Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing and his allies captured and killed the Qing Emperor after exposing his long-standing blood pact with the Demons. Lin Changqing then killed the fleeing officials who had aided the Demons, leaving the uninvolved court officials alive.

• Lin Long killed the old eunuch with a single strike and carried the Qing Emperor out to Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing exposed the Qing Emperor’s deep Demon blood pact and announced that he was sentenced to death.
• The Qing Emperor begged for mercy, but Lin Changqing crushed him and his blood pact with a palm strike.
• Several guilty ministers tried to flee, but Lin Changqing restrained them with his control over the laws of heaven and earth and killed them.
• Lin Changqing examined the officials who remained and found no Demon blood-contract marks among them.

Lin Changqing abolished the Great Qing Dynasty after its rulers’ collusion with demons was exposed, incorporating its territory into Great Yu and ordering investigations and punishments. The Martial Saints departed after pledging support to him, leaving the conquered capital under Great Yu’s control.

• Lin Changqing declared that the Great Qing Dynasty would cease to exist and that its fourteen provinces would be governed by Great Yu.
• Lin Changqing ordered the Duan imperial family stripped of its titles and sent for investigation, while officials across the realm faced reviews and severe punishment if found guilty.
• Lin Changqing confirmed that the low-ranking officials had no demon blood-pact marks, promoted them three ranks, and ordered them to spread his decrees.
• The Great Xia, Great Zhou, Great Yan, and other Martial Saints thanked Lin Changqing and pledged support before departing; Li Pokong apologized for challenging him and left.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor praised Lin Changqing’s judgment, and Lin Changqing explained why he had purged Great Qing’s leaders while sparing and employing its innocent lower-ranking officials.

Taixu Saint Emperor’s report shocked Yu Emperor Su Gan with news of Lin Changqing’s Martial Emperor breakthrough and Great Qing’s annexation, while evidence of Qing officials’ treason spread across the former dynasty. As Great Yu prepared to take control, Southern Suppression Prince Duan Boyuan chose to flee and side with the demons rather than submit to investigation.

• Taixu Saint Emperor sent Su Gan a detailed report that Lin Changqing had become Martial Emperor and Human Emperor and that Great Qing had joined Great Yu.
• Su Gan planned the transfer of officials and troops to govern Great Qing’s fourteen provinces.
• The Four Symbols Holy Guards uncovered evidence of Patriarch Qingyun’s and more than a hundred Great Qing officials’ dealings with the demons, and the evidence spread through the realm.
• Lin Changqing learned that three former Great Qing Martial Saint retainers had fled into the Demon World and said they could be dealt with in a future counterattack.
• Duan Boyuan rejected the order to surrender his title and report to the capital, then ordered his followers to prepare to flee and join the demons.

After the Great Qing Dynasty fell, Duan Boyuan and Duan Zhongxiong prepared to flee with their wealth and seek protection from the demons. Lin Changqing sent the Four Symbols Holy Guards and a hundred Shadow God Generals to hunt down the fleeing princes and demon-aligned officials, then returned to tea and chess with the Taixu Saint Emperor.

• Duan Boyuan ordered his residence to pack its accumulated wealth so he could join the Holy Demon God Sect and later return with the demon armies.
• Duan Zhongxiong, fearing Lin Changqing would expose the demon blood pact in his dantian, ordered his household to flee to the Holy Demon God Sect's branch in Cloud Province.
• Lin Changqing received a mission to intercept and execute the fleeing princes and officials, with the Roc Transmission Art as its reward.
• Lin Changqing summoned the Four Symbols Holy Guards and created a hundred Eighth-Rank Grandmaster Peak Shadow God Generals, ordering them to eliminate everyone on the intelligence list.
• The Four Symbols Holy Guards each led twenty Shadow God Generals away in separate directions, while Lin Changqing and the Taixu Saint Emperor resumed their chess game.

Lin Hu led twenty Shadow God Generals in crushing Duan Boyuan’s rebellion at the Southern Suppression Prince’s Residence and killing the Duan Clan. He spared the household servants, paid them severance, and left for his next target.

• Duan Boyuan prepared to flee with the residence’s accumulated treasures, but Lin Hu arrived with twenty peak Eighth-Rank Grandmasters and exposed his plan to defect to the demons.
• Duan Boyuan and his retainers attacked Lin Hu, but Lin Hu defeated them with a single palm and killed Duan Boyuan and the surviving Grandmasters.
• Lin Hu ordered the Shadow God Generals to kill the Duan Clan, and they wiped out the prince’s family in the rear courtyard.
• Lin Hu gave the household servants pouches of money and let them leave the residence alive.
• Lin Hu searched the residence for hidden treasures, then departed with the Shadow God Generals to target another household.

Lin Hu pursued the fleeing King Zhao and discovered that his trail led to the hidden headquarters of the Holy Demon God Sect. He alerted Lin Changqing, who decided to eliminate the sect and King Zhao together.

• Lin Hu found King Zhao's Residence deserted, learned from the servants that King Zhao had fled the previous night, and spared them.
• After Lin Hu left, the old steward led the servants to take valuables from the treasury as their unpaid wages.
• Lin Hu tracked King Zhao's concealed wheel tracks through the forest and mountains near Pool Prefecture.
• Lin Hu detected a hidden complex filled with Demon aura and concluded it was likely the Holy Demon God Sect's headquarters for the entire Heavenly Martial Continent.
• Lin Hu reported the discovery to Lin Changqing, who ordered them to clean up the headquarters and King Zhao in one go.

Lin Hu discovered the Holy Demon God Sect’s headquarters in the Great Qing Dynasty, and Lin Changqing set out with the Taixu Saint Emperor to destroy it. After detecting Lin Hu nearby, the Profound Yin Sect Leader ordered an evacuation to the Demon World, but then chose to attack Lin Hu before Lin Changqing could arrive.

• Lin Hu reported finding the Holy Demon God Sect headquarters to Lin Changqing, who told him to keep watch and wait for reinforcements.
• Lin Changqing invited the Taixu Saint Emperor to accompany him, and they traveled by Spatial Rift toward the headquarters.
• A purple-robed guardian detected Ninth-Rank Martial Saint aura near the Underground Palace and alerted the Profound Yin Sect Leader.
• The Profound Yin Sect Leader recognized that Lin Changqing’s forces had likely found the headquarters and ordered the sect to evacuate through a temporary Spatial Rift to the Demon World.
• The Seventh and Eighth Elders urged the Profound Yin Sect Leader to kill Lin Hu before retreating, and he led them toward the Underground Palace’s exit to attack.

Lin Hu was discovered near the Holy Demon God Sect’s headquarters and fought three Ninth-Rank Martial Saints while Lin Changqing rushed to Pool Prefecture. The chapter ended with Lin Hu still holding out after his Shadow God Generals were destroyed, as he reported the attack to Lin Changqing.

• Lin Hu sensed three Ninth-Rank Martial Saints approaching, but they emerged from Spatial Rifts and surrounded him before he could escape.
• Lin Hu revealed his mid-stage Martial Saint strength and fought the Xuan Yin Sect Master, the Seventh Elder, and the Eighth Elder.
• The three elders’ attacks overwhelmed the twenty Shadow God Generals, destroying them all while Lin Hu continued to resist.
• The Xuan Yin Sect Master ordered the elders to attack Lin Hu with everything they had and warned them to watch for his self-destruction.
• Lin Changqing sensed the Shadow God Generals disappear as he traveled toward Pool Prefecture, and Lin Hu told him he had been exposed and was besieged by three Martial Saints.

Lin Changqing rushed to Pool Prefecture after learning that Lin Hu was fighting three Holy Demon God Sect Martial Saints, arriving as the battle turned against his subordinate. He healed Lin Hu, killed the three attackers with a single gesture, and left Lin Hu to remark on their failed escape.

• Lin Changqing learned that Lin Hu had been surrounded by the Profound Yin Sect Leader and the Seventh and Eighth Elders, then hurried ahead while the Taixu Saint Emperor followed on Golden Radiance.
• Lin Hu held off the three Martial Saints despite his injuries, until Lin Changqing appeared and pinned them to the ground with his Martial Emperor pressure.
• Lin Changqing healed Lin Hu's wounds and purged the poison with Evergreen True Essence.
• The Profound Yin Sect Leader admitted defeat, while the Seventh and Eighth Elders threatened Lin Changqing with the coming Demon Emperor.
• Lin Changqing killed the Profound Yin Sect Leader and both elders with a single gesture, and Lin Hu joked that they had known the blood escape technique too.

Lin Changqing caught the Holy Demon God Sect’s survivors trying to flee through a portal to the Demon World, then killed the sect’s remaining members and destroyed its headquarters. He left the main sect buried beneath the collapsed mountain, with its scattered branch sects as the remaining threat.

• Lin Changqing appeared in the Underground Palace and crushed the Left Protector before he could enter the portal to the Demon World.
• Lin Changqing destroyed the portal’s supreme treasure, sealing the rift, while King Zhao begged for his life and offered his daughter in exchange.
• Lin Changqing killed a deacon who tried to activate the sect’s self-destruction formation, then used his divine sense to kill the sect members throughout the Underground Palace.
• Lin Changqing gathered the Holy Demon God Sect’s treasures and stored them away as Lin Hu watched.
• Lin Changqing shattered the sect-protecting formation and collapsed the barren mountain over the Underground Palace, destroying the main sect.

Lin Changqing destroyed the Holy Demon God Sect’s headquarters, received the Roc Transmission Art, and completed the purge of demon-aligned defectors across the Great Qing Dynasty. In the Demon World, the demons accepted that they could not confront him for now and chose to retreat while awaiting the Heaven-Burying Demon Emperor’s breakthrough.

• Lin Changqing returned with Lin Hu after destroying the sect’s headquarters, and the Taixu Saint Emperor learned that Lin Changqing had killed the Profound Yin Sect Leader and his elders.
• The Four Symbols Holy Guards executed every remaining Duan Clan prince and demon-aligned official who had planned to flee, completing Lin Changqing’s mission.
• Lin Changqing claimed the reward and mastered the Roc Transmission Art, which let him send messages through a Formless Kunpeng that only a Martial Emperor could intercept.
• Lin Long, Lin Que, and Lin Wu reported that their missions were complete, while Lin Changqing waited for Great Yu’s officials and troops to arrive for the handover.
• News of the sect’s destruction spread through the Great Qing Dynasty and across the continent as officials and commoners discussed the purge and the coming rule of Great Yu.
• Demon World leaders discussed Lin Changqing’s victories and, judging themselves unable to oppose him, ordered their forces to lie low and focus on the Heaven-Burying Demon Emperor’s attempt to reach peak power.

Sword Venerable Yunheng escorted Great Yu’s officials and troops to Capital City, where the Taixu Saint Emperor recounted Lin Changqing’s defeat of the demons, rise to Martial Emperor, and destruction of the Holy Demon God Sect. Yunheng eagerly sought a meeting with the Heavenly Martial Saint Emperor, while Great Yu’s forces began disembarking to take charge of the Fourteen Provinces.

• Sword Venerable Yunheng led Great Yu’s fleet toward Capital City, and the Taixu Saint Emperor appeared aboard the lead boat to greet him.
• Yunheng asked whether the astounding reports about Lin Changqing and the fall of the Great Qing Dynasty were true, and the Taixu Saint Emperor promised to explain after the fleet landed.
• As the boats descended, the Taixu Saint Emperor recounted how Lin Changqing defeated the demons, exposed the traitors, became the Heavenly Martial Saint Emperor, and destroyed the Holy Demon God Sect.
• Yunheng asked to meet Lin Changqing, hoping to learn from the sword-wielding Martial Emperor, but the Taixu Saint Emperor told him to handle the important business first.
• Great Yu’s flying boats landed outside Capital City, and tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of officials disembarked and formed ranks.

After Great Yu began arranging its takeover of Great Qing Dynasty, Sword Venerable Yunheng met Lin Changqing and asked him for swordsmanship guidance. Lin Changqing received a quest promising a powerful teleportation map as a reward and prepared to help Yunheng.

• The Taixu Saint Emperor assigned officials to take over Great Qing Dynasty’s provinces and reassured them that cooperative officials would be treated well.
• Lin Changqing rested in the Imperial Palace, dismissed four former Qing consorts, and rewarded them with treasures before greeting the Taixu Saint Emperor and Sword Venerable Yunheng.
• Sword Venerable Yunheng enthusiastically paid his respects to Lin Changqing, while the Taixu Saint Emperor reported that the arriving officials and troops were ready to begin their handovers.
• Sword Venerable Yunheng asked Lin Changqing for guidance because he had remained stuck at early Ninth-tier Martial Saint for years.
• Lin Changqing received a quest to give Yunheng basic guidance, with the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map as its reward, and recognized the map’s value for rapid travel across the continent.

Lin Changqing gave Sword Venerable Yunheng a breakthrough in his understanding of swordsmanship, while Emperor Yu Su Gan decided to grant Lin Changqing all fourteen provinces of Great Qing as a fief. The Taixu Saint Emperor approved the plan and left to handle the work of settling officials and troops.

• Lin Changqing offered to guide Sword Venerable Yunheng, who explained that he could not merge his Sword Qi with the laws of heaven and earth.
• Lin Changqing cut space with a casual gesture and told Sword Venerable Yunheng that the laws were already part of the sword and that he needed to let the sword become himself.
• Sword Venerable Yunheng realized his thinking had been wrong and began to glimpse a way past his century-old bottleneck.
• Emperor Yu Su Gan asked the Taixu Saint Emperor to approve granting Great Qing's fourteen provinces to Lin Changqing as his fief.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor endorsed Su Gan's decision and went to organize the officials and troops.

Lin Changqing’s guidance helped Sword Venerable Yunheng break through from the Early Martial Saint Stage to the Mid Martial Saint Stage, and Lin Changqing claimed a teleportation treasure as his mission reward. Yunheng left the side hall grateful and pledged to follow Lin Changqing, who told him to consolidate his cultivation.

• Lin Changqing helped Sword Venerable Yunheng realize that the sword and law were one, freeing him from the bottleneck that had trapped him for a century.
• Sword Venerable Yunheng broke through to the Mid Martial Saint Stage, and Lin Changqing claimed the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map, a treasure that could transport people across the Heavenly Martial Continent.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor sensed Yunheng’s breakthrough and felt envious because Lin Changqing had guided him several times without helping him advance.
• Lin Hu, Lin Long, Lin Que, Lin Wu, and Golden Radiance congratulated Yunheng when he left the side hall.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor congratulated Yunheng, who thanked Lin Changqing and pledged to follow his commands; Lin Changqing told him to consolidate his cultivation and call him the Sacred Emperor.

The Taixu Saint Emperor offered Lin Changqing the fourteen provinces of Great Qing as his fief, but Lin refused because he wanted to focus on advancing his martial cultivation. After asking the Taixu Saint Emperor to finish arranging Great Qing, Lin looked forward to returning to the Capital City and Su Wanqing.

• The Taixu Saint Emperor offered Lin Changqing all fourteen provinces of Great Qing as his personal fief.
• Lin Changqing refused the territory, explaining that he had no interest in governing and wanted to pursue realms beyond Martial Emperor.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor offered treasures from Great Qing's treasury, but Lin declined because he already had more resources than he could use.
• Lin Changqing told the Taixu Saint Emperor to leave Great Qing's arrangements to Sword Venerable Yunheng and said he wanted to return to the Capital City.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor promised to finish the arrangements within two days, while Lin Changqing thought of reuniting with Su Wanqing.

Lin Changqing tested the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map by traveling with his guards to Silverfish Village, where he healed the villagers with Evergreen Spiritual Rain before returning to the Great Qing Dynasty's Imperial Palace. Six days later, his monthly sign-in raised his system-acquired techniques, martial skills, and eligible items to tenth-tier supreme grade, greatly increasing his power.

• Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to take Lin Hu, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance from the Great Qing Dynasty's Capital City to Silverfish Village in just over a dozen breaths.
• The villagers mistook Lin Changqing for an immortal until Lin Hu identified him as the Heavenly Martial Saint Emperor, and they excitedly asked about his deeds.
• Lin Changqing cast Evergreen Spiritual Rain over Silverfish Village, healing the villagers' ailments and restoring their strength, then returned with his companions to the Imperial Palace using the map.
• Six days later, Lin Changqing signed in and received a reward that raised his system-acquired cultivation techniques, martial skills, and items to tenth-tier supreme grade.
• Lin Changqing's techniques and skills gained powerful new effects, while the Zhentian Seal advanced to tenth-tier supreme grade and his already tenth-tier weapons showed further changes.

Lin Changqing completed his preparations to return to Great Yu and used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to teleport from the Great Qing Dynasty's capital to the Capital City of Great Yu. His sudden arrival caused a citywide commotion as residents recognized him and welcomed him back.

• Lin Changqing reviewed how his cultivation techniques, martial skills, and equipment had all reached tenth-tier supreme grade, greatly increasing his strength.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor told Lin Changqing that he would stay in the Great Qing Dynasty to oversee its defenses against the demons.
• Lin Changqing revealed the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map and used it to carry the Taixu Saint Emperor, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance to the Capital City of Great Yu.
• Residents and scholars saw the figures emerge from the enormous scroll above the city and recognized Lin Changqing and the Taixu Saint Emperor.
• An imperial commandant treated the arrival as a possible demon trick and ordered his soldiers to secure the area and notify the Demon Suppressing Division.
• After confirming Lin Changqing's identity, the crowd cheered and knelt to welcome him, while the commandant paid his respects.

Lin Changqing returned to the Saint Emperor Mansion, reunited with Su Wanqing, and learned about a gift from the seventh prince. The Taixu Saint Emperor then brought three previously hidden Ninth-tier Martial Saint attendants to meet Lin Changqing, who had summoned them to help return everyone to the Great Qing Dynasty.

• Lin Changqing returned to the Saint Emperor Mansion and reunited with Su Wanqing, who welcomed him and promised to show him the new skill she had learned.
• Su Wanqing cooked Lin Changqing a meal and served him rare Iceglass Fruits sent by the seventh prince; Lin Changqing decided the prince was a thoughtful and likely successor to Emperor Yu.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor arrived with Wei Qing, Gu Jiuyuan, and Xie Hanshan, three hidden early Ninth-tier Martial Saints who had guarded the Capital City.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor introduced the three attendants to Lin Changqing, and they respectfully greeted him.

Lin Changqing gave Wei Qing, Gu Jiuyuan, and Xie Hanshan protective sword intent before sending them to the Great Qing Dynasty to guard its defenses, then advised the Taixu Saint Emperor on cultivation. He decided to delay invading the Demon World until he grew stronger, while his night with Su Wanqing ended the chapter.

• Lin Changqing planted a one-use protective sword intent in Wei Qing, Gu Jiuyuan, and Xie Hanshan, capable of blocking a powerful Demon Saint’s attack.
• Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to send the three Martial Saints to the Great Qing Dynasty, where they marveled at the journey and split up to carry out their assignments.
• The Taixu Saint Emperor asked Lin Changqing for cultivation guidance, then left to enter seclusion after Lin Changqing answered his questions.
• Lin Changqing spent the night with Su Wanqing, who woke late the next day and prepared lunch for him.
• Lin Changqing considered invading the Demon World but decided to wait until he had advanced further before facing its three Demon Emperors.