Chapter Summaries

Hamster prepared to attack Zhao Yufei at Penglai Inn at midnight, while Lin Changqing focused on completing his visualization of the Twenty-Eight Mansions. The chapter left him tracing the final star of the Southern Dipper, aiming to enter the Fetal Breath Realm.

• A Lean Man reported to Hamster that Zhao Yufei had arrived at Penglai Inn with Lu Zhan and Lin Changqing, whom he believed to possess Qi Sea Realm strength.
• Hamster ordered his followers to watch the inn and strike at midnight, warning the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace group that Penglai Inn had powerful backing.
• The White-haired Old Man urged the woman and the other man to tolerate Hamster because they needed his strength to defeat Lu Zhan and capture Zhao Yufei.
• Lin Changqing visualized the cosmic galaxy in his Sea of Consciousness and resolved to complete the final Heavenly Palace Star of the Southern Dipper.

Lin Changqing completed the Four Symbols Twenty-Eight Mansions and entered the Fetal Breath Realm, condensing a Divine Spirit that transformed his body and greatly increased his Spiritual Power. After sensing figures leaving a nearby courtyard and heading for Penglai Inn, he went out to confront them.

• Lin Changqing lit the final star of the Four Symbols Twenty-Eight Mansions, drawing starlight into his Sea of Consciousness.
• A black-hole vortex consumed his Spiritual Power, mind, will, and divine soul, then condensed them into an infant-like Divine Spirit.
• The Divine Spirit tempered Lin Changqing's body and helped him convert all his Internal Energy into True Qi stored in his Three Thousand Apertures.
• Lin Changqing's Spiritual Power spread across a radius of thirty li around Qiaoshi Town.
• Lin Changqing sensed figures leaving a nearby courtyard for Penglai Inn and shot out of his room to meet them.

Hamster led a force to attack Penglai Inn and kill Zhao Yufei, but Lin Changqing revealed himself and fought back. After Lu Zhan engaged Hamster, Lin Changqing killed the White-haired Old Man and confronted the remaining attackers outside Zhao Yufei’s room.

• Hamster surrounded Penglai Inn with over a hundred followers and ordered them to kill everyone inside.
• Lin Changqing appeared on the roof and challenged Hamster’s plan, prompting Hamster to attack him.
• Lu Zhan rushed out of the inn and forced Hamster to turn and fight him.
• Lin Changqing killed the White-haired Old Man with a single saber strike, then checked that Zhao Yufei was safe.
• The man and woman leading the attackers found Lin Changqing blocking Zhao Yufei’s doorway, and the woman attacked him with her flexible sword.
• Lin Changqing met the woman’s attack head-on with Jingzhe Saber.

Lin Changqing slaughtered the attackers at Penglai Inn, forcing the survivors to flee and stunning Zhao Yufei with his strength. He then turned toward Hamster and Lu Zhan as news of the massacre reached them.

• Lin Changqing killed the woman with a returning fragment of her shattered sword, then crushed her fleeing companion with a kick.
• Lin Changqing cut down the black-clad attackers in the courtyard until he ordered the few survivors to flee.
• Zhao Yufei watched Lin Changqing defeat the attackers and felt reassured that she had made the right decision.
• Hamster taunted the injured Lu Zhan, believing his men had overwhelmed Lin Changqing.
• The fleeing black-clad men told Hamster that Lin Changqing had killed everyone, and Hamster killed one of them before looking toward Lin Changqing as he approached through the air.

Lin Changqing defeated Hamster at Penglai Inn after demonstrating his Qi and Blood Blade Domain and honing his saber art against him. The fight ended with Hamster dead, while the innkeeper demanded compensation for the damage.

• Lin Changqing arrived beside Lu Zhan, sent him to look after Miss Zhao, and confronted Hamster.
• Lin Changqing broke Hamster's Fourth Rank Divine Weapon with a single blade strike, then trapped him inside his Qi and Blood Blade Domain.
• Lin Changqing used Hamster as a whetstone to practice his newly refined Five Elements Saber Technique, enraging him.
• Hamster unleashed a blood-colored saber attack, but Lin Changqing overwhelmed him with Spiritual Power and cut him in two.
• The innkeeper called from the backyard and demanded that Lin Changqing compensate him for the damage to Penglai Inn.

Young Master Yuxiu demanded compensation from Lin Changqing, who redirected him to Zhao Yufei and refused his offer of employment. Back in his room, Lin Changqing prepared to break through into the Bitter Sea Realm.

• Young Master Yuxiu approached Lin Changqing to demand compensation for the inn’s damage, and Lin Changqing said Zhao Yufei would pay.
• Lin Changqing revealed Zhao Yufei was a Saintess of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace, and she agreed to compensate the inn.
• Young Master Yuxiu invited Lin Changqing to work for him, but Lin Changqing refused and returned to his room.
• Young Master Yuxiu dismissed Lin Changqing’s refusal, while Lin Changqing privately sneered at him and his reliance on his background.
• Lin Changqing gathered his Spiritual Power and True Qi, preparing to open a Bitter Sea in his Dantian and enter the Qi Sea Realm.

Lin Changqing broke through into the Sea of Suffering Realm, opening a one-zhang Sea of Suffering and drawing attention from powerful observers in Qiaoshi Town. He resolved to test whether he could exceed the supposed nine-zhang limit.

• Lin Changqing opened his Sea of Suffering, expanded it to one zhang, and condensed True Qi into True Essence.
• Zhao Yufei recognized the breakthrough and ordered Lu Zhan to guard Lin Changqing’s room.
• Young Master Yuxiu took an interest in Lin Changqing and sent someone to investigate him without interfering.
• After an hour, Lin Changqing’s breakthrough ended, and his exhaled breath blasted apart a courtyard rockery.
• Lin Changqing examined his one-zhang Sea of Suffering and resolved to surpass the nine-zhang limit.

Lin Changqing escorted Zhao Yufei toward North Sea Commandery City, while enemies in Qiaoshi Town reported his strength and sought a Purple Mansion expert. Near Green Mist Mountain, Yu Tong, a powerful Sword Cultivator from an affiliated island, blocked their road, leaving Zhao Yufei and Lu Zhan convinced they could not escape.

• Lin Changqing left Penglai Inn with Zhao Yufei and Lu Zhan, and Young Master Yuxiu watched them depart, angered by Lin Changqing's indifference.
• A Lean Man told two Black Robe Figures that Zhao Yufei had left with Lin Changqing, and they decided to report their failed mission and request a Purple Mansion expert.
• Lin Changqing, Zhao Yufei, and Lu Zhan traveled without incident for several days toward North Sea Commandery City.
• A hundred li from the city, Lin Changqing sensed someone blocking the road and stopped the carriage as a powerful figure approached through the air.
• Lu Zhan recognized the man as Yu Tong, a Second Stage of Violet Mansion expert and the island master of Heavenly Sword Island, an affiliate of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Palace.
• Zhao Yufei explained that they could not escape Yu Tong, while Lu Zhan urged her to flee and offered to hold him back.

Lin Changqing accepted eight Yellow Grade High Rank Spiritual Medicines from Zhao Yufei and tried to leave after Yu Tong threatened to kill him. When he learned that he was the target of a hired killing, he agreed to fight Yu Tong for five more medicines and charged at the Purple Mansion Great Realm Sword Cultivator.

• Zhao Yufei ended Lin Changqing's escort arrangement and paid him eight Yellow Grade High Rank Spiritual Medicines from her Space Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Changqing left Zhao Yufei and Lu Zhan, while Lu Zhan refused to abandon her.
• Yu Tong declared that he had promised to kill Lin Changqing, Zhao Yufei, and Lu Zhan, and revealed that someone had specifically hired him to kill Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing changed his mind and offered to kill Yu Tong in exchange for five Yellow Grade High Rank Spiritual Medicines.
• Zhao Yufei accepted the bargain, and Lin Changqing charged at Yu Tong.

Lin Changqing defeated and killed Yu Tong in a fierce sword-and-saber battle, using a Mind Spear to leave him vulnerable to a fatal strike. Afterward, Lin Changqing claimed Yu Tong’s Space Spirit Artifact and considered learning how to make one.

• Yu Tong attacked Lin Changqing with sword qi, but Lin Changqing blocked the strike with the Jingzhe Saber.
• Yu Tong summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Slash, and Lin Changqing met its Thunder Dragon with his Qi and Blood Furnace and saber strike.
• Lin Changqing’s Qi and Blood Furnace swallowed the remaining sword qi, shocking Yu Tong.
• Lin Changqing pierced Yu Tong’s mind with a Spiritual Power Mind Spear, then killed him with a Five Elements saber strike.
• Lin Changqing took Yu Tong’s Space Spirit Artifact and resolved to study whether he could replicate its refining method.

After killing Yu Tong, Lin Changqing inspected his Spatial Ring and collected his agreed reward from Zhao Yufei. Zhao Yufei suspected he had used a lost spiritual attack Secret Art, leaving her wary of the secrets he was hiding.

• Lin Changqing found spiritual medicines and four Star Brilliance Grade Spiritual Artifacts in Yu Tong's Spatial Ring, then stored his backpack and kept the Jingzhe Saber on his back to nurture it.
• Lin Changqing mocked Yu Tong's corpse and went to Zhao Yufei and Lu Zhan to request payment for killing Yu Tong.
• Zhao Yufei asked whether Lin Changqing had attacked Yu Tong's mind, and Lin Changqing hinted that his Demon Suppression Division background explained his Secret Art.
• Lin Changqing reminded Zhao Yufei of their agreement, and she tossed him a Jade Box containing five Yellow Grade High Rank Spiritual Medicines.
• Zhao Yufei conceded that Lin Changqing had risked his life but remained troubled by how easily he had killed Yu Tong.

Lin Changqing returned to North Sea Commandery City with Zhao Yufei and refused her offer to escort her to the Imperial Capital, despite the rich reward. After he went home to count his gains, a hidden watcher reported his return to Ji Hong.

• Lin Changqing and Zhao Yufei reached North Sea Commandery City after the guards admitted them upon seeing his Demon Suppression Division token.
• Zhao Yufei offered Lin Changqing ten Yellow Grade High Rank Spiritual Medicines and a Star Brilliance Grade Spiritual Weapon to escort her to the Imperial Capital, but he refused and rode away.
• Zhao Yufei decided to proceed with her original plan and wondered whether Lin Changqing's apparent love of money had been an act.
• Lin Changqing returned to his courtyard, shut himself in his room, and began assessing his spoils.
• A blurry figure watched Lin Changqing before a man in black reported his return to Ji Hong.

Lin Changqing returned to the Demon Suppression Division to submit his missions and learned that one was being evaluated for a possible increase from Mortal Tier 3 to Yellow Tier 1. He stunned the Mission Hall by submitting a thousand Ice Crystals, and a steward arrived to handle the valuable delivery.

• Lin Changqing went to the Mission Hall and learned that his first mission's evaluation might raise its level and reward.
• Lin Changqing placed a backpack containing a thousand Ice Crystals on the counter and poured them out.
• The Mission Hall's onlookers reacted with disbelief and envy at Lin Changqing's million Contribution Points' worth of Ice Crystals.
• Lin Changqing used his Qi and Blood to dispel the chill affecting the front-desk woman.
• The woman said the submission exceeded her authority, but a lean steward in black robes arrived and announced he would handle it.

Lin Changqing spent his million Contribution Points on the remaining Yellow Grade High-Rank techniques in the Scripture Pavilion so he could deduce a new cultivation method. Before he could leave, Ji Rong confronted him with Ji Hong’s banquet invitation, and Lin Changqing rejected it and dared Ji Rong to attack.

• Song Qinghua transferred one million Contribution Points to Lin Changqing for his thousand Ice Crystals and told his niece to notify him if Lin Changqing returned to take a mission.
• Lin Changqing went to the Scripture Pavilion and spent 987,000 Contribution Points on the remaining twenty-nine Yellow Grade High-Rank Cultivation Methods and Martial Skills.
• Lin Changqing memorized the techniques and began comprehending how to combine them with his Five Elements Technique and Five Elements Severing Steel Saber Technique.
• Ji Rong stopped Lin Changqing and demanded that he attend a banquet arranged by Ji Hong at Jiangnan Pavilion.
• Lin Changqing told Ji Rong to get lost, and when Ji Rong grew angry, Lin Changqing taunted him to try attacking.

After Ji Rong failed to bring Lin Changqing to Ji Hong, Ji Hong devised a plot to make Ji Rong die in Lin Changqing’s courtyard and frame Lin Changqing for murder. Back at his residence, Lin Changqing sensed that Ji Rong was coming as part of a conspiracy and suspected Ji Hong.

• Lin Changqing dismissed Ji Rong at the Scripture Pavilion, and Ji Rong left without daring to attack him.
• Ji Rong told Ji Hong that Lin Changqing had refused the invitation and insulted him, then begged for another chance to prove himself.
• Ji Hong ordered Chen Yunhu to make Ji Rong die in Lin Changqing’s courtyard so the Demon Suppression Division would blame Lin Changqing.
• Ji Hong planned to use the resulting pressure to coerce Lin Changqing into joining the Eternal Life Alliance.
• Lin Changqing sensed a threat as Ji Rong approached and realized the situation was a conspiracy, suspecting Ji Hong.

Lin Changqing prepared for Ji Hong’s scheme by setting up the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array in his courtyard. Ji Rong arrived on Ji Hong’s orders, broke in, and demanded Lin Changqing go to Jiangnan Pavilion, leaving them on the verge of a fight.

• Lin Changqing used his array knowledge and stored materials to create the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array around his residence.
• Lin Changqing sensed Ji Rong approaching with killing intent and waited for him inside the protected courtyard.
• Ji Rong knocked at Lin Changqing’s door, then smashed the gate when Lin Changqing refused to answer.
• Lin Changqing accused Ji Rong of acting as Ji Hong’s lackey, and Ji Rong grew enraged and revealed his murderous intent.

Lin Changqing stopped an attempt to assassinate Ji Rong and frame him, then confronted Chen Yunhu when he came to finish the job. The chapter ended as Lin Changqing unleashed Tiger Fist against Chen Yunhu.

• Ji Rong attacked Lin Changqing, who shattered Ji Rong’s arm with a punch.
• A silver needle flew toward Ji Rong, but Lin Changqing used Spiritual Power to stop it and realized someone was trying to frame him.
• Lin Changqing traced the needle to Chen Yunhu, who left his hiding place and charged into the courtyard.
• Ji Rong expected Chen Yunhu to help capture Lin Changqing, but Lin Changqing told him that Chen Yunhu had come to kill him.
• Chen Yunhu moved to stomp Ji Rong, and Lin Changqing intercepted him with a thirty-foot Tiger Fist.

Lin Changqing crippled Chen Yunhu, then faced Ji Rong and Captain Wu as they accused him of being a Demonized Warrior. He activated the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array, killed the intruders, and resolved to target Ji Hong next.

• Lin Changqing struck Chen Yunhu with a tiger-shaped fist force, shattering his leg and leaving him badly wounded.
• Captain Wu and ten Demon Slaying Guards entered Lin Changqing's courtyard, while Ji Rong accused Lin Changqing of attacking him and colluding with demons.
• Lin Changqing rejected Captain Wu's demand to surrender and activated the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array.
• The array trapped the guards and Ji Rong in terrifying illusions, and they died within minutes.
• Lin Changqing decided to kill Ji Hong after eliminating the people in his courtyard.

After covering up the massacre in his courtyard, Lin Changqing disguised himself and went to Jiangnan Pavilion to kill Ji Hong. He slaughtered Ji Hong’s guards at the entrance and rushed upstairs, leaving the confrontation with Ji Hong to come.

• Lin Changqing dissolved the corpses in his courtyard and concluded that the Demon Suppression Division would find no evidence against him.
• Lin Changqing resolved to kill Ji Hong and considered wiping out the Ji family if pushed too far.
• Lin Changqing used his Art of Disguise to change his appearance, physique, clothes, and aura before heading to Jiangnan Pavilion.
• Lin Changqing found Ji Hong on the second floor of the restaurant and attacked a guard who tried to stop him at the entrance.
• Lin Changqing used demonic power to hypnotize Ji Hong’s guards into killing themselves, then rushed toward the second floor.

Lin Changqing killed Ji Hong at Jiangnan Pavilion and made his death appear connected to the White Lotus Sect. Ji Hong’s father gave Ji Tao three days to find the killer, while Lin Changqing returned safely to his courtyard.

• Lin Changqing confronted Ji Hong at Jiangnan Pavilion and killed him after overpowering his attack.
• Lin Changqing used Spiritual Power to hypnotize Ji Hong into shouting White Lotus Sect slogans before making him kill himself, leaving the maidservants alive as witnesses.
• Lin Changqing changed his appearance repeatedly and returned to his courtyard as news of Ji Hong’s death spread.
• Ji Hong’s father questioned Ji Tao about reports linking the killing to Demonized Warriors and the White Lotus Sect.
• Ji Hong’s father ordered Ji Tao to find the culprit within three days, and Ji Tao accepted despite doubting he could succeed.