Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang retrieved a mysterious black ball from Longhu Park and discovered it was a valuable Demon God Armor relic. He activated it with his blood essence, and the armor covered his body, leaving him transformed and empowered.

• Ye Tianhao drew attention at the Martial Arts Hall, and Peng Chao earned his favor by demonstrating the Tiger Roar Saber Technique.
• Li Xi urged Lin Shuguang to seek Ye Tianhao's support for cultivation resources, but Lin Shuguang said he preferred to rely on himself.
• After training, Lin Shuguang received a message and secretly went to Longhu Park, where he found a metal box beneath the third arched bridge.
• Lin Shuguang identified the black ball inside as a Demon God Armor from Song Shi's notebook and learned it could boost defense and Blood Energy.
• Lin Shuguang activated the Demon God Armor with a drop of blood essence, and it spread over his body.

Lin Shuguang found a Blood Sea Heart Lotus, but Zhang Fan and his squad tried to take it from him. Lin Shuguang killed two attackers and revealed his Demon God Armor, leaving the surviving squad members stunned.

• Lin Shuguang hunted Desolate Ghost Apes deeper in the Blood Desolate Land and found Blood Heart Grass and a Blood Sea Heart Lotus.
• Zhang Fan led his squad into the area and demanded that Lin Shuguang hand over the lotus and his pack.
• Lin Shuguang refused and struck first, killing one squad member with a saber slash.
• Wang Hu attacked Lin Shuguang with a stream of lava, but Lin Shuguang's black armor blocked it.
• Lin Shuguang killed Wang Hu with another saber strike, and Zhang Fan identified his armor as Demon God Armor.

Lin Shuguang fought Zhang Fan and his hunter squad, killing nearly all of them while the Demon God Armor helped him withstand their attacks. As he and Zhang Fan prepared to face off alone, a young woman called Bun Head offered to help for a fee, but Lin Shuguang ignored her and attacked Zhang Fan again.

• Zhang Fan offered the squad his entire share of the Blood Sea Heart Lotus payment for Lin Shuguang's Demon God Armor, but the squad hesitated to attack.
• Lin Shuguang killed the archer who had fired at him, then fought off Zhang Fan and the spearman, killing the spearman.
• Lin Shuguang charged into the squad and killed its members until only Zhang Fan and Zhang Qing remained.
• Lin Shuguang took Zhang Fan's punch in his armor and killed Zhang Qing, leaving Zhang Fan as the last surviving opponent.
• Bun Head appeared in a tree and offered to help Lin Shuguang for five million, then one million, but he ignored her and slashed at Zhang Fan.

Lin Shuguang defeated Zhang Fan after upgrading Star Prison Gale Slash, then forced Bun Head to surrender the spoils she had collected. He left with the bundles after Bun Head fled.

• Zhang Fan used a secret technique that covered him in a Fierce Tiger Tattoo and greatly increased his power.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded Star Prison Gale Slash to LV5 and struck Zhang Fan down with Draw and Slash.
• Zhang Fan tried to turn Bun Head against Lin Shuguang by revealing that Lin Shuguang had a Blood Sea Heart Lotus, but she refused to help him.
• Zhang Fan launched a sneak attack, and Lin Shuguang killed him with a saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang demanded Bun Head surrender the spoils she had taken from the corpses, and she handed over the bundles before attempting to kick him.
• Lin Shuguang knocked Bun Head away, let her escape, and left carrying the spoils.

Lin Shuguang learned that becoming a Martial Artist required a secret cultivation method, not just a blood energy value of one thousand cal. Feng San offered him a chance to join a Black Market bodyguard mission that might bring him to the attention of someone who possessed such a method.

• Lin Shuguang admired his improved physique and teased Lin Xiaoxi before leaving for the Storm Martial Arts School.
• At the school, Lin Shuguang heard students praise Ye Tianhao and wondered whether reaching one thousand cal would make him a Martial Artist.
• Lin Shuguang found a crossed-out note in the black notebook explaining that Martial Artists tempered their bones with blood energy through a dangerous cultivation method.
• After failing to find information in public sources and hearing little from Xu Jie, Lin Shuguang asked Feng San about ways to obtain a Martial Artist Cultivation Method.
• Feng San described a bodyguard mission for a Black Market big shot, and Lin Shuguang proved his quick reflexes by blocking Feng San's sudden saber slash.
• Feng San agreed to send Lin Shuguang the mission details and warned him to prioritize his safety.

Lin Shuguang joined a security team assigned to protect physician Li Yihai, who may be able to treat Master Jin’s Heart-Eating Gu. As the team prepared to escort Li Yihai, a rival young master ordered Wuming to kill them all and vowed to bring about Master Jin’s death.

• Lin Shuguang left home after receiving Coach Huang’s instructions and reached the sealed tunnel entrance with his identification code.
• Coach Huang assigned Lin Shuguang to Wei Sheng’s team, which was tasked with protecting Li Yihai and told to destroy the physician’s information after reading it.
• Wei Sheng revealed that Martial Artists would be involved in the conflict, while the Special Management Bureau would prevent their fighting from spilling over onto the security team.
• A young master learned that the Jin Family had hired the Quicksand Hunting Group to protect Li Yihai, who could treat Master Jin’s Heart-Eating Gu.
• The young master ordered Wuming to kill the team and declared that Master Jin would cease to exist that night.

Lin Shuguang fought through an ambush at Qiushan Pass while Wei Sheng’s group escorted Li Yihai away. As Wuming overwhelmed the guards and cornered the Quicksand Hunting Group, Lin Shuguang rushed in with the Divine Saber.

• Lin Shuguang followed Wei Sheng and the Quicksand Hunting Group as they escorted Li Yihai, but Wei Sheng kept him at the edge of the group.
• At Qiushan Pass, black-clad killers ambushed the convoy, and Wei Sheng’s team retreated with Li Yihai while leaving Lin Shuguang behind.
• Lin Shuguang drew his saber and slaughtered the attackers, buying time for the escort group to regroup and move out.
• Wuming descended on Wei Sheng’s group, killed many bodyguards, and was identified as the man who had killed Little Gun God with one slash.
• As Wei Sheng’s group faced Wuming and considered abandoning the mission, Lin Shuguang rushed past with the Divine Saber and struck.

Lin Shuguang killed Wuming with his saber and became the group’s main source of support. After delivering Li Yihai to the Jin Family, Lin Shuguang asked the Quicksand Hunting Group if they could obtain a Martial Artist Cultivation Method.

• Lin Shuguang charged at Wuming and defeated him with two saber strikes, killing him within seconds.
• Wei Sheng led the group onward, and a middle-aged man later found Wuming’s headless corpse and wondered whether a Martial Artist had killed him.
• The group delivered Li Yihai to the Jin Family, which paid them two hundred thousand and dismissed them.
• Wei Sheng and the Quicksand Hunting Group apologized to Lin Shuguang and offered him their pay, but he refused it.
• Lin Shuguang asked whether any of them could get hold of a Martial Artist Cultivation Method.

Lin Shuguang searched for a Martial Artist Cultivation Method while earning money in the Blood Desolate Land and secretly improving his family’s health with a Blood Sea Heart Lotus seed. After returning to school, he learned Old Fu was back and was summoned outside the classroom.

• Lin Shuguang considered sneaking into the Jin Family estate to obtain a Martial Artist Cultivation Method, while Feng San said they would need another way to approach the family.
• Lin Shuguang spent two days in the Blood Desolate Land killing Desolate Ghost Apes and amassed over a million in wealth.
• Mother Lin told Lin Shuguang that Feng San had ordered boxed meals from the family restaurant, and Lin Shuguang agreed to bring him salted duck eggs.
• Lin Shuguang secretly added a quarter of a Blood Sea Heart Lotus seed to his family’s porridge, quietly improving their constitutions.
• Lin Shuguang returned to school, where Xu Jie told him Old Fu was back, and Old Fu ordered Lin Shuguang to come outside.

Lin Shuguang invented a senior brother to explain his absences and claim credit for saving Old Fu, then used Old Fu’s gratitude to ask about a Martial Artist Cultivation Method. He returned to class with permission to skip for training, while the rules and origins of cultivation methods remained unclear.

• Old Fu confronted Lin Shuguang for skipping class, and Lin Shuguang claimed his senior brother had killed the Demonic Cultivator and saved Old Fu.
• Lin Shuguang named his supposed senior brother Feng San, and Old Fu promised to repay him for saving his life.
• Lin Shuguang asked Old Fu for a Martial Artist Cultivation Method, but Old Fu explained that Martial Arts School graduates were forbidden to share their methods because of a solemn oath.
• Old Fu said methods from other sources varied in quality and encouraged Lin Shuguang to keep training for a chance to attend the Martial Arts School.
• Lin Shuguang returned to class, where Xu Jie asked to join him the next time he skipped school.

Lin Shuguang clashed with Ye Tianhao at the Martial Arts Hall, and their exchange ended with Ye Tianhao praised as the winner after Lin Shuguang’s wooden saber shattered. The story left Lin Shuguang rushing to protect his parents after Feng San warned that someone planned to attack them that night.

• Ye Tianhao defeated Lu Yifan and challenged Lin Shuguang to spar, but Lin Shuguang initially refused.
• Ye Tianhao attacked Lin Shuguang, who blocked his slash and then unleashed a powerful counterattack that forced Ye Tianhao to use his family’s strongest sword technique.
• Lin Shuguang’s wooden saber shattered in the clash, and Peng Chao and the others praised Ye Tianhao as the winner while Ye Tianhao left in anger.
• Feng San called Lin Shuguang and warned him that someone planned to attack his parents that night because of the incident with Master Jin.
• Lin Shuguang hurried out of the Martial Arts Hall, while Peng Chao noticed the deep wind-blade marks Lin Shuguang had left in the wall.

Lin Shuguang stopped an attack on his family and returned to the restaurant, where he spent the evening with them. At the Jin residence, Master Jin learned that Lin Shuguang had killed Baisha's Wuming in two strikes.

• Lin Shuguang broke the legs of five men who had come to attack his family, but they could not identify who had sent them.
• Feng San arrived, promised to investigate the attackers' employer, and arranged for the men and their van to be taken away.
• Lin Shuguang went into Lin Kee Restaurant, shared a meal with Lin Xiaoxi, and took her out for fried chicken.
• Li Yihai treated Master Jin and explained that the Heart-Eating Gu had fused with him and would raise his strength once his wounds healed.
• Master Jin asked Jin Chaodong about the events of the day he had been injured and learned that Lin Shuguang had killed Baisha's Wuming in two strikes.

Steward Zhou visited Lin Shuguang on behalf of Master Jin to apologize for the danger the Jin Family’s leaked information had brought to his family. Lin Shuguang accepted compensation, requested a Martial Artist Cultivation Method, and asked for intelligence on Baisha and the Crimson Sand Gang.

• Steward Zhou arrived at Lin Shuguang’s restaurant with two bodyguards and joined him for a bowl of noodles.
• Steward Zhou offered Lin Shuguang two million as compensation and explained that the Jin Family had punished the traitor who leaked information.
• Steward Zhou told Lin Shuguang that Master Jin had broken Baisha’s leg and threatened to destroy the Crimson Sand Gang if Lin Shuguang’s family was harmed.
• Lin Shuguang accepted the bank card and asked Master Jin to provide a Martial Artist Cultivation Method, and Steward Zhou promised to deliver an answer within half a month.
• Lin Shuguang asked Steward Zhou for intelligence on Baisha and the Crimson Sand Gang, and Steward Zhou agreed to provide both.

Lin Shuguang ventured deeper into the Blood Desolate Land to build his strength and encountered Bun Head fighting over a Nine Soul Fire Grass. After Chen Yao defeated them and took the medicine, he spared their lives while planning to restore his strength and confront an enemy.

• Lin Shuguang upgraded Star Prison Gale Slash to LV6, raised his Blood Energy Value to 1,380 cal, and headed into the Blood Desolate Land.
• Lin Shuguang encountered Bun Head collecting a Nine Soul Fire Grass, and she fled with it when he tried to take it.
• A wounded martial artist named Chen Yao pursued Bun Head, struck Lin Shuguang down, and demanded the Treasure Medicine.
• Bun Head handed Chen Yao the Nine Soul Fire Grass after he threatened to search her clothes, and Chen Yao said the medicine would restore his strength so he could deal with an old enemy.
• Chen Yao spared Lin Shuguang and Bun Head after taking the medicine.

Chen Yao used Lin Shuguang and Bun Head as bait to lure out the Desolate Ghost Ape King in District Nine of the Blood Desolate Land. When the beast appeared and Chen Yao's attention shifted, Lin Shuguang activated a trap while trying to escape.

• After swallowing the Nine Soul Fire Grass, Chen Yao ordered Lin Shuguang and Bun Head to follow him into a gorge and set traps around them.
• Bun Head warned Lin Shuguang that the traps were dangerous and explained that Chen Yao meant to use them as bait for the Desolate Ghost Ape King.
• Bun Head told Lin Shuguang that each of the Blood Desolate Land's twelve districts had a Desolate Ghost Ape King stronger than Martial Artists.
• The Desolate Ghost Ape King emerged from the gorge, and Chen Yao prepared to kill it for a chance to earn intermediate Bone Tempering Fluid and a place in his group.
• As Chen Yao focused on the beast, Lin Shuguang ran toward the traps, summoned the Demon God Armor, and took a steel spike's blow while forcing his way forward.

Lin Shuguang escaped the Desolate Ghost Ape King’s trap and later confronted Chen Yao, who pursued him to seize the Demon God Armor. After upgrading his Basic Body Refining Technique and restoring his strength, Lin Shuguang fought Chen Yao, who was weakened from battling the ape, and their fight remained unresolved.

• Lin Shuguang and Bun Head triggered Chen Yao’s trap while leading the Desolate Ghost Ape King toward it, and Bun Head used a whip to save Lin Shuguang from the ape’s path.
• Chen Yao abandoned his pursuit of Lin Shuguang to fight the wounded Desolate Ghost Ape King, while Lin Shuguang fled through the Blood Desolate Land.
• Two hours later, Lin Shuguang reached the outskirts, but Chen Yao survived the battle and caught up with him carrying a bundle of spoils.
• Lin Shuguang attacked Chen Yao with the Slaughter Blade, then upgraded his Basic Body Refining Technique to level twelve and recovered his strength.
• Chen Yao thrust at Lin Shuguang, and the two fought through several exchanges as Chen Yao grew shocked by Lin Shuguang’s ability to keep up.

Lin Shuguang upgraded his Basic Body Refining Technique and killed Chen Yao after a brutal fight, then gathered his spoils and left the Blood Desolate Land. After returning home, he called Feng San to ask whether he could buy a Desolate Ghost Ape King's corpse.

• Chen Yao attacked Lin Shuguang and demanded his Demon God Armor and secret technique, but Lin Shuguang upgraded his Basic Body Refining Technique and gained the Bronze Skin Iron Bones achievement title.
• Lin Shuguang fought Chen Yao across the forest, endured his attacks, and stabbed him through the chest.
• Lin Shuguang collapsed beside Chen Yao's corpse, then used it to distract the Desolate Ghost Apes and collected Chen Yao's bundle and his buried spoils.
• Lin Shuguang returned home after dark, changed his clothes, and called Feng San to ask whether he could buy a Desolate Ghost Ape King's corpse.

Lin Shuguang accompanied Lin Haiyang to visit his old friend Zhong Liming and discovered that their families had once arranged a childhood betrothal between him and Zhong Xueyi. After lunch, Zhong Xueyi took him out, but their awkward outing was interrupted when she spotted someone familiar and called out to her.

• Lin Shuguang reflected on how dangerous his fight with Chen Yao had been and how much his Blood Energy Value and wealth had increased.
• Lin Haiyang dressed formally and took Lin Shuguang to South City to visit his old friend Zhong Liming, telling him their families had promised the children to each other when they were young.
• Lin Shuguang met Zhong Xueyi and learned she had excellent grades, while his father and Zhong Liming encouraged her to tutor him.
• After lunch, Zhong Liming sent Lin Shuguang and Zhong Xueyi out together, and they sat awkwardly at a drink shop.
• Zhong Xueyi received a call from her friends and began to leave, but then spotted a familiar person and called out, drawing Lin Shuguang's attention.

Lin Shuguang met Pei Xi, Zhong Xueyi’s cousin, after she questioned him about his survival in the Blood Desolate Land, then rejected his father’s matchmaking efforts and learned his teachers were demanding his overdue homework. Frustrated by the assignments, he headed back to the Blood Desolate Land to fight, while Song Wan secretly followed him and recognized where he was going.

• Lin Shuguang met Pei Xi in a dessert shop, denied dating Zhong Xueyi, and thanked Pei Xi for helping him escape danger the previous day.
• Pei Xi tried to charge Lin Shuguang for information, but he left without paying for his milk tea, leaving her to cover the bill.
• Lin Shuguang told Lin Haiyang that Zhong Xueyi was not his type, then embarrassed his father at home by repeating his matchmaking remarks to Mother Lin.
• Xu Jie told Lin Shuguang that his teachers were demanding all his missing homework and might make him speak at the flag-raising ceremony.
• Lin Shuguang bought a notebook but gave up on homework and went to the Blood Desolate Land, where Song Wan followed him and recognized his destination.

Song Wan followed Lin Shuguang into the Blood Desolate Land, got lost, and was rescued by him. After watching him effortlessly kill a pack of Desolate Ghost Apes, she admired his strength and asked to study martial arts with him, while Lin Shuguang left her with a request to finish his homework.

• Song Wan followed Lin Shuguang into the Blood Desolate Land but became exhausted and lost while trying to find her way back.
• Lin Shuguang found Song Wan and offered to escort her out of the Blood Desolate Land.
• More than a dozen Desolate Ghost Apes attacked, and Lin Shuguang killed them all with a single saber strike while Song Wan watched in astonishment.
• Song Wan realized Lin Shuguang was far stronger than she had believed, promised to keep his strength secret, and praised his dedication to cultivation.
• After they left the Blood Desolate Land, Song Wan thanked Lin Shuguang and asked to seek his martial arts advice in the future.
• Lin Shuguang asked Song Wan to finish his homework for the next few days, freezing her smile.