Recaps

The Vermilion Bird Squad learned that otherkin and [Kabbalah] forces had appeared near West Fire City, while Lin Shuguang fought a Profound Connection Realm otherkin commander. When the commander tried to withdraw after hearing a distress signal, Lin Shuguang pursued him, intent on killing him and learning about the Demon Domain’s mineral veins.

• Wei Qianjun told the Vermilion Bird Squad to await orders, and an intelligence officer sent them to join an assault near West Fire City.
• Lin Shuguang exchanged more than thirty blows with a Profound Connection Realm otherkin commander, and both fighters sustained damage.
• The otherkin commander realized Lin Shuguang’s strength and blood energy had grown during their fight and resolved to kill him.
• A distress signal sounded, and the otherkin commander retreated to aid his people.
• Lin Shuguang chased the commander with lethal saber strikes and refused to let him escape.

Lin Shuguang drove Gu Ka away after a fierce battle, then encountered Monsis while circling behind the Demon Domain army. Monsis offered to share a hidden energy-crystal site, but Lin Shuguang kept pressing him for more as their confrontation continued.

• Lin Shuguang wounded Gu Ka and pursued him, while Gu Ka fled using a secret technique and left behind a venomous spike that Lin Shuguang knocked aside.
• Wei Qianjun and Lu Tao discovered the ruins of the battle, recognized Gu Ka's aura, and suspected an unknown Profound Connection Realm expert had fought him.
• Lin Shuguang circled behind the Demon Domain army and ran into Monsis, who attacked him while searching for energy crystals.
• Lin Shuguang repelled Monsis's War Spear and struck him with a powerful saber attack, forcing Monsis to offer half the energy crystals at a guarded treasure site.
• Lin Shuguang rejected Monsis's offer and continued advancing, prompting Monsis to promise him a larger share.

Lin Shuguang fought the Pangolin Giant Beast after Monsis lured him into the forest, then killed Monsis and resumed his attack on the beast. The chapter ended with a mysterious explosion and piercing howl in West Fire City.

• Monsis led Lin Shuguang into the forest, then tried to flee when the Pangolin Giant Beast appeared and attacked Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang wounded Monsis and fought the Pangolin Giant Beast, forcing the colossal creature backward with his blade.
• Monsis tried to escape while the two battled, but a falling tree struck him and left him gravely injured.
• Lin Shuguang split the beast’s armor and launched it through the forest, then killed Monsis when he begged for mercy.
• Lin Shuguang leaped through the dust and slashed at the beast as a mysterious explosion and piercing howl sounded in West Fire City.

Lin Shuguang absorbed a mineral vein’s Energy Crystals, advanced to the Second Heaven of the Profound Connection Realm, and rushed to West Fire City to confront Gu Ka. He revealed his God-Demon transformation just as Gu Ka finished using a Secret Technique.

• Lin Shuguang absorbed the mineral vein’s Energy Crystals, broke through to the Second Heaven of the Profound Connection Realm, and charged toward West Fire City.
• Wei Qianjun’s squad withdrew from West Fire City after their raid, while a powerful battle erupted inside the city.
• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed Gu Ka with repeated saber strikes as Ma Pingyang watched in confusion.
• Gu Ka tore the Poison Spikes from his body and used a Secret Technique to transform, prompting Ma Pingyang to warn Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang spent ten points of Power of God and Demon, grew nearly ten meters tall in black War Armor, and stomped toward the transformed Gu Ka.

Lin Shuguang killed Gu Ka by crushing him beneath his giant form, allowing the Demon Suppression Division to move into West Fire City. The chapter ended with Lin Shuguang standing among trembling Demon Domain creatures while an old man urged him to return to safety.

• Gu Ka burned his blood energy and tried to flee, but Lin Shuguang stomped him into the ground and killed him.
• Lin Shuguang seized 80,000 cal of Blood Energy Value, and the Demon Suppression Division found Gu Ka's corpse amid the ruins.
• The Old General ordered troops into West Fire City so the Demon Suppression Division could secure it and protect the construction of Entrance No. 13.
• Lu Tao told Wei Qianjun that a giant mysterious expert had killed Gu Ka, and Wei Qianjun was stunned by the report.
• An old man called for Lin Shuguang to return, but Lin Shuguang replied that the place was unsafe while surveying the trembling Demon Domain creatures at his feet.

Lin Shuguang rampaged through the Demon Domain, plundering weaker clans and killing the experts sent to stop him as his attributes and Power of God and Demon increased. On Devil’s Island, the Old General learned of the chaos and ordered the Vermilion Bird Squad to help prolong it.

• Lin Shuguang used the Power of God and Demon to subdue a weak clan, seize its treasure medicines and energy crystals, and grow stronger by plundering other settlements.
• Demon Domain experts hunted Lin Shuguang, but he repeatedly defeated their forces while concealing his identity and continued raising his attributes.
• Two powerful nonhuman experts arrived at a village Lin Shuguang had raided, fought him, and then split up to pursue him after he escaped.
• Song Dao told the Old General that Lin Shuguang was still in the Demon Domain and had mental power comparable to his own, prompting the Old General to take interest in him.
• The Old General read a report about the Giant Demon plundering the Demon Domain, recognized Lin Shuguang as the likely culprit, and ordered the Vermilion Bird Squad to cause more disruption.

Lin Shuguang continued raiding the Demon Domain while the Demon Suppression Division coordinated with him to seize energy veins. When Song Dao finally reached him at the Old General’s request, Lin Shuguang claimed he had killed a nonhuman Great Grandmaster, then hung up after the Old General asked what reward he wanted for capturing a Profound Connection Realm enemy.

• Lin Shuguang reflected on his half-month of raids and the Demon Domain’s pursuit, while the Demon Suppression Division helped him seize energy veins.
• The Old General urged Song Dao to contact Lin Shuguang about an important military matter, but Song Dao complained that Lin Shuguang had become difficult to reach.
• Song Dao reached Lin Shuguang and asked how many nonhumans he had killed that day.
• Lin Shuguang said he had just killed a disobedient nonhuman Great Grandmaster, then offered to capture a Profound Connection Realm nonhuman in exchange for a reward.
• The Old General asked Lin Shuguang what he wanted, and Lin Shuguang abruptly ended the connection.

Lin Shuguang fought Gu Xin, a powerful Demon Domain expert, and was helped by a mysterious young man whose voice reminded him of Song Shi. Gu Xin escaped with one arm severed, and Lin Shuguang realized the young man might be the former Storm Martial Arts School Hall Master.

• Lin Shuguang fled after an otherkind expert detected him, but Gu Xin intercepted him in the wild hills.
• Gu Xin challenged Lin Shuguang to transform, and Lin Shuguang used God and Demon Manifestation to meet his attack.
• Lin Shuguang and Gu Xin clashed, drawing the attention of forces throughout the region.
• A black-haired young man punched through Gu Xin's War Armor, allowing Lin Shuguang to sever Gu Xin's arm before Gu Xin escaped.
• The young man warned Lin Shuguang not to pursue Gu Xin, then left after receiving a communicator call.
• Lin Shuguang recognized the voice on the call and suspected the young man was Song Shi, the former Hall Master of the Storm Martial Arts School.

Lin Shuguang evaded the Shark Tribe’s hunt in the Demon Domain while his clashes with them indirectly benefited the Demon Suppression Division. As Huizhou’s Governor sought to borrow Lin for a crisis involving ancient ruins, the Old General tried to contact him through Song Dao.

• Lin Shuguang fled the Shark Tribe army and continued refining energy crystals after escaping its pursuit.
• The Old General learned that Lin Shuguang’s actions had increased the Demon Suppression Division’s resource gains by twenty percent.
• The Old General ordered the Intelligence Officer to establish contact with Lin Shuguang and learned that the Special Management Bureau wanted to borrow him.
• The Governor of Huizhou told the Old General that rising unrest and newly emerged ancient ruins required Lin Shuguang’s help.
• The Old General refused to send Lin Shuguang, offered a Profound Connection Realm Martial King instead, and then ordered Song Dao to contact Lin.
• Song Dao angrily shouted at Yang after the Old General demanded that he contact Lin Shuguang.

Lin Shuguang destroyed a Shark Tribe supply convoy, discovered the tribe was preparing to attack West Fire City, and set a trap for Kabbalah martial artists to draw out the Shark Tribe. On Devil’s Island, Song Dao learned that a mysterious Giant Demon had been plundering the tribe’s energy veins, while the Old General suspected the Special Management Bureau might be involved.

• Lin Shuguang wiped out a Shark Tribe convoy, took its Command Token and Energy Crystals, and escaped before a nearby expert arrived.
• Lin Shuguang realized the Shark Tribe was secretly gathering forces to attack West Fire City and tried to contact Song Dao, but received no answer.
• A group of Kabbalah martial artists found Lin Shuguang’s cave and demanded his Energy Crystals, so he killed their leader and ordered the survivors to spread a false story about a Shark Tribe treasure east of West Fire City.
• On Devil’s Island, Song Dao pressed the Old General about finding Lin Shuguang, and the Old General explained that a mysterious Giant Demon had been raiding the Shark Tribe’s energy veins.
• The Old General wondered whether the Special Management Bureau was connected to the Giant Demon.

Song Dao and the Old General failed to reach Lin Shuguang, while the Vermilion Bird Squad speculated about his disappearance. In the Demon Domain, Lin Shuguang revealed himself as the Giant Demon, confronted a Shark Tribe warrior, and broke through to the third heaven of Mystic Profundity.

• Song Dao told the Old General that Lin Shuguang had not responded, and the Old General ordered him to keep trying and ask about the Giant Demon's whereabouts.
• Lu Tao speculated that Lin Shuguang was on a secret mission, and Wei Qianjun and the others waited for news from above.
• Lin Shuguang cut down the leader of [Kabbalah] with a powerful saber strike while surrounded by the group.
• A Shark Tribe warrior attacked Lin Shuguang, and the members of [Kabbalah] recognized him as the legendary Giant Demon.
• Lin Shuguang swallowed pills, reached the third heaven of Mystic Profundity, and prepared to fight the Shark Tribe warrior at full strength.

Lin Shuguang defeated a Shark Tribe expert, tortured information about the tribe’s troop deployments from him, and sent the intelligence to West Fire City. He then headed for the Shark Tribe’s energy vein, planning to use [Kabbalah] to help him attack before returning home.

• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed the Shark Tribe expert in a destructive battle and carried him away before nearby onlookers could identify him.
• Lin Shuguang tortured the captured expert until he revealed the Shark Tribe’s troop deployments and nearby energy crystals.
• Lin Shuguang left the unconscious expert and a troop deployment map in West Fire City, alerting the Demon Suppression Division to the Shark Tribe’s encirclement.
• The Old General ordered reinforcements to West Fire City and sent Team Four to strike while the Shark Tribe’s commanders were distracted.
• Lin Shuguang set out for the energy vein and decided to recruit [Kabbalah] to help him attack the Shark Tribe’s weakened rear defenses.

Lin Shuguang cultivated in a Shark Tribe energy mine while the Demon Suppression Division and Kabbalah fought outside, then joined the Division after its team found him. The Demon Suppression Division won the battle, and Lin Shuguang reluctantly left the Demon Domain.

• The Old General ordered the Demon Suppression Division to seize the mineral veins after Kabbalah intercepted the Shark Tribe’s reinforcements.
• Lin Shuguang hid in a mine and refined Energy Crystals while fighting raged outside.
• Feller mistook Lin Shuguang for a treasure manifestation, tried to grab him, and was killed.
• Lin Shuguang gathered Energy Crystals and met Lu Tao and the Demon Suppression Division team at the mine.
• Lin Shuguang joined the fight, and the Demon Suppression Division won after two hours before he left the Demon Domain.

Lin Shuguang returned from the Demon Domain, met with the Old General, and brought Song Dao nine bottles of Night Nether River water. He asked Song Dao for a Demon Domain Access Token and information about his mental power technique, while Song Dao kept his identity secret.

• Lu Tao learned from Wei Qianjun that Lin Shuguang had reached the Profound Connection Realm.
• Lin Shuguang left the Command Center after answering the Old General's questions about the Giant Demon.
• Lin Shuguang gave Song Dao nine bottles of Night Nether River water and persuaded him to help obtain an Access Token to the Demon Domain.
• Song Dao agreed to seek an Access Token but refused to reveal his identity.
• Lin Shuguang asked Song Dao about the mental power technique he had used to enhance a weapon.

Lin Shuguang joined the [Vermilion Bird Squad] to investigate strange energy readings around an ancient ship in the Qixingdian Sea Area. As the squad battled [Night Owl] outside, Lin Shuguang followed a trail of scales beneath the seabed and came face-to-face with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

• Song Dao offered to teach Lin Shuguang the mental power secret art later, unaware that Lin Shuguang had already learned it from his demonstration.
• Lu Tao brought Lin Shuguang to join the [Vermilion Bird Squad] on a Silver Rank mission to investigate energy fluctuations in the Qixingdian Sea Area.
• The squad found an ancient ship on the seabed, and Lin Shuguang and Lu Tao discovered a massive scale inside it.
• The ship shook as an unseen attacker struck the squad members guarding it, while Lin Shuguang sensed the scale might belong to a dragon.
• Wei Qianjun and the [Vermilion Bird Squad] clashed with [Night Owl] over the ship as Lin Shuguang followed the trail of scales beneath the seabed.
• Lin Shuguang reached a hole in the ship's hull and saw two blazing crimson eyes belonging to a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon burst out of the ancient ship and unleashed its power, devastating the surrounding sea and vessels. Lin Shuguang appeared riding the dragon, leaving the onlookers awestruck as he urged it to fly faster.

• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon erupted from the ancient ship, and its power swallowed Night Owl members and wrecked ships across the sea.
• Lu Tao, Wei Qianjun, and the others reached Devil's Island and saw the dragon emerge from the water.
• Lu Tao feared Lin Shuguang had been killed after staying aboard the ancient ship, but the group spotted him standing on the dragon's back.
• Powerful figures from nearby islands speculated about Lin Shuguang's identity as he rode the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon through the sky.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon protested through Mental Power, but Lin Shuguang ignored it and shouted for it to go faster.
• The dragon unleashed thunder, dark clouds, and towering waves while nearby experts fled, mistaking its roars for anger at their presence.

After leaving the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, Lin Shuguang swam toward Devil's Island and encountered Qin Zijun, a young man from the Qin Family. Qin Zijun attacked him at sea, and the chapter ended with Qin Family Fourth Uncle realizing Lin Shuguang had reached Mystic Profundity.

• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon left Lin Shuguang on an isolated island, and he swam toward Devil's Island in his damaged diving suit.
• Qin Family Fourth Uncle told Qin Zijun that the Qin Family Ancestor was preparing for a secret mission before attempting a breakthrough to the Core Realm.
• Qin Family Fourth Uncle said the clues about Qin Taihang's attackers pointed toward the Swordsman from Wanxing Mountain.
• Qin Zijun spotted Lin Shuguang swimming and challenged him to a race, but Lin Shuguang ignored him and sped ahead.
• Qin Zijun caught up with Lin Shuguang and attacked him, prompting Lin Shuguang to unleash blade force that made Qin Family Fourth Uncle recognize his Mystic Profundity strength.

Lin Shuguang returned to Devil's Island after killing Qin Zijun, then discussed his dragon ride and Profound Connection Realm with the Old General. When asked what he needed, Lin Shuguang requested more energy crystals and prepared to make an outrageous demand.

• The Qin Family arrived to find sharks tearing apart Qin Zijun's corpse and set off to pursue Lin Shuguang, who had already reached Devil's Island.
• Lin Shuguang handed his damaged diving combat suit to the Logistics Department and explained that lightning strikes had battered it.
• A senior Intelligence Officer summoned Lin Shuguang to meet privately with the Old General, while Wei Qianjun and Lu Tao discussed Lin Shuguang's dragon ride.
• The Old General asked Lin Shuguang about riding the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and entering the Profound Connection Realm.
• Lin Shuguang asked the Old General for more energy crystals, and the Old General asked how many he wanted.

The Qin Family attacked the West River Sect, prompting Jiang Hu to betray its Sect Master while Zhao Xifeng escaped with Lu You. Lin Shuguang left Devil’s Island for Huai City and recognized familiar energy fluctuations near a new clash along the road.

• The Qin Family surrounded the West River Sect and demanded its surrender, and Jiang Hu stabbed the Sect Master to secure his family’s submission.
• Zhao Xifeng and Lu You fled the burning sect after the Sect Master had urged Zhao to leave, and Zhao revealed they were going to find Wang Ye.
• Lin Shuguang left the Old General’s study with an Access Token after failing to obtain Energy Veins and learned he had to return to Huai City.
• Lin Shuguang packed and departed Devil’s Island, while Lu Tao watched him go and wished he could become a Dragon Rider.
• Lin Shuguang’s vehicle encountered reports of fighting ahead, but he refused to change routes after recognizing familiar energy fluctuations.

Lin Shuguang arrived just as Wang Bo was about to kill Liu Bai and stopped the attack with his saber. He told Liu Bai to prove his strength by shooting Wang Bo, leaving the two enemies facing off again.

• Wang Bo unleashed a devastating attack on Liu Bai, who fought back with his Blood Arrow and vowed revenge for his murdered family.
• Wang Bo crushed Liu Bai’s arrow and engulfed him in a destructive blast.
• Lin Shuguang arrived and blocked Wang Bo’s attack with a powerful saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang asked Liu Bai about the urgent matter he had mentioned, and Liu Bai admitted he was ashamed to need help.
• Lin Shuguang said he had come seeking an archery teacher for his younger sister, then told Liu Bai to shoot Wang Bo.

Lin Shuguang intervened when Wang Bo attacked Liu Bai, overwhelming Wang Bo with his saber and destroying his Dharma Form despite its ability to regenerate. Wang Bo lay defeated before Lin Shuguang, unable to accept the outcome.

• Lin Shuguang ordered Liu Bai to shoot Wang Bo, and Liu Bai gathered his strength and fired an arrow.
• Wang Bo caught and crushed Liu Bai’s arrow, then charged toward Liu Bai and Lin Shuguang with his Dharma Form.
• Lin Shuguang struck Wang Bo’s Dharma Form, splitting it and tearing off its arm, which caused Wang Bo to spit blood.
• Wang Bo used his vitality to restore his Dharma Form, aging decades in the process.
• Lin Shuguang charged again and shattered the Dharma Form, leaving Wang Bo badly injured and unable to stand as Lin Shuguang held his saber against him.

Lin Shuguang defeated Wang Bo and let Liu Bai settle their decades-old feud, then accepted Liu Bai’s offer of service by asking him to teach his sister archery. After returning with Liu Bai, Lin met Bai Heng, who had arrived after a month of training.

• Lin Shuguang handed the dying Wang Bo to Liu Bai, who killed his old enemy and pledged his life to Lin.
• Lin Shuguang declined Liu Bai’s pledge and told him to focus on teaching his little sister archery.
• Liu Bai decided to follow Lin Shuguang, while the Military Department driver inferred that Lin had killed Wang Bo and treated him with greater awe.
• Lin Shuguang and Liu Bai waited at an intersection, where Lin learned Liu Bai had no plans of his own.
• Bai Heng arrived after nearly a month away, looking leaner and more tanned, and greeted Lin Shuguang warmly.

Lin Shuguang brought archery Grandmaster Liu Bai, now a Mystic Profundity expert, to the Special Management Bureau and arranged for him to join while teaching Lin Shuguang’s younger sister. Si Qianjun agreed to meet Liu Bai and consider his recruitment, leaving Huai City’s bureau poised to gain another powerful expert.

• Bai Heng recognized Liu Bai and was startled when the usually intimidating archery Grandmaster smiled and followed Lin Shuguang into the Special Management Bureau.
• Lin Shuguang told Bai Heng that Liu Bai had reached Mystic Profundity, leaving Bai Heng astonished by the unexpected change in Liu Bai’s strength.
• Lin Shuguang met Si Qianjun, congratulated him on reaching Mystic Profundity, and revealed that he had broken through as well.
• Si Qianjun asked why Liu Bai had come, and Lin Shuguang explained that he had recruited him to teach his younger sister and wanted him to help the bureau.
• Si Qianjun agreed to handle Liu Bai’s recruitment procedures and said he would meet him, provided there were no issues with him.

Lin Shuguang helped Liu Bai settle into his new role as the Seventh Section’s honorary Inspector and arranged his accommodation, then returned to his family’s shop. An urgent call about anomalies from an Alternate Dimension sent him rushing to a mission site.

• Liu Bai became the Seventh Section’s honorary Inspector, and Director Fang noticed his reverence for Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang arranged Liu Bai’s accommodation through the Jin Family and asked him to teach Lin Xiaoxi archery.
• Lin Shuguang returned to Lin’s Shop and caught up with Mother Lin and Lin Haiyang.
• The Special Management Bureau called Lin Shuguang about active anomalies from an Alternate Dimension.
• Lin Shuguang left with Bai Heng and ordered him to drive straight to the mission site.

Lin Shuguang entered Spatial Tunnel No. 09181 alone to confront a winged abnormal being suspected to be at the Profound Connection Realm. Meanwhile, Liu Bai encountered Lin Xiaoxi at Lin's Shop and recognized her arrow intent, asking if she had ever taken a master.

• Bai Heng informed Lin Shuguang that Profound Connection Realm energy fluctuations had emerged from Spatial Tunnel No. 09181, and Lin Shuguang decided not to call Senior Liu.
• Lin Shuguang reviewed an image of the winged abnormal being and learned that General Xu Huai's forces had established a blockade around the tunnel.
• Lin Shuguang told General Xu Huai to guard the entrance and entered the tunnel alone, while military personnel saluted him.
• Senior officials questioned Lin Shuguang's decision, but Si Qianjun remained confident that he would complete the assignment.
• Liu Bai went to Lin's Shop after learning Lin Shuguang was away, recognized Lin Xiaoxi's arrow intent, and asked whether she had ever taken a master.