Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang learned the Formation Pattern Art from Zhou Tian and entered the Secret Realm with Pei Xi, where they faced the graveyard’s deadly bone trees. After destroying one with a single slash, Lin Shuguang led Pei Xi deeper inside.

• Lin Shuguang paid to learn the incomplete Formation Pattern Art from Zhou Tian, then knocked him unconscious and tied him and Lang Hong up.
• Lin Shuguang entered the Secret Realm with Pei Xi, who warned him that the place was a graveyard where many members of her former group had vanished or died.
• Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi ventured through poisonous corpse qi and saw bone trees made of skulls and bones.
• A bone tree fired spikes at Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi, while skeletal arms erupted from the ground; Lin Shuguang cut them all apart.
• Lin Shuguang destroyed the bone tree with one saber slash and told Pei Xi to continue onward.

Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi entered the underground cavern and fought through a passage where numerous Skeleton Warriors rose to attack them. After Lin Shuguang collected their Corpse Beads, Pei Xi urged him to turn back, but he continued toward the Corpse Palace, and she followed.

• Lin Shuguang jumped into the cavern entrance, and Pei Xi followed, warning him about the dangerous Corpse Palace ahead.
• Pei Xi nervously clung to Lin Shuguang as they passed skeletal remains, while he told her to stop getting in his way.
• Skeleton Warriors rose throughout the passage, and Lin Shuguang charged forward and destroyed them with his saber.
• Lin Shuguang collected icy, gray-white Corpse Beads from the Skeleton Warriors.
• Pei Xi suggested retreating because the cavern had changed since her previous visit, but Lin Shuguang continued onward and she followed.

Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi searched the tomb, where Lin Shuguang crushed its powerful Skeleton Warriors and an ancient general before a mysterious voice expelled them from the Secret Realm. Lin Shuguang immediately forced his way back in and charged toward the tomb’s depths, demanding that the hidden figure appear.

• Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi searched the tomb tunnels, and Lin Shuguang found a jade bead that did not crumble.
• Lin Shuguang destroyed a formation of powerful Skeleton Warriors and collected their corpse beads and treasures.
• Lin Shuguang killed an armored ancient general with a single saber strike and took the black blood bead from its head.
• A furious roar sent the Skeleton Warriors retreating, and a mysterious voice teleported Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi out of the Secret Realm.
• Lin Shuguang persuaded Pei Xi to help him enter the Secret Realm again, then cut through the Bone Trees and Skeleton Warriors as he charged into the tomb and called for its hidden master.

Lin Shuguang broke into the Corpse Palace and fought its Dragon Robe Otherworldly Human, but was expelled from the Secret Realm before the mountain fled through a spatial rift. He seized a fragment of Jade Bone and returned to Huai City, where his sister greeted him at the door.

• Lin Shuguang used the power of two Martial Dao Wills to break open the Corpse Palace's door and attack the Dragon Robe Otherworldly Human.
• The Dragon Robe Otherworldly Human sent Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi out of the Secret Realm, then the mountain containing it rose and began escaping through a spatial rift.
• Lin Shuguang slashed off part of the mountain and took a fragment of Jade Bone before the rest vanished.
• Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi left the mountains, while Zhou Tian, Lang Hong, and the others woke up bound and discovered the Secret Realm was gone.
• Pei Xi took Lin Shuguang home to Huai City, where his sister rushed to greet him.

Lin Shuguang received a surge of Blood Energy from the Blood-red Demonic Saber and witnessed the Swordsman’s memory of a devastating final strike before investigating the world’s mysteries and advancing his cultivation. The chapter ended with Feng San calling to say an out-of-town Overlord Dragon had detained him and demanded ransom.

• The Blood-red Demonic Saber absorbed nearly a hundred Corpse Beads, gave Lin Shuguang twenty thousand calories of Blood Energy, and showed him the Swordsman’s memory of cleaving through an army and the heavens.
• Lin Shuguang searched the Special Management Bureau archives for information about Jade Bone, Skeleton Warriors, and the Martial Dao Will in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chu Xiongtian told Lin Shuguang that Professor Wang suspected a substance from the Walking Corpse could strengthen martial artists in the Bone Tempering Realm.
• Lin Shuguang focused on cultivation while the bureau supplied him with martial artist-level ferocious beast flesh, reaching Bone Tempering 70 Resonances at 6%.
• Feng San called Lin Shuguang and said an out-of-town Overlord Dragon had detained him and demanded ransom; Lin Shuguang asked how much.

Feng San was abducted and beaten after he fought men who had harassed the Martial Arts Hall students, and he called Lin Shuguang for help. At the factory, one of the kidnappers recognized Lin Shuguang as the man who had rescued him from the Snakehead Organization, and Chang Jun knelt to ask for a loan for Liu Zi’s mother’s treatment.

• Feng San beat the men who harassed the children, then was abducted from his home and taken to an abandoned factory, where Brother Jun demanded money.
• Feng San called Lin Shuguang, who took a taxi to the factory while two of the men waited anxiously at a hospital for treatment for a sick woman.
• Lin Shuguang arrived and found Feng San surrounded by the men.
• Liu Zi recognized Lin Shuguang as the man who had rescued people from the Snakehead Organization and knelt to thank him.
• Liu Zi explained that the men had sought money for his mother’s lifesaving treatment, and Chang Jun knelt and asked Lin Shuguang for a loan.

Lin Shuguang rescued Feng San from Chang Jun’s men, and Feng San arranged a million in aid for Chang Jun’s family while hoping to recruit him for Lin Shuguang. As Lin Shuguang and Feng San headed home, the Divine Temple ambushed them, and Lin Shuguang attacked the Red-clothed Umbrella Women.

• Chang Jun admitted defeat after Lin Shuguang confronted him, then punished himself and his men for Feng San’s abduction and for one underling attacking a child.
• Feng San stopped Chang Jun from cutting off his arm and later lent him a million in Lin Shuguang’s name to cover his old mother’s surgery fees.
• Feng San told Lin Shuguang he hoped Chang Jun might become a capable fighter at his side, and Lin Shuguang said Chang Jun would have to prove himself.
• A white mist filled the street as Lin Shuguang and Feng San left, and Lin Shuguang recognized the Divine Temple’s attack and charged in with his saber.
• The Red-clothed Umbrella Women surrounded Lin Shuguang and urged him to submit to the Divine Envoy, but he answered with a Thunderclap Slash.

Lin Shuguang fought the Red-clothed Umbrella Woman, overpowering her despite her Blood Shadow and umbrella techniques. He left her gravely wounded and held her by the throat as she threatened him with the Divine Temple.

• Lin Shuguang shattered the Red-clothed Umbrella Woman’s red shadows with a saber slash, then charged her with an even stronger attack.
• The Red-clothed Umbrella Woman met Lin Shuguang’s saber with a net of blood threads, but he drove her back and stopped her attempt to flee.
• Lin Shuguang blocked her renewed attacks and struck her with an elbow, leaving her badly injured and unable to rise.
• Lin Shuguang lifted the Red-clothed Umbrella Woman by the throat as she warned him that the Divine Temple would destroy him.
• Lin Shuguang told her that Divine Temple members who threatened him always died, leaving her to fear that he was the real demon.

Lin Shuguang was caught in a battle between the Divine Envoy’s avatar and a Silver Seraph from [Nightmare], and the Divine Envoy bound his soul with the [Soul Devouring Lock] before escaping. Lin Shuguang awoke in the hospital and asked Si Qianjun whether he knew about the relic.

• Lin Shuguang tortured the Red-clothed Umbrella Woman for information about the [Divine Temple], but the Divine Envoy’s avatar took control of her and attacked him with the [Soul Devouring Lock].
• The Divine Envoy restrained Lin Shuguang’s soul and demanded that he become his puppet, but Lin Shuguang fought back with a powerful saber strike.
• A Silver Seraph from [Nightmare] intervened and battled the Divine Envoy, who escaped after Si Qianjun arrived.
• The Silver Seraph warned Lin Shuguang that the [Soul Devouring Lock] would consume his soul and then fled as Lin Shuguang collapsed.
• Lin Shuguang woke in a hospital, dismissed the others with Si Qianjun’s help, and asked him if he knew about the [Soul Devouring Lock].

Lin Shuguang discovered that the Soul Devouring Lock had sealed his Destined Soul and restricted his strength, but he used his system to raise his physical cultivation while its analysis progressed. As rumors spread and Feng San arranged protection for a small shop, Liu Feng of the Cangjue Dao Hall arrived at Lin's door seeking instruction.

• Si Qianjun examined Lin Shuguang and confirmed that the Soul Devouring Lock prevented him from fully summoning the Slaughter Blade, then promised to seek help from senior veterans.
• After Si Qianjun left Huai City, Lin Shuguang checked his Attribute Panel and raised the Undying Nine Revolutions Divine Body Heart Sutra from level six to level ten, increasing the panel's analysis progress.
• Rumors that Lin Shuguang's strength had been impaired spread among Huai City's factions, and Feng San called Lin to check on him.
• Feng San contacted Chang Jun and ordered him to protect a small shop and kill anyone who caused trouble.
• Liu Feng of the Cangjue Dao Hall knocked on Lin Shuguang's door and said he had come to seek instruction.

Lin Shuguang continued analyzing the Soul Devouring Lock while factions reacted to rumors that his strength had fallen. After receiving Treasure Medicine from Song Xingyuan and Master Jin, he planned how to turn his deeds against Demonic Cultivators into a source of wealth, then went to confront the man shouting for a duel.

• Special Management Bureau members dragged Liu Feng away before he could confront Lin Shuguang, and rumors of Lin Shuguang avoiding a fight spread among the factions.
• Song Xingyuan sent Lin Shuguang Treasure Medicine and forbade Song Wan from visiting him, while Master Jin ordered more medicine delivered and Lin Shuguang’s family shop guarded.
• Lin Shuguang spent heavily to raise the Soul Devouring Lock analysis to 23% and worried that he needed more money.
• Song Xingyuan’s Private Steward and Steward Zhou delivered Treasure Medicine, prompting Lin Shuguang to arrange a meeting with Old Jin and consider profiting from his actions against Demonic Cultivators.
• When a man from Cangjue Dao Hall shouted for Lin Shuguang to duel him, Lin Shuguang left his family and went downstairs to face him.

Lin Shuguang defeated Liu Feng with a single devastating punch, then went to Cangjue Dao Hall to confront its Hall Master. He split the hall’s Training Ground with one saber slash, leaving the Hall Master terrified and asking who he was.

• Lin Shuguang shattered Liu Feng’s defenses and bones with one punch, leaving him crippled before ordering the Special Management Bureau soldiers to handle the scene.
• Lin Shuguang called home, and Lin Xiaoxi asked Mother Lin if she had done anything to upset him after seeing his strength.
• Lin Haiyang told Mother Lin that Lin Shuguang intended to settle things once and for all.
• At Cangjue Dao Hall, students praised Senior Brother Liu and dismissed Lin Shuguang’s strength as diminished.
• Lin Shuguang entered the hall with two Special Management Bureau soldiers and demanded that its leader come out.
• Lin Shuguang borrowed a saber and split the Training Ground with one slash, leaving the Hall Master pale and speechless with fear.

Lin Shuguang crushed the Hall Master of Cangjue Dao Hall, took money from him, and headed to the Wei Family to settle accounts. He defeated the Wei Family elders and members in seconds, standing alone in their devastated courtyard.

• Lin Shuguang struck down the Hall Master of Cangjue Dao Hall and demanded payment to spare his life.
• Lin Shuguang took fifteen million from Cangjue Dao Hall and spent it to raise the [Undying Nine Revolutions Divine Body Heart Sutra] to level sixteen, with analysis progress reaching 39%.
• Lin Shuguang went to the Wei Family residence and challenged the family over its covert actions and hired attackers.
• The Wei Family elders believed Lin Shuguang had been weakened by a Demonic Cultivator ambush and tried to fight him together.
• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed the Wei Family, blasting through its courtyard and leaving himself as the only one standing.

Lin Shuguang confronted the Wei Family after destroying Cangjue Dao Hall, forcing the Wei Family Patriarch to negotiate despite rumors that Lin’s strength had been damaged. News of his power spread through Huai City, and Qi Lin arrived at the Special Management Bureau to examine Lin and investigate the [Soul Devouring Lock].

• The Wei Family Patriarch arrived at his devastated estate and faced Lin Shuguang, who attacked without explaining himself.
• The Patriarch transformed into a Flame Person and summoned a magma War Spear, but Lin’s saber overwhelmed him and forced him to withdraw and negotiate.
• Lin Shuguang left the Wei Family estate with his men, and reports of the damage to the estate and Cangjue Dao Hall spread through Huai City.
• Huai City's factions reacted to Lin Shuguang’s apparent strength by retreating, while Feng San, Master Jin, and Song Xingyuan praised his exploits.
• Qi Lin arrived at the Special Management Bureau on Si Qianjun’s orders, examined Lin Shuguang’s pulse, and wondered whether the [Soul Devouring Lock] was only an imitation.

Lin Shuguang retaliated against prominent families that had plotted against him, raising his Undying Nine Revolutions Divine Body Heart Sutra and the Soul Devouring Lock analysis to 88% before Meng Shenzhou arrived in Huai City. Lin Shuguang brought Meng to his family’s shop, where Meng met Lin Xiaoxi and was quickly drawn into the siblings’ banter.

• Lin Shuguang visited wealthy families with his saber and demanded payment from those who had spread rumors and schemed against him.
• As Lin Shuguang’s cultivation improved, his analysis of the Soul Devouring Lock reached 88%, but he stopped when Meng Shenzhou called to say he had arrived in Huai City.
• Lin Shuguang went to the railway station and helped Meng Shenzhou escape a crowd of older women who had surrounded him.
• Lin Shuguang took Meng to Lin’s Shop, where Lin Xiaoxi rushed out to greet her brother.
• Meng tried to introduce himself to Lin Xiaoxi, but Lin Shuguang intercepted him and told him to buy fried chicken for her and himself.

Lin Shuguang received a blood bead from the Blood-red Demonic Saber that boosted his blood energy and analysis progress before it fled. The Provincial Capital's Special Law Department took him away to question him about the Blood Desolate Land, and when an official tried to hypnotize him, Lin Shuguang struck back.

• The Blood-red Demonic Saber gave Lin Shuguang a blood bead that raised his blood energy by five thousand calories and advanced his analysis progress by two percent, then fled when he asked for more.
• Provincial Capital Special Law Department officers took Lin Shuguang from the Special Management Bureau to answer questions about the Blood Desolate Land, while Qi Lin accompanied him and Lin Shuguang was forbidden from contacting anyone.
• Meng Shenzhou learned from Chu Xiongtian that Lin Shuguang had been taken to the Provincial Capital, worried demonic cultivators might target him, and set off with Chu Xiongtian to find him.
• At the Special Law Department, an official tried to hypnotize Lin Shuguang while questioning him about his report, but Lin Shuguang's cultivation technique restored his awareness and he punched the official.

After Zhu Linwei’s attempt to control Lin Shuguang failed, he accused him of falsifying his report and challenged him to a duel to the death. Lin Shuguang and Zhu Linwei signed a life-and-death waiver and began fighting, with Lin Shuguang striking first.

• Zhu Linwei tried to control Lin Shuguang with a mental technique, but Lin Shuguang broke free as Qi Lin and the Director of the Special Regulation Department arrived.
• Zhu Linwei accused Lin Shuguang of hiding the truth about surviving the Maze and challenged him to prove his strength.
• Lin Shuguang declared that the fight would be about life and death, and Qi Lin agreed to let fate decide.
• Lin Shuguang and Zhu Linwei signed a life-and-death waiver, while staff recalled Lin Shuguang’s past connection to Si Qianjun.
• On the Training Ground, Zhu Linwei revealed that he was an Earth Elementalist with a secret mind-control art, and Lin Shuguang launched a fierce saber strike before he could finish speaking.

Lin Shuguang defeated Zhu Linwei in the Training Ground and killed him despite warnings about the Zhu Family. He then challenged the Director of the Special Law Department, asking what else he had to teach him.

• Zhu Linwei summoned dozens of rock dragons, but Lin Shuguang destroyed them as he charged through the attack.
• Lin Shuguang broke Zhu Linwei’s defense and saber, then struck his shoulder and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The Director of the Special Law Department warned Lin Shuguang that Zhu Linwei was from the Zhu Family.
• Lin Shuguang killed Zhu Linwei and asked the director, “What else did you have to teach me?”

After killing Zhu Linwei, Lin Shuguang left the Special Law Department with Qi Lin and met up with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian. At a restaurant, he ran into Zhong Xinkai, who sought his guidance, then let the boy face a confrontation on his own before quietly going to check on him.

• Lin Shuguang left Zhu Linwei's corpse behind as the Special Law Department's Department Head declared the matter closed and ordered the Zhu Family to be informed.
• Lin Shuguang met Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian at the entrance, and the three went to a nearby restaurant for lunch.
• Zhong Xinkai recognized Lin Shuguang, told him he had searched for him, and obtained his phone number after Lin Shuguang warned him not to call without an important reason.
• Ding Yujie barged into the private room and threatened to break Zhong Xinkai's arm over an injury to his younger brother.
• Zhong Xinkai challenged Ding Yujie to settle things outside, while Lin Shuguang said he should face the consequences of making trouble.
• After Zhong Xinkai left, Lin Shuguang went out to check on him, prompting Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian to remark that Lin Shuguang seemed to care about the boy.

Lin Shuguang helped Zhong Xinkai confront the Ding Family, then discovered that all the seals on his abilities had been lifted. After exploring the Provincial Capital with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian, he followed a strange prompting from his Martial Dao Will Crystal toward a house where several people had died.

• Lin Shuguang took Zhong Xinkai to the Ding Family, where Zhong Xinkai beat Ding Yujie while Lin Shuguang intimidated the family into paying an arbitration fee.
• Lin Shuguang told Zhong Xinkai he would not take him as a disciple, and Zhong Tong thanked Lin Shuguang for helping resolve the dispute.
• Lin Shuguang learned that all his seals had been lifted, though the Soul Devouring Lock remained in his Sea of Consciousness and no longer blocked communication with the Martial Dao Will.
• Lin Shuguang returned to the restaurant, where he spoke with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian about the Divine Temple and their plans to explore the Provincial Capital.
• Lin Shuguang sensed his Martial Dao Will Crystal trembling, heard about a house where several people had died, and decided to go there with Chu Xiongtian and Meng Shenzhou.