Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing faced a massive force from the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect after learning the Demon Suppression Division’s reinforcements had been held back. He revealed that he had poisoned the attackers, leaving hundreds of enemies collapsing or dissolving into pus.

• Song Du tried to contact the Demon Suppression Division, but Ying Xiangtian told him their other fighters were being held back and Lin Changqing was doomed.
• Lin Changqing surveyed Hongyuan County City with his Spiritual Power and spotted an aged figure setting up an array.
• Several hundred Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect fighters surrounded Lin Changqing’s courtyard, led by four powerhouses at the limit of the Life and Death Realm.
• Lin Changqing taunted the attackers and revealed that their bodies were growing weak because he had poisoned them.
• Many of the weaker attackers collapsed, and at least half the force rapidly rotted into puddles of pus.

Lin Changqing poisoned the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance forces, then revealed his array mastery when his formation blocked a powerful attack. More than a hundred Life and Death Realm experts remained around him, while Song Du and Ying Xiangtian watched and argued over whether they could break his Grand Array.

• Lin Changqing's poison killed or crippled hundreds of cultivators below the Life and Death Realm, while the stronger experts forced the toxins from their bodies.
• A White Lotus Sect Death Profound Realm expert attacked Lin Changqing, but an earthen-yellow array shield blocked his punch.
• The surviving poisoned cultivators begged for the antidote or demanded Lin Changqing's death before they dissolved into puddles of liquid.
• Lin Changqing confirmed that his array was his true trump card and challenged the Life and Death Realm experts to break it.
• Song Du told Ying Xiangtian that Lin Changqing had proved him wrong, while Ying Xiangtian insisted their forces could still destroy the Grand Array.

Lin Changqing used the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array to withstand the Eternal Life Alliance’s assault and trap the Bloodthirsty Spear. He then announced that he would show the two factions how he had killed their experts, and began to unleash the array’s attack.

• The Purple Clothed Envoy attacked Lin Changqing with a powerful blade strike, but Lin’s earthen-yellow barrier blocked it without shaking.
• After Lin taunted him, the Purple Clothed Envoy demonized and summoned the Bloodthirsty Spear while the other experts poured their strength into him.
• The Bloodthirsty Spear struck Lin’s barrier and cracked it, but Lin repaired and strengthened the wall with a hand seal.
• The Purple Clothed Envoy fed the spear his Essence Blood and attacked again, but Lin turned the wall into a mudslide that swallowed the spear’s momentum.
• Lin rose above the gathered enemies and declared that he would show them how he had killed their thousands of experts before activating the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array.

Lin Changqing used the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array to kill more than a hundred Life and Death Realm experts, but the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect then activated a Blood Sacrifice Grand Array across Hongyuan County to break the seal over the Nine Nether Yin Land. Song Du fought to stop the sacrifice and called on Lin Changqing for help as the county's people began dying.

• Lin Changqing poured the Earth Imprisoning Heaven Array's power into the Jingzhe Saber and killed more than a hundred Life and Death Realm experts with one slash.
• Song Du confronted Ying Xiangtian, declaring that the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect had lost their strength in Dafeng Prefecture, but Ying Xiangtian insisted the fight was not over.
• A Blood Sacrifice Grand Array blanketed Hongyuan County, draining the Qi and Blood of its inhabitants to break the seal over the Nine Nether Yin Land.
• Ying Xiangtian blocked Song Du from stopping the array as its power killed livestock and people across the county.
• The array sent a pillar of blood-fiend light into the pool beneath the county yamen, corroding the seal, and Song Du sent Lin Changqing a plea to stop the White Lotus Sect's sacrifice.

Lin Changqing waited for the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array’s hidden mastermind to reveal himself, then destroyed the array and captured the man controlling it. After hypnotizing him, Lin Changqing learned that the elder behind the plot was hiding in a distant courtyard.

• Song Du called for Lin Changqing to act, but Lin Changqing remained still while the factions mistook his silence for injury.
• Lin Changqing stepped out of the ruins and rose into the air as the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array neared completion.
• Lin Changqing launched a disk into the blood fiend qi, causing the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array to explode and its controller to crash to the ground.
• Lin Changqing stopped the fleeing black-robed man and used his Spiritual Power to hypnotize him.
• The hypnotized man revealed that the elder behind the scheme was in a residential courtyard.

The old woman from the White Lotus Sect fled after her blood-sacrifice plan failed, but Lin Changqing killed her with a Spear of Consciousness. He then formed an array by thought that sealed Hongyuan County, trapping the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance forces as both sides assembled for battle.

• The old woman from the White Lotus Sect fled the city, blaming Lin Changqing for ruining her plan to sacrifice everyone in Hongyuan County and break the seal on the Nine Nether Yin Land.
• Lin Changqing struck the fleeing old woman with a Spear of Consciousness, annihilating her Martial God and killing her.
• A martial arts expert recognized Lin Changqing's attack as a Spiritual Secret Technique, alarming the gathered fighters.
• A peak Life and Death Realm expert from the White Lotus Sect ordered his side to retreat, but Lin Changqing spread his Mind Power across Hongyuan County.
• Lin Changqing formed an array by thought that drew in Spiritual Energy and sealed the county, blocking the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance from escaping.
• The forces of both sides gathered for battle, with the Demon Suppression Division's smaller force gaining the advantage from Lin Changqing's presence.

Lin Changqing refused to yield to the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect, then unleashed a devastating array technique against them. His river of blades annihilated the hundreds of experts, leaving the battle’s immediate outcome settled.

• An Eternal Life Alliance envoy threatened Lin Changqing with the destruction of Hongyuan County if he did not withdraw the array.
• Song Du urged Lin Changqing to avoid a battle that could kill millions of civilians, while Lin Changqing expressed anger at the Demon Suppression Division for using him as bait.
• Lin Changqing declared that he would strike first and invoked Earth Imprisonment Sky, Thunder Condensing Blade, Gale as Blade.
• Lin Changqing drew on the power of earth, heaven, thunder, and wind to unleash a vast river of blade energy against the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect.
• The river of blades shattered the factions’ defenses and annihilated their hundreds of experts.

Lin Changqing wiped out the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance forces in Hongyuan County, then claimed the Old Woman’s head to complete his assessment mission. He left for Dafeng Prefecture expecting a major promotion and reward, while Song Du reprimanded a Demon Slaying Envoy who complained about him.

• Lin Changqing killed hundreds of White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance experts with one slash, leaving the Demon Suppression Division experts stunned.
• Lin Changqing took the Old Woman’s head to complete his mission and asked Song Du about his Contribution Points and promotion.
• Song Du said Lin Changqing’s merit was beyond his ability to calculate and promised to report the events fairly.
• Lin Changqing flew toward Dafeng Prefecture, expecting his deeds to earn him a promotion and plentiful Contribution Points.
• A Demon Slaying Envoy criticized Lin Changqing for leaving without greeting the others, and Song Du rebuked him for complaining.
• Song Du left the group, while the chastened Demon Slaying Envoy was left facing the disapproval of those around him.

Lin Changqing studied the Flying Cloud Boat as he traveled toward Dafeng Prefecture City, while the Demon Suppression Division, White Lotus Sect, and Eternal Life Alliance prepared for war after the Hongyuan County City battle. The White Lotus Sect issued a kill order on Lin Changqing, but he remained unaware and finished improving the Flying Cloud Boat before preparing to test his work.

• Lin Changqing analyzed the Flying Cloud Boat’s mechanisms and refined a design focused on speed and defense.
• News spread across Dafeng Prefecture that the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance had suffered heavy losses, and the three factions began preparing for war.
• A furious voice in the White Lotus Sect’s hidden Cave Heaven Secret Realm ordered the White Lotus Kill Order against Lin Changqing, offering a White Lotus Treasure Pill as the reward.
• The kill order stirred experts across Dafeng Prefecture and neighboring prefectures into searching for Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing completed his study of the Flying Cloud Boat, declared that he had improved it, and summoned the Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron to test it.

Lin Changqing refined a new flying treasure artifact from the Flying Cloud Boat, naming it the Heaven Escaping Shuttle. He tested its capabilities and found it could fly at fifty-three times the speed of sound, leaving him pleased with his creation and eager to improve it further.

• Lin Changqing used the Five Elements Void Refining Cauldron to forge a faster, more capable version of the Flying Cloud Boat.
• Lin Changqing named the green-jade vessel the Heaven Escaping Shuttle and gave it an automated cabin with nearly ten thousand cubic meters of internal space.
• Lin Changqing tested the Heaven Escaping Shuttle and accelerated it to fifty-three times the speed of sound.
• Lin Changqing confirmed that the Heaven Escaping Shuttle surpassed the Flying Cloud Boat in speed and concealment, while its offense and defense remained untested.

Lin Changqing returned to Dafeng Prefecture City and secluded himself to cultivate while the Demon Suppression Division launched a decisive war against the White Lotus Sect and the Eternal Life Alliance. After visualizing the divine essence of the Ninth Heaven and advancing his Spiritual Realm, he prepared to break through the Void Refining Realm into the Life and Death Realm.

• Lin Changqing returned to Dafeng Prefecture City on a fast Heaven Escaping Shuttle, submitted his mission, and entered seclusion to avoid recruiters.
• Lin Changqing cultivated several paths at once as the Demon Suppression Division began its campaign against the White Lotus Sect and the Eternal Life Alliance.
• The Demon Suppression Division used Heavenly Machine Tower intelligence to strike the factions' strongholds across Dafeng Prefecture.
• After further cultivation, Lin Changqing visualized and nurtured the divine essence of the Ninth Heaven, advancing to the middle stage of the Divine Breath Realm.
• Lin Changqing decided to break through the Void Refining Realm and enter the Life and Death Realm.

Lin Changqing broke through all three Void Refining realms and entered the Death Profound Realm in a single day, then learned that his reward from the Demon Suppression Division was only a promotion to Three-Star Demon Slaying Commandant and 100,000 Contribution Points. He resented the meager reward and suspected that some people in the Division were taking him for a fool.

• Lin Changqing used his mastery of heaven-and-earth laws and the Azure Orb to advance through Entering Void, Cave Void, and Transforming Void in just over half a day.
• Lin Changqing shattered the barrier to the Life and Death Realm and entered the Death Profound Realm, greatly increasing his power.
• Lin Changqing sensed that Xu Ming was coming and opened his courtyard gate when Xu Ming arrived with news.
• Xu Ming announced that Lin Changqing had been promoted to Three-Star Demon Slaying Commandant and delivered his new attire, Identity Token, and 100,000 Contribution Points.
• Lin Changqing judged the promotion and reward far too small for his merits and grew angry at the Demon Suppression Division.

Lin Changqing learned that Wang Tianlin had blocked his promotion to Demon Slaying Envoy and resolved to remember the grievance, though he could not yet challenge him. As Lin Changqing wandered through Dafeng Prefecture City, the Division Head revealed that the Envoy position had been reserved for someone else and ordered him watched.

• Xu Ming gave Lin Changqing his new rank and told him that Deputy Division Head Wang Tianlin had overruled his promotion to Demon Slaying Envoy.
• Lin Changqing accepted the Three-Star Demon Slaying Commandant token but became furious over losing the Envoy's authority, resources, and access to the Scripture Pavilion.
• Lin Changqing vowed to remember Wang Tianlin's interference, acknowledged that he could not defeat him yet, and left the Demon Suppression Division to walk through Dafeng Prefecture City.
• A Three-Star Demon Slaying Commandant reported to the Division Head that Lin Changqing had accepted his new token without protest.
• The Division Head explained that the Envoy position was limited and had to go to someone else this year, then ordered Lin Changqing kept under observation.

Lin Changqing reunited with Zhao Yufei on Jade Screen Mountain after she revealed she knew about his demotion. She explained that Wang Tianlin was suppressing him to help his nephew Wang Jingyu secure a Demon Slaying Envoy post and improve his chances of winning an Origin Realm slot.

• Lin Changqing wandered to Jade Screen Mountain and found Zhao Yufei waiting at the summit.
• Zhao Yufei invited Lin Changqing to drink and stopped him from leaving by asking whether he wanted to know why Wang Tianlin had suppressed him.
• Lin Changqing joined Zhao Yufei at Sea Gazing Pavilion, where she served him Jade Spring Spirit Brew.
• Lin Changqing questioned how Zhao Yufei learned about the Demon Suppression Division, but she denied that her palace had informants there.
• Zhao Yufei told Lin Changqing that Wang Tianlin wanted to promote his nephew Wang Jingyu to Demon Slaying Envoy so Wang Jingyu could improve his odds of obtaining an Origin Realm slot.

Lin Changqing agreed to enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm with Zhao Yufei after she offered him three Innate Treasure Medicines and help reclaiming his Demon Slaying Envoy position. Zhao Yufei and her black-robed subordinate discussed using Lin Changqing as a weapon, while the subordinate feared the plan could backfire.

• Zhao Yufei explained that Wang Tianlin had given Lin Changqing's Demon Slaying Envoy position to Wang Jingyu because Dafeng Prefecture had only one slot each year.
• Lin Changqing realized Zhao Yufei had arranged their meeting to persuade him to enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm, and Zhao Yufei admitted she had been watching him.
• Zhao Yufei tripled her promised reward to three Innate Treasure Medicines and offered Lin Changqing the Demon Slaying Envoy position and all other gains from the secret realm.
• Lin Changqing agreed to enter the secret realm in three to seven days and demanded the three medicines in advance before leaving Jade Screen Mountain.
• Zhao Yufei told her black-robed subordinate that Lin Changqing's strength and formation skills made him a useful blade, while the subordinate worried that the blade might turn against her.

Lin Changqing joined Zhao Yufei and her companions at Sea Gazing Pavilion to enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm, drawn by a mysterious summons within it. As the group waited for the seal to weaken, he realized Zhao Yufei had kept the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace unaware of her plan.

• Lin Changqing decided to explore the Jade Screen Secret Realm after sensing a summons there, despite learning Zhao Yufei still intended to use him.
• After four days of cultivation, Lin Changqing received Zhao Yufei’s letter summoning him to Sea Gazing Pavilion at midnight.
• Zhao Yufei told the Black Robed Man that she hoped to retrieve her ancestor’s relic and would rather remain in the secret realm forever than fail.
• Lin Changqing reached Jade Screen Mountain and used his Spiritual Power to survey the mountain and the people gathered at the pavilion.
• Zhao Yufei told Lin Changqing that the seal would weaken in half an hour, and he assessed the seven companions’ cultivation levels.

Lin Changqing joined Zhao Yufei and six others to enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm, accepting three low-grade Innate Treasure Medicines as advance payment. The group survived the dangerous passage, though one person died, and Zhao Yufei offered to increase their compensation after the survivors blamed her for the perilous entrance.

• Lin Changqing accepted three low-grade Innate Treasure Medicines from Zhao Yufei and waited with the others in the Sea Gazing Pavilion.
• Zhao Yufei used a Jade Butterfly to open a Space Rift, and the group entered the passage one after another.
• Lin Changqing resisted the spatial tearing force with his Spiritual Power while one person was ground into dust and the others struggled to survive.
• The survivors emerged into the Jade Screen Secret Realm, where several of them questioned Zhao Yufei about the dangerous entrance.
• Zhao Yufei admitted her intelligence gathering had been inadequate and offered to increase everyone's promised compensation by ten percent.

Lin Changqing followed Zhao Yufei deeper into the Jade Screen Secret Realm, where a moonlight attack revealed that the Moon Worship Cult had been waiting for them. Outside the realm, the Demon Suppression Division sent Xu San and a hundred soldiers to stop intruders from damaging the seal.

• Zhao Yufei calmed the group by promising an additional ten percent in payment, and Lin Changqing suspected she intended to use them as expendable pieces.
• Lin Changqing sensed a summons from the mountains, and Zhao Yufei led the group in the same direction.
• A mysterious being in the Demon Suppression Division ordered Xu San to enter the Jade Screen Secret Realm, and Xu San led a hundred soldiers toward Jade Screen Mountain.
• As Zhao Yufei guided the group through the mountain forest, Lin Changqing sensed someone watching from a peak, then a strand of moonlight attacked them.
• A Death Profound Realm expert's sword Qi failed to stop the moonlight, which swallowed the attack and grew larger as the group scattered.
• The Black Robed Man told Zhao Yufei that the Moon Worship Cult had arrived, and Zhao Yufei revealed they had deliberately waited for her group and shared its goal of retrieving her ancestor's relics.

Lin Changqing learned that Zhao Yufei and the Black Robed Man were connected to the Moon Worship Cult, then destroyed the cult members who ambushed them with a single blade strike. After using his strength to intimidate the group, he prepared to continue toward their destination, but a Death Profound Realm expert demanded answers from Zhao Yufei.

• Lin Changqing overheard Zhao Yufei and the Black Robed Man discussing the Moon Worship Cult and realized Zhao Yufei had concealed more than he knew.
• Lin Changqing split the Moon Worship Cult's moonlight attack and cleaved a distant mountain, killing dozens of hidden cult members with his Blade Qi.
• The Black Robed Man told Zhao Yufei that Lin Changqing's power exceeded theirs, while Zhao Yufei admitted they had no choice but to rely on their greater knowledge of the Jade Screen Secret Realm.
• The group reacted with shock and reverence, and Lin Changqing recognized that his display of strength had made them wary of opposing him.
• Lin Changqing urged everyone to continue, but a Death Profound Realm expert challenged Zhao Yufei about concealing the presence of other people in the secret realm.

Zhao Yufei admitted the Moon Worship Cult was pursuing her ancestors’ relics, and the uneasy group continued deeper into the Jade Screen Secret Realm. Meanwhile, the Moon Worship Cult dispatched squads to find her, and the group arrived at the ruins of an ancient city where a vast, deadly pit lay ahead.

• Zhao Yufei acknowledged the Moon Worship Cult’s connection to her ancestors and warned the group that her guidance had kept them from other dangers.
• A Death Profound Realm expert calmed the dispute, and the group continued onward despite its growing mistrust.
• A middle-aged Moon Worship Cult member reported the first squad’s defeat to the White-haired Old Man, who ordered his followers to search for Zhao Yufei without engaging her.
• More than a thousand Moon Worship Cult members split into squads and flew out to search for Zhao Yufei.
• Zhao Yufei led Lin Changqing and the others to a vast ruined city, where they saw a deep pit filled with destructive power and space-time fractures.