Chapter Summaries

After learning that Lu Chuan had destroyed the Yu Family and slain Yu Canghai, Mo Shanhe tried to make amends while considering how to help him discreetly. He sent Lu Chuan a precious pill and resolved to avoid openly opposing the powerful interests behind the Yu Family.

• Mo Shanhe read that Lu Chuan had destroyed the Yu Family and killed Yu Canghai, and realized he had underestimated Lu Chuan's strength.
• Mo Shanhe ordered a Three-star Demon Slaying Captain to ensure Lu Chuan's squad received its full merit without deductions.
• Mo Shanhe gave the captain a Three-turn Aperture Opening Pill to deliver to Lu Chuan as a personal reward.
• The captain briefly coveted the pill but submitted to Mo Shanhe's warning and promised to deliver it personally.
• Mo Shanhe decided that he would secretly help Lu Chuan but would not support him openly against the Yu Family's powerful network.

After destroying the Yu Family, Lu Chuan examined the treasures he had taken and discovered that a broken Soul Weapon fragment contained the first three transformations of the Star Silkworm Soul Nurturing Technique. He wondered whether the fragment and its technique came from an ancient age, or whether he knew far less about the world than he had thought.

• Lu Chuan found a Thousand-year Blood Ginseng and twenty-one Spirit Stones among the treasures from the Yu Family, and decided to save the Spirit Stones for Lu Wangshu.
• Lu Chuan examined a broken Soul Weapon fragment from Yu Canghai’s study and used his Spiritual Power to draw it into his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell and Bronze Ancient Tree suppressed the fragment, allowing Lu Chuan to refine it immediately.
• The fragment revealed the Star Silkworm Soul Nurturing Technique, a Spiritual Power cultivation method containing its first three transformations.
• Lu Chuan considered how such a powerful technique and Soul Weapon could exist in his world and questioned whether its history was far greater than he understood.

Lu Chuan refined the Thousand-year Blood Ginseng, expanding his Dantian Ancestral Aperture and then practicing the Thunderclap Saber Technique until he reached minor completion. He left seclusion to meet Liu Kun, who had come on Commander Mo Shanhe’s orders to deliver him a medicinal pill.

• Lu Chuan swallowed the Thousand-year Blood Ginseng and refined its medicinal power, expanding his Dantian Ancestral Aperture to seven chi and one cun.
• Lu Chuan filled his enlarged Dantian Ancestral Aperture with Internal Strength by refining Demon Cores and Fierce Beast Crystal Cores.
• Lu Chuan practiced the Thunderclap Saber Technique, advancing rapidly until Xiao Yi alerted him that someone was waiting outside the villa.
• Liu Kun, a Three-star Demon Slaying Captain of Wind Camp, told Lu Chuan that Commander Mo had sent a medicinal pill for him.
• Lu Chuan suspected the delivery might be a trap but went to the villa entrance to meet Liu Kun.

Liu Kun delivered Lu Chuan a Three-Turn Golden Pill from Mo Shanhe, and Lu Chuan swallowed it to expand his Dantian Ancestral Aperture. After reaching a rare nine feet nine inches and filling it with Internal Strength, Lu Chuan broke through its restraints and began drawing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into his body.

• Liu Kun delivered Mo Shanhe's Three-Turn Golden Pill to Lu Chuan and quickly left after sensing Lu Chuan's dangerous aura.
• Lu Chuan inspected the pill, wondered about Mo Shanhe's intentions, and swallowed it.
• Lu Chuan used the Five Fiends True Fire Technique to expand his Dantian Ancestral Aperture to nine feet nine inches.
• Lu Chuan refined the pill's remaining medicinal power and consumed Demon Cores and Fierce Beast Crystal Cores to fill his Dantian with Internal Strength.
• Lu Chuan's full Dantian broke through its restraints and began drawing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into his body.

Lu Chuan completed his breakthrough to Third Rank Qi Gathering Realm while his body continued transforming, and his Spiritual Power advanced to Fourth Order Heavenly Human. When Blood God Cult remnants attacked his villa, he killed half of them before clashing with their Yaksa-masked leader.

• Lu Chuan converted his Internal Strength into True Qi and began a profound transformation that increased his life force and strengthened his body.
• Twenty-one blood-robed members of the Blood God Cult sealed Lu Chuan’s villa and broke through its gate, intending to turn him into a Blood Puppet.
• Lu Chuan’s Spiritual Power reached Fourth Order Heavenly Human, allowing him to perceive everything within a radius of 1,600 meters.
• Lu Chuan rushed into the hall and killed ten of the intruders with a rapid blade strike.
• The Yaksa-masked leader attacked Lu Chuan with a powerful punch, and their clash sent Lu Chuan flying backward while destroying the living room’s furniture.

Lu Chuan defeated and killed a late-stage Great Grandmaster from the Blood God Cult after the man’s attack wounded his own followers. He then pursued the surviving Cult disciples to finish them off.

• Lu Chuan used the Yaksha Blood-robed Figure’s strike to devastate the man’s followers, leaving most dead or badly injured.
• The Yaksha Blood-robed Figure attacked Lu Chuan with the Blood River Fist Technique, but Lu Chuan’s Blade Intent shattered his Fist Force.
• Lu Chuan wounded the Yaksha Blood-robed Figure with Destructive Power, then broke through his protective Gang Qi with another slash.
• The dying Yaksha Blood-robed Figure threatened Lu Chuan with the Blood God Cult’s vengeance, and Lu Chuan killed him with a punch.
• Lu Chuan left the hall and slashed at the surviving Blood God Cult Disciples to eliminate them.

Lu Chuan killed the Blood-robed attackers, found his villa destroyed, and assessed his rapid progress after breaking through to the Third Rank Qi Gathering Realm. He resolved to reach Second-Rank Great Grandmaster within a month and practiced his saber in the ruins.

• Lu Chuan finished off the remaining Blood-robed figures and searched their bodies, finding little of value.
• Lu Chuan asked Xiao Yi to tell Xiao Yunshang to bring people to clean up the ruined villa.
• Lu Chuan examined his Attribute Panel and realized the Three-Turn Golden Pill had let him fill his Dantian Ancestral Aperture upon reaching the Third Rank Qi Gathering Realm.
• Lu Chuan concluded that he could reshape his constitution within three months and aimed to reach Second-Rank Great Grandmaster within one month.
• Lu Chuan practiced the Thunderclap Saber Technique in the ruined hall, weaving Blade Intent into his strikes.

Lu Chuan perfected the Thunderclap Saber Technique and suspected it shared a source with the Hurricane Saber Technique. Chen Qingfeng called for help after being trapped by Longevity Cult Demonic Martial Artists on Mount Xiang, and the call cut off before Lu Chuan could respond.

• Xiao Yunshang arrived at Lu Chuan’s ruined villa, where he explained that Blood God Cult remnants had attacked and asked her to find him another place to stay.
• Xiao Yunshang warned Lu Chuan that evil cults were plotting together and that a Yu Family insider might be hidden among the Demon Suppressing Division’s upper ranks.
• Lu Chuan moved into Xiao Yunshang’s villa and perfected the Thunderclap Saber Technique, splitting an alloy wall with a single strike.
• Lu Chuan realized the Thunderclap Saber Technique and Hurricane Saber Technique might share a source and considered pushing the former to Limit Breaking.
• Chen Qingfeng called Lu Chuan for help, saying Longevity Cult Demonic Martial Artists had trapped him on Mount Xiang, but the call abruptly cut off.

Lu Chuan rushed to Mount Xiang and rescued Chen Qingfeng from a deadly ambush by Longevity cultists. After learning that Chen Qingfeng’s squad had been sent into a trap, Lu Chuan spotted a masked Great Grandmaster who appeared to have lured him there.

• Lu Chuan hurried to Mount Xiang after Chen Qingfeng called for help and learned that Chen Qingfeng had been trapped during a mission.
• Lu Chuan found Chen Qingfeng wounded and surrounded by Longevity cultists in an ancient manor, with the rest of his squad dead.
• As a cultist prepared to deliver a fatal blow, Lu Chuan killed the attackers with a single slash and saved Chen Qingfeng.
• Chen Qingfeng explained that his superiors had sent the squad to investigate Blood God Cult remnants, but they had walked into a prepared Longevity cult stronghold.
• Lu Chuan noticed a masked Great Grandmaster watching from a distant tree and suspected the man had used Chen Qingfeng as bait to draw him out.

Lu Chuan and Chen Qingfeng were ambushed by eight Longevity Cult fighters, including three Great Grandmasters, but Lu Chuan immediately struck back. He severely wounded the iron-tower-like Great Grandmaster, while the masked old man launched a Sword Gang attack to stop him.

• Lu Chuan detected seven Longevity Cult members hiding in the forest and revealed that they had surrounded him and Chen Qingfeng.
• Chen Qingfeng realized he had been used as bait and urged Lu Chuan to escape, but Lu Chuan vowed to get them both out alive.
• The Longevity Cult fighters challenged Lu Chuan to surrender, and he charged the iron-tower-like man with a combined saber attack.
• Lu Chuan's slash severely wounded the iron-tower-like Great Grandmaster and sent him flying with his axe.
• The masked old man reacted to Lu Chuan's follow-up attack by unleashing a Sword Gang strike.

Lu Chuan killed the Iron Tower Man and rescued Chen Qingfeng, but the Longevity Cult’s fighters demonized and overwhelmed him with a coordinated assault. As Lu Chuan appeared badly wounded, he launched another strike alongside an invisible mental attack against all seven attackers.

• Lu Chuan blocked the masked old man’s sword with his Qi and Blood Furnace, killed the Iron Tower Man, and threw Chen Qingfeng clear of the encirclement.
• The masked old man ordered the Longevity Cult’s fighters to demonize and attack Lu Chuan together.
• The masked old man and the demonized woman led the assault while five Grandmaster-realm fighters followed with a second wave.
• Lu Chuan fused the Hurricane Saber Technique and Thunderclap Saber Technique, breaking the five fighters’ attacks but failing to stop the two Great Grandmasters’ sword strikes.
• Lu Chuan’s Qi and Blood Furnace shattered, and he was driven back coughing blood as one attacker urged the others to kill him.
• Lu Chuan smiled coldly, swung his blade again, and sent invisible mental blades toward all seven Demonic Martial Artists.

Lu Chuan used his Spiritual Secret Technique to kill five Longevity Cult grandmasters, then fought and fled from two Great Grandmasters. He left the pursuers stunned with another Mental Attack and pierced both their throats with arrows.

• Lu Chuan killed five Longevity Cult grandmasters with Heart Burning Blade and injured the divine souls of two Great Grandmasters.
• Lu Chuan clashed with the two Great Grandmasters, was struck and sent flying, then used Heart Burning Blade to escape their immediate pursuit.
• Lu Chuan lured the pursuers away from Chen Qingfeng and took position in a towering tree with his great bow.
• Lu Chuan fired hundreds of arrows to hold the two Great Grandmasters at bay, then struck both with Heart Burning Blade and shot through their throats.

Lu Chuan killed the Demonic Martial Artists who ambushed him at Mount Xiang and learned that Mei Changkong had arranged for Chen Qingfeng’s squad to go there. He and Chen Qingfeng returned to the Fire Camp station to confront Mei Changkong and demand justice for the dead.

• Lu Chuan killed the pursuing Great Grandmasters with his Spiritual Power and returned to Chen Qingfeng, who learned that the attackers were dead.
• Lu Chuan and Chen Qingfeng recovered Chen Qingfeng’s subordinates’ bodies and learned that Mei Changkong had sent them to Mount Xiang.
• Lu Chuan concluded that Mei Changkong had colluded with the Longevity Cult and brought Chen Qingfeng to the Fire Camp station.
• Chen Qingfeng joined Lu Chuan in seeking justice for his fallen squad and called Mei Changkong out as they entered the station.

Chen Qingfeng and Lu Chuan confronted Mei Changkong at the Fire Camp over his plot against Chen Qingfeng and the deaths of Chen Qingfeng’s subordinates. Lu Chuan crushed Mei Changkong’s attack and left him gravely injured on the ground.

• Mei Changkong learned that Chen Qingfeng and Lu Chuan had arrived together, but rejected a subordinate’s warning and went to face them.
• Chen Qingfeng and Lu Chuan reached the drill ground, where a captain under Mei Changkong demanded that Chen Qingfeng kneel and apologize.
• Chen Qingfeng struck the captain and sent him flying after the man attacked him.
• Mei Changkong rushed in and attacked Chen Qingfeng, who prepared to fight despite their difference in strength.
• Lu Chuan shattered Mei Changkong’s Blade Qi with one finger, heavily injured him, and stomped him into the ground.

Lu Chuan crippled Mei Changkong and tried to learn who had ordered him to collude with the Longevity Cult, but Fire Camp Commander Li Wujiu intervened and killed Mei before he could confess. Lu Chuan then attacked Li and severed both his arms.

• Lu Chuan subdued Mei Changkong, who threatened him rather than reveal the identity of his backer.
• Lu Chuan used Blade Qi and Spiritual Power to torture Mei and pry the truth from his Soul Consciousness.
• Mei began to identify the Deputy Commander, but Li Wujiu struck with Spear Aura and killed him in the clash.
• Li Wujiu accused Lu Chuan of trespassing and murdering a Fire Camp captain, claiming he deserved execution.
• Lu Chuan rushed Li Wujiu and cut off both of his arms before he could thrust his spear.

Lu Chuan killed Fire Camp commander Li Wujiu after exposing his collusion with the Longevity Cult, then warned the Demon Suppressing Division against targeting those around him. Back at Xiao Yunshang’s villa, he gathered his allies and ordered them to find every Longevity Cult stronghold in Star City.

• Lu Chuan questioned the dying Li Wujiu about the person behind him, but Li Wujiu died without revealing the mastermind.
• Lu Chuan declared that Li Wujiu and Mei Changkong had colluded with the Longevity Cult, then left Fire Camp with Chen Qingfeng as its personnel discussed the killings.
• Mo Shanhe approved of Li Wujiu’s death and anticipated that someone in the Demon Suppressing Division’s upper ranks would be troubled by it.
• Lu Chuan helped Chen Qingfeng handle his fallen subordinates’ funerals, then summoned his allies to Xiao Yunshang’s villa.
• Lu Chuan warned Luo Zhong that the higher-ups were targeting people around him, and Luo Zhong agreed to leave his team leader position and join Lu Chuan.
• Lu Chuan instructed Xiao Yunshang and the others to locate every Longevity Cult stronghold in Star City.

Su Ying visited Lu Chuan to announce his promotion to Fire Camp Commander, praising his campaign against the Longevity Cult and other enemies. Lu Chuan accepted the appointment but remained wary of the Demon Suppressing Division and of Su Ying herself.

• Lu Chuan sensed Deputy Division Chief Su Ying outside his villa and suspected she had come to avenge Li Wujiu and Mei Changkong.
• Su Ying assured Lu Chuan that she did not support Li Wujiu or Mei Changkong and had come with good news.
• Su Ying announced that the Division Chief had appointed Lu Chuan Fire Camp Commander and gave him his uniform, identity token, and weapons.
• Lu Chuan accepted the position while expressing distrust of the Demon Suppressing Division and saying he would take a higher position if he killed its holder.
• Su Ying warned Lu Chuan that the Division's internal affairs were complicated and urged him to focus on taking control of the Fire Camp before leaving.
• Lu Chuan watched Su Ying depart and privately wondered whether she was the mastermind behind the events.

Lu Chuan arrived at the Fire Camp as its newly appointed Commander and ordered its personnel to assemble. After demonstrating the Blade Intent that had unsettled the Deputy Commanders, he demanded obedience and gave anyone unwilling to serve under him one chance to leave.

• Lu Chuan changed into his official uniform and went to the Fire Camp with Xiao Yunshang, Chen Qingfeng, and the others.
• Chen Qingfeng announced that everyone had to assemble on the drill ground, and the Fire Camp learned that Lu Chuan had been appointed Commander.
• The Fire Camp’s 1,121 personnel assembled before Lu Chuan, including its two Deputy Commanders and nine remaining Captains.
• Lu Chuan opened his eyes, and the Deputy Commanders recognized his pure Blade Intent and abandoned their doubts about him.
• Lu Chuan introduced himself as Commander and told anyone unwilling to obey him to leave the Fire Camp or the Demon Suppressing Division.

Lu Chuan let Fire Camp members choose whether to leave, then reorganized the camp around those who stayed. He began rewarding and promoting them and questioned the two Deputy Commanders, who declared their loyalty and ambition to follow him.

• Lu Chuan invited anyone unwilling to serve under him to leave Fire Camp, and Liu Sanjiao, one of Li Wujiu’s trusted aides, was the first to go.
• Two or three hundred people left, but Lu Chuan stayed calm and said that those who could not be used by him would be a liability if they remained.
• Fewer than six hundred people stayed, including both Deputy Commanders, and Lu Chuan warned them against feigning obedience while promising to treat loyal followers well.
• Lu Chuan gave Xiao Yunshang Condensing Origin Pills to distribute and announced a martial contest in three days to fill six vacant Captain positions and other posts.
• Lu Chuan took the two Deputy Commanders to the Commander’s Mansion and asked why they had stayed; they pledged loyalty and said they believed his future would exceed the rank of Commander.

Lu Chuan strengthened Fire Camp by filling its leadership and recruiting more soldiers while preparing for a possible major battle. Chen Qingfeng then brought news that Luo Yukun had finished refining Lu Chuan’s commissioned weapon and may have made a breakthrough, prompting Lu Chuan to head to Refine Blade.

• Lu Chuan reorganized Fire Camp, promoted capable subordinates, and assigned its ten squads to Deputy Commanders Jiang Mang and Zhang Mingyang.
• Jiang Mang and Zhang Mingyang reported that they had recruited three hundred people, and Lu Chuan ordered them to maintain strict standards and prioritize training.
• Lu Chuan told the Deputy Commanders that he feared the Evil Cults were preparing a major conspiracy and that Fire Camp needed to strengthen its combat readiness.
• Chen Qingfeng reported that Luo Yukun had summoned Lu Chuan to Refine Blade and appeared to have broken through.
• Lu Chuan realized his commissioned weapon might have reached Heaven-tier and immediately set out for Refine Blade.