Chapter Summaries

Ling Li struggled to understand why his saber techniques were not gaining experience before a powerful Purple Beast appeared at his camp. As the Purple Beast charged, Ling Li tried to evade it, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ling Li reviewed Wu Ye’s assassination profile and compared the Blood Sect’s Blood Transformation Art with his Devour Skill.
• Ling Li practiced Swallow Return against the forest but gained no saber technique experience, then returned to his meal.
• Ling Li sensed a Purple Beast hiding nearby and realized he could not detect its aura, suggesting it was far stronger than him.
• Ling Li prepared to flee as the Purple Beast stomped forward, and he and the beast rushed past one another as black and purple streaks.

Ling Li was repeatedly robbed of his roasted meat by a mysterious fifth-tier Purple Beast, which survived his attacks and fled with the food. Furious over the theft, Ling Li unleashed a powerful slash and decided to pursue his grievance.

• Ling Li struck the Purple Beast with Venom and Swallow Return, but its Energy Barrier nullified the attack before it fled with his roasted magical beast leg.
• Ling Li traveled toward Twilight City and kept sensing an unseen presence watching him, though his Soul Power detected nothing.
• Ling Li hunted and roasted a third-tier magical beast, then wondered whether the Yin Yang Twin Flames could grant him the fire attribute and let him become an alchemist.
• The Purple Beast appeared overhead, shielded the roast from Ling Li's blade qi, ate the hind legs, and carried off the rest.
• Ling Li cursed the Purple Beast and unleashed a nearly thirty-foot blade qi attack, determined to avenge his stolen meat.

Ling Li chased the Purple Beast and repeatedly struck its spatial defense to rapidly gain Blade Arts experience. After the Purple Beast fled, Ling Li’s Blade Arts reached Master, leaving him newly attuned to Dark Night and wondering if the beast would ever return.

• Ling Li pursued the Purple Beast with Blade Qi and discovered its spatial membrane absorbed most of his attacks, while each strike still granted him experience.
• Ling Li repeatedly battered the Purple Beast as it ate his roasted magical beast, earning Blade Arts experience without breaking through its defense.
• After finishing the roast, the Purple Beast sprouted Dou Qi Wings and fled upward, dodging Ling Li as he tried to pursue it through the trees.
• Ling Li launched Swallow Return at the fleeing Purple Beast, then received a system notification that his Blade Arts had reached Master.
• Ling Li found that Dark Night’s Blade Qi now used less Dou Qi and traveled faster with greater cutting power, then regretted driving away the Purple Beast he had hoped to use for practice.

Ling Li arrived in Twilight City and waited in a tavern for Wu Ye, the target of his assassination mission. Wu Ye appeared in a blood robe, and the chapter ended as the tavern owner asked what he wanted to drink.

• Ling Li traveled slowly toward Twilight City, roasting monster beasts along the way, but never encountered the Purple Beast again.
• After reaching Twilight City, Ling Li explored the city and learned that residents paid tribute to the Blood Sect for protection.
• Ling Li went to Wu Ye's favorite tavern and cautiously replaced the ale he bought with water from his System Space.
• Ling Li watched the tavern entrance while listening to the drinkers, waiting for Wu Ye to arrive.
• Wu Ye appeared at the tavern with terrifying speed, silencing the room, and the owner asked what he wanted to drink.

Ling Li followed Blood Saber Wu Ye out of Twilight City and challenged him, eager to test himself against the powerful killer. Their first exchanges revealed Ling Li’s corrosive Dou Qi and ended with both warriors meeting in a devastating clash.

• Wu Ye entered the tavern to drink ale, while Ling Li recognized him as his assassination target and judged his bloody aura and strength.
• Wu Ye left the tavern, and Ling Li followed him through Twilight City’s gates.
• Wu Ye stopped outside the city and confronted Ling Li, who unleashed his Dou Qi and attacked with Dark Night.
• Wu Ye countered Ling Li’s Blade Qi with his heavy sword and struck with Blood Blade.
• Ling Li’s corrosive Dou Qi damaged Wu Ye’s sword, and the two began their battle with a powerful clash that shattered the ground around them.

Ling Li fought Wu Ye and used Dark Night to sever Wu Ye’s fingers and drain blood from his arm before Wu Ye revealed his werewolf bloodline. With the full moon strengthening Wu Ye’s speed, strength, and recovery, Ling Li charged back into the fight, intending to wear him down.

• Ling Li’s Dark Night deflected Wu Ye’s heavy sword, but Ling Li found he still could not use his Xuan-tier sword technique with it.
• Wu Ye traded blows with Ling Li, but Dark Night cut through his Dou Qi Armor and severed the fingers on his right hand.
• Dark Night began devouring Wu Ye’s blood, and Ling Li dodged Wu Ye’s kick before slashing his arm repeatedly.
• Wu Ye transformed into a werewolf, and Ling Li recognized his likely Wolf King bloodline.
• Wu Ye explained that the full moon greatly enhanced his strength, speed, and recovery, while Ling Li reasoned that the severed fingers could not regenerate.
• Ling Li took Second-grade Healing Pills and charged at Wu Ye, planning to wear him down by gouging out flesh.

Ling Li fought Wu Ye in a desperate battle, eventually defeating him and claiming his head and Storage Ring. Badly injured, Ling Li planned to recover before collecting the bounty, but flames and panicked horses outside Twilight City forced him to rush toward the mountains.

• Wu Ye used Palm Absorption to pull Ling Li in and shattered his sternum with a punch.
• Wu Ye attacked with Shadow Blood Flash, but Ling Li switched to close combat and exploited Dark Night’s reach and his master-level blade technique.
• Ling Li severed Wu Ye’s limbs after a prolonged fight, and Wu Ye regained consciousness too late to resist.
• Ling Li killed Wu Ye, let Dark Night devour his blood, and collected Wu Ye’s head and Storage Ring.
• Ling Li took Healing Pills, then ran toward the mountains after seeing flames and hearing horses outside Twilight City.

After killing Wu Ye, Ling Li escaped the Black Bandits but collapsed from his injuries and was rescued by the Purple Beast. He recovered with the beast’s help, then watched it fly away from the cave.

• Zhou Kuang found Wu Ye dead and suspected the Blood Sect had killed him, so he ordered his men to return and planned to visit Elder Zhao.
• Ling Li collapsed in the mountains after escaping the Black Bandits, and the Purple Beast carried him away.
• Three days later, Ling Li woke in a cave, reset his broken bones, and recognized the Purple Beast that had saved him.
• The Purple Beast gave Ling Li a red-black fruit, and he spent a day and night refining its energy as his injuries rapidly healed.
• Ling Li thanked the Purple Beast and apologized for cutting it, but the beast flew out of the cave after gesturing at him.

Ling Li grilled fourth-tier magical beasts for the Purple Beast until he ran out of seasoning, then gave it ingredients to gather more. While waiting, he read two combat technique scrolls taken from Wu Ye and considered whether to practice the incomplete Shadow Blood Flash.

• The Purple Beast brought Ling Li a fourth-tier magical beast to grill, and it devoured the seasoned meat before Ling Li could eat any.
• For seven days, the Purple Beast repeatedly brought back more beasts, leaving Ling Li without a bite of grilled meat and using up all his seasoning.
• Ling Li gave the Purple Beast seasoning ingredients to find and a Storage Ring, but the Purple Beast stored the ingredients in a spatial formation inside its mouth and went to search for them.
• Ling Li examined the two scrolls from Wu Ye's Storage Ring: the Mysterious Tier High Grade Shadow Blood Flash and the Mysterious Tier Low Grade Palm Absorption.
• Ling Li read both combat techniques, nearly erased their Soul Power imprints, and wondered whether he should practice the incomplete Shadow Blood Flash.

Ling Li learned Shadow Blood Flash and spent a month mastering it, reaching two-star Dou Spirit. As he prepared to leave the mountains to collect a bounty, the Purple Beast asked him to visit a nearby peak with it the next day.

• Ling Li risked cultivating Shadow Blood Flash and mastered its beginner-level burst of speed, though he found it difficult to control for long.
• Over the next month, Ling Li practiced Shadow Blood Flash, hunted third-tier magical beasts, and advanced to two-star Dou Spirit.
• Ling Li told the Purple Beast he planned to leave the next day to collect a bounty, but explained that it could not safely enter human cities with him.
• The Purple Beast indicated that Ling Li should accompany it to a nearby mountain peak, then insisted they wait until daylight.

Ling Li and the Purple Beast lured the Six-winged Azure Bat, a sixth-tier demonic beast, away from its mountain cave so Ling Li could steal a treasure. After witnessing the bat’s overwhelming power, Ling Li waited for it to leave and began sneaking toward its cave.

• Ling Li agreed to enter the Six-winged Azure Bat’s cave while the Purple Beast distracted the beast, planning to escape if he had not found a treasure within five minutes.
• The Purple Beast provoked the bat by howling and marking its territory, enraging the beast into pursuit.
• The Six-winged Azure Bat unleashed devastating wind attacks as it chased the fleeing Purple Beast.
• Ling Li hid from the bat’s immense pressure and watched it fly away toward the Purple Beast.
• Ling Li used Dou Qi to sink into his shadow and approached the cave entrance to search for treasure.

Ling Li infiltrated the Six-winged Azure Bat’s mountain using Shadow Transformation and aura-concealing powder, then found a hidden chamber containing a freezing spring and a glowing blue grass. He stored the grass and began collecting the spring water, leaving the chamber’s treasure partly taken.

• Ling Li used Shadow Transformation and the Purple Beast’s aura-concealing powder to bypass the mountain’s guards and reach the cave.
• Ling Li entered the cave, avoided alerting the swarming Green Bats, and followed the passage to a hidden chamber.
• Ling Li discovered a pool of icy spring water and a glowing blue grass at its center.
• Ling Li stored the blue grass in the System Space and used Palm Absorption to collect the spring water.

Ling Li stole the Six-winged Azure Bat’s spring water, Shapeshifting Grass, and other treasures, provoking a long pursuit that he and the Purple Beast escaped. After learning the Purple Beast planned to use the grass to shapeshift at only the fifth tier, Ling Li warned it of the danger, but it swallowed the grass after he agreed to its request.

• Ling Li emptied the spring pool and looted the cave before fleeing as the temperature rose.
• The Six-winged Azure Bat discovered the theft and raged over losing its Ice Spirit Cold Spring and Shapeshifting Grass.
• Ling Li and the Purple Beast escaped the Six-winged Azure Bat’s pursuit, fleeing for a day and night before reaching another Sixth-Tier Demonic Beast’s territory.
• Ling Li showed the Purple Beast the stolen Shapeshifting Grass and warned that attempting to shapeshift at the fifth tier could kill it.
• The Purple Beast asked Ling Li a serious question, received his agreement, and swallowed the Shapeshifting Grass.

Ling Li waited while the Purple Beast shapeshifted, then met her new form: a little girl who chose to travel with him. After jokingly offering to be her dad, Ling Li learned her name was Yan and tried to rename her, but she chose Zi Yan instead.

• The Purple Beast swallowed Shapeshifting Grass and medicinal herbs, then formed a cocoon while Ling Li rested and recovered his battle qi.
• After seven days, the cocoon broke open and the Purple Beast emerged as a little girl who demanded roasted meat from Ling Li.
• Ling Li asked whether she wanted to leave with him and about her family, and she said she had lived alone without parents or companions.
• Ling Li offered to be her dad, and the little girl accepted after he promised to find ingredients for more delicious food.
• The girl said her remembered name was Yan, rejected Ling Li's proposed seasoning names, and chose to be called Zi Yan.

Ling Li took Zi Yan around Black Seal City and claimed the bounty on Blood Saber Wu Ye, but the payout fell far short of what he needed. As he prepared to leave the Eight Fan Sect, the old man offered him another bounty.

• Ling Li realized that Zi Yan's presence placed the story years before Xiao Yan entered Jia Nan Academy, during Xiao Yan's period of weakness.
• Zi Yan asked Ling Li to buy her treats, and he admitted he had run out of money after she spent much of his funds in Black Seal City.
• Ling Li brought Zi Yan to the Eight Fan Sect's bounty-claiming hall and presented Wu Ye's head and bounty notice.
• The old man paid Ling Li 94,500 Gold Coins after deducting fees from Wu Ye's 120,000-Gold-Coin bounty.
• The old man noticed Ling Li's money troubles and asked whether he dared take another bounty.

Ling Li accepted a risky bounty to capture Ling Xi, a second-tier alchemist hiding in the Baha Empire, with the Rakshasa Gate as the client. He and Zi Yan reached the empire, where Zi Yan insisted they withdraw all their remaining Gold Coins before they pursued the target.

• Ling Li accepted the Eight Fan Sect's designated bounty to capture Ling Xi alive at the Alchemist Guild in the Baha Empire.
• After leaving Black Seal City with Zi Yan, Ling Li read the bounty details and learned the client was Su Mei's Rakshasa Gate and would require him to collect payment in person.
• Ling Li and Zi Yan traveled to the Baha Empire in three days and were struck by the busy, orderly streets.
• At Zi Yan's insistence, Ling Li and Zi Yan withdrew every remaining Gold Coin from their deposit card.

Ling Li and Zi Yan entered the Baha Empire, where Ling Li hoped to rest and eventually find Little Doctor Fairy. After Zi Yan barged into his bath and asked him to scrub her back, she called him “Dad” again, leaving him stunned.

• Ling Li dragged Zi Yan away from the bank as she cleaned the Gold Coins she had taken to safeguard.
• Ling Li and Zi Yan explored the peaceful Baha Empire, and Zi Yan reassured him that she could sense the powerful auras in its center.
• Ling Li checked into a luxurious inn for free using his Alchemist Robe and relaxed in a jade bathtub.
• Zi Yan broke down the bathroom door and asked Ling Li to help scrub her back.
• After Ling Li refused, Zi Yan studied his strange behavior and scent, then called him “Dad” again while repeating her request.

Ling Li prepared to kidnap the alchemist Ling Xi from the Baha Empire’s Alchemist Guild, relying on Zi Yan’s ability to bypass its defensive restriction. At the guild entrance, guards stopped Zi Yan from entering, and Ling Li tried to convince them she was an alchemist.

• Ling Li grew increasingly irritated as Zi Yan repeatedly teased him about the bathhouse incident.
• Ling Li inspected the guild tower’s defenses and asked Zi Yan to confirm her ability would work, despite her demand for payment.
• Ling Li took Zi Yan to the Alchemist Guild courtyard to begin his mission to capture Ling Xi.
• Two guards stopped Zi Yan at the gate, but Ling Li showed them her alchemist badge and protested.
• The guards refused entry, assuming Zi Yan was Ling Li’s daughter wearing a borrowed robe.

Ling Li and Zi Yan entered the Baha Empire's Alchemist Guild, where Ling Li killed its president, Han Rui, and looted his collection. After Han Rui's death triggered the Guild's defenses and trapped them inside, Zi Yan began breaking through the barriers for a fee.

• Ling Li intimidated the Guild's entrance guards into letting him and Zi Yan inside, then rode the elevator through the tower toward the president's floor.
• Ling Li killed the guards outside Han Rui's room, broke through its stone door, and beheaded Han Rui before the Fourth-grade Alchemist could defend himself.
• Ling Li took Han Rui's staff and Storage Ring, transferring its pills, ingredients, formulas, and other valuables into the System Space.
• Ling Li discovered that Han Rui's soul yielded no follow-up experience, then used the staff to activate the Guild's defenses, trapping them inside the tower.
• Ling Li failed to cut through the energy barriers, so Zi Yan offered to break them for eighty thousand Gold Coins per floor and began smashing her way downstairs.

Ling Li entered the Alchemist Guild and began killing the alchemists who confronted him, while investigating why their Soul Fragments were disappearing. He left the second-floor alchemists dead or dying and declared that the slaughter was beginning.

• The alchemists on the second floor sensed the top-floor formation break and watched Ling Li descend with a killing intent.
• Ling Li killed the bearded alchemist and another alchemist, noticing that their corpses held no Soul Fragments.
• A tall, thin alchemist offered Ling Li his Storage Ring and begged for mercy, but Ling Li took the ring and killed him.
• The remaining alchemists resisted, but Ling Li discovered that their souls rapidly drained away when they were wounded.
• Ling Li announced that the slaughter was beginning.