Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang confronted the Black Demon Forest in a tavern and learned they were interested in the inheritance site. After destroying the tavern and escaping, he continued toward Terror Canyon with Liu Yue, whose cultivation remained sealed.

• A Sand Country adventurer tried to drive Lin Shuguang away from Liu Yue, but the arrival of Shan Jiuxie and the Black Demon Forest interrupted him.
• Shan Jiuxie showed Lin Shuguang a photograph and ordered him out of town, while Lin accused the Black Demon Forest of seeking the inheritance.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed his power against Shan Jiuxie and the other Black Demon Forest members, then used saber intent to stop Shan Jiuxie from fleeing.
• The Black Demon Forest’s Vice President learned Lin Shuguang had escaped and ordered his forces to assemble secretly for Terror Canyon.
• Lin Shuguang traveled through Terror Canyon with Liu Yue, who begged him to restore her cultivation, but he told her to keep moving.

Lin Shuguang encountered a Crimson Blood Sable fleeing a group from the Gu Family of Tonghua County, and the creature chose to hide with him. When the Gu Family’s young master ordered his men to attack, Lin Shuguang struck back with overwhelming force.

• Lin Shuguang left Liu Yue behind in Terror Canyon as she struggled through the harsh wind and sand.
• A Crimson Blood Sable fled a dozen pursuers, then sought refuge at Lin Shuguang’s feet.
• Lin Shuguang deflected a halberd attack and pulled the sable from its hiding hole; it climbed onto his shoulder.
• The Gu Family men demanded the sable and threatened Lin Shuguang after he refused to hand it over.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed a powerful saber strike that shattered the attackers’ bones and sent them crashing into a cliff.

Lin Shuguang defeated Gu Qingcheng, took his supplies, and killed him after learning of his status in the Gu Family. He then confronted the Crimson Blood Sable over whether it would become his familiar.

• Gu Qingcheng demanded Lin Shuguang hand over the Crimson Blood Sable, but Lin Shuguang attacked and beat him.
• Lin Shuguang took Gu Qingcheng's bag of cultivation supplies while Liu Yue warned Gu Qingcheng that Lin Shuguang had killed Qin Family Heavenly Prides.
• Gu Qingcheng tried to bargain for his bag and invoked the Gu Family, but Lin Shuguang killed him with a single stroke.
• Lin Shuguang caught the Crimson Blood Sable as it tried to sneak into the bag and told it to acknowledge him as its master or die.

After killing Gu Qingcheng, Lin Shuguang kept Liu Yue under his control, freed her seal, and led her deeper into the Terrifying Grand Canyon toward a dangerous inheritance. The chapter ended as two blue-flamed steel spikes attacked them from beyond a canyon opening.

• Lin Shuguang stopped the Crimson Blood Sable from taking his Golden Yuan Pills, intimidated it with his mental power, and made it accept a Bone Tempering Pill.
• Lin Shuguang told Liu Yue that he had let a Gu Family member escape and warned her to behave, then removed her seal because he sensed the inheritance nearby.
• Liu Yue warned Lin Shuguang that the inheritance had drained the blood energy of powerful people, but he continued forward and she followed because she could not leave alone.
• Lin Shuguang and Liu Yue traveled deeper into the Terrifying Grand Canyon as its cutting winds intensified, and Lin Shuguang entered an opening in the canyon wall.
• Two blue-flamed steel spikes shot at Lin Shuguang and Liu Yue as they emerged from the opening, and Lin Shuguang blocked them.

Lin Shuguang and Liu Yue reached a misty lake where a dangerous inheritance was about to emerge, while the Gu Family and Black Demon Forest arrived to confront him. As thunderclouds gathered, the Blood-colored Demonic Saber identified the inheritance as the Spring Autumn Cicada and urged Lin Shuguang to obtain it, leaving him wary of its blood-seeking nature.

• Lin Shuguang slaughtered a group of undead headless knights with overwhelming saber strikes, astonishing Liu Yue.
• At the lake, Lin Shuguang stopped and asked Liu Yue how much she could boost his strength as the Gu Family arrived.
• Lin Shuguang revealed himself to Gu Wanjin, who accused him of killing Gu Qingcheng and threatened revenge.
• Qiu Jin led the Black Demon Forest group into the canyon, and Liu Yue warned Lin Shuguang that both factions might fight him over the inheritance.
• Thunderclouds gathered as the Blood-colored Demonic Saber told Lin Shuguang that the inheritance was the Spring Autumn Cicada, which fed on blood energy; Lin Shuguang worried that it could make him a target.

Lin Shuguang and Liu Yue watched the Spring Autumn Cicada endure heavenly lightning as gathered forces waited for the inheritance to emerge. After the beast vanished into a deep pit beneath the lake, the experts rushed toward it, but Lin Shuguang stayed back, saying the time was not right.

• Liu Yue realized Lin Shuguang expected her to boost him in the coming battle and accused him of scheming to trap her into helping him.
• The Spring Autumn Cicada took shape in the lake and endured a devastating punishment of heavenly lightning as the gathered forces prepared to seize the inheritance.
• Lin Shuguang shielded Liu Yue from the lightning's shockwave while the beast absorbed spilled blood and devoured martial artists who could not escape its suction.
• After a final lightning strike, the Spring Autumn Cicada disappeared, leaving a vast hole in the lake as black mist rose from the pit.
• Qiu Jin and Gu Wanjin led dozens of Profound Connection Realm experts toward the pit, while Lin Shuguang stayed behind and told Liu Yue the time was not right.

Lin Shuguang provoked the factions gathered at the lake and killed Gu Wanjin while the Spring Autumn Cicada drained the Black Demon Forest’s fighters. He leaped into the deep pit, and as thousands charged after him, he told Liu Yue to act.

• Qiu Jin ordered the Black Demon Forest members to bind the crystallized Spring Autumn Cicada, which burned their blood energy and killed them.
• Lin Shuguang charged into the battlefield, shattered the ground, and attacked Gu Wanjin before he could finish threatening him.
• Lin Shuguang pursued and killed Gu Wanjin with a saber strike, earning 100,000 points of Blood Energy Value.
• Lin Shuguang leaped into the deep pit as the Spring Autumn Cicada’s suction weakened, prompting thousands of martial artists to charge after him.
• Lin Shuguang told Liu Yue, “Do it,” and she snapped out of her daze.

Lin Shuguang used Liu Yue’s secret technique to claim the Spring Autumn Cicada, slaughtering the fighters in the canyon and absorbing their blood. After Liu Yue’s power ran out, he still stood amid the carnage, leaving her to ask whether he was human or demon.

• Lin Shuguang emerged from the pit with the Spring Autumn Cicada as the gathered fighters attacked him, and Liu Yue poured power into him with her secret technique.
• Lin Shuguang threw the Spring Autumn Cicada into the air and used the Blood Absorption Great Method to drain the blood of the fighters he killed.
• Lin Shuguang’s cultivation surged to grand perfection, and he killed Qiu Jin and many other fighters as they tried to resist or flee.
• Lin Shuguang froze the canyon’s exit with [Cold Hibernation], trapping the fleeing fighters, while Liu Yue watched from the high slope after exhausting her power.
• Liu Yue asked Lin Shuguang whether he was human or demon, and he replied that those who obeyed him prospered and those who defied him died.

Lin Shuguang returned to Huai City with Liu Yue after using a trap in Sand Country to kill thousands of martial artists and capturing the Spring Autumn Cicada. Liu Yue agreed to remain connected to him while secretly reporting to the Godly Beast Corporation, and Lin Shuguang learned that Great Xia had decided to block access to Sand Country.

• The Spring Autumn Cicada shrank to a tiny golden form and entered Lin Shuguang's array, while the Crimson Blood Sable trembled before it.
• Lin Shuguang gave Liu Yue a Bone Tempering Pill, and the two returned to Huai City as she complained that he had refused to give her a Golden Yuan Pill.
• Liu Yue proposed working as Lin Shuguang's undercover agent, and he told her to handle the Godly Beast Corporation herself and contact him through an encrypted line when needed.
• After Lin Shuguang left, Liu Yue activated the Godly Beast Corporation's Secret Order and told her subordinates that the target had survived and she would enter secluded cultivation.
• At the Huai City Special Management Bureau, Si Qianjun told Lin Shuguang that thousands had died in Sand Country and that Great Xia had decided to block all routes there; Lin Shuguang called it a sound decision.

After the Sand Country massacre sparked widespread rumors, Lin Shuguang discussed the incident and the Seventh Section’s leadership with Si Qianjun. Back at the bureau, he assigned Bai Heng a month to reach Viscera Refining Grandmaster, promising him a great opportunity while leaving its benefits unclear.

• News of thousands killed at the Terrifying Grand Canyon spread across neighboring countries, stirring conspiracy theories about the inheritance and the missing remains.
• Si Qianjun asked Lin Shuguang to recommend a Seventh Section Division Chief, and Lin said he would think about it.
• Bai Heng mistakenly confessed to accepting a favor and dating Yang Tianyi’s daughter, Yang Xiao Yue, before Lin Shuguang explained that he had called him in to give him a task.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Bai Heng to break through to Viscera Refining Grandmaster within a month and offered him resources and a great opportunity.
• Bai Heng asked what benefits he would receive if he succeeded, and Lin Shuguang kept the answer to himself.

Lin Lan dominated the Token Holder Tournament with his brutal strength and revealed a grandmaster-level fist technique while defeating Gu Tongtian. After claiming the championship, he was summoned into the hall by the protector’s decree.

• Lin Shuguang reviewed the businesses and allies under his command while Lin Lan prepared for the Token Holder Tournament on Sacred Mountain.
• Lin Lan won match after match with powerful physical blows, surprising the spectators and earning cheers from the senior sisters.
• The tournament narrowed to Lin Lan, Night Shadow, Night Owl, Gu Tongtian, and Nan Mujin.
• Gu Tongtian challenged Lin Lan over their clash in the Secret Pavilion, but Lin Lan answered his saber attack with a devastating Dragon of Wind and Snow fist technique.
• The elders recognized Lin Lan’s grandmaster-level skill, and he won the tournament as its Rookie King.
• An elder announced that the protector had summoned Lin Lan into the hall.

Lin Shuguang returned to Lin's Shop, caught up with his parents, and helped Feng San with money and advice for expanding his martial arts business. A scarlet pillar of light appeared far away, and Governor Ye Longzheng called to tell Lin Shuguang that a divine miracle had descended in the Northern Region.

• Lin Lan's rapid cultivation on the Sacred Mountain impressed its leaders, while Qi Lang secretly sent Lin Lan's stored cultivation resources to the Blood Spirit Clone.
• Lin Shuguang visited Lin's Shop and learned from his parents about Huai City's losses and the many residents who had moved away.
• Lin Shuguang spoke with Feng San, advised him to recruit young Viscera Refining Realm cultivators leaving Huai City, and transferred him ten million.
• Lin Shuguang sensed the Spring Autumn Cicada tremble, sent his divine soul into the sky, and saw a scarlet pillar of light far away.
• Governor Ye Longzheng called Lin Shuguang and told him that a divine miracle had descended in the Northern Region.

Lin Shuguang traveled in disguise to Fulong Cave after being asked to investigate unusual activity there, while factions gathered inside the alternate dimension. He followed the Crimson Blood Sable after it detected something in the woods, leaving its discovery unknown.

• At the Special Management Bureau, Director Zhou challenged Lin Shuguang's absence and tried to claim leadership of the Seventh Department, but Liu Bai drove him out with his aura.
• Si Qianjun told Liu Bai that Zhou had powerful backing and that Lin Shuguang might be needed to deal with those behind him.
• Lin Shuguang rode toward Fulong Cave in disguise, carrying the pill-hungry Crimson Blood Sable.
• A young man on the bus recognized the sable as a juvenile Treasure Seeking Sable and alerted his captain that Lin Shuguang might be heading to Fulong Cave.
• At Fulong Cave, Lin Shuguang saw numerous factions entering the alternate dimension, then followed the sable as it raced into the woods after sensing something.

Lin Shuguang refined the energy surrounding the Ice Lotus as the Spring Autumn Cicada absorbed its frosty mist, strengthening his power and Mental Power. When armed cultivators arrived to capture the Crimson Blood Sable, Lin Shuguang stopped them and crushed their strongest fighter, leaving the black-armored youth to confront him.

• Lin Shuguang saved the Crimson Blood Sable from the Ice Lotus’s freezing power and followed the Spring Autumn Cicada into the Jade Pool.
• The Spring Autumn Cicada absorbed the icy mist while Lin Shuguang refined the Ice Lotus’s energy, and three masses of Spiritual Energy strengthened his Mental Power.
• Lin Shuguang’s four Attribute Points values reached ninety thousand, and the Spring Autumn Cicada revealed two faint marks on its body.
• Dozens of armed figures, including Profound Connection Realm experts, entered the Valley and tried to capture the Crimson Blood Sable with lightning nets.
• Lin Shuguang shattered the nets and defeated Zhou Lang with a saber strike, then picked up the trembling sable as the black-armored youth demanded his name.

Lin Shuguang learned that a Divine Fruit had appeared at Ox Head Ridge and stormed through the gathered martial artists to break the altar’s seal and seize it. As the Silver-Haired War God and Holy Fist Mad Lion confronted him, he declared that he would slay anyone who called himself a god.

• Lin Shuguang killed Ma Jianji and questioned him about the Alternate Dimension, learning that a Divine Fruit was drawing martial artists to the area.
• Lin Shuguang rushed to Ox Head Ridge after hearing a battle and killed the rock giant guarding the altar.
• Lin Shuguang battered the altar’s seal until it shattered, then reached for the Divine Fruit.
• The Silver-Haired War God and Holy Fist Mad Lion charged toward Lin Shuguang as he seized the fruit.
• Lin Shuguang faced the two experts and declared that he would slay gods.

Lin Shuguang defeated Blood Lion Ancestor after the Divine Fruit pushed him to the tenth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm. He stopped short of killing him when Blood Lion Ancestor offered knowledge of a secret to reaching the Core Realm, then revealed he had killed a Sacred Mountain Disciple.

• Blood Lion Ancestor arrived at Ox Head Ridge and attacked Lin Shuguang to avenge Holy Fist Mad Lion.
• Lin Shuguang swallowed the Divine Fruit and countered Blood Lion Ancestor's attacks with his Thunder Domain and saber.
• Lin Shuguang broke through to the tenth heaven of the Profound Connection Realm and gravely wounded Blood Lion Ancestor with a slash.
• Blood Lion Ancestor begged for his life and offered to reveal a secret about reaching the Core Realm.
• Blood Lion Ancestor claimed the Upper Realm had recruited him and offered to connect Lin Shuguang with it.
• Lin Shuguang said he had killed a Sacred Mountain Disciple, leaving Blood Lion Ancestor stunned.

Lin Shuguang reunited with the Silver Seraph in the Alternate Dimension, where they learned the place concealed dangerous secrets and Heaven and Earth Law Power. A formation then activated across the dimension, and the Demon God's Eye began devastating the area, leaving Lin Shuguang urging the Silver Seraph to attack it.

• Lin Shuguang followed a hidden Five Phases mark and found the Silver Seraph emerging from seclusion in the Alternate Dimension.
• The Silver Seraph revealed that he had heard of Heaven and Earth Law Power and proposed that they work together to obtain it.
• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph sensed danger as 108 pillars of light activated a formation across the Alternate Dimension.
• A scarlet vertical pupil appeared in the sky and unleashed destructive beams against the Martial Artists throughout the dimension.
• The Silver Seraph identified the pupil as the Demon God's Eye, and Lin Shuguang raised his saber and told the Silver Seraph to get it.

Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph discovered that refining the Heaven and Earth Law Power could turn martial artists into puppets, then attacked the Demon God's Eye to break the Alternate Dimension's sealed exit. Their combined strike shattered the seal, but both disappeared from the sky.

• The Silver Seraph heard a woman's warning not to refine the Heaven and Earth Law Power or risk becoming a puppet.
• Lin Shuguang suspected the Dream Master had directed the Silver Seraph to the inheritance and warned him to stay wary.
• With the exit sealed, Lin Shuguang charged toward the Demon God's Eye, and the Silver Seraph followed to help him.
• The Demon God's Eye unleashed a devastating pillar of scarlet light, and Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph struck it together.
• Their collision shattered the seal and dimmed the Demon God's Eye, while the two men disappeared and the other martial artists rushed for the exit.

After the Fulong Cave disaster, Lin Shuguang learned that a Western Black Dragon had slaughtered a city in San Diego Bay. Si Qianjun then told him the Demon Suppression Division wanted to invite him, but Lin Shuguang rejected the idea of defecting from the Special Management Bureau.

• Lin Shuguang and the Silver Seraph parted ways after leaving Fulong Cave, and Lin Shuguang kept the dangers of refining the laws of heaven and earth secret.
• Great Xia took control of the ruined Alternate Dimension as survivors described Lin Shuguang resisting Divine Punishment, while rumors spread about terrifying beings awakening.
• Lin Xiaoxi returned to Lin's Shop and watched news footage showing a Western Black Dragon devour thunderclouds and unleash divine lightning that slaughtered a city in San Diego Bay.
• Si Qianjun gave Lin Shuguang documents saying the Demon Suppression Division wanted to invite him.
• Lin Shuguang declared that he would never defect from the Special Management Bureau.

Si Qianjun revealed that the Spark Plan was created to preserve a way out for Great Xia amid engineered revivals and a looming conflict with other races, and Lin Shuguang agreed to contact its architect, the God of Fire. After making arrangements for Bai Heng and his parents, Lin Shuguang met Old Fire, who began explaining that their world was a fragment whose erased truth even the Upper Realm did not know.

• Si Qianjun told Lin Shuguang that powerful figures might be arranging the revival of ancient beings and explained the Spark Plan's goal of finding a way out for Great Xia.
• Lin Shuguang accepted the risk of joining the plan and received a contact method for the God of Fire.
• Lin Shuguang nominated Bai Heng to become Division Chief of the Seventh Section and told him to reach Grand Perfection of the Viscera Refining Realm within two weeks.
• Lin Shuguang gave his parents a Ring of Storage containing treasure medicine before leaving Lin's Shop for a business trip.
• Lin Shuguang followed the God of Fire's directions to a courtyard, where an array transported him to a mountain pavilion to meet Old Fire.
• Old Fire said the world's truth had been erased and that the fragment was coveted by ancient revived beings, then asked Lin Shuguang if he knew why.