Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi stopped a Corpse-Changed Person at a bookstore, then Pei Xi sensed another creature in Lin Shuguang’s car and hurried after him. After Lin Shuguang dealt with the threat, Pei Xi insisted on checking the car, while Lin Xiaoxi wondered if he was unusually afraid of Pei Xi.

• Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi spotted a filthy man attacking people in a bookstore, and Pei Xi broke his skeletal hand and restrained him.
• Lin Shuguang called Bai Heng and the Special Management Bureau, then took Lin Xiaoxi from the bookstore while Pei Xi and her younger brother followed.
• Pei Xi’s brother sensed a creature in Lin Shuguang’s car, so Pei Xi took a taxi and chased after him.
• Lin Shuguang told Lin Xiaoxi to keep training and promised to find suitable medicinal herbs for her.
• Pei Xi called to warn Lin Shuguang about something in his car, but a sizzling sound interrupted her; Lin Shuguang said he had dealt with it.
• Pei Xi insisted that Lin Shuguang pull over so she could check the car, and Lin Xiaoxi teased him about seeming afraid of Pei Xi.

Lin Shuguang learned that a Corpse Worm had targeted him and brought Pei Xi and her brother to the Lin family shop before taking them to the bookstore. After Pei Xiaotang sensed ancient karma surrounding Lin Shuguang, Bai Heng reported that the corpse-transformed intruder had no known identity or nearby Spatial Tunnel and warned that an outsider wanted to fight Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang killed the Corpse Worm that had hidden in his car, and Pei Xi explained that the creatures were parasitic beings from another world.
• Pei Xi’s younger brother suggested Lin Shuguang stay with them for protection, but Lin Xiaoxi’s reaction led Lin Shuguang to take her home first.
• Lin Shuguang introduced Pei Xi and Pei Xiaotang to Lin Haiyang and Mother Lin, then hurried back to the bookstore with them; Lin Xiaoxi told their parents that the pair were going to live together.
• Pei Xiaotang told Pei Xi that Lin Shuguang was tainted with yin energy and entangled in ancient karma, and said he would try to save him.
• Bai Heng reported that the bookstore intruder was a corpse-transformed human with no known prior identity or nearby Spatial Tunnel, then told Lin Shuguang that an outsider wanted to fight him.

Lin Shuguang represented Huai City at a provincial exchange conference, where he showcased the bureau’s achievements and clashed with the Beining City delegation. After Zhang Ying challenged him, Lin Shuguang struck once with his saber and left her fate uncertain as he prepared to leave.

• Si Qianjun sent Lin Shuguang and a Seventh Department team to the provincial capital’s exchange conference, where Bai Heng explained Huai City’s longstanding feud with Beining City.
• Lin Shuguang ignored Beining City’s provocation and gave a speech detailing his role in major operations against demonic cultivators, angering their delegation.
• After the conference, Zhang Ying challenged Lin Shuguang, and he answered by unleashing a powerful saber strike that blasted a hole through the hall’s wall.
• Beining City’s delegation rushed outside to find Zhang Ying, while Lin Shuguang told a staff member to lead the way and dismissed Bai Heng’s concern about retaliation.

Lin Shuguang accepted Zhou Xu’s offer to explore an ancient tomb in Guilong City in exchange for a share of its spoils. When Zhou Xu received word that a Hunting Group had intruded and violence had broken out, he and Lin Shuguang rushed to the mountain.

• Lin Shuguang cultivated through the night at the hotel, improving his blood energy and attributes while nearing the Twelfth Heaven.
• Zhou Xu, a division chief from Guilong City, privately invited Lin Shuguang to help enter an ancient tomb guarded by a powerful ferocious beast.
• Lin Shuguang negotiated a twenty-percent share, then sent Bai Heng and the others back while he traveled with Zhou Xu to Guilong City.
• A man called Zhou Xu to report that a Hunting Group had barged into the site and that Old Fang was confronting them.
• After an explosion sounded in the mountains, Zhou Xu and Lin Shuguang hurried into the forest.

Lin Shuguang and Zhou Xu fought the Hunting Group, and Lin Shuguang slaughtered its members despite their use of Berserk Potion. Afterward, Zhou Xu was left stunned by Lin Shuguang’s strength as Lin Shuguang sensed an immense power stirring in the valley ahead.

• Zhou Xu attacked the Hunting Group with fire while Lin Shuguang dodged its gunfire and charged toward the hunters.
• Lin Shuguang drew his saber and killed the Hunting Group members as Zhou Xu moved to help him.
• The Hunting Group Leader and eight surviving members injected Berserk Potion, but Lin Shuguang rejected Zhou Xu’s warning to retreat and charged them.
• Lin Shuguang cut down eight Berserk Members with a single saber strike, then told Zhou Xu to lead the way.
• Zhou Xu followed Lin Shuguang, stunned by his strength, while Lin Shuguang sensed an immense dormant power stirring ahead.

Lin Shuguang led Zhou Xu and his two surviving companions into an ancient tomb after cutting down the Ferocious Beasts guarding its entrance. Inside, he uncovered murals suggesting the tomb’s owner was a legendary general who became a powerful cultivator and fought invading Demons and Monsters; the group then found an inscription they could not read.

• Lin Shuguang charged the two Ferocious Beasts and killed them with a single overwhelming saber attack, stunning Zhou Xu and his companions.
• Zhou Xu used his feng shui and astrology knowledge to guide the group through the tomb’s branching passages and traps to the main burial chamber.
• When eighteen bells rang and injured Zhou Xu and the others, Lin Shuguang cut their chains and stopped the sound so they could recover.
• Lin Shuguang examined the murals, which depicted the tomb owner’s rise from a young military commander to a cultivator who fought Demons and Monsters.
• Lin Shuguang wondered whether the mural’s invaders were connected to the Demon God the Divine Envoy planned to summon.
• Zhou Xu and the others discovered what appeared to be writing near the dragon-headed boat, but could not read it.

Lin Shuguang translated an ancient cultivation technique, found three Vermillion Fruits, and escaped the collapsing tomb with Zhou Xu and his companions. Outside, he killed Haiyi, who recognized him as the man who had attacked the Qin Family.

• Lin Shuguang translated the Oracle Bone Script on a copper sheet, revealing a Body Tempering Technique that Zhou Xu and his companions planned to share with the children back home.
• Zhou Xu used his compass to locate three Vermillion Fruits hidden inside the dragon-headed boat, and removing them triggered the ancient tomb's collapse.
• Lin Shuguang, Zhou Xu, and the others escaped the tomb just as it collapsed, but Haiyi attacked them and knocked Zhou Xu into the mountainside.
• Lin Shuguang confronted Haiyi, overpowered his spear, and struck him down when he recognized Lin Shuguang from the attack on the Qin Family.
• Lin Shuguang killed Haiyi before he could reveal anything and dismissed the Qin Family as worthless.

After returning to Huai City, Lin Shuguang consumed three Vermillion Fruits and broke through to the twelfth heaven of organ refinement. He then confronted Beining City officials who came to demand an explanation for Director Zhang’s defeat, killing their captain and ordering the rest seized.

• Lin Shuguang returned to Huai City and cultivated with three Vermillion Fruits, breaking through to the twelfth heaven of organ refinement and increasing his attributes.
• A staff member told Lin Shuguang that people from Beining City were causing trouble at the Special Management Bureau and had injured several Huai City members.
• Lin Shuguang challenged the Beining delegation to fight rather than demand compensation for Director Zhang’s defeat.
• When the Beining delegation tried to leave, Lin Shuguang struck down all eight and killed their captain for trespassing.
• Lin Shuguang ordered the remaining Beining City members seized, and the Huai City crowd surged forward.

Lin Shuguang led Huai City’s retaliation against Beining City after its agents attacked the bureau, demanding Beining surrender its allocation for ten years. He struck down Tie Cheng and confronted Beining’s returning Bureau Chief, ending the chapter as he attacked without hesitation.

• Lin Shuguang accepted Si Bureau’s orders to retaliate against Beining City, with the bureau’s departments assigned to support him.
• Lin Shuguang brought the corpse of a Beining City agent to its bureau and had Bai Heng accuse Beining of trespassing and attacking Huai City’s members.
• Lin Shuguang listed Beining’s offenses and defeated Tie Cheng’s attack with a thunderous burst of mental power.
• Lin Shuguang declared that Beining’s entire allocation would belong to Huai City for ten years, then cut apart its Bureau-Suppressing Iron Pillar.
• Beining City’s Bureau Chief arrived and threatened Lin Shuguang, who immediately slashed at him.

Lin Shuguang returned from Beining City after forcing its bureau to surrender resources, while Si Qianjun prepared to use the dispute to expose traitors. Lin then went to meet Lu Tao, a persistent challenger whose identity appeared to be falsified.

• Lin Shuguang and his team left Beining City after he defeated Director Wan and demanded ten years of resource allotments.
• Yang Tianyi confronted Zhou Mojun for repeatedly egging him on to oppose Lin, and Fang Yuan later reported Zhou’s conduct to Si Qianjun.
• Si Qianjun ordered Fang Yuan to monitor Zhou and approved taking over Beining City’s cultivation resources as part of a planned purge of traitors.
• Lin Shuguang returned to Huai City with supplies he had seized from Beining City, and Si Qianjun asked him to lead a decapitation operation if necessary.
• Bai Heng told Lin Shuguang that Lu Tao had come to challenge him again and warned that Lu’s background information appeared deliberately falsified.

Lu Tao challenged Lin Shuguang to test his strength for the Demon Suppression Division, but Lin defeated him with two slashes. Lu Tao revealed that the division wanted Lin to replace Qin Taihang, and Si Qianjun arrived furious over the attempted recruitment.

• Lu Tao approached Lin Shuguang and asked to fight him, claiming he was a saber enthusiast.
• Lu Tao unleashed his Grandmaster-level strength and attacked Lin Shuguang, alarming Bai Heng and drawing Si Qianjun's attention.
• Lin Shuguang defeated Lu Tao with two slashes and prepared to strike again as Lu admitted defeat.
• Lu Tao revealed the Demon Suppression Division wanted Lin Shuguang to replace Qin Taihang and showed Lin his Command Token.
• Si Qianjun rushed over and angrily accused the Demon Suppression Division of trying to poach his man.

Lin Shuguang captured two powerful corpse people who arrived by boat in the spatial tunnel, then returned to the Special Management Bureau, where a corpse worm appeared in his Cultivation Room. Old Jin called to report that Third Brother had gone missing.

• Lin Shuguang told Si Qianjun that he was close to becoming a Mystic Martial King, easing Si Qianjun’s concern about the Qin Family.
• Lin Shuguang encountered two white-skinned figures arriving by rust-covered boat in the spatial tunnel and ordered the patrol team to contact the people outside.
• Lin Shuguang struck down the two corpse people and bound them with an iron chain as the Special Management Bureau’s expert team arrived.
• Lin Shuguang told the experts to recover the boat, which had withstood the corrosive seawater, then returned to the Special Management Bureau.
• A corpse worm appeared in Lin Shuguang’s Cultivation Room, and he demanded an explanation from Demonic Saber.
• Old Jin urgently called Lin Shuguang and reported that Third Brother had gone missing.

Lin Shuguang entered the [Blood Desolate Land] to find Feng San and took a treasure medicine from a violent battle with overwhelming force. He rescued Feng San and encouraged him to leave Huai City for new opportunities.

• Old Jin told Lin Shuguang that Feng San had gone missing, and Master Jin's search revealed he was last seen in the [Blood Desolate Land].
• Lin Shuguang went alone into the [Blood Desolate Land] and learned from fleeing hunters that a treasure medicine had drawn powerful beasts and Martial Dao experts into a fight.
• Lin Shuguang spotted Feng San hiding in the undergrowth and seized the treasure medicine, then scattered the fighters and beasts with a devastating slash.
• Lin Shuguang killed a man from Heiyi Dao who demanded a share and ordered the remaining fighters to leave.
• Lin Shuguang took Feng San away and urged him to leave Huai City, promising that his brothers would support him.

Lin Shuguang resolved a dispute over whether to dismantle the boat from the Spatial Tunnel and proposed preparing for another reconnaissance wave. After returning to his family’s shop, he accepted a challenge from Ji Feiying of Pingjian Mountain Villa and set a meeting for three days later.

• Lin Shuguang discussed the Corpse People, the boat, and the possibility of a tribe across the sea with Bai Heng.
• At the Research Institute, Lin Shuguang ended the experts’ argument by prioritizing information from the Corpse People and proposing that he lead a team to wait at the Spatial Tunnel.
• Lin Shuguang returned to Lin’s Shop, greeted Lin Xiaoxi and his parents, then noticed a cold young man watching him from across the street.
• The young man delivered Ji Feiying’s invitation challenging Lin Shuguang to meet at the New Moon Hotel on January twenty-first.
• Lin Shuguang sent the invitation back with enough force to break the young man’s chest bones and said he would see Ji Feiying in three days.

Lin Shuguang learned that Ji Feiying had used Martial Dao resources to advance Zhang Ying and summoned influential figures to Pingjian Mountain Villa to confront him over her injury. Lin Shuguang arrived without an invitation, crushed a guard beneath his palm, and entered the villa under armed Special Management Bureau protection, where Ji Feiying recognized him.

• Bai Heng told Lin Shuguang about Ji Feiying's pursuit of Zhang Ying, her rapid rise in cultivation, and the evidence Lin had requested.
• At Pingjian Mountain Villa, Ji Feiying welcomed a gathering of martial practitioners and told them Lin Shuguang had injured Zhang Ying and owed him an explanation.
• The guests condemned Lin Shuguang, while Ji Feiying anticipated making him pay.
• A gate guard demanded Lin Shuguang's invitation, and Lin struck him to his knees, breaking his bones.
• Lin Shuguang's Special Management Bureau forces surrounded the villa's men with weapons and Yuan Magnetic Fire Cannons as he walked into the main hall.
• Ji Feiying saw Lin Shuguang enter and rose from his chair, calling his name through gritted teeth.

Lin Shuguang raided Pingjian Mountain Villa, exposed Ji Feiying’s ties to demonic cultivators, and killed him before he could reveal his allies. After arresting the villa’s guests and confiscating its assets, Lin faced a heavily armed force from Dongning City’s Special Management Bureau.

• Lin Shuguang ordered everyone at Pingjian Mountain Villa to squat, and his aura terrified Sun Mingwei into collapsing to the ground.
• Lin Shuguang’s Special Management Bureau members subdued the Martial Arts Masters while Ji Feiying protested the raid.
• Lin Shuguang accused Ji Feiying of colluding with demonic cultivators and killed him with the Slaughter Blade when he called for help.
• Bai Heng reported that the villa had been secured but no demonic cultivators were found, and Lin said the fugitives had already escaped.
• Lin ordered Bai Heng to record the arrested Masters’ details and investigate their backgrounds and assets, then confiscated the villa’s wealth.
• Dongning City’s Special Management Bureau arrived with armored vehicles and armed helicopters as Lin prepared to leave.

Lin Shuguang and the Huai City Seventh Section were intercepted by Yue Sheng and the Dongning Guard, who demanded the supplies taken from Pingjian Mountain Villa. Lin Shuguang attacked Yue Sheng, leaving the Guard Team stunned by his overwhelming power.

• Lin Shuguang cut the Dongning Guard's helicopter in half after it descended over his convoy.
• Yue Sheng accused Lin Shuguang of killing Ji Feiying and demanded the supplies seized from Pingjian Mountain Villa.
• Yue Sheng ordered his armed Guard Team to surround the Seventh Section and threatened to kill them if they refused.
• Lin Shuguang told his men to take cover, then unleashed a devastating saber attack at Yue Sheng.
• Lin Shuguang's attack created a huge fireball and blasted a hole through a nearby building, shocking the Dongning Guard.

Lin Shuguang defeated Yue Sheng and his guards, then fought Zhang Qingcang when he tried to stop Lin from arresting Yue Sheng. The chapter ended with Lin ordering the stunned onlookers to leave as Zhang lay injured.

• The Guard Team rushed into the ruined courtyard and found Lin Shuguang standing over the defeated Yue Sheng, who begged for his life.
• Yue Sheng’s personal guards drew their blades and charged Lin Shuguang, but he struck them down despite Wang Lin’s plea to spare them.
• Zhang Qingcang confronted Lin Shuguang and demanded that he release Yue Sheng, while Wang Lin tried to mediate.
• Lin Shuguang rejected their demands, citing Yue Sheng’s attack on Special Management Bureau personnel and his right to arrest him.
• Zhang Qingcang shot an arrow at Lin Shuguang, who shattered it, broke Zhang’s knees with a saber strike, and sent him flying with a second blow.
• Lin Shuguang told the stunned Wang Lin and the others to scram.

Lin Shuguang returned to Huai City with a haul of cultivation supplies and reported his clashes with Pingjian Mountain Villa and Dongning City’s Guard Team to Si Qianjun. After strengthening security around the Research Institute and cultivating, he patrolled the Luoshan spatial tunnel, then rushed off after receiving a message.

• Lin Shuguang brought a large shipment of cultivation supplies and a prisoner back to Huai City, then told Si Qianjun how he had fought Pingjian Mountain Villa and the Guard Team in Dongning City.
• Si Qianjun warned Lin Shuguang that Dongning City’s exchange team might be investigating the Corpse People and put him in charge while he left Huai City; Lin Shuguang took some of Si Qianjun’s precious tea leaves.
• Lin Shuguang told Bai Heng to reward the Third Department’s intelligence helpers and secure the Research Institute against leaks, then cultivated with treasure medicine and raised his attributes.
• Lin Shuguang and Bai Heng headed to Luoshan, where Lin Shuguang stopped a car following them and the driver reported to Captain Zhang.
• Lin Shuguang found nothing unusual while patrolling the rain-swept spatial tunnel, then received a message and hurried away after handing Bai Heng his report.

Fang Yuan told Lin Shuguang about a covert mission to investigate disappearances near Howling Moon Mountain, where he uncovered a village ritual linked to mysterious Flame People and the Spatial Tunnel. Too injured to continue, Fang Yuan handed the mission to Lin Shuguang, who agreed to join three Hejian Sect martial artists despite being introduced under a false identity.

• Fang Yuan recounted how villagers near Howling Moon Mountain watched him, drugged him with Soul-Confusing Incense, and caught him spying on a sacrificial ritual.
• Fang Yuan said ten Flame People attacked him, and their claws matched those of Corpse People Lin Shuguang had captured before.
• Fang Yuan warned Lin Shuguang that other factions knew about the mountain and introduced him to the Hejian Sect as his junior sect brother from the Joyful Union Sect.
• Three Hejian Sect martial artists arrived, and Shen Hongxue told Lin Shuguang to meet them at the entrance in ten minutes.
• Lin Shuguang teased Fang Yuan for calling himself Si, and Fang Yuan replied that Director Lin was the cleverer one.