Chapter Summaries

Lu Lin and Luo Siqing took control of the Blood Baleful Demon Sect while leaving Tuoba Feng in place as sect master. Studying the Ancestral Martial Stele, Lu Lin learned that advancing beyond the early stage of the Martial Dao Golden Body required Martial Pulse Essence, and concluded that rare Heaven and Earth Essence might serve as a substitute.

• Tuoba Feng surrendered after Lu Lin told him the three True Persons were dead, and Luo Siqing planted a soul restriction in him.
• Luo Siqing refused to replace Tuoba Feng as sect master, and Lu Lin had him summon two powerful elders for the same treatment.
• Lu Lin ordered the sect leaders to conceal the True Persons’ deaths and send the most talented martial artists to Jiuqing Peak.
• At Jiuqing Peak, Lu Lin studied how Life Locks appeared and were severed to advance through the Martial Dao Golden Body stages.
• Lu Lin realized that Martial Pulse Essence was needed to strengthen his Golden Body, but the world had no martial pulses.
• Lu Lin found that Martial Pulse Essence could be considered a kind of Heaven and Earth Essence, though such essence was scarce in a world saturated with spiritual energy.

Lu Lin searched for Heaven and Earth Essence and discovered that he could slowly absorb the sun's essence with the Martial Dao Melting Furnace to strengthen his Golden Body. After years of simulated cultivation and spending treasures for more cultivation time, he summoned ten promising Blood Baleful Demon Sect martial artists and tested their aptitude, leaving them terrified of him.

• Lu Lin researched Heaven and Earth Essence in the Blood Baleful Demon Sect's library and realized he could absorb sun essence directly from sunlight.
• Lu Lin cultivated on Jiuqing Peak for two thousand years of high-grade cultivation time, strengthening his Golden Body while Luo Siqing concealed the strange solar phenomenon with a formation.
• Lu Lin exchanged three Golden Core True Persons' lifebound magical treasures and superior-grade spirit stones for cultivation time, then spent another three thousand years absorbing sun essence.
• Lu Lin estimated that another five thousand years of cultivation or a supply of Heaven and Earth Essence could bring his Golden Body to the peak of the early stage and manifest the Life Lock.
• Lu Lin summoned ten talented Blood Baleful Demon Sect martial artists and restrained them with Thunder True Aura while probing their physiques and aptitudes.
• The ten martial artists mistook Lu Lin for a powerful cultivator and begged him to spare them.

Lu Lin selected three promising martial artists to guide and gave them a place as the Saintess's personal guards. When Luo Siqing brought her younger sister Luo Sijun to seek his instruction, Lu Lin discovered she had the rare Ice Skin Jade Bone and Innate Martial Blood, then found that intimacy with Luo Siqing caused their thunder and flame cultivation to advance together.

• Lu Lin chose Yang Chen and two young Body Tempering Realm martial artists from ten demonstrators, corrected their cultivation, and gave them handwritten notes before assigning them as the Saintess's personal guards on Jiuqing Peak.
• Luo Siqing brought Luo Sijun to Lu Lin and asked him to take her as a disciple because she lacked a spiritual root and could not cultivate immortality.
• Lu Lin examined Luo Sijun and discovered she possessed Ice Skin Jade Bone and Innate Martial Blood, but he concealed his excitement and said he would consider taking her as a disciple.
• Luo Siqing asked Lu Lin what benefit he wanted for teaching Luo Sijun, and the two embraced and became intimate.
• Lu Lin and Luo Siqing's thunder and flame auras intertwined in a Thunder-Fire Cocoon, improving both their cultivation, and Lu Lin suggested they try again.

Lu Lin secretly took Luo Sijun as his disciple and watched her rapidly advance in cultivation over the next three years. When a Golden Core cultivator from the White Demon Sect arrived to recruit the Blood Baleful Demon Sect into the Alliance of Immortals, Kuhun revealed that a peak Golden Core cultivator had died trying to claim the True Lord position and asked why the attempt had failed.

• Lu Lin agreed to secretly teach Luo Sijun the Mysterious Underworld Cold Flood Dragon Blood Aura Art, and she reached the first level of Body Tempering after mastering its introductory forms in half a month.
• Over three years, Luo Sijun advanced rapidly, Luo Siqing neared Golden Core, and Lu Lin steadily improved his Golden Body cultivation.
• Lu Lin sensed a powerful Golden Core cultivator approaching and went with Luo Siqing to the Blood Baleful Demon Hall, where Tuoba Feng joined them.
• Kuhun of the White Demon Sect arrived and invited the Blood Baleful Demon Sect to join the Alliance of Immortals against Yu God Palace.
• Luo Siqing questioned how the Alliance's rival sects could cooperate, and Kuhun admitted that a peak Golden Core cultivator had died attempting to become a True Lord before asking why the attempt had failed.

True Person Kuhun and Yu Han both tried to recruit the Blood Baleful Demon Sect into their opposing forces, but Tuoba Feng stalled while the sect’s True Persons remained in seclusion. When Yu Han threatened the sect and tested Lu Lin, Lu Lin revealed power that could withstand and repel the Golden Core True Person’s attack.

• True Person Kuhun explained that the Alliance of Immortals sought to destroy Yu God Palace and redistribute its Immortal Dao Luck, then invited the Blood Baleful Demon Sect to join.
• Tuoba Feng delayed giving an answer by saying the sect’s three True Persons were in life-or-death seclusion, and True Person Kuhun left for the Green Duckweed Sword Sect.
• Less than ten days later, Yu Han arrived, demanded that the Blood Baleful Demon Sect join Yu God Palace against the Alliance of Immortals, and accused the sect of secretly siding with the alliance.
• Tuoba Feng again stalled, but Yu Han unleashed his Golden Core pressure and forced Tuoba Feng to his knees while demanding that Youxuan and the other True Persons leave seclusion.
• Yu Han noticed that Lu Lin and Luo Siqing were unaffected by his pressure, then attacked Lu Lin with a black cauldron spell.
• Lu Lin repelled Yu Han’s attack with a beam of silver lightning, leaving Yu Han unable to discern Lu Lin’s true strength.

Lu Lin used his Golden Core martial strength to delay Yu Han’s demand that the Blood Baleful Demon Sect join the Yu God Palace, then agreed to accompany Luo Siqing to seek a rare flame that could advance her cultivation. The two left the sect and headed west toward Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void.

• Lu Lin claimed he could not decide the sect’s allegiance without its elders, and Yu Han warned that the Yu God Palace would crush the Alliance of Immortals before departing.
• Tuoba Feng worried that the sect was caught between the Yu God Palace and the Alliance of Immortals, but Lu Lin argued that neutrality would buy them time.
• Luo Siqing explained that Golden Cores varied in quality and that she hoped to find Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire to strengthen her foundation and pursue a Thousand-Pattern Golden Core.
• Lu Lin recognized Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void as a possible source of Heaven and Earth Essence and agreed to travel there with Luo Siqing.
• Lu Lin and Luo Siqing spent the night together, then flew west from the Blood Baleful Demon Sect the next day.

Lu Lin and Luo Siqing entered Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void so Luo Siqing could refine its withered fire with the Seven Flame Soul-Suppressing Stele while Lu Lin searched for Withered Fire Essence. After one elusive essence escaped him, they moved deeper to try again, but a powerful Golden Core cultivator’s spiritual sense swept toward them.

• Lu Lin and Luo Siqing crossed into Yan Kingdom and entered Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void, where the Seven Flame Soul-Suppressing Stele began absorbing Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire.
• Luo Siqing activated the stele deep in the forbidden land while Lu Lin guarded her and searched for Withered Fire Essence.
• Lu Lin spotted a snake-shaped Withered Fire Essence approaching the stele and chased it, but it vanished into the ground before he could catch it.
• Lu Lin and Luo Siqing moved farther into the forbidden land, and Luo Siqing resumed refining the withered fire while Lu Lin waited in ambush.
• A powerful spiritual sense swept toward Lu Lin and Luo Siqing from the east, signaling the approach of a Golden Core cultivator.

Lu Lin and Luo Siqing were caught up in the pursuit of Red Wave Old Ghost when Leopard Shadow Daoist of Yu God Palace accused them of taking a treasure and demanded to search them. Lu Lin pretended to comply, then attacked Leopard Shadow Daoist and broke through his black-water panther, closing in for a thunderous strike empowered by a Martial Dao Scourge.

• Lu Lin and Luo Siqing sensed four powerful spiritual presences as Red Wave Old Ghost fled toward them, tossed them his storage pouch, and urged them to keep an item from Yu God Palace.
• Lu Lin returned the pouch to Red Wave Old Ghost, but Leopard Shadow Daoist stopped to accuse the pair of hiding its contents and demanded their pouches, seas of consciousness, and Luo Siqing's Seven Flame Soul-Suppressing Stele.
• Lu Lin feigned surrender before suddenly attacking Leopard Shadow Daoist with a lightning-charged palm strike.
• Leopard Shadow Daoist countered with a Black Banner that summoned a foul black river, and Lu Lin judged him to be near the middle Golden Core stage.
• Leopard Shadow Daoist shaped the black river into a giant panther, but Lu Lin shattered it with thunder blade auras and charged through the corrosive water.
• Lu Lin closed in on Leopard Shadow Daoist and raised a thunderous strike empowered by a Martial Dao Scourge.

Lu Lin killed Leopard Shadow Daoist after overcoming his talismans and portable killing array, then escaped Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void with Luo Siqing in disguise. Leopard Shadow Daoist's two brothers discovered his death and turned back to seek revenge.

• Lu Lin tore Leopard Shadow Daoist's Black Banner and fought through his killing array while Leopard Shadow Daoist repeatedly used Immovable Wisdom King Talismans to survive.
• Lu Lin exhausted Leopard Shadow Daoist's talismans, countered his desperate Golden Core-powered attack with Martial Dao Scourge, and killed him with a thunderbolt finger-force.
• Lu Lin seized Leopard Shadow Daoist's damaged Golden Core and belongings, then fled with Luo Siqing and changed their appearances.
• The dragon-sleeved and tiger-sleeved men learned that their Third Brother had died and vowed to return and avenge him.

After defeating Leopard Shadow Daoist, Lu Lin and Luo Siqing found a pool of liquefied Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire, where Luo Siqing began replenishing the Seven Flame Soul-Suppressing Stele. Lu Lin ambushed a Withered Fire Essence but followed it into a vast underground world, suspecting it was the home of many such essences.

• Dragon Shadow Daoist and Tiger Shadow Daoist pursued Red Wave Old Ghost to recover the Blood God Stone before seeking revenge for Leopard Shadow Daoist.
• Luo Siqing found a pool of liquefied Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire and entered it so the Seven Flame Soul-Suppressing Stele could absorb the fire.
• Lu Lin exchanged Leopard Shadow Daoist’s Golden Core, Black Banner, Formation Disks, and other possessions for cultivation time, then hid to guard Luo Siqing.
• A Withered Fire Essence approached the pool, and Lu Lin pursued it, repeatedly using lightning traps to stop it from escaping underground.
• The Withered Fire Essence slipped into a deep fissure and fled through a vast underground world dense with Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire.
• Lu Lin followed cautiously and suspected the underground world was the Withered Fire Essences’ nest, where more of them might live.

Lu Lin captured two Withered Fire Essences and refined one, bringing his cultivation to the peak of the early Golden Body stage before deciding to postpone his breakthrough. On his way out, he ambushed the badly wounded Red-Bearded Bald Man, severed his arm, and left him pleading for an explanation.

• Lu Lin followed a Withered Fire Essence to a black pool, captured it, then caught a second one that fled from the water.
• Lu Lin refined one Withered Fire Essence using high-grade cultivation time and reached the peak of the early Golden Body stage.
• Lu Lin chose to delay breaking through until he could return to the Demonic Sect and avoid drawing the attention of the Dragon and Tiger Daoists of Yu God Palace.
• Lu Lin spotted the wounded Red-Bearded Bald Man hiding among rocks and silently approached while the man tried to heal himself.
• Lu Lin shattered the concealment formation and attacked the Red-Bearded Bald Man with a lightning net and an empowered palm-blade, cutting off his left arm.
• The Red-Bearded Bald Man recoiled in terror and demanded to know why Lu Lin had attacked him.

Lu Lin killed Red Wave Old Ghost and exchanged his Golden Core for two thousand years of high-level cultivation time, but Dragon Shadow Daoist and Tiger Shadow Daoist discovered him while searching for the Blood God Stone. With the two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators closing in, Lu Lin tried to break through their encirclement, and Tiger Shadow Daoist recognized his thunder art as the power that had killed Third Brother.

• Lu Lin killed Red Wave Old Ghost by piercing his heart with a lightning hand blade, then destroyed his body and captured his Golden Core.
• Lu Lin exchanged Red Wave Old Ghost's Golden Core for two thousand years of high-level cultivation time and took his spear artifact and storage bag.
• Dragon Shadow Daoist and Tiger Shadow Daoist entered the underground world searching for Red Wave Old Ghost and the Blood God Stone, then exposed Lu Lin's hiding place by destroying the stone pillars.
• Dragon Shadow Daoist and Tiger Shadow Daoist demanded that Lu Lin surrender his storage bag and allow them to search his sea of consciousness, but Lu Lin refused.
• Lu Lin charged toward an opening in their pincer attack, and Tiger Shadow Daoist recognized his thunder art and sent three black tigers after him.

Lu Lin drew out his Martial Dao luck to break free of the Immortal Dao Luck’s restraints and unleash his full strength against Tiger Shadow Daoist and Dragon Shadow Daoist. After his empowered strike failed to pierce Tiger Shadow Daoist’s protective talisman, the two Daoists joined forces and unleashed a torrent of black water at him.

• Lu Lin struggled against Tiger Shadow Daoist’s black-water tigers and Dragon Shadow Daoist’s surprise sword strike, using Martial Dao Scourges to survive their attacks.
• Realizing he could not afford to keep spending cultivation time on Martial Dao Scourges, Lu Lin drew out his Martial Dao luck and temporarily isolated himself from the Immortal Dao Luck.
• Lu Lin overwhelmed the three tigers and struck Tiger Shadow Daoist with a Martial Dao Scourge-empowered Thunderbolt Breaking Dawn, but the Immovable Wisdom King Talisman protected him.
• Dragon Shadow Daoist attacked with a giant black flood dragon, forcing Lu Lin to abandon his pursuit of Tiger Shadow Daoist and counter with a thunder dragon formed from his punches.
• Dragon Shadow Daoist recognized Lu Lin as a powerful martial artist, and he and Tiger Shadow Daoist poured their power into their Black Banners to send a fused torrent of black water toward him.

Lu Lin fought to escape Dragon Shadow Daoist and Tiger Shadow Daoist’s Black Banner cage, but Little Peng King’s arrival gave him a chance to turn on Tiger Shadow Daoist. Lu Lin trapped Tiger Shadow Daoist in a relentless barrage of attacks, leaving him terrified and calling for his brother to save him.

• Lu Lin resisted the Dragon and Tiger Daoists’ combined attack and spotted an opening when someone struck their Black Banner cage from outside.
• Lu Lin helped tear open the cage, allowing Little Peng King to burst in and attack Dragon Shadow Daoist.
• Lu Lin changed course and charged Tiger Shadow Daoist while Little Peng King kept Dragon Shadow Daoist occupied.
• Tiger Shadow Daoist used his Black Banner and Immovable Wisdom King Talismans to defend himself, but Lu Lin repeatedly pursued and struck him with empowered Thunderbolt Breaking Dawn attacks.
• As his protective talismans dwindled, Tiger Shadow Daoist panicked and cried out for his big brother to save him.

Lu Lin killed Tiger Shadow Daoist despite Yu Qing’s thunder attacks, then joined Little Peng King in cornering Dragon Shadow Daoist. As Dragon Shadow Daoist’s defenses dwindled, Yu Qing burned his soul fragment into a powerful thunder sword and struck at Lu Lin, who countered with the Martial Dao Scourge.

• Dragon Shadow Daoist summoned Yu Qing’s divided soul, and Yu Qing attacked Lu Lin with lightning.
• Lu Lin endured Yu Qing’s thunder strikes and killed Tiger Shadow Daoist, taking his Golden Core and storage pouch.
• Lu Lin joined Little Peng King in attacking Dragon Shadow Daoist, who used Immovable Wisdom King Talismans and a jade shield to survive.
• Dragon Shadow Daoist tried to turn Little Peng King against Lu Lin by claiming Lu Lin had killed Red Wave Old Ghost and carried the Blood God Stone, but Little Peng King kept attacking.
• Yu Qing burned his soul fragment into a thunder flying sword and stabbed toward Lu Lin, who triggered the Martial Dao Scourge and pointed at its tip.

Lu Lin killed Dragon Shadow Daoist after surviving Yu Qing's destructive strike and evading the Black Banner's attempted detonation. Little Peng King explained the Blood God Stone's importance, and Lu Lin confirmed it was in his possession while secretly finding it in Red Wave Old Ghost's storage pouch.

• Lu Lin endured Yu Qing's burning strike, while Dragon Shadow Daoist detonated his Jade Shield and fled toward the exit.
• Lu Lin used a Martial Dao Scourge to overtake Dragon Shadow Daoist, exhausted his protective talismans, and killed him.
• Lu Lin took Dragon Shadow Daoist's Golden Core and storage pouch, then stopped Little Peng King as it pursued him.
• Little Peng King explained that the Blood God Stone was needed to power Yu God Palace's Blood Demon Puppet to Golden Core Great Perfection strength.
• Lu Lin said he would not hand over the Blood God Stone for free and found the dark-red stone in Red Wave Old Ghost's storage pouch.

Lu Lin traded the Blood God Stone to Little Peng King, then fled the Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void with Luo Siqing and absorbed two Golden Cores for cultivation time. As they crossed into Great Xia, his danger sense warned of a powerful pursuer, so he sent Luo Siqing away and raced east to draw the threat after him.

• Lu Lin exchanged the Blood God Stone for three low-grade magical treasures and a strand of Heaven and Earth Profound Aura, then declined Little Peng King's invitation to join Holy Demon Valley but accepted a Transmission Talisman.
• Lu Lin found Luo Siqing safe, confirmed she had absorbed enough Ash-Extinguishing Withered Fire, and flew with her out of the Ash-Extinguishing Burning Void.
• Yu Qing set out to capture Lu Lin, while a late-stage Golden Core elder arrived at the forbidden land and searched for the source of the Martial Dao providence.
• Lu Lin exchanged Tiger Shadow Daoist's and Dragon Shadow Daoist's Golden Cores for cultivation time as he and Luo Siqing fled into Great Xia.
• Lu Lin sensed a deadly pursuer closing in, ordered Luo Siqing to return to the Blood Baleful Demon Sect, and flew east while she headed north.

Lu Lin fled Yu Qing by spending Cultivation Time to boost his speed, then sought refuge at Wuji Sect. He entered Wuji City and posed as a Rogue Cultivator, securing admission to the sect’s recruitment compound as a guest elder.

• Lu Lin suspected Yu Qing had marked him during their earlier battle and realized the Palace Master of Yu God Palace was pursuing him.
• Lu Lin converted three thousand years of High-Level Cultivation Time into Ordinary Cultivation Time and repeatedly used Martial Dao Scourge to speed toward Wuji Sect.
• Yu Qing appeared in pursuit, recognized Lu Lin’s sudden acceleration, and continued chasing him.
• Lu Lin entered Wuji City and headed to Wuji Sect’s recruitment compound, hoping to reach the mountain gate and deter Yu Qing.
• Lu Lin bribed his way to the front of the registration line, gave the name Li Yan, and received a jade token naming him a guest elder who would enter the mountain gate the next day.

Yu Qing infiltrated Wuji City to seize Lu Lin, but his disguise failed after he killed a Wuji Sect registrar and attacked Lu Lin, triggering the city’s defenses. True Person Xuanji confronted Yu Qing, who revealed the Yu Emperor Cauldron and tried to abduct Lu Lin during their clash, but Xuanji stopped the attempt.

• Yu Qing concealed his aura, entered Wuji City, and joined the line at the Wuji Sect’s recruiting residence to reach Lu Lin.
• When the registrar rejected Yu Qing for cutting in line, Yu Qing killed him and attacked Lu Lin with a giant thunder palm, but Lu Lin evaded it.
• A Wuji Sect elder attacked Yu Qing, recognized him, and activated the city-protecting formation as True Person Xuanji arrived with the Wuji Formation Disk.
• Yu Qing broke through the city formation and confronted True Person Xuanji, demanding that the sect hand over Lu Lin.
• Yu Qing summoned the Yu Emperor Cauldron and secretly sent a lightning whip toward Lu Lin, but True Person Xuanji severed it with formation sword-light.

Yu Qing used the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation Sword to attack Wuji City's protective formation and seize Lu Lin, but Lu Lin dodged and the Peng Demon King arrived to turn the battle against him. Yu Qing fled as the Peng Demon King, True Person Xuanji, and another Golden Core Great Perfection powerhouse pursued him.

• Twelve Wuji Sect Golden Core True Persons joined forces to strengthen the city's formation, blocking Yu Qing's lightning attacks.
• Yu Qing summoned the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder with his True Lord spiritual treasure, tore open the formation, and tried to capture Lu Lin.
• Lu Lin narrowly dodged Yu Qing's thunder chain using his sixth sense, then evaded a second attack when the Peng Demon King severed Yu Qing's next three chains.
• The Peng Demon King emerged from the Wuji Sect's mountain gate as another Golden Core Great Perfection powerhouse rushed to the battlefield.
• Yu Qing retreated, and the Peng Demon King, True Person Xuanji, and the arriving powerhouse chased after him.