Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang realized he had been reborn in his high school years in a world where martial arts, Soul Rings, and awakening abilities were real. As his classmates began the awakening ceremony, Cao Xin awakened as an Ice Elementalist, while Lin Shuguang remained unsure what awaited him.

• Lin Shuguang woke at his old school desk and recognized his former deskmate Xu Jie, then realized he had been reborn.
• Xu Jie explained that Old Fu had lost his eye while fighting a Demonic Cultivator, revealing that martial artists and supernatural threats existed in this world.
• Lin Shuguang discovered martial arts textbooks and learned from Xu Jie that students awakened Destined Souls and received Soul Rings.
• Old Fu silenced the class with an intimidating gaze, leaving Lin Shuguang unable to ask more questions.
• A young man opened a box containing an Awakening Stone, and Old Fu began calling students up for the ceremony.
• Cao Xin touched the Awakening Stone and awakened as an Ice Elementalist with a Blood Energy Value of 63 cal.

Lin Shuguang awakened as a Blade-type Soul Weapon Master, but his Blood Energy Value was only 9 cal, leaving classmates convinced he had no future in martial school. As they tried to comfort him, he examined the Attribute Panel that appeared and saw his destined soul was a Black Iron Slaughter Blade.

• Song Wan awakened as a Wind Element Master with a Blood Energy Value of 98 cal, and Xu Jie manifested a special-grade Nightmare Body despite having only 51 cal.
• Lin Shuguang touched the awakening stone and experienced a vision of an immortal palace being destroyed by a divine saber.
• Lin Shuguang awakened a Blade-type Soul Weapon, but Old Fu announced his Blood Energy Value was only 9 cal.
• Classmates mocked Lin Shuguang's low Blood Energy Value, while Xu Jie and the young man offered him encouragement.
• Lin Shuguang noticed his Attribute Panel listed his destined soul as a Black Iron Slaughter Blade described as being of little use.

After awakening with a saber-type Artifact Spirit and a Blood Energy Value of only 9 cal, Lin Shuguang reassured his family and returned to his room, where his Attribute Panel revealed a strange upgrade prompt. The story left him staring at an offer to top up 1,000 for his Destined Soul.

• Xu Jie invited Lin Shuguang to dinner, but Lin Shuguang declined and left while the students around Xu Jie criticized him.
• Lin Shuguang reunited with his family at home and remembered how much he had missed them.
• Lin Shuguang told his parents that he had awakened as a saber-type Artifact Spirit Master, then revealed his Blood Energy Value was only 9 cal.
• Lin Xiaoxi gave Lin Shuguang her pig-shaped money bank to encourage him, then returned to demand that he treat it as a loan.
• Lin Shuguang opened his Attribute Panel and saw a prompt asking whether to top up 1,000 to upgrade his Destined Soul.

Lin Shuguang discovered that he could spend money to upgrade his abilities, improving his body-refining technique and blood energy. After studying the history of martial arts, he realized that killing chickens might let him use his Absorption ability to gain more blood energy.

• Lin Shuguang found that upgrading Absorption to LV2 required 2,000 yuan, then spent 200 yuan to raise Basic Body Refining Technique to LV2.
• Lin Shuguang practiced the upgraded technique and increased his blood energy from 9 cal to 9.2 cal.
• Lin Shuguang learned about the history of martial arts and the importance of getting into a martial arts school.
• Mother Lin told Lin Shuguang to pick up Lin Xiaoxi and said he could take spare money from a living room drawer.
• Lin Shuguang found only 27 yuan and 80 cents, realized killing chickens might activate Absorption, and rushed off with his blade.

Lin Shuguang discovered that killing chickens with his Slaughter Blade let him absorb blood energy, then used his sister’s money to upgrade his Basic Body Refining Technique. After his mother banned him from the shop over the chicken massacre, he sought more targets at a slaughterhouse.

• Lin Shuguang killed chickens in the backyard and absorbed blood energy, while his parents and the kitchen workers misunderstood what he was doing.
• Lin Shuguang found that the roosters granted more blood energy than hens and realized stronger targets might yield greater gains.
• Mother Lin scolded Lin Shuguang for killing a dozen chickens, and he fled when she threatened him for asking to kill another.
• Lin Shuguang persuaded Lin Xiaoxi to invest her money in his upgrades, raising Basic Body Refining Technique to LV3 and checking the cost of LV4.
• After being forbidden from the shop, Lin Shuguang approached a nearby slaughterhouse and asked the stall owner for unpaid work.

Lin Shuguang learned about martial arts apprentices and discovered that his blood energy had plateaued, prompting him to look for a new way to grow stronger. He visited the rundown Storm Martial Arts School, where hall master Song Shi offered him saber training for eight thousand.

• Lin Shuguang heard Xu Jie explain that martial arts apprentices had blood energy values above five hundred cal, then declined Xu Jie's invitation to join Nanjiang Martial Hall because it cost fifty thousand.
• Old Fu warned the class to avoid buying counterfeit Qi and Blood Pills and to stay indoors because the city was unsafe; Xu Jie told Lin Shuguang that a demonic cultivator had infiltrated the city.
• After school, Xu Jie left with Senior Brother Mo, while Lin Shuguang headed home and reflected that slaughtering ordinary livestock no longer increased his blood energy.
• Feng San handed Lin Shuguang a flyer for Storm Martial Arts School and led him to its remote, dilapidated training yard.
• Song Shi introduced himself as the school's hall master and, with Feng San's help, invited Lin Shuguang to learn saber techniques for eight thousand.

Lin Shuguang joined the Storm Martial Arts School to learn the Tiger Roar Saber Technique, using money his parents had given him despite their financial difficulties. His ability let him rapidly master the technique up to Level 3, and Song Shi was stunned when Lin Shuguang tried it out.

• Song Shi demonstrated the Tiger Roar Saber Technique, convincing Lin Shuguang that the Storm Martial Arts School could help him grow stronger.
• Lin Shuguang told his parents he wanted to join a martial arts school, and Lin Haiyang gave him ten thousand yuan despite the family's money troubles.
• Lin Shuguang overheard his parents discussing rent and wages, but his mother told him to keep the money and focus on his goal.
• The next afternoon, Lin Shuguang paid Song Shi eight thousand yuan and learned the Tiger Roar Saber Technique's movements.
• Lin Shuguang used his ability to raise the technique to Level 3, then began practicing and left Song Shi staring at him in shock.

Lin Shuguang concealed how quickly he had mastered the Tiger Roar Saber Technique while learning that Feng San made money hunting Desolate Ghost Apes in the Blood Desolate Land. After researching the danger and preparing in secret, Lin Shuguang set out for the outskirts to hunt them.

• Lin Shuguang rapidly advanced his Tiger Roar Saber Technique, then hid his true skill to avoid drawing attention.
• Lin Shuguang learned that Song Shi was the Storm Martial Arts School’s only Martial Artist and saw how few students remained.
• Feng San bought beast parts from a trader and told Lin Shuguang that a Desolate Ghost Ape could yield 2,100 in valuable parts.
• Lin Shuguang investigated the Blood Desolate Land and learned that Desolate Ghost Apes lived in groups and attacked other species.
• Lin Shuguang continued training until his blood energy reached 133, then left for the outskirts under the excuse of going to the martial arts school.

Lin Shuguang entered the Blood Desolate Land, scavenged valuable spoils from a dead hunting party, and chose to venture deeper despite the danger. He killed a lone Desolate Ghost Ape and continued toward the sound of rumbling.

• Lin Shuguang found three Desolate Ghost Ape corpses and five human bodies, then recovered their spoils and hid them after burying the dead.
• Lin Shuguang decided to press deeper into the Blood Desolate Land rather than retreat after seeing the dangers.
• Lin Shuguang stealthily approached a lone Desolate Ghost Ape and killed it with a single saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang harvested the ape's intact fangs and Desolate Bead, gained 3 cal of Blood Energy Value, and continued cautiously.
• Half an hour later, Lin Shuguang stopped as a rumbling sound came from ahead.

Lin Shuguang was forced into a confrontation with Jiang Songhao’s hunting party and the pursuing Desolate Ghost Apes, then escaped while the hunters suffered heavy losses. After Jiang Songhao and the sword-carrying young man left the Blood Forest with a Treasure Medicine, Lin Shuguang intercepted them and demanded they hand it over.

• Jiang Songhao tried to draw Lin Shuguang into the Desolate Ghost Apes’ path, and Lize blasted a tree beside him with fireballs to force him to stop.
• Lin Shuguang killed two Desolate Ghost Apes, then kicked a fallen tree toward Jiang Songhao and his companions and used the chaos to escape.
• The Desolate Ghost Apes killed Lize and three other men, while Jiang Songhao and the sword-carrying young man eventually escaped the Blood Forest after eleven members of their party died.
• Jiang Songhao revealed that he had taken the Treasure Medicine guarded by the Desolate Ghost Apes and planned to return for the party’s remaining spoils.
• Lin Shuguang appeared in the two survivors’ path with his blade and demanded they hand over the Treasure Medicine.

Lin Shuguang fought Jiang Songhao and Xiao Fei, then upgraded his Tiger Roar Saber Technique while battling a pack of Desolate Ghost Apes. After killing the apes, he executed the wounded Jiang Songhao and took no heed of his pleas.

• Lin Shuguang demanded the treasure medicine from Jiang Songhao, and the two fought while Xiao Fei prepared to join in.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed a powerful saber attack that killed Xiao Fei and badly wounded Jiang Songhao, who begged to be spared.
• More than a dozen Desolate Ghost Apes arrived, and Lin Shuguang upgraded his Tiger Roar Saber Technique to LV4 during the fight.
• Lin Shuguang killed the Desolate Ghost Apes while Jiang Songhao lost an arm and was mauled by the pack.
• Jiang Songhao begged Lin Shuguang to save him and promised to surrender the treasure medicine, but Lin Shuguang cut off his head.

Lin Shuguang sold his spoils, upgraded his body-refining technique and Absorption ability, and reached the limit imposed by his Slaughter Blade’s quality. Song Shi then began teaching him a new killing technique, Star Prison Gale Slash.

• Lin Shuguang sold his spoils to Feng San for 53,800 and received an address for a treasure-medicine buyer.
• Song Shi had Lin Shuguang demonstrate the Tiger Roar Saber Technique to teach the other students its proper form.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded Basic Body Refining Technique to LV5 and Absorption to LV4, but could not upgrade Absorption further because the Slaughter Blade’s quality was insufficient.
• Song Shi brought Lin Shuguang to the courtyard and began teaching him the killing technique Star Prison Gale Slash.

Song Shi taught Lin Shuguang the killing technique Star Prison Gale Slash, which Lin Shuguang secretly upgraded until its power shattered his wooden saber. After practice, Feng San offered to take him home, then revealed a stash of burlap sacks outside the school.

• Students watched Song Shi teach Lin Shuguang a killing technique, while Peng Chao dismissed their jealousy and urged them to focus on the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam.
• Song Shi demonstrated Star Prison Gale Slash and left Lin Shuguang alone to practice in the courtyard.
• Lin Shuguang used his Attribute Panel to upgrade Star Prison Gale Slash to LV3, then shattered a wooden saber with a powerful swing.
• Lin Shuguang hid the broken saber, resumed practicing like a beginner, and received further instruction from Song Shi.
• Song Shi asked Feng San to take Lin Shuguang home because Huai City was unsafe, and Feng San agreed.
• Feng San led Lin Shuguang to several burlap sacks hidden outside the school and asked him to help carry them.

Lin Shuguang gave his parents ten thousand yuan and showed them his newfound strength, then traded snacks with Lin Xiaoxi to settle her investment. At school, he learned that Martial Arts Apprentice assessments were a month away and considered whether he could qualify in time.

• Lin Shuguang told his parents the ten thousand yuan was prize money from a Martial Arts Hall exhibition match, then snapped several chopsticks to demonstrate his strength.
• Lin Xiaoxi demanded dividends on her investment, and Lin Shuguang directed her to the snacks he had bought as repayment.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at class and remembered the Treasure Medicine, finding Feng San's card for Old Jin at Tianheng Pharmacy.
• Xu Jie told Lin Shuguang that the Martial Arts Apprentice assessment was a month away and that apprentices received thirty extra points on the College Entrance Examination.
• Lin Shuguang asked what benefits a Martial Artist received, and Xu Jie said top schools such as Modu Martial School would offer free admission and cultivation resources.

Lin Shuguang sold a stalk of treasure medicine to Old Jin for two hundred thousand, then learned that Feng San would pay him for Blood Heart Grass found in the Blood Desolate Land. The chapter left Lin Shuguang considering a trip there to earn money and improve his strength before Assessment Day.

• Three men learned from Curly Hair’s special sense that Lin Shuguang carried treasure medicine and planned to rob him after he sold it.
• Lin Shuguang met Old Jin at Tianheng Pharmacy and sold his sky heart blue sea grass for two hundred thousand.
• The old man at the pharmacy stopped Curly Hair from following Lin Shuguang, warning that he was Master Jin’s friend.
• Curly Hair found the tattooed fat man and the short man beaten and robbed in an alley, then someone knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Shuguang gave Feng San the gold necklace, and Feng San offered to pay him three thousand per stalk of Blood Heart Grass.

Lin Shuguang trained in the Blood Desolate Land, hunted Desolate Ghost Apes, and sold his collected spoils to Feng San. After seeing his blood energy exceed 300 cal, he decided he could upgrade both saber techniques.

• Song Wan tried to stop Lin Shuguang from leaving class with a wind wall, but he walked through it, leaving her baffled.
• Lin Shuguang hunted Desolate Ghost Apes in the Blood Desolate Land, gained over a hundred blood energy, and found no Blood Heart Grass.
• Lin Shuguang confronted Zhang Fan's five-person hunting team, refused their offer to join a job, and left unharmed.
• Lin Shuguang avoided showing his mother the bloody bundles, then met Feng San and sold his spoils for fifty-nine thousand.
• Lin Shuguang checked his Attribute Panel and saw his blood energy had reached 330 cal, enough to upgrade both saber techniques.

Lin Shuguang upgraded his martial techniques and encountered his injured teacher Old Fu fighting a Demonic Cultivator Martial Artist at an abandoned construction site. As the enemy attacked Lin Shuguang, Old Fu launched a counterattack.

• Lin Shuguang upgraded the Tiger Roar Saber Technique and Star Prison Gale Slash, gaining greater strength and the ability to unleash powerful wind blades.
• Song Shi praised Lin Shuguang's progress, asked whether he planned to take next month's assessment, and offered him a former student's assessment notes and martial arts insights.
• Lin Shuguang turned down Lin Xiaoxi's request for fried chicken, then took a secluded route and heard fighting at an abandoned construction site.
• Lin Shuguang found Old Fu badly wounded and facing a Demonic Cultivator Martial Artist who wanted revenge for his brother's death.
• The Demonic Cultivator Martial Artist thrust his spear toward Lin Shuguang's hiding place, and Old Fu seized the moment to attack with his axe.

Lin Shuguang rescued Old Fu and killed the wounded demonic martial artist, then answered a phone call that mistook him for the cultivator and warned him that the Special Management Bureau was searching for him. After returning home, he discovered he had gained 140 cal of blood energy, while Song Wan began to suspect he was the one who had broken her Wind Wall.

• Old Fu spent his last strength striking the demonic martial artist, but the clash left him gravely wounded and unconscious.
• Lin Shuguang ambushed the demonic martial artist and fought him, growing more skilled with each exchange before killing him with Star Prison Gale Slash.
• Lin Shuguang checked on Old Fu, called an ambulance, and answered the demonic martial artist's phone, hearing that a contact would send the location of something in four days and that the Special Management Bureau was looking for him.
• Lin Shuguang returned home with fried chicken for Lin Xiaoxi, then saw a message on his Attribute Panel saying he had seized 140 cal of blood energy.
• Song Wan's teacher shattered her Wind Wall during training, prompting Song Wan to recall Lin Shuguang breaking through it and wonder if he had done so.

Lin Shuguang learned that Old Fu had been hospitalized after encountering a demonic cultivator, while Xu Jie shared rumors about the coming College Entrance Examination and a gifted student named Ye Tianhao. As Song Wan grew suspicious of Lin Shuguang’s strength, her attempt to test him accidentally trapped Xu Jie instead, and she left without explaining.

• Xu Jie told Lin Shuguang that Old Fu had been injured by a demonic cultivator and that the Special Management Bureau had become involved.
• Xu Jie said Ye Tianhao had learned a Killing Technique in less than half a month and warned that returning deferred students could make this year’s Martial Arts School admissions more competitive.
• Song Wan watched Lin Shuguang, wondering whether he had concealed his strength, while he focused on applying for the Martial Artist assessment.
• Song Wan formed a Wind Wall near the bathroom to test Lin Shuguang, but Xu Jie ran into it and blamed an unseen attacker.
• Song Wan left without apologizing after Xu Jie vowed to catch the culprit, and Lin Shuguang declined Xu Jie’s invitation to visit.

Lin Shuguang continued training at the martial hall while Li Xi sought his guidance and Peng Chao prepared for the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam. The hall welcomed Ye Tianhao, a talented newcomer who planned to train there until next month’s exam, leaving Peng Chao wondering why he had chosen the school.

• Li Xi asked Lin Shuguang for help with the Tiger Roar Saber Technique, and Lin told him to watch his practice and learn the principles for himself.
• Peng Chao dismissed the idea that Lin Shuguang could pass the exam, then resolved to pass it himself and enter a better martial arts school.
• Lin Shuguang noticed that his physical abilities and perception had improved, and found he could sense his body and barely stimulate his cells to release blood energy.
• Feng San told Lin Shuguang that Ye Tianhao, the Ye Family heir skilled in both sword and saber, had arrived with Ye Wu, a martial artist who worked for the National Special Department.
• Song Shi introduced Ye Tianhao as a new student who would train at the martial hall until next month’s exam, and Peng Chao wondered why he had chosen the school.