Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin spent two thousand years deducing the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art, breaking through to the Star Realm and then the Primal Chaos Realm as his body transformed. After he emerged from the collapsing space, a red-robed figure in a sea of blood sensed him, but a one-eyed giant found the figure first.

• Shen Lin invested another two thousand years of Demon Lifespan in deducing the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art.
• Shen Lin filled his apertures with Blood Qi Power and broke through to the Star Realm with astonishing ease.
• Shen Lin learned the method for reaching the Primal Chaos Realm and endured repeated destruction and rebirth until he completed the First Revolution.
• Shen Lin's deduction ended before he could advance further, and he escaped the collapsing space through a blood-red vortex.
• A red-robed figure in a sea of blood wondered whether the boy from the Sacred Feather Clan had submitted, then a one-eyed giant tore open the sky and found him.

Shen Lin emerged from Dragon Locking Pool after completing the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art and discovered the immense power of his Heavenly Demon form. Li Xingyi mistook him for a dangerous demon and attacked, leaving Shen Lin facing a fight he had hoped to avoid.

• Shen Lin emerged from a blood-red vortex above Dragon Locking Pool in his Heavenly Demon form and sensed the power surging through him.
• Shen Lin shattered a nearby mountain with a breath, while his powerful Demon Qi attracted attention across the land.
• The black dragon in the Myriad Demon Kingdom sensed Shen Lin’s Demon Qi but stayed behind to heal injuries from Team A’s attack.
• Li Xingyi sensed the aura in Youzhou, traveled to Dragon Locking Pool, and attacked Shen Lin with Falling Star.
• Shen Lin shattered Li Xingyi’s meteor with a punch and asked to leave, but Li Xingyi refused to let a demon go free.

Shen Lin fought Li Xingyi, a commander of the Demon Suppression Division, and overwhelmed his chess-piece attacks with his astonishing physical strength. Li Xingyi trapped Shen Lin in a restrictive formation, but Shen Lin punched him in the face before he could finish explaining it.

• Li Xingyi hurled a giant white chess piece at Shen Lin, who caught it and crushed it with his bare hand.
• Li Xingyi sent a massive black chess piece crashing down, but Shen Lin punched it and a second piece apart, clearing the sky.
• Li Xingyi unleashed a torrent of chess pieces, and Shen Lin charged through them toward him.
• Li Xingyi formed an encirclement that pinned Shen Lin's raised fist in place.
• Shen Lin broke through the restraint and punched Li Xingyi, knocking out one of his teeth.

Shen Lin tried to convince Gao Yichen that he was Shen Lin, but Haoxi’s power erased Gao Yichen’s memories whenever the truth threatened to disrupt causality. Shen Lin escaped by exploiting that brief confusion and diving through a fissure in space, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

• Shen Lin shattered Li Xingyi’s chess formation, but Gao Yichen arrived and asked whether Li Xingyi was unharmed.
• Shen Lin cited Gao Yichen’s son, his journey from Qiulin County, and the bronze Summoning Ring with two hundred Spirit Crystals, briefly making Gao Yichen believe him before his memory was altered.
• Gao Yichen struck Shen Lin twice and accused him of plotting against his son, while Shen Lin realized Haoxi’s secret technique was correcting causality and erasing memories.
• Facing Gao Yichen, Shen Lin used a dangerous technique from the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art to concentrate his strength into a blow that split space.
• Shen Lin shouted about his identity and the Summoning Ring to make Gao Yichen freeze, then rushed into the fissure before it closed.

After Shen Lin vanished into a spatial rift, Gao Yichen realized that part of his memory of the battle had been erased. He sought out a blind old Daoist in the imperial capital, whose failed divination ended with a blood-red message demanding two hundred spirit crystals.

• Li Xingyi questioned Gao Yichen about Shen Lin entering the spatial rift, and Gao Yichen said he seemed to have lost part of his memory.
• Gao Yichen left Li Xingyi to handle the aftermath and returned to the imperial capital to investigate the strange memory loss.
• Gao Yichen found a blind old Daoist in a dark street and produced roast chicken and osmanthus wine for him.
• The old Daoist tried to divine the cause of Gao Yichen's strange experience, but the rice characters scattered and he spat blood.
• The bloodied rice formed the words "Two Hundred Spirit Crystals!"

A group of demons celebrated their escape from the Demon Suppression Division and prepared to cook a group of human captives. A badly wounded demon fell from the sky, crushed the Pig Demon, and was put into the pot, where it unexpectedly began to stir.

• The Snow Leopard Demon and dozens of demons celebrated escaping the Demon Suppression Division while holding humans captive for a meal.
• A falling demon crushed the Pig Demon, and the Snow Leopard Demon decided to devour the newcomer to purify his bloodline.
• Two demons failed to lift the newcomer, and even the Black Bear Demon injured himself trying before everyone hauled it into the pot.
• The Snow Leopard Demon poured Thousand Year Ice Marrow into the pot and added Profound Ice Blue Flame to heat it.
• After the mixture boiled for a while, the demon in the pot stretched lazily.

Shen Lin woke after surviving a perilous escape through spatial turbulence and found himself in a pot surrounded by demons who had intended to cook him. He killed dozens of demons with a finger snap, then crushed the Snow Leopard Demon, freeing the captured humans from their captors.

• Shen Lin recovered enough to move after a special energy accelerated his healing from injuries sustained in spatial turbulence.
• Shen Lin discovered an eight-pointed star on his chest and realized the demons had planned to stew and eat him.
• The Snow Leopard Demon offered Shen Lin human captives as food, but Shen Lin ignored him and told the humans to cover their ears.
• Shen Lin snapped his fingers and killed dozens of demons with a thunderous blast.
• Shen Lin crushed the Snow Leopard Demon after the demon begged for mercy and claimed to serve the Snow Demon King.

Shen Lin defeated the demons, concealed his human identity from the freed captives, and set out for Xuzhou City to find cultivation resources. Meanwhile, an enigmatic man in an ice palace awakened Mo He and ordered her to bring him living demons to help melt the ten-thousand-year-old Profound Ice.

• Shen Lin let the rescued Human Race captives leave, then changed back from his Heavenly Demon Body after they were gone.
• Shen Lin searched the Snow Leopard Demon's corpse, found ten Spirit Crystals and an enslaving auxiliary technique, and discarded the technique.
• Shen Lin used a map to set out for Xuzhou City.
• In an ice palace west of Xuzhou, a man learned that the little leopard had died and decided to seek more demons.
• The man awakened Mo He from an ice sculpture and ordered her to bring him living demons so their heart's blood could dissolve the ten-thousand-year-old Profound Ice.

Shen Lin entered Xu Province City wearing the hide of a powerful Snow Leopard Demon and introduced himself to the Demon Suppression Division as a demon hunter. After seeing the division’s many outstanding demon-hunting missions, he agreed to take them all.

• Shen Lin arrived at Xu Province City and drew wary attention because he wore a leopard-skin skirt.
• A Demon Suppression Division centurion recognized the Snow Leopard Demon’s hide on Shen Lin and asked about his origins.
• Shen Lin introduced himself as Hao Xi, a sectless demon hunter, and offered to exchange the hide for resources.
• The centurion brought Shen Lin to the Xu Province Demon Suppression Division and invited him to take on missions.
• Shen Lin surveyed the many posted missions and declared that he would take them all.

Shen Lin accepted all sixty-five demon-hunting missions in Xu Province, confident his awakened eyes would let him find the targets. After exchanging for equipment and considering Hundred Refinements Valley’s upcoming selection, he realized he could begin deducing Hao Xi’s powerful wing-based martial art despite having no wings himself.

• Shen Lin accepted all sixty-five missions, assuring the Hundred Household Officer he could complete them within a week by using his special eyes to locate demons.
• Shen Lin exchanged snow leopard pelts for Spirit Crystals, bought a Summoning Ring, and chose a saber technique and Cloud-Rolling Saber.
• The Hundred Household Officer explained that the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Gang had been extended to the Aperture Opening Realm by the Demon Suppression Division’s top young genius, leaving Shen Lin upset that he had missed out on the reward.
• The Hundred Household Officer recommended that Shen Lin try Hundred Refinements Valley’s entrance selection, which prioritized artifact-refinement talent over cultivation level.
• Shen Lin considered joining Hundred Refinements Valley for its cultivation resources and noticed he could now deduce Mystic Wing Thousand Kill, but he had no wings.

Shen Lin prepared to hunt demons before deciding whether to join Hundred Refinements Valley, while demon hunter Wu Kaiyuan investigated missing villagers and bailiffs in Teng Hua Village. Wu Kaiyuan found the villagers laughing at a monkey show in a cemetery, and the monkey suddenly glanced at him twice.

• Shen Lin considered joining Hundred Refinements Valley to gain cultivation resources and weapon-refinement knowledge, then left Xuzhou City to hunt demons near Hua Wu County.
• Wu Kaiyuan entered Teng Hua Village to investigate reports of demons and missing bailiffs, and found the village deserted.
• Wu Kaiyuan followed the villagers’ trail into the mountain forest and found them watching a filthy old Daoist’s monkey perform tricks.
• Wu Kaiyuan realized the villagers were gathered in the village cemetery and felt a sudden chill.
• The performing monkey glanced at Wu Kaiyuan twice.

Shen Lin arrived at a mountain where Wu Kaiyuan was fighting a powerful ape demon and intervened, only for the scruffy Daoist to reveal himself as Gongsun Ge of Hundred Refinements Valley. Gongsun Ge admitted he planned to kill everyone present to hide the valley’s collusion with demons.

• Shen Lin found Teng Hua Village empty, followed a spirit energy explosion to a mountain, and saw Wu Kaiyuan being pursued by a peak Treasure Liquid Realm ape demon.
• Shen Lin confronted the ape and attacked it with the Blazing Flame Saber, which he had recently perfected.
• The scruffy old Daoist appeared and crushed Shen Lin’s flaming saber qi with his hand.
• Wu Kaiyuan recognized the Daoist’s Soldier Probing Hand and identified him as Gongsun Ge, the head of Hundred Refinements Valley’s Weapon Refining Hall.
• Gongsun Ge dismissed Wu Kaiyuan’s accusation of colluding with demons and said he would leave no witnesses alive.

Shen Lin fought Gongsun Ge, the Hall Master of Hundred Refinements Valley, after learning of his collusion with demons, and defeated him with Hao Xi’s Blazing Sun. As Gongsun Ge absorbed the souls of the villagers and the fleeing black ape demon, he began to show signs of a dangerous recovery.

• Wu Kaiyuan realized Gongsun Ge would kill him and Shen Lin to conceal Hundred Refinements Valley’s collusion with demons.
• Gongsun Ge mocked Shen Lin’s cultivation and attacked him, but Shen Lin vowed to kill him and expose the sect.
• Gongsun Ge shattered Shen Lin’s Cloud-Rolling Saber and shrugged off his kick, while Shen Lin lamented that Hao Xi had taken his other techniques.
• Shen Lin unleashed Hao Xi’s Blazing Sun, severely burning Gongsun Ge and leaving him barely alive.
• Gongsun Ge drew the villagers’ souls into his body, then took the soul of the black ape demon that had fled.

After Shen Lin destroyed Gongsun Ge’s soul attack with Radiant Sun, he let the dying soul prolong its existence by teaching him forging knowledge, cultivation methods, and martial arts. Two black-clad figures arrived after two days and nights of instruction, just as Gongsun Ge’s soul was nearly gone.

• Gongsun Ge’s soul emerged from his body and attacked Shen Lin, hoping to destroy his soul and possess his body.
• Shen Lin used Radiant Sun to dissolve Gongsun Ge’s soul arm and gradually wear away his soul.
• Gongsun Ge offered Shen Lin entry to the Hundred Refinements Valley, but Shen Lin instead demanded that he teach him everything he knew before dying.
• Gongsun Ge began explaining forging knowledge and his martial arts, while Shen Lin sent Wu Kaiyuan to Xuzhou City to report to the Demon Suppression Division.
• Gongsun Ge spent two days and two nights teaching Shen Lin, then two black-clad figures flew over as his soul became nearly transparent.

Shen Lin impersonated Gongsun Ge to deceive two Hundred Refinements Valley Hall Masters, but they saw through the ruse and tried to seize his resources. Just as a fight seemed imminent, Third Elder Ye arrived with the nearly lifeless Wu Kaiyuan.

• After Gongsun Ge’s soul vanished, Shen Lin pretended to be him and confronted Hall Masters Li and Zhang.
• Shen Lin questioned Li and Zhang about collecting human souls and demonstrated Soldier Probing Hand, but they remained suspicious.
• Li and Zhang accused Shen Lin of impersonating Gongsun Ge and killing him, intending to take his resources.
• As Shen Lin prepared to fight, Third Elder Ye arrived, carrying the nearly unconscious Wu Kaiyuan behind her.

Shen Lin returned to Hundred Refinements Valley with Elder Ye, who revealed that the sect was relying on him to complete a dangerous, long-planned project. He learned that the project was to build a heavenly-grade arcane weapon—a Gundam—and was left wondering how he would deal with it.

• Elder Ye confronted Shen Lin about continuing Gongsun Ge's work, then injured the two hall masters and offered Shen Lin the choice to kill them.
• Shen Lin said he would save the hall masters' souls for the sect's plan, satisfying Elder Ye.
• Elder Ye transported Shen Lin to Hundred Refinements Valley and gave him ten thousand Spirit Crystals to convert his spiritual power into Hundred Refinements Gang Qi.
• Elder Ye directed Shen Lin to Gongsun Ge's residence, while Shen Lin realized she knew he was not really Gongsun Ge but intended to keep him involved in the plan.
• Shen Lin discovered that Hundred Refinements Valley had spent nearly a century gathering souls to build a heavenly-grade arcane weapon resembling a Gundam.

Shen Lin used Gongsun Ge’s resources to cultivate the Hundred Refinements Art and recover his strength after losing his former cultivation arts. He ended with 120 apertures filled, reached the mid-stage of the Aperture Opening Realm, and gained enough power to kill a Star Realm demon without using his Phenomenal Divine Ability.

• Shen Lin inspected Gongsun Ge’s Summoning Ring and found enough Spirit Crystals to bring his total to sixty thousand.
• Shen Lin chose the Hundred Refinements Art as his next cultivation method and spent a thousand years of deduction mastering it and filling twenty apertures.
• Shen Lin created the martial art Purgatory and comprehended a flaming Phenomenal Divine Ability while cultivating the Hundred Refinements Art.
• Shen Lin spent the remaining Spirit Crystals and more than six thousand years of Demon Lifespan to fill 120 apertures with Hundred Refinements Gang Qi.
• Shen Lin reached the mid-stage of the Aperture Opening Realm and concluded he could now kill a Star Realm demon like Tuoyuan without using his Phenomenal Divine Ability.

Shen Lin deduced Soldier Probing Hand to Perfection, gaining weapon-forging mastery and creating Weapon Refining Hand. The technique’s hidden connection to a flame from the beast hide scroll then awakened the Great Dao Spirit Flame, Sea Burning Flame, and the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art.

• Shen Lin searched Gongsun Ge's Summoning Ring for martial arts and chose Soldier Probing Hand from among its weapon-refining techniques.
• Shen Lin spent two thousand years of Demon Lifespan deducing Soldier Probing Hand to Minor Accomplishment, improving his forging skills and gaining Disarm Your Weapon.
• Shen Lin spent another two thousand years of Demon Lifespan deducing Soldier Probing Hand to Perfection and learned to forge Earth Grade Mysterious Weapons.
• Shen Lin created Weapon Refining Hand, which could refine an opponent's weapon back into scrap metal.
• The flame image from the beast hide scroll awakened in Shen Lin, granting him the Great Dao Spirit Flame, Sea Burning Flame, and the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art.

Shen Lin discovered that Sea Burning Flame had appeared within him, while its emergence shook Hundred Refinements Valley and drew attention across the Myriad Realms. The flame’s ranking revealed its connection to Hao Xi and a map to Heaven Burning Venerable’s treasures, leaving the Sacred Feather Clan’s possession of it in danger.

• Shen Lin wondered whether Sea Burning Flame was a Heaven Grade Spiritual Flame and what secret had brought it into his body.
• The Great Elder, Elder Ye, and the Second Elder struggled to stabilize Hundred Refinements Valley’s trembling Meteor Flame, which seemed to fear a natural enemy.
• Shen Lin stood over the defeated seventh squad of the Demon Slaying Marquis in the Great Wei Imperial Capital and dismissed their threat that their lord would make him pay.
• Observers at the Myriad Realms Stele watched Sea Burning Flame reappear at fourth place on the Heavenly Dao Profound Flame Ranking.
• The onlookers identified Hao Xi as the name above Sea Burning Flame and connected the flame to a map concealing Heaven Burning Venerable’s treasures.
• The gathered experts questioned whether the Sacred Feather Clan could hold on to the map.

Shen Lin mastered the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art and transformed his Hundred Refinements Gang Qi into a tiny, powerful wisp of flame spiritual energy. The elders moved the Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapon refinement to the entrance-selection day, while an eerie silence in the snowy mountain raised the Great Elder’s suspicion that a traitor was plotting.

• Shen Lin learned the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art, which refined his Hundred Refinements Gang Qi into a single acupoint’s worth of flame spiritual energy.
• A disciple summoned Shen Lin to meet the three elders, who told him the Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapon refinement would begin in fifteen days, on the day of the entrance selection.
• Shen Lin insulted the Second Elder’s faction, and Elder Ye stopped the Second Elder from attacking him because he was vital to the forging process.
• The Great Elder explained that Shen Lin was their only disciple with Greater Mastery in the Soldier Probing Hand and that the Meteor Flame might not last much longer.
• The Great Elder ordered the Second Elder to investigate the snowy mountain, where unusual quiet made him fear that a traitor was plotting.