Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan learned that the Snake Demon sealed on Python Mountain had escaped and was leading demons and beasts toward Fengle City. He left to join the defense, while suspecting the attack might be connected to the recent Abyssal Rift Beast Tide.

• Lu Chuan opened his fourth meridian and reflected that he needed more Spirit Medicine to progress faster.
• Chen Qingfeng told Lu Chuan that the Snake Demon’s seal had broken and that an elite squad sent to investigate had been wiped out.
• Chen Qingfeng explained that the Snake Demon’s powerful father had been the reason it was sealed instead of killed, and said the Demon Suppressing Division planned to attack Python Mountain.
• Xiao Yi warned Lu Chuan that demons and beasts were advancing from Python Mountain toward Fengle City, and Chen Qingfeng urged him to intercept them outside the city.
• Lu Chuan took his weapons, briefly spoke to his mother, Liang Ya, and headed toward the Outer City to defend it.

Lu Chuan joined Fengle City's defenders as more than a hundred thousand Demon Ghosts and Fierce Beasts from Python Mountain approached. As the City Guard formed its Battle Formation, Lu Chuan noticed the attacking force lacked powerful Demon Ghosts and included many ordinary wild beasts.

• Lu Chuan hurried to the Outer City after receiving calls from the Demon Suppressing Division and Martial Artist Association, astonishing the martial artists in Cangyun Villa with his speed.
• Lu Chuan reached the Outer City, where the City Guard prepared a defensive line and officials ordered Outer City residents to relocate inside the Inner City.
• Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong arrived with their men as the ground shook and a vast army of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts swept toward the city.
• Fengle City's ten-thousand-strong City Guard formed a Battle Formation, unleashing a towering pillar of Killing Intent that impressed the gathered martial artists.
• Lu Chuan told Chen Qingfeng that the enemy force included many wild beasts and had no Demon Ghost stronger than Ghost Grade.

Lu Chuan defended Fengle City by using his bow to devastate the approaching Demon Ghost and Fierce Beast army. After the army reached the city and clashed with the defenders, the battle erupted across the front.

• Lu Chuan and Chen Qingfeng noticed that wild beasts were mixed into the army and that the Snake Demon and Star City experts were absent, but Lu Chuan said they should hold the city as ordered.
• Lu Chuan climbed onto the city wall, selected a peak Fourth Rank Azure Flame Burst Bear, and killed it with a single arrow that also pierced and destroyed over a hundred beasts behind it.
• The defenders recognized Lu Chuan’s feat, while he continued firing arrows and rapidly increased his Meteor Arrow Technique proficiency by killing beasts.
• The huge beast army reached Fengle City and clashed with the City Guard, Demon Slayer Guard, and summoned martial artists, who advanced to defend the city.

During the battle outside the city, Lu Chuan killed a powerful Snake Demon and discovered a Storage Bag filled with rare medicines and materials. When Fierce Beasts broke through the defenders and collapsed the city wall, Lu Chuan charged into their army in fury.

• Lu Chuan fought from the city wall, picking off powerful Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts with his arrows.
• A peak Ghost Grade Snake Demon from Python Mountain charged at Lu Chuan, but he killed it with his Hurricane Saber Technique.
• Lu Chuan found a Storage Bag inside the Snake Demon's remains and discovered it contained twelve Spirit Medicines and hundreds of Great Medicines, among other treasures.
• Fierce Beasts broke through the defensive line and collapsed the city wall, burying and killing many defenders.
• Enraged by the deaths of his comrades, Lu Chuan leaped from the wall and charged into the Fierce Beast army.

Lu Chuan slaughtered his way through the Fierce Beast army, pushing his Hurricane Saber Technique toward a transformation as he became lost in a mysterious state. When three Fourth Rank peak Fierce Beasts and two Ghost Grade peak Demon Ghosts attacked him, he cut down the Snow Wolf with a newly sharpened strike.

• Lu Chuan rampaged through the breach, killing hundreds upon thousands of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts and helping the martial artists hold the defensive line.
• Lu Chuan charged deeper into the enemy army, ignoring Chen Qingfeng’s calls to retreat.
• Chen Qingfeng led his team after Lu Chuan, then stopped when three Fourth Rank peak Fierce Beasts and two Ghost Grade peak Demon Ghosts moved to surround him.
• The Snow Wolf attacked Lu Chuan with a Wind Blade and forced him back, but Lu Chuan opened his eyes and severed its claw with a precise strike.
• Lu Chuan’s Blade Qi entered the Snow Wolf’s body, causing its massive body to explode.

After comprehending a sharp blade intent and expanding his spiritual perception, Lu Chuan repelled a sneak attack and killed one Demon Ghost with Heart Burning Blade. He pursued the second Demon Ghost after it blocked his mental attack with a treasure, then slew it with his saber and obtained its Demon Core and Broken Stone Mirror.

• Lu Chuan's blade intent awakened, letting him kill two peak Fourth Rank Fierce Beasts with one slash and astonish Chen Qingfeng and the others.
• Lu Chuan sensed two Demon Ghosts approaching within his fifty-meter spiritual perception and dodged one Ghost's sneak attack.
• Lu Chuan used Heart Burning Blade to destroy the first Demon Ghost and collected its Demon Core.
• The second Demon Ghost blocked most of Lu Chuan's mental attack with a treasure and fled, but Lu Chuan caught up and killed it with his saber.
• Lu Chuan found a Demon Core and a palm-sized Broken Stone Mirror where the second Demon Ghost had vanished.

After Lu Chuan helped crush a massive beast and Demon Ghost army, Wang Jiuli offered him wine and invited him to join the Star Town Demon Suppressing Division. Lu Chuan learned the Two Great Academies' assessment had been postponed, and considered Wang Jiuli's offer while asking about rank and whether joining would affect his future plans.

• Lu Chuan fought through a day and night of slaughter, killed the last Fourth Rank fierce beast, and collapsed from mental exhaustion as his war blade shattered.
• Wang Jiuli gave Lu Chuan Spirit Wine, which restored his strength and spirit, and complained when Lu Chuan drank nearly half the gourd.
• Wang Jiuli praised Lu Chuan's strength and invited him to join the Star Town Demon Suppressing Division.
• Lu Chuan said he intended to take the Two Great Academies' assessment, but Wang Jiuli told him it had been postponed and might occur only once every three years.
• Lu Chuan asked what rank he could attain in Star City and whether joining would complicate his future entry into the Two Great Academies, and Wang Jiuli assured him it would not.

After Fengle City survived the beast attack, Wang Jiuli told Lu Chuan that the assault had been a diversion from the Abyssal Rift, where the battle remained desperate. Lu Chuan returned home to reassure Liang Ya and sort through his spoils, where he focused on a battered Stone Mirror that seemed unusual.

• Wang Jiuli explained that the Snake Demon and its forces had used the beasts and Demon Ghosts to hold Fengle City back while the Abyssal Rift was threatened.
• Wang Jiuli warned Lu Chuan that Fengle City's fighters would soon need to support the Abyssal Rift.
• Lu Chuan returned to Cangyun Villa and reassured Liang Ya that he was safe and the city had won the battle.
• Lu Chuan washed, changed, and considered how to obtain a Spirit Tool to replace his damaged equipment.
• Lu Chuan emptied his Storage Bag and focused on a battered Stone Mirror, channeling Spiritual Power into it.

Lu Chuan absorbed the Stone Mirror and raised his Spiritual Power to Transcendent Limit, then spent several days cultivating and preparing for promotion. His promotion mission sent him to the Abyssal Rift to join a special operations team and hunt Yun Ying.

• The Stone Mirror erupted inside Lu Chuan’s mind, but the Bronze Ancient Tree suppressed it and refined it into a force that strengthened his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Chuan’s Spiritual Power reached Transcendent Limit and expanded to a hundred-meter range, while his Attribute Panel recorded his Embryonic Form of Saber Intent.
• Lu Chuan sorted his spoils, considered the benefits of his Treasures of Nature attribute, and spent several days at home cultivating and researching on the Virtual Network.
• Lu Chuan applied for promotion to Demon Slaying Captain and learned that the promotion required a mission.
• Virtual Assistant Xiao Yi delivered the mission details: Lu Chuan had to reach the Abyssal Rift within three days, join the Thunder Special Operations Team, and help hunt the high-rank Ghoul Grade Demon Ghost Yun Ying.

Lu Chuan left Fengle City alone to reach the Abyssal Rift before the deadline, despite the dangers in the wilderness. A Corpse Cultivator who had tracked him from Star City confronted him over the Mysterious Yin Pearl, and Lu Chuan attacked.

• Lu Chuan set out for the Abyssal Rift, knowing that Python Mountain's beasts and demons had been ambushing martial artists in the wilderness.
• Lu Chuan noticed an old man following him and drew him away from the city to avoid endangering its residents.
• The old man chased Lu Chuan into the wilderness and demanded that he hand over the Mysterious Yin Pearl.
• Lu Chuan recognized the old man as the Corpse Cultivator from Xishan Town and said he had already refined the pearl.
• Lu Chuan charged at the old man and brought his blade down.

Lu Chuan badly wounded the old man who had come to kill him, but the man escaped using a Teleportation Stone. Lu Chuan learned the stone had one use left, kept it as a potential escape tool, and headed deeper into the wilderness.

• Lu Chuan attacked the old man with his full strength and split the man's metal-hard palm, seriously injuring him.
• Lu Chuan pressed his attack, and the wounded old man used a burst of black radiance to escape, leaving a stone behind.
• Lu Chuan discovered that the black stone swallowed his Spiritual Power and asked Xiao Yi to identify it.
• Xiao Yi identified the stone as a Teleportation Stone that could randomly teleport someone within ten thousand li and had one use remaining.
• Lu Chuan stored the Teleportation Stone in his Storage Bag and headed deeper into the wilderness.

Lu Chuan reached the War Fortress that suppressed the Abyssal Rift and met Liu Wenjin and Lin Zhan, captain of the Thunder Special Operations Team. As Lu Chuan asked when they would set out to hunt a high-level Ghoul Grade Demon Ghost, an unseen speaker challenged his qualifications to join the team.

• The old man who had fled Lu Chuan discovered that his Teleportation Stone was lost and swore revenge.
• Lu Chuan hurried toward the Abyssal Rift, cutting through the Fierce Beasts along the way and finding no sign of the Python Mountain Snake Demon.
• Lu Chuan reached the War Fortress, identified himself as a Junior Demon Slayer Guard, and passed its clearance scan.
• Liu Wenjin welcomed Lu Chuan and said the Thunder Special Operations Team was at the base and its captain was on his way.
• Lin Zhan arrived, and Lu Chuan asked when the team would hunt a high-level Ghoul Grade Demon Ghost.
• An unseen speaker said that hunting a Ghoul Grade Demon Ghost was difficult and not everyone qualified to join the Thunder Special Operations Team.

Lu Chuan faced hostility from the Thunder Special Operations Team, whose members doubted he belonged among them, and challenged their strongest skeptic to a one-strike test. His saber strike overwhelmed the man, forcing Lin Zhan to intervene before it landed.

• Eight members of the Thunder Special Operations Team arrived, and a burly Fifth Rank Martial Master demanded Lu Chuan prove himself by surviving ten moves.
• The squad mocked Lu Chuan as a privileged newcomer, while Lin Zhan and Liu Wenjin watched without stopping them.
• Lu Chuan declared that he would defeat the burly man with one strike, and the man accepted the challenge in anger.
• Lu Chuan's saber strike cut through the man's Blood Qi True Gang and trapped him in an illusion, leaving him unable to defend himself.
• Lin Zhan recognized the embryonic form of Saber Intent, pulled the man away, and blocked Lu Chuan's strike with his sword, though the collision sent him retreating.

Lu Chuan proved his strength to Thunder Squad by forcing Lin Zhan back with a single slash and won the right to join the team. After Tie Kui apologized and the squad welcomed him, Lin Zhan introduced the members, including vice-captain Xiao Yunshang.

• Lu Chuan's slash sent Lin Zhan staggering back and frightened Tie Kui and the other members of Thunder Squad.
• Lin Zhan declared Lu Chuan the winner and recognized that he had comprehended the embryonic form of Saber Intent, but Lu Chuan redirected the conversation to joining Thunder Squad.
• Lin Zhan accepted Lu Chuan into Thunder Squad, and the other members agreed.
• Tie Kui apologized to Lu Chuan and offered to host a meal at First Grade Pavilion, and Lu Chuan accepted his apology.
• Lin Zhan introduced Xiao Yunshang, Li Youyou, and Yuan Shan, and Lu Chuan noticed Xiao Yunshang was the vice-captain.

Lu Chuan joined Lin Zhan’s Thunder Squad and went with its members to First Grade Pavilion, where he learned about the restaurant’s powerful backing and expensive service. The squad joked about making Tie Kui pay, while Lu Chuan settled in among his new teammates.

• Lin Zhan introduced Lu Chuan to Xiao Yunshang and the remaining members of the Thunder Squad.
• Liu Wenjin declined Lin Zhan’s invitation to join them, then offered to help Lu Chuan if needed.
• Lin Zhan led the squad to First Grade Pavilion and explained that its steward was a high-level Martial Master.
• Tie Kui and the other squad members teased one another about the restaurant’s prices and who would pay.
• Tie Kui protested that he had only offered to treat Lu Chuan, not the rest of the squad.

Lu Chuan joined Thunder Squad at their base station and attended a mission briefing about Yun Ying, a powerful Demon Ghost with Fourth Rank combat strength. The squad discovered Deputy Commander Qiu had assigned the dangerous mission, and Xiao Yunshang proposed using a God Sealing Talisman to suppress Yun Ying’s Mental Attack.

• Lin Zhan brought Lu Chuan and Thunder Squad to their base station, then called everyone to a meeting about their mission.
• Lin Zhan revealed that their target was Yun Ying, a cunning high-level Ghoul Grade Demon Ghost whose strength was estimated at the Fourth Rank Meridian Opening Realm.
• Tie Kui and the others blamed Deputy Commander Qiu for assigning the mission to take revenge for Big Head Qiu, while Lin Zhan ordered them to focus on completing it.
• Lin Zhan explained that the squad had only three days and could not join forces with other teams, so they discussed how to counter Yun Ying’s Mental Attack.
• Xiao Yunshang said she could obtain a God Sealing Talisman to suppress Yun Ying’s Spiritual Power.

Thunder Squad prepared to hunt a powerful Demon Ghost, with Xiao Yunshang arranging to borrow a God Sealing Talisman to suppress its Spiritual Power. Lu Chuan joined the team’s departure into the Abyssal Rift, where Tie Kui warned him to follow orders and stay alert.

• Lin Zhan explained that the God Sealing Talisman could seal Spiritual Power and weaken the Demon Ghost Nine Infants, and Xiao Yunshang said she could borrow one from a friend.
• Thunder Squad agreed to begin the mission the next morning, and Lu Chuan spent the night cultivating and nearly finished opening his fifth meridian.
• At seven the next morning, Lin Zhan led Thunder Squad out of the villa toward the Abyssal Rift.
• Tie Kui told Lu Chuan that the Abyssal Rift held endless dangers and advised him not to wander, to follow orders, and to watch more than he talked.

Lu Chuan entered the Abyssal Rift with the Thunder Squad and learned that the monsters there had recently begun gathering for a possible Beast Tide. The squad left the base and crossed into dangerous territory, where they spotted Fierce Beasts on a vast grassland.

• Lin Zhan led the Thunder Squad through the passage into the Abyssal Rift, where Lu Chuan saw the Demon Suppressing Army stationed around the arrival plaza.
• Tie Kui explained that Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts had recently attacked the base and were gathering for a possible Beast Tide.
• Lin Zhan led the squad out of the base toward Yun Ying's coordinates, warning Lu Chuan about the dangers beyond the patrol zone.
• The Thunder Squad crossed a thousand li of Human Race territory without encountering monsters or beasts.
• The squad passed through a barren forest and spotted Fierce Beasts on the grassland ahead.

Lu Chuan and Thunder Squad encountered a massive Green Wolf pack led by a Fifth-Rank peak Wolf King. As the squad fought to hold off the attack, Lu Chuan revealed his overwhelming strength by instantly killing three Fifth-Rank Green Wolves and taking on the remaining seven.

• Lu Chuan and Thunder Squad traveled deep into the grasslands and were confronted by several thousand Green Wolves, including a Fifth-Rank peak Wolf King and more than ten Fifth-Rank Wolf Generals.
• The Green Wolf King charged, and Lin Zhan moved to intercept it while Xiao Yunshang assigned herself, Zhang Yuanyi, Tie Zhan, and Lu Chuan to stop the Fifth-Rank wolves.
• Lu Chuan struck down two Fifth-Rank Green Wolves with a single sweep, then killed another with his Hurricane Saber Technique.
• Xiao Yunshang urged the rest of Thunder Squad to attack, and the members engaged the wolves while Lu Chuan collected the fallen beasts' Crystal Cores.
• Lu Chuan used his War Blade and Hurricane Saber Technique to hold off the remaining seven Fifth-Rank Green Wolves at once.

Lu Chuan fought alongside Thunder Squad against thousands of green wolves, killing the Fifth-Rank beasts and slaughtering the main pack. During the battle, he perfected his embryonic Saber Intent and revealed that he had reached the Blast Furnace Realm of Blood and Qi, leaving the squad shaken.

• Lu Chuan killed seven Fifth-Rank green wolves alone, and Thunder Squad members were stunned by his skill.
• Lu Chuan charged into the lower-Rank green wolf pack and slaughtered thousands while collecting their cores.
• As Lu Chuan continued fighting, his Blade Qi grew sharper and his embryonic Saber Intent advanced.
• Lu Chuan cleaved the Green Wolf King in two with a long-range Blade Qi strike, revealing his true Saber Intent.
• Lin Zhan realized Lu Chuan had comprehended Saber Intent, while the squad sensed his terrifying sharpness and blood-and-qi blast furnace.
• Thunder Squad finished their battles and looked away from Lu Chuan, shaken by his power.