Recaps

Lin Qin learned that his strike had broken the seal beneath Bosha Embankment and released hundreds of dangerous prisoners from the Gobada Plane Prison. As fugitives began spreading chaos across the Yulan Continent, he returned to Dragon Rock Territory to prepare its defenses and protect Aileen.

• Beirut took Lin Qin, Linley, Olivier, and Desri away from Bosha Embankment, explained the Plane Prison, and warned that the escaped prisoners included powerful gods and that the seal would take time to repair.
• Olivier accepted responsibility for his part in the disaster, while Linley and Desri vowed to face the danger; Lin Qin sent them to warn their people and returned to Dragon Rock Territory.
• Lin Qin saw signs of disorder along the way and ordered Soros to place Dragon Rock Territory on the highest alert, strengthen defenses, and carefully admit fleeing civilians.
• Lin Qin found Aileen overseeing the city's magical defenses and told her how the seal had broken; Aileen promised to help protect their home, and Lin Qin told her to remain in the Magic Tower or the lord's residence.

Lin Qin, Linley, Olivier, and Desri stopped escaped prisoners from slaughtering villagers, then learned that Adkins’ forces had destroyed War God Mountain and killed the War God and Blumer. Lin Qin organized a plan to gather intelligence and strengthen the continent’s defenses while Olivier resolved to seek revenge when the time was right.

• Lin Qin located five Saint Realm prisoners and a Lowgod attacking villagers, and Olivier killed their leader while Linley and Desri slew the others.
• Fain arrived wounded and reported that Adkins had brought more than a thousand powerful followers to the O'Brien Empire and killed the War God in one attack.
• Fain revealed that Adkins’ forces massacred War God Mountain, including Blumer, and that he had escaped while being hunted.
• Olivier vowed to kill Adkins and Blumer’s killer, but Linley urged him not to act recklessly, and Lin Qin advised gathering intelligence and uniting the continent’s remaining forces.
• Lin Qin assigned Linley to take Fain to Dragonblood Castle and contact other powers, Olivier to recover and grow stronger, and Desri to monitor escaped factions.
• The group departed to carry out their tasks while Lin Qin remained in Dragon Rock Territory to investigate Adkins’ forces.

Lin Qin and the leaders of Dragon Rock Territory faced an attack by Ogaween, a Radiant Midgod seeking to take their land. Lin Qin killed four attackers and wounded Ogaween, who escaped in a hidden Wind clone, leaving Dragon Rock on alert for further threats.

• Soros reported the chaos across the Yulan Continent, and Di Lin concluded that Adkins was waiting for the Graveyard of the Gods to open.
• Lin Qin sensed Ogaween and four Lowgods approaching Dragon Rock City, then led Linley, Olivier, Desri, and Fain outside to meet them while Di Lin guarded the city.
• Ogaween demanded Dragon Rock Territory's submission and half its resources, but Lin Qin refused and warned him to leave.
• Ogaween and his four subordinates attacked, but Lin Qin suppressed Ogaween's chains of light and killed Kingsley instantly.
• Lin Qin severely wounded Ogaween with a single punch, then killed the fleeing Black-Robed Elder, One-Eyed Brute, and Seductive Woman from afar.
• Ogaween escaped in a hidden Wind Lowgod Clone, and Lin Qin collected the attackers' Godheads before ordering Soros to clean up and strengthen the city's defenses.

Ogaween reached Adkins’s stronghold and reported that Lin Qin had killed his son and destroyed his divine body. Adkins accepted Ogaween’s wealth and sent three Midgod subordinates with him to destroy Dragon Rock Territory, leaving the group flying toward Lin Qin’s domain.

• Ogaween arrived at War God Mountain and asked to pledge himself to Adkins in exchange for help against Lin Qin.
• Ogaween described Lin Qin’s strength and offered his accumulated wealth, urging Adkins to strike before Lin Qin became a greater threat.
• Bernas, Gaitenbi, and Hanbrit supported attacking Dragon Rock Territory, and Adkins ordered them to kill Lin Qin and bring back his Godhead and soul.
• Ogaween handed Bernas his Space Ring, and the four God-level experts departed for Dragon Rock Territory with Ogaween leading the way.

Four God-level outsiders plotted to attack Dragon Rock Territory, while Bebe became a Dark Element god and reunited with Linley. The chapter ended as Linley and Bebe sensed an approaching threat on the horizon.

• Bernas, Gaitenbi, Hanbrit, and Ogaween planned a coordinated assault on Dragon Rock Territory and set out to kill Lin Qin and seize the territory.
• Bebe transformed into human form after becoming a Dark Element god and contacted Linley through their soul contract.
• Linley welcomed Bebe at Dragonblood Castle, where Bebe showed off his new appearance and a battered straw hat.
• Linley and Bebe both sensed danger and turned toward the distant horizon.

Bebe returned to Dragonblood Castle just as Bernas and his allies arrived to attack, and he used his God-Eater ability to save Tarosha from Bernas's spear. As the battle settled into a stalemate, Lin Qin killed Hanbrit with one strike, shocking both sides and turning the battlefield around.

• Bebe returned as four enemies led by Bernas approached, and Lin Qin ordered the defenders to meet them while Aileen and Cesler activated the castle's defenses.
• Tarosha shielded Dragonblood Castle from Hanbrit's Death Wind as Dylan fought Gaitenbi and Linley and Olivier faced Ogaween.
• Bebe used his God-Eater ability to disrupt Bernas's attack on Tarosha, allowing Tarosha to block the Gotes Spear with an ice shield.
• Lin Qin vanished and appeared beside Hanbrit, then killed him with a single strike that left only his Godhead, staff, and Space Ring.
• Bernas, Gaitenbi, Ogaween, Tarosha, Linley, and Olivier were stunned by Hanbrit's death, and Dylan wounded the distracted Gaitenbi.

Lin Qin overwhelmed the four Midgods who had come to confront him, killing Hanbrit and Ogaween, crippling Gaitenbi, and driving Bernas to flee. The battle ended with Bernas escaping toward War God Mountain while Gaitenbi remained near death.

• Lin Qin evaded Gaitenbi’s axe and shattered his armor with a kick, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight.
• Bernas unleashed his soul-burning Heaven-Burning World-Breaking Strike with the Gotes Spear, but Lin Qin stopped and shattered the attack with a chaotic domain.
• Bernas was blasted into a mountainside and fled toward War God Mountain with the damaged Gotes Spear.
• Lin Qin appeared before the terrified Ogaween and destroyed his fire-element Midgod divine clone with a palm strike.

Lin Qin killed Gaitenbi after defeating Adkins's attackers, then returned to Dragon Rock City with his allies and claimed the spoils. As Dragon Rock Territory prepared for the consequences of the battle, Bernas reported his defeat to Adkins.

• Gaitenbi burned his divine power and launched a final axe strike, but Lin Qin shattered the weapon and annihilated Gaitenbi with a punch.
• Lin Qin checked on Tarosha, Dylan, Linley, and Olivier, gave Olivier a Spring of Life, and led the group back to Dragon Rock City with the spoils.
• Lin Qin placed the recovered Godheads and wealth in Dragon Rock Territory's treasury and began studying the Earth-Shaking Star-Crushing Axe and the treasures in the Space Rings.
• Lin Qin resumed cultivating, strengthening his body and attempting to fuse the Earth Element profound mystery with Pulsation and Power.
• Soros, Aileen, and the others reinforced Dragon Rock City as news spread that Lin Qin had killed three of Adkins's Midgods and driven Bernas away.
• Bernas, wounded and disheveled, reported the battle to Adkins in his palace.

Lin Qin reached the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range and found Baruch, proving that he was a descendant of the Baruch Clan from the Yulan Continent. After learning that the Four Divine Beasts Clan was besieged and declining, Lin Qin agreed to stay and cultivate for a while.

• After completing his expedition, Lin Qin traveled from Azure Prefecture City to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range.
• Lin Qin bypassed the patrols and defenses by entering the range underground, where a valley's residents challenged him.
• Lin Qin showed the patrol leader his Azure Dragon transformation and was escorted to Baruch.
• Lin Qin recited the Baruch Clan's history to prove his identity, and Baruch welcomed him as family.
• At a gathering, Lin Qin told Baruch and the clan about the Yulan Continent and revealed that he had fused four profound mysteries pairwise.
• Baruch explained the clan's dire situation and urged Lin Qin to stay; Lin Qin agreed to remain for a while and cultivate.

Lin Qin underwent the Dragon Transformation Pool baptism and awakened extraordinary Dragonblood Warrior potential, gaining a Water Divine Clone and greatly enhanced strength. After returning to the Canyon, he resumed cultivating the Laws of the Earth, then received a summons from the Elder Hall.

• Baruch brought Lin Qin to the Dragon Transformation Hall, where a bloodline test rated his concentration as ordinary before the young Dragonblood Warriors entered the pool.
• Lin Qin remained in his cyan cocoon for seven days, drawing the Azure Dragon Relief's blessing and revealing an Azure Dragon phantom.
• The baptism awakened Lin Qin's Water Divine Clone and strengthened his body, while elders judged his aptitude to be high-grade.
• Lin Qin returned to the Canyon, tested his dragon transformation, and concluded that he could tear apart an ordinary Highgod with his bare hands.
• Lin Qin resumed cultivating the fusion of the four profound mysteries of the Laws of the Earth, and three days later a warrior arrived with a summons from the Elder Hall.

Lin Qin received his Azure Dragon Clan Identity Token and learned how the clan’s Contribution Point system and rules governed life in the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range. After meeting the Baruch Branch’s members and accepting Kano’s challenge to spar, he settled into a stone cave and began reading the rules manual.

• Baruch took Lin Qin to collect his Identity Token, which he bound with his blood, then gave him a copy of the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range Rules Manual.
• Baruch explained how branches earned Contribution Points, how resources were distributed, and that private fighting was forbidden outside sanctioned duels.
• Baruch brought Lin Qin to the Baruch Branch’s base in Azure Rock Valley and introduced him to Hogson, the branch’s only Highgod.
• Baruch showed Lin Qin the branch’s facilities and mission postings, where Lin Qin reviewed the available tasks and their rewards.
• At the branch gathering, Baruch introduced Lin Qin to the clansmen, and Kano challenged him to spar; Hogson offered to lend him Contribution Points, but Lin Qin declined.
• After the gathering, Baruch arranged a stone cave for Lin Qin, who read the clan rules manual before lying down for the night.

Lin Qin completed his first escort mission to Iron Fir Fortress, where he helped defeat a Deen Clan patrol and earned 500 Contribution Points. After returning to Azure Rock Valley, he put away the Midgod Godheads he had collected and resumed cultivating.

• Lin Qin accepted an escort mission to Iron Fir Fortress, joined Morton, Kano, and Aria, and departed with the caravan.
• During the first night’s watch, Lin Qin detected a Deen Clan patrol, and the group fought off five attackers.
• Lin Qin killed two Midgods, helped Morton defeat the patrol leader, and assisted in bringing down the remaining Lowgods.
• Lin Qin’s group delivered the caravan’s goods to Iron Fir Fortress and returned to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range with the cargo intact.
• Lin Qin exchanged his Contribution Voucher for 500 points, and Baruch congratulated him on completing the mission and killing three Midgods.
• Lin Qin returned to his cave, put away two Midgod Godheads, and began cultivating.

Lin Qin received a place at Thunder Cliff, where he advanced to the middle level after defeating Yan Shan and began accelerating his cultivation. Lei Luo told him the Reynalds Branch might prioritize his training because of the intensifying war, and Lin Qin said he intended to fight in Blood War Valley regardless.

• Hogson told Lin Qin that the Council of Elders had assigned him a three-month place at Thunder Cliff as a reward for his baptism and mission performance.
• Lin Qin settled on the bottom level and cultivated daily beside the Essence Marrow Pool, where he felt his Laws of the Earth fusion begin to progress.
• Lei Luo offered to help Lin Qin move to the middle level, and Lin Qin registered to challenge Yan Shan.
• Lin Qin defeated Yan Shan in three strikes, earning middle-level privileges and three hours a day at the pool; Lei Luo also gave him diluted Earth Vein Essence.
• Lin Qin moved to the middle level, used the additional resources to advance his Law fusion, and had his Water Divine Clone study the Mysteries of Ice Sharpness.
• Lei Luo explained that the family might place Lin Qin on its priority cultivation list, which would require him to fight at the front in Blood War Valley, and Lin Qin said he planned to go there anyway.

Lin Qin spent over two months in seclusion at Azure Rock Valley, breaking through the bottleneck in fusing four Profound Mysteries of the Laws of the Earth and reaching entry level in Ice Sharpness. He emerged having completed thirty percent of the Earth-law fusion, with further cultivation still ahead.

• Lin Qin used Earth Vein Essence to cultivate in seclusion, eventually realizing that Pulsation had to travel through the Earth Element itself.
• On the forty-third day, Lin Qin fused the Earth Element Profound Mysteries, Pulsation, Power, and Gravity Space enough to break through the bottleneck.
• Lin Qin sharpened his Water Divine Clone's ice spikes through repeated tests and pierced through Black Iron Stone, reaching entry level in Ice Sharpness.
• Clan members discussed Lin Qin's prolonged seclusion, and Kano called him a monster as he passed the cave.
• After using the last of the Earth Vein Essence, Lin Qin demonstrated a restrained sword strike that split the ground and confirmed he had completed thirty percent of the Earth-law fusion.

Lin Qin met with Elder Garvey, who explained the Four Divine Beasts Clan’s desperate position and entrusted him with a Dragon Tooth Valley trial token and valuable Earth Vein Essence. Lin Qin returned to Azure Rock Valley prepared to train for the trial and try to surpass Lei Luo’s record.

• A messenger summoned Lin Qin to the Elder Hall, where Garvey tested his composure and reviewed his achievements.
• Garvey explained that the Eight Great Clans were pushing the Four Divine Beasts Clan toward ruin and urged Lin Qin to grow strong enough to help defend it.
• Garvey gave Lin Qin a Dragon Tooth Valley token, where he could battle Combat Phantoms and potentially claim Azure Dragon Essence Blood, along with a box of Earth Vein Essence.
• Garvey told Lin Qin to avoid the main front lines, take minor missions, and enter Dragon Tooth Valley on the first day of next month; he also relayed Lei Luo’s challenge to beat his record of 730 Combat Phantoms.
• Lin Qin returned to Azure Rock Valley and showed Hogson the token and resources, while Kano warned him about Dragon Tooth Valley’s dangerous Combat Phantoms.

After the Eight Great Clans ranked Lin Qin as their highest-priority Midgod target, the clan confined him to Hidden Dragon Residence and supplied him with resources and protection. Following years of seclusion and a long bottleneck, Lin Qin perfectly fused four Earth-law mysteries, raising his strength to the threshold of a Six-Star Fiend.

• Shadow showed Lin Qin the Eight Great Clans’ Hunting List, where he ranked forty-seventh, and warned that the clans were preparing to hunt him.
• Garvey ordered Lin Qin to remain in the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range and gave him Earth Vein Essence and an Azure Dragon Soul-Protecting Pendant.
• Lin Qin moved into Hidden Dragon Residence and began cultivating with its Earth Vein Spirit Gathering Array.
• After years of deduction and a ten-year stagnation, Lin Qin changed his approach and coordinated the distinct rhythms of the four Earth-law mysteries.
• Lin Qin broke through the bottleneck and perfectly fused the mysteries, then split a High-God Artifact-level obsidian block with a single blade strike.
• Lin Qin assessed that his power had reached the threshold of a Six-Star Fiend and that his transformed body could let him contend with an ordinary Seven-Star Fiend Highgod.

Lin Qin faced Elder Garvey's Dragon-Patterned Battle Platform assessment to determine whether he had reached the Seven-Star Fiend level and qualified to become a clan elder. After several exchanges, Lin Qin held firm against Garvey's attacks, but the assessment was still underway.

• Elder Garvey summoned Lin Qin to the Dragon-Patterned Battle Platform, where he explained that he would test Lin Qin's strength for promotion to clan elder.
• Lin Qin and Garvey transformed into Dragonblood Warriors as the clan gathered to watch their duel.
• Garvey's first sword strike forced Lin Qin back three steps, but Lin Qin's Gravity Domain and blade technique let him withstand it.
• Lin Qin compressed his Gravity Domain and used Earth Pulsation to deflect Garvey's three true attacks from his Thousand-Blade Wind Assault.
• Lin Qin used his dragon tail and Black Jade Heavy Blade to counter Garvey's sudden movement technique and survive their close-range exchange, retreating seven steps without losing his composure.

Lin Qin defeated Elder Garvey on the Dragon-Patterned Battle Platform and earned a place as the Azure Dragon Clan’s seventy-third registered elder. After the Baruch Branch celebrated his achievement, Lin Qin ended the night alone, reflecting on how far he had come.

• Garvey unleashed Wind Dragon Devour, but Lin Qin disrupted its timing with Dragon Roar and destroyed the wind dragon with his fused Profound Mysteries.
• Lin Qin struck Garvey’s chest before he could defend himself, and Garvey conceded the battle and declared that Lin Qin had passed.
• Garvey gave Lin Qin the Elder Token and told him he would be formally invested at a Council of Elders meeting in three days.
• Baruch, Hogson, Kano, and Lei Luo congratulated Lin Qin, while the Baruch Branch celebrated his new status in Azure Rock Valley.
• After the feast, Lin Qin returned to his stone house, held his Elder Token, and reflected on his rise from struggling to fuse a third Profound Mystery to standing at the clan’s heart.

Lin Qin attended the Azure Dragon Clan elders’ meeting, where Gaiseresen formally recognized him as an elder and warned him that the Eight Great Clans had marked him for priority elimination. The clan gave him a pendant to disguise his Midgod status and urged him to cultivate toward Highgod, leaving him aware that the clan’s survival might depend on his future strength.

• Lei Luo escorted Lin Qin to the Azure Dragon Hall, where he met clan leader Gaiseresen, Gaia, and Fulhan.
• Gaiseresen named Lin Qin the clan’s seventy-third elder after confirming his Seven-Star Fiend-level combat strength as a Midgod.
• Gaia reported that the Eight Great Clans had increased their forces and raised Lin Qin’s threat rating to low A on their extermination list.
• Gaiseresen withheld Lin Qin from Blood War Valley, and Gaia gave him a Hidden Dragon Pendant that disguised his aura as a Highgod’s.
• After the other elders left, Gaiseresen explained that the Azure Dragon Clan faced a dire crisis and urged Lin Qin to pursue Highgod advancement and possibly fuse five Profound Mysteries.

Lin Qin led a supply convoy to Iron Wall Outpost, defeated an ambush by the Saint-Nair and Deen Clans, and completed the mission despite heavy losses. After returning to Azure Rock Valley, he used his Contribution Points to buy Soul Source Essence and strengthened his soul.

• Lin Qin led Shi Yan, Feng Ying, and the guards out with supplies for Iron Wall Outpost, then changed the route after Feng Ying spotted enemy scouts.
• The convoy was trapped in a gorge by the Saint-Nair and Deen Clans, where Lin Qin killed Soul Eater Morris and Flame Hammer Baal.
• Shi Yan, Feng Ying, and the guards defeated the remaining attackers, though three Five-Star Fiend guards and nine Midgod guards died.
• Lin Qin delivered the supplies, returned to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range, and received thirty-three thousand Contribution Points for the mission and its spoils.
• Lin Qin bought Soul Source Essence and healing potions, returned to Azure Rock Valley, and drank the essence to strengthen his soul.

Lin Qin defended his elder appointment before the Council of Elders and accepted a hundred-year probation requiring difficult missions and two hundred thousand Contribution Points. After Emmanuel and Fulhan arranged a list of deadly assignments to endanger him, Lei Luo warned him to avoid the first three and choose the fourth, a supply escort backed by covert clan support.

• Emmanuel formally challenged Lin Qin's promotion, arguing that a Middlegod with little clan experience should not hold an elder's authority.
• Lin Qin cited his record of killing three Six-Star Fiends and completing every mission, and Gaia confirmed his achievements and fifty-three thousand Contribution Points.
• Gaiseresen allowed Lin Qin to keep his elder status on condition that he complete two high-difficulty missions each year for a hundred years and reach two hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Lei Luo warned Lin Qin that Emmanuel could manipulate his missions and that Fulhan's faction might also oppose him.
• Lin Qin spotted that the first three missions on his assignment list were dangerously impractical, then received Lei Luo's warning that Fulhan had replaced easier missions and that he should choose the fourth instead.
• Lin Qin selected the supply escort to Rock Fortress, which Lei Luo said was a clan operation with updated intelligence and covert support.

Lin Qin led a supply convoy toward Rock Fortress, uncovered the Barbary Clan’s plan, and killed the Seven-Star Fiend known as the Rock King. After completing the mission and earning Contribution Points, he returned to Azure Rock Valley to cultivate.

• Lin Qin chose the Rock Fortress escort mission and learned from Lei Luo that it was a covert reconnaissance operation backed by Elder Garvey.
• Lin Qin diverted the convoy from Dragon Spine Path to avoid an ambush, then used Earth Pulsation to locate a Barbary Clan camp and discovered that the Rock King planned to attack Rock Fortress.
• Lin Qin left the convoy under Shi Yan’s command, infiltrated the Barbary Clan’s Rear Base Camp, and killed the Rock King in three strikes.
• Lin Qin returned with the Rock King’s Godhead, and the convoy delivered its supplies to Rock Fortress before returning to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range.
• Lin Qin turned in the mission and earned enough Contribution Points to reach a total of one hundred fifty-three thousand.
• Lin Qin returned to Azure Rock Valley, advanced his understanding of Vitality, and drank Soul Source Essence before resuming cultivation.

Lin Qin led a six-person rescue team into the Misty Swamp, where they found the missing Seventh Squad caught in an enemy trap and defeated two of the three Seven-Star Fiends. After returning with all five survivors, Lin Qin received a higher-concentration drop of Sovereign's Might and resumed training, his understanding of the Laws of the Earth strengthened by the battle.

• Morris sent Lin Qin and five companions to rescue the missing Seventh Squad in the Misty Swamp, and Feng Ying suspected the mission information had been leaked.
• Lin Qin's team found Iron Eagle and four wounded squad members, who revealed that the reported supply route was a trap set by the Eight Great Clans.
• Lin Qin killed Earth Split Gru and Soul Devourer Kasa, while Ghost Eye Hogan and five of the pursuing Six-Star Fiends escaped; his team then withdrew with all five survivors.
• Morris received the rescue team and reported Lin Qin's achievements to Gaiseresen, who gave Lin Qin a stronger drop of Sovereign's Might.
• Gaiseresen told Lin Qin that Fulhan wanted to apologize and that Emmanuel had lowered his profile; Lin Qin passed Fulhan without speaking and returned to secluded training.

Lin Qin left the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range to cultivate in the Death Desert, where he mastered the fifth profound mystery, Life Force, while defeating the Seven-Star Fiend Salon. After returning to the clan, he learned his whereabouts had been leaked by a trusted aide of Emmanuel, who was punished, and resumed cultivating.

• Lin Qin left alone for the Death Desert and spent more than three years cultivating, eventually merging Life Force with his four fused profound mysteries.
• Salon confronted Lin Qin in the desert, wounded his soul, and used Sovereign's Might, but Lin Qin broke through to initial mastery of Life Force and killed him.
• Lin Qin escaped the desert, recovered from his injuries, and returned to the Heaven Sacrifice Mountain Range with Salon's Godhead and intelligence about the Eight Great Clans using Sovereign's Might.
• Gaiseresen rewarded Lin Qin with two drops of Sovereign's Might and ordered him to stabilize his fifth profound mystery; Lin Qin later reached the Minor Success stage.
• Morris informed Lin Qin that a trusted aide of Emmanuel had leaked his whereabouts to the Deen Clan and had been executed, while Emmanuel was confined and ordered to compensate Lin Qin with a drop of Sovereign's Might.

Lin Qin learned that the Eight Great Clans had targeted him in a coordinated campaign, then helped turn their planned ambush at Rock Fortress against them. After returning to the Azure Dragon Clan to cheers, he resumed secluded cultivation and worked toward fusing his sixth profound mystery.

• Morris told Lin Qin and the core elders that the Eight Great Clans had launched a decapitation plan and placed a bounty of ten drops of Sovereign's Might on him.
• Gaiseresen ordered Lin Qin to serve as bait in a trap at Rock Fortress, where Gaia, Vladimir, and Reynalds would lead a hidden force.
• Lin Qin escorted supplies to Rock Fortress, where Hogan led three Seven-Star Fiends and thirty Six-Star Fiends in an ambush.
• Gaia's group sprang the counterattack; Lin Qin wounded Hogan and a second Seven-Star Fiend, while the clan forces killed all thirty Six-Star Fiends and later killed Hogan.
• Lin Qin returned to a hero's welcome, accepted fifteen Six-Star Fiend Godheads, and went back into seclusion to pursue the fusion of his sixth profound mystery.