Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang consumed evolved [Latent Dragon Pill]s, increased his attributes, and broke through to True Fate Realm, Seventh Heaven. He then began learning ancient Sanskrit script from Su Lengyue while preparing to gather resources before [Eternal Night] arrived.

• Lin Shuguang engraved his Blade Force onto an evolved [Latent Dragon Pill], swallowed it, and used its Power of Rules to strengthen his Martial Dao and attributes.
• Lin Shuguang spent nearly three hundred more drops of [Golden Dew] to evolve another pill, raising his Strength, Constitution, and Defense to 2.79 million and advancing to True Fate Realm, Seventh Heaven.
• Lin Shuguang assessed his resources, noting that Wang Fugui, Sima Hengdao, and Gu Qingshan could help him obtain more [Golden Dew].
• Su Lengyue brought Lin Shuguang an ancient pill formula as an apology from her father and second uncle, then offered to teach him its ancient Sanskrit script.
• Lin Shuguang studied with Su Lengyue through the day, requested Blood Energy-boosting meals, and said he had to prepare quickly to face or flee the will of the Heavenly Dao when [Eternal Night] came.

Lin Shuguang demanded rare pill ingredients from Su Lengyue while hiding the reason for his urgency, and the Su Family’s Ancestor ordered the family to support him. The Ancestor warned that the Great Qian Dynasty’s foundations were weakening and left Su Rongsheng to prepare the family for coming chaos.

• Lin Shuguang translated the Ancient Pill Formula for Su Lengyue, then demanded the [Qiankun Pill] ingredients within three days and more ingredients for the [Latent Dragon Pill].
• Su Lengyue questioned whether an enemy was approaching, but Lin Shuguang refused to explain and warned her not to risk the Su Family for him.
• Su Rongsheng told the Su Family’s Ancestor that Lin Shuguang might be tied to the Ninth Prince’s death and the chaos in the Demon Cave, but the Ancestor dismissed his fear.
• The Su Family’s Ancestor revealed that the Heavenly Dao was weakening, Ji Wufeng had killed Gu Taxian’s son, and Lin Shuguang had a connection to Ji Wufeng.
• The Su Family’s Ancestor ordered Su Rongsheng to protect Lin Shuguang, provide him with ingredients, stockpile resources, move family businesses, and keep a low profile.

Lin Shuguang sacrificed the captured Evil God worshippers in Sima Hengdao’s dungeon, leaving no trace behind, then ordered Sima to find more. Sima received news that the Ninth Prince had likely met with disaster in the Demon Cave and wondered whether Lin Shuguang was involved.

• Lin Shuguang arrived at Sima Hengdao’s dungeon and ordered him to take his men outside while he dealt with the captured worshippers.
• Sima Hengdao and his aides heard the worshippers scream, then found the dungeon empty when they went back inside.
• Lin Shuguang told Sima Hengdao through his mental imprint to find more Evil God worshippers.
• Sima Hengdao received a secret letter reporting that the Ninth Prince’s fate in the Demon Cave was unknown and that he had likely met with disaster.
• Sima Hengdao destroyed the letter and decided to gamble on following Lin Shuguang, while hoping Lin Shuguang had no part in the Ninth Prince’s downfall.

Lin Shuguang evolved his remaining Latent Dragon Pills with golden dew and grew stronger, then caught an intruder in his courtyard. After Xie Hongzu revealed that Qingfeng Hall served as a Southern Dynasty base, Lin Shuguang forced him to lead the way there.

• Lin Shuguang spent six hundred drops of golden dew to evolve two Latent Dragon Pills and gained a million points each in Strength, Constitution, and Defense after swallowing them.
• Lin Shuguang sensed someone prowling around his room and caught the masked intruder when he tried to flee.
• Lin Shuguang broke the intruder’s arm and forced him to identify himself as Xie Hongzu, an agent for both Qingfeng Hall and the Demon Suppression Division.
• Xie Hongzu revealed that Qingfeng Hall was a Southern Dynasty base and that a great family in Great Qian might be involved.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Xie Hongzu to lead him to Qingfeng Hall and took him there in an instant.

Lin Shuguang attacked Qingfeng Hall while Xie Hongzu secretly signaled which members belonged to the Southern Dynasty. After killing the sect master and defeating the elders, Lin Shuguang exposed the hall as a Southern Dynasty base and judged its members no loss to the coming conflict.

• Lin Shuguang masked himself and entered Qingfeng Hall, where he defeated its disciples and killed Elder Chen.
• Xie Hongzu blinked his left eye to identify Huang Chengfeng as belonging to the Southern Dynasty, and Lin Shuguang killed Huang Chengfeng with one strike.
• Lin Shuguang confronted Zhang Hehai and killed him with a single saber thrust, prompting the Qingfeng Hall disciples to flee.
• Qin Hexiang asked Lin Shuguang who he was, and Lin Shuguang revealed that he knew Qingfeng Hall's Southern Dynasty origins.

Lin Shuguang evolved his [Nine Revolutions Golden Cores] and continued cultivating before refining pills for the Su Family, while political turmoil spread over the Ninth Prince’s death and attacks on Southern Dynasty forces. The chapter ended with Su Lengyue asking Lin Shuguang to make her a pill that would keep her young forever.

• Xie Hongzu concealed Lin Shuguang’s involvement in Qingfeng Hall’s destruction when he reported to the Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin Shuguang used [Golden Dew] to evolve his five [Nine Revolutions Golden Cores] and continued cultivating as the third day of the tenth month approached.
• Su Lengyue brought medicinal ingredients to Lin Shuguang, who asked her to obtain more ingredients for [Latent Dragon Pills] so he could refine additional batches.
• Marquis Gu learned that Qingfeng Hall and another Southern Dynasty network had been attacked, then ordered his aide to investigate and contact the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• News that Gu Changhe had died in the Demon Cave reached the Imperial Capital, and Su Rongsheng warned Mother Su against matchmaking Su Lengyue with Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang refined six [Latent Dragon Pills], and Su Lengyue asked him to make her a pill that would keep her young forever.

Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue ambushed Jade Void Palace disciples to seize the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Lotus, one of the ingredients for the Qiankun Pill. After killing the three disciples and covering their tracks, they left the evidence pointing toward Marquis Gu of the Southern Dynasty.

• Lin Shuguang visited Wang Fugui, whose cultivation had reached the Profound Connection Realm Third Heaven, and gave him guidance and more pills.
• Su Lengyue told Lin Shuguang that a Jade Void Palace disciple had seized the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Lotus from an herb farmer and asked him to help intercept the group.
• Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue ambushed Qian Qingchao, Huang Tu, and Li Chao after hearing Li Chao boast about frightening the herb farmer's daughter.
• Su Lengyue questioned Li Chao about the girl, and Lin Shuguang recovered the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Lotus from the disciples.
• Lin Shuguang killed all three disciples, searched them, destroyed the bodies and horses, and left Marquis Gu's Command Token as a precaution.

Lin Shuguang considered the remaining ingredients for the [Qiankun Pill] and received a Jade Talisman from the Su Family's Ancestor. As the Ancestor worried that Lin Shuguang might be connected to the deaths of three Jade Void Palace disciples, Su Lengyue was summoned to the palace by Consort Wan, and the Ancestor sensed a disturbance near the imperial palace.

• Lin Shuguang reflected on the [Heavenly Treasure Sacred Lotus], the [Qiankun Pill], and the missing Su Beichen before Su Lengyue was summoned to the palace by Consort Wan.
• A Jade Void Palace master demanded that Qian Qingchao return and warned his disciples to make progress toward the Nirvana Realm.
• On the third day of the tenth month, the Su Family's Ancestor summoned Lin Shuguang and questioned him about refining the [Qiankun Pill] and visiting Fanhuali with Su Lengyue.
• The Su Family's Ancestor gave Lin Shuguang a Jade Talisman and promised the Su Family would arrange the remaining ingredients.
• After Lin Shuguang left, the Su Family's Ancestor wondered whether he had sheltered a wolf and then sensed something near the imperial palace.

Ji Wufeng led the Taiyi Immortal Sect into Xuanyuan City and challenged the Great Qian Dynasty, forcing Gu Taxian out of seclusion. Their battle began above the shattered palace, while factions across the land watched and reconsidered their plans.

• Mo Changxiong broke through the palace gates and fought his way up the avenue, demanding that Gu Taxian come out and fight.
• The Empress ordered the God Slaying Sword Array to attack Mo Changxiong, but Ji Wufeng destroyed it and announced his arrival.
• The Su Family Ancestor worried that Lin Shuguang might become involved and draw the family into the conflict.
• Ji Wufeng shattered the palace formation and challenged Gu Taxian, who emerged from seclusion and confronted him in the sky.
• Ji Wufeng and Gu Taxian began a battle that threatened Xuanyuan City, while Su Rongsheng declared that an age of turmoil had arrived.
• As the palace lay in ruins and officials fled, someone slipped into the treasury.

Lin Shuguang took advantage of Ji Wufeng and Gu Taxian’s battle to rob the Great Qian Dynasty’s treasury, including an Evil God Heart. After escaping the palace, he returned to the Other Courtyard, where Su Lengyue questioned whether he might leave the Su Family and wondered what Ji Wufeng’s attack was really meant to accomplish.

• With the treasury’s formation broken, Lin Shuguang swept its treasures, cultivation methods, pills, and ingredients into the Altar Space.
• Lin Shuguang found and took an Evil God Heart, planning to use it to strengthen the Evil God’s will inside Wang Fugui and gain more golden dew.
• Mo Changxiong arrived at the emptied treasury, where a white-browed eunuch blamed him for the theft and attacked him.
• Lin Shuguang hid in the Altar Space until Mo Changxiong and the eunuch left, then evaded palace and Taiyi Immortal Sect members on his way out.
• At the Other Courtyard, Su Lengyue asked Lin Shuguang to reassure her that he would not leave the Su Family without warning.
• Su Lengyue told Lin Shuguang that Ji Wufeng’s attack on the imperial palace seemed to have another purpose, then asked what he thought.

Lin Shuguang investigated Su Lengyue’s strange memories of a world like his former life, then refined pills and attempted the Qiankun Pill. As Ji Wufeng exposed Gu Taxian’s weakness and the Great Qian Dynasty’s enemies rose against it, Lin Shuguang’s pill began to take shape.

• Su Lengyue told Lin Shuguang that she had dreamed of airplanes and tall buildings, and he recognized them as things from his previous life.
• Lin Shuguang asked Su Lengyue to accompany him to Demon Mountain the next day, then reflected on whether his past, present, and future selves were connected.
• Lin Shuguang refined Latent Dragon Pills and Nine Revolutions Golden Cores, then began refining the Qiankun Pill with his only set of ingredients.
• Ji Wufeng ended his fight with Gu Taxian’s avatar, killed an old minister, and left the imperial palace with the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Xilin Kingdom, Southern Dynasty's Remnant Name, and sects opposed to the Great Qian Dynasty declared war as the dynasty’s allies prepared to fight.
• Multicolored light filled Lin Shuguang’s pill-refining room as the Qiankun Pill appeared to form.

Lin Shuguang swallowed the Qiankun Pill, broke through to the True Fate Realm Eleventh Heaven, and learned from the Spring Autumn Cicada that Eternal Night would descend on October 27. Meanwhile, Su Lengyue found Su Beichen at Jade Void Palace and stayed behind after sending him to the Courtyard with a message for Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang swallowed the Qiankun Pill and experienced a vision in which his divine soul entered a strange version of his former workplace before returning to his body.
• The Spring Autumn Cicada told Lin Shuguang that Eternal Night would descend on October 27 and confirmed his family was safe.
• Lin Shuguang reached the True Fate Realm Eleventh Heaven, then used pills to raise all four attributes to nine million points.
• Su Lengyue arrived at Jade Void Palace and saved Su Beichen from a dangerous sparring match with Chen Haibi.
• Su Lengyue sent Su Beichen home to the Courtyard to tell Lin Shuguang she was giving him an opportunity, then asked him to bring back the Blood Spirit Soul Sacrificing Banner.
• Chen Haibi invited Su Lengyue to meet Senior Brother Huang, and she remained at Jade Void Palace after Su Beichen left.

Lin Shuguang joined Su Beichen on the way to rescue Su Lengyue at the Jade Void Palace, where he subdued two disciples and demanded directions to her. Gu Qingshan learned Lin Shuguang had arrived and secretly set out to fulfill his request for evil demons.

• Su Beichen found Lin Shuguang at the Su Family courtyard and explained that Su Lengyue was being held at the Jade Void Palace.
• After learning that Su Lengyue was the sister Su Beichen meant, Lin Shuguang accompanied him to the Jade Void Palace.
• Lin Shuguang subdued two Jade Void Palace disciples at the entrance and forced them to reveal Su Lengyue's location.
• Gu Qingshan learned Lin Shuguang had entered the Jade Void Palace and ordered his disciple to keep the news quiet.
• Gu Qingshan received Lin Shuguang's voice transmission requesting evil demons and went to carry out the request.

Su Lengyue and Lin Shuguang captured Huang Zhongshuo after he revealed that he had found the Dragon Mausoleum, a legendary site said to contain True Dragon blood. Su Lengyue shared a dream that pointed toward the mausoleum and Demon Mountain, while Lin Shuguang summoned Gu Qingshan to deal with Huang Zhongshuo.

• Huang Zhongshuo told Su Lengyue he had found the Dragon Mausoleum and invited her to join him, while proposing that she become his Dao companion.
• Lin Shuguang entered the room, and he and Su Lengyue sealed it off and knocked Huang Zhongshuo unconscious.
• Su Lengyue explained that she had meant to give Lin Shuguang the [Blood Spirit Soul Sacrificing Banner] and that Huang Zhongshuo knew the Dragon Mausoleum's location.
• Su Lengyue described her dream about the Dragon Mausoleum and a voice saying that someone was coming back, and she planned to prepare magical treasures before they went there.
• Lin Shuguang used soul spellcraft to extract what Huang Zhongshuo knew, then summoned Gu Qingshan when Su Lengyue asked what they would do with him.

Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue left the Su Family and traveled toward Demon Mountain, where they discovered the imprisoned figure had vanished and a living river of blood remained. After warning Su Lengyue to wait outside, Lin Shuguang began lifting the river to test a theory with the Heaven Sacrifice Talisman.

• Gu Qingshan secretly carried Huang Zhongshuo away after Lin Shuguang led Su Lengyue from the room.
• Lin Shuguang consumed Nine Revolutions Golden Cores and Latent Dragon Pills, raising his cultivation to the Twelfth Heaven of the True Fate Realm.
• Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue slipped away from the Su Family and headed toward Demon Mountain, passing through a silent city filled with corpse qi.
• They found strange formations covering Demon Mountain and discovered that the mountain and its imprisoned figure were gone, leaving a river of blood and fragments of the Chain of Karma.
• Lin Shuguang told Su Lengyue that Eternal Night would descend on October twenty-seventh, then sent her outside while he prepared to sacrifice the river of blood.
• Lin Shuguang lifted the entire river of blood into the air with his cultivation.

Lin Shuguang escaped Demon Mountain as a World Anomaly unleashed monsters across the city, then traveled with Su Lengyue toward the Dragon Mausoleum. In a fog-shrouded Burial Ground, Lin Shuguang activated the Spring Autumn Cicada to find a path through the dangerous wilderness.

• A blood-red World Anomaly erupted from Demon Mountain, and bone monsters emerged across the nearby city while Su Lengyue waited for Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang escaped the collapsing mountain, rescued Su Lengyue, and burned away the monsters before they fled the city.
• Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue headed for the Dragon Mausoleum, where Su Lengyue explained the legends of the Burial Ground and the divine flesh and bones hidden in the wilderness.
• Su Lengyue warned Lin Shuguang that the deadly fog distorted space and time and could trap them, so Lin Shuguang used the Spring Autumn Cicada to identify a direction.

Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue encountered bone demons in the Barbaric Land, and Su Lengyue subdued several with her family’s secret technique. Believing the demons were connected to the Demon God and [Eternal Night], they used Lin Shuguang’s blood scent to draw more skeletons out of the ground, leaving Su Lengyue stunned by the overwhelming horde.

• A skeletal hand dragged Lin Shuguang underground, but he tore apart the jade-white skeleton and learned from Su Lengyue that she had never encountered such creatures in the Barbaric Land before.
• Lin Shuguang restrained another skeleton so Su Lengyue could use her secret technique to turn it into a puppet, and she explained that bone demons came from corpse qi and could be subdued and refined.
• Su Lengyue recalled that ancient texts described bone demons guarding places for the Demon God, and she suspected their appearance was connected to [Eternal Night] and the [Dragon Mausoleum].
• As they traveled, Lin Shuguang attracted repeated skeleton attacks, and Su Lengyue proposed using his blood scent to draw demons out while they searched for the [Dragon Mausoleum].
• Lin Shuguang released his qi and blood, bringing silver and gold skeletons bursting from the ground in such numbers that Su Lengyue froze before he told her to get to work.

Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue battled skeletal monsters in the Burial Ground while Su Lengyue refined them into puppets. They learned of the Second Prince Gu Changmo’s demonic forces and pressed toward stronger skeletons, where Lin Shuguang faced a nearly Black Gold Grade monster and Su Lengyue wondered if he had made his own armor.

• Lin Shuguang drew out skeletal monsters with his Qi and Blood while Su Lengyue used Magic Seals to subdue them as puppets.
• Su Lengyue explained that her cultivation method came from Gu Taxian and described the Second Prince Gu Changmo’s demonic cultivation and Mystic Demon Death Warriors.
• Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue decided to seek stronger skeletons, and she continued expanding her puppet army as they traveled toward two mountain peaks.
• A fast golden skeleton with faint black runes attacked Lin Shuguang, who withstood its blows using the Great Flame Dragon Armor.
• Su Lengyue marveled at Lin Shuguang’s strength and asked whether he had refined the armor himself.

Su Lengyue and Lin Shuguang subdued a gold-grade skeleton, but Yin Wufeng stole it and confronted them. After Yin Wufeng attacked Lin Shuguang, Lin Shuguang slashed through his qi blade and prepared to strike back.

• Su Lengyue subdued the gold-grade skeleton with Lin Shuguang's help, but Yin Wufeng snatched it away with a black qi blade.
• Su Lengyue recognized Yin Wufeng and accused him of using a demonic cultivation method tied to his family and the Second Prince.
• Yin Wufeng offered to cooperate and threatened Lin Shuguang, while Su Lengyue revealed that the Yin Family had long been connected to the Barbaric Land.
• Yin Wufeng attacked Lin Shuguang with a qi blade, but Lin Shuguang slashed it apart.
• Lin Shuguang used Draw and Slash against Yin Wufeng.

Lin Shuguang fought Yin Wufeng alongside Su Lengyue, using the Great Flame Dragon Armor to absorb Yin Wufeng’s attacks and break through. Yin Wufeng tried to seize Lin Shuguang’s soul, but Lin Shuguang countered with his immense mental power and Martial Dao Will.

• Lin Shuguang struck Yin Wufeng with [Draw and Slash], shattering his War Armor and leaving him wounded.
• Lin Shuguang and Su Lengyue attacked together, and the Great Flame Dragon Armor absorbed Yin Wufeng’s blood-blade saber auras while repairing and strengthening itself.
• Lin Shuguang deliberately absorbed more of Yin Wufeng’s attacks and broke through as Su Lengyue supported him.
• Yin Wufeng realized Lin Shuguang possessed a treasure that devoured Gang Qi and tried to control him by attacking his soul.
• Lin Shuguang swallowed a [Nine Revolutions Golden Core] and used his mental power and Martial Dao Will to counter Yin Wufeng’s soul attack.