Chapter Summaries

The Qin Family arrived in Huai City to demand the release of its detained members, but Lin Shuguang and Si Qianjun stood against them. After Lin Shuguang nearly forced Qin Tianwen to his knees, he challenged the Qin Family to leave or fight.

• Si Qianjun told Director Fang that, as a Profound Connection Realm expert, he had no reason to fear the Qin Family.
• Director Fang warned Lin Shuguang that the Qin Family was sending a Clan Elder to Huai City after the Governor and the Special Management Bureau backed him.
• The Qin Family convoy arrived at the Special Management Bureau, where Si Qianjun demanded to know why they had come.
• Qin Tianwen demanded the release of the Qin Family members in custody, and Si Qianjun asked him for evidence of wrongdoing.
• Lin Shuguang arrived and provoked Qin Tianwen, then used his Profound Connection Realm power to nearly force him to his knees.
• The Clan Elder shielded Qin Tianwen, and Lin Shuguang told the Qin Family to leave or fight.

Lin Shuguang confronted the Qin Family over the release of Qin Tianhe and demanded compensation before a Steel Alliance envoy arrived with a challenge from Gang Yan. The chapter ended as the envoy’s sword-intent invitation shot toward Lin Shuguang.

• Si Qianjun backed Lin Shuguang against Qin Tianwen, and a Qin Family elder presented a headquarters transfer order for Qin Tianhe and the others.
• Lin Shuguang agreed to let the Qin Family take them but demanded one hundred million in damages, then handed Qin Tianwen Bai Heng’s prepared compensation bill.
• A black-robed Steel Alliance envoy appeared and invited Lin Shuguang to attend the alliance’s sixtieth-anniversary banquet on Gang Yan’s orders.
• The envoy hurled the invitation, infused with Gang Yan’s Sword Intent, at Lin Shuguang, who simply raised his eyes.

Lin Shuguang shattered Gang Yan’s Sword Intent and forced the Qin Family to pay for Qin Tianhe’s release. The Qin Family left after inviting him to the Steel Alliance banquet at the end of the month, where Qin Tianwen hoped Gang Yan would kill him.

• Lin Shuguang destroyed the giant sword formed from Gang Yan’s Sword Intent with one saber slash and left Black Robe kneeling and badly wounded.
• Si Qianjun and the Special Management Bureau staff realized how powerful Lin Shuguang was, while the Qin Family’s group grew fearful.
• Lin Shuguang demanded payment from the Qin Family, and the Clan Elder ordered Qin Tianwen to pay.
• The Qin Family’s Clan Elder invited Lin Shuguang to the Steel Alliance banquet at the end of the month and led his people away with Qin Tianhe.
• Qin Tianwen complained that they had let Lin Shuguang go, then privately hoped Gang Yan would kill him at the banquet.

Lin Shuguang accepted the Steel Alliance's invitation despite Si Qianjun's concerns, then received intelligence on the Qin Family and Steel Alliance from Director Fang. After seeing Xu Jie off, he learned that Yang Guang was selling his family's Mental Power Spells at Medicine God Valley, giving Lin a possible lead in his search for them.

• The Steel Alliance envoy disappeared on his way back after being thrown out of the Special Management Bureau.
• Lin Shuguang told Si Qianjun he would attend the Steel Alliance's banquet and fight Gang Yan if necessary.
• Bai Heng delivered Director Fang's top-secret intelligence report on the Qin Family and Steel Alliance, and Lin confirmed he would accept the invitation.
• Lin Shuguang met Xu Jie before Xu left Huai City by train, and the two friends said their farewells.
• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that Yang Guang was heading to Medicine God Valley to sell his family's legacy, including at least a dozen Mental Power Spells.

Lin Shuguang traveled to Medicine God Valley under the alias Wang Ye and met Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue on the bus. When he sensed a flame demonic flower nearby, he sent out his divine soul, killed a man who tried to attack it, and drew the fury of a martial artist from Vertical Martial Dao.

• Lin Shuguang obtained leave from Si Qianjun and traveled to Central Province, then boarded a bus to Medicine God Valley.
• On the bus, Lin Shuguang introduced himself as Wang Ye and chatted with Lu Youwei, while her companion Xu Qianxue remained aloof.
• After an explosion and beast roars sounded nearby, Lin Shuguang sent his divine soul toward the mountains and found a flame demonic flower that stirred his martial dao will.
• A hidden man tried to shatter Lin Shuguang's divine soul with sonic waves, but Lin Shuguang formed a giant from his soul and killed him as he reached for the flower.
• The martial artist battling a ferocious beast saw Lin Shuguang through Heavenly Eye, identified him as the killer of someone from Vertical Martial Dao, and threatened him.

Lin Shuguang seized and refined the demon flower, defeating Chang Hui and the Vertical Martial Dao group with his divine soul. The flower increased his mental power by 10,000 as black flames engulfed the area.

• Chang Hui warned his companions that Lin Shuguang’s divine soul had killed Fourth, then persuaded them to lend him strength through the Four Precepts Formation.
• Lin Shuguang appeased the two Martial Dao Wills, learned how to harvest the demon flower, and uprooted it as Chang Hui attacked.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed a storm of demonic blades that shattered Chang Hui’s sword attack, broke his ribs, and injured the companions supporting him.
• Lin Shuguang swallowed and refined the demon flower, causing black flames to engulf everything within a hundred-meter radius.
• Lin Shuguang gained 10,000 mental power while the flames drowned out the surrounding screams.

After his Mental Power surged, Lin Shuguang followed a group of Martial Artists toward Medicine God Valley and forced them to surrender their treasure medicines. He reached the exchange gathering without a Martial Artist Certificate, but Xu Qianxue vouched for him, and he slipped inside before leaving Lu Youwei behind again.

• Lin Shuguang followed Song He and his companions toward Medicine God Valley, then used thunder and ice powers to overpower them and demand their valuables.
• Song He surrendered more than a dozen stalks of Treasure Medicine and told Lin Shuguang about Medicine God Valley.
• Two Medicine God Valley disciples stopped Lin Shuguang because he lacked a Martial Artist Certificate.
• Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue arrived, and Xu Qianxue confirmed Lin Shuguang was her friend so the disciples let him enter.
• Lin Shuguang thanked Xu Qianxue and left, then Lu Youwei returned with drinks and found he had disappeared.

Lin Shuguang searched for Yang Guang at the Medicine God Valley exchange gathering, but found him dead and learned that a mysterious woman might be involved. Ma Shen gave Lin Shuguang a dagger associated with ill omen, which carried an intense surge of resentment.

• Lin Shuguang asked Cao Chao for information about Yang Guang and learned that Yang Guang was connected to Ma Shen at stall 777.
• Lin Shuguang broke a stallholder’s supposedly indestructible mirror, then forced him to reveal where Yang Guang could be found.
• Lin Shuguang reached Yang Guang’s residence and discovered that Yang Guang had been killed.
• Ma Shen told Lin Shuguang that Yang Guang had warned him, “If I die, it must mean she’s here,” and recounted how they had met three months earlier.
• Lin Shuguang asked Cao Chao to investigate Yang Guang’s recent contacts, then took a dagger Ma Shen said Yang Guang had called a blade of ill omen.

Lin Shuguang went to Yang Guang’s lodgings seeking the Yang Family’s mental techniques, but encountered a mysterious woman called Ill Omen who tried to make him acknowledge her as her master. With the help of the two strands of martial dao will, Lin Shuguang defeated her divine soul and wondered whether they had slain a god.

• Lin Shuguang learned from Ma Shen that Yang Guang had died and went to search Yang Guang’s lodgings for cultivation methods.
• A strange energy appeared in the room, and a red-haired woman named Ill Omen entered with the Blade of Ill Omen daggers surrounding her.
• Ill Omen offered to remove Lin Shuguang’s karma if he acknowledged her as his master, but Lin Shuguang attacked instead.
• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed Ill Omen with his saber and mental power, forcing her to abandon her body and flee as a divine soul.
• The two strands of martial dao will helped Lin Shuguang restrain and kill Ill Omen’s divine soul, leaving him to ask whether they had slain a god.

Lin Shuguang devoured part of [Unknown]'s Divine Soul, learned more than twenty Mental Power Spells, and upgraded Soul Refining Technique to create a powerful clone named Lin Yi. As Lin Shuguang considered using clones to gather resources, Medicine God Valley martial artists arrived and invited him to their sect for a talk.

• [Unknown] self-destructed her Divine Soul, but Lin Shuguang tore off and devoured part of it before she vanished.
• Lin Shuguang absorbed [Unknown]'s fragmented memories, learned more than twenty Mental Power Spells, and increased his Mental Power by five hundred points.
• Lin Shuguang paid 135 million to upgrade Soul Refining Technique, unlocking an external incarnation.
• Lin Shuguang created a powerful clone, named him Lin Yi, tested his obedience, and sent him to search for resources.
• Dozens of Medicine God Valley martial artists arrived at Yang Guang's residence, and their leader invited Lin Shuguang to their sect for a talk.

Lin Shuguang was escorted to Medicine God Valley as a mysterious expert, while Lu You held back from approaching him to protect his mission. After Lin Shuguang entered the valley, Chen Xu warned his brother Chen Ye not to return to the sect that day.

• Chen Xu sensed Lin Shuguang’s powerful aura and personally escorted him to Medicine God Valley.
• Lu You recognized Lin Shuguang as Wang Ye, but Zhao Xifeng stopped him from approaching and reminded him to protect Wang Ye’s cover.
• News of Medicine God Valley’s important visitor spread, and Xu Qianxue dismissed Chen Ye’s boasts about his brother’s prospects.
• Medicine God Valley’s elders gathered to receive Lin Shuguang, and Chen Xu left after bringing him into the valley.
• Chen Xu encountered Chen Ye outside the sect and told him not to return that day.

Lin Shuguang posed as Wang Ye while probing Medicine God Valley for information about its pills, but the valley recognized him as the attacker sought by the Qin Family. After leaving, he sensed an ambush and dodged to one side, though the attacker remained unrevealed.

• Chen Xu failed to figure Lin Shuguang out and left Medicine God Valley feeling uneasy.
• Lin Shuguang introduced himself to Valley Master Lü as Wang Ye, and the valley elders mistakenly assumed he was a Grandmaster.
• Lin Shuguang asked about Medicine God Valley’s Golden Yuan Pills while the valley’s leaders questioned him about his background.
• After a Guardian Elder delivered news, Valley Master Lü asked about Lin Shuguang’s saber skills, prompting Lin Shuguang to leave immediately.
• Valley Master Lü explained that the Qin Family was seeking the attacker who had robbed Qin Taihang at Wanxing Mountain, and Elder Hu identified Lin Shuguang as the mysterious swordsman.
• Several miles from Medicine God Valley, Lin Shuguang sensed danger and swiftly dodged an unseen attack.

Lin Shuguang, disguised as Wang Ye, confronted the Qin Family over Qin Taihang’s death and overwhelmed their fighters with mystic profundity. As townspeople and Medicine God Valley observed the distant battle, a powerful figure charged toward the valley headquarters.

• Qin Tianjiu identified Lin Shuguang as the swordsman tied to Qin Taihang’s death and accused him of destroying the Qin Family’s plans.
• Lin Shuguang admitted his role in fighting Qin Taihang and challenged the Qin Family’s claim to power and treasure.
• Lin Shuguang attacked the Qin Family group with his Slaughter Blade, crushing their formation and revealing his mystic profundity.
• Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue noticed the distant battle, while Chen Xu sent Chen Ye away from town for safety.
• Valley Master Luo speculated about Qin Tianjiu’s strength as a formidable figure charged toward Medicine God Valley headquarters, blasting apart buildings.

Lin Shuguang attacked Medicine God Valley after learning it had helped the Qin Family, revealing himself as a Profound Connection Realm Martial King and crushing Valley Master Luo Changhe. Medicine God Valley’s ancestor arrived, but Lin Shuguang demanded they either fight him or pay.

• Lin Shuguang unleashed his power at Medicine God Valley’s entrance, destroying it and revealing that he was a Profound Connection Realm Martial King.
• Lin Shuguang defeated Luo Changhe and dragged him through the valley, demanding the Golden Yuan Pills Luo had said the sect could refine.
• Medicine God Valley’s ancestor arrived and apologized for his disciples, but Lin Shuguang challenged him to fight or pay.
• The ancestor urged Lin Shuguang to be less overbearing, and Lin Shuguang mocked him for being afraid.

Lin Shuguang forced Medicine God Valley to surrender and open its treasury after Lin Yi arrived with a colossal sword. After breaking through to the fifth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm, Lin Shuguang headed for the Steel Alliance but unexpectedly encountered two familiar figures at the station.

• The Medicine God Valley Old Ancestor challenged Lin Shuguang, but Lin Shuguang summoned Lin Yi, whose arrival made the old ancestor concede.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Medicine God Valley to open its treasury, and three hours later the devastated sect faced departing disciples and the old ancestor's decision to enter seclusion.
• The Medicine God Valley Old Ancestor told Luo Changhe the disaster was not his fault and revealed that Lin Shuguang's aura had reached at least mid-tier Tongxuan.
• Lin Shuguang broke through to the fifth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm and set off for the Steel Alliance.
• At the station, Lin Shuguang heard someone call "Wang Ye" and saw two familiar figures, one of whom waved at him.

Lin Shuguang reunited with Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue, then told Si Qianjun he had advanced again and planned to face the Steel Alliance without the Bureau’s help. The chapter ended with Bai Heng reporting trouble requisitioning supplies for Lin Shuguang’s cultivation.

• Lin Shuguang introduced Lin Yi to Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue while they rode together, then got off before Lu Youwei could ask for his number.
• Lu Youwei told Xu Qianxue that Lin Shuguang felt special to her destined soul, and Xu Qianxue later learned that an unknown fighter had subdued Medicine God Valley with a Profound Connection Realm follower.
• Si Qianjun sensed Lin Shuguang’s new breakthrough and asked how he advanced, while Lin Shuguang jokingly advised him to take pills or seek donations.
• Si Qianjun offered to send fighters with Lin Shuguang to the Steel Alliance’s Celebration Conference, but Lin Shuguang refused and claimed he could bring three Profound Connection Realm fighters himself.
• Lin Shuguang asked Bai Heng to requisition cultivation supplies, but three minutes later Bai Heng urgently called because the supplies had not arrived.

Lin Shuguang learned that supplies had been diverted to support a Beast Tide, but the fighting ended before he could join it. He focused on his looming conflict with the Qin Family and prepared for his upcoming trip to the coast; two days later, Si Qianjun called to signal that the time had come.

• Director Ke told Lin Shuguang that supplies had been requisitioned because Demon Beast attacks in West Tower District threatened to become a Beast Tide, and Lin offered to support the front.
• Si Qianjun arranged for Lin to join the fighting, but over thirty Great Grandmasters had nearly finished the battle before Lin could arrive.
• Lin checked his attributes at the Jin Family’s Cultivation Room and considered how he could reach the Core Realm and eventually claim territory in the Demon Domain.
• Lin Haiyang tried to arrange a meeting between Lin Shuguang and his friend’s daughter, but Lin claimed he had official business on the coast and joked that he liked muscles.
• Two days later, Si Qianjun called Lin Shuguang, who realized the time had come.

Lin Shuguang traveled with Bai Heng and Liu Bai to the Steel Alliance’s seventieth anniversary celebration at Ice Plains Valley, while Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue secretly made their way inside. Xu Qianxue learned from Senior Taici that the Battle of Martial Kings was about to begin, and realized they had arrived in time to witness it.

• Bai Heng explained the Steel Alliance’s plans for Ice Plains Valley, and Liu Bai recalled how Gang Yan had seized power from the previous alliance leader.
• Lin Shuguang, Bai Heng, and Liu Bai flew to Ice Plains Valley as crowds gathered in town for the celebration.
• Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue saw a young man turned away from the entrance for lacking an invitation, then heard that the Steel Alliance leader was a Martial King.
• Xu Qianxue led Lu Youwei along a hidden path and brought her by pleasure boat to the gathering on the lake.
• Senior Taici warned Lu Youwei not to stare at the powerful people around them and told the two that the Battle of Martial Kings was about to begin.

At the Steel Alliance celebration in Ice Plains Valley, Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue learned about the rival Martial Kings Lin Shuguang and Gang Yan before Gang Yan announced a coalition and challenged Lin. The chapter ended as another Profound Connection Realm expert arrived from the east, leaving the crowd wondering if it was Lin Shuguang.

• A child and Taici told Lu Youwei and Xu Qianxue about Lin Shuguang, Gang Yan, and the Martial Dao realms.
• Taici described Gang Yan as ruthless and Lin Shuguang as a mysterious Special Management Bureau official known for fighting Demonic Cultivators.
• Gang Yan arrived above the lake on a towering surge of water, and his Sword Intent shook the gathering.
• Gang Yan announced that the Steel Alliance was forming a coalition, saying no one would be forced to join.
• Gang Yan challenged Lin Shuguang to a personal battle, and another Profound Connection Realm expert arrived from the east.

Gang Yan killed Li Bin with a single overwhelming sword strike, then waited at Ice Plains Lake for Lin Shuguang to arrive. Lin finally appeared and charged across the lake to face Gang Yan, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Li Bin of the Ice Valley Clan confronted Gang Yan, but Gang Yan pierced and killed him with four manifested swords.
• Gang Yan challenged Lin Shuguang and waited while the gathered martial artists speculated that Lin might not come.
• Xu Qianxue and Lu Youwei sensed something familiar about the approaching figure and wondered whether he was Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at the lake, and Gang Yan declared that he would kill him as an offering to heaven.
• Lin Shuguang dismissed Gang Yan's threats and surged across the lake to fight him.