Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang said goodbye to Si Qianjun, secured pills from him, and set out to rescue Feng San after learning he had been captured at Qinghe Academy. Feng San defied his captors as Yuan Wu Jie began to explain why they had summoned him.

• Lin Shuguang visited Si Qianjun before leaving for the Demon Capital, and Si gave him three Great Yuan Pills and five Wound Healing Pills.
• Lin Shuguang messaged Silver Seraph to offer the Great Yuan Pills for sale.
• Old Jin told Lin Shuguang that Feng San and his students had been detained at Qinghe Academy after a dispute, so Lin hurried there with him.
• Yuan Cheng Meng tortured the bound Feng San and demanded an explanation, while he taunted her.
• Yuan Wu Jie approached Feng San and said there were three reasons they had invited him, but Feng San told him to cut the crap.

Yuan Wu Jie and Yuan Cheng Meng tortured Feng San and demanded compensation, revenge, and the merger of his school into Qinghe Academy. Lin Shuguang stormed in, defeated their instructors, and ordered everyone to kneel and atone.

• Yuan Wu Jie demanded compensation and the merger of Feng San's school into Qinghe Academy, while Yuan Cheng Meng blamed Feng San for Xu Wei's death and whipped him.
• A series of thunderous impacts shook the warehouse, and Lin Shuguang burst through its wall with Old Jin and ordered Yuan Wu Jie and Yuan Cheng Meng to kneel.
• Yuan Wu Jie ordered his instructors to attack Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang felled them with a single slash of his Slaughter Blade.
• Lin Shuguang freed Feng San and had Old Jin support him as Yuan Wu Jie tried to block their way with a sword.
• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed Yuan Wu Jie with his presence and commanded everyone to kneel and atone.

Lin Shuguang crushed the Yuan Family siblings and Yuan Tianlie after they attacked Storm Martial Arts School, then ordered Qinghe Academy to become part of the school. Yuan Tianlie refused, but Lin Shuguang put his saber to his neck and made clear it was an order.

• Lin Shuguang struck Yuan Wu Jie and fought off the Qinghe Academy fighters who surrounded him.
• Yuan Tianlie arrived and attacked Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang defeated him with one slash.
• Lin Shuguang identified himself, and the crowd recognized him as the Director Lin who had taken down Huai City's demonic cultivator organizations.
• After Yuan Cheng Meng challenged his right to intervene, Lin Shuguang revealed he had been a Storm Martial Arts School student and sent her flying with a slash.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Qinghe Academy to belong to Storm Martial Arts School, and when Yuan Tianlie refused, he pressed his saber to Yuan Tianlie's neck.

Lin Shuguang left Qinghe Academy after absorbing it into the Storm Martial Arts School, then traveled to Demon Capital to begin at Demon Martial. As he settled into his dorm, he overheard freshmen discussing Huai City’s mysterious commander-in-chief and stopped when they called the man ugly.

• Lin Shuguang gained a level of cultivation at Qinghe Academy and obtained Yuan Tianlie’s Qi Control Technique, while Feng San arranged to transfer the academy’s earnings to him.
• Lin Shuguang and Chu Xiongtian traveled to Demon Capital, where Meng Shenzhou met them and discussed the rising number of Awakened people and special spiritual bodies.
• Lin Shuguang learned he had been assigned to Class 258 and went to dorm room 317, while Chu Xiongtian and Meng Shenzhou headed to their own rooms.
• Lin Shuguang met his roommates Fang Yuan and Xu Feng, who recounted rumors about the Huai City Blood Nights Chronicle.
• Xu Feng said Huai City’s commander-in-chief was powerful but ugly, and Lin Shuguang silently considered attacking him.

Lin Shuguang settled into his dorm at Demon Martial while his roommates discussed their awakened weapons and the elite Training Class. After hearing that Gu Yingxiong was expected to dominate the Freshman Cup, Lin received a call asking him to speak alongside Gu at the opening ceremony.

• Lin Shuguang told Fang Yuan and Xu Feng that Huai City's violent past was tragic rather than exciting, then said he had awakened a saber.
• Pang Hu arrived at Room 317, introduced himself, and began boasting about the Training Class and Gu Yingxiong.
• Pang Hu described Gu Yingxiong as an exceptionally strong young Martial Artist and predicted he would win the Freshman Cup.
• The school called Lin Shuguang and asked him to give a speech as an outstanding freshman representative alongside Gu Yingxiong.

Lin Shuguang reunited with Gu Yingxiong and their former training-class peers at Demon Martial’s freshman event, while his roommates watched the school’s prominent Heavenly Prides arrive. The chapter ended with Pang Hu mistaking Luo Tianxiang’s nod to Lin Shuguang as a greeting to himself.

• Meng Shenzhou, Chu Xiongtian, and Lin Shuguang went to lunch, where they discussed their dorms and Gu Yingxiong’s growing strength.
• Pang Hu introduced Xu Feng and Fang Yuan to several influential students at the Activity Center while they waited for Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang greeted Hu Shaoqing and then met Gu Yingxiong, Luo Tianxiang, Wang Lujie, and other former training-class students.
• Gu Yingxiong’s arrival drew loud applause, and Lin Shuguang joined Meng Shenzhou, Chu Xiongtian, and Hu Shaoqing in the audience.
• Pang Hu described a mysterious Overlord Dragon from Gu Yingxiong’s training class, unaware that the story referred to Lin Shuguang.
• Luo Tianxiang nodded toward Lin Shuguang, but Pang Hu thought the greeting was meant for him, and Lin Shuguang let him believe it.

Lin Shuguang delivered a rousing speech at Demon Martial’s opening ceremony, impressing the students and school leaders and drawing a challenge from Gu Yingxiong. Afterward, he met Huang Qisheng at a private club to hear about a treasure Huang had found.

• Lin Shuguang took the stage as student representative and delivered a stirring speech that left the audience applauding and admiring him.
• Gu Yingxiong challenged Lin Shuguang to a match at the competition in a month, and Lin Shuguang agreed.
• Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian offered Lin Shuguang pills to prepare for the match, but he declined for the time being.
• Pang Hu, Xu Feng, and Fang Yuan speculated about Lin Shuguang’s background and praised his speech while waiting for him at the dorm.
• Lin Shuguang summoned Huang Qisheng to a private club and asked him about the treasure he had found.

Lin Shuguang discovered a massive fire elemental stone deposit at Panlong Mountain and used its first profits to rapidly improve his cultivation. He joined the dangerous [Zero] Plan to pursue a top-tier cultivation method, then settled into school life before inviting Cao Chao out for a drink.

• Huang Qisheng told Lin Shuguang that Panlong Mountain held over fifty thousand tons of fire elemental stones, and Lin left a Blood Spirit Clone to guard the deposit.
• Lin earned thirty million from the first batch of extracted stones and used it to upgrade his cultivation techniques and combat power.
• Lin asked Qi Lin for a method capable of a hundred bone-tempering resonances or more, and agreed to join the high-casualty [Zero] Plan for Great Xia.
• Qi Lin gave Lin an access card for the Cultivation Room and praised his speech, which had reached the Governor.
• Lin returned to the dormitory, heard about the military training saber formation, and attended his Class 258 meeting without becoming its class representative.
• After the first day of class meetings, Lin called Cao Chao and invited him out for a drink.

Lin Shuguang investigated the Zhengrong Chamber of Commerce after its men attacked Panlong Mountain, then challenged the Zhengrong Martial Arts Hall to divert attention from the ore. He left the hall surrounded by hostile members, determined to keep fighting.

• Lin Shuguang strengthened Panlong Mountain's defenses and sold Elemental Ore in secret while his strength grew through daily upgrades.
• The Blood Spirit Clone helped repel an attack at Panlong Mountain, where Lin Shuguang found fifteen bodies and learned the attackers belonged to the Zhengrong Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Shuguang went with Huang Qisheng to the Zhengrong Martial Arts Hall, then sent him away and challenged the hall to draw attention from his business.
• Lin Shuguang knocked Huang Feng unconscious with the back of his Slaughter Blade and challenged the surrounding members as footsteps approached.

Lin Shuguang attacked the Zhengrong Martial Arts Hall, defeating its fighters and revealing enough power to wound Hall Master Situ Chao. He demanded to read the hall’s internal cultivation method, leaving Situ Chao facing another attack.

• Situ Xuan sent Li Feng to fight Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang shattered Li Feng’s bones and hurled him into a wall.
• Situ Xuan attacked Lin Shuguang with an ice spear, and Hall Master Situ Chao arrived and joined the fight.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed his full saber power, sent Situ Xuan flying, and fought Situ Chao on equal terms.
• Lin Shuguang broke through Situ Chao’s sword intent and slashed his arm, forcing the Hall Master to retreat wounded.
• Situ Chao demanded to know why Lin Shuguang had come, and Lin Shuguang demanded to read the hall’s internal cultivation method.

Lin Shuguang defeated Situ Chao and learned about the Viscera Refining Stage, then discovered that [Thousand Faces King] could not read his thoughts. He offered [Nightmare] a huge supply of elemental stones and planned to draw powerful groups into protecting his interests.

• Lin Shuguang defeated Situ Chao, who handed over three Martial Artist Cultivation Methods and explained how the Viscera Refining Stage worked.
• Lin Shuguang warned Situ Chao he might return, then left the ruined martial arts hall without killing him.
• [Thousand Faces King] revealed that Situ Chao had concealed the cultivation method he truly practiced, and Lin Shuguang attacked him to test his strength.
• Lin Shuguang offered [Thousand Faces King] elemental stones worth ten billion, then said the supply could be ten times greater and urged him to consult his superiors.
• Lin Shuguang decided to involve [Nightmare] and the Special Management Bureau because he expected more groups to come after the elemental ore deposit.

Lin Shuguang used Huang Qisheng to broker sales from the elemental ore mine with the Special Management Bureau and other powerful groups. As the mine drew attention and Huang Qisheng became the public face of the discovery, Lin Shuguang kept him protected and returned to campus, where Pang Hu asked about the upcoming freshman tournament.

• Lin Shuguang met Lu Hong and showed him three fire elemental stones from Huang Qisheng's mine.
• Lu Hong agreed to pursue a Bureau purchase and bought thirty thousand stones privately for six million, paying a deposit.
• Lin Shuguang told Huang Qisheng to receive miners and arrange equipment, while Nightmare supplied deathsworn miners and security.
• The Bureau declined Lin Shuguang's request for cash-only terms but signed an eight-billion contract, while Nightmare divided its hundred-billion order among five financial groups.
• Trucks began hauling elemental stones from Panlong Mountain under heavy guard, and Huang Qisheng became known as Huang Billion as Lin Shuguang's Blood Spirit Clone protected him.
• After military training, Pang Hu asked Lin Shuguang whether he was confident against Gu Yingxiong in the freshman tournament next week.

Lin Shuguang joined Cao Chao and Han Yi to respond to a Ferocious Beast attack, killing a Blazing Rock Owl that had broken through the soldiers’ blockade before heading to the Special Management Bureau. There, he heard about the Zhao Family’s dispute over Zhao Minghui and entered a somber meeting with Director Luo and Director Lu.

• Cao Chao and Han Yi met Lin Shuguang outside the school and briefed him on five Blazing Rock Owls attacking Chunhui Residential Community.
• Lin Shuguang reached the scene and cut down a Blazing Rock Owl as it attacked soldiers and trapped drivers.
• Lin Shuguang learned that the other Blazing Rock Owls had been trapped in the mountains, then rushed off to finish the mission.
• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that Zhao Minghui’s older sister had argued with Hong Baiqing after Zhao Minghui’s death was reported.
• Lin Shuguang went to the Special Management Bureau and entered a somber conference room where Director Luo and Director Lu were waiting.

After learning that a vast alternate dimension beneath Fulong Cave contained dangerous beasts, Lin Shuguang intensified his cultivation as threats spread across the country. Gu Yingxiong left Demon Capital for an emergency in the Northern Region after warning Lin to fight to stay alive, and Lin resolved to seek out more cultivation methods.

• Lin Shuguang learned that ferocious beasts, including Viscera Refining Stage creatures, were gathering in a folded space beneath Fulong Cave, and the authorities organized a joint defense.
• Lin Shuguang checked that his parents were safe in Huai City, then spent a day upgrading his martial skills and increased his request for ferocious beast meat.
• Meng Shenzhou told Lin Shuguang that Gu Yingxiong was leaving for an emergency in the Northern Region before the Freshman Cup.
• Lin Shuguang and Gu Yingxiong exchanged a punch and agreed to settle their match in three moves, but a helicopter arrived before they could finish.
• Gu Yingxiong departed by helicopter and warned Lin Shuguang to cultivate hard and fight to stay alive over the coming year.
• Lin Shuguang considered seeking cultivation methods from the Special Management Bureau, Nightmare, and the Divine Temple, then vowed to grow stronger.

Lin Shuguang learned that Demon Martial students could earn credit points through tasks and set his sights on earning one million to obtain a Bone Tempering Hundred Resonances cultivation method. He accepted a kill mission for Ji Changhai and completed it alone, leaving law enforcement officer Zhou Hai stunned.

• Demon Martial announced its new credit point system, including an exchange price of one million points for a Bone Tempering Hundred Resonances method.
• Lin Shuguang unlocked access to kill missions and chose the nearby mission to kill Ji Changhai, an Artifact Spirit Master accused of beating two people to death.
• Zhou Hai warned Lin Shuguang that Ji Changhai was vicious and advised him to bring teammates, but Lin Shuguang left to handle the mission alone.
• Half an hour later, Zhou Hai received confirmation that Lin Shuguang had completed the mission.

Lin Shuguang shared a lively night in Dorm 317 with his roommates before competing in the Freshman Cup. He knocked Kang Zhenfei out of the ring with one punch, stunning the silent crowd.

• Lin Shuguang's roommates joked about the Freshman Cup and their ambitions while he reflected that dorm life seemed to strengthen his Martial Dao Will.
• At the Freshman Cup, Chu Weilai won five rounds and entered the candidate pool for the top three, while Fang Yuan was eliminated after three rounds.
• Lin Shuguang stepped into the ring as the ninth ring champion, Kang Zhenfei, challenged him.
• Lin Shuguang struck Kang Zhenfei with a savage punch and sent him flying out of the ring, leaving the venue silent.

Lin Shuguang qualified for Class 258’s Freshman Cup top three with a string of one-punch victories, then left the school to pursue a murder suspect for credit points. He captured Zhang Yuqing despite her poison, leaving Zhou Hai stunned by how quickly he completed the mission.

• Lin Shuguang defeated five challengers with single punches and qualified alongside Chu Weilai and Yin Xiamo as one of Class 258’s top three.
• Lin Shuguang told Chu Weilai that anyone with fewer than twenty bone tempering resonances should not think about reaching the top ten.
• Lin Shuguang left school and accepted the Detective Branch’s mission to capture Zhang Yuqing, while Zhou Hai warned him that she used poison.
• Lin Shuguang ambushed Zhang Yuqing at her inn, broke her arms, and remained unharmed after she poisoned him.
• Zhang Yuqing admitted to killing her husband, and Lin Shuguang knocked her unconscious and carried her away.
• Zhou Hai received a mission notification and wondered how Lin Shuguang could have finished so quickly.

Lin Shuguang completed thirty-five missions in one day and returned to campus with nearly four thousand credit points, while students speculated about the mysterious V587. The next morning, Lu Hong summoned him to Fulong Cave because ferocious beasts were threatening the Spatial Barrier, but Lin Shuguang planned to compete in the Freshman Cup before reporting in.

• Several sophomore upperclassmen argued over missed missions, then discovered that V587 had completed most of the missions listed on the first page.
• Zhou Hai processed at least twenty missions for Lin Shuguang, who had completed thirty-five missions that day and earned nearly four thousand credit points.
• Meng Shenzhou noticed V587's mission record, but Lin Shuguang concealed that the mysterious account belonged to him.
• After cultivating and returning to his dorm, Lin Shuguang heard that Lu Hong needed him at Fulong Cave around nine thirty because of an urgent mobilization.
• Lin Shuguang learned that the Freshman Cup began at nine and decided he had time to compete for the championship before going to Fulong Cave.

Lin Shuguang claimed the Rookie King title by defeating a crowd of freshmen and Luo Tianxiang in the Freshman Cup. After the referees confirmed his victory, he left Demon Martial for another task as Qi Lin and Yan Kai discussed worsening conditions in Fulong Cave.

• Lin Shuguang announced that he would take the Rookie King title, then sent an opposing freshman flying with a single attack.
• Lin Shuguang challenged the freshmen to attack him together, and dozens of students, including Training Class members, rushed onto the platform.
• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed the attackers with his saber, leaving only Luo Tianxiang standing; Luo Tianxiang surrendered and yielded the title.
• The referees accepted Lin Shuguang's result, and the crowd cheered as he was crowned Rookie King.
• Lin Shuguang left the school after greeting Qi Lin and Yan Kai, who discussed the worsening situation in Fulong Cave and the need to prepare students for danger.

Lin Shuguang joined a military operation to contain a Spatial Barrier breach and descended into the Underground World with Xia Jianfei and Zhong Mingjie’s team. The group entered the mist-shrouded caverns, heading toward interception position six.

• Lin Shuguang met Lu Hong at the Special Management Bureau and learned that over a thousand Ferocious Beasts had broken through the Spatial Barrier, killing seventeen martial artists.
• General Han Li explained that the first containment line was close to falling and assigned the assembled fighters to seven interception positions.
• Lu Hong equipped the teams with Induction Stones and Jade Talismans, explaining how they helped groups stay together and resist miasma and subterranean creatures.
• Lin Shuguang was assigned to lead fifty people with Xia Jianfei and Zhong Mingjie to reinforce interception position six, and he messaged Huang Qisheng to transfer as much money as he had into a private account.
• Lin Shuguang, Xia Jianfei, and Zhong Mingjie led their soldiers into the white mist of the Underground World after warning them to check their equipment and watch for toxic miasma.