Arc 7Hunter Knight Sword

Lin Yuan survived Yi Zichen’s attack, challenged Shrek to reform, and forged new powers before leaving on a mission to Sin Planet. There he took the name Hunter Knight Sword and began hunting the Red Calamity Pirates who worshiped Compassion.

  • Lin Yuan defeated Yi Zichen’s forces, but Yi Zichen activated his core and died in the ensuing Supernova Explosion, and Tang Wulin shielded the others from the blast.
  • At his public trial, Lin Yuan criticized Shrek’s treatment of students and proposed a pooled fund, then was acquitted and awarded Red-level and Black-level Badges.
  • Lin Yuan visited the Blacksmith Association and used the Weak Force and Voice of the Stars to create Soul Forged metal infused with the Thoughts of All Beings.
  • Lin Yuan and Liu Feng entered the Blood Trial, where Lin Yuan defeated the second stage’s massive force and Compassion appeared above Shrek after Liu Feng’s resolve drew its attention.
  • Lin Yuan awakened the White Dragon King bloodline in Liu Feng’s Silver Dragon Spear, then took Lan Xuanyu and Liu Feng to their final assessment and prepared Lan Xuanyu with supplies.
  • Lin Yuan registered as a Heaven Fighter, used his points to obtain badges and supplies, and left Lan Xuanyu a letter, badges, forged metals, and a bloodline-stirring crystal before departing for Sin Planet.
  • On a transfer planet, Lin Yuan learned the Red Calamity Pirates worshiped Compassion as Calamity Ancestor, adopted the identity Hunter Knight Sword, and confronted their warship.
  • Lin Yuan destroyed the pirates’ warship, sent Captain Shen Man toward the star, and demanded that the surviving pirates reveal Sin Planet’s coordinates.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151The Supernova Erupts Again, Fighting Poison with Poison

Lin Yuan fought off Yi Zichen’s forces while stalling for time until Tang Wulin arrived, then unveiled a devastating attack that threatened everyone in the confined space. The chapter ended as his basketball-sized stone erupted into a fireball 170 meters across.

  • Lin Yuan pierced a Peak Soul Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar and defeated him with a single strike.
  • Lin Yuan used Shinra Tensei, Universal Pull, and Myriad Void Breaker to incapacitate two Three-Word Battle Armor Masters.
  • Yi Zichen admitted that he planned to wear Lin Yuan down and use his blood to restore himself and Ling Zichen, while Lin Yuan waited for Tang Wulin.
  • Yi Zichen revived the defeated Soul Douluos with life-energy dust, and four Title Douluos and five Peak Soul Douluos gathered to confront Lin Yuan.
  • Lin Yuan shrank a stone slab into a basketball-sized object, and it exploded into a fireball 170 meters in diameter.

Ch. 152Yi Zichen's Plan Falls Apart, Exposed to the Public

Lin Yuan used repeated Supernova Explosions to force Yi Zichen to protect him while he incapacitated Yi Zichen’s guards. The shattered space exposed Yi Zichen’s human experiments to Shrek’s leaders, and Yi Zichen was left intent on killing Lin Yuan.

  • Lin Yuan protected the students from the first Supernova Explosion, then knocked out a Peak Soul Douluo and warned Yi Zichen that he would attack someone whenever Yi Zichen protected him.
  • Wang Tianyu learned that Lin Yuan had been summoned to Yi Zichen’s residence and rushed there with Elder Tree.
  • Lin Yuan repeatedly triggered Supernova Explosions, using the blasts to incapacitate more of Yi Zichen’s Soul Douluo as Yi Zichen raised his shield to protect them.
  • The repeated explosions shattered the small space, revealing Lin Yuan as Zoffy to Lan Xuanyu, Ying Luohong, and the others who had arrived.
  • Wang Tianyu accused Yi Zichen of defying the Pavilion Master’s resolution and conducting human experiments on Lin Yuan, while Yi Zichen resolved to kill Lin Yuan.

Ch. 153Identity Revealed; Walking the Human Emperor's Path

Lin Yuan’s identity as Zoffy was revealed to Shrek’s students as they learned that Yi Zichen had sought his blood for human experimentation. Encouraged by the students’ support, Lin Yuan reached Title Douluo-level strength and defeated Yi Zichen’s three guards, leaving Wang Tianyu to demand Yi Zichen submit to judgment.

  • Wang Tianyu and Elder Tree accused Yi Zichen of seeking Lin Yuan’s blood for human experimentation and said they would report him to Shrek’s leadership and the Federation.
  • The outer court students arrived and recognized that Lin Yuan and Zoffy were the same person, shocking Lan Mengqin, Dong Qianqiu, Yuanen Huihui, and the others.
  • Liu Baochuan urged Lin Yuan to survive and defend the students’ dignity, and the crowd echoed his words in support of him.
  • The students’ faith caused Lin Yuan’s Voice of the Stars to surge, and his power rose to the level of a Title Douluo.
  • Lin Yuan hurled Myriad Void Breaker at Yi Zichen’s three Title Douluo guards and defeated them with one strike.
  • Wang Tianyu stepped forward and ordered Yi Zichen to return with them and accept judgment.

Ch. 154Yi Zichen's Death; System Reward: Weak Interaction

Yi Zichen sacrificed himself in an explosion after Lin Yuan and Tang Wulin stopped his attack, and Lin Yuan used Supernova Explosion to lessen the blast. Yi Zichen was annihilated, and Lin Yuan received the Weak Interaction reward as a new crisis was announced.

  • Yi Zichen praised Lin Yuan’s talent and vigilance before unleashing pressure to kill him.
  • Tang Wulin arrived as a golden dragon, shielded Lin Yuan, and knocked Yi Zichen down.
  • Yi Zichen revealed that he had waited for Tang Wulin and planned to kill Lin Yuan for Ling Zichen’s sake, then activated his Single-Body Positive Loop Source Core.
  • Lin Yuan used Supernova Explosion to reduce the core’s energy, while Tang Wulin and the Eternal Tree shielded everyone from the blast.
  • The explosion annihilated Yi Zichen, and Lin Yuan received Weak Interaction and a new check-in objective at the Douluo Federation.

Ch. 155The Tianlong Chief Seat? A Half-Step God King?!; Lin Yuan's Extremes

The Tianlong Chief Seat discussed Lin Yuan’s strength and ordered the Longma Galaxy to investigate him and the Federation’s Divine Craftsman while limiting preparations for war. At Shrek Academy, Tang Le reassured Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan faced the outer court students who hoped he would lead them in reclaiming their rights.

  • The Tianlong Chief Seat learned that Lin Yuan had killed Yi Zichen and dismissed the golden dragon as a stronger True God, while revealing his own cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the Transcendent God Rank and was nearing a half-step God King breakthrough.
  • The Tianlong Chief Seat ordered his council to focus on Lin Yuan, identify the Divine Craftsman, reduce the scale of the coming war, and investigate whether Shrek or the Tang Sect had weapons like Yi Zichen’s self-detonation.
  • Tang Le told Lin Yuan not to blame himself for Yi Zichen’s sacrifice, encouraged him to rely on others, and said he needed several years to recover.
  • Tang Le refused Lin Yuan’s offer to visit, chose not to pursue his lost memories, and returned to prepare for his concert in Mingdu.
  • Lin Yuan told the gathered Shrek teachers and students that an elder had protected them, and Ling Yiyi welcomed him back.
  • The outer court students cheered for Lin Yuan and asked him to lead them in taking back their rights.

Ch. 156The Terror of the Weak Interaction Force; Prospects for the Future; The Possibility of High-Grade Metals

After passing his assessment and returning to Shrek Hotel, Lin Yuan recovered from the severe toll of his battle and received the weak interaction force as a system reward. He planned to investigate high-grade metal forging and pursue future missions, while the new force behaved strangely around his Singularity.

  • Wang Tianyu confirmed that Lin Yuan had passed the assessment and said his red-grade badge and Sea God Pavilion special seat would be awarded or reserved for him.
  • Lan Xuanyu and the students celebrated Lin Yuan, while Dong Qianqiu urged Lan Mengqin to let them vent their emotions and focus on their own assessments.
  • Back in his room, Lin Yuan reflected on how close his all-out battle had brought him to physical collapse and noted that Yi Zichen was dead and his check-in was complete.
  • The system rewarded Lin Yuan with the weak interaction force and assigned him a future check-in requiring him to defeat an apparently unbeatable enemy without shortcuts.
  • Lin Yuan tested the force, realized it could cause beta decay, and considered combining it with his abilities to forge high-grade metals.
  • Lin Yuan planned to visit the Blacksmith Association and later pursue Dou Tianist missions, but a cloud of mist from the weak interaction force eagerly circled his Singularity before being repelled.

Ch. 157Gravity and Weak Force Fusion and Unification, an Absolute Real-World Challenge; Accused of Subverting Shrek

After the Weak Interaction failed to fuse with Gravity, Lin Yuan learned that Shrek planned to grant him a Red Badge while publicly trying him for attempting to subvert the academy. He woke to the news and prepared to face the trial, which had already stirred public interest across the Federation and the Longma Galaxy.

  • Lin Yuan found that Gravity remained dominant in his spiritual world, though he could still use the Weak Interaction for beta decay and elemental transformation.
  • Tang Miao told Ling Zichen that Yi Zichen had self-destructed after his failed attempt to obtain Lin Yuan's blood, while the teachers and students survived with serious injuries.
  • Ling Zichen ruled that Lin Yuan was not responsible for Yi Zichen's death, ordered a public trial for the students who attacked him, and charged Lin Yuan with attempting to subvert Shrek.
  • News of Lin Yuan's public trial spread across the Federation and the Longma Galaxy while Lin Yuan slept through repeated calls from Wang Tianyu.
  • Lan Xuanyu woke Lin Yuan and showed him the trial announcement, after which Wang Tianyu told Lin Yuan that Shrek would grant him a Red Badge and that he should prepare for the proceedings.

Ch. 158How Much Does a Liter of Sea God Lake Water Cost? One White-Grade Badge!

Lin Yuan faced a Shrek trial over accusations that he had tried to overturn the academy, admitting to his past incitement while challenging the academy’s harsh ideals and practices. He began arguing that Shrek’s competition system exploited weaker students, leaving the hall focused on the cost of Sea God Lake water and the badges students had to earn.

  • Lin Yuan arrived at Shrek’s council hall as supporters cheered, while Wang Tianyu presided over the public trial.
  • Wang Tianyu announced Yi Zichen’s expulsion and revoked the Inner Court qualifications of the students who had targeted Lin Yuan.
  • When accused of trying to overturn Shrek, Lin Yuan said, “I admit it, yet I do not,” then compared Shrek’s dependent students to people who discarded a cane after regaining their sight.
  • Lin Yuan criticized Shrek’s culture of strength by describing students being ostracized, exploited on dangerous missions, and forced to buy costly cultivation resources.
  • Lin Yuan argued that a liter of Sea God Lake water cost one white-grade badge, which could take an ostracized student two hours of shuttle driving each day to earn.

Ch. 159I will become the sun, burning myself to illuminate all things.

At his trial, Lin Yuan proposed a student resource fund that subsidized Sea God Lake water and other natural treasures, winning the outer court's support and clearing him of the charge of subverting the Academy. Wang Tianyu then brought him to meet Sea God Pavilion Master Ling Zichen, who questioned how he knew her.

  • A teacher challenged Lin Yuan over whether his speech meant Sea God Lake water should be free, and Lin Yuan proposed a pooled fund financed by half his Douluo Coins and student contributions.
  • The students praised Lin Yuan, while Wang Tianyu and Elder Tree recognized his proposal as effective reform that avoided undermining the Academy.
  • The court found Lin Yuan not guilty, and Wang Tianyu awarded him Red-level and Black-level Badges.
  • Wang Tianyu led Lin Yuan through a hidden staircase to meet Ling Zichen in a secret chamber.
  • Lin Yuan praised Ling Zichen's role in the Federation's development, and she asked how he knew her.

Ch. 160On the Possibility and Path of Creating a Divine Position

Lin Yuan discussed his plans to leave Shrek Academy with Ling Zichen, explaining his desire to investigate his parents’ deaths and his complicated feelings about Yi Zichen. Ling Zichen agreed to strengthen his support at the academy, while Lin Yuan began considering how he might create a Divine Position.

  • Ling Zichen confronted Lin Yuan over Yi Zichen’s death, then agreed to set the matter aside for the time being.
  • Lin Yuan told Ling Zichen he wanted to go beyond the academy to uncover who killed his parents and learn what he could outside Shrek.
  • Lin Yuan said he would rather revive his parents than simply avenge them, and criticized Yi Zichen for choosing self-destruction.
  • Ling Zichen believed Lin Yuan’s sincerity and offered academy support for his foundation, including twenty percent of the elders’ badges.
  • Lin Yuan decided to visit the Blacksmith Association, but Ling Zichen warned that it might still be closed after the students’ judgment.
  • Ling Zichen ordered Wang Tianyu to strengthen Lin Yuan’s protection and add him to the candidates for the new Shrek Seven Monsters.

Ch. 161Blue Mengqin, Lost in Foolish Delight; Dong Qianqiu, Saying One Thing but Meaning Another; the Eagle-Like Child of Stars

Lin Yuan visited the candidates’ assessment, encouraged Lan Xuanyu through his arena match, and teased Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu before their turn onstage. After praising Lan Xuanyu’s performance, he learned that the three boys from the Ocean Trio were his fans and asked what was happening to them.

  • Lin Yuan went to the assessment site and watched Lan Xuanyu’s team face the Ocean Trio in an arena match.
  • Lan Xuanyu spotted Lin Yuan cheering him on and unleashed a fierce combination of water, fire, and Golden Dragon Shakes the Heavens to overwhelm their opponents.
  • Lan Mengqin happily greeted Lin Yuan, while Dong Qianqiu privately gave him her hair tie and asked for advice before their assessment; Lin Yuan teased her about wanting him to notice her ponytail.
  • Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu went onstage as Lan Xuanyu came down, and Lin Yuan praised his use of water and fire elements with Golden Dragon Shakes the Heavens.
  • Lan Xuanyu introduced Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu, who revealed their excitement at meeting Lin Yuan and showed him tickets from Tang Le’s concerts.

Ch. 162The Little Dragon God's Troubles; the Mutual Compatibility Between Soul Bones and Metals

Lin Yuan assigned Lan Xuanyu to manage the pooled fund before visiting the Shrek Blacksmith Association to explore its metals. There, he discovered that metals and soul bones shared a path toward being granted life, and the Weak Force within the metals began to stir.

  • Lin Yuan explained that Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu’s combination skill was being suppressed by Lan Xuanyu, and advised them to keep fighting him until they adapted.
  • Lin Yuan asked Lan Xuanyu to serve as deputy director of the pooled fund, gave him management plans and access to his Douluo World account, and then left for the Blacksmith Association.
  • The association president welcomed Lin Yuan and showed him around, while Lin Yuan asked about the association’s metals and whether students could establish other organizations.
  • In a forging room, the president was shocked to sense Lin Yuan’s Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power.
  • Lin Yuan examined the metals and realized they shared soul bones’ potential to be granted life, while the Weak Force within them began to stir.

Ch. 163The First Hammer Bestows Thousand-Forging Purity; the Second Hammer Bestows Spirit Forging a Soul

Lin Yuan used his spiritual power and unusual abilities to purify Sinking Silver and give it a soul, achieving Thousand-Forging and Spirit Forging in just two hammer blows. The Blacksmith Association president, Wang Tianyu, and Elder Tree were astonished, while Lin Yuan considered how to proceed without conventional Fusion Forging.

  • Lin Yuan struck the unheated Sinking Silver once and used his spiritual power to expel impurities and draw its atomic nuclei closer together.
  • The Sinking Silver shone with cosmic patterns and signs of intelligence, leading the president to realize Lin Yuan had completed top-grade first-rank Thousand-Forging with one blow.
  • Wang Tianyu and Elder Tree overheard that Lin Yuan had achieved Thousand-Forging and argued over whether Elder Tree was trying to recruit him into the Life School.
  • Lin Yuan used Universal Pull to infuse life energy into the Sinking Silver, then added his blood and completed Spirit Forging with a second hammer blow.
  • The president asked whether Lin Yuan would attempt Fusion Forging, while Lin Yuan considered using beta decay to bypass the need for it.

Ch. 164I Fear the Longma Galaxy? The God-Concealing Cloak's Chance to Become a Divine Artifact

Lin Yuan successfully Soul Forged a piece of Sinking Silver, while dark clouds gathered as if warning him not to attempt Divine Forging. He then discussed whether the God-Concealing Cloak could become a Divine Artifact, leaving its advancement dependent on surviving tribulation lightning.

  • Lin Yuan used Weak Force to irradiate the Sinking Silver, then Soul Forged it with Voice of the Stars and completed its soul solidification and summoning.
  • The Blacksmith Association president warned that the newly awakened metal might flee, but it moved toward Lin Yuan and the forging succeeded.
  • Dark clouds formed overhead, and Lin Yuan sensed they were warning him not to proceed with Divine Forging, so he stopped before the final step.
  • Wang Tianyu dragged Elder Tree along, fearing Lin Yuan might attempt Divine Forging and draw a lightning tribulation.
  • The president promised to keep Lin Yuan's achievement secret and asked to examine the Soul Forged metal, which Lin Yuan said had already been reserved.
  • Lin Yuan asked the God-Concealing Cloak whether it wanted to become a Divine Artifact, and the cloak worried about enduring the required lightning strikes.

Ch. 165Soul Forging Infused with the Thoughts of All Beings

Lin Yuan revealed that he had completed Soul Forging and explained that his metal could be used by anyone because it contained the Thoughts of All Beings. As he prepared to leave on missions, Wang Tianyu encouraged him to become a Heaven Fighter and explained why Lin Yuan should undergo the Blood Trial.

  • Lin Yuan told Yang Hui that he had completed Soul Forging, and Wang Tianyu arrived with Elder Tree and the Blacksmith Association president after being struck by the tribulation clouds Lin Yuan had drawn.
  • Wang Tianyu explained that he and Elder Tree had tried to divert the tribulation with lightning rods, while Lin Yuan described the microscopic and macroscopic ideas behind his forging.
  • Lin Yuan said his Soul Forging metal could be used by everyone because he had infused it with the Thoughts of All Beings, leaving the others stunned at the implications.
  • Wang Tianyu suggested Lin Yuan become a Heaven Fighter before leaving on missions, and Lin Yuan planned to travel to Sin Planet to cultivate Supernova Explosion, seek divine artifacts and intelligence, and prepare for Rank 40.
  • Wang Tianyu arranged for Lin Yuan to study practical combat and life affinity, then urged him to take the Blood Trial to strengthen his will before undertaking missions.

Ch. 166The Striver's Refusal to Give In; Life Was Like Leeks, Dying Crop After Crop

Lin Yuan and Liu Feng entered the Blood Trial, where Liu Feng struggled through the first stage while Lin Yuan cleared it effortlessly. In the second stage, Lin Yuan faced tens of thousands of Soul Kings and wiped them out with Shinra Tensei, leaving the observers stunned.

  • Liu Feng asked Wang Tianyu to let him join Lin Yuan in the Blood Trial, explaining that he wanted to grow stronger and not be a burden to his teammates.
  • Wang Tianyu warned Lin Yuan and Liu Feng that they could not withdraw from the Blood Trial unless they died, then led them to its entrance.
  • Lin Yuan and Liu Feng entered the trial, while Wang Tianyu went to Ying Luohong's office, where Ying Luohong, Elder Tree, and Ling Zichen watched their progress.
  • Liu Feng struggled against weakened one-ring and two-ring opponents as Lin Yuan defeated a peak six-ring Soul Emperor in the first stage.
  • Lin Yuan reached the second stage and faced tens of thousands of Soul Kings charging under a leader's command.
  • Lin Yuan used Shinra Tensei hundreds of times and killed the entire crowd in less than half a minute.

Ch. 167Compassion's Gaze Falls Again

Lin Yuan completed the Blood Trial’s first stage without faltering, while the academy leaders decided to spare him the remaining stage. As Lin Yuan watched Liu Feng’s trial, Liu Feng’s desperate resolve and Lin Yuan’s power drew Compassion’s gaze over Shrek Academy, leaving the leaders wondering whether Liu Feng had summoned a god.

  • Lin Yuan endured the Blood Trial’s gruesome massacre, and Wang Tianyu entered the trial to tell him he would not need to complete its third stage.
  • Lin Yuan received access to Liu Feng’s livestream and watched him battle three Soul Grandmasters despite severe injuries.
  • Liu Feng used his last strength to kill one opponent before collapsing, prompting Ying Luohong and the other leaders to recognize his fighting will.
  • Lin Yuan activated the Voice of the Stars’ Formless ability, and a vast figure identified as Compassion appeared above Shrek Academy.
  • Wang Tianyu, Ling Zichen, Elder Tree, and Ying Luohong discussed Compassion’s nature, and Elder Tree suggested that Liu Feng’s conviction might have drawn its gaze.

Ch. 168My Life Affinity Physique? Come on, Douluo Planet Core, Give Them a Show

Lin Yuan awakened Liu Feng's White Dragon King bloodline, and Liu Feng resisted Compassion's influence, though Wang Tianyu ordered them to keep the anomaly secret. When Lan Xuanyu displayed extraordinary life affinity, Lin Yuan suggested his own affinity might be even higher and challenged the planet core to prove it.

  • Lin Yuan used Supernova Explosion to awaken the White Dragon King bloodline within Liu Feng's Silver Dragon Spear, then flooded him with life energy.
  • Liu Feng briefly fell under Compassion's influence, but Lin Yuan's threat with a Simulation Pod snapped him back to himself.
  • Liu Feng and Lin Yuan explained the awakening to Wang Tianyu and Elder Tree, who warned them to keep Liu Feng's resistance to Compassion secret.
  • Lan Xuanyu arrived and absorbed the room's abundant life energy, prompting Elder Tree to identify his life affinity as higher than his own.
  • After Elder Tree asked why he could not sense any life affinity in Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan claimed it might be too high and called on the planet core to show them.

Ch. 169Lin Yuan, I Like You; Lin Yuan: Sorry, You're a Good Girl

Lin Yuan's contact with the Douluo Planet Core triggered a powerful surge of life energy, leading Elder Tree to consider him as a successor to the Life School. He then sent Lan Xuanyu and Liu Feng to their final assessment, giving Lan Xuanyu a well-stocked storage ring before they parted.

  • Lin Yuan contacted the Douluo Planet Core, and the resulting life-energy surge revived the plants and overwhelmed everyone in the Simulation Pod chamber.
  • Elder Tree declared Lin Yuan's life affinity extraordinary and said he would consider him as the Life School's successor, while Wang Tianyu worried about what he could offer Lin Yuan.
  • Lin Yuan took Lan Xuanyu and Liu Feng to the Shrek Aerospace Center for their final assessment, where Xiao Qi and Tang Zhenhua were waiting.
  • Lin Yuan gave Lan Xuanyu a twenty-cubic-meter storage Soul Tool ring stocked with Life Fruits, Life Popsicles, and Life Fruit juice for the assessment.

Ch. 170Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Heaven Fighter Points, Leaping Straight to Level Four Heaven Fighter

Lin Yuan visited Shrek Academy’s mission center with Tang Zhenhua and accepted a dangerous mission to fight interstellar pirates. Tang Zhenhua discovered Lin Yuan had 350,000 Heaven Fighter points, and Lin Yuan chose to become a level-four Heaven Fighter and exchange the remaining points for badges.

  • Tang Zhenhua brought Lin Yuan to the mission center and explained how missions, Heaven Fighter points, and military ranks worked.
  • Lin Yuan chose a level-five team mission to eliminate interstellar pirates near Sin Planet, despite Tang Zhenhua warning him about the star battle.
  • Tang Zhenhua registered Lin Yuan as a Heaven Fighter and saw that his account held 350,000 points.
  • Lin Yuan recalled the points came from a mission his uncle had arranged and asked Tang Zhenhua to promote him to level-four Heaven Fighter and exchange the rest for badges.
  • Tang Zhenhua realized Lin Yuan’s remaining points could buy an enormous number of badges.

Ch. 171The Outer Academy's Devotion, the Sun in the Sky; Gaining the Ring of Destiny

Lin Yuan collected his Heaven Fighter rewards and prepared supplies for his upcoming trip to Sin Planet, spending heavily on combat, recovery, and forging materials. After seeing how his fund helped Outer Academy students, he received the Ring of Destiny from Elder Tree, who asked whether he truly wanted to join the Life School.

  • Tang Zhenhua reported Lin Yuan's Heaven Fighter points to Wang Tianyu, and the Sea God Pavilion granted Lin Yuan a check redeemable for 1,111 purple-level badges.
  • Tang Zhenhua showed Lin Yuan how his fund had helped Outer Academy students afford treasures and curbed bullying, while Lin Yuan said he did not want gratitude for making things as they should be.
  • Tang Ying guided Lin Yuan and Tang Zhenhua into the restricted exchange area, where Lin Yuan bought Purple Immortal Lingzhi, Magma Fruits, soul-guided firearms, Recovery Big Sausages, and other items.
  • Lin Yuan spent the next day buying forging metals and healing treasures, and he also purchased Dragon God's Tears at the auction house.
  • Elder Tree gave Lin Yuan the Ring of Destiny and asked whether he truly wanted to join the Life School.

Ch. 172New Identity: Hunter Knight Sword, Hunting Those Blessed by Compassion

Lin Yuan prepared to leave, leaving Lan Xuanyu supplies, cultivation resources, forged metals, and a heartfelt letter. As Lan Xuanyu grieved his departure, Lin Yuan traveled through the universe under a new identity: Hunter Knight Sword.

  • Lin Yuan stored his forged metals and purchased treasures in the Ring of Destiny after Elder Tree declined to become his teacher.
  • After half a month in the simulation assessment, Lan Xuanyu celebrated taking first place and planned an alliance with Yuanen Huihui against Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu for Lin Yuan's attention.
  • Lan Xuanyu discovered Lin Yuan had left before the spacecraft landed and received a letter explaining his advice, support, and the resources he had prepared.
  • Lan Xuanyu read Lin Yuan's letter and found Red-level and Black-level Badges, forged metals, and a rainbow-colored crystal that stirred his bloodlines.
  • Traveling through wormholes, Lin Yuan chose the identity Hunter Knight Sword and planned to hunt pirates who worshiped Compassion.

Ch. 173Did I Authorize You to Use [Compassion]'s Emblem?!

Lin Yuan traveled under the alias Yue Yuan to a Federation Station Planet, where pirates serving Sin Planet’s Third City Lord attacked. Yao Hua warned him not to reveal his identity or join the battle, and Lin Yuan questioned why the pirates’ ship bore the [Compassion] emblem.

  • Lin Yuan worried that the reconnaissance ship’s open flight through space would draw Sin Planet’s attention, but Yao Hua and a Spirit Pagoda Academy student reassured him.
  • After three more days, Lin Yuan’s ship made an emergency landing on a transfer planet as pirates battled Federation Heaven Fighters overhead.
  • Lin Yuan recognized his [Compassion] emblem on the pirates’ battleship and learned that he had distributed his life-energy fruits and lake water to the group.
  • Yao Hua told Lin Yuan that a Sin Planet spy had exposed the station’s location and that the pirates were targeting it on behalf of the Third City Lord.
  • Yao Hua urged Lin Yuan not to fight or reveal his identity, warning that Sin Planet’s city lords would target him; Lin Yuan asked why the pirates revered [Compassion].

Ch. 174Saints Never Die, Great Thieves Never Cease; Compassion Never Dies, Calamities Never End—A Vow to Hunt Evil

Lin Yuan created the Hunter Knight Sword persona to hunt the Red Calamity Pirates and challenge their worship of [Calamity Ancestor]. As the pirates prepared to brutalize captured Heaven Fighters, the Hunter Knight Sword appeared before their battleship undetected.

  • Yao Hua explained that the Red Calamity Pirates revered [Compassion] as [Calamity Ancestor] and had committed hundreds of raids and countless murders.
  • Lin Yuan decided to sever the pirates’ faith and used Formless to create the Hunter Knight Sword, whose vow was to hunt evil as long as calamity continued.
  • Lin Yuan sent a Formless copy back to Yao Hua and left the hotel disguised by the God-Concealing Cloak.
  • Captain Shen Man prayed to [Calamity Ancestor] aboard his battleship and ordered his pirates to torment the captured Spirit Pagoda girl and Heaven Fighters.
  • As the pirates approached the girl, a lookout spotted an unidentified figure or mech ahead, although the battleship’s radar had detected nothing.

Ch. 175Hunter Knight Sword's Debut: One Man Destroys a Warship

Lin Yuan appeared before the Red Calamity Pirates’ warship as Hunter Knight Sword, tore away its reactor, and destroyed the vessel with a combined barrage of Soul Guide weapons. After sending Captain Shen Man flying toward the system’s star, he demanded the surviving pirates give him the coordinates of Sin Planet.

  • Shen Man and his crew discovered Lin Yuan outside their warship, where he introduced himself as Hunter Knight Sword and declared his crusade against Calamity Ancestor and his followers.
  • Lin Yuan used Universal Pull to extract the warship’s Soul Guide Reactor, causing an energy failure and a rapid loss of air pressure.
  • Lin Yuan combined hundreds of Soul Guide weapon beams into a blast that destroyed the reactor and split the warship in two.
  • Shen Man tried to contact other Red Calamity Pirates for help, but they refused to rescue him, and Lin Yuan sent him flying toward the star with Shinra Tensei.
  • Lin Yuan demanded that the remaining pirates give him the coordinates of Sin Planet.
Arc 7 of 14
Arc 7 of 14