Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan stormed into the Yuan Family, searched its residences, and rescued Du'e Zen Master, who had found the Wordless True Scripture. The Yuan Family Old Ancestor confronted them over the scripture, and Zhang Lingshan faced the family’s staff formation.

• Zhu Chen prepared to confront Zhang Lingshan, but he and Zhu Lin instead watched the Yuan Family come under attack and hoped to profit from the fighting.
• Du'e Zen Master slipped away from Zhang Lingshan, who raced through the Yuan Family, killed its defenders, and searched Yuan Tianfang's and Yuan Zhou's homes for valuable items and a bone-forging art.
• Du'e Zen Master called for help while surrounded by Yuan Family fighters, and Zhang Lingshan rushed to him and collected the Wordless True Scripture slabs.
• The Yuan Family Old Ancestor appeared with a staff formation, demanded the scripture and Du'e's belongings, and faced Zhang Lingshan's attempt to bargain for safe passage.

Zhang Lingshan forced the Yuan Family Old Ancestor to trade the Wordless True Scripture for the Blade Demon's Manual and a large payment, then returned to study the manual. The Sha Family Old Matriarch expected its dangerous blade intent to kill him, but Zhang Lingshan survived his first encounter with it and resolved to destroy the Yuan Family.

• Zhang Lingshan exchanged the Wordless True Scripture for the Blade Demon's Manual and a promise of one hundred thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver, then left with Du'e Zen Master.
• Zhang Lingshan realized that the Yuan Family's Stone Slab Scriptures had added eighteen copies to his total and decided to target the Zhu Family and Sha Family for their copies.
• Zhang Lingshan threatened Zhu Hao and Sha Mingyue, while Zhu Chen chose to enter seclusion and Zhu Lin planned to negotiate with him.
• Sha Mingyue learned from the Sha Family Old Matriarch that the Blade Demon's Manual could drive its practitioners mad or kill them, and the matriarch told her to apologize to Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan studied the manual's character "blade," entered an illusion, and suffered a bloody palm wound when its blade intent struck him.
• Zhang Lingshan realized the Yuan Family Old Ancestor had knowingly given him a dangerous manual and resolved to destroy the Yuan Family.

Zhang Lingshan learned more about the Blade Demon's Manual and the powerful Demon Suppression Division official He Qianshou, then pressured the Sha and Zhu Families for compensation and information. Sha Mingyue revealed that He Qianshou backed her family, while Zhu Lin arrived to plead with Zhang Lingshan.

• Hong Zhengdao explained that Blade Demon Li Qingshan had been an Aperture Opening Realm elder and warned Zhang Lingshan about powerful figures behind the Four Great Families.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered Du'e Gate to guard the city walls and prevent messages from leaving, then studied the Blade Demon's Manual and advanced his control of the blade.
• Sha Mingyue brought the Sha Family's payment and apologized, and Zhang Lingshan demanded additional wealth, medicinal materials, weapons, and access to the Wordless True Scripture.
• Sha Mingyue revealed that He Qianshou of the Demon Suppression Division backed the Sha Family and commanded its forces in Jin City.
• Zhu Lin came to see Zhang Lingshan, who learned that Zhu Hao had fled the city and suggested he might have gone to seek He Qianshou's help.

Zhang Lingshan obtained the Zhu Family’s Black Boar Nine Transformations, learned to combine three Demon Arts, and tested their immense but costly power. The commotion revealed that his twin brother Zhang Lingchuan had vanished in a demonic incident years ago, and Zhang Lingshan connected the loss to Huo Liuyin.

• Zhang Lingshan deduced that He Qianshou had ordered Zhu Lin to collect the Wordless True Scripture and demanded a powerful weapon or cultivation method from the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Lin offered the Black Boar Nine Transformations, and Zhang Lingshan learned that it could let him combine three Demon Arts through a main method and two auxiliary methods.
• Zhang Lingshan cultivated the Mountain Boar Transformation and Black Boar Nine Transformations, then combined them with the Bear Body Refining Technique and Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Technique.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Demonization erupted in flames and demonic qi, and his speed and strength surged so greatly that he accidentally scorched rooms and alarmed his followers.
• Mother Zhang told Zhang Lingshan that his twin brother, Zhang Lingchuan, had disappeared in a demonic wind when they were children.
• Zhang Lingshan recalled Celestial Crane Daoist’s claim that Huo Liuyin had buried one of his blood relatives and resolved to use Huo Liuyin as his opening target in unifying Jin City.

Huo Liuyin emerged from seclusion after achieving Greater Accomplishment and learned that Zhang Lingshan had changed Jin City’s balance of power. Zhang Lingshan met Feng Guilin, accepted Bone Forging Pills, and left to cultivate, while Feng Guilin realized he had underestimated Jin City’s Mountain Master.

• Huo Zhenzhen told Huo Jun that Zhang Lingshan was cultivating, and they heard the Huo Family ancestor’s laughter from Spirit Child Tower.
• Huo Liuyin left Spirit Child Tower, learned the Jiang Family patriarch had died and Zhang Lingshan had subdued the Inner City Three Families, then headed for the inner city.
• Zhang Lingshan went to Tripod Fragrance Teahouse after hearing Yan Yuqing’s name and met Xiao Wei and Feng Guilin, who had come to deal with Huo Liuyin.
• Feng Guilin offered Zhang Lingshan Bone Forging Pills on the condition that he break through and help capture Huo Liuyin, while demanding he kowtow if he failed.
• Zhang Lingshan effortlessly pulled the pill bottle from the table, gained energy from the pills, and left to cultivate; Feng Guilin and Xiao Wei realized he was Mountain Master.

Zhang Lingshan completed his breakthrough to Bone Forging with the Shattered Jade Bone Forging Art, then helped Hong Zhengdao break through as well. Hong Zhengdao revealed his history with the Beggar Sect and warned Zhang Lingshan about its demonic rules as they prepared to confront the Huo Family.

• Zhang Lingshan used a Bone Forging Pill and the Shattered Jade Bone Forging Art to transform his body, gaining immense strength and resistance to ordinary weapons.
• Zhang Lingshan gave his remaining Bone Forging Pills to Hong Zhengdao and guarded him as he underwent the painful transformation into a Bone Forging expert.
• Hong Zhengdao broke through to Bone Forging with strength comparable to Yuan Tianfang and thanked Zhang Lingshan for helping him regain his freedom.
• Hong Zhengdao explained that the Zheng Yang Skill came from the Beggar Sect and warned that its Law Enforcement Elder punished former members who stopped living as beggars.
• Hong Zhengdao described the Beggar Sect as a Demonic Sect whose Gang Leader, the Slop Divine Beggar, had cultivated for more than two hundred years, and urged Zhang Lingshan to hide his skill when traveling.
• Zhang Lingshan and Hong Zhengdao prepared to go to the Huo Family with Feng Guilin.

Zhang Lingshan gathered Feng Guilin, Du'e Zen Master, Zhang Lingfeng, and Vajra Arhat to assault the Huo Family and break its Nine-Nine Yin Spirit Grand Formation. After they began their attack, Huo Liuyin appeared in demonic black fog and threatened to turn them into Yin Corpses.

• Zhang Lingshan prepared for the assault, invited Feng Guilin and Du'e Zen Master, and agreed to bring Zhang Lingfeng and Vajra Arhat so the formation could be broken faster.
• Hong Zhengdao arrived with the newly forged saber, and Zhang Lingshan left him behind to guard their home while the others set out for the Huo Family.
• Zhang Lingshan and his companions learned that Huo Liuyin had left the Huo Family, so they targeted Spirit Child Tower, the formation's Array Eye.
• The Huo Family attacked them with black fog, crossbow bolts, and Evil Sound Bewitching Wisdom, but Du'e Zen Master countered the sound while Zhang Lingshan absorbed the fog.
• Huo Liuyin emerged in demonic black fog and threatened to refine the intruders into Yin Corpses.

Zhang Lingshan fought Huo Liuyin at Spirit Child Tower, overcame his Ghost Dao Dharma Body, and absorbed the spirits Huo Liuyin had unleashed. Huo Liuyin was defeated and captured, while Zhang Lingshan learned that the Spirit Child General had been made from his younger brother Zhang Lingchuan.

• Zhang Lingshan used the Blade Demon's Manual to cut Huo Liuyin's Ghost Dao Dharma Body, forcing Huo Liuyin to flee into Spirit Child Tower.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the tower and was engulfed by its spirits, while Du'e Zen Master and Zhang Lingfeng trapped Huo Liuyin with an alms bowl.
• Huo Liuyin's long nail pinned Feng Guilin to the ground, but Zhang Lingshan emerged from the black fog and devoured the remaining spirits.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed that he had come to avenge Zhang Lingchuan, and the Spirit Child General left Huo Liuyin and was sealed in the alms bowl.
• Feng Guilin captured the crippled Huo Liuyin for questioning, and Zhang Lingshan searched him and found a bottle of pills.

Zhang Lingshan led the assault that wiped out the Huo Family and the Inner City Three Families while searching for the Wordless True Scripture. He collected most of the scripture but ended the chapter still missing its final piece.

• Zhang Lingshan captured Huo Liuyin, then joined Feng Guilin in attacking the Huo Family and the Inner City Three Families.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Huo Jun and Huo Zhenzhen, collecting another Wordless True Scripture from Huo Jun's bundle.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Zhu Chen and collected more scripture slabs, then fought through the Sha Family's bone traps and destroyed its underground stronghold.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Sha Mingyue and questioned the surviving Sha Family disciples, but the scripture count stopped at 80/81.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned and killed the dying Yuan Family Old Ancestor, who said the remaining scriptures had to be dug up from the ground.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Zhu Lin, Feng Guilin defeated the Pig-Headed People before collapsing, and Du'e Gate began purging the three families; Zhang Lingshan returned home with 650k+ energy and no final scripture piece.

After reaching First Level Cutting Intent, Zhang Lingshan learned that He Qianshou, a Viscera Refining expert, was likely coming to Jin City to deal with him. He questioned a surviving member of the Three Families, confirmed that Intent and Viscera Refining power were different systems, and resolved to strengthen himself before He Qianshou arrived.

• Zhang Lingshan raised Cutting Intent to First Level, nearly overwhelmed his mind, and cut through a table leg with a breath.
• After recovering, Zhang Lingshan ordered the Three Families Remnants killed and their cultivation methods and classics organized in a Book Collection Pavilion.
• Feng Guilin told Zhang Lingshan that Viscera Refining experts possessed a protective qi membrane, then left Jin City after learning He Qianshou might come for him.
• Xiao Wei offered to speak to He Qianshou on Zhang Lingshan's behalf, but she could provide little detail about the Viscera Refining Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned Yuan Lingjun about He Qianshou, severed Yuan Lingjun's shoulder with Cutting Intent, and killed him when he offered no useful information.

Zhang Lingshan reached the peak of Bone Forging and gained the Heavenly Eye after the final Wordless True Scripture was found. The power strained his mental strength, but the Panel revealed that perfecting martial arts could raise his Spirit, giving him a possible path to improve it.

• Zhang Lingshan ordered a search for the last Wordless True Scripture and fused numerous body-refining methods into the Dragon-Tiger Stance, growing enormously as he cultivated.
• After nine more days, Zhang Lingshan used 500,000 Energy Points to perfect the Shattered Jade Bone Forging Art, reaching the peak of Bone Forging and gaining Crystalline Marrow Jade Bones.
• Zhang Lingshan tried to improve Cutting Intent, but insufficient mental power nearly killed him, and the Panel rolled back the attempt; he then slept for three days and nights.
• Zhan Ming brought Zhang Lingshan the final Wordless True Scripture, completing the collection and granting him the Heavenly Eye, which let him see through bodies but caused pain when activated.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Heavenly Eye had made the Panel display Spirit, cultivation progress, and risk colors, then perfected Eight Directions Divine Palm and raised his Spirit from 88 to 92.

After reaching Human Grade Level 3 and perfecting his Blood Fiend Saber Technique and Jade Crane Art, Zhang Lingshan confronted a Half-Step Viscera Refining intruder who had killed Ma Lingyun. He learned how qi and membranes worked, then abruptly left the fight after sensing someone had broken into his residence.

• Zhang Lingshan raised his spiritual power to Human Grade Level 3 and gained sharper senses, then perfected his Blood Fiend Saber Technique and Jade Crane Art, awakening Blood Fiend Qi and a doppelgänger afterimage.
• Zhan Ming reported that Ma Lingyun had been killed by a strange middle-aged man, and Zhang Lingshan rushed to Du'e Gate's Gathering Hall.
• Zhang Lingshan fought the middle-aged man, broke his finger, and endured his spear of light without being pierced, while the intruder's Spleen Earth Membrane protected him from Zhang Lingshan's attacks.
• The middle-aged man admitted he was a Half-Step Viscera Refining Vanguard Soldier under Lord He and explained how the five viscera produced qi and membranes.
• After the middle-aged man described how qi and membrane reinforced each other, Zhang Lingshan abruptly vanished when he sensed an intruder at his residence.

Zhang Lingshan killed Mei Yuhuan’s male pet when he tried to steal the Wordless True Scripture, then learned about Viscera Refining from Ma Dongge as He Qianshou and Mei Yuhuan arrived outside Jin City. He left the city with the scripture and his companions to meet He Qianshou, while Mei Yuhuan’s arrival raised fears of violence.

• Zhang Lingshan stopped the theft of the Stone Slab Scripture by cutting Mei Yuhuan’s male pet in half, then learned that Ma Dongge served He Qianshou and that Mei Yuhuan had also come to Jin City.
• Ma Dongge explained how he had refined his spleen, warned Zhang Lingshan about the strength of the Viscera Refining Realm, and removed the dying man’s Kidney Water Solid Viscera.
• Zhang Lingshan examined the kidneys with Heavenly Eye and found signs of Void Viscera Qi inside them.
• He Qianshou announced his arrival with a firework signal, and Zhang Lingshan gathered the Stone Slab Scripture and set out with Du'e Zen Master, Xiao Wei, Hong Zhengdao, and the others to meet him.
• Mei Yuhuan signaled her arrival with another firework, and Ma Dongge warned that she might charge into Jin City and kill its people.

Zhang Lingshan and his allies faced He Qianshou and Mei Yuhuan outside Jin City, where they fought over the Wordless True Scripture. After Zhang Lingshan handed over all eighty-one volumes and accepted He Qianshou’s offer to become his student, He gave him half an hour to settle his affairs before leaving for Jade City.

• Mei Yuhuan attacked He Qianshou while Ma Dongge fought her Half-Step Viscera Refining attendant, and six of her male favorites rushed to seize the Wordless True Scripture.
• Zhang Lingshan killed one of the male favorites with a single saber strike, and He Qianshou blocked Mei Yuhuan’s counterattack before she withdrew with her followers.
• He Qianshou warned that Mei Yuhuan might ambush them later, then asked Zhang Lingshan whether he had gathered all eighty-one volumes of the Wordless True Scripture.
• Zhang Lingshan presented the complete scripture, and He Qianshou recruited him as a student and invited him to Jade City.
• He Qianshou allowed Zhang Lingshan half an hour to explain matters to his family, and Zhang Lingshan returned home with Hong Zhengdao and Du'e Zen Master.

Zhang Lingshan traveled toward Jade City with Yu Yun and Wu Fangfang, while He Qianshou guarded the Wordless True Scripture and watched for Mei Yuhuan. At Rainfall Ridge, Wu Fangfang grew mysteriously cold, and the arrival of Jade Ring Matron brought a new threat into the crowded inn.

• Zhang Lingshan brought Yu Yun and Wu Fangfang along to Jade City, hoping to find treatment for Wu Fangfang and learn from her unusual mental power.
• He Qianshou led the group through several days of travel, secretly watching their surroundings while Zhang Lingshan practiced cultivation methods and movement techniques.
• The group reached Rainfall Ridge in heavy rain, where Zhao Hui of Seize Wind Ridge bullied a caravan before backing down at the sight of He Qianshou's Zheng Cow.
• At the inn, Zhang Lingshan and Ma Dongge sensed something wrong; Wu Fangfang grew increasingly cold, and Zhang Lingshan had to keep warming her with his qi and blood.
• Five young men carried Jade Ring Matron into the inn in a Human Flesh Sedan and ordered everyone to kneel and welcome her.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that Wu Fangfang had been replaced by a Paper Spirit, defeated Mei Yuhuan’s group, and set out after the evil spirit behind the rain. On Rainfall Ridge, Rain Woman met with Red Umbrella Woman and Black-haired Veiled Woman, but Zhang Lingshan appeared as they discussed using Wu Fangfang’s unusual Spiritual Consciousness.

• Mei Yuhuan rewarded the middle-aged man in Blue Clothes with Blessed Root, and the diners knelt after seeing its effect.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered a paper figure had replaced Wu Fangfang, fought off Mei Yuhuan, and helped He Qianshou drive her away.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Mei Yuhuan’s male pets and swallowed the Paper Spirit, gaining 50,000 Energy Points after refining it.
• Zhang Lingshan followed sinister qi toward Rainfall Ridge while Ma Dongge stayed behind to watch the others.
• Rain Woman told Red Umbrella Woman and Black-haired Veiled Woman that Paper Woman had been swallowed by a Netherworld fighter and revealed Wu Fangfang as a useful captive.
• Zhang Lingshan’s voice interrupted the women as they discussed what Wu Fangfang’s Spiritual Consciousness could help them conceal.

Zhang Lingshan defeated the three Evil Spirits, learned about White Night and Wu Fangfang’s unusual Spiritual Consciousness, and collected a Ghost Treasure. After Ma Dongge warned that the treasure could lead White Night to them, He Qianshou ordered everyone to leave the inn.

• Zhang Lingshan captured Rain Woman, killed Veiled Woman and Red Umbrella Woman, and refined the disheveled-haired woman for 100,000 Energy Points.
• Rain Woman described White Night and explained that Wu Fangfang’s powerful Spiritual Consciousness could eventually turn her into a yin spirit; Zhang Lingshan then refined Rain Woman and Umbrella Woman.
• Zhang Lingshan found a Small Black Ball, a Small Red Ball, and Rain Woman’s Small Glazed Bottle, then returned with Wu Fangfang to the inn at Rainfall Ridge.
• Ma Dongge identified the Small Glazed Bottle as a Ghost Treasure that could create heavy rain and warned that possessing it could draw White Night to them.
• He Qianshou arrived, saw the bottle, and ordered everyone to leave the inn.

Zhang Lingshan split from He Qianshou and continued toward Jiang City with Ma Dongge, keeping the Ghost Treasure. Meanwhile, Ironback Mountain Lord attacked Zhao Changfeng’s caravan, and Zhao Ou fled into Zhang Lingshan’s group seeking help.

• He Qianshou warned Zhang Lingshan about the Ghost Treasure, gave him a Lotus Birth Pill, and rode ahead alone toward Jade City.
• Zhang Lingshan refused to discard the Ghost Treasure, kept Ma Dongge with him, and agreed to travel toward Jiang City by way of a nearby town.
• Zhao Changfeng told Zhao Ou that Jade Ring Matron was a powerful Fengdu Constable and warned him about the strange paper man they had seen.
• Zhao Hui and Ironback Mountain Lord confronted Zhao Changfeng’s caravan, and Ironback Mountain Lord overpowered Zhao Changfeng with one blow.
• Ironback Mountain Lord smashed the caravan’s carriages and pursued the fleeing merchants by hurling rocks at them.
• Zhao Ou reached Zhang Lingshan’s group and begged the Demon Suppression Division to arrest Ironback Mountain Lord, prompting Zhang Lingshan to ask what the man was.

Zhang Lingshan defeated Ironback Mountain Lord, learned that a great demon might be hiding at Seize Wind Ridge, and continued toward Jiang City with the surviving caravan members. During the journey, he spent 100,000 Energy Points to raise his Cutting Intent to its second level, leaving himself engulfed by its cutting force.

• Ironback Mountain Lord killed Zhao Ou, but Zhang Lingshan cut off his arm and drove him to flee using a Demon Seed.
• Ma Dongge explained that a great demon might be backing Ironback Mountain Lord, and Zhao Hui revealed that Seize Wind Ridge had taken the fugitive in and wanted the Bright Jade Pearl.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Zhao Hui and the other bandits, then agreed to bring the injured Zhao Changfeng along to reach the Jiang City Auction.
• The group reached a town by daybreak, and Zhang Lingshan spent Energy Points raising his spiritual power while traveling by carriage.
• Zhang Lingshan used 100,000 Energy Points to raise his Cutting Intent to the second level, and the resulting force began slicing at him.

The forces seeking the Wordless True Scripture set their plans in motion as they headed for Jiang City, while Zhang Lingshan and Ma Dongge arrived there safely. The green-robed Great King also traveled toward the city, intrigued by the young cultivator who defeated Ironback Mountain Lord.

• The Great King of Seize Wind Ridge judged that Ironback Mountain Lord's opponent might be a Peerless Heavenly Demon, restored his severed arm, and traveled with him toward Jiang City.
• The Red Name Palace Lord and White Skirt met Mei Yuhuan, who explained that He Qianshou would likely take the Wordless True Scripture's stone slabs to the Jiang City auction.
• Mei Yuhuan said she planned to seize the slabs before the auction and rely on Little Thunder Sound Temple's monks to find their correct order.
• Ma Dongge and Zhang Lingshan reached Jiang City without being followed and prepared to enter the prosperous, disorderly city.