Chapter Summaries

Lin Chao cultivated, subdued Medicine Gang Steward Qi, and arranged for Liu Family Village’s herb gatherers to sell their finds at market prices. Seven years passed as he trained Yu Su and Xiao Jing, while Yang Yue Prefecture changed hands and the Sacred Light Ancestor announced a challenge to Bai Zhanfeng.

• Lin Chao continued cultivating five techniques and wondered what changes the energy he supplied to his Parasitic Seed would bring.
• Lin Chao subdued Steward Qi, poisoned him, and brought him under control before guiding him to become a Martial Master.
• Lin Chao arranged for the village herb gatherers to sell herbs to the Medicine Gang at market prices, and Liu Xi and Liu Feng learned that Lin Chao had become a Martial Master.
• Seven years passed as Lin Chao continued cultivating and trained Yu Su and Xiao Jing; Yu Su became a Martial Master while Xiao Jing reached twelve years old.
• Bai Zhanfeng captured Yang Yue Prefecture for Da Xing, and the Sacred Light Ancestor announced he would come in a month to kill Bai Zhanfeng.

Lin Chao learned from the Sacred Light Ancestor that the Innate Realm involved exchanging vitality and blood for power, then watched her defeat two Heavenly Policy Grand Generals and establish her capital in Yang Yue. Half a year later, Xiao Jing left to seek the Sacred Light Sect’s new Holy Maiden, while Lin Chao remained in Liu Family Village with Yu Su.

• Qi Tan reported that the Sacred Light Ancestor had challenged the Heavenly Policy Grand General, and Lin Chao decided to observe their battle.
• The Sacred Light Ancestor met Lin Chao in the mountains, explained that Innate power came from worshipping a deity, and invited him to follow her; Lin Chao declined.
• The Sacred Light Ancestor fought Bai Zhanfeng in Yang Yue Prefecture, survived Wu Hen’s sneak attack, killed Bai Zhanfeng, and declared herself the Holy King with Yang Yue as her capital.
• Lin Chao returned to Liu Family Village and reflected on the upheaval caused by the Sacred Light Army’s victory.
• Half a year later, Xiao Jing left to join the crowds seeking the Sacred Light Sect’s new Holy Maiden, and Lin Chao urged Yu Su to go after her.

Lin Chao reached the Innate realm, then emerged from seclusion to study the martial arts collected at Weiyang Palace after the Sacred Dynasty conquered Da Xing. He entered the palace under a false identity and concealed himself when the Sacred Emperor and Yu Su arrived.

• Xiao Jing returned to Liu Family Village and told Lin Chao that Yu Su had become the Sacred Light Sect's Holy Maiden, but Lin Chao declined to join her in Yang Yue Prefecture.
• Yu Su led the Sacred Dynasty's forces through victories over Da Xing, while Lin Chao left the village to pursue a breakthrough and later reached the Innate realm by exchanging his qi and blood for Innate Power.
• The Sacred Dynasty conquered Da Xing, and the Holy King became the Sacred Emperor; Lin Chao emerged from the mountains and decided to seek martial arts manuals at Weiyang Palace.
• Lin Chao assumed the identity of Zhuangshan Changsheng Sanren, demonstrated his skill, and gained entry to Weiyang Palace to study its collection of martial arts.
• The Sacred Emperor arrived at Weiyang Palace with Yu Su and told her to remain there and memorize the martial arts she needed.

Lin Chao remained in Weiyang Palace through the Sacred Emperor’s death and Yu Su’s accession, continuing his cultivation while the Sacred Dynasty faced growing conflict with the Foreign Lands. After a Foreign Lands expert gravely wounded Huang Long Dao, Yu Su visited Lin Chao, leaving the story poised amid the escalating threat.

• Yu Su appointed Zhuang Meng to guide her through Weiyang Palace’s martial arts, and Lin Chao served her without being recognized.
• Lin Chao successfully worshipped a second Innate Deity, while Yu Su eventually left Weiyang Palace and the Sacred Emperor’s death was announced two years later.
• Yu Su became the Sacred Dynasty’s new emperor with the support of the Sacred Emperor’s surviving disciple and Dragon King Mountain’s Connate masters.
• Lin Chao stayed in Weiyang Palace as tensions with the Foreign Lands escalated, and Huang Long Dao returned from South Erhai badly injured and missing an arm.
• A guest arrived at Lin Chao’s courtyard, and he greeted the visitor as Your Majesty.

Yu Su burned Weiyang Palace’s research materials, led an expedition against the Foreign Lands, and returned victorious as the Taiyi Sect began plotting against her. As winter settled over Kyoto, Lin Chao mourned Old Huang and shared the snowfall with the mortal world, while Yu Su heard that the Longevity Hermit might admire her.

• Yu Su ordered Lin Chao to gather Weiyang Palace’s research materials, then burned them and discussed her plans with the Sacred Light Ancestor.
• Xu Xiao Jing reported that the Taiyi Sect was colluding with the Foreign Lands, and Yu Su chose to lead an expedition to South Erhai.
• Lin Chao took leave and secretly watched Yu Su defeat three Foreign Lands experts, while the Taiyi Sect assessed her strength and prepared to contact allies.
• Yu Su returned to Kyoto in triumph, and the Taiyi Sect began plotting against her as tensions in the capital rose.
• Old Huang fell gravely ill, and Lin Chao promised to care for his descendants before leaving to walk through the snow.
• Xu Xiao Jing told Yu Su that the Longevity Hermit had once taken leave out of concern for her, but Yu Su dismissed the report as a rumor.

Yu Su prepared the Sacred Dynasty for a national war with the Foreign Lands while Lin Chao watched events unfold and wondered what she intended. The war began at South Erhai, where Yu Su’s senior sister died in battle and the sky suddenly turned pitch-black.

• Yu Su and Xu Xiao Jing discussed cannon research, the Taiyi Sect’s ties to the remnants of Da Xing, and the Foreign Lands’ preparations for invasion.
• After Old Huang died, Lin Chao gave his son the chance to join the army and accepted Old Huang’s treasured sword, Yellow Path.
• Mu Xu confronted Lin Chao at Weiyang Palace, but Yu Su arrived and ordered Lin Chao to give Mu Xu a copy of Taiyi Feng Xing.
• Yu Su led the Sacred Dynasty’s forces to South Erhai for the national war, while Lin Chao took leave and watched the standoff grow tense.
• The national war began, Yu Su’s senior sister died in battle, and the Sky Vault turned pitch-black across dozens of li.

Yu Su attempted to sever the Innate Deities’ connection to humanity, but Cang Yi’s backlash overwhelmed her until Lin Chao took the parasitism and its burden onto himself. Yu Su’s plan failed, and Lin Chao disappeared beneath South Erhai inside a Blood Crystal as a mysterious woman arrived to investigate the world.

• Yu Su revealed that martial artists’ vitality fed the Innate Deities and declared her intent to end the Vitality Martial Dao, prompting the Innates and many former allies to turn against her.
• Mu Xu used Xu Ling as a hostage, but Yu Su recognized that the man was an impostor and refused to withdraw Cang Yi; Yu Sanshui then died fighting an Innate from the Taiyi Sect faction.
• After three days of battle, the Sacred Light Ancestor and the Foreign Lands’ experts helped Yu Su eliminate the other revealed Innate Deities, leaving her as the Holy Dynasty’s last Innate.
• Yu Su used Cang Yi to sever the Innate Deities’ connection to the living, but the backlash overwhelmed her and she collapsed into the sea.
• Lin Chao caught Yu Su and grafted the Innate Deities’ parasitism onto himself, then vanished underwater inside a Blood Crystal as Cang Yi continued working.
• A day later, a mysterious woman arrived at South Erhai and said the world’s poison had been dispelled, while planning to seek the Primordial Legacy.

Six hundred years after the Sacred Dynasty fell, Lin Chao awakened from a long slumber and entered a world divided among three military leaders. After Ji Hongyang asked him to protect the last direct heir of the Shang royal family for three years, Lin Chao agreed and went to meet Huang Hun.

• In a library, Lin Chao defended Yu Su from accusations of foolishness, warned Zhao Ting to drink chicken blood to avert a bloodshed disaster, and then vanished.
• Lin Chao recognized a familiar aura of blood outside the library and reflected that the vampires seemed to have changed.
• Ji Hongyang explained that he had freed Lin Chao from the shattered crystal wall and asked him to protect the Shang heir for three years; Lin Chao accepted.
• Ji Hongyang drove Lin Chao to meet Huang Hun, who rode alone at a seaside estate and longed to live like an ordinary person.

Lin Chao, introduced as Xu Ling, joined Huang Hun’s security detail after Ji Hongyang brought him to the manor. He promised to protect Huang Hun for three years and settled into the building where the guards lived, just as the manor’s bloodkin returned injured.

• Huang Hun learned that Ji Hongyang had brought a young man fished from the sea who claimed to be a martial artist.
• Huang Hun met Lin Chao, discussed his sword and martial arts, and welcomed him to the manor.
• Lin Chao promised to protect Huang Hun for three years before leaving to pursue his Vitality Martial Dao.
• Yang Feng showed Lin Chao the guards’ residence, and Lin Chao chose a room on the fifth floor.
• The manor’s bloodkin entered with a pale face and blood at the corner of his mouth.

After Yang Kai’s warning drove Cai Sen away from Huang Hun, Xu Ling stayed and lent Huang Hun a mysterious sword for protection. Yang Kai then learned that Huang Zhongqian was coming to Linhai City for talks and had slain a Commander Class vampire using gene serum and the Golden Cloud Sword Technique, leaving Qi Lin astonished by the prospect of a martial art from beyond the heavens.

• Cai Sen told Huang Hun that the one-armed vampire Qi Lin had beaten him and warned him that serving the prince meant courting death, so Huang Hun let Cai Sen leave.
• Huang Hun’s guards worried that Yang Kai’s threats signaled danger, and Huang Hun asked Yang Feng to explain the situation to Xu Ling.
• Xu Ling refused to abandon his three-year promise to protect Huang Hun and sent his sword for the prince’s self-defense.
• Huang Hun accepted Xu Ling’s blood-red sword, while Lin Chao wondered how vampires had survived the loss of the Vitality Martial Dao and continued cultivating.
• Yang Kai learned that Xu Ling had stayed and considered sending the Blood Guard after him, but held back because Huang Zhongqian was coming to Linhai City.
• Yang Kai told Qi Lin that Huang Zhongqian had killed a Commander Class vampire with gene serum and the Golden Cloud Sword Technique, which he had obtained from beyond the heavens.

Lin Chao discovered that blood clan members were feeding on debtors and killed Tong Jiao, a blood clan member in Linhai City. As Huang Zhongqian arrived to meet Huang Hun, he recognized Xu Ling’s sword as the legendary Huang Dao Sword and grew curious about whether Xu Ling was truly a martial artist.

• Lin Chao followed a loan shark to Fang Shi Real Estate, uncovered its blood-for-debt scheme, and killed the people behind it.
• Lin Chao found Tong Jiao, restrained her while examining her red-light power, and killed her; he wondered why blood clan members still existed after Vitality Martial Dao had been severed.
• Qi Lin investigated Tong Jiao’s death and considered Xu Ling a possible Commander Class blood clan member, while Wen Kao reported that blood clan members had been disappearing elsewhere.
• Huang Zhongqian arrived in Linhai City, ignored Yang Kai’s welcoming banquet, and went with Huang Hun to the manor.
• Huang Hun showed Huang Zhongqian the crimson sword Xu Ling had lent him, and Huang Zhongqian identified it as the Huang Dao Sword, a legendary blade made by the Huang Clan’s ancestor.
• Huang Hun told Huang Zhongqian how Xu Ling had been found at sea and claimed to be a martial artist, making Huang Zhongqian wonder whether Vitality Martial Dao could still exist.

Huang Zhongqian met with Huang Hun and his Guard Team, then Lin Chao resumed cultivating and went out to clear his mind. When Wen Kao confronted Lin Chao and dismissed him after he denied being bloodkin, Lin Chao demanded to know what Wen Kao had wanted.

• Huang Zhongqian told Huang Hun he would try to take him away if Zhang Yuanmou agreed to cooperate, and promised to protect him.
• Huang Zhongqian met Huang Hun's Guard Team, recognized the Huang Dao Sword, and explained its connection to the Huang Clan and Zhuang Meng.
• Lin Chao returned to cultivation, then went out and noticed Liu Lu acting strangely as she reported his departure to Wen Kao.
• Wen Kao confronted Lin Chao in an alley and asked if he was bloodkin; after Lin Chao denied it, Wen Kao dismissed him and tried to leave.
• Lin Chao stopped Wen Kao and asked what he had wanted with him.

Lin Chao killed Wen Kao and Liu Lu after discovering they had acted against him, while Commander Wen and Qi Lin suspected he was a martial artist. After Huang Hun told Lin Chao that his uncle had mastered the Golden Cloud Sword Technique, Lin Chao recognized the name from his memories.

• Lin Chao killed Wen Kao and took the Blood Bead that emerged from his body.
• Commander Wen and Qi Lin found Wen Kao’s corpse and concluded that Xu Ling was a martial artist, then discussed the threat such fighters might pose to Commander Zhang.
• Lin Chao confronted Liu Lu about revealing his whereabouts and killed her after finding her communication records.
• Huang Hun, Zhang He, and the others found Liu Lu’s body, and Lin Chao told them he had killed the bloodkin who confronted him.
• Huang Hun warned Lin Chao to stay at the manor until Commander Zhang arrived, then identified his uncle’s sword technique as the Golden Cloud Sword Technique, a name Lin Chao recognized.

Lin Chao recognized Huang Zhongqian’s Golden Cloud Sword Technique as the art taught to him by the Old Blind Man and learned where Huang Zhongqian had found it. After teaching Huang Zhongqian Emperor Wu’s Seven Severing Swords, Lin Chao left to plan a search in Wangcheng City, while Huang Zhongqian began preparing to master the first form.

• Lin Chao asked to meet Huang Zhongqian after hearing that he practiced the Golden Cloud Sword Technique.
• Huang Zhongqian demonstrated the sword art, and Lin Chao recognized it as the technique he had learned from the Old Blind Man.
• Lin Chao asked where Huang Zhongqian had obtained the technique and learned that he found it in a run-down bookstore in Tian Yun Residential Complex in Wangcheng City.
• Lin Chao taught Huang Zhongqian Emperor Wu’s Seven Severing Swords, and Huang Zhongqian bowed to him as a disciple.
• Huang Zhongqian judged that Lin Chao’s strength might rival a Royal Class Blood Clan, then announced he would seclude himself for two days to study the first sword form.

Zhang Yuanmou ordered an attack on Huang Hun’s estate to seize Huang Zhongqian’s navy, while Huang Zhongqian discovered the deception at the negotiations and fought back. The chapter ended with Huang Zhongqian facing two Royal Class Blood Clan members.

• Zhang Yuanmou told Commander Wen that he intended to take Huang Zhongqian’s navy by force and ordered him, Commander An, and Commander Jin to kill Huang Hun and Xu Ling.
• Huang Hun and Ji Hongyang waited at the estate, where Huang Hun hoped the negotiations would secure his freedom and praised Xu Ling’s strength.
• An explosion shook the estate, and Huang Hun realized the negotiations had gone wrong.
• Huang Zhongqian killed three Commander Class Blood Clan members with Emperor Wu’s Seven Severing Swords and confronted a Blood Clan member disguised as Zhang Yuanmou.
• Huang Zhongqian recognized the attack as an attempt to kill him and faced two Royal Class Blood Clan members.

Lin Chao revealed overwhelming strength, killing the vampires surrounding Huang Hun and the two Royal Class vampires fighting Huang Zhongqian. Zhang Yuanmou ordered a bombing of the estate, and the chapter ended as the fighter jets climbed to attack.

• Commander Wen, Commander Jin, and Commander An disarmed Zhang He and his squad, then demanded that Huang Hun hand over Xu Ling.
• Lin Chao appeared, immobilized the vampires with his pressure, and killed more than a dozen of them with a wave of his hand.
• Lin Chao gave Huang Hun the Huang Dao Sword and told him to remain at ease while the fighter jets still threatened the estate.
• Zhang Yuanmou learned that the commanders had died, then saw Lin Chao kill White Dragon and Black Zero with a single punch.
• Zhang Yuanmou ordered Yang Wei to begin carpet bombing, and Huang Zhongqian realized the fighter jets were preparing to attack.

Lin Chao used Emperor Wu's Seven Severing Swords to shield the estate from an aerial bombardment and destroy the attacking fighter jets. He then entered Zhang Yuanmou's building and killed him and the other leaders, ending the immediate threat.

• Lin Chao borrowed Huang Zhongqian's sword and used the fourth form of Emperor Wu's Seven Severing Swords to create a barrier over the estate.
• Lin Chao flew into the fighter formation and cut down the planes one by one while the bombs exploded against the barrier.
• Huang Zhongqian realized that Xu Ling had reached the innate realm of Vitality Martial Dao.
• Zhang Yuanmou tried to retreat to headquarters, but Lin Chao appeared in the building and killed him and everyone there with his sword intent.

After Lin Chao killed Zhang Yuanmou, he refused Huang Zhongqian’s offer to take power and left for Wangcheng City to investigate the Golden Cloud Sword Technique. Huang Zhongqian suspected Lin Chao was connected to the ancient Vitality Martial Dao, while news of Zhang Yuanmou’s death spread among the powerful.

• Lin Chao returned to the manor with Zhang Yuanmou’s sword, confirmed that he had killed Zhang Yuanmou, and received the thanks of Huang Hun and the others.
• Huang Zhongqian asked Lin Chao to take command and unify the eighteen provinces, but Lin Chao refused and said he would leave for Wangcheng City the next day.
• Lin Chao left the Huang Dao Sword with Huang Hun for protection under their three-year agreement and set out to pursue the Golden Cloud Sword Technique.
• Huang Zhongqian concluded that Lin Chao’s abilities resembled those of a congenital Vitality Martial Artist and wondered whether he was connected to Longevity Hermit.
• News of Zhang Yuanmou’s death reached the world’s major factions, which began investigating Lin Chao.
• Lin Chao arrived in Wangcheng City, found the closed bookstore where Huang Zhongqian had obtained the Golden Cloud Sword Technique, and called the listed contact, Mr. Jiang.

Lin Chao bought Jiang Weizhi’s bookstore and found a diary suggesting Jiang Weizhi had been trapped in a mission-based place, along with a martial arts manual and a strange pill. That night, Lacquer Horn Building appeared around Lin Chao, and he discovered its connection to a god named Qi Jiao.

• Lin Chao bought Jiang Weizhi’s bookstore from Mr. Jiang after learning Jiang Weizhi had died.
• Lin Chao searched the bookstore and found a hidden box containing a pill, the Dragon Form Fist Technique, and Jiang Weizhi’s damaged diary.
• Lin Chao read diary entries about missions, rewards, deaths, and repeated selection, then continued cultivating in Jiang Weizhi’s room.
• Lacquer Horn Building transported Lin Chao’s room and demanded that he accept a newcomer mission, but Lin Chao refused and shattered its screen.
• Lin Chao seized the building’s Law Power, severed its connection, then reconnected it and realized its master was likely a god named Qi Jiao.
• Lin Chao wondered whether the Golden Cloud Sword Technique came from Lacquer Horn Building and decided to investigate why Qi Jiao had targeted this world.

Lin Chao joined five other residents for a newcomer mission at the abandoned Aier Manor, where servants, mercenaries, and more than a hundred others had died. The mission required them to find the manor owner's missing sheep and return it to the sheepfold before dawn, leaving the group worried about how dangerous the task would be.

• Lin Chao accepted the newcomer mission and went down to the lobby, where five residents waited for him.
• Zhao Ting recognized Lin Chao from their meeting at a library and was relieved to see someone familiar.
• Zhuge Anran explained that the Lacquer Horn Building was real and that failing the mission meant death, while Lin Chao remained calm.
• The group read the mission details about Aier Manor's disappearances and deaths, then learned they had to find the missing sheep before dawn.
• Tang Qiang and Fang Tong worried about the mission's danger, and Fang Tong blamed Lin Chao for bringing them into it.