Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang finished his Oracle Bone Script assignment and privately gained more translated characters through Pei Ruoyi’s questions. Xue Leqi later shared a passage describing ancient Martial Dao realms, then left Lin Shuguang wondering whether he was connected to [Nightmare].

• Lin Shuguang submitted his scrambled character translations, then spent several days reading at the Science and Education Institute.
• Pei Ruoyi and Lu Tianyu joined Lin Shuguang for lunch, and Pei Ruoyi asked him to help decipher Oracle Bone Script characters.
• Lin Shuguang identified Pei Ruoyi’s characters and quietly gained six more translations before she left with Lu Tianyu.
• Xue Leqi secretly visited Lin Shuguang, used a jammer, and showed him a passage describing cultivation from body tempering through the Divine Transformation Realm.
• Xue Leqi told Lin Shuguang to keep himself safe and departed, leaving Lin Shuguang to wonder whether he belonged to [Nightmare].

When the [Divine Temple] attacked the Science and Education Institute and stole research notes, Lin Shuguang pursued the thief and recovered them. He then clashed with guardian Zhou Ye, who tried to seize the notes, and sent him flying before cutting off his threat.

• A blaze erupted at the Science and Education Institute, where guardians fought cloaked [Divine Temple] assassins as Xue Leqi slipped away into the crowd.
• A cloaked assassin escaped with the notes, and Lin Shuguang left the others behind to chase him.
• Lin Shuguang caught the assassin outside the institute and killed him, recovering the notes in a wooden box.
• Guardian Zhou Ye arrived and demanded the notes, then attacked Lin Shuguang when he refused to hand them over.
• Lin Shuguang overpowered Zhou Ye with his saber and sent him flying as Zhou Ye threatened him with the institute's punishment.

After Lin Shuguang brought the notebook to the Science and Education Institute, Scholar Ji revealed that it described the perfect realm and golden body in detail. Lin Shuguang learned that the perfect realm might require 999 bone-tempering resonances, making him believe he could reach it.

• Lin Shuguang accused Zhou Ye of attacking a senior official and refused to hand over the notebook until the guardians took him back to the Science and Education Institute.
• Pei Ruoyi rejected Lu Tianyu's suspicion that Lin Shuguang had colluded with demonic cultivators and went to find their teacher because Lin Shuguang had saved them.
• In the confinement room, Lin Shuguang gave Zhao Feng the notebook and recalled its account of the cultivation realms, the perfect realm, and golden-body tempering.
• Scholar Ji dismissed the others and told Lin Shuguang that the notebook was real but incomplete, then showed him a page explaining the perfect realm and golden body.
• Scholar Ji said the perfect realm might involve 999 bone-tempering resonances, and Lin Shuguang realized that this goal could be within his reach.

Lin Shuguang learned from Scholar Ji about Bone Tempering, Ancient Ruins, and the Divine Temple’s wars before being released from confinement. As he prepared to explore Dragon City with Pei Ruoyi, Xu Hu’s subordinate summoned him outside the Science and Education Institute to answer for injuring Zhou Ye.

• Scholar Ji explained that Bone Tempering used bone resonance to create a blood energy medium, and Lin Shuguang considered how his system could let him surpass the limits of existing cultivation methods.
• Scholar Ji said Secret Realm activity was increasing and suggested the Divine Temple’s wars were linked to Ancient Ruins, while Lin Shuguang learned the Science and Education Institute had used bait to uncover traitors.
• Xu Hu learned Lin Shuguang had been released and decided to meet him over Zhou Ye, whom he had promised Zhou Ye’s brother to protect.
• Pei Ruoyi invited Lin Shuguang to explore Dragon City, and Lu Tianyu reluctantly agreed to join them.
• A Guardian Institute subordinate told Lin Shuguang that Xu Hu wanted to see him, and Lin Shuguang left the institute with him despite Pei Ruoyi’s warning.

Lin Shuguang defeated Xu Hu with one saber strike, then returned to the Science and Education Institute and learned about his rewards for the Hundred Schools League. Xue Leqi visited him with claims about awakening gods and a Goddess of Light, but Lin Shuguang rejected his request to steal the Institute’s research documents and develop weapons capable of slaying gods.

• Xu Hu challenged Lin Shuguang to defend Zhou Ye, and Lin Shuguang defeated him with a single strike that left the training ground in ruins.
• Song Wan briefly thought she saw Lin Shuguang in a taxi, but the car drove away before she could confirm it.
• Lin Shuguang declined Pei Ruoyi’s invitation to eat, checked his cultivation, and learned he had been awarded five Great Yuan Pills and a three-hour visit to the Divine Land.
• Xue Leqi told Lin Shuguang that the world was a fragment and that the Goddess of Light had sent him to help, then admitted that many details were his own guesses.
• Xue Leqi asked Lin Shuguang to help steal the Science and Education Institute’s technical documents and research weapons capable of slaying gods, but Lin Shuguang ordered him to leave.

Lin Shuguang entered the [Divine Land] and cultivated while sensing a mysterious danger near a distant palace. His Bone Tempering chimes triggered a golden phenomenon over Dragon City, where Martial Dao experts and ordinary people gathered to witness it.

• Scholar Ji and Professor Wang discussed Lin Shuguang's potential, the Martial Dao's resurgence, and whether Deities were real.
• Lin Shuguang passed through the guarded bronze gate and entered the [Divine Land], where the Heaven and Earth Power flooded into him.
• Lin Shuguang resisted the warning of his Martial Dao Will and the temptation to approach the distant palace, then raised his cultivation from 711 to 724 Bone Tempering chimes.
• Clouds and golden light appeared over Dragon City as Lin Shuguang cultivated, and onlookers mistook his figure for a Buddha or a miracle.
• King Qin Wu identified the repeated thunderclaps as Bone Tempering chimes, then sat to observe the figure as Great Grandmasters and ordinary people followed.

Lin Shuguang returned to Demon Capital after a cultivation session in [Divine Land], unaware that his stretching had appeared to the people of Dragon City as a golden phantom demonstrating a Bone Tempering cultivation method. Back at Demon Martial, Qi Lin showed him information about Fengcheng.

• As Lin Shuguang stretched inside [Divine Land], a golden phantom appeared over Dragon City and crowds, Martial Artists, and Martial Kings tried to imitate its movements.
• Lin Shuguang was teleported outside the bronze doors, where Commissioner Bai described the phenomenon and counted thirty-three thunderclaps accompanying the phantom’s bone tempering.
• Lin Shuguang saw that his cultivation had reached 787 resonances, then left Dragon City by plane for the Demon Capital.
• Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian welcomed Lin Shuguang at the airport, and the three returned to Demon Martial while discussing the Dragon City phenomenon.
• Qi Lin asked Lin Shuguang about his cultivation and handed him information marked [Fengcheng].

After learning that Sea Monsters had invaded a Southeast Asian island nation, Lin Shuguang warned Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian to prepare for dangerous times. He drove off Xie Xiaofei after the latter threatened Meng, then ordered both friends to cultivate over winter break.

• Qi Lin told Lin Shuguang that a Sea Monster King might have led the invasion of a Southeast Asian island nation, and that Great Xia was preparing for possible conflict.
• Lin Shuguang ate with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian, who discussed their plans for winter break.
• Xie Xiaofei confronted Meng Shenzhou over a debt allegedly owed by Meng's younger brother, Yuan Jianhan, and threatened the Meng Family.
• Lin Shuguang used his saber force to overwhelm Xie Xiaofei and his men, then called Cao Chao to take them away.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Cao Chao's men to leave the group outside the Xie Family's front gate and told Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian to cultivate until they reached Organ Refinement.

Lin Shuguang consumed a fortune in pills, raised his Bone Tempering cultivation to 818 resonances, and accepted a Special Management Bureau mission to eliminate the cyborg Lei Liqi. As Lin Shuguang approached Lei Liqi’s underground base, Lei Liqi’s followers realized their Fire Unit had not arrived and feared they had been exposed.

• Lin Shuguang’s cultivation rose to 818 resonances, and his attributes increased as he absorbed the pills.
• Lin Shuguang ordered a search for secret realms so he could seize more cultivation resources.
• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that the bureau had located Lei Liqi, a fifth-tier cyborg and former Great Xia traitor, and Lin Shuguang agreed to kill him.
• At the underground base near Black Stone Mountain, Lei Liqi’s followers worried that the missing Fire Unit meant their group had been exposed.
• Lei Liqi challenged his followers for being afraid to die.

Lin Shuguang attacked the [Divine Temple] cave by collapsing it, but discovered that Lei Liqi had escaped and that a swarm of Human-faced Scorpions was waiting underground. As Cao Chao and the soldiers came under attack, Lin Shuguang called them toward him.

• Cao Chao and Lin Shuguang reached Black Stone Mountain, where soldiers reported that 225 Bureau personnel faced about 150 enemies inside a cave with many passages.
• Lin Shuguang entered alone and used the Slaughter Blade to smash the cave and seal its entrance, triggering collapses underground.
• Lin Shuguang heard the trapped Demonic Cultivators screaming and realized Lei Liqi was missing; Cao Chao suspected Lei Liqi had lured them into a trap.
• A Human-faced Scorpion burst from the ground, and Lin Shuguang severed its appendage before it fully emerged.
• More than a hundred Human-faced Scorpions attacked, killing a soldier and surrounding Cao Chao and the others, so Lin Shuguang called them to run toward him.

Lin Shuguang fought through the Human-faced Scorpions and killed Lei Liqi, freeing the beasts from his sorcery. As Cao Chao’s group escaped and waited for reinforcements, the ground began to tremble after Lin Shuguang called for something to appear.

• Lin Shuguang saved a wounded soldier and charged alone into the swarm of Human-faced Scorpions, cutting down the beasts as Cao Chao protected the group.
• Cao Chao recognized Lei Liqi’s sorcery and warned Lin Shuguang, who ordered the group to escape while he held off the scorpions.
• Lei Liqi trapped Lin Shuguang inside a dome of light and used a demonic flute to control the Human-faced Scorpions.
• Lin Shuguang charged through the beasts and killed Lei Liqi with a slash to the throat, ending the demonic music.
• Cao Chao stayed behind to support Lin Shuguang while the other fighters went to request reinforcements; the beasts regained their senses, and the ground began to rumble.

Lin Shuguang returned from Black Stone Mountain after defeating Lei Liqi and secretly helping his Silver Armored Scythe Spider evolve into a Blood Armored Scythe Spider. Back at Demon Martial, he learned that Master Jin had been ambushed in a Secret Realm, and Steward Zhou called that night to ask for his help.

• Lin Shuguang left Black Stone Mountain with Cao Chao after the Silver Armored Scythe Spider devoured the Human-faced Scorpions and evolved into a Blood Armored Scythe Spider.
• Lin Shuguang told the returning soldiers that the mission was over and that reinforcements were unnecessary.
• Director Luo learned that Lei Liqi had used a psychic Second Awakening and reprimanded the intelligence department for its poor information; he and Lu Hong agreed the bureau should reward Lin Shuguang.
• Qi Lin told Lin Shuguang that Master Jin had been rescued after an ambush in a Secret Realm, where everyone accompanying him had been killed.
• Steward Zhou called Lin Shuguang that night and asked him to lend Master Jin his aid.

Lin Shuguang reached the besieged West Suburb Industrial Park and killed the Blood Wolf Tattoo assassin Peng Chongxu while searching for Master Jin and Steward Zhou. After learning Master Jin was escaping along a backup route under attack by ferocious beasts, Lin Shuguang rushed to find him.

• Steward Zhou secretly called Lin Shuguang after Master Jin regained consciousness, but assassins attacked before Lin Shuguang arrived.
• Lin Shuguang forced a taxi driver to take him to West Suburb Industrial Park, where soldiers let him pass through the blockade.
• Lin Shuguang fought through ferocious beasts and found Peng Chongxu slaughtering members of the Jin Family while Jin Xiangdong watched.
• Lin Shuguang crushed Peng Chongxu's head and asked Jin Xiangdong where Master Jin was.
• Jin Xiangdong said Master Jin was trying to escape along a backup route, and Lin Shuguang sped off to reach him.

The Blood Wolf Sect cornered Jin Nanshan and Steward Zhou at the old residence, but Fan Xunming returned from the fog in terror and warned that someone was coming before being dragged away. Lin Shuguang burst through the fog and killed Dai Ting, leaving the fate of the remaining Blood Wolf Sect members unresolved.

• Dai Ting threatened Jin Nanshan and demanded that he hand over the treasure while Jin Nanshan and Steward Zhou prepared to face death.
• Fan Xunming staggered through a broken courtyard wall, warned everyone to run, and was dragged into the fog by an unknown force.
• Dai Ting abandoned Jin Nanshan and watched the fog as a figure approached.
• Lin Shuguang burst from the fog and struck Dai Ting with overwhelming force.
• Lin Shuguang killed Dai Ting with a second saber strike.

Lin Shuguang rescued Master Jin from the Blood Wolf Sect and received a map to an ancient tomb. After arranging protection for the Jin Family, he returned home and surprised Lin Xiaoxi.

• Lin Shuguang killed Dai Ting and led Master Jin, Steward Zhou, and the others to safety.
• Master Jin told Lin Shuguang that the Blood Wolf Sect had attacked to seize the location of an ancient tomb, then gave him its treasure map.
• Lin Shuguang arranged for the Special Management Bureau to protect the Jin Family and left for the Provincial Capital's train station.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at Lin's Shop and surprised Lin Xiaoxi, who greeted him excitedly.

Lin Shuguang visited his family and urged his parents to take the pills he had prepared, explaining that the continent faced major changes and war. His parents remained skeptical about his wealth and strength, so he offered to demonstrate a saber strike before leaving.

• Lin Shuguang helped Father Lin and Mother Lin unload supplies and said he would return to school that afternoon.
• Lin Shuguang discovered his parents had barely taken the pills he left them because they worried he needed the money and resources.
• Mother Lin explained that she and Father Lin feared Lin Shuguang was risking his life on dangerous missions and wanted him to keep the resources to protect himself.
• Lin Shuguang said the pills would improve their health and revealed that he controlled a three-hundred-billion project, but his parents checked whether he had a fever.
• Lin Shuguang warned his parents that spiritual energy was rising, countries were preparing for war, and they should take the pills regularly.
• When Lin Shuguang claimed he was very strong, his parents doubted him, so he offered to show them a saber strike.

Lin Shuguang planned to investigate the ancient tomb linked to Jin Nanshan, but learned the Blood Wolf Sect had made its location public and drew Silver Seraph into the conflict. The Blood Wolf Sect’s sect master discovered Lin Shuguang had rescued Jin Nanshan and ordered an investigation into Lin and his family.

• Mother Lin stopped Lin Shuguang from striking and told him to take Xiao Xi and Xiao Ya to tutoring; Lin then visited the Special Management Bureau but found Si Qianjun away.
• Fang Xu greeted Lin Shuguang, who offered to help with any cases Fang could not handle before leaving to investigate the ancient tomb in Qizhou.
• Silver Seraph approached Lin Shuguang, asked about Jin Nanshan, and explained that the Blood Wolf Sect’s sect master had publicized the tomb’s location after failing to claim it.
• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph agreed to go after the Blood Wolf Sect’s sect master, with Silver Seraph leading the way to a branch near Provincial Capital.
• The Blood Wolf Sect’s sect master learned that Lin Shuguang had rescued Jin Nanshan and ordered his subordinates to find Lin and his parents.

Lin Shuguang killed the Blood Wolf Sect's Sect Master in a duel over the Ancient Tomb route map and discovered the man had taken in a baby after murdering his family. Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph left with the child, with Silver Seraph reluctantly agreeing to raise him.

• The Blood Wolf Sect's Sect Master ordered the nanny to take the baby inside, then faced Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph as they entered the sect.
• Lin Shuguang revealed his surname and attacked the Blood Wolf Sect's Sect Master, who demanded the Ancient Tomb route map.
• Lin Shuguang pierced the Blood Wolf Sect's Sect Master's chest with his saber, and the dying man warned that the Ancient Tomb was cursed before collapsing.
• The nanny fainted in terror, and Lin Shuguang caught the baby before he hit the ground.
• Lin Shuguang explained that the Blood Wolf Sect's Sect Master had killed the baby's family and taken him in because he resembled the Sect Master's dead child.
• Lin Shuguang persuaded Silver Seraph to take responsibility for the baby, and Silver Seraph reluctantly agreed to raise him.

Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph traveled to the Tianyan Mountain Range with the baby to investigate an ancient tomb, whose contents and curse remained uncertain. They encountered a band of quarrelsome men who seemed to be searching for the same tomb and left them fighting among themselves.

• Silver Seraph brought the baby along, and Lin Shuguang joined him on a train to Qizhou.
• A woman on the train helped them care for the baby, and Silver Seraph gave her pills in thanks before they left.
• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph bought formula and discussed the uncertain dangers and contents of the ancient tomb.
• They entered the Tianyan Mountain Range and overheard a group of burly men arguing about banditry and missing food.
• The burly men started fighting among themselves, and Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph realized they might also be seeking the ancient tomb.

Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph learned that the bandits’ First Boss had found the Ancient Tomb and hurried to intercept him. When the First Boss attacked on the Black Robe Elder’s command, the pair killed him and more than a dozen bandits in a coordinated strike.

• Lin Shuguang questioned the captured bandits and learned that their First Boss had discovered the Ancient Tomb after reviving a woodcutter who had encountered it.
• A bandit revealed that the First Boss’s party had stopped responding, so Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph rushed toward the tomb using their Route Map.
• Silver Seraph sensed a crowd and blood ahead, while Lin Shuguang detected a formidable aura as they approached a clearing.
• The First Boss ordered Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph to leave, but the Black Robe Elder told him to stop them.
• Silver Seraph blocked the First Boss’s cold attacks with feather-like projectiles as Lin Shuguang’s Draw and Slash beheaded the First Boss and more than a dozen bandits.