Chapter Summaries

Lin Shuguang reported errors in the Heavenly Star Refining Technique and persuaded the Elder Council to verify them, negotiating a cash reward if his claim proved correct. After he identified several flawed passages, Elder Mu stepped forward to test the technique against Lin Shuguang’s corrected version.

• The records staff member warned Lin Shuguang not to make a groundless accusation, but Meng Shenzhou pressured him to register the report.
• The Elder Council mobilized to investigate, and Elder Zhou recognized Meng Shenzhou and ordered him out of the appraisal room.
• Lin Shuguang named the Heavenly Star Refining Technique and negotiated a reward of money instead of Bone Tempering Pills or Secret Pavilion access.
• Lin Shuguang used his repair ability to reveal the flawed passages and pointed them out to the elders.
• Lin Shuguang offered to write the corrected version for comparison, and Elder Mu volunteered to test the technique.

Lin Shuguang discovered a hidden flaw in the Heavenly Star Refining Technique and negotiated payments with the Elder Council for fixing and upgrading it. He left with a total of twelve and a half million yuan, while the elders were left stunned by his advanced version.

• Elder Mu confirmed that practicing the Heavenly Star Refining Technique caused vitality loss when a hidden blockage appeared, validating Lin Shuguang's discovery.
• Lin Shuguang rejected cultivation resources and asked for money, then offered to repair the technique; Elder Zhou agreed to pay him one million yuan if he succeeded.
• Lin Shuguang used the technique he had learned to provide a repair that impressed the elders, then offered an upgrade and negotiated another payment of one and a half million yuan.
• After Lin Shuguang supplied an LV2 version that raised the technique's limit to Bone Tempering Fifty Resonances, he revealed he had an advanced version and demanded five million yuan.
• The elders agreed to Lin Shuguang's price, and he left the appraisal room with Meng Shenzhou while the elders remained bewildered.

Lin Shuguang applied for more Ferocious Beast meat and permission to leave the academy, but Yan Kai approved only a doubled meat allowance and refused to let him go out. When the Special Management Bureau summoned Lin Shuguang for a mission, Yan Kai gave him a Command Token and allowed him to leave.

• Lin Shuguang asked the Life Officer for more Ferocious Beast meat and submitted applications for a larger allowance and permission to go out.
• Yan Kai told Lin Shuguang that the higher-ups had doubled his meat allowance but rejected his request to leave until after the Second Awakening.
• Lin Shuguang insisted that he wanted to go out despite Yan Kai's warnings about the risks and Wei Xinlong's possible challenge.
• Yan Kai received a call informing him that the Demon Capital Special Management Bureau had registered Lin Shuguang and urgently summoned him for a mission.
• Yan Kai gave Lin Shuguang a Command Token and told him to return to his lodgings after the mission, and Lin Shuguang hurried out.

Lin Shuguang joined Cao Chao and Han Yi on a Special Management Bureau raid against Zuo Rongfei's demonic cultivator organization. He cut through the defenders and caught up with Zuo Haoping, whose escape was halted when Lin Shuguang killed his steward.

• Cao Chao and Han Yi picked up Lin Shuguang and briefed him on the plan to target Zuo Haoping.
• The three joined Squad Two at Zuo Rongfei's estate and advanced into the battle against the demonic cultivators.
• Lin Shuguang unleashed a powerful saber strike, carved a path through the enemy ranks, and told Cao Chao to handle the remaining fighters.
• Lin Shuguang pursued Zuo Haoping and his steward as they tried to escape the estate.
• The steward confronted Lin Shuguang and sent Zuo Haoping ahead, but Lin Shuguang killed him and caught up with Zuo Haoping.

Lin Shuguang arrived at Zuo Rongfei's residence after Zuo Haoping was killed, and launched a furious attack on Zuo Rongfei. The two men clashed as Ma Wei, Qi Hexun, and the others watched in shock.

• Ma Wei and Qi Hexun fought Zuo Rongfei, who revealed his Hardening Kung Fu and wounded Ma Wei while concealing his full strength.
• Zuo Rongfei prepared to command Azure Dragon Hall after deciding his son Zuo Haoping had escaped.
• Zuo Haoping's severed head flew into the courtyard, and Zuo Rongfei cried out in grief and rage.
• Lin Shuguang entered and killed more than a dozen Azure Dragon Hall men with a single saber attack.
• Zuo Rongfei summoned a ghostly saber and clashed with Lin Shuguang, unleashing forces that shook the courtyard.

Lin Shuguang fought Zuo Rongfei through the ruins while the Special Management Bureau captured the remaining Azure Dragon Hall demonic cultivators. Zuo Rongfei trapped Lin Shuguang in darkness with an evil art, but Lin Shuguang awakened Netherflame and emerged ready to finish the fight.

• Lin Shuguang and Zuo Rongfei fought fiercely, smashing through walls and driving the battle into an Underground Training Ground.
• Ma Wei and Qi Hexun ordered the remaining demonic cultivators arrested, while Cao Chao, Han Yi, and Teams One and Two arrived and tried to enter the fight.
• Zuo Rongfei used Heavenly Demon Formlessness to envelop Lin Shuguang in darkness and summoned a saber to strike him.
• Lin Shuguang remained unharmed, and flames from his new Netherflame achievement burned away Zuo Rongfei's shadows.

Lin Shuguang emerged from the underground fight with Zuo Rongfei’s corpse and negotiated rewards and pill sales with the Special Management Bureau team. He returned to Demon Martial, leaving Cao Chao interested in hiring him for private jobs.

• Lin Shuguang pulled the barrier from the hole and emerged with Zuo Rongfei’s corpse, shocking Ma Wei, Qi Hexun, Cao Chao, Han Yi, and the others.
• Lin Shuguang introduced himself, declined Ma Wei’s invitation to join the Demon Capital bureau, and asked to be contacted about future missions.
• Lin Shuguang offered to sell Bone Tempering Pills for cash, and Han Yi, Cao Chao, and other bureau members bought them.
• Ma Wei promised Lin Shuguang the main share of the mission reward, including cash and Bone Tempering Pills.
• Han Yi drove Lin Shuguang back to Demon Martial while Cao Chao asked for his contact details and raised the possibility of private jobs.

Lin Shuguang heard that Gu Yingxiong and Wei Xinlong were entering the Secret Realm but showed little concern, then accepted Cao Chao’s offer of a five-million side job. At the Secret Pavilion, he told Luo Tianxiang he had not yet applied to enter the Secret Realm and kept browsing Martial Skills.

• Meng Shenzhou waited three hours for Lin Shuguang, then told him Gu Yingxiong had entered the Secret Realm and Wei Xinlong planned to go the next morning.
• Lin Shuguang dismissed Meng Shenzhou’s worries about his rivals and agreed to give him all of the next day’s Bone Tempering Pills.
• Yan Kai briefly checked on Lin Shuguang, who regretted not pretending to be injured so he could obtain a pill from him.
• Cao Chao offered Lin Shuguang a side job providing a show of strength, and Lin Shuguang negotiated his pay up to five million.
• Lin Shuguang searched through the third bookshelf at the Secret Pavilion and told Luo Tianxiang he had not applied to enter the Secret Realm.

Lin Shuguang accompanied Huang Qisheng to a meeting where Demon Martial trading firm owners tried to force Huang to surrender his shops. After Su Rong threatened Huang’s family and pressed him to sign a transfer agreement, Lin struck Su Rong with his saber and challenged the rest of the room.

• Cao Chao brought Lin Shuguang to a private club and explained that Huang Qisheng had hired him for protection.
• Su Rong and the other trading firm owners demanded that Huang return the shops he had acquired, but Huang refused and prepared to leave.
• Su Rong’s bodyguards surrounded Huang and Lin, and Su Rong threatened Huang’s wife and children unless he signed a transfer agreement.
• Huang asked Lin for help, and Lin opened his eyes as the room turned its attention to him.
• Lin struck Su Rong with a flash of saber light, sending him through a wall, then leveled his great saber at the others and asked, “Who else?”

Lin Shuguang protected Huang Qisheng from the businessmen trying to seize his business, then kept delaying his own Secret Realm entry while earning money and strengthening his martial arts. The chapter ended with Luo Tianxiang asking when he planned to enter the Secret Realm, as Wei Xinlong had already awakened successfully.

• Lin Shuguang drove off Chen Pei, Old Master Cai, and the other businessmen, then escorted Huang Qisheng out of the clubhouse.
• Huang Qisheng paid Lin Shuguang ten million, adding an undisclosed five-million bonus for his help.
• Meng Shenzhou told Lin Shuguang that Wei Xinlong had entered the Secret Realm, several classmates had failed their awakenings, and his own entry was scheduled for the next morning.
• Lin Shuguang stayed busy earning money and studying martial arts instead of entering the Secret Realm; Chu Xiongtian also urged him to hurry before leaving for his own entry.
• Luo Tianxiang told Lin Shuguang that Wei Xinlong had awakened successfully and might reach nine resonances of bone tempering, then asked when Lin Shuguang planned to enter the Secret Realm.

Lin Shuguang visited Meng Shenzhou after his failed awakening and helped him recover enough to resume cultivating and mend things with his family. As the awakening ceremony neared its end, Wei Xinlong learned Lin had been receiving extra Ferocious Beast meat and decided to claim more for himself.

• Steward Fang told Lin Shuguang that Meng Shenzhou had failed his awakening and was isolating himself, then gave Lin a treasure and spirit crystals from the Meng Family.
• Lin Shuguang visited Meng Shenzhou, teased him into opening the door, and listened to his complaints without directly discussing the failed awakening.
• A few days later, Meng Shenzhou had resumed cultivating and was on better terms with his family, while the Meng Family sent Lin more spirit crystals.
• Lin Shuguang decided to enter the Secret Realm that day after eating the incoming Ferocious Beast meat, and Meng Shenzhou asked to join him for a meal.
• Wei Xinlong's companions mocked Lin Shuguang for delaying his Secret Realm application, then revealed that Logistics had been giving him double rations of Ferocious Beast meat.
• Wei Xinlong decided that he also needed large quantities of Ferocious Beast meat now that he had awakened successfully.

Lin Shuguang learned that Sun Xiaojian had diverted his Ferocious Beast meat to Wei Xinlong and went to confront him. He left Sun Xiaojian beaten and demanded to know whether he thought he was qualified to oppose him.

• Lin Shuguang discovered that the replacement Life Officer had given his meat allocation to Wei Xinlong on orders from Sun Xiaojian, director of Logistics Department Two.
• Lin Shuguang threatened the Life Officer until he revealed Sun Xiaojian’s identity, then headed to the director’s office with Meng Shenzhou.
• Lin Shuguang burst into Sun Xiaojian’s office and attacked him despite Sun Xiaojian warning that assaulting a school administrator could get him expelled.
• Lin Shuguang shattered Sun Xiaojian’s earthen shield, broke his arm, and threw him through a wall.
• Lin Shuguang lifted Sun Xiaojian by the hair and demanded to know whether he thought he was qualified to oppose him.

Lin Shuguang beat Sun Xiaojian and handed him over to Yan Kai, who dismissed and arrested him. Lin then entered the Secret Realm, while Meng Shenzhou took four Night Watchers to confront Wei Xinlong.

• Lin Shuguang held Sun Xiaojian in the air as Logistics Department members tried to intervene, but Yan Kai arrived and stopped them.
• Yan Kai used the Principal's Secret Order to dismiss Sun Xiaojian and ordered the Night Watchers to take him into custody.
• Lin Shuguang requested compensation for his meat allocation, then chose to enter the Secret Realm before confronting Wei Xinlong.
• Yan Kai approved Lin Shuguang's application, and Lin entered the Secret Realm alone.
• Meng Shenzhou borrowed four Night Watchers from Yan Kai and went to confront Wei Xinlong at his residence.

Lin Shuguang entered the Secret Realm and shattered its apparent heavenly staircase with a single slash, exposing a ruined place where he stood on a lotus throne. As his blood and qi surged, he noticed the throne changing.

• Qi Lin reassured Yan Kai that Lin Shuguang would surprise them, while wondering what lay beyond the Secret Realm's red line.
• Meng Shenzhou reclaimed Lin Shuguang's Ferocious Beast meat from Wei Xinlong, who learned that Lin Shuguang had entered the Secret Realm and prepared for their duel in seven days.
• Lin Shuguang crossed the red line and climbed the illusory staircase, enduring increasingly heavy spiritual pressure until he summoned the Demon God Armor.
• Lin Shuguang summoned the Slaughter Blade and destroyed the staircase with a slash combining forty-eight Nurturing Techniques and twenty-seven Killing Techniques.
• A system prompt offered to dispel the illusion for 50,000, and Lin Shuguang willed the illusion away, revealing a ruined site and a lotus throne beneath him.
• Lin Shuguang felt his blood and qi rise on the lotus throne and noticed it changing.

Lin Shuguang used a mysterious crystal's Martial Dao Will to complete his second awakening inside the Secret Realm, while others waited and speculated about his fate. He upgraded his Destined Soul to gold and emerged with a lightning-based ability, though he remained inside as the Secret Realm neared its closing time.

• A lightning-wreathed crystal merged into Lin Shuguang and unleashed a powerful Martial Dao Will that accelerated his cultivation techniques.
• Wei Xinlong's followers mocked Lin Shuguang for staying in the Secret Realm, while Wei insisted he would make him kneel and apologize.
• Gu Yingxiong predicted that Lin Shuguang would succeed in his awakening, and Meng Shenzhou waited outside the Secret Realm with Chu Xiongtian.
• Yan Kai told Qi Lin that the Secret Realm's fluctuations remained normal, with eight hours left before it closed.
• Lin Shuguang completed 146 hours of second-awakening analysis and spent three million to upgrade his Destined Soul, Slaughter Blade, to gold.
• Lin Shuguang gained the Lightning Ray ability, increased his Blood Energy Value, and charged forward with his saber amid sparks and lightning.

Lin Shuguang left the Secret Realm and reunited with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian, only to face Wei Xinlong’s followers. After Lin Shuguang struck down one of Wei Xinlong’s men, he challenged Wei Xinlong to fight him in the ring.

• Lin Shuguang emerged from the Secret Realm and reunited with Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian.
• A lackey of Wei Xinlong taunted Lin Shuguang, and Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian confronted him.
• A crew-cut young man fired an ice arrow at Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian, but Lin Shuguang destroyed it with his saber.
• Wei Xinlong arrived with his followers, and his lackey accused Lin Shuguang of stealing Wei Xinlong’s reward quota through connections.
• The crew-cut young man insulted Meng Shenzhou, and Lin Shuguang slashed him away before challenging Wei Xinlong to fight in the ring.

Lin Shuguang entered the ring to duel Wei Xinlong as students and staff gathered to watch, while Qi Lin and Wei Rong argued over the students and the academy’s resources. When Yan Kai started the duel, Lin Shuguang immediately swung his saber at Wei Xinlong.

• Wei Xinlong challenged Lin Shuguang to kneel and apologize, but Lin Shuguang told him to enter the ring.
• Lin Shuguang and Wei Xinlong headed to the ring as a crowd gathered, with most spectators betting on Wei Xinlong.
• Han Sheng organized a wager, and Meng Shenzhou and Chu Xiongtian backed Lin Shuguang while most others favored Wei Xinlong.
• In the Principal’s office, Wei Rong criticized Lin Shuguang and clashed with Qi Lin over her nephew and the academy’s resources.
• After Yan Kai announced the start of the duel, Lin Shuguang immediately slashed at Wei Xinlong and declared that he had been waiting too.

Lin Shuguang defeated Wei Xinlong despite his newly awakened [Sword Intent Magnetic Field], leaving the spectators stunned by the scale of his strength. The chapter ended with everyone questioning just how powerful Lin Shuguang had become.

• Wei Xinlong challenged Lin Shuguang and revealed that his Second Awakening had granted him [Sword Intent Magnetic Field].
• Chu Xiongtian explained the ability to Meng Shenzhou, while Wei Rong proposed that the [Spark Plan] favor talented students and Qi Lin agreed that trash did not deserve resources.
• Wei Xinlong used his magnetic field to launch the Azure Steel Sword at Lin Shuguang, but Lin ignored the field and shattered its power with a slash.
• Wei Xinlong recalled his sword and attacked again, but Lin overwhelmed the blade and struck him down, dragging him across the arena in a trail of blood.
• The crowd fell silent at Wei Xinlong's decisive defeat and wondered how strong Lin Shuguang really was.

Lin Shuguang defeated Wei Xinlong in the arena and tried to kill him, but Wei Rong’s protective barrier stopped the final blow. Qi Lin intervened to protect Lin Shuguang, and the chapter ended as he confronted Wei Rong with Sword-Riding Charge.

• Lin Shuguang trampled the battered Wei Xinlong while the spectators and Wei Rong watched in shock.
• Wei Xinlong tried to fight back with his Azure Steel Sword, but Lin Shuguang disarmed him and struck him down.
• Lin Shuguang’s slash at Wei Xinlong was blocked by a jade pendant, which he ripped away before trying again.
• Wei Rong attacked Lin Shuguang, but Qi Lin arrived and blocked her strike, shattering the arena in the clash.
• Wei Rong demanded that Lin Shuguang’s cultivation be crippled, but Qi Lin defended him and warned her not to act recklessly.
• Wei Rong charged Qi Lin, who formed a hand seal and used Sword-Riding Charge.

Qi Lin stopped Wei Rong from killing Lin Shuguang and secured Wei Xinlong’s cultivation resources for him. Lin Shuguang revealed his new [Thunder Control] ability, and Qi Lin explained its rarity before telling him he could eventually defeat Wei Rong.

• Qi Lin overpowered Wei Rong and stopped his sword just before it struck her, then drove her from the square with Wei Xinlong.
• The principal agreed to give Wei Xinlong’s share of the cultivation resources to Lin Shuguang, and Qi Lin ordered Han Sheng to bill Wei Rong for the damage.
• After the others left, Qi Lin saw through Lin Shuguang’s pretense of being injured and asked whether he had succeeded in the Secret Realm.
• Lin Shuguang demonstrated [Thunder Control], and Qi Lin told him it was a rare destined soul associated with wielders stronger than grandmasters.
• Qi Lin explained that Wei Rong had reached the Viscera Refining Stage with a weak foundation and said Lin Shuguang could kill her easily once he reached bone tempering hundred resonances.