Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, Ling Li survived by eating strange red fruits and discovered that his body gained strength from food. A system revealed his cultivation, abilities, and Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline, leaving him hopeful that he could survive despite being stranded in the wilderness.

• Ling Li woke in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, starving and injured, and ate red fruits that rapidly restored his strength.
• Ling Li reviewed his new body's memories and realized he had transmigrated into the world of Battle Through the Heavens as a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Ling Li learned that his body grew stronger by eating, but its immense appetite had caused the original owner to starve to death.
• A system appeared before Ling Li and displayed his cultivation, Dark attribute, weapon, Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline, abilities, and energy.
• Ling Li examined the system's limited functions and recognized the Devouring Spirit Clan as a race once exterminated by the Ancient Eight Clans.

Ling Li used Energy to begin strengthening his cultivation and recovered the ancestral treasured blade Dark Night, then found shelter in a cave as night fell over the Monster Beast Mountain Range. He ended the chapter practicing how to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.

• Ling Li spent one point of Energy to raise his cultivation to One-Star Dou Zhe (1/1000), then realized the red fruits had supplied his Energy.
• Ling Li found the ancestral treasured blade Dark Night and tested its sharpness by cutting deep into a massive tree.
• Ling Li decided to leave the Monster Beast Mountain Range eventually and take opportunities for himself without following Xiao Yan's path.
• Ling Li found an apparently abandoned cave, blocked its entrance, and practiced drawing in the energy of heaven and earth.

Ling Li left his cave to search for food and was attacked by an Ink Leopard. He killed it with Dark Night and hurried back to the cave, shaken by the fight and wary that the blood would attract more beasts.

• Ling Li checked his system panel and realized his cultivation had not advanced despite practicing all night.
• Ling Li left the cave with Dark Night to search for magical beasts and the red medicinal fruits he had eaten the day before.
• An Ink Leopard ambushed Ling Li, wounded his left waist, and pounced on him again.
• Ling Li channeled Dou Qi into Dark Night and cut the Ink Leopard's neck as it leaped at him.
• Ling Li stored the corpse in the System Space and returned to the cave, fearing the blood would attract other magical beasts.

After surviving the Ink Leopard, Ling Li swallowed its Magic Core, healed his wound, and trained with Dark Night until he learned Beginner Blade Arts. He woke with his skill improved but his Energy nearly depleted, ready to face future dangers with greater weapon proficiency.

• Ling Li returned to his cave after killing the Ink Leopard and decided to practice basic blade movements once he had recovered.
• Ling Li discovered the Ink Leopard's Magic Core and swallowed it, gaining 100 Energy as its power healed his wound.
• Ling Li spent an unknown stretch of time practicing chops, slashes, thrusts, and lifts with Dark Night until he could perform more than twenty slashes per second.
• The system awarded Ling Li the Blade Arts skill and raised it to Beginner after he collapsed from training.
• Ling Li woke, checked his status panel, and found that Dark Night felt like an extension of his arm.

Ling Li left the Monster Beast Mountain Range and reached Qingshan Town, where he planned to sell the monster beasts he had collected and prepare for another journey. At the town entrance, he heard that Myriad Medicine Pavilion was recruiting mercenaries for a herb-gathering trip accompanied by Little Doctor Fairy, and he recognized the place.

• Ling Li killed a Crimson Ice Snake with Dark Night and searched its head for a magic core, but found none.
• Ling Li followed signs of human activity through the mountain range and found a path leading to Qingshan Town.
• Ling Li explored Qingshan Town, then took the monster beasts stored in System Space out to sell for Gold Coins.
• A recruiter announced that Myriad Medicine Pavilion would take fifty qualified mercenaries into the Monster Beast Mountain Range with Little Doctor Fairy.
• Ling Li recognized the names Myriad Medicine Pavilion and Little Doctor Fairy, wondered if this was Qingshan Town, and continued carrying a monster beast corpse toward town.

Ling Li sold four monster beast corpses to Mang Biao for 60 Gold Coins and used the money to rest and prepare for another trip into the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After seeing how expensive cultivation supplies were, he decided to recover and train before searching for the cliff cave and its treasures.

• Ling Li brought four intact monster beast corpses to a slaughterhouse, where Mang Biao offered to buy them despite Qingshan Town's usual refusal to handle corpses.
• Ling Li agreed to sell the corpses to Mang Biao for 60 Gold Coins and considered accepting his offer to buy future catches as well.
• Mang Biao wondered whether Ling Li's unusual strength and young age pointed to a treasure or opportunity, but chose not to investigate him.
• Ling Li booked an inn room, bathed, and bought food, water, and a map of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, spending half his money.
• Ling Li reflected on the dangerous, uncertain search for the cliff cave and decided to rest for a few days before returning to train.

After five days of restoring his routine and training in Qingshan Town, Ling Li spent his last money and returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to grow stronger. He planned to hunt within the outer region, where he believed he could handle only weaker first-tier beasts and perhaps a single mid-star one.

• Ling Li trained his blade and physique for five days while resting in Qingshan Town, and his strength improved as his savings dwindled.
• After spending his remaining thirty Gold Coins on food, Ling Li decided to hunt more monster beasts and left town alone.
• Ling Li declined a mercenary's offer to form a team, then returned to his cave in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Ling Li studied his map and decided to venture no more than forty li deeper toward the second-tier monster beasts.
• Ling Li assessed the mountain range's regions and the monster beasts inhabiting each one.

Ling Li ventured deeper into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where stronger beasts wounded him and forced him to fight with greater care. He confronted a seriously injured High Star First Tier savage bear and began cutting into it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ling Li killed a red fox but found no magic core, then decided to explore farther into the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• About thirty li into the range, Ling Li fought off four Greenwood Wolves and suffered deep bite wounds to his left forearm.
• A wounded savage bear arrived, and Ling Li recognized it as a High Star First Tier monster beast driven from its territory.
• Ling Li dodged the bear's charge and paw strike, then ran up its arm while slashing it with Dark Night.
• Ling Li reached the savage bear's shoulders as dark battle qi corroded the wounds he had inflicted.

Ling Li fought the High Star First Tier savage bear by dodging its attacks and repeatedly exploiting its wounds and weak points. After blinding it and hacking through its nape, he killed it, stored its body in the System Space, and headed to the cave to rest.

• Ling Li struck the savage bear's nape but found its hide too tough to sever its neck in one blow.
• Ling Li dodged the savage bear's swipes and wore it down by attacking its wounds, joints, and other weak points.
• Ling Li pierced both of the savage bear's eyes after it weakened and lost focus.
• Ling Li repeatedly hacked at the savage bear's nape until he severed its neck and killed it.
• Ling Li stored the savage bear in the System Space and headed to the cave to rest.

One year later, Ling Li joined the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s herb-gathering party in the Monster Beast Mountain Range while secretly searching for the cliff cave containing treasure from the novel. After narrowing the possibilities to three cliffs, he continued his search.

• The Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s mercenaries reached a basin and set up camp after surviving the muddy journey and a Serpent-tailed Leopard attack.
• Mercenaries praised the black-robed Ling Li for saving a young fighter, while Ka Gang warned Mu Lan and the others not to covet Ling Li’s strength or secrets.
• Mu Lan asked why the Monster Beast Mountain Range had grown quieter, and Ka Gang told him to stop fantasizing about treasure.
• Ling Li surveyed the route and calculated that only three cliffs were likely to contain the cave Little Doctor Fairy and Xiao Yan explored in the novel.
• Ling Li’s status showed that he had reached Dou Shi Two Stars and trained for a year while hunting magical beasts, though he had not obtained a Second Tier Magic Core.

Ling Li began searching the cliffs for the hidden cave he believed contained treasure. He found no cave at first, but spotted a suspicious ledge and killed a Rock Snake hiding there.

• Ling Li decided to search the cliff that evening, reasoning that Myriad Medicine Pavilion still owed him part of his commission and that he had already helped the mercenary party twice.
• Ling Li tied himself to a tree with a rope and descended the cliff, inspecting its rocky surface for the cave.
• Ling Li noticed a withered tree concealing the area behind a stone ledge and swung toward it to investigate.
• Ling Li heard a warning hiss, dodged, and threw Dark Night at a creature camouflaged against the cliff, cutting it in two.
• Ling Li identified the creature as a venomous Rock Snake and pinned its head when it played dead and wrapped around his ankle.

Ling Li found a hidden cliffside cave and broke through its sealed stone door to uncover a treasure chamber. He collected its gold and several artifacts, but left the unfamiliar medicinal herbs untouched so he could consume them safely.

• Ling Li killed a Rock Snake, took its magic core, and discovered a concealed cave behind a strange tree.
• Ling Li used Venom and repeated sword strikes to destroy the cave’s stone door.
• Ling Li entered the chamber, bowed to the skeleton, and took the key and Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame.
• Ling Li stored nearly a million Gold Coins and opened three chests, taking Purple Cloud Wings, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and Roaring Lion Chant.
• Ling Li found that the old medicinal pills had crumbled to powder and decided not to harvest the unfamiliar herbs, planning instead to eat them before leaving.

Ling Li defended the hidden medicinal garden from Mu Li, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Myriad Medicine Pavilion, killing all twenty-six intruders. After consuming the garden’s herbs and advancing to Fighting Master Seven Stars, he decided to leave Qingshan Town after a year.

• Mu Li and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion steward entered Ling Li’s cave, claimed the garden’s herbs, and demanded the treasures from the chests.
• Mu Li ordered his mercenaries to attack Ling Li, who dodged their arrows and killed Mu Li with Dark Night.
• Ling Li slaughtered the remaining mercenaries and the steward, then dumped all twenty-six bodies over a cliff.
• Ling Li consumed the medicinal herbs, used the energy to raise his cultivation to Fighting Master Seven Stars, and checked his updated status.
• Ling Li reflected that he had spent a year in Qingshan Town and decided it was time to go out and see the world.

Ling Li decided to leave Qingshan Town for Black Rock City, but the Wolf Head Mercenary Group ambushed him and provoked him into attacking the town. He carved through the gathered mercenaries and confronted the three group leaders, who drew their weapons against him.

• Ling Li considered visiting Wutan City to take Xiao Yan's ring, but abandoned the idea because of the danger and chose to head for Black Rock City instead.
• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group sent more than twenty mercenaries to ambush Ling Li on a cliff, but he climbed up and killed them.
• Ling Li stormed into Qingshan Town and found the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had gathered nearly four hundred mercenaries from three groups.
• Ling Li cut down the mercenaries as he advanced to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's main hall, where he challenged the three group leaders.
• The Blood Battle Mercenary Group and Poison Bee Mercenary Group leaders joined Mu She in drawing their weapons, despite Ling Li's overwhelming advantage in strength.

Ling Li attacked Myriad Medicine Pavilion after destroying Qingshan Town’s three major mercenary groups, cutting down its hired guards and defeating the physicians’ poison attack. He killed Yao Qi and moved toward the pavilion’s final survivor.

• Ling Li threatened the mercenaries guarding Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and most fled while the remaining fighters charged him for Little Doctor Fairy’s sake.
• Ling Li swiftly killed the charging mercenaries and entered the pavilion’s main hall.
• The physicians ambushed Ling Li with poisonous powders, but his Dou Qi Garment blocked them; he killed some and left the resisting ones dismembered.
• Ling Li confronted Yao Qi, rejected his offer of one million Gold Coins, and beheaded him.
• Ling Li walked toward a side room where Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s final survivor was waiting.

Ling Li left Qingshan Town for Black Rock City after dealing with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. He arrived in the bustling city and learned that its prosperity came largely from the alchemists who lived there.

• Ling Li took Little Doctor Fairy’s medicinal powders and assaulted her.
• Five days later, Ling Li traveled toward Black Rock City in a horned horse carriage.
• Ling Li paid the entrance fee and entered Black Rock City, where its crowds and grand architecture overwhelmed him.
• The elderly driver told Ling Li that Black Rock City prospered because of its great alchemists and the Empire’s Aerial Transport Team.
• The carriage stopped, and the driver told Ling Li they had arrived.

Ling Li brought Little Doctor Fairy to Black Rock City and discovered that intimacy with her could increase his Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline experience. After settling in and planning his journey across the Gamma Empire, he prepared to visit the Mitel Auction House in search of a dark-attribute cultivation method, while making sure he could continue earning daily bloodline experience.

• Ling Li paid for passage at a waystation, and Little Doctor Fairy climbed out of the carriage under his pressure.
• Ling Li reflected that sleeping with Little Doctor Fairy had raised his bloodline to Grade Two and continued to threaten and control her.
• Ling Li ate at a restaurant with Little Doctor Fairy, then bought new clothes and other supplies in Black Rock City.
• Ling Li planned to travel through the Gamma Empire, visit the imperial capital, and then take the Aerial Transport Team to Desert City to see Hai Bodong.
• Ling Li decided to stay in Black Rock City and visit the Mitel Auction House to look for a dark-attribute cultivation method and ways to strengthen himself.

Ling Li visited the Mitel Auction House in Black Rock City to buy a high-grade Mysterious Tier cultivation technique, but Ole, the chief auctioneer, could not find one for his rare dark attribute. Ole instead offered Ling Li an attribute-less Profound Tier High-Grade sword technique, leaving Ling Li curious about why it had not sold.

• Ling Li sent Little Doctor Fairy outside Black Rock City and went to the Mitel Auction House after admiring the city's Alchemist Guild.
• A receptionist welcomed Ling Li and brought him to a reception room after he asked to buy a high-grade Mysterious Tier cultivation technique.
• Ole introduced himself as the chief auctioneer and asked Ling Li what attribute he required.
• Ling Li requested a dark-attribute technique, but Ole said the auction house had none.
• Ole offered Ling Li an attribute-less Profound Tier High-Grade sword technique, and Ling Li wondered whether it had a problem.

Ling Li negotiated with Ole to buy an ancient Profound Tier High-Grade sword skill, using three hundred thousand Gold Coins and valuable information as payment. After Ole accepted the deal, Ling Li also asked to buy three hundred Second Tier Magic Cores, revealing that he had more money than he had claimed.

• Ole praised the ancient fighting skill's power but concealed how difficult it was to cultivate, and Ling Li challenged his description and asked to inspect it.
• Ole refused to let Ling Li examine the skill, so Ling Li offered two hundred thousand Gold Coins for it, then raised his offer to three hundred thousand and information worth more than six hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Ole agreed to the trade after weighing the risks and potential benefits of Ling Li's information.
• Ling Li offered to buy three hundred Second Tier Magic Cores, and Ole questioned the request because Ling Li had claimed he only had three hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Ling Li admitted his earlier claim did not have to be true and reminded Ole that their first deal was already concluded.

Ling Li sold Ole information about Hai Bodong and left the Mitel Auction House with new purchases, unaware that Ole planned to sell the information to Ya Fei. As Ling Li headed out of Black Rock City, several people began following him, and he prepared to test his improved strength against them.

• Ling Li bought a Profound Tier High-Grade Sword Skill and three hundred Second Tier Magic Cores, then told Ole that he had met Miter Haibodong in Desert City.
• Ole discussed the consequences of Hai Bodong’s possible return with Elder Xue and decided to sell the information to his sister Ya Fei for one million Gold Coins.
• Ling Li left the Mitel Auction House and sensed several people following him through the streets.
• Ling Li hurried toward the city gates, welcoming the chance to test his strength against his pursuers.