Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin battered the Black Dragon King unconscious, then refused Qingqiu Yunlang’s offer to let him leave in exchange for silence. As Qingqiu Yunlang attacked, Shen Lin switched from his Heavenly Demon Body to his true body and countered with a saber and sword.

• Shen Lin pummeled the Black Dragon King until he passed out and was about to crush his head when Qingqiu Yunlang struck him and rescued the Black Dragon King.
• Qingqiu Yunlang and Yan Zehong questioned Shen Lin’s identity, and Qingqiu Yunlang offered to let him leave with compensation if he stopped interfering.
• Shen Lin rejected the offer, explaining that he was human and intended to claim the Demon Suppression Division’s bounty.
• Qingqiu Yunlang threatened to expose Shen Lin’s secret, but Shen Lin challenged him to survive long enough to do so.
• Qingqiu Yunlang attacked with his Moon Worship Sword Song and Clear Deficit techniques, and Shen Lin answered with Universe Shift, revealing his true body and striking with both saber and sword.

Shen Lin overwhelmed Qingqiu Yunlang, who survived long enough for the injured Black Dragon King to recover. The two joined forces and trapped Shen Lin just as Qingqiu Yunlang unleashed his Eight Stars Worshiping the Moon attack.

• Shen Lin destroyed Qingqiu Yunlang's moonlight attack and pressed his advantage with martial techniques and weapons.
• Qingqiu Yunlang swallowed a Blood Burst Pill and equipped his treasures to hold out until the Black Dragon King recovered.
• The Black Dragon King awoke, and Qingqiu Yunlang persuaded him to fight Shen Lin together.
• Shen Lin descended a Thunder Pool on them, and the Black Dragon King dodged his punch and locked him in a death grip.
• Qingqiu Yunlang fired Eight Stars Worshiping the Moon at Shen Lin and the Black Dragon King.

Shen Lin survived the Black Dragon King and Qingqiu Yunlang’s coordinated attack by revealing his Indestructible Vajra Body, then pursued and captured Qingqiu Yunlang. The Black Dragon King escaped, but Shen Lin intended to go after him too.

• The Black Dragon King restrained Shen Lin while Qingqiu Yunlang unleashed an attack, but Shen Lin transformed back into human form and blocked the Black Dragon King’s crushing embrace with an invisible barrier.
• Shen Lin’s Indestructible Vajra Body emerged and knocked the Black Dragon King away, leaving both Shen Lin and the Black Dragon King unharmed by Qingqiu Yunlang’s blast.
• The Black Dragon King and Qingqiu Yunlang fled in opposite directions, and Shen Lin pursued Qingqiu Yunlang underground.
• Shen Lin forced Qingqiu Yunlang out of the earth with a surge of spiritual power, then knocked him unconscious with the hilt of the Taowu Saber.
• Shen Lin grabbed Qingqiu Yunlang and vanished, choosing to capture him first while keeping the Black Dragon King as a target.

Yan Zehong helped the Black Dragon King evade Shen Lin, but their escape plan unraveled when they encountered Shen Lin at Lingzhou City. The Black Dragon King’s escape came to an abrupt halt at the eastern gate.

• Yan Zehong emerged from the Black Dragon King’s shoulder and warned him to hide in the mountains while Shen Lin pursued them.
• Yan Zehong persuaded the Black Dragon King to flee south, explaining that Shen Lin would expect them to head north toward Youzhou.
• After Yan Zehong lost track of Shen Lin, he guessed Shen Lin had anticipated their route and redirected the Black Dragon King back toward Lingzhou City.
• The Black Dragon King disguised himself as a farmer and entered Lingzhou City, where he came face-to-face with Shen Lin at the eastern gate.

Shen Lin intercepted the fleeing Black Dragon King outside Lingzhou and killed him after pursuing him across the countryside. He returned to Lingzhou City's eastern gate carrying the Black Dragon King's head to claim a reward from the Demon Suppression Division.

• Shen Lin confronted a disguised Demon Race member at Lingzhou City's eastern gate, and the demon fled after revealing his identity.
• The Black Dragon King and Yan Zehong fled while discussing how Shen Lin had anticipated their plans.
• Shen Lin used stellar relocation to appear in the Black Dragon King's path, while Yan Zehong mistakenly believed he had calculated their position.
• Shen Lin transformed into his Heavenly Demon Body, seized the Black Dragon King, and smashed him into a mountain until it collapsed.
• Shen Lin killed the Black Dragon King, learned of his cultivation and lifespan through the system, and carried his head back to Lingzhou City's eastern gate.

Shen Lin returned to the Seventh Princess with Qingqiu Yunlang’s corpse and the secret art she needed, then brought the Black Dragon King’s head to the Demon Suppression Division. He killed a Fire Worship Cult prisoner before leaving, while Li Xingyi was left stunned by Shen Lin’s deeds.

• Shen Lin arrived at the Misty Rain Tower with Qingqiu Yunlang’s corpse and gave the Seventh Princess the secret art for reversing her transformation.
• The Seventh Princess ordered Qingqiu Yunlang’s body skinned and dismembered, with his fur made into a carpet for the tower’s entrance.
• Shen Lin gave Li Xingyi the Black Dragon King’s head and said he would return for his reward in a couple of days.
• Li Xingyi confirmed the head belonged to the Black Dragon King and sent someone to ask Shen Lin for an explanation.
• Shen Lin went to the dungeon, snapped the neck of the Fire Worship Cult prisoner, and left to handle another matter at the chou hour.

Shen Lin went to Li Residence to locate a Divination Plate fragment, following White-Eyed Old Daoist’s prediction. He measured out the distance and smashed through the wall of a Starfall Sect courtyard, leaving its gatekeepers stunned.

• Shen Lin reflected on his cultivation prospects and the more than forty thousand years of Demon Lifespan he had gained from the Grand Xuan Secret Realm.
• Shen Lin arrived at Li Residence, where he planned to find the Divination Plate fragment at the hour of the Ox.
• Shen Lin counted his steps from the stone lion outside Li Residence while the guards watched in confusion.
• Shen Lin reached the Starfall Sect courtyard and ignored its gatekeepers as they challenged him.
• Shen Lin said he needed to go fifteen more paces, then broke through the courtyard wall and walked inside.

Shen Lin forced his way into the Starfall Sect estate and dismissed the disciples who confronted him. When Great Elder Wu Chun attacked, Shen Lin revealed overwhelming strength and pulled Wu Chun toward him with a pillar of fire.

• Shen Lin knocked out the two Treasure Liquid Realm guards with a snort and inspected the shabby courtyard.
• Nearly fifty Starfall Sect disciples surrounded Shen Lin, and a green-dressed woman demanded that he leave.
• The woman warned Shen Lin that Great Elder Wu Chun had advanced to the Primal Chaos Realm, but Shen Lin said he would leave in a quarter of an hour.
• Wu Chun arrived, threatened Shen Lin, and attacked him with Star Plucking Finger techniques.
• Shen Lin scattered Wu Chun's finger force with a slap, swallowed his next attack in fire, and drew Wu Chun toward him with a powerful suction force.

Shen Lin subdued Wu Chun and spared his life, then waited through the night for an event he anticipated. When a thief fleeing the Li Household dropped a token, Shen Lin caught it as the thief escaped.

• Shen Lin used Weapon Refining Hand to seize Wu Chun and immobilize his spiritual power.
• Wu Chun’s disciples tried to attack or summon reinforcements, but Shen Lin threw Wu Chun back to his Star Realm disciple and spared him.
• Wu Chun thanked Shen Lin and offered to move out, but Shen Lin denied that he had come to rob the Household and told them to wait quietly.
• At the Hour of the Ox, a black-clad thief fled over the Imperial Capital while Primal Chaos Realm martial artists pursued him from the Li Household.
• A red attack grazed the thief and knocked a small token from his waist, and Shen Lin caught it as the thief continued to flee.

Shen Lin obtained the Divination Plate fragment, while Wu Chun fled the Imperial Capital with his disciple to avoid the flying thief. At the Li residence, the Primal Chaos Realm martial artists debated the unknown power behind the escape, and Changsun Zhaohui learned that the Seventh Princess’s mission had already been completed.

• Shen Lin received the Divination Plate fragment when it fell into his hand, then stored it in his Summoning Ring and left.
• Wu Chun realized the flying thief might come searching for the item and decided to abandon his residence and flee the Imperial Capital with his female disciple that night.
• The Primal Chaos Realm martial artists at the Li residence discussed the masked thief’s escape, which they believed involved a Dharma Aspect Realm technique.
• Li Lun argued that the person behind the thief was not one of Great Wei’s well-known Dharma Aspect Realm experts, prompting Changsun Zhaohui to leave.
• Changsun Zhaohui went to meet the Seventh Princess but learned that she had canceled their meeting because the mission was already completed.

The Fire Worship Cult Master learned that the Gao House’s young daughter had recovered and the Spirit Void Cattail Flame had vanished, then ordered the Left Protector to investigate Shen Lin. Meanwhile, Shen Lin relaxed at his Imperial Capital residence and examined a Divination Plate fragment containing knowledge about condensing a Dharma Aspect.

• The Left Protector explained that he had failed to attack the Li House because seven Primal Chaos Realm martial artists had gathered there, while the Fire Worship Cult’s Flame Ghosts had destroyed the other major families.
• The Left Protector reported that the Gao House’s young daughter had recovered and the Spirit Void Cattail Flame’s aura had disappeared from her body.
• The Left Protector connected the disappearance and the Right Protector’s capture to Shen Lin, who had visited the Gao residence that day.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master assigned three Flame Ghosts to the Left Protector and ordered him to obtain information from Shen Lin and bring him back if necessary.
• Shen Lin enjoyed his residence’s bathing pool before examining a Divination Plate fragment that revealed knowledge about condensing a Dharma Aspect.

Shen Lin learned that Heaven and Earth Aspects could contain multiple elements, then chose to advance the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art instead of comprehending the Flame Visualization Diagram. After spending ten thousand years of Demon Lifespan on deduction, he changed the art’s Dharma Aspect Visualization Diagram into the mysterious image from the Black Flood Dragon King’s scales.

• Shen Lin learned that cultivators in the Nine Heavens Ten Earths classified Dharma Aspects by their characteristics and that Heaven and Earth Aspects allowed comprehension of multiple Great Daos.
• Shen Lin decided a single Dharma Aspect was insufficient for him and set aside the Flame Visualization Diagram.
• Shen Lin returned to the bathhouse, filled it with medicinal materials, and began deducing the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art with ten thousand years of Demon Lifespan.
• Shen Lin’s deduction showed that the art’s second revolution required comprehending its black-cloud Dharma Aspect Visualization Diagram.
• Shen Lin recalled the image on the Black Flood Dragon King’s scales, and the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art changed the Visualization Diagram into that image.

Shen Lin examined a scale and an old beast-hide travelogue, then used their strange image to continue deducing the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art. After ten thousand years of deduction produced only one percent of a Dharma Aspect, he chose to spend all his remaining Demon Lifespan pursuing the full image.

• Shen Lin took out the scale showing worshiping demons beneath a black fog and crimson eyes, then found the beast-hide scroll Yan Zehong had given him.
• Shen Lin read Sha Guowang's travelogue, which described searching distant continents for traces of the Heaven Burning Venerable before becoming trapped in a Great Sage's territory.
• Shen Lin wondered how Yan Zehong had understood the scroll, then resumed deducing the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art.
• Shen Lin spent ten thousand years learning to depict the strange image in his Dharma Aspect, but completed only one percent of it.
• Shen Lin hesitated between the strange image and his earlier cloud Dharma Aspect, then committed all his remaining Demon Lifespan to the strange image.

After cultivating, Shen Lin was summoned by Li Xingyi, who reported that multiple Primal Chaos Realm demons had appeared near the imperial capital. Shen Lin rushed to South Mountain, unaware that the Fire Worship Cult had lured him out as part of a plan to complete the Cult Master's mission.

• Shen Lin finished condensing five percent of his Dharma Aspect and resented being interrupted during his rest.
• Li Xingyi told Shen Lin that at least five Primal Chaos Realm demons had appeared in counties near the imperial capital and that Demon Qi was surging on South Mountain.
• Shen Lin left for South Mountain as soon as Li Xingyi mentioned its location, prompting Li Xingyi to chase after him.
• A Fire Worship Cult spy reported that Li Xingyi was following Shen Lin, and the Left Protector ordered the operation's participants to withdraw.
• The Left Protector began arranging how to complete the Cult Master's mission as quickly as possible.

The Left Protector used the Fire Worship Cult’s Flame Ghosts to lure Shen Lin out of the imperial capital and prepared to capture him. Shen Lin arrived at Southern Mountain and destroyed one of the six Flame Ghosts with a single saber strike, leaving the Left Protector’s ambush underway.

• The Left Protector sent Flame Ghosts to draw the Demon Suppression Division out, then used himself as bait when Shen Lin did not appear.
• A Flame Ghost vanished before three Demon Suppression Division experts, who realized their force had been deliberately lured away from the capital.
• The Left Protector activated his flaming token and summoned the six Flame Ghosts back to Southern Mountain.
• Shen Lin descended from the clouds, and the Left Protector ordered the Flame Ghosts to surround him.
• Shen Lin pulled his saber from a Flame Ghost and blasted it apart with Thunderous Collapse, then complained that the ambush consisted of only a few puppets.

Shen Lin uncovered the Fire Worship Cult’s ambush and fought off its Flame Ghosts, which had been made using the Spirit Void Cattail Flame. After Li Xingyi arrived, Shen Lin confronted the Left Protector, who revealed his true form as an enormous beetle.

• Shen Lin realized the Fire Worship Cult had lured the Demon Suppression Division away to target him and killed a Flame Ghost with one strike.
• The Left Protector ordered the Flame Ghosts to attack, but Shen Lin withstood their Spirit Void Cattail Flame and destroyed one with his Blazing Flame Saber.
• Li Xingyi arrived and checked on Shen Lin, who explained that the Flame Ghosts were already dead things.
• Li Xingyi offered to hold off the Left Protector while Shen Lin dealt with the Flame Ghosts, but Shen Lin charged the Left Protector himself.
• The Left Protector blocked Shen Lin’s saber with his horns, then revealed his true form as a huge, flame-patterned beetle.

Shen Lin appeared to accept the Left Protector’s offer to join the Fire Worship Cult, then attacked Li Xingyi and left with the cultists. Li Xingyi survived the blow and told the arriving reinforcements that Shen Lin had betrayed them.

• Shen Lin’s Taowu Saber clashed with the Left Protector’s horn, and Shen Lin discovered the Left Protector wore a protective spirit armor forged by the Cult Master.
• The Left Protector tried to recruit Shen Lin by promising him an Upper Realm cultivation technique and a high position in the Fire Worship Cult.
• Shen Lin seemed tempted by the offer, prompting Li Xingyi to warn him not to trust the Left Protector.
• Shen Lin suddenly struck Li Xingyi with his saber, sending him flying, but Li Xingyi’s spiritual power barrier saved him from the blow.
• The Left Protector left with Shen Lin and the other cultists as reinforcements arrived, and Li Xingyi declared that Shen Lin had betrayed them.

Shen Lin went undercover with the Fire Worship Cult after the Demon Suppression Division mistook his apparent defection for a genuine betrayal. He and the Imperial Uncle realized they had both misread Daoist Thousand Evolution’s presence as a signal, and Shen Lin noted that the flying boat was not heading toward the cult’s main altar.

• Shen Lin’s apparent defection alarmed the Demon Suppression Division, and Li Xingyi tried to pursue him despite his unstable spiritual power.
• Daoist Thousand Evolution appeared, steadied Li Xingyi, and revealed that he had been watching from the sky without making a plan with Shen Lin.
• Li Xingyi concluded that Shen Lin had noticed the Imperial Uncle and gone undercover to investigate the Fire Worship Cult, then led the others back to the imperial capital.
• Aboard the Fire Worship Cult’s flying boat, Shen Lin privately contacted the concealed Imperial Uncle and observed that they were not traveling toward the main altar.
• The Imperial Uncle was surprised that Shen Lin could see him, and Shen Lin explained that he had assumed the Imperial Uncle and Daoist Thousand Evolution had signaled him to go undercover.

Shen Lin agreed to join the Fire Worship Cult, while the Cult Master planned to lure a Great Wei Dharma Aspect expert to the cult’s altar. The Left Protector offered Shen Lin the position of Right Protector, but Shen Lin asked how he could become Left Protector instead.

• Shen Lin decided to join the Fire Worship Cult after realizing it would bring him into contact with more demons and seeing that White-Eyed Old Daoist and Imperial Uncle were with him.
• The Left Protector reported Shen Lin’s recruitment to Fire Worship Cult Master, who ordered him to bring Shen Lin to a branch altar disguised as the main altar.
• Fire Worship Cult Master planned to bait Shen Lin with an offer of the Right Protector position and Upper Realm cultivation techniques, hoping to draw in a Great Wei Dharma Aspect expert.
• The Left Protector worried about being caught if the plan went wrong but obeyed the Cult Master’s instructions.
• The Left Protector told Shen Lin the Cult Master would make him Right Protector, and Shen Lin asked what it would take to become Left Protector, making the other man sense killing intent.

Shen Lin entered the Fire Worship Cult’s hidden headquarters and learned about its Faith Condensing Flame, while searching for the Cult Master’s whereabouts. As he explored the cult’s extensive facilities, the White-Eyed Old Daoist suddenly appeared and incapacitated the startled followers.

• The Left Protector explained that the Cult Master personally assigned positions, then brought Shen Lin by flying boat to the Fire Worship Cult’s concealed headquarters.
• The Left Protector showed Shen Lin the Faith Condensing Flame and said it had grown powerful enough to threaten a Dharma Aspect Realm expert.
• The Left Protector arranged for Shen Lin to rest and meet the Cult Master the next day, but the Imperial Uncle could not sense the Cult Master’s aura.
• Shen Lin saw the cult’s extensive training, alchemy, and weapon-refining facilities, and the Imperial Uncle remarked on the number of followers it had maintained.
• The White-Eyed Old Daoist emerged from a rune on the Imperial Uncle and struck the cult followers, leaving them dazed and motionless.