Chapter Summaries

After Gu Chensha asked Lin Changqing for help from a newly emerged Cave Heaven Secret Realm in Xingsha Prefecture, Lin Changqing set course to rescue him while fusing the Source of Geng Gold into the Jingzhe Saber. The saber became a high-grade Innate Treasure Artifact, and Lin Changqing arrived in Xingsha Prefecture prepared to face the danger ahead.

• Gu Chensha told Lin Changqing that the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect had sealed the newly emerged secret realm where he was trapped, and Lin Changqing agreed to help.
• Lin Changqing turned the Flying Cloud Boat toward Xingsha Prefecture and began fusing the Source of Geng Gold into the Jingzhe Saber.
• Lin Changqing suppressed the saber's erupting Blade Qi to keep it from damaging the Flying Cloud Boat, then continued the painstaking fusion during the journey.
• After two days, Lin Changqing arrived above the desolate mountains of Xingsha Prefecture and completed the fusion, raising the Jingzhe Saber to a high-grade Innate Treasure Artifact.
• Lin Changqing recognized that he would need to reach the Heavenly Man realm to unleash the weapon's full power.

Lin Changqing reached the newly emerged Cave Heaven Secret Realm and found the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance guarding its entrance. He slaughtered their forces and crushed a Death Profound Realm expert, leaving the survivors fleeing as he approached the entrance.

• Lin Changqing surveyed the barren mountains from the Flying Cloud Boat and spotted the two factions gathered at the secret realm entrance.
• When Gu Chensha failed to answer his message, Lin Changqing searched the area with his Spiritual Power and descended onto the peak.
• Lin Changqing's landing killed at least a third of the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance members on the peak.
• A White Lotus Sect expert in the Death Profound Realm attacked Lin Changqing, but he trapped her in folded space and crushed her to death.
• The survivors recognized Lin Changqing as a Demon Suppression Division officer and fled from the secret realm entrance.

Lin Changqing entered the Cave Heaven Secret Realm and crossed its vast, devastated expanse to find Gu Chensha besieged by the White Lotus Sect and the Eternal Life Alliance. He rescued Gu Chensha with a devastating slash, but more than ten Life and Death Realm enemies still surrounded them.

• Lin Changqing entered the Cave Heaven Secret Realm after those outside mistook him for a powerful Demon Suppression Division elder and sent warnings to the people within.
• Lin Changqing discovered that the secret realm spanned more than one hundred thousand li and flew toward its core, passing battle-scarred land and numerous corpses.
• Lin Changqing located Gu Chensha on a shattered mountain, where over a hundred enemies had nearly worn down the protection of his defensive supreme treasure.
• Lin Changqing attacked the besiegers with the Jingzhe Saber and killed at least half of them with a single slash.
• Lin Changqing reached Gu Chensha's side, while the surviving enemies hesitated to attack despite threatening to kill them both.

Lin Changqing faced the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance fighters who attacked him and Gu Chensha. After the Jingzhe Saber killed a Life and Death Realm Demonized Warrior with one slash, Lin Changqing changed his plan from stalling to counterattacking and began another assault.

• The White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance fighters joined forces and attacked Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha.
• Gu Chensha activated a supreme treasure to shield them while Lin Changqing stepped outside the barrier and protected himself with a Qi and Blood Furnace.
• Lin Changqing drew the Jingzhe Saber and killed a Life and Death Realm Demonized Warrior with one slash, destroying both his body and spirit.
• The surviving fighters panicked and retreated, using defensive spirit artifacts to block Lin Changqing's path.
• Lin Changqing told Gu Chensha to hold them back and launched another attack, sending Blade Qi raining across the battlefield.

Lin Changqing slaughtered the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect forces trapped on the mountain, while Gu Chensha held them inside with his Golden Ancient Bell. After the battle, Gu Chensha revealed that another Innate Exotic Treasure lay in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm, and Lin Changqing pressed him for its location.

• Gu Chensha sealed the mountain peak with his Golden Ancient Bell so the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect forces could not escape.
• Lin Changqing killed more than a dozen enemies with a blade strike, then used the Square Inch Pagoda and Jingzhe Saber to massacre the remaining attackers.
• Gu Chensha let the Golden Ancient Bell vanish after the battle and asked Lin Changqing about his cultivation level, but he did not believe Lin Changqing was at the peak of the Spirit Nurturing Realm.
• Gu Chensha showed Lin Changqing the Innate Exotic Treasure he had refined and revealed that another treasure of comparable power was hidden in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm.
• Lin Changqing hurried to Gu Chensha and demanded to know what the other treasure was and where it could be found.

Lin Changqing learned that an Innate Exotic Treasure on Lake Island was guarded by an innate array and occupied by the Eternal Life Alliance and the White Lotus Sect. Facing two peak Life Profound Realm experts, he decided to secretly set up a Cold Ice Saber Array beneath the island and use the lake to attack its defenders.

• Gu Chensha told Lin Changqing that the treasure was on Lake Island, where more than three thousand members of the Eternal Life Alliance and the White Lotus Sect had gathered.
• Lin Changqing sensed two peak Life Profound Realm experts on the island and judged them to be dangerous opponents.
• Gu Chensha explained that an innate grand array was preventing the factions from obtaining the treasure, then admitted he had acquired the Golden Ancient Bell without knowing how he broke its array.
• Lin Changqing decided to lay a Cold Ice Saber Array beneath the island and harness the lake to kill the island's defenders.
• Lin Changqing slipped past the factions' blockade, entered the lake, and headed for the island's bed to set up the array.

Lin Changqing finished setting up the Cold Ice Saber Array beneath Lake Island, then stormed the island and devastated the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect forces with a secret art that amplified his punch. He reached the valley holding the Innate Exotic Treasure and faced the two peak Life Profound Realm experts, ending the chapter as he launched a saber strike.

• Lin Changqing completed the Cold Ice Saber Array across the lakebed and rose to confront the forces on Lake Island.
• More than a thousand Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect fighters surrounded Lin Changqing, but his Three Thousand Apertures Secret Art amplified his punch and annihilated everyone in its path.
• Lin Changqing crossed the lake toward the island’s core as the surviving fighters fled in terror.
• Lin Changqing reached the valley containing the Innate Exotic Treasure, where two peak Life Profound Realm experts and dozens of Life and Death Realm experts confronted him.
• Lin Changqing exchanged taunts with the middle-aged expert, then raised the Jingzhe Saber and attacked.

Lin Changqing battled Lu Changkong and activated a killing array hidden around Lake Island. He froze the island’s weaker fighters and prepared to unleash the Cold Ice Saber Array’s true power against the remaining experts.

• Lin Changqing’s amplified saber strike forced Lu Changkong to defend himself, and their clash killed many people nearby with its shockwaves.
• Lu Changkong summoned a sea of spiritual swords with the Wind and Rain Sword Art, while the others tried to flee Lake Island.
• Lin Changqing activated the array’s 108 pillars, freezing Lake Island and trapping the escaping fighters.
• The array froze more than two thousand fighters below the Life and Death Realm, leaving fewer than forty experts able to resist its icy power.
• Lu Changkong urged the remaining experts to attack Lin Changqing, and they launched their strongest attacks at him.
• Lin Changqing revealed that ice was only the Cold Ice Saber Array’s foundation and drew on the array’s power for a saber strike.

Lin Changqing used the Cold Ice Saber Array to kill the remaining experts trapped on Lake Island and captured the fleeing Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron. He left with the treasure and flew toward Gu Chensha.

• Lin Changqing's saber strike unleashed the Cold Ice Saber Array, killing nearly everyone on Lake Island except two peak Life Profound Realm Demonized Warriors.
• Lin Changqing struck again with the array's power and killed the two surviving experts, splitting the island and destroying the valley's Grand Array.
• An Innate Exotic Treasure escaped from the ruins, and Lin Changqing caught and bound it.
• Lin Changqing identified the treasure as the Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron, refined it enough to leave a Mind Mark, and learned it could refine all things with Five Elements Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Changqing stored the cauldron in his body and flew toward Gu Chensha.

Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha escaped the Cave Heaven Secret Realm with their Innate Exotic Treasures after Lin asked Gu to keep his Array Dao mastery secret. They headed back to Dafeng Prefecture City, their friendship strengthened by their shared escape and banter.

• Gu Chensha marveled at Lin Changqing's strength and Array Dao skill, and Lin asked him to keep his abilities secret.
• Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha agreed to leave before the factions and the Demon Suppression Division arrived in force.
• The Flying Cloud Boat burst through the weakened blockade of the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect and escaped the secret realm.
• Gu Chensha said he had completed his mission and explained that a defensive Innate Exotic Treasure had helped him survive; Lin Changqing said he had completed his mission too.
• Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha joked about Gu being hunted and gaining treasures, then discussed the assessment without revealing their missions.

Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha returned to Dafeng Prefecture City, where Lin prepared healing and anti-poison pills for an expected conflict with the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance. Xu Ming learned that Lin had killed Liu Cang, then received an even more shocking report of Lin’s massacre in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm.

• Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha returned to Dafeng Prefecture City and submitted their completed mission for review.
• Gu Chensha invited Lin Changqing to Tianyin Workshop, but Lin returned to his courtyard to study the Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron and prepare pills for the coming war.
• Xu Ming learned that Lin Changqing had killed Liu Cang, the Eternal Life Alliance’s Thousand-Faced Ghost Fox, and wondered how Lin had found him.
• Xu Ming and his companion received a Heavenly Machine Tower report that Lin had killed several thousand White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance experts, including more than a hundred Life and Death Realm experts.
• Xu Ming accepted the report as true and realized Lin Changqing was far beyond the level of someone he could invest in.

After news of Lin Changqing’s achievements in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm spread through the Dafeng Prefecture Demon Suppression Division, senior figures hurried to seek his favor. Lin Changqing realized why they were coming and waited calmly for Xu Ming at his courtyard gate.

• Xu Ming and another man decided to visit Lin Changqing and offer help or warnings in hopes of earning his favor.
• The Heavenly Machine Tower’s report reached senior figures throughout Dafeng Prefecture, prompting many to investigate Lin Changqing or visit him.
• Lin Changqing used the Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron to refine Ten-Pattern Perfect Pills with an increased yield and marveled at its amplification.
• Lin Changqing’s Spiritual Perception warned him that Xu Ming and other senior figures would soon come, so he put away the cauldron and prepared to receive them.
• Xu Ming respectfully called for Lin Changqing to open his courtyard gate, and Lin Changqing went out to meet him.

Xu Ming and his companion explained that the Demon Suppression Division’s missions were an assessment for entry into the Origin Realm, and warned Lin Changqing about enemies both outside and inside the Division. They left advising him to wait before accepting anyone’s offers, while Lin Changqing privately resolved not to attach himself to any faction.

• Lin Changqing welcomed Xu Ming and his companion and hosted them in his courtyard.
• Xu Ming told Lin Changqing that his accomplishments had likely secured him an Origin Realm slot and explained that the missions were part of a selection assessment.
• Xu Ming and his companion warned Lin Changqing that the Eternal Life Alliance, the White Lotus Sect, and internal factions could threaten him.
• Lin Changqing thanked the two men, and they shared tea as their bond grew closer.
• Xu Ming advised Lin Changqing to delay any decisions until the assessment ended, and Lin Changqing concealed his intention to pursue a goal beyond the Dafeng Prefecture Demon Suppression Division.

After Lin Changqing refused to meet the many people trying to recruit him, he spent five days refining pills in seclusion. A Demon Slaying Captain then delivered his final, most dangerous mission for the Origin Realm slot assessment.

• Lin Changqing turned away recruiters by activating his courtyard array and going into seclusion, while a black-robed captain grew angry at his refusal and ordered an investigation into how he had killed so many experts.
• Lin Changqing spent five days refining pills, refusing visitors apart from Gu Chensha, who stopped by before leaving to carry out a new mission.
• Lin Changqing sensed that his next mission had arrived and left the pill-refining room to wait at the courtyard gate.
• The Demon Slaying Captain gave Lin Changqing a jade talisman and warned him that the mission was likely his last assessment task and his most dangerous.

Lin Changqing set out for Hongyuan County to investigate a suspected demonized-warrior massacre, while an enemy secretly ordered his trump card seized. During the journey, he entered the Entering Void Realm and sensed a vision of a deadly future, as the White Lotus Sect prepared to open the gates of hell in Hongyuan County.

• Lin Changqing accepted the mission to find and kill the culprit behind a blood sacrifice in Muyun County, then left the Demon Suppression Division for Hongyuan County.
• A black-robed young man learned Lin Changqing had departed and ordered his agents to force him to reveal and surrender the weapon he had used to kill a peak Life Profound Realm expert.
• Lin Changqing cultivated aboard the Flying Cloud Boat and, after four days, broke through the Purple Mansion Realm into the Entering Void Realm.
• Lin Changqing's Spiritual Perception revealed a future vision of bloodshed, wandering souls, and evil ghosts, leading him to suspect the White Lotus Sect was behind the Hongyuan County mission.
• A farmer reported to an old woman that the Nine Nether Yin Land lay beneath the county yamen, where Magistrate Song Du blocked their access; the old woman planned to blood-sacrifice Hongyuan County when the gates of hell opened in seven days.

Lin Changqing investigated the Blood Sacrifice ruins across Hongyuan County and found a clue connected to a Yin Sha land. After detecting a powerful Sword Cultivator at the county yamen, he unknowingly alerted the White Lotus Sect elder, who began summoning reinforcements to deal with him and Song Du.

• Lin Changqing inspected Black Mountain Town and found that a human-made pit concealed a ruined Yin Sha land.
• Lin Changqing examined the other Blood Sacrifice sites across the three towns and eighteen villages, then went to the county yamen to verify a clue.
• Lin Changqing sensed formidable Righteous Sword Qi within the county yamen and suspected a Life and Death Realm Sword Cultivator was there.
• A servant secretly informed the White Lotus Sect elder that Lin Changqing had arrived in Hongyuan County.
• The White Lotus Sect elder ordered her subordinate to request sect reinforcements and decided to alert the Eternal Life Alliance as well.

Lin Changqing met Hongyuan County Magistrate Song Du, who revealed he was a Moon-level Demon Slaying Envoy guarding the Nine Nether Yin Land beneath the county yamen. Song Du said his orders had changed and he was now tasked with keeping Lin Changqing safe over the next few days.

• Song Du welcomed Lin Changqing to the county yamen after learning of his feats against the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance.
• Lin Changqing sensed Song Du's strength and stayed wary, then questioned how the magistrate knew he was coming.
• Song Du revealed his identity as a Moon-level Demon Slaying Envoy and explained that his magistrate position concealed his mission to guard the Nine Nether Yin Land.
• Lin Changqing recognized that the Yin Sha Qi in the backyard matched the aura at the Blood Sacrifice ruins he had investigated.
• Song Du told Lin Changqing that orders from above now required him to protect Lin Changqing over the next few days.

Lin Changqing realized the Demon Suppression Division had sent him to Hongyuan County as bait for the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance, and Song Du confirmed the scheme. Trapped by the mission and the danger of leaving, Lin Changqing suppressed his anger and remained in place.

• Lin Changqing deduced that the Demon Suppression Division had arranged for him to serve as bait and accused Song Du of confirming the conspiracy.
• Song Du admitted the division intended to lure out the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance, and said Lin Changqing would earn Contribution Points if the plan succeeded.
• Lin Changqing realized the division had used him because it did not consider him powerful enough to stand as its equal.
• Song Du explained that Lin Changqing could not safely leave Hongyuan County without facing the enemy or failing his assessment mission.
• Lin Changqing restrained his fury, drank the tea, and calmly accepted that he was trapped in the plan.

Lin Changqing settled into the courtyard Song Du had prepared and built the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array, intending to use it against the Eternal Life Alliance and the White Lotus Sect. Song Du watched the bait and waited for the factions—and the man behind the blood sacrifice—to make their move.

• Lin Changqing inspected the empty courtyard and decided he would have to protect himself rather than rely on Song Du.
• Lin Changqing used eight hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones to complete the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array, linking the courtyard to the earth’s power.
• Song Du learned Lin Changqing had arrived and ordered a bailiff to watch him, expecting him to act after being used as bait.
• Song Du prepared to exploit the coming chaos and suppress the culprit behind the Blood Sacrifice of Three Towns and Eighteen Villages.
• Lin Changqing declared that the array would kill anyone below the Heavenly Man Realm who entered it and awaited the enemy factions.

Lin Changqing waited in Hongyuan County as the Eternal Life Alliance’s attackers arrived on the night the Ghost Gate opened. Song Du discovered that Ying Xiangtian had come to stop him from reaching Lin Changqing, leaving Lin to face the threat alone.

• Lin Changqing spent seven days cultivating, reaching the peak of the Entering Void Realm while monitoring Hongyuan County for the killer’s move.
• As the Ghost Gate opened, armed figures entered Hongyuan County, and Lin Changqing left seclusion to await them in his courtyard.
• Song Du went onto the county yamen’s roof and recognized Ying Xiangtian, a Purple Clothed Envoy of the Eternal Life Alliance.
• Ying Xiangtian revealed that the Eternal Life Alliance knew Lin Changqing was being used as bait and threatened to kill him, Song Du, and the other Demon Suppression Division agents.
• Song Du realized there was a spy in the Demon Suppression Division and tried to reach Lin Changqing, but Ying Xiangtian blocked him with an attack.