Chapter Summaries

After Lin Shuguang’s fight with Wei Xinlong stirred trouble at Demon Martial, Si Qianjun learned that officials had withheld Lin’s training slot and prepared to visit the Wei Family. Lin, unaware of the political fallout, strengthened his Martial Dao Will and researched Thunder Control before Ma Wei summoned him to discuss Demonic Cultivators.

• Si Qianjun heard that Wei Xinlong had left Demon Martial’s training camp and that officials had withheld Lin Shuguang’s slot, then threatened to raise hell if they kept it from him.
• Si Qianjun noted signs of renewed activity by Huai City’s Demonic Cultivator organizations and ordered his team to visit the Wei Family.
• Lin Shuguang used the Martial Dao Will Crystal for ten hours, further improving his saber techniques and blood energy.
• Lin Shuguang searched the Secret Pavilion for information about Thunder Control but found little about its advancement path.
• Ma Wei called Lin Shuguang about a case involving Demonic Cultivators, and Lin agreed to meet him at the Special Management Bureau.

Lin Shuguang and Cao Chao headed to Fulong Cave to rescue historian Ding Jianlin, but a group of Demonic Cultivators ambushed the military checkpoint and attacked civilians. Lin Shuguang unleashed his Lightning Ray ability and killed the blood-red ghost-faced attacker, leaving the battle’s survivors stunned.

• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that Ding Jianlin and his team had vanished inside Fulong Cave after a strange phenomenon, then contacted the bureau while apparently being hunted by Demonic Cultivators.
• Black-clad assassins fired flaming arrows at the checkpoint, killing soldiers and setting off explosions among the cars as Lin Shuguang, Cao Chao, and Han Yi rushed to help.
• A blood-red ghost-faced man slaughtered soldiers with his sword while Lin Shuguang charged in and confronted him.
• The ghost-faced man transformed with an evil art and attacked Lin Shuguang, who answered with Lightning Ray and overwhelmed him with lightning and a saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang emerged from the dust as the ghost-faced man’s head fell to the ground, leaving everyone stunned.

Lin Shuguang and the Special Management Bureau team raced to Fulong Cave after learning Demonic Cultivators had intercepted their communications and reached Professor Ding first. The rescue team arrived to find the Demonic Cultivators disguised as allies, and their pale-faced leader attacked Captain Yang and killed a student before confronting Professor Ding.

• Cao Chao told the group that Demonic Cultivators had intercepted their encrypted communications and were already heading to Fulong Cave.
• Lin Shuguang and the others found human tracks in the forest and hurried toward Professor Ding's location.
• Professor Ding waited in a cave with his students and Captain Yang's team, worrying about the jade talisman around his neck and the people lost in the cave.
• A pale-faced man in black arrived with Demonic Cultivators and pretended to be a rescuer.
• The man in black killed Captain Yang with wind blades and then killed the screaming female student.
• The man in black approached Professor Ding and politely demanded that he come with them.

Lin Shuguang stormed into the cavern and overwhelmed the man in black, rescuing Professor Ding and driving the assassin into a desperate flight. After the man in black’s wind blades failed against Lin Shuguang’s Demon God Armor and Thunderstorm, he called for the Divine Envoy to save him.

• The man in black killed the four remaining Special Management Bureau members and prepared to deal with Professor Ding.
• Lin Shuguang burst into the cavern, seized the man in black, and smashed him through a stone wall.
• Cao Chao and Han Yi arrived with their team, confirmed their identities to Professor Ding, and said Lin Shuguang could handle the attacker.
• The man in black returned from the hole, but Lin Shuguang dragged him back inside and battered him despite his Wind Blade Storm.
• The man in black recognized Lin Shuguang’s Demon God Armor, threatened him over Blood Demon’s property, then fled toward the entrance.
• Lin Shuguang pursued the man in black and shattered his wind blades with Thunderstorm, prompting the terrified assassin to call for the Divine Envoy.

Lin Shuguang fought a Divine Envoy of the Divine Temple, who tried to bind him as a puppet. A mysterious presence in Lin Shuguang’s sea of consciousness destroyed the Divine Envoy’s divine sense, leaving Lin Shuguang alive and with a major increase in Blood Energy Value; he then searched the dead man’s body and found a parchment scroll.

• A blood-red eye appeared on the man in black’s forehead and revealed that a Divine Envoy of the Divine Temple had taken control of him.
• Lin Shuguang launched his strongest slash at the Divine Envoy, but it failed, so he fled.
• The Divine Envoy caught Lin Shuguang and began a life pact to turn him into a puppet.
• Lin Shuguang used Netherflame and Thunderstorm to fight the pact, while the Divine Envoy’s divine sense entered his sea of consciousness.
• The Divine Envoy’s divine sense shattered when it attacked Lin Shuguang’s Martial Dao Will Crystal, and his bloody markings disappeared.
• Lin Shuguang noticed his Blood Energy Value had risen by more than ten thousand, found the man in black dead, and searched his corpse for a parchment scroll.

Lin Shuguang studied a body-tempering technique, cultivated his saber skills, and used academy resources to strengthen himself before heading to the monthly assessment. As the students assembled, he learned the top three would receive mission earnings and pills, while Luo Tianxiang asked Gu Yingxiong whether he could defeat Lin Shuguang.

• Lin Shuguang returned home with rewards from the Demonic Cultivator mission and examined a parchment technique that he concluded was for tempering the body.
• Lin Shuguang practiced his saber techniques, consumed academy-provided Ferocious Beast meat and Treasure Medicines, and spent two million to advance to Bone Tempering Twelve Resonances.
• Meng Shenzhou told Lin Shuguang that the monthly assessment would begin soon and that its top three would receive shares of mission earnings and pill rewards.
• At the assembly point, Hu Shaoqing tried to make peace with Lin Shuguang, but Lin ignored him and Meng Shenzhou sent him away.
• Luo Tianxiang asked Gu Yingxiong whether he was confident against Lin Shuguang, and Gu Yingxiong said he was unsure.

Wei Rong demanded revenge on Lin Shuguang and Qi Lin, but the Wei Family Patriarch restrained her after warning her that the family could not afford more trouble. At Demon Martial, Yan Kai announced a three-hour assessment against senior students, and Lin Shuguang prepared to meet it with a slash.

• At Lin's Shop, Mother Lin worried about Shuguang during the storm, and Lin Haiyang reassured her that he was doing well at Demon Martial.
• Wei Rong urged the Wei Family Patriarch, Wei Hai, to kill Lin Shuguang and Qi Lin, but Wei Hai slapped her and ordered her to stay home for a month.
• Yan Kai announced that the new students would compete against students from the previous intake, earning score tokens by lasting ten minutes against them.
• Meng Shenzhou eagerly anticipated the assessment while Chu Xiongtian worried about the senior students' strength.
• When Meng Shenzhou asked what he thought, Lin Shuguang answered, "One word: slash!"

Lin Shuguang translated and learned the Spirit Summoning art, then gathered the required offerings and summoned a Blood Spirit Clone. At Demon Martial, Lei Sen dismissed talk of Lin Shuguang and said he only cared about fighting Gu Yingxiong.

• Lin Shuguang found a book on the Lance Language, translated the parchment, and spent money to learn and raise Spirit Summoning to LV5.
• Lin Shuguang asked Cao Chao to find the ritual offerings, and Cao Chao arranged a black-market purchase for three hundred thousand.
• Lin Shuguang performed the Spirit Summoning ritual in an abandoned factory and summoned a scythe-bearing Blood Spirit Clone that knelt before him.
• Lei Sen defeated Xiao Zhuo in sparring, then said Lin Shuguang did not interest him and that Gu Yingxiong was the only person he wanted to face.

Demon Martial’s senior students discussed Lin Shuguang’s reputation before the assessment began. Lin Shuguang entered the barren mountains alone and swiftly defeated Wang Zheyong, taking his score tokens.

• Lei Sen dismissed the seniors’ concerns about Lin Shuguang and said he would not hold back if they met during the assessment.
• Yan Kai explained the assessment rules and started the three-hour test in the barren mountains.
• Meng Shenzhou tried to convince Chu Xiongtian to team up and target weaker seniors, but Lin Shuguang chose to go alone.
• Wang Zheyong challenged Lin Shuguang at position eight and offered three points if Lin lasted ten minutes against him.
• Lin Shuguang struck Wang Zheyong down, took his entire pack of score tokens, and revealed his name when Wang asked who he was.

Lin Shuguang continued through the stations, overpowering Zhang Xiang and taking Liu Zhen’s score tokens without a fight. Meanwhile, Yan Kai and Han Sheng discussed Wei Rong’s confinement at the Wei Family estate, and Yan Kai wondered whether she would come that day.

• Lin Shuguang defeated Zhang Xiang with a single saber strike and took his five score tokens, while a nearby freshman watched in shock.
• Wang Zheyong arrived and told Zhang Xiang that Lin Shuguang had taken his tokens too; the two recognized Lin Shuguang and left together to watch the other seniors’ reactions.
• At station eleven, Liu Zhen recognized Lin Shuguang and surrendered his bundle of score tokens before Lin could strike.
• Wang Zheyong and Zhang Xiang mocked Liu Zhen for yielding, then pounced on him as Lin Shuguang headed for the next station.
• At a pavilion, Han Sheng told Yan Kai that Wei Rong was confined at the Wei Family estate and had to visit the ancestral shrine every day.
• Yan Kai asked Han Sheng whether Wei Rong would come that day.

Lin Shuguang defeated Lei Sen in the barren mountains and took his score tokens, then encountered a group of cloaked assassins amid a sudden explosion of flames. The chapter ended as Lin Shuguang leaped from the blast and brought his saber down on the attackers.

• Lei Sen defeated the freshmen who came for his ten-point score token until Lin Shuguang arrived.
• Lin Shuguang broke through Lei Sen’s earthen spikes and dragon, then knocked him down and took his score tokens.
• Lei Sen recognized Lin Shuguang and demanded a proper fight, but Lin Shuguang walked away.
• An enormous burst of flame erupted near Lin Shuguang, and more than a dozen cloaked assassins attacked him.
• Lin Shuguang seized one assassin and dragged him into the flames, then leaped out of the dust and slashed at the attackers.

Lin Shuguang and the Demon Martial students faced a deadly attack by cloaked assassins, while Wei Rong revealed her betrayal and fought Qi Lin and Yan Kai. Wei Rong reached Lin Shuguang in the mountain, where their battle ended in a fierce stalemate.

• Lin Shuguang slaughtered the assassins attacking him, and Lei Sen joined the fight as the students rushed to investigate the explosions.
• Chu Xiongtian realized outsiders had infiltrated the mountain and found corpses from both the assassins and Demon Martial staff.
• Yan Kai and Qi Lin confronted Wei Rong, who summoned Mr. Ghost before escaping into the mountain during the ensuing battle.
• Wei Rong ignored the students being captured by the assassins and continued deeper into the mountain, exposing her betrayal.
• Lin Shuguang defeated the assassins around him and warned Lei Sen that more were nearby.
• Wei Rong attacked Lin Shuguang, and their powerful clash sent Lei Sen flying while neither fighter gained the advantage.

Before the Desolate Mountain assessment, Qi Lin gave Lin Shuguang a Sword Talisman and warned him that Wei Rong might be targeting him. In the mountain, Wei Rong attacked Lin Shuguang, drove Lei Sen aside, and continued her assault after Lin Shuguang struck back.

• Qi Lin gave Lin Shuguang a talisman that could unleash his full-strength strike and warned him to protect himself during the assessment because suspicious newcomers had appeared in the Demon Capital.
• Lin Shuguang asked whether Wei Rong represented the Wei Family, and Qi Lin explained that Wei Hai held power and Si Qianjun was keeping the family in line in Huai City.
• In Desolate Mountain, Wei Rong recognized Lin Shuguang's rapid growth and resolved to kill him despite the mysterious person who needed him alive.
• Lei Sen stood between Wei Rong and Lin Shuguang, but Wei Rong blasted him away and charged at Lin Shuguang through spreading frost.
• Lin Shuguang summoned the Slaughter Blade and unleashed Draw and Slash, but Wei Rong's sword strike hurled him into the mountain forest as Lei Sen watched in shock.

Lin Shuguang used Qi Lin’s Sword Talisman to grievously wound Wei Rong and revealed that the Divine Envoy had fled from him before. Wei Rong died after driving Lin Shuguang’s saber through her heart, and Lin Shuguang collapsed as Meng Shenzhou rushed to catch him.

• Wei Rong attacked Lin Shuguang, but he unleashed Qi Lin’s Sword Talisman and blasted her into a crater.
• Lin Shuguang pressed his attack while Wei Rong accused him of setting a trap and revealed her ties to the Divine Temple.
• Lin Shuguang challenged the Divine Envoy inside Wei Rong to appear, but the Divine Envoy did not respond.
• Meng Shenzhou, Gu Yingxiong, Luo Tianxiang, and others arrived as Wei Rong seized Lin Shuguang’s saber and stabbed herself through the heart.
• Wei Rong turned into an ice sculpture and exploded into fragments, and Lin Shuguang collapsed when Yan Kai arrived.

After Lin Shuguang recovered from the clash with Wei Rong, Qi Lin explained that the Divine Temple had abducted students across multiple regions and that a secret bureau organization would handle the case. Lin Shuguang received access to the Secret Pavilion and planned to find more ways to earn money and improve his cultivation.

• The Principal and school administrators visited Lin Shuguang, while Meng Shenzhou complained about Wei Rong and the administrators before leaving.
• Qi Lin told Lin Shuguang that the Divine Temple had abducted students in many regions and that the Damo Institute would take over the investigation.
• Qi Lin explained that the Damo Institute required exceptional bone-tempering strength, and Lin Shuguang learned his clearance had risen after his actions against Wei Rong.
• Lin Shuguang asked for a reward, and Qi Lin gave him a Command Token granting three days in Secret Pavilion Zone Two.
• Lin Shuguang spent six hundred thousand to raise his cultivation to bone tempering thirteen resonances, then decided to seek private jobs and called Cao Chao.

Lin Shuguang spent millions learning and fusing more than sixty Martial Artist Cultivation Methods, raising his breathing technique’s bone-tempering ceiling to sixty-eight resonances. He then learned that the Wei Family had arrived at Demon Martial and came face-to-face with its patriarch, Wei Hai.

• Cao Chao told Lin Shuguang that Boss Huang had disappeared after his business partners left him owing three hundred million, and that his wife and child had been killed.
• Lin Shuguang entered the Secret Pavilion’s Cultivation Method Section and learned and fused more than sixty Martial Artist Cultivation Methods, spending over seven million.
• Lin Shuguang’s Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Breathing Technique reached sixty-nine fusions, raising its bone-tempering ceiling from thirty to sixty-eight resonances.
• Meng Shenzhou told Lin Shuguang that members of the Wei Family had come to Demon Martial, so Lin Shuguang went to see them.
• Wei Hai arrived with Wei Xiangyi and three younger family members carrying Wei Rong’s belongings, and he turned toward Lin Shuguang when students identified him.

Lin Shuguang faced Wei Hai and the Wei Family at Demon Martial, then dismissed Meng Shenzhou’s suggestion to attack them, believing the family was waiting for Wei Xinlong to challenge him. After returning home to cultivate, Lin Shuguang received an unexpected late-night call from Huang Qisheng, who asked him for a favor.

• Meng Shenzhou confronted the Wei Family over their crimes, while Wei Hai told Lin Shuguang he did not blame him for killing Wei Rong and promised the family would stay away from the Demon Capital.
• Wei Hai warned Lin Shuguang that Wei Xinlong would eventually come to challenge him, and Lin Shuguang said he would be waiting.
• Meng Shenzhou demanded compensation from Wei Hai and later suggested arranging an attack on the Wei Family, but Lin Shuguang dismissed the idea and said they would not dare act against him.
• Lin Shuguang returned to his residence, resumed cultivating, and received a call from Huang Qisheng asking for his help.

Lin Shuguang rescued Huang Qisheng from assassins and accepted him as a loyal subordinate. He used the Special Management Bureau to arrest Su Rong, then considered the Su Family’s fate.

• Huang Qisheng knelt before Lin Shuguang and offered lifelong service in return for help.
• Lin Shuguang summoned a blood-robed figure who killed the assassins, leaving their leader alive for Huang Qisheng to question.
• Huang Qisheng learned that Su Rong was behind the attack and killed the assassin leader after questioning him about his family’s deaths.
• With Ma Wei’s approval, Cao Chao led the Special Management Bureau in raiding Su Rong’s home and arresting him.
• Lin Shuguang introduced Huang Qisheng to Cao Chao as one of his own and said he kept gratitude and grudges clear.

After the authorities stopped hunting Huang Qisheng, Lin Shuguang sent him to collect debts from the families that had conspired against him, then focused on cultivation and found that his copied methods had reached their limits. He agreed to train Hu Shaoqing for payment upfront, but left him with the advice to grasp his saber technique’s true meaning on his own.

• Lin Shuguang gave Huang Qisheng a scythe and left him to deal with the families that had helped set him up.
• Lin Shuguang fused the Martial Artist Cultivation Methods in Zone Two, raising his Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Breathing Technique to seventy-one Bone Tempering resonances, and suspected he needed access to Zone Three methods to progress further.
• Hu Shaoqing asked Lin Shuguang to train him, and Lin agreed after Hu offered fifty thousand upfront.
• Lin Shuguang watched Hu Shaoqing perform his saber technique, demonstrated its final move, and explained that Hu lacked control and understanding of its meaning.
• Lin Shuguang advised Hu Shaoqing to grasp the saber technique’s true meaning, leaving Hu unsure whether he had gotten his money’s worth.

Lin Shuguang advanced his cultivation and confronted Mu Qiuyi, who asked him to look after her brother Hu Shaoqing. He agreed after she offered him money, but the chapter ended when Ma Wei called with urgent news.

• Lin Shuguang spent two and a half million to advance to fifteen rings of Bone Tempering.
• Mu Qiuyi attacked Lin Shuguang, and he countered with a saber slash before they agreed they were even.
• Mu Qiuyi explained that she was Hu Shaoqing’s older sister and asked Lin Shuguang to guide and protect him, but he refused.
• Mu Qiuyi offered payment, and Lin Shuguang agreed to help after she transferred him eight hundred thousand.
• Ma Wei called Lin Shuguang and said something terrible had happened.