Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph drove off Ning Shanhai and reached the Ancient Tomb’s sealed stone gate. Lin Shuguang prepared to break the seal so they could enter together.

• Lin Shuguang killed the First Boss and fought Ning Shanhai, a wounded Great Grandmaster who had attacked him and the Silver Seraph.
• Ning Shanhai mistook Lin Shuguang for a disciple of an ancient martial sect and tried to end their fight, but Lin Shuguang refused.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph attacked Ning Shanhai together, forcing him to flee after Lin Shuguang cut his shoulder.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph reached the Ancient Tomb’s stone gate, where the Silver Seraph detected a Mental Barrier.
• Lin Shuguang said he would break the seal and told the Silver Seraph to enter with him as soon as an opening appeared.

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph broke through the Ancient Tomb’s mental barrier and entered its oppressive underground palace. After a mechanism triggered a swarm of Soul Devouring Turtles, they fled as the Silver Seraph warned that even Profound Connection Realm Martial Kings could only run from them.

• Lin Shuguang cracked the mental barrier and held it open long enough for himself and the Silver Seraph to enter the Ancient Tomb.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph sensed an aura at least as strong as Mystic Profundity and explored the vast underground palace.
• Lin Shuguang identified the candlelight images of maids as an effect of a special magnetic field.
• The Silver Seraph triggered a mechanism, and the pair ran as a swarm of Soul Devouring Turtles surged after them.
• The Silver Seraph warned that the turtles could erode their destined souls, and Lin Shuguang struck the swarm with his Slaughter Blade.

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph fled a swarm of Soul Devouring Turtles and emerged in a strange hall with five passages. When the baby cried upon entering one passage but quieted outside it, Lin Shuguang suspected the child had an extraordinary background.

• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph fought their way through the Soul Devouring Turtles, then fled deeper into the passage toward a light.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph passed through the light and found themselves in a hall, where they discovered a solid wall behind them and eighteen giant statues facing five passages.
• Lin Shuguang chose the middle passage after his mental power failed to sense what lay beyond the entrances.
• The baby began crying near the passage, but the Silver Seraph found his diaper clean and could not soothe him by feeding him.
• Lin Shuguang discovered that the baby stopped crying whenever the Silver Seraph stepped out of the passage and started again when he entered, then joked that the child had great emperor potential.

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph followed the child’s warning to a stone room containing ancient books and concentrated spiritual energy, then killed four intruders who tried to seize its treasures. After learning that Ning Shanhai had led people into the ruins, Lin Shuguang prepared to wait for him as his Bone Tempering count continued to rise.

• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph chose the second passage from the left after the child cried in the other passages, then hurried through it despite explosions outside.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph entered a stone room where Lin Shuguang absorbed spiritual energy and found a crumbling scripture that appeared to describe forming an origin core with blood energy.
• Four men burst into the room and demanded the treasures, so Lin Shuguang killed three with Lightning Ray and forced the survivor to explain that Grandmaster Ning had brought them inside.
• The Silver Seraph identified Ning as the Thunder Eagle King, a criminal who used others as sacrificial pawns, and Lin Shuguang killed the surviving intruder and said he would wait for Ning.
• Lin Shuguang’s Energy Pool emptied as his Bone Tempering count climbed from 827 to 853 rings, and he realized he could keep breaking through.

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph explored an ancient underground complex, where pills strengthened Lin Shuguang and cold jade helped his Martial Dao Wills cultivate. The chapter ended with Ning Shanhai attacking Lin Shuguang, who awakened and prepared to counter him.

• Lin Shuguang swallowed four ancient dragon-patterned pills, raising his Bone Tempering resonances from 853 to 900 as the Silver Seraph gave him his share.
• Lin Shuguang entered a cold-jade side hall to cultivate while the Silver Seraph continued searching the passageways.
• The cold jade helped Lin Shuguang's Martial Dao Wills absorb energy and send small amounts of it to him as he cultivated beneath a coating of ice.
• Ning Shanhai found Lin Shuguang alone and, believing him frozen, launched a Sword Light at his heart.
• Lin Shuguang opened his eyes, shattered the ice around himself, and thrust out his hand as his aura surged.

Lin Shuguang overpowered Ning Shanhai in the side hall and continued attacking despite Ning’s desperate attempts to flee. When their battle triggered the ancient tomb’s trap, Lin ignored the demons awakening around them and kept striking Ning.

• Lin Shuguang shattered the ice, caught Ning Shanhai’s sword, and used his strength to send Ning flying.
• Lin Shuguang drew the Slaughter Blade and drove Ning Shanhai back with a relentless series of attacks, reopening his old injuries.
• Ning Shanhai tried to flee and offered to abandon the treasures, but Lin Shuguang blocked his retreat and continued the assault.
• The side hall doors closed, demon faces appeared on the walls, and Silver Seraph heard a bell and rushed toward Lin Shuguang.
• Ning Shanhai laughed that Lin had triggered a trap, but Lin ignored the demons, knocked away Ning’s sword, and struck him again until blood sprayed everywhere.

Lin Shuguang killed Ning Shanhai, escaped the collapsing halls with Silver Seraph, and absorbed a silver tree to reach the perfect bone-tempering realm. His cultivation converted to Organ Refinement and surged to the seventh heaven, leaving the pair to continue seeking a way out.

• Lin Shuguang killed Ning Shanhai and escaped the demon-filled side hall after Silver Seraph blasted open the stone door.
• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph fled the collapsing passage and discovered they were stranded on a platform among enormous mushroom-like structures.
• Lin Shuguang absorbed a silver tree and reached the perfect realm with 999 bone resonances.
• Lin Shuguang's cultivation converted to the Organ Refinement realm and climbed to the seventh heaven.
• Silver Seraph asked whether Lin Shuguang had broken through, then responded to his offered fist bump with an open hand.

Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph searched the Ancient Tomb for a way out while Lin Shuguang learned about the foundations needed to reach the Profound Connection Realm. Back in Dragon City, his breakthrough sparked a public uproar and a disturbance in the [Divine Land], though he remained unaware as he and Silver Seraph continued through the tomb.

• Silver Seraph explained that reaching the Profound Connection Realm required a stronger body-tempering foundation, and Lin Shuguang decided to have Huang Qisheng accelerate his efforts to raise money for cultivation resources.
• A brief golden miracle appeared over Dragon City, and powerful martial artists recognized the figure as proof of the Perfect Realm; their calls for Martial Dao Innovation led some people to risk altering their techniques and end up in hospitals.
• A disturbance arose within the [Divine Land], prompting Dragon City's Martial Kings and Great Grandmasters to investigate whether it was linked to the miracle.
• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph fought their way through the Ancient Tomb and killed a giant python monster before stopping to rest on its head.
• Silver Seraph found the python's Beast Core for Lin Shuguang, who ate it to absorb its energy, and the two then set off again to find an exit.

Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph returned from the Ancient Tomb and slaughtered the Martial Artists waiting to ambush them. Back at Demon Martial, Lin Shuguang heard rumors of a new golden-light phenomenon in Dragon City and checked his greatly improved attributes.

• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph left the Ancient Tomb and found more than a hundred Martial Artists waiting to seize its inheritance.
• The bow-wielding woman attacked, but Lin Shuguang cut down her arrows and joined Silver Seraph in overwhelming the ambushers.
• Lin Shuguang and Silver Seraph killed the bow-wielding woman and routed the surrounding Martial Artists.
• Five hours later, Lin Shuguang returned to Demon Martial and overheard people discussing golden light and calls to reform the Martial Dao.
• Lin Shuguang checked his Attribute Panel and saw his blood energy value had reached 1,690,000 cal, with conspicuous plus signs beside several attributes.

Lin Shuguang upgraded his heart technique and abilities, then set out with Meng Shenzhou to rescue Chu Xiongtian from the Zheng Family. He ended the chapter by smashing their gates and challenging Zheng Jie to fight.

• Lin Shuguang spent nearly two hundred million upgrading his heart technique, Absorption, and Lightning Ray, then bought cultivation supplies and trained at Demon Martial.
• Meng Shenzhou told Lin Shuguang that Zheng Yunshu had taken Chu Xiongtian after Chu defended his sweetheart from harassment.
• Lin Shuguang learned that Zheng Yunshu belonged to the powerful Zheng Family and decided to go there to retrieve Chu Xiongtian.
• Lin Shuguang told Chu Xiongtian's sweetheart to seek Li Jiandao's protection, and Meng Shenzhou joined him on the way to the Zheng Family.
• Lin Shuguang blasted apart the Zheng Family's villa gates with one saber strike and challenged Zheng Jie to fight.

Lin Shuguang stormed the Zheng Family residence and demanded to see Zheng Jie, overwhelming Zheng Shan and Zheng Chu with his saber. The Zheng Family’s Grandmaster finally emerged to block Lin Shuguang’s next slash, and their clash left the household stunned.

• Lin Shuguang confronted Zheng Shan at the Zheng Family gate, then injured him and sent the guards flying with a powerful saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang demanded that Zheng Jie come out, while Zheng Shan realized Lin Shuguang was a young Grandmaster.
• Zheng Chu arrived and ignored Lin Shuguang’s demand, prompting Lin Shuguang to threaten the Zheng Family and launch another slash.
• Zheng Jie emerged with a spear and blocked Lin Shuguang’s attack, revealing the two Grandmasters’ clash to the Zheng Family.

Lin Shuguang fought Zheng Jie at the Zheng Family estate after learning that Zheng Yunshu had taken Chu Xiongtian, and Zheng Jie agreed to hold his family accountable. Chu Xiongtian was brought back injured, and Meng Shenzhou attacked Zheng Yunshu in fury.

• Lin Shuguang and Zheng Jie exchanged dozens of powerful blows before Zheng Jie called off the fight and asked why Lin had come.
• Lin Shuguang said Zheng Yunshu had taken his brother and threatened to hold the Zheng Family responsible if Chu Xiongtian was harmed.
• Zheng Jie summoned Zheng Xian, berated him, and ordered the family to search for Zheng Yunshu and protect Lin Shuguang's friend.
• Guards brought back the bound Zheng Yunshu and injured Chu Xiongtian, who told Lin Shuguang and Meng Shenzhou that he was fine.
• Meng Shenzhou saw Chu Xiongtian's injuries, rushed at Zheng Yunshu, and kicked him in the stomach.

Lin Shuguang and Meng Shenzhou took the injured Chu Xiongtian to the hospital after forcing the Zheng Family to back down. Zheng Yunshu was arrested by the Special Management Bureau, while the Demon Capital’s privileged circles began investigating the young Grandmaster who had defeated the Zheng Family’s Great Grandmaster.

• Lin Shuguang and Meng Shenzhou brought Chu Xiongtian to the hospital, where Meng Shenzhou treated his injured hand and Chu Xiongtian’s girlfriend arrived.
• Lin Shuguang refused Zheng Chu’s request to spare Zheng Yunshu, and Zheng Chu told Zheng Xian the Zheng Family had to accept the consequences.
• Zheng Xian pleaded with Zheng Chu to save his son, but Zheng Chu explained that opposing Lin Shuguang risked making an enemy of a future Mystic Martial King.
• The Special Management Bureau arrested Zheng Yunshu on charges including attempted murder and unlawful imprisonment of a public official.
• Rumors of Zheng Yunshu’s arrest and the Zheng Family’s defeat spread through the Demon Capital, prompting people to investigate the newly advanced Grandmaster who had fought Zheng Jie.

Zheng Jie prepared to risk a breakthrough to Mystic Profundity as the Zheng Family braced for a rumored second world mutation. Back at school, Lin Shuguang dismissed Tang Hong’s invitation from Xie Hetang and advanced to the Seventh Heaven of Viscera Refining.

• Zheng Jie told Zheng Chu to consolidate the family businesses and announced he would attempt a Mystic Profundity breakthrough in three months.
• Zheng Jie warned Zheng Chu that the family’s younger members must not provoke Lin Shuguang, whom he believed could surpass Mystic Profundity.
• Lin Shuguang agreed to guard Meng Shenzhou as he prepared to break through to Organ Refinement.
• Tang Hong approached Lin Shuguang and conveyed Xie Hetang’s invitation, but Lin Shuguang rejected it and called him ignorant.
• Lin Shuguang cultivated with his stored pills and treasure medicines, reaching the Seventh Heaven of Viscera Refining.

After breaking through and raising his attributes, Lin Shuguang trained in Black Stone Mountain by fighting Ferocious Beasts with his bare hands. He defeated a Blazing Bull Demon King without using his Destined Soul, causing Xie Hetang to realize Lin Shuguang was a Great Grandmaster and flee; Lin Shuguang then inspected the beast’s corpse for its Beast Core energy.

• Lin Shuguang checked his increased attributes after breaking through and decided he needed an agility Cultivation Method.
• Lin Shuguang encountered Tang Hong and his girlfriend, then went to Black Stone Mountain to test his strength against Ferocious Beasts.
• Lin Shuguang killed a lionlike Ferocious Beast with his bare hands and headed deeper into the mountains.
• Lin Shuguang attacked a Blazing Bull Demon King and fought it physically without using his Destined Soul.
• Xie Hetang saw Lin Shuguang defeat the Demon King, realized he was a Great Grandmaster, and quietly left.
• Lin Shuguang finished off the Blazing Bull and examined its corpse for Beast Core energy.

After the Blood-colored Demonic Saber taught Lin Shuguang the Upper Part of the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique, he learned to leave his body but exhausted his mental power after drifting only a few meters. Three days later, the saber gave him the Middle Part, which required even greater mental power, and Lin Shuguang urgently sought resources to improve.

• After Lin Shuguang returned from Black Stone Mountain, the Blood-colored Demonic Saber appeared in his bathroom and gave him thirty minutes to memorize the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique.
• Lin Shuguang used the Pay-to-Win System to learn the technique’s Upper Part after raising his mental power above its 2,800-point requirement.
• Lin Shuguang successfully sent his soul out of his body but lost consciousness after drifting only a few meters and depleting his mental power.
• Three days later, the Blood-colored Demonic Saber tested Lin Shuguang, returned his soul to his body, and gave him the Middle Part to memorize in seven days.
• Lin Shuguang saw that the Middle Part required 4,000 mental power and asked Old Huang to buy him mental power cultivation resources.

Lin Shuguang learned the middle volume of the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique and discovered that his soul was vulnerable outside his body. Seeking a mental-power treasure to improve his cultivation, he contacted Luo Qiuyi, who offered to obtain a costly Yuanjia Bead in exchange for his help with an unspecified matter.

• Lin Shuguang raised his mental power to four thousand and paid six million to learn the middle volume of the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique.
• Lin Shuguang separated his soul from his body, but an icy wind nearly scattered it before he returned to his body exhausted.
• Lin Shuguang recovered by taking pills and found that cultivating the soul technique improved his Soul Refining Technique and increased his mental power faster.
• After Cao Chao found no mental-power treasures for sale in the Demon Capital, Lin Shuguang called Luo Qiuyi to ask for help.
• Luo Qiuyi told Lin Shuguang about a Yuanjia Bead auction in Xianhe City and offered to obtain the treasure if he helped her with a task.
• Lin Shuguang learned the bead's starting price was eighty-five million and wondered what Luo Qiuyi wanted him to do.

Lin Shuguang attended the Heavenly Dragon Auction to buy the Yuanjia Bead, while Meng Shenzhou asked him to assist with an upcoming breakthrough. As the bidding escalated, Lin Shuguang stunned the venue by offering five hundred million.

• Lin Shuguang and Meng Shenzhou picked up Chu Xiongtian from the hospital, where Chu Xiongtian thanked Lin Shuguang and left with his girlfriend.
• Meng Shenzhou asked Lin Shuguang to be present for his breakthrough that night, and Lin Shuguang agreed to return before six.
• Lin Shuguang arrived in disguise at the Heavenly Dragon Auction and heard a wealthy middle-aged man lecture his son about money and status.
• The Yuanjia Bead appeared at auction, and Lin Shuguang sensed its power and decided he had to acquire it.
• The Ancient Coin Merchant Association and a mysterious second-floor bidder drove the price from ninety-three million to three hundred million.
• Lin Shuguang outbid them with a five-hundred-million offer, drawing every gaze in the venue.

Lin Shuguang won the Yuanjia Bead for eight hundred million despite Qin Lang revealing the Qin Family’s identity to intimidate him. After Qin Lang’s men confronted him on the street and demanded the bead, Lin Shuguang sent their middle-aged negotiator crashing through a wall, leaving Qin Lang stunned.

• A Qin Family bidder, Qin Lang, raised the Yuanjia Bead price to six hundred million, but Lin Shuguang countered with eight hundred million and won the auction.
• Lin Shuguang paid for the bead and left through the auction house’s side entrance after the steward warned him about Qin Lang and the Qin Family.
• Luo Qiuyi called Lin Shuguang to apologize for failing to secure the bead, and he told her it was already in his hands.
• Qin Lang and his men confronted Lin Shuguang, offering two hundred million for the bead and threatening him with the Qin Family’s Martial King backing.
• Lin Shuguang clamped the middle-aged negotiator’s hand and sent him flying through a wall, leaving Qin Lang frozen in shock.

Lin Shuguang defeated Qin Lang after the Qin heir tried to force him to sell the Yuanjia Bead, then extracted eight hundred million in compensation. He left after knocking Ji Fei aside and warning Qin Lang with a burst of mental force, while both men collapsed behind him.

• Lin Shuguang beat Qin Lang's guards and slammed Qin Lang into the ground after rejecting his offer for the Yuanjia Bead.
• Ji Fei arrived and attacked Lin Shuguang with a sword, but Lin Shuguang used Qin Lang as a shield and demanded eight hundred million to spare him.
• Qin Lang paid six hundred million and persuaded Ji Fei to lend him the remaining two hundred million.
• Lin Shuguang left with the Yuanjia Bead, then punched Ji Fei when he challenged him about wearing a mask.
• Qin Lang vowed to seek Lin Shuguang's guidance again, but Lin Shuguang's distant reply overwhelmed Qin Lang and Ji Fei, leaving them unconscious and convulsing.