Chapter Summaries

After forcing Ye Qingrou to pay ten times the mission reward, Lu Chuan split the million Contribution Points with Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong. Ye Qingrou secretly hired Wuyi Lane to target him, while Lu Chuan's companions warned him to beware of assassins.

• Ye Qingrou ordered the middle-aged man to keep the incident secret and secretly arrange revenge through Wuyi Lane.
• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong received one million Contribution Points for completing the mission.
• Lu Chuan and his companions argued over how to divide the reward, then settled on five hundred thousand for Lu Chuan and two hundred and fifty thousand each for Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong.
• Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong warned Lu Chuan that Ye Qingrou might retaliate with assassins.
• Lu Chuan said he would face any assassins who came, and Chen Qingfeng named Wuyi Lane as a terrifying assassin organization.

After refining Innate Spirit Marrow, Lu Chuan advanced to the Wolf Smoke Realm of Blood and Qi and Transcendent Mid-grade Spiritual Power. He checked on his recovering mother, then set out to complete his remaining missions so he could qualify as a Demon Slaying Captain and move his family to Star City.

• Lu Chuan refined ten drops of Innate Spirit Marrow overnight, completed three blood exchanges, and advanced his Spiritual Power to Transcendent Mid-grade.
• Lu Chuan calculated that his remaining Innate Spirit Marrow should help him perfect the fourth layer of Five Fiends True Fire Technique and complete four blood exchanges.
• Lu Chuan sensed that Liang Ya's soul was recovering and expected her to awaken within three days; he hoped to reunite her with Lu Wangshu in Star City.
• Lu Chuan left his villa for Kunlun Martial Arts School, intending to complete his remaining missions and meet the hidden requirements for promotion to Demon Slaying Captain.
• Lu Chuan planned to transfer to Star City after his promotion, where he could protect his family and later take the assessment for the Two Great Academies.

Lu Chuan gave He Mingkong three bottles of pills to help him advance, then traveled to Xishan Town to hunt a Demon Ghost. As the ghost watched him enter, Lu Chuan sensed its presence and charged toward the courtyard where it was hiding.

• Lu Chuan gave He Mingkong three bottles of pills and said his mother had already taken Soul Nourishing Spiritual Medicine.
• He Mingkong accepted the pills, moved by Lu Chuan's gesture.
• Lu Chuan left Kunlun Martial Arts School and hurried toward Xishan Town to complete his second mission.
• Lu Chuan entered the ruined town, where a high-rank Soldier Grade Demon Ghost watched him from an ancient courtyard.
• Lu Chuan sensed the Demon Ghost and charged toward the courtyard at the town's center.

Lu Chuan pursued a Demon Ghost into a hidden underground altar and discovered a Green-haired Zombie being raised by an unknown Corpse Cultivator. He defeated the zombie and demanded to know who was behind the operation, but the Demon Ghost’s fate and the identity of its master remained unresolved.

• Lu Chuan slashed the Demon Ghost, pursued it through a dry well, and found a concealed passage by sensing through the surrounding stone.
• Lu Chuan entered an underground hall and discovered a Blood Coffin on a Sacrificial Altar, with a Green-haired Zombie inside.
• Lu Chuan confronted the Demon Ghost and demanded to know who was behind the corpse-raising operation, but it refused to answer and opened the coffin.
• The Green-haired Zombie attacked Lu Chuan, who sliced it in two and then beheaded it with his War Blade.

Lu Chuan forced the Red-Clothed Demonic Ghoul to reveal that a Mysterious Yin Pearl lay beneath the altar, then made her uncover it. After she confirmed the treasure, he killed her despite his oath, exploiting the fact that he had promised not to kill people, not demonic ghouls.

• Lu Chuan destroyed the Green-haired Zombie and stopped the fleeing Red-Clothed Demonic Ghoul from escaping.
• The Red-Clothed Demonic Ghoul offered to reveal a secret in exchange for her life, and Lu Chuan swore not to kill her if she told him.
• She revealed that a Mysterious Yin Pearl was buried beneath the altar, and Lu Chuan ordered her to break it open and retrieve it.
• The Red-Clothed Demonic Ghoul shattered the altar and exposed the Mysterious Yin Pearl, whose pure, icy power drove her back.
• Lu Chuan split the Red-Clothed Demonic Ghoul apart and burned her away, arguing that his oath had only protected people, not demonic ghouls.

Lu Chuan refined the Mysterious Yin Pearl, advancing to the fourth blood exchange and raising his Spiritual Power to Transcendent High Grade. After assessing his greatly increased strength, he left the underground passage to return from the completed mission.

• Lu Chuan pulled the Mysterious Yin Pearl from the pit and suppressed its icy force with his Internal Strength and blood and qi.
• Lu Chuan absorbed the pearl and cultivated the Five Fiends True Fire Technique as it tempered his body, blood and qi, and Spiritual Power.
• Lu Chuan broke through to the fourth blood exchange, forming a blood-and-qi furnace and expanding his spiritual perception to a fifty-meter radius.
• Lu Chuan checked his Attribute Panel and found his Martial Dao at Blood and Qi Furnace and his Spirit at Transcendent High Grade.
• Lu Chuan judged himself invincible within the Sixth Rank and left the passage after completing his mission.

After gaining the Mysterious Yin Pearl and completing eight more missions, Lu Chuan returned to Fengle City planning to advance to the Meridian Opening Realm. The Corpse Cultivator began investigating the destruction of the Corpse Raising Ground, while a bloodied truck suddenly raced toward the city gate.

• Lu Chuan left Xishan Town, wary that the hidden Corpse Cultivator might seek revenge, and set out to complete his remaining missions.
• In Star City Base City, the white-haired elder discovered that the Corpse Raising Ground had been destroyed and the Mysterious Yin Pearl was missing, then ordered the Black Robe Figure to investigate visitors to Xishan Town.
• Lu Chuan followed Virtual Assistant Xiao Yi's route and completed all eight remaining missions over three days, collecting valuable wilderness resources.
• Lu Chuan returned to Fengle City and planned to submit his missions before cultivating with his Innate Spirit Marrow to open his meridians.
• A large truck carrying dozens of bloodied wounded people charged toward the city as Lu Chuan approached the gate.

Lu Chuan learned that a Beast Tide had erupted from an Abyssal Rift, threatening the front line and Fengle City. He hurried home to see his mother, Liang Ya, and planned to ask his master about moving her to safety.

• Lu Chuan submitted his mission and exchanged his Contribution Points for Martial Skills, saving the rest for Star Town.
• Chen Qingfeng told Lu Chuan that a Beast Tide from an Abyssal Rift had devastated the front line and that Fengle City’s Demon Suppressing Division would likely be sent to help.
• Chen Qingfeng offered to send Liang Ya to Star City with the Chen Family caravan, but Lu Chuan declined to decide before learning more about the front line.
• Lu Chuan considered asking his master for help arranging Liang Ya’s safety and hurried back to Cangyun Villa to see her.

Lu Chuan reunited with his awakened mother, Liang Ya, whose body and Spiritual Power had been strengthened, then began studying new Martial Skills and a Mental Attack Secret Technique. Meanwhile, a White-haired Elder prepared to hunt the people connected to his ruined plans, despite a warning about the Beast Tide near Fengle City.

• Lu Chuan found Liang Ya awake and healthy, and she told him she felt decades younger after recovering.
• Lu Chuan decided he might teach Liang Ya to cultivate martial arts once she had settled into her recovery.
• Lu Chuan went to the underground Martial Arts Room and entered the Demon Suppressing Division’s internal forum to study Crashing Waves Fist, Phantom Movement Steps, and the incomplete Heart Burning Blade.
• The Black Robe Figure told the White-haired Elder that eleven people from Fengle City had visited Xishan Town and warned that a Beast Tide had broken out nearby.
• The White-haired Elder vowed to kill whoever had ruined his plans, while the Black Robe Figure said their dealings would end once the matter was over.

After perfecting the fourth layer of the Five Fiends True Fire Technique, Lu Chuan prepared to advance from the Sixth Rank Blood Changing Realm to the Fifth Rank Meridian Opening Realm. He swallowed a drop of Innate Spirit Marrow and began opening the Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

• Lu Chuan reviewed his progress, noting that his Heart Burning Blade could serve as a powerful but costly trump card.
• Lu Chuan concluded that his transformed body and abundant qi and blood gave him confidence to open his meridians.
• Lu Chuan recalled that the fifth layer of the Five Fiends True Fire Technique could open the Twelve Main Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
• Lu Chuan visualized the Primordial Five Fierce Beasts to steady his mind, then swallowed a drop of Innate Spirit Marrow.
• Lu Chuan used the fifth-layer method to direct the marrow's energy toward opening the Yangming Large Intestine Meridian.

Lu Chuan used the Innate Spirit Marrow to reach the Fifth Rank Meridian Opening Realm while rumors of a Beast Tide threw Fengle City into chaos. Chen Qingfeng summoned him to a mandatory Demon Suppressing Division operation against suspected Spirit Snake Cultists, and Lu Chuan set out to join it.

• Lu Chuan opened three meridians with the Innate Spirit Marrow and reached the early-stage peak of the Fifth Rank Meridian Opening Realm.
• As Beast Tide rumors spread, panic and riots gripped Fengle City’s Outer City while Cangyun Villa remained undisturbed.
• Lu Chuan practiced Crashing Waves Fist in his underground Martial Arts Room, rapidly increasing its proficiency.
• Xiao Yi connected Lu Chuan to Chen Qingfeng, who reported Outer City riots and traces of the Spirit Snake Cult.
• Chen Qingfeng ordered Lu Chuan to join a mandatory joint operation against the Spirit Snake Cult, and Lu Chuan agreed, intending to hunt down its cultists.

Lu Chuan prepared to join a Demon Suppressing Division mission connected to the Spirit Snake Cult’s rumors about a Beast Tide. At the drill ground, Chen Qingfeng warned him that Ye Qingrou had hired killers from Wuyi Lane, but she had already returned to Star City.

• Lu Chuan reassured Liang Ya that he was not leaving the city and warned her to stay home while he dealt with the Spirit Snake Cult.
• Lu Chuan received a summons to report to the Demon Suppressing Division and hurried through Fengle City, where residents were anxious about the Beast Tide rumors.
• At the drill ground, Lu Chuan ignored the gathered members’ mixed reactions and found a quiet place to wait.
• Chen Qingfeng warned Lu Chuan that Ye Qingrou might have hired Wuyi Lane killers to attack him amid the city’s unrest.
• Lu Chuan said he would kill any assassins who came for him, then learned Ye Qingrou had left Fengle City for Star City.

A Star City Two-star Demon Slaying Captain, Wang Jiuli, took command of an operation to eliminate Spirit Snake Cult strongholds in Fengle City. Lu Chuan joined Chen Qingfeng’s squad, which was sent to the East District, while Luo Zhong led a squad to the West District.

• Wang Jiuli arrived from Star City, silenced the drill ground, and announced that he would oversee the operation against the Spirit Snake Cult.
• Lu Chuan considered the factions within Fengle City’s Demon Suppressing Division as Wang Jiuli ordered a crackdown on the cult.
• The Demon Suppressing Division assigned teams to four Outer City strongholds, and Chen Qingfeng was named captain of the East District team going to Qingshan Street.
• Luo Zhong said he was leading the West District team and left to carry out his mission.
• Eleven members gathered with Lu Chuan and Chen Qingfeng, and Chen Qingfeng ordered them to hurry to the Outer City before the cult learned of the operation.

Lu Chuan and Chen Qingfeng led a Demon Suppressing Division squad to the Spirit Snake Cult’s stronghold in the East District. While Chen Qingfeng’s team stormed the complex, Lu Chuan took position on a rooftop to block anyone who tried to escape.

• Lu Chuan proposed sealing off the residential complex alone, and Chen Qingfeng accepted despite Lu Tiechui’s objections.
• Lu Chuan leaped onto a rooftop more than a hundred meters high, stunning Lu Tiechui and the rest of the squad.
• After three minutes, Chen Qingfeng led the squad into the complex and split them into three search groups.
• Chen Qingfeng’s team found more than a hundred Spirit Snake followers charging out of a basement to attack them.
• Several inconspicuous figures fled from the basement toward the complex’s exit, revealing themselves as the stronghold’s true leaders.

Lu Chuan watched the Demon Suppressing Division battle the Spirit Snake Cult and killed the cult stronghold’s six leaders with his Meteor Arrow Technique. After a mysterious assassin attacked him on the rooftop, Lu Chuan wounded him with a single slash and blocked his escape.

• Lu Chuan held back while Chen Qingfeng’s reinforcements overwhelmed the Spirit Snake Cult’s fighters.
• Lu Chuan spotted six Black Robe Figures fleeing in different directions and killed five with arrows, then finished the wounded survivor with a shot to the head.
• A mysterious assassin rushed at Lu Chuan with a sword, but Lu Chuan met the attack with his War Blade and gravely injured him.
• The assassin realized Lu Chuan was far stronger than expected and tried to flee, but Lu Chuan leaped ahead to block his path and slashed again.

Lu Chuan defeated a Wuyi Lane assassin and learned that the Spirit Snake Cult may have been stirring up chaos to conceal a change on Python Mountain. He helped Chen Qingfeng’s team wipe out the cultists in the residential complex, then prepared to report back to the Demon Suppressing Division.

• Lu Chuan severed the assassin’s arm, crippled him, and learned that Wuyi Lane’s attack might be linked to a change on Python Mountain.
• Lu Chuan killed the assassin after he refused to reveal more information.
• Chen Qingfeng’s team routed the Spirit Snake Cult believers, and Lu Chuan shot down the fleeing cultists with arrows.
• Lu Chuan joined Chen Qingfeng and the others as they headed back to the Demon Suppressing Division’s station.

After Lu Chuan's team wiped out a Spirit Snake Cult stronghold, they received a rescue call from Luo Zhong's team in the West District. Lu Chuan raced ahead as Luo Zhong and his three surviving teammates faced overwhelming enemies and a deadly attack.

• Lu Chuan and his team prepared to return after clearing their stronghold without casualties, but their Communication Watches received a rescue message from the West District.
• Chen Qingfeng ordered everyone to hurry to Luo Zhong's aid, and Lu Chuan sprinted ahead at astonishing speed.
• Lu Chuan learned that a Ghost Grade Demon Ghost and a Three Times Blood Exchange Demonic Martial Artist had ambushed Luo Zhong's team, leaving only Luo Zhong and three teammates alive.
• The Three Times Blood Exchange Demonic Martial Artist offered to spare Luo Zhong if he joined the Spirit Snake Cult, but Luo Zhong refused and charged into battle with his teammates.
• The four Demon Suppressing Division members were overwhelmed in their first clash, and the Demonic Martial Artist struck Luo Zhong down with his hammer.

Lu Chuan arrived in time to save Luo Zhong and wiped out the attacking Demonic Martial Artists and Demon Ghosts. He pursued and killed the surviving Ghost Grade Demon Ghost, ending its assault on Fengle City.

• A sixth-rank Demonic Martial Artist trapped Luo Zhong with Blood Qi Smoke and raised his hammer to kill him.
• Lu Chuan shot the attacker dead with arrows, then stunned and killed the other Demonic Martial Artists and Demon Ghosts with his Spiritual Power and arrows.
• The surviving Ghost Grade Demon Ghost fled as black smoke, but Lu Chuan struck it with Heart Burning Blade and forced it to manifest.
• Lu Chuan split the weakened Demon Ghost in two, causing it to vanish.

After defeating the Spirit Snake Cult’s forces, Lu Chuan gained the Treasures of the World entry, which strengthened his Destiny. He learned that the attack may have been a diversion from Python Mountain and urged Chen Qingfeng to report the suspicion to the Demon Suppressing Division.

• Lu Chuan killed the Demon Ghost, then gained the Treasures of the World entry and learned it could strengthen his Destiny by absorbing others’ Destiny.
• Luo Zhong thanked Lu Chuan and explained that his squad had suffered heavy losses after the intelligence on the Spirit Snake Cult’s forces proved wrong.
• Lu Chuan and Luo Zhong suspected the Spirit Snake Cult had sent so many fighters for a hidden purpose, and Luo Zhong mentioned a rumor that they were trying to draw attention away from something else.
• Chen Qingfeng arrived, saw the casualties, and agreed the attack seemed suspicious and disproportionate.
• Lu Chuan told Chen Qingfeng that an assassin from Wuyi Lane had claimed the Spirit Snake Cult was creating a diversion to help Python Mountain, and asked him to pass the information upward for investigation.

After the Spirit Snake Cult’s uprising was crushed in Fengle City, Lu Chuan returned home and cultivated with the Demon Cores he had collected. At Python Mountain, a blood ritual destroyed a sacrificial altar and opened a fissure that released terrifying Demonic Fiend Qi.

• Lu Chuan, Chen Qingfeng, and Luo Zhong helped suppress the Spirit Snake Cult’s citywide attack after its followers sparked riots across Fengle City.
• The exhausted Chen Qingfeng and Luo Zhong fell asleep, leaving Lu Chuan without news from the Demon Suppressing Division’s higher-ups about Python Mountain.
• Lu Chuan returned to Cangyun Villa, reassured Liang Ya, and swallowed Demon Cores to cultivate his meridians.
• At Python Mountain, Demon Ghosts and thousands of pythons carried out a ritual that drew blood from snakes across the mountain into a Sacrificial Altar.
• The Sacrificial Altar exploded, a fissure spread across Python Mountain, and powerful Demonic Fiend Qi surged out.