Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing went to the Scripture Pavilion to study martial arts and improve his incomplete Five Elements Technique. After learning that the Blood Changing Realm could be pushed beyond the ordinary three refinements, he set his sights on achieving Nine Blood Refinements.

• Lin Changqing moved into a shared courtyard with Yuan Chengfeng, ignored the other newcomers, and headed for the Scripture Pavilion.
• Yuan Chengfeng dismissed He Dong's criticism, warned him against forming cliques, and left the courtyard.
• At the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Changqing used his Identity Token at the Bronze Mirror and entered the first floor with one free visit.
• Lin Changqing found the vast collection of books and went to the cultivation technique section to seek material for perfecting his Five Elements Technique.
• Lin Changqing resolved to create a superior Blood Changing method and pursue Nine Blood Refinements.

Lin Changqing memorized 2,400 techniques in the Scripture Pavilion, then spent the night using an epiphany to perfect the Blood Change Chapter of his Five Elements Fist Technique. He tested it in the courtyard and broke through toward the Sixth Rank, surrounded by a faint blood-colored gauze.

• Lin Changqing memorized 2,400 technique manuals in one shichen and left the Scripture Pavilion, while the Old Man briefly wondered about his abilities.
• Lin Changqing returned to his room, comprehended the techniques, and fused their essence into his Five Elements Fist Technique throughout the night.
• Lin Changqing perfected the Blood Change Chapter and practiced it beneath an ancient tree in the courtyard.
• Lin Changqing drew Spiritual Energy into his body as his blood boiled and his flesh, tendons, bones, and viscera were tempered.
• Lin Changqing continued accelerating his punches until a thunderous force erupted inside him and formed a faint blood-colored gauze around his body.

Lin Changqing reached the peak of Sixth Rank after a successful Blood Exchange and continued strengthening his Qi and Blood Veil. After seven days of training at the Demon Suppression Division, he learned that a practical assessment would eliminate the bottom hundred and reward the top ten with Intermediate Demon Slaying Guard privileges, prompting him to plan for pill-making and further Blood Exchanges.

• Lin Changqing practiced the Five Elements Technique until his Qi and Blood Veil thickened, while He Dong and Yuan Chengfeng watched and considered drawing closer to him.
• Lin Changqing spent seven days cultivating and adapting to life at the Demon Suppression Division.
• Tang Yaotian announced a month-long special training phase followed by an assessment that would eliminate the bottom hundred intern demon slaying guards.
• Tang Yaotian promised the top ten the privileges of an Intermediate Demon Slaying Guard, including the chance to obtain an independent courtyard.
• Lin Changqing decided to buy medicinal ingredients and refine pills so he could advance through more Blood Exchanges and improve his chances in the assessment.

Lin Changqing visited Treasure Pavilion to buy an Alchemy Furnace and settled on a Mortal Grade Eight furnace. After bargaining down its price, he waited for the shopkeeper to decide whether to accept his offer.

• Lin Changqing left the Demon Suppression Division and went to Treasure Pavilion to find an Alchemy Furnace.
• A staff woman led Lin Changqing upstairs and showed him a Mortal Grade Eight furnace that had once belonged to an Alchemy Master.
• The woman quoted a price of one thousand gold, but Lin Changqing offered five hundred and said he would leave if the shop would not sell it.
• The woman went to ask the shopkeeper, while Lin Changqing inspected the other furnaces and waited.

Lin Changqing bargained with Hu Wansan for a cracked Mortal Grade Eight Alchemy Furnace and bought it for one hundred gold. After learning Lin Changqing served in the Demon Suppression Division, Hu Wansan dismissed the threat and insisted the sale was final.

• Hu Wansan claimed the furnace held an Alchemy Master's inheritance and tried to justify its thousand-gold price.
• Lin Changqing pointed out a hidden crack and argued the damaged furnace was worth only one hundred gold in materials.
• Hu Wansan reluctantly accepted Lin Changqing's offer and handed over the furnace for the gold note.
• Hu Wansan offered to deliver the furnace, but Lin Changqing said he lived nearby at the Demon Suppression Division and carried it away himself.
• Hu Wansan's attendant worried that Lin Changqing was a Demon Slaying Guard, but Hu Wansan said a Junior Demon Slaying Guard could not threaten Treasure Pavilion.

Lin Changqing bought medicinal ingredients and rented a courtyard to begin refining pills, then discovered that the alchemy furnace Hu Wansan had sold him was a Yellow Grade treasure. The chapter ended with Lin Changqing celebrating his windfall as he prepared to use the furnace.

• Lin Changqing entered a medicinal ingredients shop carrying his furnace and ordered ten jin each of more than a dozen ingredients for Blood Nourishing Pills.
• The shopkeeper recognized that Lin Changqing's ingredients were meant for refining a blood-vitality pill, but said he was not an Alchemist.
• Lin Changqing spent over a hundred gold on the ingredients, rented a courtyard, and prepared to refine pills there.
• As Lin Changqing heated the furnace, its rich medicinal fragrance revealed that it was a high-grade alchemy furnace.
• Lin Changqing struck the furnace, causing its outer layer to peel away and reveal a purple-gold furnace covered in Pill Marks that was at least Yellow Grade.
• Lin Changqing laughed at the thought that Hu Wansan had sold him the valuable furnace for one hundred gold.

Lin Changqing refined a batch of perfect Blood Nourishing Pills and tested their extraordinary effects, discovering that they could rapidly temper his qi and blood. After fully refining one pill, he looked forward to reaching the limits of the Blood Changing Realm and seeing how his qi and blood would transform.

• Lin Changqing used his transformed Alchemy Furnace to refine ten Ten-Pattern Blood Nourishing Pills, and suspected the furnace was responsible for their perfect quality.
• Lin Changqing swallowed one Blood Nourishing Pill and practiced the Five Elements Technique, sensing that a single pill could temper one-third of his qi and blood.
• Lin Changqing calculated that his ten pills could support three blood exchanges, while further exchanges would require many more pills.
• Lin Changqing fully refined the pill in two hours, strengthening his Qi and Blood Veil, and reflected on the transformations that might follow nine blood exchanges.

Lin Changqing returned to the Demon Suppression Division after refining 120 Ten-Pattern Perfect Blood Nourishing pills, but He Zhiming confronted him for staying out overnight. Lin Changqing hypnotized He Zhiming with his Spiritual Power, and Tang Yaotian intervened before the confrontation ended with He Zhiming being ordered away.

• Lin Changqing finished refining ten Blood Nourishing pills, bringing his total to 120, then left his rented courtyard for the Demon Suppression Division.
• He Zhiming blocked Lin Changqing and berated him for staying out without permission, then tried to seize him.
• Lin Changqing used a roar and his Spiritual Power to hypnotize He Zhiming, leaving him frozen as onlookers gathered.
• Tang Yaotian arrived, questioned Lin Changqing, and struck He Zhiming awake; He Zhiming recoiled in fear and accused Lin Changqing of using Demonic Arts.
• Tang Yaotian rebuked He Zhiming for his conduct and ordered him to leave.

Lin Changqing learned that He Dong had arranged for He Zhiming to target him, though he could not understand why. After a lesson on Demon Beasts, Yuan Chengfeng again tried to recruit him as a Yuan Family retainer, but Lin Changqing refused.

• Tang Yaotian expelled He Zhiming from the Newcomer Training Camp, leaving He Zhiming furious with Lin Changqing.
• After Tang Yaotian dismissed the onlookers and left, Yuan Chengfeng told Lin Changqing that He Dong had provoked He Zhiming against him.
• Lin Changqing suspected He Dong was plotting against him and decided he needed a chance to hypnotize him and learn the reason.
• Lin Changqing attended a lesson about Demon Beasts and their strengths and weaknesses.
• Yuan Chengfeng offered to protect Lin Changqing from He Dong if he became a Yuan Family retainer, but Lin Changqing refused.

Lin Changqing rejected He Dong’s alliance and used Spiritual Power to hypnotize him after learning He Dong had schemed against him. He Dong followed Lin Changqing’s command to destroy his own cultivation, leaving Yuan Chengfeng terrified and Lin Changqing watching from his doorway.

• Lin Changqing returned to his courtyard to cultivate but refused He Dong’s invitation to join an alliance of newcomers.
• He Dong threatened Lin Changqing and revealed under hypnosis that he considered him an enemy for being close to Yuan Chengfeng.
• Lin Changqing ordered the hypnotized He Dong to return to his room, destroy his cultivation, and forget what had happened.
• He Dong shattered his limbs and bones and lost his cultivation, shocking the newcomers who found him bleeding on the floor.
• Yuan Chengfeng saw Lin Changqing smiling at him from his doorway and shuddered in fear.

After leaving the Demon Suppression Division, Lin Changqing spent half a month cultivating and reached the Limit of the Blood Changing Realm, where his qi and blood transformed into a Great Sun. He returned to the Division determined to consolidate his foundation before attempting an unprecedented tenth blood change.

• He Dong left the Demon Suppression Division with his sinews and bones shattered, though his identity as a Demon Slaying Guard remained; Lin Changqing had hypnotized him into forgetting their conversation.
• Lin Changqing spent half a month cultivating with 210 Blood Nourishing Pills and completed nine blood changes, transforming his qi and blood into a Great Sun.
• Lin Changqing resolved to consolidate his foundation before attempting a tenth blood change and breaking the Blood Changing Realm's limit.
• Lin Changqing left his rented courtyard at dawn and headed toward the Demon Suppression Division, where his feared reputation had earned him special treatment in the Newcomer Training Camp.

After a Demonic Calamity struck Qian Shan County, Tang Yaotian ordered the newcomers to end their training early and go there for their practical examination. Lin Changqing prepared to leave for the county the next morning, first securing his valuable alchemy furnace and refining healing pills.

• Lin Changqing arrived at the Newcomer Training Camp, where Yuan Chengfeng kept his distance from him.
• Tang Yaotian announced that a Demonic Calamity had erupted in Qian Shan County and that the newcomers would be sent there the next day for their examination, with the bottom hundred eliminated.
• When some newcomers protested, Tang Yaotian ordered them to obey or leave the Demon Suppression Division, and the crowd fell silent.
• After Tang Yaotian left, Lin Changqing slipped away from the Drill Ground to hide his alchemy furnace and prepare healing pills for the journey.

Lin Changqing visualized the Sun and Moon on the Demon Suppression Division’s Drill Ground while more than a thousand new Demon Slaying Guards gathered to depart for Qian Shan County. Demon Slaying Commandant Wu Tong tested the recruits with his pressure, then became wary after sensing something unfathomable in Lin Changqing.

• Lin Changqing continued cultivating his incomplete Cosmic Galaxy Visualization Method as nearby recruits mocked him.
• Demon Slaying Commandant Wu Tong arrived and warned the recruits that disobedience on the journey to Qian Shan County would be met with death.
• Wu Tong released his pressure, and seventeen recruits, including Lin Changqing, remained standing while the others staggered back.
• Wu Tong noticed Lin Changqing showed no reaction and could not read his strength, then briefly saw an abyss-like starry sky in Lin Changqing’s eyes.
• Wu Tong perceived Lin Changqing as having completed one Blood Exchange, but remained uncertain and suspected he was no ordinary person.

Lin Changqing and Wang Hanshan investigated Xiao Li Village, where demons had massacred everyone, and found a Demon Beast hiding in the ancestral hall. After the beast badly wounded Wang Hanshan, Lin Changqing took it on alone and left Wang Hanshan stunned by how completely he dominated the fight.

• Wang Hanshan led Lin Changqing and the other Demon Slaying guards into Xiao Li Village to investigate the demon attacks near the Crimson Flame Mountain Range.
• Wang Hanshan paired with Lin Changqing to search the village, and Lin Changqing spotted Demonic Qi rising from its center using his Spiritual Power.
• Wang Hanshan split open the ancestral hall gates and charged inside, but a hidden Demon Beast struck him and sent him flying with a severe chest wound.
• Lin Changqing caught Wang Hanshan, drew his Jingzhe Saber, and attacked the Demon Beast as it lunged at them.
• Lin Changqing's Five Elements Severing Steel Saber Technique overwhelmed the Demon Beast, and Wang Hanshan stopped himself from joining the fight.

Lin Changqing used a peak Soldier Rank Demon Beast to hone his saber technique before killing it with a strike that revealed he had mastered saber force. Wang Hanshan assigned the team to process the beast and insisted Lin Changqing receive its valuable Demon Core.

• Wang Hanshan and the squad gathered outside the ancestral hall and watched Lin Changqing fight a peak Soldier Rank Demon Beast.
• Lin Changqing deliberately prolonged the fight to perfect his Five Elements Severing Steel Saber Technique, while Wang Hanshan warned him to finish quickly.
• Lin Changqing unleashed saber force and split the Demon Beast in two with a single strike, stunning the squad.
• Lin Changqing asked after Wang Hanshan's injury, and Wang Hanshan acknowledged how much strength Lin Changqing had concealed.
• Wang Hanshan sent Li Yun and a Lean Man to process the Demon Beast and directed them to give its Demon Core to Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing tried to refuse the Demon Core, but Wang Hanshan insisted that the team follow the rules and share the beast's spoils.

Lin Changqing shared the slain Demon Beast’s spoils with Wang Hanshan’s team, then used his Spiritual Power to uncover a demonized warrior hiding inside an ancient tree. After Lin Changqing wounded him, the warrior fought off six demon-slaying guards, and Lin Changqing stepped in to attack.

• Lin Changqing agreed to Wang Hanshan’s plan to distribute the Demon Beast’s remains and Contribution Points among the team.
• Wang Hanshan sent the guards to search around the ancestral hall while Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to detect someone hiding nearby.
• Lin Changqing struck an ancient tree, forcing a demonized warrior concealed inside it to flee, then wounded him as he gave chase.
• The demon-slaying guards recognized the man as a demonized warrior and attacked, but he used his strange abilities to hold off all six.
• Lin Changqing grew impatient and charged in, bringing the Jingzhe Saber down on the demonized warrior.

Lin Changqing defeated and captured a Demonized Warrior, while Wang Hanshan insisted that the team continue its urgent mission into the Crimson Flame Mountain Range. The chapter ended with Lin Changqing sensing that the mountains held great danger.

• Lin Changqing severed the Demonized Warrior's arms, and the other guards blocked his escape.
• Lin Changqing demanded that the captive cripple his own legs, then knocked him unconscious when he tried to kill himself.
• Wang Hanshan fitted the unconscious Demonized Warrior with a Sealing Ring and ordered guards to carry him along for the mission.
• Lin Changqing warned Wang Hanshan that his injuries made entering the mountains dangerous, but Wang Hanshan insisted they could not delay.
• Lin Changqing looked toward the Crimson Flame Mountain Range and sensed that the journey ahead would bring great danger.

Lin Changqing’s team investigated Crimson Cloud Peak and found it engulfed in abnormal Yin Sha Qi. Despite Lin Changqing’s warning, Wang Hanshan agreed to climb the dangerous mountain after Zhang Tong urged the team forward, leaving Lin Changqing convinced Zhang Tong had a hidden motive.

• Wang Hanshan explained that Crimson Cloud Peak’s Yin Evil Sha Vein made it especially alluring to demons, though the team’s mission was only to investigate.
• As the party crossed the darkening mountain forest, the guards noticed unusually heavy yin energy, while Lin Changqing sensed no immediate danger.
• Lin Changqing used Spiritual Power to see Crimson Cloud Peak as a Demon Lair and warned Wang Hanshan that the team should avoid climbing it or send for reinforcements.
• Zhang Tong argued that the guards should risk climbing the peak for merit and Contribution Points, and another team member supported him.
• Wang Hanshan decided the team would climb Crimson Cloud Peak, while Lin Changqing suspected Zhang Tong was either stupid or plotting something and chose to watch him.

Lin Changqing and Wang Hanshan led their group into Crimson Cloud Peak, where an ambush revealed Zhang Tong’s betrayal and a Demonized Warrior’s involvement. As Wang Hanshan attacked Zhang Tong, the Demonized Warrior intervened, and Lin Changqing stepped forward to face him.

• Wang Hanshan led the group into the valley on Crimson Cloud Peak, where falling rocks and surging Yin Sha Qi revealed an ambush.
• Zhang Tong struck a fellow Demon Slaying Guard, but Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to help the injured man evade a fatal blow.
• Wang Hanshan accused Zhang Tong of betraying the Demon Suppression Division, and a Demonized Warrior appeared and summoned Zhang Tong to his side.
• Wang Hanshan disarmed and wounded Zhang Tong as he tried to reach the Demonized Warrior.
• The Demonized Warrior attacked Wang Hanshan with a palm strike, and Lin Changqing stepped in to meet it.

Lin Changqing fought the demonized warrior while Wang Hanshan pursued the wounded Zhang Tong, but the warrior summoned hundreds of Demon Beasts that overwhelmed the Demon Slaying Guards. As his companions’ defensive circle shrank, Lin Changqing unleashed a surge of Qi and Blood to strike down his foe.

• Lin Changqing overwhelmed the demonized warrior with the Five Elements Severing Steel Saber Technique, while Wang Hanshan chopped off Zhang Tong’s arm.
• Wang Hanshan pursued Zhang Tong, but the demonized warrior roared and summoned Demon Beasts from the surrounding cliffs.
• Zhang Tong escaped Wang Hanshan amid the attack, and the Demon Beasts poured into the valley and began injuring the Demon Slaying Guards.
• Wang Hanshan cut through the horde to regroup with the guards, but hundreds of Demon Beasts surrounded them and steadily closed in.
• The demonized warrior taunted Lin Changqing about his endangered companions, and Lin Changqing answered by raising his Qi and Blood into a soaring furnace and delivering a fierce slash.