Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng and Chu Mengxi hunted demons in the Fallen Dragon Ancient Forest, allowing Lin Feng to gather 3.28 billion Crit Points. He spent them to reach the third level of the Martial Apex Realm and strengthen his Undying Asura Body, then headed deeper into the forest in search of treasures.

• Lin Feng killed a peak Eighth Order Savage Devil Ape with a casual punch, leaving Chu Mengxi stunned.
• Lin Feng slaughtered demons throughout the forest, including a Ninth Order Netherworld Blood Python and a flock of Iron-Feathered Griffins, while Chu Mengxi collected their Demon Cores and materials.
• After three days, Lin Feng reached a valley with 3.28 billion Crit Points and spent 2 billion to enhance the Dragon-Slaying Sword Codex, advancing to the third level of the Martial Apex Realm.
• Lin Feng spent his remaining 2 billion Crit Points to enhance the Undying Asura Body and checked his updated status.
• Lin Feng sensed a stronger aura with traces of draconic might deeper in the forest and told Chu Mengxi they would continue to look for treasures.

Lin Feng entered the forbidden dragon tomb with Chu Mengxi, killed its guardian, the Nine Nether Dragon Lion, and obtained the Dragon-Suppressing Stone. After refining it, he rose from Martial Apex Realm fourth level to sixth level.

• Lin Feng guided Chu Mengxi through the deadly formations to a valley of dragon bones.
• The Nine Nether Dragon Lion awoke and attacked them with nine beams of destructive power.
• Lin Feng destroyed the beams and killed the Nine Nether Dragon Lion with a single punch.
• Lin Feng found the Dragon-Suppressing Stone among the beast's remains and refined its source power.
• Lin Feng advanced to Martial Apex Realm sixth level.

Lin Feng consolidated his breakthrough after killing the Nine Nether Dragon Lion, while Chu Mengxi decided to report his strength to Zhang Cheng. Lin Feng caught her trying to send the message and killed her, declaring that Zhang Cheng would soon follow.

• Lin Feng finished consolidating his breakthrough to the sixth level of the Martial Apex Realm after absorbing the Dragon-Suppressing Stone.
• Chu Mengxi resolved to tell Zhang Cheng about Lin Feng's true strength and took out the communication jade talisman he had given her.
• Lin Feng confronted Chu Mengxi as she prepared to send the message, then stabbed her with the Killing Blade.
• Lin Feng told the dying Chu Mengxi that he had known she was Zhang Cheng's pawn and had kept her only while she was useful.
• Lin Feng told Chu Mengxi to wait on the road because Zhang Cheng would soon join her.

Lin Feng turned the hunt for Sword Ghost into a campaign of slaughter across the Great Xia Dynasty, gaining Crit Points and rising to the Martial Apex Realm Seventh Level. After months of killing his pursuers and other enemies, he returned to the capital and faced the imperial city.

• Lin Feng used his divine sense to locate the pursuit squads and chose to hunt them instead of fleeing.
• Lin Feng killed a squad of thirty elite Shadow Guards and their commander in the Fallen Dragon Ancient Forest, earning Crit Points.
• Lin Feng entered Heavenly Sword Manor and killed Ye Wuya and the hundred-plus martial artists gathered there with one sword strike.
• Lin Feng spent the following weeks killing imperial forces, martial-world experts, and demonic-path figures as his cultivation rose to the Martial Apex Realm Seventh Level.
• Lin Feng returned to the capital and declared that he had come for the imperial city.

Emperor Xia prepared to complete the Nine Heavens Blood Sacrifice Grand Array while Wei Zheng led an army to besiege the imperial city, and Zhang Cheng planned to exploit their conflict. A terrifying killing intent suddenly erupted throughout the capital, halting all three men.

• Emperor Xia used the Nine Heavens Blood Sacrifice Grand Array to drain the capital's dragon-vein fortune and its residents' vitality as he prepared for the Heavenly Demon to descend.
• Wei Zheng rallied tens of thousands of soldiers outside the imperial city and declared his intention to overthrow Emperor Xia and destroy the blood sacrifice array.
• Zhang Cheng watched both forces from a teahouse roof and hoped they would weaken each other, leaving him free to seize the dynasty and the nine Dragon-Suppressing Stones.
• An overwhelming killing intent pierced the defenses of both armies and the imperial city, making Emperor Xia, Wei Zheng, and Zhang Cheng look toward the sky in alarm.

Lin Feng appeared over the capital as an overwhelming force, confronting Emperor Xia, Wei Zheng, and Zhang Cheng. He declared that he would end their schemes and kill them all.

• A terrifying darkness covered the capital, freezing the imperial guards, rebel troops, and powerful martial artists in place.
• Lin Feng appeared in the sky wearing a bronze mask and carrying a rust-covered iron sword.
• Emperor Xia, Wei Zheng, and Zhang Cheng recognized Lin Feng and were shocked that he had come to the capital.
• Lin Feng condemned Emperor Xia for colluding with the Heavenly Demon, Wei Zheng for starting a mutiny, and Zhang Cheng for manipulating events from the shadows.
• Lin Feng raised his sword and declared that no one should resist because everyone there was going to die.

Lin Feng unleashed a single sword strike that annihilated Wei Zheng and 36,721 rebels, leaving Emperor Xia and the surviving witnesses terrified. The chapter ended with Lin Feng’s overwhelming power exposed and Emperor Xia confronting the destruction of his rival and army.

• Wei Zheng erupted in fury and demanded that Lin Feng kneel, surrender his gains, and serve him.
• Lin Feng ignored Wei Zheng and swung his rust-covered iron sword at the rebels.
• Wei Zheng summoned the Domain of Ten Thousand Armies Breaking Formations, but Lin Feng’s Immortal Burial strike cleaved through it.
• Lin Feng’s sword strike annihilated Wei Zheng and 36,721 rebels, earning him billions of Crit Points.
• Emperor Xia and the survivors watched in terror as the battlefield was reduced to dust and recognized Lin Feng’s power as beyond martial arts.

Emperor Xia revealed that Xia Yan’s remnant soul was hidden in Lin Feng’s Dragon-Suppressing Stone, but Lin Feng said he had known and dismissed the threat. Xia Yan emerged and accused Emperor Xia of betraying the dynasty, then Emperor Xia used the Dragon-Anchoring Pearl to suppress him and activated a blood-sacrifice array to summon a Heavenly Demon.

• Emperor Xia claimed Xia Yan had hidden his soul in the Dragon-Suppressing Stone and intended to take over Lin Feng’s body.
• Lin Feng said he had known about Xia Yan and doubted the remnant soul could possess him.
• Xia Yan emerged from the Dragon-Suppressing Stone and said he had only borrowed Lin Feng’s strength to stop Emperor Xia.
• Emperor Xia revealed the Dragon-Anchoring Pearl, which suppressed Xia Yan’s remnant soul and the Dragon-Suppressing Stone.
• Emperor Xia activated the Nine Heavens Blood Sacrifice Grand Array and called for a Heavenly Demon to enter the world.

Emperor Xia summoned an Otherworldly Heavenly Demon to destroy Lin Feng, but Lin Feng shattered the dynasty’s divine artifacts and severed the demon’s hand with a single slash. He then killed Emperor Xia, ending his reign and earning 400 million Crit Points.

• Emperor Xia used the Dragon-Anchoring Pearl to summon the Devil Master through a rift in the sky.
• Xia Yan urged Lin Feng to flee and sent the Dragon-Suppressing Stone to attack the descending demonic hand.
• Lin Feng destroyed the Dragon-Suppressing Stone and Dragon-Anchoring Pearl, causing Xia Yan’s remnant soul to dissipate.
• Lin Feng severed the Otherworldly Heavenly Demon’s wrist, and the demon’s rift closed in terror.
• Lin Feng killed Emperor Xia and gained 400 million Crit Points.

Zhang Cheng’s benevolent incarnation revealed that his Upper World true body had raised Lin Feng as a cultivation vessel, intending to possess him once he reached the peak of the Martial Apex Realm. Lin Feng rejected the threat with confidence, setting the stage for a confrontation with Zhang Cheng’s true body.

• Lin Feng stood among the imperial city’s ruins after Emperor Xia and Wei Zheng died, while Zhang Cheng’s benevolent incarnation refused to attack.
• Zhang Cheng revealed that his true body came from the Upper World and had severed the Heavenly Gate with a sword strike to hide from his enemies.
• Zhang Cheng explained that his true body had left an inheritance in the Demon Suppression Tower to cultivate Lin Feng as a vessel for possession.
• Lin Feng laughed off Zhang Cheng’s revelation, pointed his blade at him, and declared that Zhang Cheng’s true body was not worthy of possessing him.

Zhang Cheng’s incarnation of benevolence revealed that the Upper World treats lower worlds as pastures and ascenders as livestock to be harvested. After Lin Feng declared he would defy heaven, Zhang Cheng admitted he had betrayed his original self and urged Lin Feng to run because it was already too late.

• Zhang Cheng explained that the Upper World cultivates lower worlds as pastures and harvests those who ascend, often enslaving or devouring them.
• Zhang Cheng revealed that his original self had escaped the Upper World, sealed the Heavenly Gate, and sought to claim the strongest beings of this world for himself.
• Lin Feng condemned the Heavenly Gate as a pigpen’s rails and declared that he would defy heaven.
• Lin Feng questioned why Zhang Cheng was telling him the truth, and Zhang Cheng confessed that he had become separated from his original self and no longer wanted this world destroyed.
• Zhang Cheng told Lin Feng to run, warning that it was already too late.

Zhang Cheng warned Lin Feng that Upper World immortals were approaching and that his original body planned to sacrifice every living being to escape. Before fading, Zhang Cheng gave Lin Feng all his power, leaving him at the peak of the Martial Apex Realm as the countdown to the world’s destruction began.

• Zhang Cheng explained that Lin Feng’s clash with the Heavenly Demon had exposed the world’s location to the Immortal Lord of the Seven Luminaries and his forces.
• Zhang Cheng revealed that his original body planned to awaken early and sacrifice every living creature to fuel his escape from the world.
• Zhang Cheng chose to betray his original body and poured his cultivation, martial knowledge, and memories of Upper World laws into Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng broke through to the peak of the Martial Apex Realm and reached a crit multiplier of 25,200×.
• Lin Feng rejected fleeing and challenged the approaching enemies, declaring that his blade would strike before they could harvest him.

After destroying the capital, Lin Feng seized the Great Xia Dynasty’s national fortune and Imperial Heirloom Jade Seal, then proclaimed himself Emperor Wu'an and founded the Wu Dynasty. As national fortune cloaked him in an imperial robe and temporarily blocked the Upper World’s gaze, he decided to upgrade his Sixth Order weasel follower.

• Lin Feng reached the peak of the Martial Apex Realm and resolved to gather sacrifices from demons, evil entities, rebellious ministers, and traitors to gain power.
• Lin Feng summoned the Imperial Heirloom Jade Seal from the ruins and subdued its National Fortune Golden Dragon with a sword strike.
• Lin Feng declared Emperor Xia and Wei Zheng dead, announced the fall of the Great Xia Dynasty, and proclaimed himself Emperor Wu'an of the Wu Dynasty.
• Lin Feng claimed the national fortune, which formed a golden imperial robe around him and temporarily cut off the Upper World’s prying gaze.
• Lin Feng looked at his robe and decided his Sixth Order weasel follower, the manager of internal affairs, needed an upgrade.

After taking the throne, Lin Feng used the Martial Peace Dynasty’s national fortune and his own power to transform Huang Fugui into a human so he could serve as his manager. Huang Fugui survived the painful transformation but was horrified to discover that he had lost his golden fur and fluffy tail.

• Lin Feng summoned Huang Fugui and dismissed his groveling, then said he would reward him with a new skin rather than make him a eunuch.
• Lin Feng commanded the dynasty’s national fortune to pour into Huang Fugui and used his ninth-level power to suppress and refine it.
• The national fortune and Asura Divine Power burned away Huang Fugui’s fur and transformed him from a weasel into a naked human youth.
• Huang Fugui looked over his new human body and screamed when he realized his golden pelt and fluffy tail were gone.

After transforming Huang Fugui into a Ninth-Order Demon Emperor, Lin Feng appointed him to run a slaughterhouse and issued a nationwide decree ordering demons, sinister beings, cult remnants, and former-dynasty rebels captured alive and sent to the capital. He enforced the order by destroying a sea-demon island with a sword strike, and the Martial Peace Dynasty erupted into action.

• Lin Feng discovered Huang Fugui had become a Ninth-Order Demon Emperor who could shapeshift, but Huang Fugui chose to return to his weasel form.
• Lin Feng assigned Huang Fugui to run a slaughterhouse and explained that he needed to kill captives himself to fulfill his system's requirements.
• Lin Feng used the Imperial Heirloom Jade Seal and National Fortune Dragon Qi to broadcast his Edict for Presenting Captives throughout the Martial Peace Dynasty.
• Lin Feng ordered the dynasty's forces to capture demons, sinister beings, evil-cult remnants, and former-dynasty rebels alive, promising rewards and threatening those who disobeyed.
• Lin Feng destroyed an Eastern Sea island and its demons with a distant sword strike, enforcing his decree and sending the dynasty into a frenzy.

Lin Feng established the Demon-Slaying Platform in the imperial capital’s ruins and launched a nationwide campaign to capture demons and rebels alive for rewards. The chapter ended with Huang Fugui inspecting the first major delivery and granting Li Hu and his troops their promised honors.

• Lin Feng ordered Huang Fugui to clear the capital’s ruins, then used the Imperial Heirloom Jade Seal and national fortune to forge the Demon-Slaying Platform.
• Huang Fugui brought rebel captives to the platform, where Lin Feng executed one and received a surge of crit points.
• Lin Feng appointed Huang Fugui manager of the platform and ordered him to receive, inspect, and organize incoming prisoners.
• The Edict for Presenting Captives triggered a dynasty-wide frenzy as soldiers and officials captured demons and rebels alive for bounties and advancement.
• Li Hu’s Third Battalion delivered the peak Eighth Order Earthshaking Bear King alive, and Huang Fugui approved the prisoner and awarded the battalion and its commander their rewards.

After three months of slaying demons, Lin Feng reached a 100,000-fold Crit Multiplier and prepared to challenge the Upper World. He then fused ninety-three cultivation methods with the Dragon-Slaying Sword Codex and Undying Asura Body, creating the Myriad Paths Furnace Scripture.

• Lin Feng slew demons and powerful enemies as Huang Fugui brought sacrifices to the Demon-Slaying Platform, purging the dynasty of demons and evil spirits.
• The people rebuilt the capital and worshipped Lin Feng, whose growing National Fortune Dragon Qi blocked the Heavenly Gate rift's signal.
• After the supply of sacrifices ran out, Lin Feng killed the last three cat demons and saw that his Crit Multiplier had reached 100,000-fold with 58.95 billion Crit Points.
• Lin Feng declared his intent to take the fight to Zhang Cheng and the Upper World, then spent 20 billion Crit Points to fuse ninety-three cultivation methods.
• After enduring two days of painful deduction, Lin Feng obtained the Myriad Paths Furnace Scripture.

Lin Feng completed major upgrades to his martial arts as the Heavenly Gate rift burst open, releasing the power of immortals and demons into the world. A white-robed immortal emerged searching for the Sword Demon and targeted Eastern Sea Commandery City to draw him out.

• Lin Feng used most of his remaining crit points to extrapolate the Immortal-Slaying Sword Art, Avici Hell-Suppressing Saber, Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, and Myriad Arts Returning to the Void.
• The Heavenly Gate rift tore open, and overwhelming immortal and demonic auras spread across the Martial Peace Dynasty.
• The terrified people of the dynasty knelt and pleaded for Lin Feng to save them as he stood on the Demon-Slaying Platform.
• Huang Fugui urged Lin Feng to flee, but Lin Feng asked where they could run.
• A white-robed immortal emerged from the rift, searched for the Sword Demon's aura, and pointed toward Eastern Sea Commandery City to clear away its inhabitants.

A white-robed immortal and a one-armed Heavenly Demon descended and targeted Lin Feng, while the immortal erased Eastern Sea Commandery City. As they prepared to kill Lin Feng, the true Zhang Cheng arrived from the far north, creating a three-way standoff.

• The white-robed immortal erased Eastern Sea Commandery City and its million inhabitants with a wave of annihilating force.
• The one-armed Heavenly Demon descended through the Heavenly Gate, demanding revenge on Lin Feng for severing his arm.
• The immortal and the Heavenly Demon recognized Lin Feng as the target they sought and prepared to strike him.
• A powerful sword intent from the far north split their pressure, and the immortal recognized it as the escaped Sword Demon.
• Zhang Cheng appeared above the Demon-Slaying Platform, and Lin Feng realized he was the true Zhang Cheng, not the benevolent-thought incarnation.

Lin Feng confronted Yu Heng, Zhang Cheng, and the one-armed Heavenly Demon as their clash threatened the world. After recognizing his bond with the people he had once treated as game pieces, he declared the world under his protection and challenged all three to die.

• Yu Heng revealed that the Immortal Lord of the Seven Luminaries had sent him to kill Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng recognized him as the seventh direct disciple of Seven Luminaries.
• The one-armed Heavenly Demon attacked Yu Heng and Zhang Cheng, and their combined forces shook the world while Lin Feng was ignored.
• Lin Feng raised the Killing Blade and challenged the three, prompting Yu Heng and the Heavenly Demon to mock him while Zhang Cheng sensed a faint dread in Lin Feng's Dao.
• Zhang Cheng demanded that Lin Feng surrender the Demon Suppression Tower or be killed, but Lin Feng saw civilians dying in the battle's shock waves and Huang Fugui shielding him.
• Lin Feng rejected Zhang Cheng as his master, condemned the Heavenly Demon and Yu Heng, and declared that the world was under his protection before telling them they could die.