Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing annihilated the White Lotus Sect’s Yun Province Branch and seized its vast treasury, then set out to attack the Eternal Life Alliance’s branch. After seeing proof of Lin Changqing’s strength, Wu Wudi ordered a purge of both groups’ strongholds across Yunzhou.

• Lin Changqing killed everyone at the White Lotus Sect Yun Province Branch, leaving no survivors within ten thousand li.
• Lin Changqing located the branch’s hidden Treasure Vault, bypassed its array, and collected its resources.
• Lin Changqing departed for the Eternal Life Alliance Yun Province Branch aboard the Heaven Escaping Shuttle.
• Sun-level Demon Slaying Envoys showed Wu Wudi footage of Lin Changqing killing more than a hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals, including peak Demonized Warriors.
• Wu Wudi ordered his subordinates to investigate and purge every White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance stronghold within Yunzhou.

Lin Changqing attacked the Eternal Life Alliance’s Yun Province stronghold and used his Array Dao mastery to destroy its village fortress and kill many of its forces. As he unleashed a sea of blades against the survivors, Prince Jin resolved to summon a Grand Luo Golden Immortal to assassinate him.

• Wu Wudi accepted that Lin Changqing had slain over a hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division mobilized to wage war on the White Lotus Sect and the Eternal Life Alliance.
• Prince Jin learned Lin Changqing had killed the experts and decided to ask a Grand Luo Golden Immortal who owed his estate a favor to assassinate him.
• Lin Changqing reached the Eternal Life Alliance’s Yun Province headquarters, concealed in a village, and used his Array Disk to shatter its defenses and reduce the village to ruins.
• Over ten thousand Demonized Warriors emerged from underground, and their purple-robed leader tried to seduce Lin Changqing before threatening him.
• Lin Changqing formed a Derived Realm with the Array Disk, crushed at least a third of the assembled fighters, and swept his Jingzhe Saber through the survivors with countless Blade Auras.

Lin Changqing annihilated the Eternal Life Alliance’s forces at the village and discovered an ancient altar beneath it. When he seized the Ink Bead protecting the underground palace, it merged into his body and a powerful presence attacked his consciousness.

• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda and Jingzhe Saber to kill the demonized Eternal Life Alliance warriors trapped by his Grand Array.
• After slaughtering everyone, Lin Changqing searched the underground palace and found an altar covered in unfamiliar ancient runes.
• Lin Changqing identified the Ink Bead atop the altar as the source of the palace’s protection and seized it.
• The Ink Bead merged into Lin Changqing’s body, and a being calling itself This King tried to seize his body.

Lin Changqing destroyed the demonic fiend that tried to seize his body and refined the Ink Bead, greatly strengthening his Inner World, body, soul, and will. He then set out to expose Prince Jin's secretly raised army, while others gathered at the ruins of the Eternal Life Alliance branch and saw its towering baleful aura.

• A demonic fiend entered Lin Changqing's Sea of Consciousness to seize his body, but Lin Changqing trapped and annihilated it with the Cosmic Galaxy array.
• Lin Changqing devoured the fiend's divine soul and memory fragments, then refined the Ink Bead's energy to transform his Inner World and strengthen himself.
• After a day of cultivation, Lin Changqing left the underground palace, collected the Array Disk, and headed toward Prince Jin's Estate to uncover its secretly raised troops.
• The underground palace collapsed after Lin Changqing departed, and his Heaven Escaping Shuttle entered the Dark Universe to travel toward Prince Jin's hidden army.
• A vast baleful aura spread over the Eternal Life Alliance branch ruins, drawing onlookers, including people from the Demon Suppression Division.

Lin Changqing infiltrated Prince Jin's hidden military camp, recorded evidence of its three hundred thousand private soldiers, and secretly sealed the valley with a Grand Array to prevent their escape. He returned to Yunzhou City and went to Wu Wudi for help sending the evidence to the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Changqing discovered a concealed valley containing three hundred thousand elite soldiers and eleven Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Lin Changqing entered the valley unseen and used an Image Talisman to record evidence of Prince Jin's private army.
• Lin Changqing laid a Grand Array around the valley to prevent Prince Jin's Estate from moving its troops.
• Lin Changqing returned to Yunzhou City and headed to the Demon Suppression Division to seek Wu Wudi's help.
• Lin Changqing arrived at Wu Wudi's residence and called out to request an audience.

Lin Changqing brought Wu Wudi evidence that Prince Jin was secretly raising a 300,000-strong private army, but he doubted the Image Talisman would reach the Emperor. Back at his residence, he summoned Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to help carry out his backup plan.

• Wu Wudi was shocked by Lin Changqing's immense strength when Lin arrived at his estate.
• Lin Changqing showed Wu Wudi an Image Talisman documenting Prince Jin's hidden 300,000-strong army, and Wu Wudi decided to send the evidence to the Imperial Capital.
• Wu Wudi warned Lin Changqing to focus on Zhou Nanfei's Ruined Cave Mansion mission and ordered Lu Li to monitor him after he left.
• Lin Changqing overheard Wu Wudi and Lu Li discussing the evidence and suspected it would never reach the Emperor.
• Lin Changqing returned home and sent voice transmissions to Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to enlist their help with his second plan.

Lin Changqing showed Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue evidence that Prince Jin's Estate was raising a private army and arranged for them to secretly spread copies through the Imperial Capital. He planned to keep the army trapped in its valley and wait to see whether Wu Wudi could deliver the evidence, while preparing for Prince Jin's retaliation.

• Lin Changqing showed Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue an Image Talisman recording Prince Jin's Estate raising a private army.
• Lin Changqing told them he had already given a copy to Wu Wudi but doubted it would reach the Imperial Capital safely.
• Du Mingyue proposed spreading the images so Prince Jin's Estate could not suppress the evidence, and Lin Changqing asked them to arrange this secretly.
• Lin Changqing said the soldiers in the valley would be unable to move and set a half-month deadline before they began spreading the images.
• Lin Changqing warned Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to stay inside the Demon Suppression Division's headquarters while they made arrangements through trusted people.

After Wu Wudi’s Image Talisman vanished inside the Imperial Capital Demon Suppression Division, Lin Changqing confirmed his plan had failed and launched a second scheme to expose Prince Jin’s Estate. Lin Changqing left Yunzhou City to face an assassination attempt, where a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was waiting for him.

• Lu Li told Wu Wudi that the Image Talisman had disappeared inside the Imperial Capital Demon Suppression Division, and Wu Wudi ordered him to find the traitor.
• Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Perception to confirm Wu Wudi’s failure, then contacted Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue and ordered their preparations to begin early.
• Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue’s forces spread Image Talismans through Yunzhou’s prefectures, commanderies, and counties while Lin Changqing left the city to shield Green Mountain Village, the Du Family, and the Gu Family from Prince Jin’s retaliation.
• Prince Jin learned that Lin Changqing had left the city and sent a concealed expert to kill him, revealing that a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was waiting outside Yunzhou.
• Lin Changqing sensed the expert and identified him as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal around the third level, but remained confident as he faced him.

Lin Changqing fought off the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Prince Jin had hired to ambush him, but the attacker escaped from his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation. Lin Changqing headed for Zhou Nanfei's Ruined Cave Mansion, while the failed ambush ended Prince Jin's relationship with the middle-aged expert.

• The middle-aged Grand Luo Golden Immortal ambushed Lin Changqing with a Geng Metal palm, but Lin Changqing cut through the attack and wounded him with his blade.
• The middle-aged man tried to flee, but Lin Changqing trapped him in the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation; the man blasted a hole through the Derived Realm with a lightning bead and escaped.
• Lin Changqing regretted hesitating to use his full strength, then decided to travel to Zhou Nanfei's Ruined Cave Mansion in search of the token worth ten million Contribution Points.
• The middle-aged man met Prince Jin's avatar in a mountain forest and told him Lin Changqing was as strong as he was and that Prince Jin's intelligence had been wrong.
• The middle-aged man severed ties with Prince Jin's Estate, destroyed Prince Jin's avatar, and flew away.

Prince Jin panicked after learning Lin Changqing could contend with a Grand Luo Golden Immortal and decided to hire the Seven Killers Association to assassinate him. Lin Changqing reached Zhou Nanfei's Ruined Cave Mansion and watched the gathered factions until Yuan Zhen of Vajra Temple broke the entrance restriction and blocked the others from entering.

• Prince Jin realized Lin Changqing had injured the Grand Luo expert he sent and decided to seek the Seven Killers Association's help.
• Lin Changqing arrived by Heaven Escaping Shuttle at Zhou Nanfei's Ruined Cave Mansion and studied its powerful restrictions and the gathered factions.
• Lin Changqing chose to remain apart from the Demon Suppression Division and wait for the crowd to fall into chaos before entering.
• Yuan Zhen of Vajra Temple charged through the mountain forest and struck the cave entrance with a Vajra Temple Secret Art, cracking its restriction.
• The gathered experts rushed toward the cave, but Yuan Zhen drove them back and declared that he would enter first.

Lin Changqing secretly entered the Ruined Cave Mansion while Yuan Zhen’s clash with the crowd destroyed the mountain outside. He reached the palace at the cave mansion’s core, where a Sword Cultivator attacked him, and trapped the assailant inside his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram.

• Yuan Zhen blocked the cave entrance and fought the enraged crowd, whose attacks shattered the mountain and turned the entrance into a black-hole vortex.
• Lin Changqing used the Space Laws and the Square Inch Pagoda to slip into the vortex unnoticed.
• Lin Changqing surveyed the cave mansion and decided it could become a foundation for Green Mountain Village.
• Lin Changqing reached the Ancient Palace and tried to break its array restriction, but a Grand Unity Golden Immortal Sword Cultivator attacked him.
• Lin Changqing blocked the Sword Cultivator’s blows with the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram and pulled him into the Grand Array, where descending mountains of law power suppressed him.

Lin Changqing killed a Grand Unity Sword Immortal with his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram and confronted the cultivators gathered outside Zhou Nanfei’s palace. After rejecting Wu Can’s invitation to join forces, Lin Changqing urged the other Demon Slaying Envoys to leave, then struck at the sect experts who had surrounded him.

• Lin Changqing used his formation to annihilate the Grand Unity Sword Immortal, scattering his Primordial Spirit and leaving him no chance of reincarnation.
• Several powerful figures recognized Lin Changqing and withdrew from the cave dwelling, while more than ten others stayed to pursue Zhou Nanfei’s token.
• A white-haired youth warned Lin Changqing that forcing open the palace gates would destroy both the inheritance and the token.
• Wu Can invited Lin Changqing to share the mission’s Contribution Points, but Lin Changqing refused and said he would take the reward himself.
• The sect experts surrounded Lin Changqing and the three other Demon Slaying Envoys, but Lin Changqing advised his colleagues to leave and they retreated.
• When a sect expert ordered Lin Changqing to leave, Lin Changqing called him noisy and slapped toward the group.

Lin Changqing used the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation to kill every Outer Domain Sect expert who tried to stop him from claiming Zhou Nanfei's inheritance. He collected their riches and planned to use the resources and cave-dwelling space to strengthen Green Mountain Village.

• Lin Changqing slapped an early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal aside and warned the Outer Domain Sect experts to leave.
• Wu Zhongtian attacked Lin Changqing with a mountain formed from the laws of heaven and earth, but Lin Changqing's blade strike shattered it.
• Wu Zhongtian, a savage-like expert, and the white-haired youth joined forces to surround Lin Changqing, while the others formed a second encirclement.
• Lin Changqing unleashed the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, separated the experts across the cave abode, and killed all of them despite their pleas for mercy.
• Lin Changqing collected eighteen spatial Dao artifacts containing immense wealth and resolved to use it and the cave-dwelling space to build up Green Mountain Village before pressing a hand against the palace doors.

Lin Changqing opened Zhou Nanfei’s palace, absorbed his inheritance, and refined the cave abode into a top-grade Innate Dao Artifact. As he departed with the inheritance token, an Eternal Life Alliance Demonized Warrior intercepted him, and Lin Changqing attacked first.

• Lin Changqing bypassed the palace restrictions, took Zhou Nanfei’s inheritance jade slip and token, and refined the cave abode through its stone-table core.
• Lin Changqing emerged from the ruins with the cave abode transformed into an orb, while the onlookers watched him leave without daring to pursue.
• Lin Changqing considered improving the cave abode by drawing in Immortal Spiritual Qi, then prepared to examine the cyan Eight Trigrams jade tablet.
• A powerful Demonized Warrior from the Eternal Life Alliance stopped Lin Changqing and demanded Zhou Nanfei’s token.
• Lin Changqing dismissed the warrior’s threat and struck with the Jingzhe Saber, prompting the warrior to unleash a sea of fire.

Lin Changqing defeated the Eternal Life Alliance's Demonized Warrior with Demonic Ape Embracing Star, but the warrior escaped by detonating his body. Lin Changqing returned to Yunzhou City with the token, drawing the attention of the White Lotus Sect, the Seven Killers Association, and others while he delayed submitting his mission to investigate it.

• Lin Changqing used Demonic Ape Embracing Star to shatter the Demonized Warrior's bronze bell and overwhelm his defenses.
• The Demonized Warrior detonated his body with a Secret Art, shattered the Primordial Star, and escaped as a Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Changqing traveled through the Dark Universe and returned to Yunzhou City, while the Demonized Warrior resolved to conceal Lin Changqing's strength and let other enemies target him.
• A White Lotus Sect Guardian Dharma King learned Lin Changqing had returned and decided to go to Yunzhou City to kill him.
• The Seven Killers Association sent word for its people to pursue Lin Changqing in Yunzhou City.
• Lin Changqing returned to the Demon Suppression Division, kept the token instead of submitting his mission, and summoned Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to his residence.

Lin Changqing learned that Prince Jin's Estate was facing growing pressure after Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue spread footage exposing it, and that Zhou Nanfei's token might grant access to the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, which could hold a Method of Becoming a Saint. The chapter ended as Prince Jin's Estate tried to move its hidden army, triggering the Grand Array Lin Changqing had established in Hidden Soldier Valley.

• Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue reported that the footage against Prince Jin's Estate had spread across Yunzhou and was reaching other prefectures, with the Imperial Capital expected to hear of it soon.
• Du Mingyue identified Zhou Nanfei's token as a possible key to the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, a site rumored to contain a Method of Becoming a Saint, and warned that multiple tokens and entry conditions existed.
• Lin Changqing questioned the token's significance and decided not to hand it over yet, expecting someone to come seeking it.
• Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue warned Lin Changqing that Prince Jin's Estate might retaliate, and advised him to stay inside the Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin Changqing sensed that Prince Jin's Estate had sent someone with its command token to move its private army from Hidden Soldier Valley, triggering his Grand Array and sealing the valley inside a Derived Realm.

Lin Changqing sealed Prince Jin’s private army in Hidden Soldier Valley and awaited the Demon Suppression Division’s response. Wu Wudi visited to claim Zhou Nanfei’s inheritance token, but Lin Changqing refused to surrender it and said he would explore the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven himself.

• Lin Changqing’s Grand Array suppressed the soldiers and sealed their cultivation in Hidden Soldier Valley, leaving Prince Jin’s private army helpless.
• Lin Changqing told Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to stop spreading the news about Prince Jin’s private troops, and they withdrew their people.
• Wu Wudi arrived at Lin Changqing’s residence, and Lin Changqing revealed that he knew the visit concerned Zhou Nanfei’s inheritance token.
• Wu Wudi urged Lin Changqing to submit the token to the Mission Hall for ten million Contribution Points, but Lin Changqing refused and said he would explore the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven himself.

Lin Changqing refused to give up the token to the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven until Wu Wudi promised him a place in exchange, then handed it over and began cultivating. Meanwhile, Prince Jin, driven to desperation, ordered assassinations of everyone connected to his downfall, especially Lin Changqing.

• Wu Wudi tried to persuade Lin Changqing that the token was too dangerous to keep, but Lin Changqing refused to surrender it.
• Wu Wudi offered Lin Changqing a place in the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven in exchange for the token, explaining that the Demon Suppression Division could help meet the other entry conditions.
• Lin Changqing handed Wu Wudi the azure jade plaque, warned him not to disappoint him, and entered closed-door cultivation.
• Lin Changqing planned to advance his Mind Visualization Method and comprehend more laws while waiting for the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven to open.
• At Prince Jin's Estate, Prince Jin rejected the idea of fleeing and ordered his deathsworn to kill suspicious people connected to the affair.
• Prince Jin ordered the Seven Killers Association to kill everyone on his list, especially Lin Changqing, regardless of the cost.

Prince Jin unleashed a citywide massacre to cover his escape, while the Seven Killers Association stormed the Demon Suppression Division to assassinate Lin Changqing. Lin Changqing revealed power beyond Grand Unity and trapped the fleeing assassins beneath his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram.

• Prince Jin sent his deathsworn warriors and demons to slaughter people throughout Yunzhou City, and Wu Wudi ordered the city gates sealed and Prince Jin's Estate surrounded.
• The Seven Killers Association breached the Demon Suppression Division's Grand Array and erected a blood barrier around Lin Changqing's residence.
• The assassins destroyed Lin Changqing's residence and interrupted his cultivation, provoking him to unleash overwhelming blade attacks.
• The Seven Killers Association members realized Lin Changqing was stronger than their intelligence had claimed and tried to flee.
• Lin Changqing summoned the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram, suppressing the assassins and leaving them unable to escape.

Lin Changqing crushed the Seven Killers Association assassins with his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, then agreed to help Wu Wudi besiege Prince Jin's Estate. The Demon Suppression Division set out to stop Prince Jin from escaping, while Lin Changqing intended to do more than merely surround the estate.

• Lin Changqing used his formation to suppress and kill every member of the Seven Killers Association.
• Wu Wudi asked Lin Changqing to help besiege Prince Jin's Estate, and Lin Changqing agreed.
• Wu Wudi assigned Envoy Yuan to suppress demons in the city after Yuan questioned the plan to target the estate.
• Wu Wudi sent Lu Li to watch the assigned team and ensure none of them escaped.
• Wu Wudi led Lin Changqing and the others toward Prince Jin's Estate, suspecting Lin Changqing had arranged for the images of Hidden Soldier Valley to be exposed.