Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing perfected a Five Elements-based cultivation method for the Qi Sea Realm and used it to rapidly expand his Dantian Qi Sea. His cultivation stirred up the Spiritual Energy across North Sea Commandery City, drawing powerful figures toward his courtyard, so he stopped absorbing energy but continued expanding his Qi Sea.

• Lin Changqing spent the night deducing and perfecting a Qi Sea Realm cultivation method and corresponding Martial Skills based on the Five Elements Technique.
• At dawn, Lin Changqing circulated his new method, absorbing and refining Spiritual Energy at more than a hundred times his previous efficiency.
• Lin Changqing began expanding his Qi Sea toward a Ten-Zhang Qi Sea, surpassing the human limit he described.
• His cultivation drew Spiritual Energy across North Sea Commandery City and alerted martial arts experts, some of whom rushed toward his courtyard.
• Lin Changqing sensed the commotion through Spiritual Perception and stopped absorbing Spiritual Energy while continuing to expand his Qi Sea.

Lin Changqing broke the human limit by expanding his Qi Sea to ten zhang and named his cultivation method the Five Elements Dao Seeking Scripture. After leaving his room to consolidate his gains, he sensed Ji Tao and a squad of demon slaying guards approaching his courtyard to investigate Ji Hong’s death.

• Lin Changqing consumed his spiritual medicines to expand his Qi Sea, eventually reaching ten zhang after refining his last medicine.
• Lin Changqing named his cultivation method the Five Elements Dao Seeking Scripture and recognized that his breakthrough had brought him to the peak of the Bitter Sea Realm.
• Lin Changqing left his room and sensed that people from the Demon Suppression Division were approaching his courtyard.
• Ji Tao connected Lin Changqing to the disappearances of people tied to Ji Hong and ordered his subordinates to kick open the courtyard gate.

Ji Tao led Demon Slaying Guards to arrest Lin Changqing on suspicion of murdering colleagues, but Lin challenged them to produce evidence. Ji Tao attacked to cripple him, and Lin's counterpunch blasted Ji Tao away, leaving him grievously wounded.

• Ji Tao and his guards broke into Lin Changqing's courtyard and ordered him to come in for questioning.
• Lin Changqing demanded to know the charges and warned the guards that they had no grounds to enter his home or accuse him.
• Ji Tao claimed Lin Changqing was suspected of murdering colleagues, but could not provide evidence.
• Ji Tao revealed his Ji Family name and suddenly punched at Lin Changqing's dantian to cripple him.
• Lin Changqing met Ji Tao's attack with a punch that shattered Ji Tao's right arm and blasted him into the alley.

Lin Changqing crippled Ji Tao after the Four-star Demon Slaying Captain attacked him and falsely accused him of murder, then dragged him toward the Commandant at the Demon Suppression Division. Ji Tao’s followers and onlookers feared the Ji Family’s retaliation, while Lin Changqing continued toward the headquarters with a crowd trailing behind.

• Lin Changqing seized Ji Tao, who had brought guards to his courtyard, and smashed him into the ground, breaking his bones.
• Lin Changqing dragged Ji Tao away as his subordinates split up to alert the Ji Family and follow them to the Demon Suppression Division.
• Bystanders recognized Ji Tao as a member of the Ji Family and debated whether Lin Changqing could survive the family’s retaliation.
• Lin Changqing silenced Ji Tao with a kick when Ji Tao threatened him, then continued dragging him to the Demon Suppression Division headquarters.
• Demon Slaying Guards and Captains followed Lin Changqing toward the Commandant’s residence but did not dare stop him.

Lin Changqing brought Ji Tao to Liu Chengfeng’s residence to seek justice, but Exploding Bear Li Hao confronted him and the Commandant’s guards said Liu Chengfeng was in seclusion. Lin Changqing refused to accept being sent to the Law Enforcement Hall and loudly demanded an audience with the Commandant.

• Lin Changqing dragged Ji Tao to Liu Chengfeng’s residence and encountered Li Hao, a Ji Family ally in the Demon Suppression Division.
• Li Hao ordered Lin Changqing to release Ji Tao and return, but Lin Changqing called him the Ji Family’s dog.
• Li Hao accused Lin Changqing of attacking colleagues and urged him to face the Law Enforcement Hall.
• A guard told Lin Changqing that Liu Chengfeng was in seclusion and would see no one.
• Lin Changqing feared the Ji Family’s influence in the Law Enforcement Hall and shouted a request for Liu Chengfeng to grant him an audience.

Lin Changqing brought Ji Tao before Commandant Liu Chengfeng and accused him of abusing his position and invoking the Ji Family to threaten him. Liu Chengfeng listened as the crowd watched, leaving Ji Tao to deny the accusations and Lin Changqing to demand a fair judgment.

• Lin Changqing called for Liu Chengfeng, and Liu ordered the guards to let Lin and the others into his courtyard.
• Liu Chengfeng met the group on a training ground and asked Lin Changqing what he wanted.
• Lin Changqing threw Ji Tao to the ground and accused him of invading his residence, making false charges, attacking him, and claiming the Ji Family could kill him with impunity.
• Ji Tao denied Lin Changqing's claims, but Lin challenged him to swear he had never boasted about the Ji Family's power.
• Lin Changqing asked Liu Chengfeng to judge the matter fairly.

Liu Chengfeng ruled that Ji Tao had abused his authority by attacking Lin Changqing without evidence, crippled and expelled him from the Demon Suppression Division. He warned the gathered officers that the Division belonged to the Great Zhou Dynasty, leaving Li Hao and others to reckon with his stance against the Ji Family's influence.

• Liu Chengfeng questioned Ji Tao about Lin Changqing's account, and Ji Tao admitted he had no evidence for his suspicions.
• Liu Chengfeng rejected Li Hao's defense of Ji Tao and ordered Ji Tao expelled instead of imprisoned.
• Liu Chengfeng had guards remove Ji Tao, who begged for mercy before cursing Lin Changqing as he was dragged away.
• Liu Chengfeng warned the gathered officers that the Demon Suppression Division served the Great Zhou Dynasty, then dismissed them.
• Li Hao left furious at Liu Chengfeng and Lin Changqing, while the others sensed Beihai Commandery's balance of power might shift.

After Lin Changqing defied Li Hao, the Ji family ordered the Earth Fiends to kill him and banished the crippled Ji Tao. Lin Changqing repaired his courtyard and began cultivating to nurture a Life Spring.

• Lin Changqing rejected Li Hao’s threat and left, while Li Hao vowed the Ji family would kill him.
• Ji Kang ordered Ji Lingqiao to send the Earth Fiends after Lin Changqing and investigate Ji Hong’s death and Liu Chengfeng’s actions.
• Ji Kang sent the crippled Ji Tao to an estate outside the city despite his pleas, and Ji Lingqiao privately welcomed Ji Hong’s death.
• Lin Changqing commissioned repairs to his courtyard, then examined his Ten-Zhang Qi Sea and recognized he could attempt to nurture a Life Spring.
• Lin Changqing circulated the Five Elements Dao Seeking Scripture and drew in Spiritual Energy to begin cultivating.

Lin Changqing cultivated his Cosmic Galaxy Visualization Method and considered how to advance from Thought Breath to Divine Breath. When twelve Demonized Warriors entered his courtyard to kill him, he confronted them and learned they had received a death order.

• Lin Changqing cultivated his Life and Nature and chose to expand his visualization by forming more mansions.
• Lin Changqing sensed twelve Demonized Warriors approaching his courtyard and prepared to kill them.
• The twelve Demonized Warriors entered the courtyard and found Lin Changqing waiting for them.
• Lin Changqing demanded to know who had sent the attackers, but their leader ordered the group to kill him.

Lin Changqing defeated the Twelve Demonized Warriors and learned through hypnosis that the Ji Family had sent them. The surviving leader revealed that the Ji Family served as an important Eternal Life Alliance stronghold in North Sea Commandery City and had infiltrated the Demon Suppression Division.

• The Twelve Demonized Warriors attacked Lin Changqing with a coordinated strike, but he evaded them using his Mental Domain and a True Essence flying crane.
• The leader transformed into a demonized wolf-headed warrior, and the other eleven warriors followed suit and charged Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing drew the Jingzhe Saber and killed eleven warriors with a single slash, deliberately sparing their leader.
• Lin Changqing crushed the leader's bones and used Spiritual Power to hypnotize him into revealing that the Ji Family had sent the warriors.
• The leader disclosed that the Ji Family was an Eternal Life Alliance stronghold that supplied it with materials and infiltrated the Demon Suppression Division.

Lin Changqing learned that the Ji family and the Eternal Life Alliance planned to seize Beihai Commandery, then killed the Earth Fiends assassins sent after him. After reaching the Life Spring Realm, he prepared to meet Liu Chengfeng and seek help against the Ji family.

• Lin Changqing killed the last of the twelve Earth Fiends assassins and learned of the Ji family's ties to the Eternal Life Alliance and its plans for Beihai Commandery.
• Lin Changqing decided to seek Liu Chengfeng's help in uprooting the Ji family.
• Ji Kang learned that the assassins had failed and ordered Ji Lingqiao to send Silver Grade assassins after Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing cultivated through the night and entered the Life Spring Realm, forming a one-chi-square Life Spring.
• Lin Changqing decided it was time to meet Liu Chengfeng.

Lin Changqing warned Liu Chengfeng that the Ji Family served the Eternal Life Alliance and sought control of Yunshan Commandery, but Liu did not trust him and decided to investigate. Lin Changqing went to the Mission Hall to seek an assessment mission and raise his rank, while Liu sent a young man to look into him.

• Lin Changqing told Liu Chengfeng that the Ji Family had joined the Eternal Life Alliance and was scheming to take over Yunshan Commandery.
• Liu Chengfeng dismissed Lin Changqing without showing whether he believed him, and Lin left expecting Liu to investigate his background.
• Lin Changqing headed to the Mission Hall to accept an assessment mission and qualify for promotion to One-Star Demon Slaying Captain.
• Liu Chengfeng discussed Lin Changqing with an ordinary-looking young man, questioning how someone from a humble background had concealed his cultivation and crippled Ji Tao.
• The young man agreed to investigate Lin Changqing, and Liu Chengfeng acknowledged that the Ji Family's possible alliance with the Eternal Life Alliance posed a serious threat.

Lin Changqing accepted an assessment mission to kill White Lotus Sect branch master Li Tianqing and traveled to Yunyang County. He learned Li Tianqing posed as the county’s greatest philanthropist and discovered his target was at Li Family Fort, while the Ji Family arranged to have assassins intercept him.

• Lin Changqing accepted missions to kill Li Tianqing and collect fire-attribute Demon Cores, then rode a Unicorn Horse toward Yunyang County.
• Ji Lingqiao told Ji Kang that Lin Changqing had left the city, and Ji Kang ordered Earth Fiends assassins to kill him in Yunyang County.
• After ten days of travel, Lin Changqing reached Yunyang County and visited the Demon Suppression Division outpost hidden behind Shanshui Cloth Shop.
• Zhuang Fan revealed that Li Tianqing was secretly the White Lotus Sect’s branch master despite posing as the county’s greatest philanthropist.
• Zhuang Fan told Lin Changqing that Li Tianqing was at Li Family Fort outside the city.

Lin Changqing infiltrated Li Family Fort to investigate Li Tianqing, the White Lotus Sect’s Yunyang Branch Master, and reached his pavilion despite the estate’s defenses. He burst into Li Tianqing’s room while the man was cultivating, and Li Tianqing struck at him.

• Lin Changqing surveyed Li Family Fort and used Spiritual Power to hypnotize a guard into revealing that Li Tianqing lived in the estate’s central manor.
• Lin Changqing avoided patrols and sensed a powerful aura near Li Tianqing’s residence, which he suspected belonged to the clan chief.
• Lin Changqing slipped past the manor guards unnoticed and followed the aura to a pavilion.
• Lin Changqing entered a room on the pavilion’s second floor, where Li Tianqing was cultivating, and Li Tianqing attacked him with a palm strike.

Lin Changqing defeated Li Tianqing, exposed his identity as a White Lotus Sect branch master, and forced him to reveal the Spirit Pool’s location and secrets. He killed Li Tianqing and took his head as proof for his promotion assessment, leaving the Spirit Pool beneath the pavilion as his next target.

• Lin Changqing endured Li Tianqing’s attacks and countered with a White Tiger strike that shattered Li Tianqing’s cultivation and left him kneeling.
• Lin Changqing used his Mental Domain to trap the approaching members of Li Family Fort in illusions.
• Li Tianqing mistook Lin Changqing for a Demonized Warrior, while Lin Changqing questioned him about his White Lotus Sect position and extraordinary strength.
• Lin Changqing compelled Li Tianqing to reveal that the Spirit Pool was a Small Cave Heaven beneath the pavilion, which had fueled his rapid cultivation and helped him comprehend Artistic Conception.
• Li Tianqing disclosed that news of the Spirit Pool had leaked to an elder’s son, whom he had killed a month earlier.
• Lin Changqing killed Li Tianqing, caught his head, and stored it in his Spatial Ring as proof for his promotion assessment.

After purging Li Family Fort, Lin Changqing found the hidden Spirit Pool beneath the ruins and began absorbing its spiritual liquid to advance his cultivation. He estimated that refining the pool could let him break the Life Spring limit and enter the Divine Bridge Realm.

• Lin Changqing killed Li Tianqing's chief followers and hypnotized the other suspected accomplices so the Imperial Court could judge them.
• Lin Changqing uncovered the passage to the Spirit Pool and used his Mind Power to detect and destroy its hidden traps, poisons, and venomous insects.
• Lin Changqing crossed the passage into a vast Underground Cave and found the Spirit Pool, which was fed by a spiritual vein.
• Lin Changqing leapt into the Spirit Pool and refined its energy, rapidly expanding his Life Spring and nourishing his Three Thousand Apertures.
• Lin Changqing estimated that the pool's energy could let him break the Life Spring limit and reach the Divine Bridge Realm.

Lin Changqing expanded his Qi Sea to one hundred zhang and broke through the nine-chi limit to form a one-zhang Life Spring while cultivating in the Spirit Pool. When White Lotus Sect elder Huang Tianhua arrived at Li Family Fort and discovered Li Tianqing dead, he sent two men into the passage, and Lin Changqing sensed their arrival and shot toward it.

• Huang Tianhua led White Lotus Sect elites to Li Family Fort, intending to avenge his son and obtain Li Tianqing's secret.
• The group found the fort's residents unconscious and discovered Li Tianqing's headless corpse among the ruins.
• Huang Tianhua ordered two men into a passage, and his subordinate kicked them down when they hesitated.
• Lin Changqing's Qi Sea expanded from ten zhang to one hundred zhang as he refined the Spirit Pool's Spiritual Liquid.
• Lin Changqing's Life Spring broke through the nine-chi limit and reached one zhang.
• As Lin Changqing prepared to condense the Heavenly Divine Bridge, he sensed something and rushed toward the passage.

Lin Changqing hypnotized two White Lotus Sect disciples into luring Huang Tianhua and his followers into the underground cave, where he sprang a Geng Metal Sword Array ambush. He wounded Huang Tianhua and blocked his escape through the passage.

• Lin Changqing learned that Huang Tianhua had come to Li Family Fort to avenge his son and suspected the elder knew about the Spirit Pool.
• Lin Changqing hypnotized two White Lotus Sect disciples, sent them to lure Huang Tianhua underground, and prepared a Geng Metal Sword Array.
• The disciples told Huang Tianhua that they had found a Spirit Pool, prompting him to lead most of his followers into the cave.
• Lin Changqing’s array killed at least half of the twenty White Lotus Cultists before Huang Tianhua could react.
• Lin Changqing attacked Huang Tianhua from behind, severed his left arm, then raced ahead to block the passage as Huang Tianhua fled.

Lin Changqing killed Huang Tianhua and the remaining White Lotus Sect members at Li Family Fort, then contained a Blood Curse before returning to Yunyang County City. He left the villagers in need of supervision and rode off to contact Zhuang Fan and secure the Spirit Pool.

• Lin Changqing killed Huang Tianhua with a single slash and cut down the last three survivors in the Geng Metal Sword Array.
• One White Lotus Sect member triggered a Blood Curse to mark Lin Changqing, but Lin Changqing imprisoned it with Spiritual Power and sealed it in green jade.
• Lin Changqing destroyed the corpses, retrieved the Array Disk, and rushed to the surface to kill the ten White Lotus Sect disciples outside the passage.
• Lin Changqing sealed the cave entrance with a boulder and decided to notify Zhuang Fan so the villagers could be handled safely.
• Lin Changqing met his waiting Unicorn Horse and rode toward Yunyang County City.

After defeating Li Family Fort, Lin Changqing ordered Zhuang Fan to have its inhabitants arrested and investigated, warning him that White Lotus Sect members likely infiltrated the county yamen. Lin Changqing returned to the fort to cultivate, unaware that the county magistrate was preparing to strike first; sensing danger, Lin Changqing decided to set up a Killing Array before breaking through.

• Lin Changqing told Zhuang Fan that he had suppressed Li Family Fort and ordered him to arrange arrests while personally watching for White Lotus Sect interference in the county yamen.
• Lin Changqing gave Zhuang Fan a Communication Jade Slip and told him to retreat and summon help if the sect caused trouble.
• A hidden observer reported Lin Changqing's visit to Zhuang Fan to a man in the county yamen, who suspected Li Family Fort had fallen.
• When Zhuang Fan requested an audience to discuss the White Lotus Sect, the county magistrate resolved to strike first and went to meet him.
• Lin Changqing returned to Li Family Fort, sensed unease, and decided to set up a Killing Array so he could cultivate without interruption.