Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing faced five Demonized Warriors of the Eternal Life Alliance and relied on a hidden expert to save him. After the expert killed the attackers, Lin Changqing met Yan Wentian and realized the old man was a formidable hidden ace.

• The five Demonized Warriors attacked Lin Changqing, who dodged their blows and fled toward the outskirts of Mingshan County City.
• A hidden expert struck the five Demonized Warriors with a sound wave, but they tried to escape in different directions.
• The expert sent five sword lights through the fleeing Demonized Warriors, killing them.
• Lin Changqing met the bearded old man, explained that he had guessed someone was following him, and introduced himself.
• The old man identified himself as Yan Wentian and vanished by stepping through the air, leaving Lin Changqing shocked by his strength.

Lin Changqing returned to North Sea Commandery City with Wu Tong and the others after surviving a string of ambushes, while Yan Wentian’s attempt to draw out powerful enemies came to nothing. Seeing the turmoil spreading through Qian Shan County, Lin Changqing resolved to strengthen himself before the Great Zhou Dynasty collapsed into chaos.

• Lin Changqing suspected the Demon Suppression Division had used his group as bait for Yan Wentian’s trap and kept Wu Tong and the others asleep through the fight at Youjian Inn.
• The next morning, Lin Changqing and the others left Mingshan County City and rode toward North Sea Commandery City.
• During five days on the road, the group survived more than thirty ambushes, including a battle against over a hundred members of foreign demonic Sects that left everyone but Lin Changqing severely injured.
• Lin Changqing and the others reached North Sea Commandery City safely, while the powerful enemies Yan Wentian hoped to catch never appeared.
• Lin Changqing heard that Qian Shan County’s Demonic Calamity had worsened and resolved to build enough strength to reach combat power at the Void Refining Realm.

After becoming famous for the Azure Wood Spirit Pearl escort, Lin Changqing visited the Scripture Pavilion to claim his reward and chose the Gengjin Art, a costly Yellow Grade High-Rank cultivation method, as the first step toward creating his own Qi Sea cultivation method. He left the second floor with the manual to study and copy before returning it within two hours.

• Lin Changqing arrived at Demon Suppression Division headquarters, where his colleagues greeted him and recognized his growing fame.
• He entered the Scripture Pavilion’s second floor using his Identity Token and considered how Yellow Grade methods could help him prepare for the Qi Sea Realm.
• Lin Changqing realized that obtaining enough methods and skills to deduce the Five Elements Fist Art Qi Sea Chapter would require millions of Contribution Points, likely earned by hunting Demon Beasts.
• He chose the expensive Gengjin Art, exchanged for its copy with his Identity Token, and opened the bronze box containing the manual.

Lin Changqing exchanged for cultivation resources and weapon materials at the Myriad Treasures Hall, where an observer from the Eternal Life Alliance took an interest in him. He went to his courtyard to refine a Spirit Nourishing Pill, intending to use it to advance his cultivation.

• Lin Changqing exchanged for the Gengjin Art, three martial skills, and more than three hundred thousand Contribution Points' worth of medicinal ingredients and ores at the Myriad Treasures Hall.
• An unseen observer identified Lin Changqing as a promising target for recruitment into the Eternal Life Alliance.
• Lin Changqing went to his courtyard in North Sea Commandery City to refine pills and forge artifacts, planning to complete his tenth blood change and reach the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Lin Changqing began refining a Spirit Nourishing Pill, using a Weird Grade Demon Crystal and thirty-six precious medicinal ingredients.

Lin Changqing refined a batch of perfect Spirit Nourishing Pills and used one to reach tenfold blood refining, creating a Qi and Blood Domain that fused with his Mental Domain. His Blood Changing Realm reached complete perfection, and his body began transforming and opening its meridians by a method unlike ordinary martial artists.

• Lin Changqing collected thirty-six ten-pattern Spirit Nourishing Pills from the furnace and recognized that they could help him reach the Qi Sea Realm.
• Lin Changqing swallowed a Spirit Nourishing Pill and practiced his self-deduced Five Elements Technique, refining its medicinal power and forming a Qi and Blood Furnace.
• Lin Changqing completed ten blood refinements, solidified the Qi and Blood Furnace, and created a Qi and Blood Domain spanning ten zhang.
• Lin Changqing merged his Qi and Blood Domain with his Mental Domain, creating a domain that let him control everything within ten zhang and suppress those who entered it.
• Lin Changqing's insight deepened, improving his understanding of multiple techniques and cultivation methods as his Blood Changing Realm reached complete perfection.
• Lin Changqing's Qi and Blood Furnace began tempering his body and opening his meridians through a process distinct from the usual method of forcing impurities between meridians.

Lin Changqing used the Qi and Blood Furnace and Blood Flame to open and strengthen all his meridians at once, aiming to Connect All Meridians and reach the peak of the Third Rank. The next morning, he ate beef noodles at Yunniang’s stall when an unfamiliar cool voice addressed him.

• Lin Changqing explained that his method burned impurities from every meridian while making them wider, sturdier, and more resilient.
• He estimated that he could open all his meridians in five days and tested his improved speed with a leap through the forest.
• The next morning, Lin Changqing found that nearly one-fifth of the impurities in his meridians had melted away overnight.
• Lin Changqing went to Yunniang’s noodle stall, ordered beef noodles, and chatted with her as he ate.
• A cool voice suddenly spoke to Lin Changqing while he was enjoying his noodles.

Lin Changqing rebuffed a Ji family guard who tried to summon him and left for his courtyard, while Eldest Young Master Ji planned to recruit him into the Eternal Life Alliance. A Demonized Warrior warned Ji Hong that the White Lotus Sect had also noticed Lin Xuan, leaving Ji Hong to act quickly.

• A Ji family guard demanded that Lin Changqing meet his young master, but Lin Changqing refused and used Spiritual Power to drive the guard away.
• Lin Changqing paid Yunniang for the noodle stall’s losses and returned to his Small Courtyard after learning the guard served a young master from the Ji family.
• The middle-aged guard attacked Ji Hong after Ji Hong decided to kill him, but a Demonized Warrior intercepted and killed the guard, then devoured his heart.
• Ji Hong said he would personally visit Lin Changqing and offer him generous terms to join the Eternal Life Alliance.
• The Demonized Warrior warned Ji Hong that the White Lotus Sect had also taken an interest in Lin Xuan, and urged him to move quickly.

Lin Changqing reforged the Jingzhe Saber into a Fourth Rank Divine Weapon, then sensed Ji Hong coming to his residence. Recognizing demonic fiendish energy around Ji Hong, Lin Changqing dismissed his polite visit and shut the gate in his face.

• Lin Changqing used Rare Ores from the Myriad Treasures Hall to reforge the Jingzhe Saber in his Forging Room.
• Lin Changqing completed the saber after a day of forging and discovered it had reached Fourth Rank.
• Lin Changqing sensed someone approaching and recognized the visitor as Ji Hong, who carried faint demonic fiendish energy.
• Ji Hong claimed he had come to pay Lin Changqing a visit, but Lin Changqing mocked him for arriving empty-handed and shut the courtyard gate.

Ji Hong failed to gain entry to Lin Changqing’s courtyard and planned to return with a gift, while Lin Changqing trained and considered using Ji Hong to investigate the Demonized Warriors. Ji Hong discussed his recruitment mission with a black-robed Demonized Warrior, then revealed his own deadly intentions toward Lin Changqing and the White Lotus Sect.

• Lin Changqing refused Ji Hong entry without a gift, and Ji Hong left vowing to return the next day.
• Lin Changqing suspected the Demonized Warriors were tied to the Eternal Life Alliance and practiced the Five Elements Technique to strengthen and open his meridians.
• Ji Hong returned to his residence and smashed the room in anger over Lin Changqing’s refusal.
• A black-robed Demonized Warrior warned Ji Hong that the White Lotus Sect was also pursuing Lin Changqing and that the alliance would punish a failed mission.
• Ji Hong said he would offer Lin Changqing a grand gift, then revealed that he intended to kill anyone who stood against him, including Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing finished clearing impurities from his meridians and waited for Ji Hong, suspecting ties between him and the Eternal Life Alliance. Ji Hong arrived with lavish gifts and invited Lin Changqing to become a Ji Family guest elder, while Lin Changqing suspected the offer concealed another scheme.

• Lin Changqing sensed Ji Hong was coming, returned to his courtyard, and waited for him.
• Ji Hong arrived with guards and gifts worth tens of thousands of taels of gold, which Lin Changqing accepted.
• Lin Changqing let Ji Hong into the courtyard but kept him outside the main hall and asked why he had come.
• Ji Hong invited Lin Changqing to join the Ji Family as a guest elder and promised resources, benefits, and a fourth-rank cultivation method.
• Lin Changqing listened calmly and concluded that Ji Hong and the Ji Family must have a hidden motive for their generous offer.

Lin Changqing rejected Ji Hong’s offer to free a supposed friend from the Demon Suppression Division Prison, and Ji Hong left convinced that Lin had seen through him. Back at the Ji Family Mansion, Ji Hong and the Black Robe Figure planned to capture Lin Changqing outside the city and force him to take a Bloodthirsty Pill.

• Ji Hong offered Lin Changqing a Yellow Grade High-Rank Cultivation Method in exchange for freeing Li Wusheng from the Demon Suppression Division Prison, but Lin refused and sent him away.
• Lin Changqing suspected Ji Hong was testing his reaction and decided to investigate Li Wusheng while waiting for Ji Hong to make a move.
• Ji Hong returned to the Ji Family Mansion and told the Black Robe Figure that Lin Changqing might suspect his identity.
• Ji Hong decided to capture Lin Changqing and force-feed him a Bloodthirsty Pill, asking the Black Robe Figure for help.
• Ji Hong planned to gather more men and have Lin watched until he left the city, then attack him.

Lin Changqing learned that Li Wusheng was the dangerous son of the Guiyuan Sect Master, imprisoned after a costly battle with the Demon Suppression Division. Wu Tong warned Lin Changqing to stay away from him, but Lin Changqing remained determined to uncover why Ji Hong wanted Li Wusheng freed and headed to the Scripture Pavilion to study martial skills.

• Lin Changqing visited Wu Tong and asked him to investigate Li Wusheng.
• Wu Tong revealed that Li Wusheng was the Guiyuan Sect Master's son and had been captured only after more than half of a large Demon Suppression Division force was killed or wounded.
• Lin Changqing suspected Ji Hong's request to save Li Wusheng might conceal a connection or a trap, but chose not to tell Wu Tong about Ji Hong.
• Wu Tong warned Lin Changqing not to investigate or have dealings with Li Wusheng, and Lin Changqing left without agreeing to stop.
• Lin Changqing decided he would capture Ji Hong and question him, then went to the Scripture Pavilion to study martial skills and improve his Iron Cutting Saber Technique.

After memorizing the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Changqing returned to his Small Courtyard planning to advance his Iron Cutting Saber Technique and develop a comprehensive inheritance. There, he confronted Tang Yu of the White Lotus Sect, who demanded that he join the sect, and Tang Yu attacked after Lin Changqing refused.

• Lin Changqing finished studying every technique on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion and exchanged for two Yellow Grade High Rank Martial Skills.
• Lin Changqing considered incorporating the Iron Cutting Saber Technique and other arts into the Five Elements Technique as part of a growing inheritance.
• Lin Changqing sensed five intruders in his Small Courtyard, including three Demonized Warriors and two others surrounded by heavy Blood Fiend Qi.
• Tang Yu introduced himself as an Inner Disciple of the White Lotus Sect and offered Lin Changqing a chance to join, promising to overlook his killing of White Lotus Sect members in Fengle County.
• Lin Changqing rejected Tang Yu and condemned the White Lotus Sect as rebels, prompting Tang Yu to attack him with a palm strike.

Lin Changqing killed Tang Yu and four White Lotus Cultists who attacked him, then resolved to strengthen his martial cultivation while continuing to develop his Spiritual Power. The chapter ended with Ji Hong learning that all five attackers had disappeared and suspecting Lin Changqing was much stronger than anyone had realized.

• Lin Changqing struck Tang Yu with Spiritual Power and overwhelmed him with Five Elements Momentum as he advanced.
• Four concealed White Lotus Cultists attacked Lin Changqing, but he killed them all with Qi Blood Flying Blades.
• Lin Changqing killed Tang Yu, dissolved the five bodies with Corpse Dissolving Water, and decided to improve his martial cultivation while continuing his Spiritual Power practice.
• The Black Robe Figure told Ji Hong that none of the five White Lotus Sect attackers had returned or could be contacted.
• Ji Hong concluded that Lin Changqing had deceived them about his strength.

Ji Hong and the Black Robe Figure planned to seek stronger help against Lin Changqing after learning that five Qi Sea Realm experts had vanished in his courtyard. The next morning, Lin Changqing broke through to the Peak of Second Rank Meridian Connection and planned to open more than ten thousand Apertures, anticipating power that might rival the Purple Mansion Great Realm.

• Ji Hong warned the Black Robe Figure that Lin Changqing had likely eliminated five Qi Sea Realm experts with ease and urged him to find a Purple Mansion Great Realm expert.
• The Black Robe Figure agreed to seek help, while Ji Hong vowed to make Lin Changqing submit.
• Lin Changqing connected all his meridians, refined Spiritual Energy into Internal Energy, and broke through to the Peak of Second Rank Meridian Connection.
• Lin Changqing considered how opening Apertures could store Internal Energy and strengthen his future cultivation.
• Lin Changqing resolved to open Apertures along every meridian and estimated that he could open more than ten thousand, potentially letting him challenge even the Purple Mansion Great Realm.

Lin Changqing went to the Demon Suppression Division Mission Hall to find work that would earn Contribution Points for Spirit Gathering Pill ingredients and satisfy his annual mission requirement. He found a promising assignment about demons and monsters in Tianhe Town, Fengle County, and considered it.

• Lin Changqing decided to seek missions rather than hunt Demon Beasts in the dangerous Qian Shan County.
• He arrived at the Demon Suppression Division Mission Hall, where guards recognized him and let him enter without inspection.
• Lin Changqing gave his Identity Token to a staff member, who screened more than a thousand suitable missions down to a hundred.
• He reviewed the missions and found them too time-consuming until he reached an assignment to investigate and kill or capture demons and monsters in Tianhe Town, Fengle County.

Lin Changqing accepted a mission in Fengle County and a no-deadline mission to find Ice Crystals in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. He headed to the Myriad Treasures Hall to gather resources before returning to Green Mountain Village and strengthening its people.

• Lin Changqing reviewed the available Mortal-tier missions and learned that special ungraded missions could be accepted by guards of any rank.
• Lin Changqing spotted a mission offering 1,000 Contribution Points for each Ice Crystal found in the Hundred Thousand Mountains near Green Mountain Village.
• Lin Changqing accepted the Ice Crystal mission and Mission No. 73, a Yellow Rank Tier Three mission in Tianhe Town with a three-month deadline.
• A woman at the Mission Hall fused a Spirit Cleansing Talisman into Lin Changqing's Identity Token, enabling it to display missions and record demon auras.
• Lin Changqing left for the Myriad Treasures Hall to exchange Contribution Points for resources for Green Mountain Village.

Lin Changqing left North Sea Commandery City for Tianhe Town, but Ji Hong sent masked men to ambush him on the Imperial Road. After Lin Changqing wiped out most of the attackers with a volley of pebbles, the surviving men surrounded him and launched another assault while he sensed more dangerous Demonized Warriors hidden nearby.

• Lin Changqing rode out of North Sea Commandery City as Ji Hong ordered Ji Ping and his men to capture him without killing him, and the Black Robe Figure set out to meet him.
• Nearly a hundred li from the city, Lin Changqing sensed an ambush and shattered a boulder into pebbles that killed or wounded most of the masked attackers hiding in the forest.
• The Monkey-faced Masked Man and the surviving attackers charged Lin Changqing because they feared the consequences of fleeing Ji Hong.
• Lin Changqing asked whether Ji Hong had sent them and sensed a group of Demonized Warriors concealed deeper in the forest.
• The Monkey-faced Masked Man and the remaining attackers unleashed their killing moves against Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing slaughtered the masked men who ambushed him, then confronted seven Demonized Warriors sent by the Eternal Life Alliance. He killed their leader and dragged the other six back as they tried to flee.

• Lin Changqing killed the Monkey-faced Masked Man with a stomp that shattered his saber and sent its blade through the man’s throat.
• Lin Changqing defeated the dozens of black-robed masked men, then challenged the enemies hiding in the forest.
• Seven Demonized Warriors emerged and surrounded Lin Changqing with a battle array.
• Lin Changqing disrupted their attacks with his Qi and Blood Furnace and Spiritual Power, then killed the Lean Man with a punch.
• The six surviving Demonized Warriors tried to flee, but Lin Changqing’s Qi and Blood Furnace dragged them back.

Lin Changqing killed six demonized warriors and continued to Fengle County Town, where an epiphany advanced his Spiritual Realm toward the Fetal Breath Realm. He left with his Spiritual Power greatly increased and his strength several times greater.

• Lin Changqing used his Five Elements Saber Art to kill six demonized warriors, then rode on toward Tianhe Town.
• The Black Robe Figure arrived too late to save his men, recognized Lin Changqing’s Purple Mansion-level combat power, and pursued him.
• Lin Changqing entered Fengle County and went to its county town to seek information about the demons in Tianhe Town.
• While walking through the town, Lin Changqing reflected on the relationship between martial cultivation and the Path of the Heart, triggering an epiphany that rebuilt his Sea of Consciousness.
• Lin Changqing’s Spiritual Power increased at least threefold, and he stepped halfway beyond the Still Mind realm toward the Fetal Breath Realm.