earth Furnace and advanced to the Heavenly Man Realm.
• Lin Baichuan merged with heaven and earth, perceived the Primordial Qi underlying the world, and entered a deeper state of comprehending the Dao.

Lin Baichuan emerged from seclusion after reaching the late stage of the Divine Ability Sixth Layer and called Tie Zhan to meet him. As an Imperial Court official grew increasingly angry over Lin Baichuan’s delay in reporting to Barbarian Suppression City, Lin Baichuan promised Tie Zhan and his followers a future with ample resources.

• Lin Baichuan reviewed his improved cultivation and abilities, then left seclusion and sent a message summoning Tie Zhan.
• An Imperial Court official complained that Lin Baichuan had to reach Barbarian Suppression City before the Ghost Festival, while a Demon Slaying Captain dismissed his anger.
• Tie Zhan arrived at Lin Baichuan’s courtyard, and Lin Baichuan praised his progress toward the Divine Ability Realm.
• Lin Baichuan credited Tie Zhan’s talent, promised to provide resources for him and the others, and Tie Zhan thanked him for his support.

Lin Baichuan learned that the Imperial Court had sent an envoy to summon him to Barbarian Suppression City and resolved to go there, take control of the Barbarian Suppression Army, and confront those plotting against him. He left Tie Zhan in charge of defending the Underground Abyss from Yuan Tiandu and began preparing a token, pills, and equipment before meeting the envoy.

• Tie Zhan told Lin Baichuan that he had placed the Imperial Court envoy under house arrest while Lin Baichuan was in seclusion.
• Lin Baichuan rejected Tie Zhan’s suggestion to flee and declared that he would go to Barbarian Suppression City and seize control of the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• Lin Baichuan explained that Yuan Tiandu intended to take control of the Underground Abyss, and assigned Tie Zhan to watch him and thwart his plans.
• Lin Baichuan promised to forge a token that would let Tie Zhan draw on the Underground Abyss’s power and help him advance to the Divine Ability Realm.
• Tie Zhan vowed to protect the Underground Abyss, and Lin Baichuan ordered the Imperial Court envoy brought to the reception hall.
• Lin Baichuan went to prepare the token, pills, and equipment for Tie Zhan and the Demon Suppression Division’s upper ranks.

Lin Baichuan received the Imperial Court's transfer order sending him to Barbarian Suppression City and learned that it was meant to expose him to a deadly trap. After warning the officials behind it and crippling their envoy, he prepared to leave the Underground Abyss and arrange matters for his subordinates.

• The Imperial Court's Censor complained that Lin Baichuan had kept him waiting and threatened to impeach him.
• Lin Baichuan entered the reception hall, forced the Censor to explain his visit, and took the transfer order from him.
• Lin Baichuan saw that the order promoted him to Seven-Star Demon Slaying Commandant and required him to take command of the Barbarian Suppression Army in Barbarian Suppression City.
• Lin Baichuan warned the Imperial Court's conspirators that their plan to kill him would fail, then teleported the Censor out of the Underground Abyss and left him badly injured.
• Lin Baichuan summoned Tie Zhan and the other high-ranking officials to prepare the Underground Abyss for his departure and distribute the pills and artifacts he had refined.

Lin Baichuan left the Underground Abyss for Barbarian Suppression City after preparing the Demon Suppression Division to defend itself and leaving Tie Zhan a powerful killing formation. As factions across Great Xia plotted against him, he reached the mountains outside the city and used the Eye of Void Piercing to observe it from afar.

• Lin Baichuan helped Tie Zhan enter the First Layer Mana Realm, installed a killing formation in the Demon Suppression Division, and distributed resources to its leaders and former Mystic Battle Squad members.
• Lin Baichuan flew toward Barbarian Suppression City, while news of his departure spread through Great Xia and stirred the major factions.
• A young scholar in the Imperial Capital ordered an old man to arrange Lin Baichuan's death within a month, blaming him for killing Marquis Beichen.
• Lin Baichuan avoided cities and traveled through the wilderness, reaching the mountains several hundred li from Barbarian Suppression City after three days.
• Lin Baichuan activated the Eye of Void Piercing and looked toward Barbarian Suppression City from the mountain peak.

Lin Baichuan observed Barbarian Suppression City's hidden strength before entering openly, aware that Imperial Court factions were using him and the Barbarian Suppression Army as pieces in a power struggle. He wandered the city instead of heading to the army encampment, waiting for people who hoped to join forces with him.

• Lin Baichuan used the Eye of Void Piercing through the night to assess Barbarian Suppression City's fortune and reconsidered how he had been manipulated into killing Marquis Beichen.
• Lin Baichuan arrived at Barbarian Suppression City's gates and entered openly, while a watcher reported his arrival across the city.
• Barbarian Suppression Army commanders discussed how the Imperial Court's factions intended to use Lin Baichuan and the army against each other, and resolved to fight for survival.
• Lin Baichuan wandered through the city to announce his presence and wait for people who wanted to join forces with him.

Lin Baichuan accepted Jiang Ying’s invitation to First Grade Tower after learning of her Jiang family ties and the Barbarian Suppression Army’s history. As he entered the restaurant, he sensed that someone in the army wanted him dead, but he could not identify who.

• Lin Baichuan wandered through Barbarian Suppression City while unseen watchers followed him.
• A middle-aged man invited Lin Baichuan to a banquet at First Grade Tower on behalf of his Young Miss, Jiang Ying, and Lin Baichuan agreed to go.
• A black-robed youth reported to a middle-aged man that Jiang Ying had summoned Lin Baichuan, and the man ordered him to watch her rather than attack her.
• The middle-aged man said others in the Barbarian Suppression Army would take the lead in killing Lin Baichuan, and that they would strike at the crucial moment.
• Lin Baichuan sensed intense killing intent from someone he believed was connected to the Barbarian Suppression Army, then entered First Grade Tower without stopping.

Lin Baichuan met Jiang Ying, a Saintess of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace and Jiang Canghe’s daughter, who asked to reclaim her father’s Mysterious Ice Spear. He refused to give it away and invited her to make an offer, leaving their negotiation over the weapon underway.

• Lin Baichuan used the Insight Eye to learn Jiang Ying’s identity, cultivation, and karmic sin.
• Jiang Ying approached Lin Baichuan and said she had come to ask him for something.
• Jiang Ying explained that the Mysterious Ice Spear had belonged to her father and offered to trade for or purchase it.
• Lin Baichuan said he would part with the spear only for an acceptable price.
• Jiang Ying offered a Quasi-Treasure Artifact and a Heaven-grade Low-grade Spirit Pill, or ten Heaven-grade High-rank Spirit Pills and three hundred Heaven-grade Low-grade Spirit Pills.

Lin Baichuan rejected Jiang Ying’s generous offers for the Mysterious Ice Spear and offered to return it while reforging it into a Treasure Artifact. He proved he could refine Treasure Artifacts by displaying a Mid-grade war blade and an Alchemy Furnace, leaving Jiang Ying and her guards stunned.

• Lin Baichuan told Jiang Ying he did not need her Heaven-grade Pills or Quasi-Treasure Artifacts and offered to return the Mysterious Ice Spear.
• Jiang Ying doubted Lin Baichuan could refine a Treasure Artifact, given how rare such Artifact Refiners were.
• Lin Baichuan summoned a war blade and revealed it was a Mid-grade Treasure Artifact that he had upgraded after destroying the Du Family.
• Jiang Ying’s guards stared at the war blade, but none dared try to seize it.
• Lin Baichuan said he owned another Mid-grade Treasure Artifact and summoned an Alchemy Furnace above his head.

Lin Baichuan offered to forge Jiang Ying’s Mysterious Ice Spear into a Treasure Artifact in exchange for her help taking control of the Barbarian Suppression Army. After exposing her secret identity and securing her agreement, he planned to use his Artifact Refining skills and growing influence to stop being a pawn in the Great Xia Dynasty’s factional struggles.

• Lin Baichuan displayed his Alchemy Furnace and offered to forge Jiang Ying’s Mysterious Ice Spear into a Treasure Artifact.
• Jiang Ying asked what Lin Baichuan wanted, and he demanded that she use all her strength to help him control the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• Lin Baichuan revealed that Jiang Ying was the Saintess of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace, shocking her with his knowledge of her concealed identity.
• Jiang Ying agreed to assist Lin Baichuan on the condition that he first enhance the Mysterious Ice Spear.
• Lin Baichuan agreed and planned to use his Artifact Refining ability to gain allies and become a player in the Great Xia Dynasty’s political struggles.

Lin Baichuan began refining Jiang Ying’s Mysterious Ice Spear into a Treasure Artifact while Jiang Ying decided to help him seize control of Barbarian Suppression City and the army. The furnace erupted with treasure light, leaving the artifact refinement at a critical moment.

• Lin Baichuan agreed to refine Jiang Ying’s Mysterious Ice Spear into a Treasure Artifact and drew it into his Alchemy Furnace.
• Lin Baichuan drove away diners who probed the second floor, while Jiang Ying ordered Uncle Zhong to clear out those who refused to leave.
• Lin Baichuan used the furnace, frigid qi, and precious materials to refine the spear as Jiang Ying watched his work.
• Jiang Ying resolved to help Lin Baichuan take control of the Barbarian Suppression Army and Barbarian Suppression City, hoping he would eventually punish the court officials she resented.
• The Alchemy Furnace shook violently and sent treasure light surging into the sky.

Lin Baichuan refined the Mysterious Ice Spear into a low-grade treasure artifact, whose birth sent Barbarian Suppression City’s major powers rushing toward First Grade Tower. As the city’s experts gathered, they recognized Lin Baichuan as an Artifact Refining Master and realized his newfound status could reshape the city’s power balance.

• The Mysterious Ice Spear emerged from the Alchemy Furnace as a low-grade treasure artifact, unleashing powerful icy energy across First Grade Tower.
• Jiang Ying realized the treasure’s birth would attract powerful rivals and told Uncle Zhong to summon reinforcements.
• Lin Baichuan used Five Elements Power to trap the spear in a cage when it tried to fly away.
• Divine Ability Realm experts from Barbarian Suppression City’s major forces converged on First Grade Tower to claim the treasure.
• The gathered experts recognized Lin Baichuan as the one who had refined the spear and discussed how his skill would alter the city’s balance of power.

Jiang Ying claimed the newly born Mysterious Ice Spear treasure artifact with Lin Baichuan’s help, but Elder Yun Shan of Nine Tripod Pavilion immediately attacked to seize it. The chapter ended with him striking at Jiang Ying while the factions around First Grade Tower waited for chaos.

• Lin Baichuan urged Jiang Ying to claim the Mysterious Ice Spear, and she entered the Five Elements Prison as its ice dragon was bound by the prison’s formation.
• Jiang Ying used a drop of Essence Blood to refine the Mysterious Ice Spear, which Lin Baichuan’s formation allowed her to claim quickly.
• Jiang Ying returned to First Grade Tower with the treasure artifact, while onlookers chose not to intercept her but waited for a chance to exploit any ensuing disorder.
• Elder Yun Shan of Nine Tripod Pavilion appeared, demanded Jiang Ying hand over the treasure artifact, and pressured her with his Enlightenment Realm power.
• Jiang Ying warned Elder Yun Shan not to attack her, but he dismissed her threat and struck at her with his palm.

Xu Qingshan intervened to protect Jiang Ying from Elder Yun Shan and the other cultivators seeking her treasure artifact, driving them all away. With First Grade Tower empty, Xu Qingshan praised Jiang Ying’s good fortune and turned his attention to Lin Baichuan, recognizing him as an Artifact Refining Master.

• Xu Qingshan appeared beside Jiang Ying and blocked Elder Yun Shan’s attack, revealing his peak Casting Platform Realm strength to Lin Baichuan.
• Xu Qingshan unleashed a nearly complete Sword Domain, frightening away hidden experts and injuring Elder Yun Shan by cutting away at least ten years of his lifespan.
• Xu Qingshan threatened Elder Yun Shan, who fled, then ordered the remaining cultivators to leave First Grade Tower.
• Jiang Ying thanked Xu Qingshan for protecting her, and he reassured her that no one in Barbarian Suppression City could harm her while he was there.
• Xu Qingshan recognized Lin Baichuan as an Artifact Refining Master and remarked that people at court would soon be astonished.

Lin Baichuan won Xu Qingshan’s support by offering to forge him an artifact, while Xu Qingshan advised Jiang Ying to stay with him and refine her artifact. Xu Qingshan outlined the Barbarian Suppression Army’s factions and identified Marquis Beichen’s followers as Lin Baichuan’s main enemies.

• Lin Baichuan offered to forge Xu Qingshan a true artifact-grade longsword for free once Xu gathered the materials, and Xu accepted.
• Jiang Ying offered to help Xu Qingshan find the materials, but he said he already had leads and urged her to stay with him to refine her artifact.
• Xu Qingshan warned that people across Barbarian Suppression City were watching Jiang Ying and that some in the Barbarian Suppression Army opposed her.
• Lin Baichuan asked Xu Qingshan to explain the forces in Barbarian Suppression City and the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• Xu Qingshan described three army factions: Jiang Ying’s weakened allies, a neutral group, and Marquis Beichen’s powerful followers, who were determined to kill Lin Baichuan.

Lin Baichuan sounded the Troop Gathering Drum and assembled Jiang Ying’s fifty thousand troops, forcing Barbarian Suppression Army generals to respond. As the hostile generals headed to the parade grounds, they planned to use his actions as an excuse to have the Hall of Offerings suppress him.

• Lin Baichuan joined Xu Qingshan and Jiang Ying at the garrison, prompting factions across Barbarian Suppression City to react to their alliance.
• Hostile generals learned that neutral forces were reaching out to Lin Baichuan and decided to work with the barbarians to kill him during an attack on the city.
• Lin Baichuan struck the Troop Gathering Drum, summoning the Barbarian Suppression Army to the parade grounds.
• Jiang Ying’s fifty thousand troops entered the parade grounds under their commanders, prepared to cooperate with Lin Baichuan.
• The hostile generals set out for the parade grounds and resolved to demand an explanation and enlist the Hall of Offerings if Lin Baichuan could not provide one.

Lin Baichuan summoned the Barbarian Suppression Army and moved to seize control by targeting Liu Zehu, a grand commander loyal to Marquis Beichen. The chapter ended with Liu Zehu ordering the troops to form a battle formation and suppress Lin Baichuan.

• Hundreds of thousands of Barbarian Suppression Army soldiers gathered as Lin Baichuan beat the Troop Gathering Drum, drawing protests from Liu Zehu and the arrival of rival factions.
• Chen Zhong told Lin Baichuan that Liu Zehu was Marquis Beichen’s confidant and described the factional divisions within the army.
• Lin Baichuan decided to take control swiftly rather than follow Xu Qingshan’s gradual plan, judging that the commanders were no threat to him individually.
• Lin Baichuan ordered Chen Zhong to investigate Liu Zehu over alleged deaths at his residence, and Chen Zhong agreed.
• Liu Zehu accused Lin Baichuan of impersonating the Commander-in-Chief and ordered the soldiers to form up and suppress him.

Lin Baichuan used a formation disk to suppress Liu Zehu and the three hundred thousand troops who had attacked him. He left Liu Zehu and his companions kneeling beneath the formation’s crushing pressure.

• Liu Zehu and the three hundred thousand troops formed a battle array and attacked Lin Baichuan.
• Lin Baichuan released a formation disk that covered the drill ground and crushed the army’s Battle Soul phantom.
• The formation targeted Liu Zehu and his companions, leaving them vomiting blood and unable to resist.
• Lin Baichuan forced Liu Zehu to his knees by crushing his kneecaps.
• After Liu Zehu’s companions cursed and threatened him, Lin Baichuan increased the formation’s pressure and forced them all to their knees.

Lin Baichuan subdued Liu Zehu and the other generals with his Formation Diagram, then waited for the Barbarian Suppression Army's Venerable Pavilion to respond. Luo Kui arrived and accused Lin Baichuan of turning demonic, but Lin Baichuan openly insulted him, leaving the two on the brink of confrontation.

• Lin Baichuan held Liu Zehu and the other generals kneeling under his Formation Diagram and planned to eliminate the faction loyal to Marquis Beichen.
• Lin Baichuan focused on the Venerable Pavilion, whose Enlightenment Realm experts controlled the Barbarian Suppression Army.
• Luo Kui broke through Lin Baichuan's formation and appeared over the training ground, while Lin Baichuan used his Insight Eye to inspect him.
• Luo Kui accused Lin Baichuan of attacking his comrades and worshipping the Evil God.
• Lin Baichuan mocked Luo Kui and blamed men like him for the Barbarian Suppression Army's defeats, while Liu Zehu and the other kneeling generals urged Luo Kui to kill him.

Lin Baichuan’s plan to seize control of the Barbarian Suppression Army advanced as Xu Qingshan revealed that he had won over neutral Attendants and two of Marquis Beichen’s supporters. The two factions faced off on the high platform, leaving the suppressed army watching as a major confrontation loomed.

• Lin Baichuan increased the formation’s pressure, crushing Liu Zehu and the others and provoking Luo Kui.
• Xu Qingshan arrived beside Lin Baichuan and secretly confirmed that two of Marquis Beichen’s supporters and the neutral Attendants had changed sides.
• Xu Qingshan confronted Luo Kui, and six Attendants supporting Marquis Beichen appeared to challenge him.
• Two more Attendants joined Xu Qingshan, revealing that only six of the original eight supporters of Marquis Beichen had arrived.
• Xu Qingshan called out Brother Wang, and five formerly neutral Attendants appeared to stand with him.
• The people on the drill ground realized that fourteen of the Venerable Pavilion’s sixteen active Attendants had gathered, while Lin Baichuan’s formation kept them from fleeing.