Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan annihilated the Void Worm swarm at the city wall, then departed alone to rescue the North Bear Country’s Winter Wolf Troops from a Shadow Demon ambush in Howling Canyon. Lin Zhan reassured the others that his grandson would be fine.

• Lin Yuan erased the Void Worm swarm with a single gesture, stunning the White Eagle Country soldiers and Mike Jason.
• Tie Kuang mocked Mike Jason’s reliance on technology, but Lin Zhan explained that technology and martial arts served different purposes and could work together.
• Mike Jason showed the leaders a map of Howling Canyon, where the Winter Wolf Troops were surrounded by thousands of Shadow Demons and three lord-level monsters.
• Lin Yuan asked for the exact coordinates and warned that any delay would leave only bodies to collect.
• Lin Yuan vanished from the city wall and headed alone for Howling Canyon, while Lin Zhan confidently reassured the worried onlookers.

Lin Yuan tore through the battlefield at overwhelming speed, killing the monsters that tried to stop him as he headed toward Howling Canyon. There, the Winter Wolves faced annihilation until their captain sensed a blazing golden presence racing toward them.

• Lin Yuan sped across the wilderness and destroyed dozens of Void Cutters with his protective Sword Intent without drawing his sword.
• Lin Yuan killed a Void Digger with a single strand of Golden Sword Qi and continued through the battlefield.
• In Howling Canyon, the exhausted Winter Wolves fought thousands of Shadow Demons while three lord-level Shadow Demons watched them.
• Captain Ivan rallied the Winter Wolves to spend their remaining energy on a final charge.
• As Ivan prepared to lead the charge, he sensed a powerful golden aura approaching the canyon entrance at tremendous speed.

Ivan and the Winter Wolf Troops were nearly overwhelmed by Shadow Demons in Howling Canyon when a young man appeared behind a golden barrier that destroyed the attacking horde. The three Lord-level Shadow Demons sensed his terrifying power as he approached the trapped soldiers.

• A Shadow Demon drained a Winter Wolf team member's power armor, while Ivan and his troops remained surrounded by thousands of demons and threatened by three hidden lords.
• Ivan admitted he was afraid but rallied his men to fight, declaring that the Winter Wolves would die standing for North Bear.
• The three Lord-level Shadow Demons signaled a general assault, sending the Shadow Demons surging toward the Winter Wolf Troops.
• A golden radiance appeared before the soldiers and vaporized every Shadow Demon that touched it, stopping the horde.
• A calm young man in black walked through the darkness toward Ivan and the Winter Wolf Troops, while the three Shadow Demon lords recoiled from his power.

Lin Yuan annihilated the Shadow Demon army and its three lords in Howling Canyon with his golden Sword Qi. He left Ivan and the Winter Wolf Team Members alive but speechless with shock and fear.

• The three Shadow Demon Lords attacked Lin Yuan with gigantic claws of dark energy.
• Lin Yuan unleashed a golden Sword Qi downpour that destroyed the claws and wiped out the Shadow Demons across the canyon.
• The three Shadow Demon Lords fled toward separate exits, but Lin Yuan killed each with a golden sword light.
• Lin Yuan approached Ivan and the surviving Winter Wolf Team Members, who stared at him in stunned silence.

Lin Yuan saved the Winter Wolf Troops in Howling Canyon and gave them Heavenly Rank Top Tier pills that restored them and healed their wounds. As they followed him out, a larger army of Shadow Demons attacked, and Lin Yuan led them through the horde with a vast Flying Sword array.

• Lin Yuan gave Ivan a bottle of Heavenly Rank Top Tier pills for the wounded Winter Wolf Troops.
• Ivan and his team swallowed the pills, recovering to peak condition as Ivan's severed arm regenerated.
• Lin Yuan told the Winter Wolf Troops to follow him back, but a larger army of Shadow Demons emerged and blocked the canyon.
• Lin Yuan summoned a hundred million Flying Swords that slaughtered the Shadow Demons as he led the troops through the canyon.

Lin Yuan learned that the Shadow Demons and the Crawling Calamity planned a joint surprise attack on Demon Suppression Pass within twenty-four hours, then sent the intercepted intelligence to the pass's command center. As his breakthrough into the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Mid-Stage drew near, he left the canyon, while an S-rank intelligence alarm sounded at the command center.

• Ivan and the Winter Wolf troops saluted Lin Yuan, and Ivan reported that the Shadow Demons were meeting with the Crawling Calamity in the Myriad Caves.
• Ivan revealed that the two races planned to infiltrate and sabotage Demon Suppression Pass before the Crawling Calamity launched a full assault in twenty-four hours.
• Lin Yuan transmitted Ivan's tactical recorder data to Demon Suppression Pass's highest command channel.
• Lin Yuan felt his Spiritual Manifestation Realm Mid-Stage bottleneck loosen but suppressed his urge to break through and left the canyon.
• Ivan ordered the surviving Winter Wolf troops to return and witness the arrival of a new era.
• At Demon Suppression Pass, an S-rank encrypted intelligence alarm interrupted Mike Jason's complaints about the defenses.

Lin Yuan’s intelligence about the Shadow Demons and worm army prompted Lin Zhan to take command of Demon Suppression Pass and organize its defenses. After Lin Yuan revealed a way to detect Shadow Demons, he returned to his quarters and unleashed the Life Essence he had accumulated from battle.

• An encrypted message reached the command center with Lin Yuan’s report that Shadow Demons and the worm army planned a joint assault within twenty-four hours.
• Lin Zhan accepted the mission to destroy the enemy forces and took command of all stationed troops, assigning forces to attack the worms, confront the Shadow Demons, and repair the defenses.
• Lin Yuan told Lin Zhan that high-frequency oscillations could disrupt the Shadow Demons’ spatial medium and reveal them, prompting the command center to build a detection system.
• Lin Yuan returned to his stone quarters, raised a Sword Qi Barrier, and released the immense Life Essence he had accumulated from killing Shadow Demons and their lords.

Lin Yuan refined the Black Energy during three days of seclusion and broke through to the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Sixth Tier Peak. He emerged as the Dragonscale Army prepared to attack Howling Canyon, leaving Lin Zhan, Tie Kuang, Shangguan Jinghong, and the soldiers stunned by his overwhelming sword intent.

• Lin Yuan used the Supreme Sword Scripture and Primal Chaos Saint Body to purify the Black Energy and transform it into Sword Essence.
• Lin Yuan broke through from the Spiritual Manifestation Realm First Tier to the Fifth Tier in one day.
• As Lin Zhan, Tie Kuang, and Shangguan Jinghong prepared to set out for Howling Canyon, Shangguan Jinghong sensed Lin Yuan's aura growing stronger.
• Lin Yuan's energy ripple reached the city wall, and Shangguan Jinghong recognized that he had advanced to the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Sixth Tier Peak.
• Lin Yuan opened his eyes, left the stone house, and walked past Tie Kuang without reacting to his shocked outburst.
• Lin Yuan approached the city wall, where soldiers from every country stopped and stood rigid under the pressure of his sword intent.

Lin Yuan leapt into the battle at Demon Suppression Pass and effortlessly killed dozens of lord-level monsters before leading a squad to protect the defenders. As the beast tide battered the walls, a far stronger enemy emerged from its rear.

• The foreign-race allied army launched an all-out assault on Demon Suppression Pass, and Qin Pojun ordered the defenders to fire on the advancing beast tide.
• Lin Yuan jumped from the wall and used Golden Sword Qi to kill dozens of lord-level monsters in moments.
• As monsters breached the defenses, Lin Yuan rescued the artillery positions and ordered a squad of Dragon Kingdom soldiers to follow him.
• Lin Yuan led the squad through the battlefield, cutting down nearby monsters while the soldiers cleared stragglers.
• A terrifying aura erupted from behind the beast tide, signaling the arrival of a foreign-race powerhouse.

A Rock Demon General devastated the defenses of the Demon Suppression Pass, but Lin Yuan killed it with a single sword strike. The surviving Beast Tide fled, ending its first assault.

• The Rock Demon General attacked the Demon Suppression Pass with a storm of boulders, shattering the energy shield and damaging the walls and weapons.
• Lin Yuan left the wall to confront the Rock Demon General after Lin Zhan stopped Tie Kuang from intervening.
• Lin Yuan's Lingxiao Sword Bone repelled the Rock Demon General's rock spikes, and his Nine Tribulations Heaven Evolving Sword Array cut the general off from the earth.
• Lin Yuan split the Rock Demon General in two with one sword strike, annihilating its body and soul.
• The Beast Tide fled in fear after Lin Yuan returned to the wall, and the first assault collapsed.

After Lin Yuan helped rout the foreign-race coalition and defend Demon Suppression Pass, the alliance argued over how to divide the captured resources. Lin Yuan used the battle records to secure seventy percent of the spoils for the Dragon Kingdom, and Mike Jason reluctantly accepted.

• Qin Pojun ordered the warriors to clear the battlefield, tend the wounded, and repair Demon Suppression Pass after the coalition was routed.
• At the command center, Mike Jason proposed that the White Eagle Country's Sky Shield Bureau centrally manage and distribute the captured resources.
• Lin Yuan proposed dividing the spoils according to battle credit, then displayed records showing his squad had killed 56 percent of the low-level enemies and he had killed nearly all the lord-level monsters and the commander.
• Lin Yuan declared that the Dragon Kingdom would receive seventy percent of the spoils, leaving the remaining thirty percent for the other countries.
• Ivan and Shangguan Jinghong accepted Lin Yuan's terms, and Mike Jason reluctantly said he had no objection.

Lin Yuan secured seventy percent of the battle spoils for the Dragon Kingdom and gave his share to the Dragonscale Army, earning the soldiers’ fervent loyalty. As the celebration continued, alarms revealed trouble at the Northern Region Burial Demon Abyss, and the senior fighters departed to guard their posts.

• Lin Yuan assigned Qin Pojun to count and hand over the spoils after Mike Jason left the command center in humiliation.
• Qin Pojun announced that the Dragon Kingdom would receive seventy percent of the spoils and that Lin Yuan was giving his share to the Dragonscale Army soldiers.
• The soldiers cheered Lin Yuan and collected their rewards while troops from other nations watched enviously.
• Lin Zhan received an alarm that spatial fluctuations were disturbing the seal at the Northern Region Burial Demon Abyss.
• Lin Zhan left command to Qin Pojun and departed north, while Tie Kuang and Shangguan Jinghong flew off to guard their own regions.

Lin Yuan briefed the Dragonscale Army’s senior officers on hidden weaknesses of foreign races, including Void Worms and Shadow Demons. He left the officers eager to apply his intelligence, while Qin Pojun ordered a month of intensive training and asked Lin Yuan to inspect the results.

• Lin Yuan summoned Qin Pojun and the Dragonscale Army’s colonels and above to the command center and asked what they knew about Void Worms.
• Lin Yuan revealed two additional energy nodes in Void Worms and explained that destroying them could make the creatures dissolve from within.
• Lin Yuan taught the officers that infrasound at a specific resonance frequency could force Shadow Demons out of shadows and paralyze them for three seconds.
• When a colonel asked how Lin Yuan knew these secrets, Qin Pojun defended him by citing his extraordinary strength and ordered the officers to record his words.
• Lin Yuan spent an hour teaching the officers about the weaknesses and behavior of numerous foreign races, and Qin Pojun credited the knowledge with the potential to reduce casualties.
• Qin Pojun announced a month-long intensive training program based on Lin Yuan’s tactics and asked him to inspect the results.

Lin Yuan transformed the Dragonscale Army through a month of intensive tactical training, raising its simulated combat assessment at least threefold. He sent a randomly selected squad into the dangerous Rotten Trace, where Thunder Dragon Squad used his tactics to defeat several Foreign Races in under ten seconds without casualties.

• Lin Yuan exposed flaws in the Dragonscale Army's tactics and taught squads optimized methods for fighting different Foreign Races.
• After a month of training, Qin Pojun saw the army's simulated combat assessment rise at least threefold.
• Lin Yuan ordered Qin Pojun to send a randomly selected squad on a mission in Rotten Trace, and Qin selected Thunder Dragon Squad.
• Zhao Hu led Thunder Dragon Squad into the poisonous mist and used Lin Yuan's formations and tactics when Void Cutters and Shadow Demons attacked.
• Thunder Dragon Squad killed the attackers in under ten seconds without casualties, then reported its success and praised Lin Yuan.

The Dragonscale Army marveled at a ten-second, zero-casualty victory using Lin Yuan’s tactics, while Mike Jason failed to get the tactical manual from Qin Pojun. The celebrations ended when a distress signal reported that a Sakura Country reconnaissance squad had vanished in the Whispering Wasteland.

• Qin Pojun ordered the Thunder Dragon Squad’s combat footage classified and distributed across the Dragonscale Army for training.
• Dragonscale Army soldiers watched the footage and were astonished by the tactics, deepening their admiration for Lin Yuan.
• Mike Jason visited Qin Pojun to request the Dragonscale Army’s tactical manual, but Qin told him to get Lin Yuan’s approval and had him escorted out.
• A distress alarm reported that the Sakura Country’s Ghost Piercer reconnaissance squad had lost contact in the Whispering Wasteland.
• Qin Pojun played the squad’s final recording, in which a terrified voice screamed that the light had been eaten before the transmission cut off.

Lin Yuan entered the Whispering Wasteland alone to investigate the missing Sakura Country squad and discovered that the Void Light Eaters had drained the squad’s life and energy. Surrounded by the creatures, he drew a golden sword and struck through their canopy of darkness.

• Lin Yuan refused Qin Pojun’s offer of an elite squad and went alone into the Whispering Wasteland.
• Lin Yuan found the twelve members of the Ghost Thorough Squad dead, their bodies drained and their power armor reduced to brittle powder.
• Lin Yuan identified the attackers as Void Light Eaters that consumed energy, life essence, and souls.
• The Void Light Eaters sensed Lin Yuan’s Sword Essence and gathered into pools of darkness around him.
• A humanoid darkness spread into a canopy to pull Lin Yuan and the surrounding space into an energyless void.
• Lin Yuan formed a golden longsword and cut a massive gash through the descending darkness.

Lin Yuan destroyed the Void Light Eater in the Whispering Wasteland and gained insight from its core, advancing to the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Ninth Tier Peak. He informed Qin Pojun and the Dragonscale Army officers that the threat was over and revealed his latest breakthrough.

• Lin Yuan shattered the Void Light Eater's law core with his Primal Chaos Sword Intent, ending the monster's devouring power.
• Lin Yuan withstood the resulting storm of Void Energy as the Void Light Eater self-destructed, then claimed its Light Eater Core.
• Lin Yuan gained insight from the core and broke through to the Spiritual Manifestation Realm Ninth Tier Peak.
• At Demon Suppression Pass, Qin Pojun received Lin Yuan's call confirming that the enemy had been dealt with.
• Lin Yuan told Qin Pojun that the enemy was a Void Light Eater and that he had broken through again, leaving the officers stunned.

After learning Lin Yuan had reached Spiritual Manifestation Realm Ninth Tier Peak and eliminated the Void Light Eater, Dragon Kingdom officers and White Eagle commander Mike Jason were shaken by his power. Lin Yuan returned to the Dragonscale Army garrison, where Qin Pojun and the other officers faced him in stunned silence.

• Qin Pojun and the command center officers reacted in disbelief when they learned Lin Yuan had advanced from the first tier to Ninth Tier Peak in a little over a month.
• Mike Jason berated his subordinates for failing to match Dragon Kingdom’s success, then read intelligence confirming Lin Yuan had eliminated the Void Light Eater.
• Mike Jason realized he had ruined his political ambitions by antagonizing Lin Yuan and fell into fear and regret.
• Dragonscale Army soldiers stopped to salute Lin Yuan as he returned to the garrison, watching him with awe and worship.
• Lin Yuan entered the command center and asked Qin Pojun if anything was wrong, but Qin Pojun could only say that nothing was wrong.

Lin Yuan tried to unite his Primal Chaos Sword Intent, Spiritual Manifestation Realm Gangkqi, and Primal Chaos Saint Body after recognizing their lack of coordination against the Void Light Eater. He forged them with the energy from his collected foreign-race cores into Primal Chaos Sword Gangkqi, leaving him able to break through to the Spirit Gathering Realm whenever he chose.

• Lin Yuan reviewed his battles and concluded that his sword intent, Gangkqi, and Primal Chaos Saint Body needed to be unified.
• Lin Yuan used his Primal Chaos Saint Body to suppress the clashing sword intent and Gangkqi inside him.
• Lin Yuan swallowed the Void Light Eater Core and dozens of other Energy Cores to fuel his attempt at fusion.
• Lin Yuan forged the three powers into a new gray-gold energy he named Primal Chaos Sword Gangkqi.
• Lin Yuan sensed that the barrier to the Spirit Gathering Realm had become fragile enough for him to break through at will.

Lin Yuan sensed that he could break through to the Spirit Gathering Realm, but chose to refine his Primal Chaos Sword Gangkqi further and seek more energy instead. He asked Qin Pojun for a map of the most dangerous Foreign Race territory and selected the uncharted Return Ruins as his destination.

• Lin Yuan decided to build his Primal Chaos Sword Gangkqi to a million miles long before breaking through, then left seclusion to find more energy.
• Qin Pojun and the Dragonscale Army officers gathered outside Lin Yuan’s residence, expecting him to emerge at the Spirit Gathering Realm, but he remained at the peak of the ninth tier.
• Lin Yuan asked Qin Pojun for a map of the regions where the Foreign Race was most concentrated and strongest, explaining that his cultivation furnace needed more firewood.
• Qin Pojun ordered an adjutant to bring the Dragonscale Army’s highest-class secret deployment map of the Death Forbidden Zone.
• Lin Yuan examined the map’s forbidden regions and chose the unannotated, pure-black Return Ruins.