Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang refined the Yuanjia Bead, greatly increased his mental power, and discovered that killing Faceless Men could strengthen it further. He then met Meng Shenzhou, who was preparing for a breakthrough and nervously suspected that something unexpected would happen that night.

• Lin Shuguang refined the Yuanjia Bead for three hours, raising his mental power to 5,250.
• Lin Shuguang used the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique and found he could travel about two hundred meters from his body.
• Lin Shuguang sensed a cage-like haze over the Demon Capital and saw distant pillars of powerful blood energy.
• A Faceless Man appeared beside Lin Shuguang, and he destroyed it with a punch, gaining ten mental power points from the energy it released.
• Lin Shuguang met Meng Shenzhou, who was anxious about his planned breakthrough and worried that an unexpected event would occur.

Meng Shenzhou broke through to the First Heaven of the Viscera Refining Stage while Lin Shuguang helped him cultivate, and the Qin Family began investigating the masked Grandmaster who had attacked Qin Lang. After seven days of training, Lin Shuguang asked the Demonic Saber why it wanted his soul to leave his body, and it began to answer.

• Meng Shenzhou broke through to the First Heaven of the Viscera Refining Stage and complained that a fortune-teller had called him a Child of Destiny for two hundred yuan.
• Meng Shenzhou asked Lin Shuguang whether he would leave after the Friday exams, and Lin Shuguang said he thought he was exempt.
• Third Uncle Qin reported that the masked attacker who defeated Qin Lang was likely a Great Grandmaster, and Qin Dian ordered him to find the attacker.
• Qin Lang asked Qin Dian to let him take revenge personally, and Qin Dian agreed before directing Third Uncle Qin to tell the Fourth Elder.
• Lin Shuguang continued practicing the Great Zen Meditation Soul Egress Technique, then asked the Demonic Saber why it wanted his soul to leave his body.
• The Demonic Saber fell silent, and a few words slowly appeared in the air.

Lin Shuguang was sent by the Blood-colored Demonic Saber into the body of a poisoned young man who shared his name, but was abruptly pulled back after learning the young man’s identity. The saber told him to grow stronger so it could give him memories and help him change the young man’s fate, then left; Lin Shuguang went to meet Luo Qiuyi at the Chamber of Commerce.

• The Blood-colored Demonic Saber used sandalwood incense to send Lin Shuguang’s soul into the body of a weak young man in ancient Yujing City.
• Wei Lin treated Lin Shuguang’s poison, suspected he had lost his memories, and revealed that he was Lin Shuguang, from Qingyan City.
• After learning the young man shared his name, Lin Shuguang was pulled back to his own body by the Blood-colored Demonic Saber.
• The saber told Lin Shuguang to get stronger to receive the young man’s memories, said it would find him in seven days, and departed.
• Lin Shuguang suspected the saber had chosen him for a hidden purpose, then agreed to meet Luo Qiuyi at the Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Shuguang joined the Ancient Coin Merchant Association’s fight against the Cloud Sea Merchant Association, curious about the key both sides wanted. He overwhelmed the Cloud Sea Merchant Association’s Great Grandmaster, killed him after he surrendered, and took the key.

• Lin Shuguang collected the Sandalwood Incense ash and kept it with him before meeting Luo Qiuyi.
• Luo Qiuyi hired Lin Shuguang to help the Ancient Coin Merchant Association recover an item from the Cloud Sea Merchant Association and warned him that the Qin Family was searching for him.
• Lin Shuguang joined Luo Qiuyi, Protector Xia, and the Ancient Coin Merchant Association’s forces as they traveled to the mine, where he learned the prize was a key.
• Lin Shuguang charged into the melee and struck down the Cloud Sea Merchant Association’s Great Grandmaster, forcing him to offer the key and withdraw.
• Lin Shuguang killed the surrendering Great Grandmaster, took the key from his corpse, and challenged anyone who objected.

Lin Shuguang helped Protector Xia recover the key to a valuable Medicine Garden and demanded half the garden as payment for further help. Hong Jianglong arrived after breaking through to Organ Refinement Eleventh Heaven and attacked the Ancient Coin Merchant Association, leaving Elder Jun bargaining with Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang killed a Cloud Sea Merchant Association Martial Grandmaster and drove its remaining members away.
• Protector Xia explained that the bronze key controlled a valuable Medicine Garden, and Lin Shuguang offered further help in exchange for half of it.
• Hong Jianglong arrived, demanded the key, and revealed that he had broken through to Organ Refinement Eleventh Heaven.
• Hong Jianglong attacked Elder Jun, and Protector Xia fought to protect him while Lin Shuguang stood aside.
• Elder Jun offered Lin Shuguang a fifty-million quota, then negotiated up to twenty percent, and Lin Shuguang countered with forty-five percent.

Lin Shuguang defeated Hong Jianglong after upgrading his saber techniques, then demanded that Elder Jun honor the promised thirty percent. Elder Jun was left to persuade the Ancient Coin Merchant Association, with Protector Xia warning that failure would bring a horrible death.

• Hong Jianglong overpowered Protector Xia and demanded the key, but Lin Shuguang stepped in to fight him.
• Hong Jianglong suspected Lin Shuguang had killed Grandmaster Fang Ming and offered to give up the key in exchange for Lin Shuguang's secret.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded both Slaughter Blade techniques and struck Hong Jianglong with overwhelming force.
• Hong Jianglong tried to flee, but Lin Shuguang pursued and killed him.
• Lin Shuguang reminded Elder Jun to honor the thirty percent deal, and Protector Xia told Elder Jun to convince the association or face a horrible death.

The Ancient Coin Merchant Association debated Lin Shuguang’s demand for a share of the Medicine Garden after he killed Hong Jianglong, then agreed to the arrangement. Luo Qiuyi had Jun Youbei imprisoned, while Lin Shuguang continued cultivating and learned the association had accepted his terms.

• The president scolded Jun Youbei for agreeing to give Lin Shuguang thirty percent of the Medicine Garden’s profits, and Protector Xia described Lin Shuguang as strong, talented, principled, and money-grubbing.
• Luo Qiuyi argued that Lin Shuguang’s strength made him valuable to the association and urged the president to offer him a generous share and money; the president approved the arrangement.
• Luo Qiuyi ordered the Divine Guards to imprison Jun Youbei in Gale Valley for half a month, and they dragged him away after he accused her of settling a personal grudge.
• Lin Shuguang cultivated in his room and improved his control over his strength as his attribute points rose.
• Luo Qiuyi called Lin Shuguang and told him the association had accepted the Medicine Garden arrangement, but he hung up after asking whether she needed anything else.

Lin Shuguang possessed the poisoned young master of the Lin Family and discovered that his cultivation was sealed in a world of powerful cultivators. After training and learning more about the ambush, he prepared to leave Yujing City with Wei Lin, but an attacker struck as he boarded a carriage.

• The Blood-colored Demonic Saber sent Lin Shuguang into the body of a poisoned young master, where he learned about the Lin Family and the Command Token that had led to an ambush.
• Lin Shuguang found that his system still worked, began circulating the True Martial Great Yuan Heart Sutra, and raised his Blood Energy Value to two hundred calories.
• Wei Lin brought Lin Shuguang paper-wrapped chicken, and Lin Shuguang shared it with him before asking about the attackers and their talismans.
• Lin Shuguang took Wei Lin's remaining three copper coins, then prepared to leave with him in a carriage.
• A sword thrust toward Lin Shuguang from an alley, and he calmly reached down to snatch it.

Lin Shuguang and Wei Lin were ambushed by a group of assassins, but Lin Shuguang killed their leader and defeated the attackers. After the fight, Lin Shuguang began coughing, and Wei Lin helped him escape by carriage toward Qingyan City.

• Wei Lin blocked the first assassin’s strike and found that more than ten masked attackers had emerged from the alleys.
• Lin Shuguang charged into the attackers, killed two assassins, and continued fighting with fierce saber strikes.
• Wei Lin joined the battle while Lin Shuguang used an assassin as a shield against a poisoned arrow.
• Lin Shuguang’s saber broke against the Assassin Leader’s sword, so he took another saber and turned to kill the leader as he attacked from behind.
• Lin Shuguang killed the last fleeing assassin by throwing his broken blade, then ordered Wei Lin to leave for Qingyan City after he began coughing.

Lin Shuguang returned to Qingyan City and learned about the upcoming Sect Trial, then was pulled back to reality before entering the Lin Family residence. A message urged him to find the Hidden Sects, and he resolved to seek their inheritances.

• Wei Lin warned Lin Shuguang that trouble was stirring in Qingyan City and mentioned the Su Family and the Sect Trial.
• Lin Shuguang focused on the Sect Trial and recalled that his predecessor had been rejected by a sect after offending someone.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at the Lin Family residence and pounded on the gate, but was abruptly pulled back to reality.
• Lin Shuguang saw the message “Find the Hidden Sects” fade from the wall and decided to pursue their inheritances.

After reaching the Tenth Heaven of Organ Refinement, Lin Shuguang joined his friends for a meal before a coordinated ferocious beast attack broke out across the city. He fought off one group and headed to the Special Management Bureau to discuss the Divine Temple’s involvement.

• Luo Qiuyi delivered Lin Shuguang’s share of the Medicine Garden’s treasure medicines, and he spent three days cultivating until he broke through to the Tenth Heaven of Organ Refinement.
• Lin Shuguang met Meng Shenzhou, Chu Xiongtian, and Tao Xiaohe for a meal and told them to leave for safety when ferocious beasts attacked the city.
• Lin Shuguang reached the attack site, killed a ferocious beast, and saw signs that the beasts had been assembled and the attacks were coordinated.
• Lin Shuguang showed his Special Management Bureau identification to the arriving soldiers and left them to secure the area.
• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that the Divine Temple appeared to be escalating its actions, and Lin Shuguang went to the bureau for an emergency meeting.

Lin Shuguang learned that Huai City was safe and decided to go home, but an enemy attack erupted at the Special Management Bureau just after he left. He returned to fight Ferocious Beasts that could regenerate from dismemberment, leaving him questioning whether they could be killed at all.

• Director Luo told Lin Shuguang that Ferocious Beasts had attacked Huai City, so Lin Shuguang called his mother and learned his family was safe.
• Lin Shuguang told his mother he would return home the next day and promised to buy Lin Xiaoxi the snacks she wanted.
• After a blast and fire broke out at the Special Management Bureau, Lin Shuguang rushed back inside and found injured bureau members and Director Luo fighting.
• Cao Chao warned Lin Shuguang that the Ferocious Beasts had come back from the dead, even after their hearts were pierced.
• Lin Shuguang cut apart a charging Corpse Beast, but its pieces kept moving and began knitting back together.

Lin Shuguang helped defeat the resurrected beasts in the Special Management Bureau, then learned the Blood-colored Demonic Saber planned to change fate through a possession. In a new plot, Su Qingying visited to break off her engagement, but Lin Shuguang rejected her while she vowed to marry him after returning from the Azure Sword Sect.

• Lin Shuguang discovered the beasts' heads were their weak point and killed them, bringing the attack to an end.
• Director Luo ordered the beasts' corpses collected and the incident classified as top secret, while Lin Shuguang called Si Qianjun and said he would return home the next day.
• Lin Shuguang and Lu Hong considered whether the [Divine Temple] was behind the beasts' resurrection and feared an unknown force might be responsible.
• The Blood-colored Demonic Saber warned Lin Shuguang that learning the truth could kill him, then announced it would begin a Plot Fate-Changing and sent his soul into another world.
• Su Qingying told Lin Shuguang she was joining the Azure Sword Sect and promised to marry him after three years, but Lin Shuguang rejected her and said he had no feelings for her.
• Su Qingying left determined to marry Lin Shuguang when she returned, declaring she would kill anyone who objected.

After the Li Family’s dead patriarch vanished from his coffin, Lin Shuguang cultivated until he reached Martial Arts Apprentice strength. The corpse appeared at his doorway and vanished, leaving footprints behind, and Lin Shuguang prepared to hunt it down.

• The Su Family broke off Lin Shuguang’s engagement, but he ignored the insult and focused on cultivating.
• Second Mistress Lin brought Lin Shuguang pastries and led him outside, where a maid reported that the Li Family’s dead patriarch had disappeared.
• Wei Lin explained that demonic evils might be involved and gave Lin Shuguang talismans for protection.
• Lin Shuguang used a fifty-year-old medicinal herb to reach five hundred cal of blood energy and become a Martial Arts Apprentice.
• An old man in a burial shroud appeared at Lin Shuguang’s doorway, then vanished when Wei Lin called out, leaving footprints behind.
• Lin Shuguang told Wei Lin to find him a blade so he could hunt ghosts that night.

Lin Shuguang pursued the reanimated Old Master Li through Qingyan City and fought him at the Li Family estate. He used the Soul Devouring Lock to form a massive saber and destroy the creature, then left with Wei Lin.

• Lin Shuguang borrowed Wei Lin’s saber and leaped out of the Lin Family estate to confront the reanimated Old Master Li.
• Lin Shuguang attacked Old Master Li, who fled toward the Li Family estate, while Wei Lin followed and warned the guards that an evil creature was loose.
• Lin Shuguang chased Old Master Li into the Li Family courtyard, where the creature bit a guard and Lin Shuguang ordered the family to stay back.
• Lin Shuguang’s borrowed saber snapped, so he activated the Soul Devouring Lock and shaped its chain around the broken blade into a massive saber.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed a lightning-charged slash that destroyed Old Master Li, took a grayish-white pearl, and left the estate with Wei Lin.

After discovering a memory that connected the ancient Great Qian Dynasty to his present world, Lin Shuguang gained strength in a mysterious dream and headed back to Huai City. On the train, he encountered the Divine Envoy, who revealed the Divine Temple’s plan to summon the Demon God.

• Wei Lin mistook Lin Shuguang’s past humiliation for a deliberate cover and promised to keep his cultivation secret, then agreed to gather information on the strongest sects.
• Lin Shuguang crushed the bead from Old Master Li and absorbed its energy, gaining a memory that linked the Great Qian Dynasty to the Oracle Bone Script in Dragon City.
• Lin Shuguang wondered whether the ancient Lin Shuguang was himself in a previous life, then dismissed his doubts and returned to his quarters.
• Lin Shuguang dreamed he was the Swordsman who cleaved the heavens, while the Blood-colored Demonic Saber watched and his attributes rose by a hundred points.
• Lin Shuguang boarded a train for Huai City and confronted the Divine Envoy, who said the Divine Temple intended to summon the Demon God.

Lin Shuguang rejected the Divine Envoy’s offer to join the [Divine Temple], then returned to Huai City and reunited with his family. After demonstrating his Great Grandmaster strength to Si Qianjun, he received a secret, lucrative assignment.

• The Divine Envoy tried to recruit Lin Shuguang as the [Divine Temple]’s Great Protector, but Lin refused and learned the Divine Envoy planned to establish a nation in the West in three days.
• Lin Shuguang returned to Lin's Shop, greeted Lin Xiaoxi and Mother Lin, and then went home with Bai Heng before heading to the Special Management Bureau.
• Bai Heng told Lin Shuguang that Si Qianjun had killed the corpse-transformed ferocious beasts in Huai City and that the bureau had no new findings.
• Si Qianjun tested Lin Shuguang’s strength in his office and learned that Lin had reached the tenth heaven as a Great Grandmaster.
• Si Qianjun handed Lin Shuguang a confidential, lucrative assignment.

Lin Shuguang received a covert assignment to investigate the factions gathering at Wanxing Mountain for a soon-to-ripen treasure medicine, then discovered that his father had awakened as a Fire Elementalist. The chapter ended with Lin Shuguang suppressing the flames while the shop assistants mistook him for an immortal.

• Si Qianjun briefed Lin Shuguang on the treasure medicine at Wanxing Mountain and the powerful families and foreign factions seeking it, including Wei Nuolan, Qin Hujun, and the Silver-Winged War God.
• Si Qianjun assigned Lin Shuguang to secretly observe the factions, record their members' cultivation levels, and check for connections to [Divine Temple].
• Lin Shuguang returned to Lin's Shop and learned that his parents had been experiencing strange sensations after taking the pills he had left them.
• Lin Shuguang sensed a flame within Lin Haiyang, triggering a blaze on his father's body and revealing that Lin Haiyang had awakened as a Fire Elementalist.
• Lin Haiyang lost control and burst into flames, so Lin Shuguang suppressed the blaze while the shop assistants called him an immortal.

Lin Haiyang awakened as a Fire Elementalist and began training while Lin Shuguang prepared to travel to Wanxing Mountain. Before leaving, Lin Shuguang took in Silver Seraph's child, leaving his family convinced he had fathered a baby.

• Lin Haiyang awakened as a Fire Elementalist, while Mother Lin and Lin Xiaoxi showed no signs of awakening.
• Lin Shuguang sent Lin Haiyang to train at a Cultivation Room arranged through the Special Management Bureau.
• Lin Shuguang learned that Silver Seraph was wounded at Wanxing Mountain and being hunted by the Qin Family after killing some of its members.
• Silver Seraph brought his child to Lin Shuguang, who offered him a Great Yuan Pill and took the child home to his family.
• Mother Lin and Lin Xiaoxi mistook the child for Lin Shuguang's, and Mother Lin asked where the child's mother was.

Lin Shuguang learned about the Strange Fruits ripening at Wanxing Mountain and set out on a secret mission to investigate the mountain. As competing factions began fighting before the fruits had even ripened, he continued deeper with his saber ready.

• Lin Shuguang reassured Mother Lin about the child, then met the injured Silver Seraph and learned that a mysterious fruit tree at Wanxing Mountain would ripen the next day.
• Silver Seraph told Lin Shuguang that Hidden Sects existed in Great Xia and recalled a possible sect in Qizhou.
• Lin Shuguang boarded a Military Department plane on a secret mission, while Si Qianjun told the Governor that Lin Shuguang might advance further and suit their plan.
• Powerful families and foreign factions gathered near Wanxing Mountain as rumors spread that more than ten Martial Grandmasters would compete for the Strange Fruits.
• Lin Shuguang cultivated at an inn near the mountain, then entered Wanxing Mountain as groups of people began fighting along the way.