Recaps

Lin Feng entered Weeping Ghost Mine’s cavern and discovered a corpse-breeding ground, where he slaughtered its Living Corpses before fighting the Golden Corpse King. He killed the powerful demon with a decisive saber thrust, raising his Crit multiplier to 60x.

• Lin Feng found a Corpse Nurturing Coffin surrounded by hundreds of Living Corpses and recognized the mine as a deliberately constructed breeding ground.
• Lin Feng cut down all 378 Second-Order Vengeful Spirit Zombies, increasing his Crit multiplier to 55x.
• The Golden Corpse King emerged from the coffin and attacked Lin Feng with overwhelming speed, strength, and defense.
• Lin Feng dodged the corpse king’s attacks and waited for an opening while Huang Fugui watched anxiously from the cavern entrance.
• When the Golden Corpse King unleashed its Vengeful Fiend Corpse Roar Cannon, Lin Feng pierced through the attack and fatally stabbed its chest with Divine Fiend Returns to Origin.
• Lin Feng killed the Golden Corpse King and increased his Crit multiplier to 60x.

After killing the Golden Corpse King, Lin Feng returned to the Demon Suppression Division with its Demon Core and spoils, then proved he had completed the three-star Weeping Ghost Mine mission alone. His feat stunned the Division, while Wei Jin planned to keep his head down until his cousin returned.

• Lin Feng and Huang Fugui searched the ruined cave and collected a corpse-control art, spirit stones, materials, and the Golden Corpse King's Demon Core.
• Lin Feng returned to the Demon Suppression Division and submitted the Demon Core and a claw as proof that he had completed the Weeping Ghost Mine mission.
• The Mission Hall erupted in disbelief when the deacon confirmed Lin Feng had killed a Third-Order Golden Corpse King alone.
• Chu Mengxi was shocked by Lin Feng's achievement, while Wei Jin dismissed it as luck before deciding to avoid Lin Feng until his cousin returned.

After earning 1,500 Merit Points for his victory at Weeping Ghost Mine, Lin Feng exchanged the Heavenly Corpse Soul Control Art for enough points to obtain three advanced manuals. He used his system to reach the third layer of the True Qi Realm and greatly improve his movement and saber techniques.

• Lin Feng collected 1,500 Merit Points and went to the martial arts repository, where the stewards fawned over him after his victory over the Golden Corpse King.
• Lin Feng selected the Blazing Heaven Sun Art, Nine Tribulations Thunder Slash, and Phantom Flowing Light Steps, then exchanged his copied Heavenly Corpse Soul Control Art for the 500 Merit Points he lacked.
• Lin Feng spent 50,000 Crit Points on the Blazing Heaven Sun Art and advanced from the ninth layer of the Meridian Opening Realm to the third layer of the True Qi Realm.
• Lin Feng spent 10,000 Crit Points on Phantom Flowing Light Steps and reached minor mastery, creating four convincing afterimages.
• Lin Feng spent 18,000 Crit Points on Nine Tribulations Thunder Slash and reached proficiency, with saber intent that made his blade crackle with electricity.

After half a month of swiftly completing missions, Lin Feng had earned the nicknames Merit Point Harvester and King Yama while advancing to the seventh level of the True Qi Realm. His quiet routine ended when Zhao Tie reported that Chu Mengxi had been captured during a three-star mission and her fate was unknown.

• Lin Feng took three missions from the Mission Hall as the Demon Suppression Division’s members whispered about his ruthless efficiency and growing reputation.
• Lin Feng continued grinding missions and feeding Demon Cores to Huang Fugui, who reached the peak of the second order.
• Huang Fugui marveled at Lin Feng’s cultivation speed, while Lin Feng said he would only feel secure once he could kill an Immortal on Land with one slash.
• Lin Feng checked his status and saw that he had reached the seventh level of the True Qi Realm, perfected Nine Tribulations Thunder Slash, and accumulated 2,500 Crit Points.
• Zhao Tie hurried to Lin Feng and reported that Chu Mengxi had been captured after a mistake on a three-star mission, with her life and death unknown.

Lin Feng learned that Chu Mengxi had been captured in Black Wind City by the Wind Fiend Sect and accepted the newly raised four-star mission to rescue her. Before setting out, he effortlessly shattered Wei Tiancheng’s protective jade pendant with a blade strike so fast no one could see it.

• Zhao Tie told Lin Feng that Chu Mengxi and the others had been ambushed and captured in Black Wind City by the Old Demon of Black Wind, who was suspected to be at the Half-step Dan Yuan Realm.
• Lin Feng went to the Mission Hall and accepted the four-star mission to encircle and suppress Black Wind City.
• Wei Tiancheng confronted Lin Feng over his cousin Wei Jin’s crippled hand and demanded that Lin Feng kneel, apologize, and break his own arm.
• Lin Feng made an almost invisible blade strike that split Wei Tiancheng’s Thousand-Year Cold Jade pendant in two.
• Wei Tiancheng and the Mission Hall crowd realized Lin Feng could have killed him with the same strike, and Wei Tiancheng’s pride crumbled.

Lin Feng left the Mission Hall after humiliating Wei Tiancheng with a single sheathed-sword move and rode toward Black Wind City with Huang Fugui. As the Demon Suppression Division’s squad leaders planned a cautious assault, Lin Feng reached the city and began his own reconnaissance and attack.

• Lin Feng shattered Wei Tiancheng’s protective jade pendant and nearly slit his throat without fully drawing his sword, then claimed the Four-star Mission scroll.
• Lin Feng rode toward Black Wind City with Huang Fugui and warned him to stay alert for the dangers inside.
• Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing debated how to scout Black Wind City and rejected a frontal assault.
• A scout reported a lone rider heading for the city, and Wu Yong decided to let him go, believing he could test the enemy’s defenses.
• Lin Feng arrived beneath Black Wind City and ordered Huang Fugui to mark every human and demon while he cleared the city.
• Huang Fugui slipped beneath the gate as Lin Feng vanished into the shadows of the city wall.

Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing prepared to attack Black Wind City, but discovered Lin Feng had already been silently eliminating Wind Fiend Sect patrols. The three pursued the mysterious killer, unaware that he was Lin Feng, who continued harvesting Crit Points.

• Wu Yong proposed that Liu Qing's team eliminate the outer sentries while Meng Kuo led the main force through the west gate.
• A scout reported that all twelve outer patrol squads had vanished, and Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing went to investigate.
• The three found the patrols dead from precise throat cuts and concluded that a powerful assassin had struck with exceptional speed.
• Lin Feng killed a squad of ten elite Meridian Opening Realm disciples with a single slash as Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing watched in shock.
• Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing chased Lin Feng while he collected Crit Points, unaware that they were following him.

Lin Feng stormed the Wind Fiend Sect headquarters to rescue Chu Mengxi and the other captured Demon Slayer Envoys, cutting down the sect’s guards and confronting the Old Demon of Black Wind. After Lin Feng’s blade shattered and the Old Demon launched a swarm of demonic shadows, Chu Mengxi shouted for Lin Feng to catch something.

• The Old Demon of Black Wind drained the captured Demon Slayer Envoys’ true qi while preparing to break through to the Dan Yuan Realm.
• Lin Feng blasted through the headquarters’ gate and killed dozens of Black Wind Guards with one strike.
• Lin Feng charged the Old Demon and split apart his Baleful Intent attack with a second blade technique.
• Lin Feng’s Hundred Refined Steel Blade shattered, and the Old Demon sent over a hundred demonic ghosts swarming at him.
• Chu Mengxi shouted for Lin Feng to catch something.

Lin Feng killed Old Demon of Black Wind, rescued Chu Mengxi, and destroyed the Wind Fiend Sect’s stronghold. He returned to the Demon Suppression Division to report the mission, leaving the surviving comrades to handle the aftermath.

• Chu Mengxi gave Lin Feng the Ice Heart Soul, and he used it to unleash a powerful attack that annihilated Old Demon of Black Wind and raised his critical hit multiplier to 110x.
• The bindings on Chu Mengxi and the other Demon Slayer Envoys broke, but Lin Feng found that the other captives had died after their vital essence was drained.
• Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, and Liu Qing arrived and learned that Lin Feng had killed the Half-step Dan Yuan Realm Old Demon of Black Wind; Lin Feng left the remaining cleanup to them.
• Lin Feng told Huang Fugui to cultivate at the headquarters until he reached the third tier, then carried Chu Mengxi back to the Demon Suppression Division.
• At the Demon Suppression Division, Lin Feng reported the Four-star mission complete and asked that the families of the fallen comrades receive proper compensation.

After Lin Feng’s victory at Black Wind City made him a legend among the Demon Slayer Envoys, the Silver Token Manager summoned him and promoted him to Bronze Token Envoy. The chapter ended with the Division crowding around Lin Feng to celebrate his rise.

• Demon Slayer Envoys gossiped about Lin Feng killing the Half-step Dan Yuan Realm Old Demon of Black Wind and destroying the Wind Fiend Sect, while Wei Tiancheng fled to a remote outpost.
• Lin Feng reviewed his gains and learned from Zhao Tie and Li Rui that the Manager wanted to see him.
• The Manager praised Lin Feng’s strength, promoted him to Bronze Token Demon Slayer Envoy, awarded him ten thousand Merit Points for saving Chu Mengxi, and granted him a residence in the Bronze Token Courtyard.
• The Manager warned Lin Feng that the world beyond Nan Yan Commandery was more magnificent and dangerous, and urged him to keep his blade ready.
• News of Lin Feng’s promotion spread through the Division, and the Demon Slayer Envoys crowded around him with admiration and extravagant praise.

Lin Feng spent his Merit Points on three powerful treasures, then used Crit Points to reach the peak of the ninth layer of the True Qi Realm and improve his martial skills and movement techniques. Zhao Tie and Li Rui then brought news of bizarre murders in the county city, and Lin Feng suspected a Skin-Peeling Demon.

• Lin Feng entered the armory’s third floor and exchanged 60,000 Merit Points for the Killing Blade, Abyssal Path Three Slashes, and Treading Snow Without Trace.
• Lin Feng used 100,000 Crit Points to raise his cultivation to the peak of the ninth layer of the True Qi Realm and perfected the Phantom Flowing Light Steps.
• Lin Feng spent more Crit Points to raise Abyssal Path Three Slashes and Treading Snow Without Trace to the beginner stage.
• Zhao Tie and Li Rui told Lin Feng that several young, beautiful women had been murdered in the county city, their skin peeled off and strange smiles left on their faces.
• Lin Feng suspected that a Skin-Peeling Demon was responsible.

Lin Feng learned that a Skin-Peeling Demon was suspected of killing the City Lord's daughter’s friend, and the Demon Suppression Division had seven days to solve the case. Ling Yue'er stormed into the Division and insisted on joining Lin Feng’s investigation, leaving him amused by the prospect of working with the City Lord's daughter.

• Zhao Tie and Li Rui told Lin Feng that a Skin-Peeling Demon was suspected of killing the latest victim and that the Division had made the case a Four-star Mission with a seven-day deadline.
• Ling Yue'er barged into the Demon Suppression Division, accused its envoys of failing to protect the city, and vowed to catch the demon herself.
• Chu Mengxi told Ling Yue'er that the Division was investigating, but Ling Yue'er insisted on joining the case and recognized Lin Feng as the hero who had defeated Old Demon of Black Wind.
• Ling Yue'er pleaded with Lin Feng to take her along, but he called her too weak and refused.
• Ling Yue'er ordered her guards to follow Lin Feng around the clock, while Lin Feng quietly welcomed the prospect of investigating alongside the City Lord's daughter.

Chu Mengxi’s task force investigated three suspects in the Skin-Peeling Demon case, while Lin Feng argued they should simply kill them all. After two days of surveillance produced no clues, the investigation remained at a deadlock.

• Chu Mengxi identified artist Wu Daozi, Physician Mister Liu, and Iron Arm Bear King as the three leading suspects in the Skin-Peeling Demon case.
• Lin Feng proposed cutting down all three suspects, but Chu Mengxi rejected the idea and ordered the squad to monitor them instead.
• Chu Mengxi watched Wu Daozi, Zhao Tie and Li Rui watched Physician Mister Liu, and Lin Feng took Ling Yue'er to observe Iron Arm Bear King.
• After two days, the task force found no suspicious behavior: Wu Daozi stayed home, Physician Mister Liu treated patients, and Iron Arm Bear King practiced martial arts.
• Chu Mengxi wondered whether they had suspected the wrong people.

Lin Feng used Ling Yue'er as bait to draw out the Skin-Peeling Demon, which revealed itself while disguised as Li Tianyu and attacked her. As the demon reached for Ling Yue'er, Lin Feng struck from behind with a blazing blade.

• After the painter Wu Daozi, Mister Liu, and the Iron Arm Bear King vanished, Lin Feng proposed using Ling Yue'er as bait to track the Skin-Peeling Demon.
• Ling Yue'er agreed to walk alone through Sleepless Street while Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, Li Rui, and Lin Feng guarded her from the shadows.
• Li Tianyu approached Ling Yue'er, but she recognized the Skin-Peeling Demon by its foul smell and crushed the Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Talisman.
• The Skin-Peeling Demon dropped its disguise and lunged at Ling Yue'er, then split into three phantoms to evade Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui's attacks.
• The demon appeared behind Ling Yue'er and reached for her neck, but Lin Feng attacked it with a blood-red blade radiance.

Lin Feng killed the Skin-Peeling Demon despite learning that Li Tianyu would die with it, then left the scene as Ling Yue'er eagerly followed him. Chu Mengxi and the others were stunned by his power and decisiveness, while Chu Mengxi wondered whether the case had been solved too easily.

• The Skin-Peeling Demon revealed that it had fused with Li Tianyu's flesh, blood, and soul, but Lin Feng dismissed its warning and destroyed them both with his blade.
• Lin Feng received a system notification that he had killed the Third-Order Skin-Peeling Demon and gained 20,000 Crit Points as his multiplier rose to 115 times.
• Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui reacted in shock to Lin Feng's strength and his willingness to kill the demon despite Li Tianyu's fate.
• Ling Yue'er embraced Lin Feng in relief, but he lifted her away and told her to go home.
• Lin Feng left the scene, followed by Ling Yue'er, while Chu Mengxi watched them depart and questioned whether the case had ended too easily.

After rejecting Ling Yue'er’s pursuit and exchanging for the Nine Yang Limitless Art, Lin Feng was interrupted by the return of his demon subordinate, Huang Fugui. Huang Fugui arrived as a peak Third-tier Great Demon and prostrated himself before Lin Feng as his Old Ancestor.

• News spread that Lin Feng had slain the Skin-Peeling Demon in one second, and he received 20,000 Merit Points for the Four-star Mission.
• Ling Yue'er pursued Lin Feng with gifts and devoted attention, but Lin Feng told her he was interested only in slaying monsters.
• Ling Yue'er vowed to enter seclusion and grow stronger after Lin Feng called her weak and noisy.
• Lin Feng exchanged 20,000 Merit Points for the Nine Yang Limitless Art, then found that few high-star missions remained.
• Huang Fugui returned to the Demon Suppression Division as a peak Third-tier Great Demon and bowed before Lin Feng, calling him the Old Ancestor.

The Silver Token Manager allowed Lin Feng to keep Huang Fugui as a demon helper, warning that he would kill them both if Huang Fugui harmed innocents. Back in his courtyard, Lin Feng revealed his Half-step Dan Yuan Realm cultivation and crushed Huang Fugui’s new confidence, while Huang Fugui tried to win his favor by suggesting he take in the City Lord’s daughter.

• The Silver Token Manager summoned Lin Feng and warned him that he and Huang Fugui would both die if the demon harmed innocents, but permitted Lin Feng to keep it as a helper.
• Lin Feng returned to his courtyard, where Huang Fugui demonstrated its Yellow Wind Phantom clones and Bone-Corroding Demonic Wind.
• Lin Feng reached the Half-step Dan Yuan Realm and unleashed pressure that scattered Huang Fugui’s clones and forced it to prostrate itself.
• Huang Fugui fawned over Lin Feng, serving him tea and praising his strength.
• Huang Fugui suggested Lin Feng take the City Lord’s daughter as a plaything.

Lin Feng grew suspicious that Ling Yue'er was connected to the Skin-Peeling Demon and ordered Huang Fugui to secretly monitor her, but its weeklong surveillance revealed nothing unusual. The Demon Suppression Division was then confronted by Li Family head Li Bantian and his armored martial artists, who arrived demanding an explanation.

• Lin Feng told Huang Fugui to watch Ling Yue'er closely because he believed the Skin-Peeling Demon case had ended too conveniently.
• Huang Fugui secretly monitored Ling Yue'er for seven days and found her isolating herself to train, with no suspicious meetings or demonic traces.
• Lin Feng remained convinced that the Skin-Peeling Demon’s death concealed a larger scheme and ordered Huang Fugui to keep watching Ling Yue'er.
• Li Bantian led a squad of heavily armored martial artists in blasting open the Demon Suppression Division’s gates and demanding an explanation.

Li Bantian confronted the Demon Suppression Division with evidence that Lin Feng’s Blazing Sun Art had killed Li Tianyu, while Lin Feng and Chu Mengxi realized the evidence was part of a larger trap. Chu Mengxi suspected Li Tianhe, but Lin Feng doubted that he was the one who had exposed the scheme.

• Li Bantian arrived with the Li Family and demanded that Lin Feng answer for Li Tianyu’s death.
• Chu Mengxi challenged Li Bantian’s accusation, and he revealed that Li Tianyu’s Lifebound Soul Jade had shattered the night the Skin-Peeling Demon was slain.
• Li Bantian produced a Soul Jade fragment from the execution site and claimed its lingering energy matched Lin Feng’s Blazing Sun Art.
• Lin Feng and Chu Mengxi recognized that the evidence pointed to a trap connecting the Skin-Peeling Demon’s death, Li Tianyu’s death, and the Demon Suppression Division.
• Chu Mengxi suspected Li Tianhe had arranged his brother’s death, but Lin Feng questioned why Li Tianhe would expose the scheme and risk being discovered.

Lin Feng confronted Li Bantian after the Manager of the Demon Suppression Division rejected the Li Family’s accusation, then fought him with the Killing Blade. Lin Feng overwhelmed the third-level Dan Yuan Realm expert and severed his left arm, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The Manager warned Li Bantian that he could not attack Lin Feng inside the Demon Suppression Division and defended the killing of Li Bantian’s demon-possessed son.
• Li Bantian threatened Lin Feng, but Lin Feng invited him to seek justice through a fight.
• Li Bantian attacked with a powerful palm, but Lin Feng evaded it with Treading Snow Without Trace.
• Lin Feng’s first Killing Blade slash forced Li Bantian back and nearly broke through his protective Raging Tide True Qi.
• Lin Feng used his second slash to shatter Li Bantian’s Raging Tides defense and sever his left arm.

Lin Feng killed Li Bantian with his third blade after Li attacked the Demon Suppression Division, and the Manager publicly backed the execution. In private, the Manager warned Lin Feng that Li Bantian’s actions seemed suspicious and asked him to consider who had given Li such confidence.

• Li Bantian unleashed his full power, but Lin Feng’s third blade, Extinguish the Dao, split him in two and earned Lin Feng 50,000 Crit Points.
• Lin Feng declared that he had executed Li Bantian for attacking the Demon Suppression Division, and the Li Family guards surrendered without objection.
• The Manager affirmed that Lin Feng had acted rightly, ordered the Li Family members detained and interrogated, and summoned Lin Feng to the inner hall.
• The Manager told Lin Feng that his victory had placed him at the center of a storm, then questioned why Li Bantian had attacked with so few guards and seemed certain Lin Feng had killed his son.

Lin Feng and Manager suspected Ling Yue'er had manipulated the Li Family’s downfall and agreed that Lin Feng should feign cooperation to uncover the force behind her. After Lin Feng received authority second only to Manager, his fame spread through Nan Yan Commandery, but he worried that the region seemed too peaceful to provide new monsters to fight.

• Lin Feng and Manager concluded that Ling Yue'er had used Li Tianyu and Li Bantian to eliminate the Li Family and disrupt the commandery’s balance.
• Manager ordered Lin Feng to play along with Ling Yue'er and investigate her hidden purpose, while warning him to be cautious.
• Manager gave Lin Feng a silver token granting him authority to mobilize any resource in the Demon Suppression Division.
• News of Lin Feng killing Li Bantian spread through Nan Yan Commandery, and Demon Suppression Division members began betting on the strength of his next attack.
• Zhao Tie and Li Rui boasted about Lin Feng, who remained focused on the lack of monsters in the seemingly peaceful commandery.

Ling Xiaotian publicly tied the City Lord’s Mansion to Lin Feng by declaring Ling Yue'er would marry no one but him, while Lin Feng tried to untangle the political scheme surrounding the Li Family. He realized Li Tianhe might be in danger and ordered Huang Fugui to protect him and capture anyone who targeted him.

• Ling Xiaotian scolded Ling Yue'er, struck her, and confined her to her room after she insisted she would marry only Lin Feng.
• After Ling Yue'er left, Ling Xiaotian told Advisor Xu that she had pushed him toward an alliance with the Demon Suppression Division and ordered him to announce her intended marriage to Lin Feng.
• The City Lord's Mansion's announcement fueled wild rumors about Lin Feng and Ling Yue'er, while Demon Suppression Division members teased Lin Feng about the supposed wedding.
• Huang Fugui reported that Ling Yue'er had shut herself away to cultivate and had reached the first level of the Spirit Qi Realm.
• Lin Feng realized he had overlooked Li Tianhe, the Li Family's sole heir, and ordered Huang Fugui to protect him and bring anyone who tried to harm him back alive.

Huang Fugui secretly protected Li Tianhe from repeated assassination attempts, but Lin Feng killed every captured attacker without questioning them. After the attackers stopped coming, Lin Feng chose to wait for the hidden mastermind to make another move.

• Huang Fugui watched Li Tianhe feign grief by day and celebrate his family’s deaths by night.
• Huang Fugui foiled an assassin’s attempt on Li Tianhe and brought the captured man to Lin Feng, who killed him without interrogating him.
• Huang Fugui stopped several more attacks on Li Tianhe, and Lin Feng killed each captured assassin for Crit Points.
• After seven or eight waves of assassins failed, the hidden mastermind paused the attacks, and Lin Feng decided to wait for a better chance to expose them.

Lin Feng delayed breaking through to avoid alerting the hidden mastermind, then accepted Ling Yue'er’s challenge after learning she would stop pursuing him if she lost. Their duel was set for three days later in the commandery city’s central martial arena.

• Lin Feng reviewed his growing Crit Points but held off on breaking through to the Dan Yuan Realm because the spiritual-energy disturbance could reveal him to the hidden mastermind.
• Huang Fugui suggested Lin Feng settle down with Ling Yue'er, but Lin Feng dismissed the idea and explained why he planned to wait.
• Zhao Tie and Li Rui reported that Ling Yue'er had reached the third level of the True Qi Realm and challenged Lin Feng to a duel three days later.
• Ling Yue'er declared that she would stop pursuing Lin Feng if she lost, but he would have to marry her if she won.
• Lin Feng accepted the challenge after confirming that Ling Yue'er had promised to leave him alone if she lost.