Recaps

Lin Shuguang was escorted to Medicine God Valley as a mysterious expert, while Lu You held back from approaching him to protect his mission. After Lin Shuguang entered the valley, Chen Xu warned his brother Chen Ye not to return to the sect that day.

• Chen Xu sensed Lin Shuguang’s powerful aura and personally escorted him to Medicine God Valley.
• Lu You recognized Lin Shuguang as Wang Ye, but Zhao Xifeng stopped him from approaching and reminded him to protect Wang Ye’s cover.
• News of Medicine God Valley’s important visitor spread, and Xu Qianxue dismissed Chen Ye’s boasts about his brother’s prospects.
• Medicine God Valley’s elders gathered to receive Lin Shuguang, and Chen Xu left after bringing him into the valley.
• Chen Xu encountered Chen Ye outside the sect and told him not to return that day.

Lin Shuguang posed as Wang Ye while probing Medicine God Valley for information about its pills, but the valley recognized him as the attacker sought by the Qin Family. After leaving, he sensed an ambush and dodged to one side, though the attacker remained unrevealed.

• Chen Xu failed to figure Lin Shuguang out and left Medicine God Valley feeling uneasy.
• Lin Shuguang introduced himself to Valley Master Lü as Wang Ye, and the valley elders mistakenly assumed he was a Grandmaster.
• Lin Shuguang asked about Medicine God Valley’s Golden Yuan Pills while the valley’s leaders questioned him about his background.
• After a Guardian Elder delivered news, Valley Master Lü asked about Lin Shuguang’s saber skills, prompting Lin Shuguang to leave immediately.
• Valley Master Lü explained that the Qin Family was seeking the attacker who had robbed Qin Taihang at Wanxing Mountain, and Elder Hu identified Lin Shuguang as the mysterious swordsman.
• Several miles from Medicine God Valley, Lin Shuguang sensed danger and swiftly dodged an unseen attack.

Lin Shuguang, disguised as Wang Ye, confronted the Qin Family over Qin Taihang’s death and overwhelmed their fighters with mystic profundity. As townspeople and Medicine God Valley observed the distant battle, a powerful figure charged toward the valley headquarters.

• Qin Tianjiu identified Lin Shuguang as the swordsman tied to Qin Taihang’s death and accused him of destroying the Qin Family’s plans.
• Lin Shuguang admitted his role in fighting Qin Taihang and challenged the Qin Family’s claim to power and treasure.
• Lin Shuguang attacked the Qin Family group with his Slaughter Blade, crushing their formation and revealing his mystic profundity.
• Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue noticed the distant battle, while Chen Xu sent Chen Ye away from town for safety.
• Valley Master Luo speculated about Qin Tianjiu’s strength as a formidable figure charged toward Medicine God Valley headquarters, blasting apart buildings.

Lin Shuguang attacked Medicine God Valley after learning it had helped the Qin Family, revealing himself as a Profound Connection Realm Martial King and crushing Valley Master Luo Changhe. Medicine God Valley’s ancestor arrived, but Lin Shuguang demanded they either fight him or pay.

• Lin Shuguang unleashed his power at Medicine God Valley’s entrance, destroying it and revealing that he was a Profound Connection Realm Martial King.
• Lin Shuguang defeated Luo Changhe and dragged him through the valley, demanding the Golden Yuan Pills Luo had said the sect could refine.
• Medicine God Valley’s ancestor arrived and apologized for his disciples, but Lin Shuguang challenged him to fight or pay.
• The ancestor urged Lin Shuguang to be less overbearing, and Lin Shuguang mocked him for being afraid.

Lin Shuguang forced Medicine God Valley to surrender and open its treasury after Lin Yi arrived with a colossal sword. After breaking through to the fifth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm, Lin Shuguang headed for the Steel Alliance but unexpectedly encountered two familiar figures at the station.

• The Medicine God Valley Old Ancestor challenged Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang summoned Lin Yi, whose arrival made the old ancestor concede.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Medicine God Valley to open its treasury, and three hours later the devastated sect faced departing disciples and the old ancestor's decision to enter seclusion.
• The Medicine God Valley Old Ancestor told Luo Changhe the disaster was not his fault and revealed that Lin Shuguang's aura had reached at least mid-tier Tongxuan.
• Lin Shuguang broke through to the fifth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm and set off for the Steel Alliance.
• At the station, Lin Shuguang heard someone call "Wang Ye" and saw two familiar figures, one of whom waved at him.

Lin Shuguang reunited with Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue, then told Si Qianjun he had advanced again and planned to face the Steel Alliance without the Bureau’s help. The chapter ended with Bai Heng reporting trouble requisitioning supplies for Lin Shuguang’s cultivation.

• Lin Shuguang introduced Lin Yi to Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue while they rode together, then got off before Lu Youwei could ask for his number.
• Lu Youwei told Xu Qianxue that Lin Shuguang felt special to her destined soul, and Xu Qianxue later learned that an unknown fighter had subdued Medicine God Valley with a Profound Connection Realm follower.
• Si Qianjun sensed Lin Shuguang’s new breakthrough and asked how he advanced, while Lin Shuguang jokingly advised him to take pills or seek donations.
• Si Qianjun offered to send fighters with Lin Shuguang to the Steel Alliance’s Celebration Conference, but Lin Shuguang refused and claimed he could bring three Profound Connection Realm fighters himself.
• Lin Shuguang asked Bai Heng to requisition cultivation supplies, but three minutes later Bai Heng urgently called because the supplies had not arrived.

Lin Shuguang learned that supplies had been diverted to support a Beast Tide, but the fighting ended before he could join it. He focused on his looming conflict with the Qin Family and prepared for his upcoming trip to the coast; two days later, Si Qianjun called to signal that the time had come.

• Director Ke told Lin Shuguang that supplies had been requisitioned because Demon Beast attacks in West Tower District threatened to become a Beast Tide, and Lin offered to support the front.
• Si Qianjun arranged for Lin to join the fighting, but over thirty Great Grandmasters had nearly finished the battle before Lin could arrive.
• Lin checked his attributes at the Jin Family’s Cultivation Room and considered how he could reach the Core Realm and eventually claim territory in the Demon Domain.
• Lin Haiyang tried to arrange a meeting between Lin Shuguang and his friend’s daughter, but Lin claimed he had official business on the coast and joked that he liked muscles.
• Two days later, Si Qianjun called Lin Shuguang, who realized the time had come.

Lin Shuguang traveled with Bai Heng and Liu Bai to the Steel Alliance’s seventieth anniversary celebration at Ice Plains Valley, while Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue secretly made their way inside. Xu Qianxue learned from Senior Taici that the Battle of Martial Kings was about to begin, and realized they had arrived in time to witness it.

• Bai Heng explained the Steel Alliance’s plans for Ice Plains Valley, and Liu Bai recalled how Gang Yan had seized power from the previous alliance leader.
• Lin Shuguang, Bai Heng, and Liu Bai flew to Ice Plains Valley as crowds gathered in town for the celebration.
• Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue saw a young man turned away from the entrance for lacking an invitation, then heard that the Steel Alliance leader was a Martial King.
• Xu Qianxue led Lu Youwei along a hidden path and brought her by pleasure boat to the gathering on the lake.
• Senior Taici warned Lu Youwei not to stare at the powerful people around them and told the two that the Battle of Martial Kings was about to begin.

At the Steel Alliance celebration in Ice Plains Valley, Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue learned about the rival Martial Kings Lin Shuguang and Gang Yan before Gang Yan announced a coalition and challenged Lin. The chapter ended as another Profound Connection Realm expert arrived from the east, leaving the crowd wondering if it was Lin Shuguang.

• A child and Taici told Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue about Lin Shuguang, Gang Yan, and the Martial Dao realms.
• Taici described Gang Yan as ruthless and Lin Shuguang as a mysterious Special Management Bureau official known for fighting Demonic Cultivators.
• Gang Yan arrived above the lake on a towering surge of water, and his Sword Intent shook the gathering.
• Gang Yan announced that the Steel Alliance was forming a coalition, saying no one would be forced to join.
• Gang Yan challenged Lin Shuguang to a personal battle, and another Profound Connection Realm expert arrived from the east.

Gang Yan killed Li Bin with a single overwhelming sword strike, then waited at Ice Plains Lake for Lin Shuguang to arrive. Lin finally appeared and charged across the lake to face Gang Yan, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Li Bin of the Ice Valley Clan confronted Gang Yan, but Gang Yan pierced and killed him with four manifested swords.
• Gang Yan challenged Lin Shuguang and waited while the gathered martial artists speculated that Lin might not come.
• Xu Qianxue and Lu Youwei sensed something familiar about the approaching figure and wondered whether he was Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at the lake, and Gang Yan declared that he would kill him as an offering to heaven.
• Lin Shuguang dismissed Gang Yan's threats and surged across the lake to fight him.

Gang Yan challenged Lin Shuguang at Northern Icefield Lake, but Lin Shuguang shattered his sword with the Slaughter Blade and forced him onto the defensive. Gang Yan then revealed a larger trap, leaving Lin Shuguang enclosed within a Wicked Array.

• Gang Yan attacked Lin Shuguang with a giant sword, and their clash destroyed every boat on the lake.
• Gang Yan revealed that he had undergone a Second Awakening and combined his sword abilities with water control.
• Lin Shuguang summoned the Slaughter Blade and cleaved apart Gang Yan’s giant sword, surprising the onlookers.
• Gang Yan lured Lin Shuguang into a Sword Domain Magnetic Field, but Lin Shuguang tore through it with saber energy and lightning.
• Gang Yan invoked five profound Qi soldiers and covered Northern Icefield Lake with a Torrent Sword Domain, trapping Lin Shuguang in a Wicked Array.

Lin Shuguang overwhelmed Gang Yan in a battle across Ice Plains Valley, breaking his Wicked Array and driving him to the brink with a devastating saber strike. Gang Yan withdrew his hands, leaving the watching crowd to wonder whether the fight had already been decided.

• Gang Yan trapped Lin Shuguang in a Wicked Array, but Lin Shuguang unleashed six million cal of Blood Energy and shattered the sword domain.
• Lin Shuguang charged Gang Yan with his Divine Saber, Thunder, and cold ice powers, revealing that he had awakened three times.
• Gang Yan poured nearly thirty years of cultivation into a Wicked Array, but Lin Shuguang's saber broke through his defenses and overwhelmed him.
• The onlookers watched in disbelief as Senior Taici praised both fighters and predicted Lin Shuguang could become Great Xia's youngest Core Realm expert.
• Gang Yan boasted that he would reach the Core Realm within five years, but Lin Shuguang called him an idiot and pressed down with a killing slash.
• Gang Yan silently withdrew his hands, recognizing he lacked the strength to withstand Lin Shuguang's attack.

Gang Yan used the life-burning power of his ancient inheritance to unleash a massive sword strike against Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang answered with a saber strike that crushed it. Their battle devastated Ice Plains Valley and ended with Gang Yan mortally wounded and dead at the lakebed.

• Gang Yan withdrew his sinister formation’s sword domain and summoned the Heaven God Sword by sacrificing the lake’s fish and shrimp and drawing on his life.
• Lin Shuguang charged the hundred-meter sword and met it with a seemingly ordinary saber strike that overwhelmed Gang Yan’s attack.
• The two fighters crashed into the lake, sending enormous waves toward shore and tearing apart the banks as Lin Shuguang pinned Gang Yan beneath his saber.
• Gang Yan suffered a deep wound across his torso, admitted he was still no match for Lin Shuguang, and died at the lakebed.

After killing Gang Yan, Lin Shuguang claimed the Steel Alliance and used Lin Yi and Liu Bai to crush the remaining opposition. The witnesses realized his name would soon spread across Great Xia, while Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue began to suspect that Wang Ye was Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang announced that Gang Yan was dead and demanded to know whether anyone objected to the Steel Alliance changing hands.
• The new deputy alliance leader challenged Lin Shuguang, but Lin Yi killed him with a burst of Sword Intent.
• Liu Bai revealed himself as another Profound Connection Realm expert and threatened anyone who resisted Lin Shuguang.
• The Steel Alliance members knelt and accepted Lin Shuguang as their new Alliance Leader, and he went to the Main Hall with Lin Yi and Liu Bai.
• Lu Youwei asked Xu Qianxue whether Wang Ye might actually be Lin Shuguang, leaving Xu Qianxue stunned.

Lin Shuguang took over the Steel Alliance after killing Gang Yan, and Si Qianjun recommended him for the [Spark Plan]. The Qin Family learned that Lin Shuguang had three Profound Connection Realm allies and began discussing how to respond.

• Lin Shuguang ordered logistics manager Liu Fang to handle the Steel Alliance's affairs and report its inventories by the next day.
• Si Qianjun heard that Lin Shuguang had taken over the Steel Alliance and urged the governor to let him join the [Spark Plan].
• Qin Tianwen learned that Lin Shuguang had killed Gang Yan and claimed the Steel Alliance's leadership with two Profound Connection Realm helpers.
• The Qin Family head called for the clan elders to discuss Lin Shuguang, while Qin Tianwen urged the family to kill him first.

Lin Shuguang ordered the Steel Alliance to expand and set out to investigate Gang Yan's Stockpile after killing Gang Yan. News of his victory spread across the Martial Dao world, drawing attention from the Governor and prompting the Qin Family to suspect he was the mysterious Swordsman they had been seeking.

• Lin Shuguang ordered the Steel Alliance to expand despite Liu Fang's warning about the Qin Family, then set out with Liu Bai and Lin Yi for Gang Yan's cultivation room.
• Lu Shuangxue of the Lu Family greeted Lin Shuguang at headquarters, but he ignored her and continued on his way.
• News that Lin Shuguang had killed Gang Yan spread through Great Xia and Southeast Asia, making him known as the youngest living Profound Connection Realm expert.
• The Governor reviewed a top-secret report on Lin Shuguang's abilities and called Commander Yang on Devil's Island.
• The Qin Family's elders analyzed Lin Shuguang's battle and suspected he was the mysterious Swordsman who had killed Taihang.
• The Qin Family Patriarch noted Lin Shuguang's strength and his two Profound Connection Realm helpers, while a Clan Elder raised his eyes without changing expression.

The Qin Family decided to continue its Expansion Plan while secretly monitoring Lin Shuguang, and threatened to obstruct the Special Management Bureau if necessary. At the Steel Alliance, Lin Shuguang spent 1.3 billion to comprehend Gang Yan’s sword intent, then learned that someone overseas had placed a one-billion bounty on him.

• The Qin Family Patriarch ordered the family to continue the Expansion Plan and watch Lin Shuguang, while warning that the Qin Family would retaliate if the Special Management Bureau interfered with its plans.
• Lin Shuguang, Liu Bai, and Bai Heng examined the Steel Alliance’s cultivation supplies and Gang Yan’s legacy, where a powerful sword intent erupted from an iron case before Lin Shuguang suppressed it.
• Lin Shuguang paid 1.3 billion to comprehend the sword intent and transfer it to Lin Yi, then spent an hour cultivating its martial dao principles.
• Si Qianjun called Lin Shuguang and warned him that someone overseas had posted a one-billion bounty on him.
• Lin Shuguang scoffed at the bounty and said the amount was too small, offering to take the job himself if they added a zero.

Lin Shuguang broke through to the Sixth Heaven of the Profound Connection Realm while strengthening his saber arts, and the Steel Alliance attracted new followers. He sensed that a vast karma power was consuming the planet’s will and ordered his alliance to gather saber and mental power techniques as it began to expand under his leadership.

• A heavenly anomaly appeared over Peach Garden as Lin Shuguang broke through, drawing Martial Dao experts who discussed his power and the Steel Alliance’s prospects.
• Several experts voluntarily pledged allegiance to the Steel Alliance, encouraged by Lin Shuguang’s breakthrough and the auspicious sign above Peach Garden.
• Lin Shuguang spent a billion to max out the Steel Alliance’s saber techniques and fuse them into stronger versions of his Blade of Slaughter arts.
• Lin Shuguang sensed karma power eroding the planet’s will and worried that it would seek him out when it descended.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Liu Fang to gather saber and mental power techniques, then the Steel Alliance reorganized and began advancing under his leadership.

After cultivating in seclusion until the end of the month, Lin Shuguang learned that a mysterious magnetic field had sealed Huai City and driven its residents to madness. He left for the city with Liu Bai and Bai Heng, where new intelligence arrived just as they prepared to enter.

• Lin Shuguang’s blood energy exceeded eight million calories as he cultivated and mastered nearly one hundred saber techniques.
• Bai Heng told Lin Shuguang that a mysterious magnetic field had cut off Huai City for a week, causing people to go mad and kill each other, though Director Si reported that Lin Shuguang’s family was safe.
• Liu Bai decided to return to Huai City to find Lin Xiaoxi, and Lin Shuguang agreed to go with him and Bai Heng.
• Lin Shuguang and his companions flew to Huai City, where military personnel explained that entry remained extremely difficult despite the magnetic field’s weakening.
• A powerful fluctuation struck Huai City’s magnetic field, and the personnel reported that something had happened inside.

Lin Shuguang and Liu Bai entered the sealed Huai City to rescue civilians and stop the ancient corpses, while Si Qianjun's forces fought to defend Longhu Center. The chapter ended as Lin Shuguang and Liu Bai arrived to face the giant corpses besieging headquarters.

• Lin Shuguang cut short the warnings, entered Huai City through the temporary passage with Liu Bai, and learned they had six hours before the energy supply ran out.
• Lin Shuguang slaughtered a pack of walking corpses and learned that Si Qianjun had gathered civilians and martial artists at Longhu Center.
• Liu Bai rebuked civilians who tried to block Lin Shuguang, and Lin Shuguang assured a child that they would survive before racing toward Longhu Center with Liu Bai.
• Three giant corpses led a horde in an assault on Longhu Center, where the wounded Si Qianjun prepared to fight until Lin Shuguang and Liu Bai arrived.

Lin Shuguang arrived at central Longhu and quickly destroyed the walking corpse horde, then ordered the officials to mobilize everyone to fight while preparing for a single evacuation chance. After reassuring himself that his family was safe, he entered the spatial tunnel at Luoshan to confront the threat within.

• Lin Shuguang arrived at the base and killed a giant corpse with one saber strike, then cleared a path through the horde as Si Qianjun and Liu Bai led people to safety.
• Lin Shuguang learned that his family was safe and explained that Huai City had only one evacuation opportunity in six hours.
• When an official proposed abandoning ordinary people, Lin Shuguang knocked him unconscious and ordered everyone to fight the walking corpses.
• Lin Shuguang reached Luoshan and charged alone into the spatial tunnel while Si Qianjun and the Special Management Bureau watched and vowed to wait for him.

As Lin Shuguang entered Huai City to face the foreign beings, the Qin Family discussed the crisis and plotted to exploit his absence from the Steel Alliance. Rumors about his departure stirred unrest at the alliance, where Liu Fang prepared to respond with Lin Yi’s help.

• Cao Chao told Huang Qisheng that Lin Shuguang had returned to Huai City, while the authorities kept the details of the crisis sealed.
• A messenger informed the Qin Family that Lin Shuguang and Liu Bai had entered Huai City, where officials were preparing a six-hour deadline and a major battle against the foreign beings.
• Qin Tianwen suggested spreading word that Lin Shuguang had left the Steel Alliance so others might move against it, and the Qin Family Patriarch did not object.
• Rumors that Lin Shuguang was away from headquarters made people restless, and three outside experts arrived to challenge the Steel Alliance.
• Liu Fang ordered his subordinate to invite deputy alliance leader Lin Yi to deal with the visitors.

Lin Shuguang defeated the Corpse God in the Spatial Tunnel, while the Governor struggled to prepare an evacuation route through Huai City's growing Magnetic Field. The chapter left Lin Shuguang pausing his final blow after the Corpse God said it could see something.

• Lin Yi drove away those threatening the Steel Alliance, and the Qin Family fell silent after learning of his strength.
• Professor Wang warned the Governor that the Magnetic Field had surged beyond the equipment's capacity, so the Governor called Dragon City for more energy supplies.
• Si Qianjun received Lin Shuguang's parents and told them he believed Lin Shuguang would be all right.
• Lin Shuguang stood unharmed in the Spatial Tunnel and faced the wounded Corpse God amid the ruins.
• Lin Shuguang raised his foot to kill the Corpse God, but stopped when it said it could see something.

Lin Shuguang learned that the Corpse God was only a soul fragment and that a mysterious being destroyed him before he could reveal more. While Lin Shuguang prepared to leave the spatial tunnel, golden light swept through Huai City, bringing widespread breakthroughs and leaving Lin Xiaoxi waiting for her brother.

• The Corpse God warned Lin Shuguang that his immense karma power could provoke a backlash and hinted at a true world beyond the Fragmented World.
• A Vertical Pupil appeared in the sky and annihilated the Corpse God, after which the Ancient Corpse Tribe members also perished.
• Lin Shuguang wondered about the world’s secrets, vowed to grow strong enough to cut down the sky, and prepared to exit the spatial tunnel before sensing an uninvited guest.
• After the six-hour deadline passed without contact from outside, Si Qianjun and the trapped crowd feared they had been abandoned inside Huai City.
• Golden light pierced the clouds, and nearly half the million-plus people grew stronger, with more than a hundred breaking through to Martial Dao Great Grandmaster.
• Liu Bai guarded Lin Xiaoxi’s family as they cultivated, while Lin Xiaoxi asked where her brother was and why he had not returned.

Outside Huai City, Professor Wang warned the Governor that the city was sealed by a powerful magnetic field, while its inhabitants cultivated under golden light. Inside an Alternate Dimension, Lin Shuguang evolved the Blood Shield Giant Form Technique into Savage God Blood and bluffed the Divine Envoy into believing he was a reawakened member of the Divine Temple, ending with the Envoy promising to contact him.

• Professor Wang told the Governor that Huai City's readings had surged and the city could not be entered until its magnetic field opened on its own.
• Si Qianjun and other powerhouses saw strange figures above the clouds as people across Huai City practiced martial arts in golden light.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded the Blood Shield Giant Form Technique until it evolved into Savage God Blood, greatly increasing his strength and defense.
• The Divine Envoy mistook Lin Shuguang's ability to cultivate the technique as proof that he belonged to the Divine Temple and invited him to join its campaign in the West.
• Lin Shuguang pretended to have lost his memories and demanded cultivation resources, then used a burst of Saber Intent to strengthen the Divine Envoy's belief that he was a powerful reawakened being.
• As the Alternate Dimension collapsed, the Divine Envoy escaped through the void and told Lin Shuguang to wait for word, while Lin Shuguang regretted not extracting more from him.