Chapter Summaries

At the Blood God Legion commissioning ceremony, Mu Xi and Lin Jin received ranks that differed sharply from what they expected. Mu Xi was unexpectedly promoted to Second Lieutenant, while Lin Jin was temporarily made a Private First Class and given permission to form a special operations squad.

• Long Yuxue brought Lin Jin and Mu Xi to a ceremony attended by Zhang Huanyun, Cao Dezhi, the Blood Gods, and senior Legion officers.
• Long Tianwu announced that Mu Xi would receive the rank of Second Lieutenant for her combat composure and contributions as a Level 6 Forging Grandmaster.
• Mu Xi concealed her surprise, saluted, and returned to formation, drawing approving attention from Zhang Huanyun and the other Legion leaders.
• Long Tianwu said Lin Jin's exceptional assessment had been incomplete, then awarded him the temporary rank of Private First Class.
• Long Tianwu told Lin Jin he could recruit members and establish a special operations squad, and Lin Jin calmly accepted the decisions.

After receiving the rank of Private First Class, Lin Jin rejected Cao Dezhi’s demand that he prove himself to him and learned he could challenge a Blood God after reaching Major. Long Yuxue explained the assignments for Lin Jin and Mu Xi, and Lin Jin ended the chapter by beating Jiang Wuyue in a spar.

• Lin Jin accepted his Private First Class rank without showing resentment, then told Cao Dezhi he would prove himself, but not to him.
• Zhang Huanyun explained that Lin Jin could act alone for now and could challenge a Blood God once he reached Major.
• Long Yuxue told Lin Jin she could not deploy him and said Mu Xi would gain experience in the rear before transferring to the front lines.
• Jiang Wuyue challenged Lin Jin to spar, and Lin Jin left him bruised and swollen.

Lin Jin joined the front lines and entered a C-Class Abyssal Passage alone to test his theory. After killing an Abyssal Devourer Lizard, he discovered that his Nine Luminaries Blade could devour Abyssal energy, hinting at its unusual origin.

• Jiang Wuyue urged Lin Jin to team up with Long Yuxue so he could gain experience and protect her, and Lin Jin agreed to help if she faced danger.
• The group entered the Blood God Legion’s metal base beneath the cavern, where Lin Jin chose a C-Class Passage and slipped away alone.
• Jiang Wuyue and Long Yuxue searched for Lin Jin but could not find him, then continued with their own missions.
• Lin Jin traveled deep into the passage and killed an Abyssal Devourer Lizard with the Nine Luminaries Blade.
• The Nine Luminaries Blade absorbed the creature’s escaping Abyssal energy, astonishing Lin Jin and suggesting that the weapon had an extraordinary origin.

Lin Jin discovered that the Nine Luminaries Blade could grow by absorbing Abyss energy, while the Lotus Flower Flame turned slain Abyssal Creatures into Lotus Light that strengthened him. He hunted through the Abyssal passages without attracting notice and entered the B-Class Passage to continue growing stronger.

• Lin Jin confirmed that the Nine Luminaries Blade gained strength from Abyss energy, though it could not convert that energy into life energy for him.
• Lin Jin burned several Abyssal Devourer Lizards with the Lotus Flower Flame and absorbed the Lotus Light they released, slightly increasing his Bloodline Power.
• Lin Jin planned to target Abyssal Lords, especially those skilled in Spiritual Power, while remaining cautious about alerting the Abyssal Sage King.
• Lin Jin killed more than a hundred Abyssal Creatures from different levels without drawing attention, then left the C-Class Passage and charged into the B-Class Passage.

Cao Dezhi and Zhang Huanyun watched Lin Jin earn over nine thousand merits in just over three hours as he hunted in a B-Class Abyssal Passage. Lin Jin continued slaughtering Abyssal Creatures to strengthen his Soul Power while searching for an Abyssal Lord, and Cao Dezhi reconsidered how far his attempt to pressure Lin Jin toward the Tang Sect might go.

• Cao Dezhi checked Lin Jin's Blood God Ring records and learned that Lin Jin had accumulated 9,363 merits in a little over three hours.
• Zhang Huanyun explained that Lin Jin had moved from an outer C-Class Passage into a B-Class Passage and warned Cao Dezhi that excessive pressure could drive Lin Jin away from the Tang Sect.
• Zhang Huanyun headed to the front lines because he feared Lin Jin's slaughter would attract Abyssal Lords.
• Lin Jin used the Seven-Colored Lotus to refine Abyssal Creatures, greatly increasing his Soul Power progress while carefully controlling which races he killed.
• Lin Jin searched for a suitable Abyssal Lord, reasoning that defeating one could earn him promotion to Major General and help him leave the Blood God Legion.

Lin Jin paused his advance through the abyss to conserve his strength and consider improving his battle armor, but encountered Long Yuxue’s retreating Special Service Division squad. When she warned him that an Abyssal Tide had arrived, Lin Jin stayed behind to hold it off, leaving Long Yuxue and her squad stunned by his spirit rings.

• Lin Jin checked his accumulated merits, then decided to conserve his strength and focus on advancing his Three-Word Battle Armor Wings to the Nine-Element level.
• Lin Jin sensed a fleeing Special Service Division mecha squad and recognized its markings as he went to meet them.
• Long Yuxue warned Lin Jin that an Abyssal Tide was approaching and urged him to retreat and report the intelligence.
• Lin Jin told Long Yuxue’s squad to retreat while he stalled the abyssal creatures, then unleashed his Samadhi Fire Domain.
• Long Yuxue and her squad were speechless when Lin Jin revealed four black and two orange-gold spirit rings.

Lin Jin fought in the sudden Abyssal Tide while trying not to reveal himself as the one responsible for the Abyss’s energy loss. He helped scatter the vanguard and drew the attention of the Blood God Legion, leaving many soldiers’ hopes of earning easy military merits dashed.

• Long Yuxue led her team away while Lin Jin killed the approaching Abyssal Creatures without incinerating them, then withdrew to avoid revealing his location to the Abyss.
• Lin Jin met Zhang Huanyun, who praised his rapid rise in military merit and ordered him back while he went deeper into the Abyssal Passage to assess the situation.
• Lin Jin reached the Blood God Legion’s battle-ready forces, then charged into the swarms attacking the other passages and cleared a large area while concealing his Abyssal energy signature.
• Lin Jin equipped his Two-Word Battle Armor and fought powerful Abyssal Creatures, drawing admiration from the soldiers and notice from Jiang Wuyue.
• Lin Jin helped scatter the vanguard, contributing much of the damage and depriving many soldiers of the easy military merits they had hoped to earn.

After fighting for more than eight hours during the Abyssal Tide, Lin Jin discovered that his first battle had earned him 174,367 military merits. His extraordinary performance stunned the Blood God Legion, while Cao Dezhi watched from the front lines and still hoped Lin Jin would someday join the Tang Sect.

• Lin Jin withdrew from the battlefield after fighting at high intensity for more than eight hours, and Jiang Wuyue praised his Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Long Yuxue thanked Lin Jin for his earlier help and warned him that the Abyss would pay special attention to him after his performance.
• Jiang Wuyue asked how many merits Lin Jin had earned, and Lin Jin revealed a total of 174,367.
• The soldiers realized Lin Jin could reach Major after earning just 30,000 more merits, while Lin Jin said he proved himself to himself rather than to anyone else.
• Cao Dezhi watched Lin Jin from the front lines, regretted how events had unfolded, and hoped Lin Jin would eventually join the Tang Sect.

After gaining insight into the Nine Luminaries Blade’s Nine Luminaries Universe, Lin Jin recovered from a month of fighting and returned to the rear with enough merit to qualify for Major. He fell into a deep sleep at his new residence, where Mu Xi quietly entered and watched over him.

• Lin Jin resonated with the Nine Luminaries Blade and comprehended Nine Luminaries Universe, a doctrine for wielding and cultivating the blade’s power.
• Lin Jin realized the Nine Luminaries Blade could advance into a super divine artifact if it absorbed enough energy, then focused on recovering for the ongoing battle.
• After a month of fighting, Lin Jin’s merit points exceeded three hundred thousand, qualifying him for Major and surpassing Jiang Wuyue’s total.
• Lin Jin told Jiang Wuyue that strength mattered more than rank and that military rank should serve as a tool rather than an obsession.
• The soldiers returned to camp, and Lin Jin went to his new Major’s quarters, washed, and fell asleep.
• Mu Xi entered Lin Jin’s room quietly, found him sleeping deeply, and watched him beside the bed.

After waking beside Mu Xi, Lin Jin used his new understanding of forging to combine nine Creation Spirit Forged metals into Nine-Element Soul-Forged Seven-Colored Lotus Gold. His experiment succeeded because he accepted responsibility for the conflicts among the metals he had created, leaving their fusion destined to succeed.

• Lin Jin woke from a long sleep with his Spiritual Power surpassing thirteen thousand, and Mu Xi hurried out after noticing his excitement and nosebleed.
• Lin Jin cleared space in his quarters and used Seven-Colored Lotus to perform Creation Spirit Forging on nine Rare Metals at once.
• Lin Jin used the Nine Luminaries Blade to melt the nine metals, then injected his essence blood into their clashing spiritualities.
• The metals calmed and began fusing voluntarily around Lin Jin's crystalline heart, confirming his insight and making the forging's success certain.

Lin Jin’s newly forged Nine-Element Soul-Forged Seven-Colored Lotus Gold caused a powerful phenomenon that drew the Blood Gods’ attention. After Blood Six accused him of selfishly withholding power, Lin Jin invoked his right as a Major to challenge him, and Zhang Huanyun formed a battle space for them.

• Lin Jin stopped the aura from his newly forged treasure from spreading, but Zhang Huanyun and several Blood Gods arrived after sensing it.
• Blood Six accused Lin Jin of hiding power that should be used against the Abyss, and Zhang Huanyun rebuked him.
• Lin Jin reminded Zhang Huanyun that his rank allowed him to challenge a Blood God and said he was sure he wanted to exercise that right.
• Zhang Huanyun accepted the challenge on Blood Six’s behalf and created a battle space for the fight.

Lin Jin challenged Blood Six in Mirror Space and defeated the level-92 Three-Word Battle Armor Master with a single strike, severing his arm and damaging his armor. The fight left Blood Six badly injured and facing a lasting psychological blow.

• Cao Dezhi dismissed Lin Jin's challenge to Blood Six while concentrating on the Abyssal Tide.
• Blood Six unleashed his Three-Word Battle Armor and attacked Lin Jin, who answered with the Nine Luminaries Battle Armor and revealed his powerful wings.
• Lin Jin used Green Lotus: Void Pattern Imprisonment to halt Blood Six, then combined his Nine Luminaries Blade, Blood-Qi Secret Technique, and Void Realm Lotus Slash into one attack.
• Blood Six broke free but could not evade Lin Jin's slash, which split his Battle Armor Domain, severed his wings, and cut off his left arm.
• Zhang Huanyun and the onlookers realized Lin Jin had defeated Blood Six in one strike, while Blood Six's injury threatened to haunt him for life.

After Lin Jin defeated Blood Six with a single slash, the spectators realized he had been concealing his strength and that his victory came while he was severely depleted. Lin Jin left the Mirror Space as a Federation Major General, while the others were left to reconsider just how powerful he might be at full strength.

• Zhang Huanyun, the Blood Gods, and the resting soldiers watched Lin Jin defeat Blood Six in under ten seconds, shocking everyone who had underestimated him.
• Mu Xi told Long Yuxue that even Blood Eight and Blood Nine together would not be a match for Lin Jin, while Jiang Wuyue realized Lin Jin might be a fourteen-year-old Saint Craftsman.
• Lin Jin left the Mirror Space, and Zhang Huanyun's explanation of his new battle-merit rank made him equal in status to the three Blood Gods.
• Blood Six accused Lin Jin of being vicious, but Lin Jin revealed that he had held back and would have killed Blood Six if he had not been in poor condition.
• Zhang Huanyun explained that Lin Jin had less than thirty percent of his Soul Power remaining and severely depleted Spiritual Power, leaving Blood Six and the other Blood Gods shaken.
• Lin Jin returned to his room as the chapter revealed that forging Nine-Element Seven-Colored Lotus Gold had cost him greatly but produced a remarkable transformation.

Lin Jin explained why Cao Dezhi would not openly retaliate, then discovered that his Nine-Colored Lotus Gold had gained a Heavenly Refinement trait and transformed part of his Battle Armor. The discovery suggested his Three-Word Battle Armor could rival Four-Word Battle Armor, while the Nine-Colored Lotus Gold could eventually become perfect Nine-Origin Heavenly Refinement Alloy.

• Mu Xi brought Lin Jin lunch and worried that his defeat of Blood Six had offended Cao Dezhi, but Lin Jin said Cao Dezhi would not openly turn against him and told her not to worry.
• At the front lines, Cao Dezhi considered Lin Jin's powerful Battle Armor and divine weapon, then concluded that Lin Jin was a Saint Craftsman who should improve the legion's strength.
• Before dawn, Lin Jin found that the Nine-Colored Lotus Gold he had forged could summon an Elemental Tribulation and absorb the energy of heaven and earth as it grew.
• The Nine-Colored Lotus Gold merged into Lin Jin's right forearm armor, expelled its core arrays, and made the armor far stronger than known Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin realized that Soul-Forged Nine-Colored Lotus Gold could let his Three-Word Battle Armor rival Four-Word Battle Armor and might eventually become perfect Nine-Origin Heavenly Refinement Alloy.

After defeating Blood Six, Lin Jin accepted his Major General rank and the codename Blood Lotus, using his new position in the rear to forge Battle Armor while the Abyssal Tide continued. Meanwhile, Shrek’s delegation arrived in the Star Luo Empire for an exchange and heard Lin Jin’s name mentioned there.

• Blood One’s military order promoted Lin Jin to Major General, named him Blood Lotus, and assigned him to strengthen the Blood God Legion from the rear.
• Blood God Legion officers and Mecha Masters asked Lin Jin to forge Soul-Forged Metal for them, and he agreed without asking for payment.
• Lin Jin welcomed the chance to build his Three-Word Battle Armor, while Cao Dezhi believed his measures would draw Lin Jin toward the Tang Sect.
• Two months after joining the Blood God Legion, Lin Jin began a quiet period of preparation as the Abyssal Tide continued.
• Cai Yue’er and Shrek’s delegation arrived in the Star Luo Empire, accepted an invitation to its upcoming tournament, and heard locals mention Lin Jin.

The Shrek group arrived at the Star Luo Continent Spirit Master Tournament and learned that Monster Academy’s leaders remembered Lin Jin as a powerful rival. Their taunts provoked a confrontation, and En Ci agreed that Shrek’s current students fell far short of Lin Jin.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were shocked to learn how famous Lin Jin was, while Wu Zhangkong warned Tang Wulin to improve before the tournament.
• In Star Luo City, Zi Ji told Gu Yue that the Tang Sect controlled the Dragon Realm entrance, and Gu Yue ordered her to investigate Lin Jin.
• Long Yue entered the Shrek lounge and mocked Tang Wulin and the others for lacking Lin Jin’s strength.
• Dai Yueyan, Su Mu, and Teng Teng expressed disappointment that Lin Jin had not come, and Teng Teng accused Wu Zhangkong of keeping him away after losing to him.
• Cai Yue'er intervened when Teng Teng’s taunts drew attention to Shrek, but En Ci arrived and said Shrek’s current generation was far inferior to Lin Jin.

Monster Academy repeatedly humiliated Shrek by comparing its students to Lin Jin, while Tang Wulin risked his life to break through to Soul Ancestor before his doubles match with Gu Yue. The chapter ended as Long Yue and Dai Yun'er faced them and Dai Yun'er demanded to know which faction Lin Jin belonged to.

• En Ci and Monster Academy's students mocked Shrek's weakness compared with Lin Jin, and Cai Yue'er urged her students to answer the humiliation on the battlefield.
• Monster Academy's Seven Heavenly Kings defeated Shrek in nearly every match, taunting them after each victory by saying they were inferior to Lin Jin.
• On the eve of the final Shrek match, Tang Wulin absorbed the thousand-year Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, broke through the fourth Golden Dragon King seal and Rank 40, and gained the Indomitable Tyrannosaurus as his Spirit Soul.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue faced Long Yue and Dai Yun'er in the highly publicized doubles match.
• Dai Yun'er questioned Tang Wulin and Gu Yue about Lin Jin's faction, while Long Yue dismissed Tang Wulin's new Soul Ancestor strength as insufficient.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue were defeated when Long Yue released his Three-Word Battle Armor, leaving Shrek humiliated at the Star Luo tournament. News of Shrek’s loss spread across the Sun Moon Federation while Lin Jin remained focused on training in the Blood God Legion, unaware of the events beyond it.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue used Divine Dragon Transformation against Long Yue, but his Battle Armor Domain blasted them apart and left them unconscious.
• Long Yue realized he had released his battle armor out of fear caused by Lin Jin, then put it away and returned to seclusion.
• Cai Yue'er thanked En Ci for Star Luo’s hospitality and led Shrek’s group away from the tournament in humiliation.
• Star Luo officials and the Spirit Pagoda spread news of Shrek’s defeat, damaging the academy’s standing across the Sun Moon Federation.
• Mu Ye celebrated Shrek’s loss with a week of lavish meals for Zhen Hua, Mu Chen, and Mu Chen’s wife.
• Lin Jin remained unaware of the news and focused on consolidating his foundation as a year passed.

Mu Xi broke through to the Spirit Abyss Realm, fused with the Sand Demon Worm King, and reached level 62, while Lin Jin reflected on his powerful new Battle Armor. The chapter ended with Mu Xi embracing him after her transformation, leaving Lin Jin struggling to control himself.

• Lin Jin received a message and sensed Mu Xi breaking through to the Spirit Abyss Realm after a year stalled at level 50.
• Mu Xi fused with the Sand Demon Worm King, reached level 62, and gained a dramatic transformation as her flames melted the room.
• Mu Xi's fusion also completed her bond with the Sand Demon Worm King's torso bone, greatly enhancing her body.
• Lin Jin reflected that his Spiritual Power had passed sixteen thousand and that his full Battle Armor set, Nine Luminaries Universe, possessed Pseudo Four-Word Battle Armor quality.
• Mu Xi hugged Lin Jin and celebrated nearly catching up to his Soul Power, while he struggled to control himself around her blazing heat.

Lin Yan and Mu Xi fought inside Lin Jin’s residence while Lin Jin’s sealed-off home kept a Tang Sect Senior Colonel waiting outside. The chapter recounted how Lin Jin’s refusal to forge armor for the Tang Sect, Shrek, and Spirit Pagoda had left Cao Dezhi and their followers furious but unable to challenge him openly, and ended with the Senior Colonel threatening that Lin Jin would be vulnerable at the front lines.

• Lin Yan’s All-Encompassing Flame overpowered Mu Xi’s Ultimate Flame, while Lin Jin’s Spiritual Power and his residence’s formations prevented the battle from being detected.
• A Tang Sect Senior Colonel waited outside Lin Jin’s residence all day, repeatedly trying to contact him without receiving a response.
• The chapter recalled Lin Jin challenging Cao Dezhi with four questions about his output, fairness, and motives, after which Zhang Huanyun had mediated the dispute.
• Tang Sect and Shrek soldiers suspected Lin Jin was refusing their requests because of Cao Dezhi’s suppression, while Spirit Pagoda soldiers stayed quiet after learning of his grievance against them.
• Cao Dezhi privately wanted Lin Jin dead so he could seize his Spirit Souls and Infernal Delicate Apricot, but Lin Jin’s rank, popularity, and Zhang Huanyun’s protection prevented him from acting.
• The Senior Colonel left Lin Jin’s residence, vowing that the ongoing Abyssal Tide war would eventually send Lin Jin to the front lines, where Cao Dezhi could kill him.