Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing sealed the underground Spirit Pool behind multiple arrays before continuing his seclusion, while Ning Tao and the Green Robed Masked Man discovered the destruction at Li Family Fort. The Green Robed Masked Man's first strike failed to damage Lin Changqing's array, and he prepared an even stronger attack.

• Lin Changqing concealed the passage and surrounded the Spirit Pool with two killing arrays and a Five Elements Sealing Origin Array before entering cultivation to pursue the Divine Bridge Realm.
• Zhuang Fan accompanied a group heading toward Li Family Fort, convinced that Lin Changqing had already subdued its people.
• Ning Tao and the Green Robed Masked Man arrived at Li Family Fort and found corpses among the ruins of Li Tianqing's courtyard.
• The Green Robed Masked Man shattered the boulder blocking the passage and triggered Lin Changqing's killing array, whose lightning shook his Protective Qi Shield.
• The Green Robed Masked Man's three-hundred-meter Giant Sword struck the array without harming it, so he gathered more Spiritual Energy and formed an even stronger sword for another attack.

Lin Changqing's arrays drove off the Green Robed Masked Man and Ning Tao, who vowed to return against the White Lotus Sect's enemy. As he resumed cultivating in the Spirit Pool, Lin Changqing began forming an illusory Divine Bridge toward the Purple Mansion.

• The entrance Grand Array shattered under the Green Robed Masked Man's sword, but its released power struck him and forced him into the passage with Ning Tao.
• A second Killing Array wounded Ning Tao and drove the Green Robed Masked Man to escape the passage with him, admitting he could not break the array.
• The Green Robed Masked Man left, declaring that saving Ning Tao made them even, and Ning Tao cursed him and vowed the White Lotus Sect would kill whoever had slain its members.
• Lin Changqing watched from the Spirit Pool, judged that the arrays had repelled the intruders, and dismissed the threat before returning to cultivation.
• The entrance Grand Array restored itself as Lin Changqing absorbed the Spirit Pool's Spiritual Liquid and began condensing a Divine Bridge toward the Purple Mansion.

After the destruction of Li Family Fort, Lin Changqing cultivated in its Spirit Pool and reached the peak of the Divine Bridge Realm, forming a Thirty-Six Zhang Divine Bridge. Meanwhile, Ning Tao reported the failed branch to a Seventh Elder, who vowed to send someone after Lin Changqing.

• Zhuang Fan told the County yamen that Li Family Fort had been a White Lotus Sect branch, then oversaw the removal of the unconscious survivors and the burning of the corpses.
• Ning Tao used Prayer Incense to tell a Seventh Elder that the Yunyang Branch had been destroyed and that Lin Changqing’s Grand Array had defeated Crimson Blood.
• The Seventh Elder ordered Ning Tao to leave Lin Changqing alone and said he would send someone to capture him and refine him into a Blood Slave.
• After seven days of cultivation, Lin Changqing absorbed the Spirit Pool’s last Spiritual Liquid and inspected his Thousand-Zhang Qi Sea and ten-zhang Life Spring.
• Lin Changqing realized he had formed a Thirty-Six Zhang Divine Bridge and reached the peak of the Divine Bridge Realm, leaving him poised to ascend to the Other Shore.

Lin Changqing returned to Yunyang County City to investigate the White Lotus Sect’s agent in the county yamen, only to find that Ning Tao had killed Zhuang Fan and the people at Shanshui Cloth Shop. After learning Ning Tao’s identity from the dying Zhuang Fan, Lin Changqing stormed the yamen and killed him.

• Lin Changqing left Li Family Fort after breaking through in cultivation and rode to Yunyang County City to pursue the White Lotus Sect’s planted agent.
• Lin Changqing found Shanshui Cloth Shop closed and discovered Zhuang Fan and several workers lying among the bloodied corpses.
• Lin Changqing revived Zhuang Fan briefly, and Zhuang Fan identified County Magistrate Ning Tao as a White Lotus Sect follower before dying.
• Lin Changqing promised to protect Zhuang Fan’s son, Zhuang Yunsheng, then burned and buried Zhuang Fan and the others.
• Lin Changqing rode to the Yunyang County yamen, hypnotized the people there to locate Ning Tao, and entered the courtyard where he was drinking tea.
• Lin Changqing identified himself as a Demon Slaying Guard and beheaded Ning Tao with the Jingzhe Saber.

Lin Changqing killed Ning Tao and paid tribute to Zhuang Fan before confronting an assassin who had been lying in wait. After the assassin revealed his Demon Body and attacked, Lin Changqing unleashed his Spiritual Power, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Changqing beheaded Ning Tao in the county yamen and rode to Shanshui Cloth Shop with his head.
• Lin Changqing shattered Ning Tao's head by Zhuang Fan's grave, then called out the watcher hiding behind a courtyard wall.
• The blue-haired assassin attacked, but Lin Changqing stopped him with his Qi and Blood Domain and struck him down with the Jingzhe Saber.
• The wounded assassin transformed into a three-zhang-tall ice-blue Ox-Head Man and charged at Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing released his Spiritual Power, twisting the sky and hurling shattered stones through the Ox-Head Man's body.

After being promoted to One-Star Demon Slaying Captain, Lin Changqing used his enhanced Spiritual Perception to foresee a Ji Family ambush at Dragon Severing Mountain. He retrieved information on the Ji Family from the Heavenly Machine Tower and left to prepare for the attack.

• Lin Changqing received a new Identity Token marking his promotion to One-Star Demon Slaying Captain and headed for the Heavenly Machine Tower.
• Lin Changqing's Spiritual Perception briefly showed him that Ji Family members would ambush him at Dragon Severing Mountain that night.
• Lin Changqing decided to gather information on the Ji Family and prepare an array at Dragon Severing Mountain to counter the ambush.
• Lin Changqing gave his Identity Token to the White-haired Old Man at the Heavenly Machine Tower and requested information on the Ji Family and Zhuang Fan's son.
• The White-haired Old Man provided a jade slip about the Ji Family but said the tower had no record of Zhuang Fan's son and told Lin Changqing to return in three days.
• Lin Changqing memorized the information, left the Heavenly Machine Tower, and set out with killing intent toward the Ji Family.

Lin Changqing set a grand killing array on Dragon Severing Mountain, then gained an epiphany while using a movement technique and comprehended the True Meaning of Wind. He returned to North Sea Commandery City as Ji Lingqiao led Ji Family experts to the mountain, unaware that Lin Changqing had already left.

• Lin Changqing disguised himself, traveled to Dragon Severing Mountain, and studied its terrain before setting a grand array linked to the mountain’s earth vein.
• After finishing the array, Lin Changqing reflected on Spiritual Power and sensed that someone would arrive at the mountain soon.
• Lin Changqing raced through the woods with the Forest Piercing Deer technique and entered an epiphany that took him back toward North Sea Commandery City.
• Ji Lingqiao brought more than a hundred Ji Family experts to Dragon Severing Mountain and ordered them to prepare to kill Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing emerged from his epiphany at the city gates and realized he had comprehended the True Meaning of Wind at the intent stage.

Lin Changqing waited at home for the Ji family, then was ambushed by Ji Kang and transported to Dragon Severing Mountain with a Spiritual Artifact. Surrounded by Ji family fighters led by Ji Lingqiao, he faced their attack.

• Lin Changqing cultivated through the evening, refining the True Meaning of Wind and comparing it with his True Meaning of Five Elements.
• Ji Kang arrived at Lin Changqing’s courtyard and challenged him to come out and die.
• Ji Kang used a Three-Tiered Pagoda to activate Stars Shift and teleport Lin Changqing to Dragon Severing Mountain.
• Ji Lingqiao led over a hundred Ji family members in surrounding Lin Changqing and ordered them to kill him.
• Ji Lingqiao attacked Lin Changqing with a slash of sword qi.

The Ji Family launched a massive ambush against Lin Changqing at Dragon Severing Mountain, but he survived their first assault and revealed that he had killed Ji Kang’s son, Ji Hong. As the battle resumed, Lin Changqing’s blade domain slaughtered the Ji Family fighters below the Purple Mansion Great Realm.

• Ji Lingqiao and more than a hundred Ji Family experts attacked Lin Changqing, whose Qi and Blood Furnace held out until it shattered and sent him flying while injured.
• Ji Kang arrived with five Demonized Warriors, and Lin Changqing accused the Ji Family of colluding with the Eternal Life Alliance.
• Ji Kang asked whether Lin Changqing had killed Ji Hong, and Lin Changqing admitted he had slain him at Jiangnan Pavilion.
• Ji Kang ordered the Ji Family to attack again while he and the Demonized Warriors used the Three-Tiered Pagoda to seal off Lin Changqing’s retreat.
• Ji Lingqiao charged Lin Changqing as the Void Refining Realm experts unleashed a storm; Lin Changqing cleaved through it with his Jingzhe Saber and formed a Blade Domain.
• Lin Changqing’s Blade Domain minced every Ji Family fighter below the Purple Mansion Great Realm.

Lin Changqing fought off the Ji Family and five Demonized Warriors on Dragon Severing Mountain until he activated a prepared Killing Array that empowered him and trapped his enemies. Ji Kang offered to end their feud and pay compensation, but Lin Changqing rejected the offer and attacked.

• Three Void Refining Realm experts and the Ji Family's Purple Mansion martial artists attacked Lin Changqing, but his Qi and Blood Domain and saber strikes shattered their assault and killed several cultivators.
• Ji Kang summoned five Demonized Warriors, whose combined attack broke Lin Changqing's domain and sent him flying as he spat blood.
• Lin Changqing activated the Grand Array on Dragon Severing Mountain, restoring his aura and trapping the eight Void Refining Realm enemies within its power.
• The five Demonized Warriors tried to flee, but Lin Changqing summoned a storm that sealed off Dragon Severing Mountain.
• Ji Kang offered to end the feud and compensate Lin Changqing, but Lin Changqing demanded the deaths of everyone present and drew on the Killing Array to strike.

Lin Changqing annihilated the Ji Family forces at Dragon Severing Mountain and seized the Three-Tiered Pagoda. In the pit left by the destroyed mountain, he discovered an energy source even purer than a spirit vein and recognized it as a Dragon Vein.

• Lin Changqing's first blade destroyed Dragon Severing Mountain, killing most of the Ji Family and leaving Ji Kang and one Void Refining Realm cultivator protected by the Three-Tiered Pagoda.
• The five Demonized Warriors rushed toward Ji Kang to seek shelter beneath the pagoda, but Lin Changqing's next blade killed them all.
• Ji Kang offered the Ji Family's possessions and treasure-vault location in exchange for his life, but Lin Changqing refused and struck the pagoda with a devastating blow.
• Lin Changqing's attack blasted away the Three-Tiered Pagoda and killed Ji Kang and the last Ji Family cultivator, vaporizing Dragon Severing Mountain and collapsing the Killing Array.
• Lin Changqing found and claimed the Three-Tiered Pagoda in the pit, then recognized the pure energy leaking from its resting place as a Dragon Vein.

Lin Changqing discovered that Dragon Severing Mountain’s dragon vein lay hidden in a parallel Secret Realm Space and entered it ahead of the approaching forces. As North Sea Commandery’s factions gathered outside, he sealed the entrance temporarily and searched for the Dragon Pearl at the dragon vein’s core.

• Lin Changqing traced the Dragon Vein Qi to a hidden Secret Realm Space and realized the Three-Tiered Pagoda had likely broken through its barrier.
• Lin Changqing forced open the spatial barrier, entered the secret realm, and set up a Grand Array to slow anyone trying to follow.
• The leaking Dragon Vein Qi formed a Thousand-Zhang Giant Dragon over Dragon Severing Mountain and alerted the Demon Suppression Division and other forces in North Sea Commandery City.
• The Ji family’s White-haired Old Man ordered Qingfu to prepare the family’s escape, then went to Dragon Severing Mountain to investigate the missing Clan Chief and Third Elder.
• Arriving forces found Dragon Severing Mountain replaced by a massive crater and hesitated to enter the secret realm.
• Lin Changqing surveyed the secret realm, identified its Dragon Vein Dao Rhyme, and flew toward a central peak to search for the Dragon Pearl.

Lin Changqing unearthed the hidden dragon vein beneath a peak and seized its Dragon Pearl, causing the secret realm’s Spiritual Energy to surge. As experts began shattering the realm’s barrier, he rushed toward its edge to escape without revealing what he had taken.

• Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to locate the dragon vein hidden deep beneath a peak and collapsed the mountain to reach it.
• The dragon vein emerged as a Thousand-Zhang Giant Dragon, but Lin Changqing cut it apart and captured the Dragon Pearl with a Five Elements Giant Palm.
• Lin Changqing stored the Dragon Pearl in his Spatial Ring as the dragon vein merged into the secret realm, sharply increasing its Spiritual Energy.
• Experts outside the secret realm attacked its barrier, spreading cracks across it with successive sword strikes.
• Lin Changqing hurried toward the edge of the realm, hoping to escape during the barrier’s collapse without anyone learning he had obtained the Dragon Pearl.

Lin Changqing returned to North Sea Commandery City with the Dragon Pearl and the Ji Family’s Three-Tiered Pagoda, then discovered the tower was the damaged lower portion of the Innate Exotic Treasure, the Square Inch Pagoda. He learned that its Blood Star was its core and began probing it further.

• After the dragon vein space opened, cultivators entered to search for the Dragon Pearl or cultivate, while Lin Changqing slipped away with the greatest opportunity.
• Lin Changqing disguised himself repeatedly on his way to North Sea Commandery City and returned to his courtyard, where he revealed the Dragon Pearl and the Three-Tiered Pagoda.
• Lin Changqing infused the Three-Tiered Pagoda with Spiritual Power and True Essence, suppressing the immense baleful aura that erupted from it.
• Lin Changqing entered the tower’s mysterious space and absorbed the vast information contained in its Blood Star.
• Lin Changqing learned that the Three-Tiered Pagoda was the bottom three levels of the shattered nine-level Square Inch Pagoda, an Innate Exotic Treasure originally owned by the Ji Family.
• Lin Changqing learned that the Blood Star was the Square Inch Pagoda’s core and sent his Spiritual Power toward it again.

Lin Changqing initially refined the Square Inch Pagoda, then swallowed the Dragon Pearl and used its energy to break through into the Other Shore Realm. He began channeling True Essence and Life Essence into his Purple Mansion, aiming to condense an Immortal Platform and enter the Purple Mansion Great Realm.

• Lin Changqing placed a Mind Mark in the Square Inch Pagoda's core, gaining limited control over its spatial powers.
• Lin Changqing resolved to keep the Square Inch Pagoda hidden and refine the Dragon Pearl to improve his cultivation.
• Lin Changqing swallowed the Dragon Pearl and circulated the Five Elements Dao Seeking Scripture to turn its energy into True Essence.
• Lin Changqing's Thirty-Six Zhang Divine Bridge broke through into his Purple Mansion, bringing him into the Other Shore Realm.
• Lin Changqing sent True Essence and Life Essence into the Purple Mansion, seeking to condense an Immortal Platform in one burst.

Lin Changqing entered the Casting Platform Realm and condensed a Ten Thousand Foot Immortal Platform with the Dragon Pearl’s help. Meanwhile, Liu Chengfeng’s Demon Suppression Division seized control of the Dragon Vein Secret Realm, and Lin Changqing discovered that most of the Dragon Pearl’s energy remained within him.

• Liu Chengfeng searched the Dragon Vein Secret Realm for the Dragon Pearl, ordered the Demon Suppression Division to expel everyone and seal the area, and directed an investigation into the Ji Family.
• The Demon Suppression Division killed several peak Qi Sea Realm fighters and drove the surviving families out of the secret realm.
• Lin Changqing opened his eyes after cultivating and saw that he had condensed a Ten Thousand Foot Immortal Platform in his Purple Mansion.
• Lin Changqing realized the Dragon Pearl had consumed only twenty percent of its energy, leaving the rest inside him for future cultivation.

Lin Changqing tracked down and defeated a Ji Family elder who had been watching him, then used Spiritual Power to uncover the family’s escape plan and its alliance with the Eternal Life Alliance. He learned a hidden secret realm contained a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item and was likely to emerge now that he possessed the Ji Family’s Ancestral Artifact.

• After noticing a White-haired Old Man watching him, Lin Changqing chased him through the alleys and crushed him with a spiritual-energy tiger.
• Lin Changqing learned the old man belonged to the Ji Family and questioned him about the missing family members.
• Under Lin Changqing’s Spiritual Power, the White-haired Old Man revealed that the Ji Family’s direct descendants had fled Beihai Commandery in separate groups, with Tianyuan County in Cangwu Commandery as one possible destination.
• The White-haired Old Man disclosed that the Ji Family had helped the Eternal Life Alliance suppress a secret realm containing a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item, which might emerge now that Lin Changqing had the Ancestral Artifact.
• After getting the information, Lin Changqing struck the White-haired Old Man down.

Lin Changqing went to the Demon Suppression Division to investigate the Ji Family and received the information he had requested earlier about Zhuang Fan's Son. He left determined to eliminate the Ji Family's direct descendants before anyone could uncover his Dragon Pearl secret.

• Lin Changqing declined Wang Hanshan's invitation to enter the Dragon Vein Secret Realm and resolved to search for every direct descendant of the Ji Family.
• Wang Hanshan rebuked Zheng Qi for criticizing Lin Changqing and warned him not to speak that way again.
• At the Heavenly Machine Tower, the Old Man gave Lin Changqing a jade slip containing information about Zhuang Fan's Son.
• The Old Man said the search for the Ji Family's direct descendants would take time, and Lin Changqing accepted the jade slip while vowing to exterminate the Ji Family's direct line.

Lin Changqing learned about Zhuang Fan’s son, then began upgrading his Jingzhe Saber with Purple Green Profound Iron. Meanwhile, Liu Chengfeng learned that the Ji family had fallen and ordered a purge, then became suspicious of Lin Changqing and ordered a discreet investigation.

• Lin Changqing learned that Zhuang Yehe studied at Yuelu Academy and decided to meet him after resolving the Ji family matter.
• Lin Changqing sealed his Small Courtyard and began forging an upgrade for the Jingzhe Saber using Purple Green Profound Iron and other materials.
• A Seven-Star Demon Slaying Captain reported to Liu Chengfeng that the Ji family’s leaders had vanished and its direct descendants had fled North Sea Commandery City.
• Liu Chengfeng ordered the arrest of Demon Suppression Division members connected to the Ji family and an investigation into the surviving direct descendants.
• The captain told Liu Chengfeng that Lin Changqing had also investigated the Ji family’s descendants, prompting Liu Chengfeng to order a secret inquiry into Lin Changqing’s recent activities.

Lin Changqing completed the Jingzhe Saber’s upgrade, raising it to the Radiant Level, then confronted three Demon Slaying Captains who had been spying on him for Liu Chengfeng. After learning Liu Chengfeng suspected him of involvement in the Ji Family’s disappearance and the Dragon Vein, Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to make the three forget what they had witnessed.

• Lin Changqing forged the Jingzhe Saber with Purple Green Profound Iron and other precious materials until it reached the Radiant Level.
• Lin Changqing practiced with the saber, and its escaping saber intent alarmed three Demon Slaying Captains watching from a nearby pavilion.
• Lin Changqing appeared behind the three captains and questioned them about why Liu Chengfeng had sent them to spy on him.
• The Four-star Demon Slaying Captain revealed Liu Chengfeng suspected Lin Changqing was connected to the Ji Family’s disappearance and the Dragon Vein, partly because Lin Changqing had investigated the Ji Family’s direct descendants at the Heavenly Machine Tower.
• Lin Changqing ordered the three captains to forget what had happened and tell Liu Chengfeng that he had stayed in his courtyard.