Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing was ambushed in the sky by two peak-stage Life and Death Realm White Lotus Cultists seeking the divine statue, and he began fighting them with his Jingzhe Saber. After his opening strike sent the younger cultist flying, the older one launched a Blood-colored War Spear at him.

• Lin Changqing departed Canglan County City aboard the Flying Cloud Boat, but a Blood-colored War Spear struck from above and halted it.
• Lin Changqing destroyed the spear and faced two White Lotus Cultists, who demanded he hand over the divine statue.
• Lin Changqing wondered how the cultists had tracked him despite sealing the Azure Orb, then attacked the younger cultist with the Jingzhe Saber.
• The younger cultist transformed his arm and blocked Lin Changqing's slash, but the strike shattered his defense and sent him flying.
• The older White Lotus Cultist turned his white hair red and formed a Blood-colored War Spear that he hurled at Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing returned to Dafeng Prefecture after killing a White Lotus Sect youth and driving off the sect’s old man. He submitted his mission and brought a large cache of Blood Refined Pills to the Myriad Treasures Hall, where an old man recognized their significance.

• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda to evade the White Lotus Sect old man's attack, then killed the young man with the Jingzhe Saber.
• The demonized old man blocked Lin Changqing's follow-up attack and escaped, and Lin Changqing decided not to pursue him.
• Lin Changqing returned to Dafeng Prefecture City and submitted his Identity Token and three Recording Jade Talismans for mission review.
• Lin Changqing took the pills from the Yu Family Treasury to the Myriad Treasures Hall to exchange them for Contribution Points.
• The old man inspecting the pills identified them as Blood Refined Pills and asked whether Lin Changqing had raided a White Lotus Sect or Eternal Life Alliance stronghold.

Lin Changqing exchanged Blood Refined Pills for Contribution Points at the Myriad Treasures Hall and used most of them to buy cultivation resources. He left with the supplies he needed to break through his Martial Cultivation limit, while suspecting the old man had a mysterious identity.

• Lin Changqing warned the old man that he would not refine Blood Refined Pills himself, while considering the danger of the pills and their effects on martial foundations.
• The old man offered Lin Changqing 123,000 Contribution Points for the pills, and Lin Changqing accepted after haggling.
• The old man asked Lin Changqing to buy cultivation resources, and Lin Changqing handed him a prepared list.
• The old man priced the resources at 131,200 Contribution Points, then offered them for 121,000.
• Lin Changqing accepted the discounted purchase, intending to use the resources to break through his Martial Cultivation limit.

Lin Changqing returned to the Demon Suppression Division and began preparing to enter the Spirit Nurturing Realm, while the White Lotus Cult learned he had taken their statue and planned to kill him. The Cult decided to watch him for a month before risking the exposure of a mole inside the Division.

• Xu Ming praised Lin Changqing's mission success and decided to give him an excellent rating despite a colleague warning him not to invest too early.
• Lin Changqing activated the courtyard's Grand Array and began secluded cultivation, aiming to nurture a Martial God within three days.
• The White Lotus Cult learned that Lin Changqing had destroyed the Yu Family's plans and taken their statue.
• The middle-aged White Lotus Cultist ordered the old man to watch Lin Changqing and recover the statue, even if they had to expose a mole within the Demon Suppression Division.

Lin Changqing reached the great perfection of the Spirit Nurturing Realm but could not yet break through to Void Refining, then collected a generous mission reward. A letter from Zhao Yufei invited him to meet at Jade Screen Mountain that night.

• Lin Changqing perfected his Martial God and reached the limit of the Spirit Nurturing Realm, but chose not to force a breakthrough into Void Refining.
• Lin Changqing learned that his previous mission had earned him an excellent evaluation and one hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• A clerk told Lin Changqing that Xu Ming would assign him a new mission within three days, and that he could not accept other missions meanwhile.
• A Demon Slaying Captain gave Lin Changqing a letter from a woman, and Lin Changqing discovered Zhao Yufei had asked to meet him at midnight atop Jade Screen Mountain.

Lin Changqing met Zhao Yufei at Sea Gazing Pavilion on Jade Screen Mountain after she summoned him in the middle of the night. Zhao Yufei revealed that the mountain sealed a Secret Realm Cave Heaven and asked him to help retrieve something, but Lin Changqing questioned her motives and the seal’s origins.

• Lin Changqing sensed a seal around Jade Screen Mountain and hurried to its summit without breaking the city’s flight ban.
• Lin Changqing found Zhao Yufei waiting alone in Sea Gazing Pavilion and demanded to know why she had summoned him and how she found him.
• Zhao Yufei asked Lin Changqing about Jade Screen Mountain’s strange silence at night, but he tried to leave rather than hear her story.
• Zhao Yufei revealed that Jade Screen Mountain sealed a Secret Realm Cave Heaven and asked Lin Changqing to accompany her inside to retrieve something.
• Lin Changqing questioned how Zhao Yufei could enter the sealed realm, who had sealed it, and whether it was connected to the Great Zhou Dynasty, refusing to agree before learning more.

Zhao Yufei offered Lin Changqing an Innate Treasure Medicine to help her enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm and explained how its seal weakened once every hundred years. After learning Zhao Yufei intended to use him as a blade, Lin Changqing secretly overheard her conversation with the Black Robed Man and reacted with murderous intent.

• Zhao Yufei offered Lin Changqing an Innate Treasure Medicine to accompany her into the Secret Realm Cave Heaven, but he asked for more information before deciding.
• Zhao Yufei explained that her ancestor had vanished inside the sealed realm with a family heirloom and that the seal would crack during the Sun and Moon Shining Together in one month.
• Lin Changqing left Jade Screen Mountain without giving Zhao Yufei an answer.
• The Black Robed Man warned Zhao Yufei that Lin Changqing was difficult to fathom, and Zhao Yufei admitted she planned to use him as a blade.
• Lin Changqing revealed that he had overheard their conversation with his Spiritual Power and sneered at Zhao Yufei's plan.

Lin Changqing tried to learn about the Jade Screen Secret Realm from the Heavenly Machine Tower but was denied access because his rank was too low. After he left, a woman in red told a man that Lin Changqing had asked about the realm, and the man wanted him killed.

• Lin Changqing went to the Heavenly Machine Tower to investigate the Jade Screen Secret Realm beneath Jade Screen Mountain.
• A powerful voice rejected Lin Changqing's request and told him he needed to become a Three-Star Demon Slaying Commandant to access the information.
• Lin Changqing realized his rank and Contribution Points prevented him from gaining that authority, then left the tower.
• A woman in red reported Lin Changqing's inquiry to a man in a quiet courtyard and advised investigating him before acting.
• The man dismissed her caution and declared that Lin Changqing should be killed for coveting the Jade Screen Secret Realm.

After Du Mingyue warned Lin Changqing that her family considered the Jade Screen Secret Realm taboo, he decided not to enter it or help Zhao Yufei. Three days later, Xu Ming sent him a mission to kill a powerful Eternal Life Alliance envoy, prompting Lin Changqing to suspect that Xu Ming either wanted him dead or knew his true strength.

• Lin Changqing asked Du Mingyue to obtain information about the Jade Screen Secret Realm, but she warned him that her family said it must not be touched.
• Lin Changqing spent an hour weighing the danger and decided to refuse Zhao Yufei's request to enter the secret realm.
• Lin Changqing cultivated until the morning of the third day, when a Demon Slaying Captain arrived with a mission from Xu Ming.
• Lin Changqing stopped the Captain's jade token in midair without moving, startling the messenger with his strength.
• Lin Changqing read the mission to kill Liu Cang, a Level Three Red-robed Envoy of the Eternal Life Alliance, and suspected Xu Ming either wanted him killed or knew his true strength.

Lin Changqing accepted a mission to hunt Liu Cang, an elusive Eternal Life Alliance envoy, and set out for Tianshui Commandery. Zhao Yufei tried to recruit him for the Jade Screen Secret Realm, but he left her uncertain while planning to draw information from her.

• Lin Changqing accepted Xu Ming's mission to kill Liu Cang, a Level Three Red-robed Envoy last seen in Fengping County.
• Lin Changqing left the Demon Suppression Division's base and headed out of the city aboard the Flying Cloud Boat.
• Zhao Yufei intercepted Lin Changqing and urged him to join her in the Jade Screen Secret Realm.
• Lin Changqing cited his mission as a reason to decline, then flew away while leaving Zhao Yufei unsure whether he might still agree.
• Zhao Yufei resolved to discover Lin Changqing's weakness and find a way to lure him into the secret realm, unaware that he hoped to draw information from her.

Lin Changqing arrived in Fengping County to hunt down the elusive Liu Cang, but his Spiritual Power search turned up nothing. He entered the county yamen to investigate Liu Cang’s motives and began examining the compound with his Spiritual Power.

• Xu Ming told a departing man that Lin Changqing could defeat Liu Cang but might struggle to find him, then worried that Lin Changqing could make a fatal mistake.
• After three days, Lin Changqing reached Tianshui Commandery and circled Fengping County in the Flying Cloud Boat, searching for Liu Cang without success.
• Lin Changqing put away the boat, descended into Fengping County City, and headed for the County yamen to trace Liu Cang’s purpose.
• Lin Changqing showed his Demon Suppression Division Identity Token to the yamen runners, who let him in and sent word to the County Magistrate.
• Lin Changqing entered the County yamen and used Spiritual Power to survey the entire compound.

Lin Changqing questioned Magistrate Zhang Yuzhi about Liu Cang and learned that Zhang had concealed details about a mass killing in Hujia Village. After the yamen runner Hu Shanhai privately claimed Hu Yunsan had been framed, Lin Changqing arranged to investigate the village with him.

• Lin Changqing met Zhang Yuzhi and asked whether he knew of Liu Cang or any strange events in Fengping County.
• Zhang Yuzhi denied any unusual incidents, but Hu Shanhai mentioned the slaughter of Wang Nading's family in Hujia Village before Zhang silenced him and said Hu Yunsan had been arrested for the killings.
• Lin Changqing left the county yamen, and Hu Shanhai followed to tell him that Hu Yunsan was innocent and had been framed.
• Hu Shanhai revealed that he had known Hu Yunsan since childhood and had found no evidence to prove her innocence.
• Lin Changqing told Hu Shanhai to meet him at the city gate after work and take him to Hujia Village, warning him to keep their conversation secret.

Lin Changqing questioned Wu Liuding about Liu Cang and learned that the Eternal Life Alliance envoy had last appeared near Qinglan Mountain, close to Hujia Village. He traveled there with Hu Shanhai, whose loyalty to Magistrate Zhang raised questions as the village came into view.

• Lin Changqing met Wu Liuding at Yunlai Inn and asked for information about Liu Cang.
• Wu Liuding said Liu Cang had fought an expert to seize something and was last seen at Qinglan Mountain, the day a family was massacred in Hujia Village.
• Lin Changqing sensed that the massacre was connected to Liu Cang and decided to investigate Hujia Village after Hu Shanhai finished work.
• Lin Changqing met Hu Shanhai at the county gate, and Hu Shanhai led him toward Hujia Village.
• Hu Shanhai said he served as a yamen runner to repay Magistrate Zhang for a kindness, and Lin Changqing questioned him about the magistrate as they reached the village.

Lin Changqing investigated the massacre at Wang Nading’s home in Hujia Village and found hidden Yin Evil Qi that pointed to Liu Cang, a demonized warrior. He gathered villagers to question them and offered a reward for useful clues.

• Lin Changqing arrived in Hujia Village with Hu Shanhai and asked him to find villagers who knew about the massacre.
• Lin Changqing examined Wang Nading’s courtyard and sensed concealed Yin Evil Qi left by a demonized warrior.
• Lin Changqing suspected Liu Cang was connected to the family’s murder because Liu Cang had been seen near Qinglan Mountain.
• Hu Shanhai brought about a dozen villagers to Lin Changqing, who promised at least one hundred taels for useful information.
• One villager eagerly volunteered to speak after hearing the reward.

Lin Changqing traced a clue linking Fengping County Magistrate Zhang Yuzhi to Liu Cang and suspected that Hu Yunsan knew something about their scheme. He rushed to the county prison to question her, but a yamen runner revealed that Zhang had forbidden anyone from visiting her.

• After hearing the villagers’ accounts, Lin Changqing found no useful clues and gave each villager a hundred taels in silver notes.
• Lin Changqing examined Qinglan Mountain and sensed both Liu Cang’s Demonic Evil Qi and the Official Qi of someone he suspected was Magistrate Zhang Yuzhi.
• Lin Changqing reasoned that Wang Nading or Hu Yunsan might have known what Zhang and Liu were trying to conceal, so he asked Hu Shanhai to take him to see Hu Yunsan.
• Lin Changqing carried Hu Shanhai to Fengping County City and hurried to the prison.
• A young yamen runner stopped Lin Changqing and Hu Shanhai, saying Zhang Yuzhi had forbidden anyone from visiting Hu Yunsan.
• Lin Changqing demanded to know whether something had happened to Hu Yunsan.

Lin Changqing learned that Hu Yunsan had been beaten to death on Zhang Yuzhi’s orders and went with Hu Shanhai to search for his body. A flash of Spiritual Perception revealed that Hu Yunsan was Liu Cang, and when Lin Changqing tried to hypnotize Hu Shanhai, Hu Shanhai resisted and exposed Lin’s Spiritual Secret Technique.

• Lin Changqing hypnotized a young bailiff, who revealed that Li Li had beaten Hu Yunsan to death and that Zhang Yuzhi had ordered the death concealed.
• Lin Changqing took Hu Shanhai to the Mass Grave to retrieve Hu Yunsan’s body, then erased the bailiff’s memories of their encounter.
• Lin Changqing searched the Mass Grave but could not find Hu Yunsan’s body.
• Lin Changqing’s Spiritual Perception showed him being ambushed by Liu Cang, whose face matched Hu Shanhai’s description of Hu Yunsan.
• Lin Changqing questioned Hu Shanhai under hypnosis, but Hu Shanhai resisted and accused him of using a Spiritual Secret Technique to control his mind.

Lin Changqing discovered that Hu Shanhai and Liu Cang were fellow disciples searching for the Innate Exotic Treasure, the Source of Geng Gold, and learned that Zhang Yuzhi had helped them conceal their plot. After killing Hu Shanhai, Lin Changqing stormed the Fengping County yamen, where Zhang Yuzhi and Liu Cang emerged to fight him.

• Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to hypnotize Hu Shanhai and forced him to reveal that he and Liu Cang had come to Fengping County to find the Source of Geng Gold.
• Hu Shanhai confessed that Liu Cang had disguised himself as Hu Yunsan, joined with him to kill Wang Nading, and failed to find the treasure, while Zhang Yuzhi had helped them locate Wang Nading and stage a ploy to send Lin Changqing away.
• Hu Shanhai told Lin Changqing that Liu Cang was at the county yamen with Zhang Yuzhi, and Lin Changqing killed Hu Shanhai at the Mass Grave.
• Lin Changqing rushed into Fengping County and blasted open the county yamen gates, injuring a constable and destroying buildings as he charged into the backyard.
• Zhang Yuzhi and Liu Cang burst from the ruins and attacked Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing killed Zhang Yuzhi and pursued the demonized Liu Cang into the mountains. After cornering him, Lin Changqing heard Liu Cang offer information about the Source of Geng Gold in exchange for his life.

• Lin Changqing trapped Zhang Yuzhi and Liu Cang with his Qi and Blood Furnace, but Liu Cang demonized himself and broke free.
• Lin Changqing summoned a spiritual-energy peak that crushed Zhang Yuzhi, then pursued Liu Cang using a Mind Mark.
• Liu Cang fled through a mountain forest, but Lin Changqing quickly caught up and blocked his path.
• Lin Changqing challenged Liu Cang over the Eternal Life Alliance's rebellion, and Liu Cang offered to reveal the location of the Source of Geng Gold if Lin Changqing spared him.

Lin Changqing forcibly hypnotized Liu Cang and learned that the Source of Geng Gold was hidden on Qinglan Mountain. They reached the secluded valley where Wang Nading had concealed it, and Lin Changqing revealed the entrance to a cave hidden by an Illusion Array.

• Lin Changqing ignored Liu Cang's offer and used his Spiritual Power to hypnotize him after striking him severely.
• Liu Cang confessed that he had discovered the Source of Geng Gold and planned to use Lin Changqing to eliminate Zhang Yuzhi and Hu Shanhai.
• Liu Cang told Lin Changqing the treasure was in a cave on Qinglan Mountain, and Lin Changqing ordered him to lead the way.
• They reached a secluded valley near Hujia Village, but Liu Cang could not find the cave.
• Lin Changqing recognized Wang Nading's Illusion Array and struck the cliff with a stone, revealing the cave entrance.

Lin Changqing retrieved the Source of Geng Gold, killed Liu Cang, and flew toward Dafeng Prefecture City. As he began to cultivate, an urgent request for help reached him through a Message Jade Talisman.

• Lin Changqing tested the cave by throwing Liu Cang inside, then entered and found the iron box containing the Source of Geng Gold.
• Lin Changqing opened the box with his techniques, sealed the Source of Geng Gold, and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Lin Changqing killed Liu Cang, collected his head as proof, and left for Dafeng Prefecture City on the Flying Cloud Boat.
• Lin Changqing reflected on Liu Cang’s greed and the ongoing assessment, then decided to cultivate during the journey.
• A Message Jade Talisman vibrated, and an urgent voice asked Captain Lin for emergency help from the martial world.