Recaps

As the Hejian Sect struggled to contain the Fierce Beast, Lin Shuguang demanded access to its ancient legacy texts in exchange for helping. The coffin broke open after the sect members released their chains, and Lin Shuguang unleashed a lightning-wreathed Draw and Slash at the Corpse Person.

• Shen Hongxue asked Lin Shuguang to help, but Elder He refused to accept assistance from outsiders.
• Lin Shuguang told Si Qianjun he wanted to read the Hejian Sect's ancient legacy texts and said he could defeat the Fierce Beast in three strikes at most.
• Si Qianjun offered help in exchange for access to the texts, and Lin Shuguang struck Elder He with his Mental Power when he objected.
• Sect Master Mo agreed to let Lin Shuguang read the texts and ordered everyone to retreat when Lin Shuguang told them to release the chains.
• The released Corpse Person smashed open the coffin, and Lin Shuguang attacked it with a lightning-wreathed Draw and Slash.

Lin Shuguang killed the Hejian Sect’s Fierce Beast with three saber strikes, ending the sect’s decades-long burden and earning its gratitude. After joining the celebration, he entered the Study Pavilion to read the sect’s ancient records, then asked Shen Hongxue what she had wanted to say.

• Lin Shuguang struck the Corpse Person back into the ground twice, and Sect Master Mo asked him to kill the Fierce Beast.
• Lin Shuguang’s final slash shattered the Fierce Beast’s bones and killed it, earning him 60,000 cal of blood energy.
• The giant corpse struck Elder He and sent him flying again as the Hejian Sect elders and disciples thanked Lin Shuguang.
• Sect Master Mo called the sect to celebrate, while Lin Shuguang left the formalities to Si Qianjun and followed Shen Hongxue to the Study Pavilion.
• Lin Shuguang read the Hejian Sect’s historical records, then asked Shen Hongxue what she had wanted to say.

Lin Shuguang secretly learned Hejian Sect techniques while searching its books for information about Corpse Worms. After enjoying the sect’s feast, he shamelessly arranged to stay for a few more days, leaving Sect Master Mo uneasy as Si Qianjun and the others departed.

• Lin Shuguang examined the Hejian Sect’s soul cultivation method and concluded that practitioners lacked the mental power to use it successfully.
• Lin Shuguang secretly paid to learn several techniques as he browsed the Study Pavilion, then asked Shen Hongxue to find books about Corpse Worms.
• After Sect Master Mo summoned them to dinner, Lin Shuguang invited Shen Hongxue to join the meal and praised the sect’s food.
• Lin Shuguang asked to stay at the Hejian Sect for a few more days, and Sect Master Mo reluctantly agreed.
• Lin Shuguang saw Si Qianjun and the others off at the sect entrance, then turned to Sect Master Mo and addressed him as “Brother Mo.”

Lin Shuguang left the Hejian Sect after learning its martial arts and returned to Huai City, where Bai Heng reported that the city was stable and Lin was nearing the Profound Connection Realm. Back at Lin's Shop, Lin Shuguang learned Pei Xi had visited and found her message teasing him about being away for three days.

• Lin Shuguang reviewed the skills and blood energy he had gained at the Hejian Sect, then left after Sect Master Mo warned him about his strong killing intent.
• Shen Hongxue hurried to Sect Master Mo with news of unusual activity in the west as Lin Shuguang departed the mountain.
• Bai Heng picked up Lin Shuguang and reported that the bureau had eliminated seven spatial tunnels, transferred arrested Eastern Ying people, and stabilized Huai City.
• Lin Shuguang returned to the shop, where Mother Lin asked about Pei Xi's visit and urged him to pick up Xiao Xi from archery class.
• After charging his phone, Lin Shuguang replied to his missed messages and read Pei Xi's teasing text about his three-day absence.

Pei Xi gave Lin Shuguang a sachet to ward off Corpse Worms, then Thousand Faces told him Silver Flame was missing. Lin Shuguang tried to make Nightmare repay Silver Flame’s debt and later asked Si Qianjun for more cultivation resources.

• Pei Xi met Lin Shuguang outside the Lin Family Shop, asked how he had dealt with the Corpse Worms, and gave him a scent-masking sachet.
• Thousand Faces told Lin Shuguang that Silver Flame was missing and hinted that he had hidden something from Nightmare’s headquarters.
• Lin Shuguang demanded that Nightmare repay the money Silver Flame had borrowed in its name, then sent Thousand Faces a barrage of threats as he fled.
• Lin Shuguang messaged Silver Seraph demanding repayment, and a Nightmare operative monitoring the communicator reported the message to the intelligence chief.
• Lin Shuguang went to the Special Management Bureau and asked Si Qianjun for more cultivation resources, claiming the supplies from Beining City and Dongning City were not enough.

Lin Shuguang accepted an urgent Ezhou assignment to recover stolen intelligence and tracked the suspects to the Star Sword Martial Hall. He found Duan He at a villa, captured him, and treated his attempt to offer a bribe as an additional offense.

• Si Qianjun assigned Lin Shuguang to find Duan He and Luo Jian, who were suspected of stealing top-secret intelligence and hiding at the Star Sword Martial Hall.
• Lin Shuguang killed Li Qian and Guo Hao at the martial hall, found crates of gunpowder, and called for specialists to secure them.
• Lin Shuguang tracked Duan He to a villa and captured him as he tried to flee, while Duan He's lover remained in the room.
• Duan He offered Lin Shuguang three million and asked what it would take to be released, and Lin Shuguang told him that openly bribing a Special Management Bureau Director was an additional offense.

Lin Shuguang was summoned to the Great Qian Dynasty and killed Xing Dong while helping Xie Hejian, then returned to his own world. At the Hejian Sect, Shen Hongxue discovered a new rule honoring people surnamed Lin and the bearer of a token as the sect’s benefactor.

• Ezhou agents discussed Lin Shuguang’s fearsome reputation, while Si Qianjun told him to rest after hearing their report.
• The Blood-colored Demonic Saber summoned Lin Shuguang to the Great Qian Dynasty and brought him to a ruined temple, where he reunited with Xie Hejian.
• Xing Dong and the Black Army Gate surrounded the temple, and Xie Hejian prepared to face them over their past feud.
• Lin Shuguang offered to kill Xing Dong, then slew the Black Army Gate sect master with two saber strikes and drove off his followers.
• Lin Shuguang returned to his body and complained that he could not claim Xie Hejian’s promised reward.
• At the Hejian Sect, Shen Hongxue found an ironclad rule directing the sect to honor people surnamed Lin and the bearer of a token because the patriarch owed him his life.

Lin Shuguang used his soul to summon lightning and killed a giant Corpse Worm, causing residents to mistake the spectacle for a miracle. After reporting the incident to Si Qianjun, he learned the Hejian Sect had invited him back, while Sect Master Mo confirmed that Lin held the Tongtian Token.

• Lin Shuguang projected his soul into the daylight and wondered whether he could draw inexhaustible lightning from heaven and earth.
• A massive Corpse Worm emerged from the clouds, and Lin summoned divine lightning to destroy it, gaining more than sixty points of Mental Power.
• Residents witnessed the lightning and falling sparks, mistook them for a miracle, and the authorities cordoned off the compound.
• Lin told Si Qianjun that he had killed a Corpse Worm, and Si said the Hejian Sect had invited him to visit again.
• Meng Shenzhou called Lin about Huai City's supposed miracle, while Shen Hongxue asked Sect Master Mo if they had found the wrong person; Mo said the Tongtian Token confirmed they had not.

As Spring Festival approached, Lin Shuguang shopped with Lin Xiaoxi, shared homemade food with the Special Management Bureau’s on-duty soldiers, and learned he had to accompany Si Qianjun on a visit to the front lines. The chapter ended with Lin Shuguang spotting a huge, faint cluster of blood energy hidden deep beneath the Bureau.

• Lin Shuguang took Lin Xiaoxi shopping, where they met Pei Xi and her younger brother and bought sugar figurines.
• Lin Xiaoxi said she liked both Pei Xi and Song Wan, leaving Lin Shuguang puzzled.
• Lin Shuguang helped Lin Haiyang put up couplets, then brought homemade food to the soldiers on duty at the Special Management Bureau.
• Si Qianjun told Lin Shuguang to join him that evening for the city's visit to the frontline units, and Lin Shuguang went to cultivate while he waited.
• Si Qianjun found another recruitment letter from the Demon Suppression Division and called the Governor to complain about its attempts to recruit Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang's divine soul surveyed the Bureau and discovered a huge, faint cluster of blood energy beneath it.

Lin Shuguang met Liu Yue of Oriental Biotech at a formal reception, rejected her request for help entering Huai City, and ordered an investigation into her company. He then celebrated the New Year with his family, while Huang Qisheng and Chang Jun’s group welcomed the holiday in the Demon Capital.

• Lin Shuguang failed to approach the underground red light and resumed cultivating until Si Qianjun summoned him.
• Lin Shuguang and Si Qianjun attended a reception with Political Department representatives, where many guests avoided Lin Shuguang.
• Liu Yue introduced herself as a representative of Oriental Biotech and asked Lin Shuguang to support the company’s entry into Huai City, but he warned her and refused.
• Lin Shuguang told the driver to take him home and texted Bai Heng to investigate Liu Yue and Oriental Biotech.
• Lin Shuguang reunited with his family for New Year’s, while Huang Qisheng gave red envelopes to Chang Jun and the others in the Demon Capital.

Lin Shuguang reviewed the Seventh Department’s progress and caught up with Xu Jie before deciding to enter Luoshan’s spatial tunnel alone to search for the Ancient Corpse Clan. Si Qianjun worried about the danger, but Lin Shuguang set out despite Yang Tianyi’s attempt to dissuade him.

• Lin Shuguang reviewed mission records showing that the Seventh Department had risen to the top three and delivered the documents to Si Qianjun.
• Xu Jie told Lin Shuguang about seeing Song Wan at a martial arts school event and asked about rumors of a giant thunder god in Huai City.
• Lin Shuguang recalled helping the patrol defeat twenty corpse people in Luoshan’s spatial tunnel, where three Special Management Bureau members had died and six boats had been captured.
• Lin Shuguang told Si Qianjun he would go to sea alone to find the Ancient Corpse Clan, and Si Qianjun warned him about the danger.
• Yang Tianyi tried to persuade Lin Shuguang to reconsider, but Lin Shuguang left and jokingly threatened to haunt him if anything happened.

During a storm, Lin Shuguang confronted fifty-three Corpse People landing on the shore and unleashed a massive bolt of divine lightning that destroyed the area. He survived and sailed away alone, leaving the patrol members unsure of his fate and wondering whether he was human.

• A patrol member warned Lin Shuguang that the storm made it dangerous to go outside, but another reported that about twenty people were approaching by sea.
• Lin Shuguang learned that fifty-three Corpse People were landing and went to the beach while the patrol members activated the heavy weapons and prepared a blockade.
• Lin Shuguang killed two Corpse People by surprise, then faced the rest as they charged at him.
• Lin Shuguang called down enormous lightning that engulfed the area, and the leader of the Corpse People cried that he was a demon.
• The patrol members found a crater hundreds of meters across and saw Lin Shuguang alive aboard a boat, sailing out to sea.
• On February seventeenth, Lin Shuguang set out to sea alone, and his fate remained unknown.

Lin Shuguang discovered a living stone statue sealing an island, then received a secret mission to eliminate those obstructing Great Xia. As Ma Lie confronted Zuo Qingcheng over his abducted daughter, Lin Shuguang arrived at Qingcheng Villa and began killing its guards.

• Lin Shuguang followed a glowing pendant to a fog-covered island, where a stone statue blocked his approach with illusions and force.
• Lin Shuguang reported the sealed island to Professor Jiang and Si Qianjun, then accepted a confidential mission to kill anyone obstructing it.
• Lin Shuguang learned that Qingcheng Villa was secretly selling Great Xia's supplies and that its Young Villa Master had abducted Ma Weiqiu, an undercover intelligence operative.
• Ma Lie confronted Zuo Qingcheng at Qingcheng Villa and demanded that he return Ma Weiqiu, threatening war if she was harmed.
• Lin Shuguang entered Qingcheng Villa's side courtyard and killed Second Ghost, terrifying the guard Daqing.

Lin Shuguang rescued Zuo He from Qingcheng Villa and arrived at the Training Ground as Ma Lie was defeated by Zuo Qingcheng. He killed Zuo Qingcheng with a single saber strike and declared the Special Management Bureau’s authority over the villa.

• Lin Shuguang killed Second Ghost, forced Daqing to reveal that Zuo He was in the Southwest Courtyard with Zuo Qingcheng, and took Daqing there.
• Ma Lie used his Burning Blood Exploding Flame Spear against Zuo Qingcheng, but the two were thrown back and Ma Lie collapsed, badly wounded.
• Lin Shuguang broke through the Training Ground wall, killed Daqing, and confronted Zuo Qingcheng while he stood over Ma Lie.
• Lin Shuguang identified Zuo Qingcheng as his target and killed him with a single saber strike as Zuo He called out to her father.
• Lin Shuguang announced that the Special Management Bureau would kill anyone who betrayed Great Xia.

Lin Shuguang helped the Special Management Bureau shut down Qingcheng Villa, then returned to cultivation as Qin Taihang arrived in Huai City and began searching for the Silver Seraph. Qin Taihang left without discovering that the masked saber wielder he remembered was Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang killed Zuo Qingcheng, and the Special Management Bureau arrested the members of Qingcheng Villa.
• Ma Lie asked Ma Weiqiu whether she knew Lin Shuguang, but she concealed her connection to him and left with her father.
• Si Qianjun praised Lin Shuguang's work and warned him that the [Divine Temple] had established a nation and that changes across the continent were growing more obvious.
• Lin Shuguang declined Ma Weiqiu's contact information and went to the Cultivation Room to train.
• Qin Taihang asked Liu Yue to find a person with silver wings, offering to help secure a Dragon City project for Oriental Biotech in return.
• Qin Taihang left Huai City without asking Liu Yue about Lin Shuguang, while Lin Shuguang continued cultivating, unaware that the Qin Family was searching for him.

Lin Shuguang learned that a mysterious island had sparked a war between the Manxiong Empire and a nearby nation, but chose not to get involved and focused on cultivating and protecting his family. Later, he learned that Chang Jun and the others had been attacked while collecting supplies, and the Steel Alliance was suspected.

• Lin Shuguang continued strengthening his organs and upgrading his saber techniques, while delaying his breakthrough to Profound Connection Realm until he reached the Golden Body Realm.
• Bai Heng summoned Lin Shuguang to hear Si Qianjun’s report that war had broken out over a mysterious island whose power had strengthened its inhabitants.
• Lin Shuguang asked Thousand Faces for intelligence and learned the island’s power resembled faith bestowed by the Divine Temple, but he decided against going there.
• Lin Shuguang returned home and joked with Lin Xiaoxi as she showed their parents what she had learned at the Archery Hall.
• Lin Shuguang sensed trouble through the Blood Spirit Clone and learned from Huang Qisheng that Chang Jun and the others had been robbed and injured while collecting supplies.
• Huang Qisheng reported that the Ancient Coin Merchant Association had identified the Steel Alliance as the attackers.

Lin Shuguang learned that the Steel Alliance was shielding the Cloud Sea Merchant Association after his supplies were stolen, and sent his Blood Spirit Clone to confront them. The clone arrived at the Cloud Sea Merchant Association as Protector Xia faced threats from its allies.

• Huang Qisheng told Lin Shuguang that the Steel Alliance had allied with the Cloud Sea Merchant Association and that other factions were targeting his elemental ore.
• Lin Shuguang told Huang Qisheng to care for Chang Jun and the others, then dissolved his Blood Spirit Clone to handle the matter himself.
• Protector Xia demanded an explanation from the Cloud Sea Merchant Association, but Xu Qiansheng threatened him and Chairman Ji denied the robbery.
• Xu Qiansheng struck Protector Xia with a sonic attack, and Chairman Ji mocked Lin Shuguang and questioned his authority to represent the Special Management Bureau.
• A blood-robed figure stormed through the Cloud Sea Merchant Association's gate, sending two members flying and overwhelming the gathered crowd with his surging aura.

Lin Shuguang, disguised as Mr. Blood, rejected Xu Qiansheng’s demand to seize the Medicine Garden and attacked the Cloud Sea Merchant Association’s chairman. He then fought Xu Qiansheng, leaving the battle raging as the Steel Alliance deputy leader realized he had underestimated his opponent.

• Protector Xia recognized Mr. Blood as Lin Shuguang’s mysterious subordinate, while Xu Qiansheng dismissed him and demanded the Steel Alliance receive his Medicine Garden share.
• Lin Shuguang refused Xu Qiansheng’s offer to discuss the demand and blocked his party from leaving, declaring that the Cloud Sea Merchant Association should pay for its stolen resources.
• Lin Shuguang struck Chairman Ji with his scythe, breaking his breastbone and sending him flying despite his armor.
• Xu Qiansheng drew his saber and attacked Lin Shuguang, who answered with a powerful slash and engaged him in combat.
• Xu Qiansheng retreated and realized that Lin Shuguang’s scythe techniques were far more dangerous than he had expected.

Lin Shuguang’s Blood Spirit Clone fought Xu Qiansheng and rapidly advanced to the Mystic Profundity Realm, overwhelming the Steel Alliance veteran. The chapter ended with Xu Qiansheng disarmed and bloodied as the crowd stared in shock at Lin Shuguang’s power.

• Xu Qiansheng attacked Lin Shuguang to defend the Steel Alliance’s reputation, while Protector Xia worried about the consequences for the Ancient Coin Merchant Association.
• Lin Shuguang, who recognized that his clone was struggling, used Pay-to-Win to raise it through three successive breakthroughs during the fight.
• Lin Shuguang’s Blood Spirit Clone reached the First Heaven of Mystic Profundity and was flooded with violent negative emotions.
• Lin Shuguang charged Xu Qiansheng and slashed off one of his arms, sending him flying.
• The crowd fell silent as they witnessed Lin Shuguang’s terrifying strength as a newly ascended Martial King.

Lin Shuguang defeated the Steel Alliance and Cloud Sea Merchant Association, then killed Xu Qiansheng despite his pleas and threats of retaliation. Protector Xia told Luo Qiuyi that Lin Shuguang was a Profound Connection Realm Martial King, leaving her stunned.

• Lin Shuguang severed Xu Qiansheng's arm, and Xu fled in terror as the crowd watched.
• Lin Shuguang caught up with Xu and severed his other arm, leaving him wounded and begging for his life.
• Xu Qiansheng offered to return the Cloud Sea Merchant Association and warned that his elder brother would seek revenge if Lin Shuguang killed him.
• Protector Xia told Luo Qiuyi that Lin Shuguang was crushing both factions and had become a Profound Connection Realm Martial King.
• Lin Shuguang rejected Xu Qiansheng's plea and beheaded him, declaring that he would root out threats completely.

Lin Shuguang’s Blood Spirit Clone killed Xu Qiansheng and handed the Cloud Sea Merchant Association to the Ancient Coin Merchant Association in exchange for a share of its profits. As rumors spread about a mysterious Profound Connection Realm Martial King and a possible clash with the Steel Alliance, Lin Shuguang returned to Huai City confident in his clone’s strength.

• Lin Shuguang killed Xu Qiansheng, then offered the Cloud Sea Merchant Association to the Ancient Coin Merchant Association in exchange for eighty percent of its annual net profits.
• The Ancient Coin Merchant Association moved into Cloud Sea, and Lin Shuguang disappeared while factions in the Demon Capital questioned how the takeover had happened.
• News spread that the Ancient Coin Merchant Association had a Profound Connection Realm Martial King backing it and that Xu Qiansheng had been killed.
• Rumors about a possible confrontation between the Martial Kings Gang Yan and the mysterious backer unsettled factions across Great Xia.
• In Huai City, Lin Shuguang reflected that his Blood Spirit Clone had broken through to the Profound Connection Realm and that his cultivated divine soul had helped him suppress its evil thoughts and regain control.

President Hong agreed to consolidate the Cloud Sea Merchant Association’s assets while giving Lin Shuguang his share, and Lin Shuguang confirmed to Si Qianjun that he had killed Xu Qiansheng. Si Qianjun warned him that the Qin Family was pursuing him but promised to protect him if he was exposed.

• President Hong learned that Mr. Blood had killed Xu Qiansheng and ordered the Ancient Coin Merchant Association to consolidate Cloud Sea’s assets while preserving Lin Shuguang’s twenty percent share.
• Huang Qisheng and the others struggled to believe that the Mr. Blood they knew was a Profound Connection Realm Martial King.
• Si Qianjun summoned Lin Shuguang and asked whether he was responsible for the events in the Demon Capital.
• Lin Shuguang admitted that he had acted against the Cloud Sea Merchant Association after its members tried to rob him and injure his people.
• Si Qianjun warned Lin Shuguang that Qin Taihang had grown stronger and was searching for him, then promised Lin Shuguang could turn to him for protection.

Lin Shuguang accepted a difficult undercover assignment to identify an Eastern Ying spy at East Yue Mountain and entered the West River Sect disguised as Wang Ye. As the three factions prepared to explore a mysterious fissure, a confrontation broke out between West River Sect members and visitors from the Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce.

• Si Qianjun assigned Lin Shuguang to investigate the Eastern Ying spy around East Yue Mountain and agreed to double his reward.
• Lin Shuguang reviewed the intelligence, arranged his absence from Demon Martial and home, and left Huai City that evening.
• Zhao Xifeng, a Great Xia agent inside the West River Sect, briefed Lin Shuguang on the fissure and brought him into the sect disguised as outer sect elder Wang Ye.
• Lin Shuguang and Zhao Xifeng heard a commotion at the Training Ground, where three visitors from the Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce faced off against West River Sect members.

Lin Shuguang watched Lu You defeat three Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce disciples, then met Jiang Yujian and Jiang Xue'er before the trip to East Yue Mountain. Jiang Xue'er appeared able to see through Lin Shuguang’s mask, while Jiang Yujian warned him not to hinder the sect; Lin Shuguang responded by asking how much Jiang Yujian was worth.

• A West River Sect deacon confronted three Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce disciples, and Lu You stepped forward to defend the sect.
• Lu You defeated all three visitors and drove them away, earning cheers from the West River Sect disciples.
• Jiang Yujian and Jiang Xue'er arrived and asked whether Lin Shuguang would join the trip to East Yue Mountain.
• Lin Shuguang noticed Jiang Xue'er's unusual double pupils and realized she seemed to see through his mask.
• Jiang Yujian warned Lin Shuguang not to drag down the sect, and Lin Shuguang asked Zhao Xifeng how much Jiang Yujian could be worth.

The West River Sect entered East Yue Mountain to reach the fissure as its mysterious power faded, then encountered the Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce. When Zheng Rulong challenged Lin Shuguang, Lin struck him down with a single saber blow, leaving the factions stunned.

• Elder Cheng led the West River Sect into East Yue Mountain as factions rushed to search for Treasure Medicine near the fissure.
• Zhao Xifeng told Lin Shuguang that the fissure's power had corroded martial artists into bones, and Lin wondered whether the bones could come back to life.
• The West River Sect followed a prepared route toward the fissure and learned that the Myriad Saints Chamber of Commerce was ahead amid blood and corpses.
• Zheng Rulong confronted the West River Sect and demanded to see the outer sect elder who had injured his men.
• Lin Shuguang struck Zheng Rulong with one saber blow, sending him flying and shocking both groups.