Chapter Summaries

After twenty years in seclusion, Lin Changheng advanced to the third layer of Nascent Soul and strengthened his Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land, beasts, and resources. With war raging across the Azure Abyss Inner and Outer Seas, he planned to join forces with the Truefire Flood Dragon to hunt an injured fourth-tier Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.

• A Nascent Soul cultivator was killed body and soul in an ambush, and the Demon Race fully joined the war across the Azure Abyss Inner and Outer Seas.
• Lin Changheng completed his secluded breakthrough to the third layer of Nascent Soul and resumed body tempering after twenty years away from the practice.
• Lin Changheng installed a fourth-tier low-grade spirit vein in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land, bringing its total to twenty-four spirit veins and increasing its spiritual energy.
• Lin Changheng inspected Little Qing, Xiao Hei, Big Gray, and his other spirit beasts, concluding that Little Qing should soon break through and that earth-breath soil might be improving Xiao Hei's bloodline.
• Lin Changheng told the Truefire Flood Dragon that they would wait for an injured fourth-tier middle-stage Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator and then attack together.
• Lin Changheng emerged from body-tempering practice and continued relying on his attendants and life-bound corpse puppets to manage his cave abode and combat needs.

Lin Changheng received wind-aspected Divine Origin Essence Blood from the Immortal Palace, transformed his Wind-Piercing Beast Treasure Seed, and greatly strengthened his divine sense. He also achieved One Furnace, Three Essences in pill refining, while the fighting at the front intensified and an unknown visitor arrived at his door.

• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Qingwei had gone to the Outer Sea, then received a visit from True Lord Feili, who offered him a gift on behalf of the Immortal Palace’s three Palace Masters.
• Lin Changheng asked for Divine Origin Essence Blood, and True Lord Feili arranged for a steward to deliver a sealed Jade Box containing three masses of wind-aspected essence blood from True Lord Yuanxi.
• Lin Changheng used the essence blood to complete the Wind-Piercing Beast Treasure Seed’s transformation, integrated Northwind's Ten Thousand Cries, and extended his divine sense to 206 li.
• Lin Changheng refined pills for True Lord Qingwu and achieved One Furnace, Three Essences, receiving his notes on fourth-tier spirit medicines and treasure plants in return.
• Lin Changheng planned to consolidate his Pill Dao and prepare the Demon-Shedding Transformation Pill as an unknown caller sent a voice transmission from beyond his door restrictions.

Lin Changheng prepared to hunt for demon beast essence blood while refining premium Demon-Shedding Transformation Pills, then used one to help Little Qing begin her transformation. Little Qing’s breakthrough produced a terrifying black phenomenon, and the chapter left her transformation underway as her fourth-tier demon power shook the valley.

• Yu Susu reported that the Green Jade Gate had located another Nether Void Demon Beast, and Lin Changheng agreed to travel with her later to find it.
• Lin Changheng refined three premium Demon-Shedding Transformation Pills and chose Little Qing to attempt the first transformation.
• Little Qing began her breakthrough in a borrowed valley, while Lin Changheng guarded the formation from outside.
• Little Qing’s tiger roar and vast black celestial phenomenon drew cultivators and Nascent Soul True Lords, who learned that Lin Changheng was her master.
• True Lord Jingxuan again invited Lin Changheng to hunt demons, but Lin Changheng declined.
• Little Qing’s transformation intensified as she roared in pain and released overwhelming fourth-tier demon power from her demon core.

Little Qing successfully transformed into a fourth-tier Demon King and reunited with Lin Changheng, whose growing strength drew the Luminous Jade Palace’s attention and an offer of alliance rewards. As Lin prepared for a possible future hunt of the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, he weighed ways to help Black Tortoise advance and transform.

• Little Qing endured heavenly lightning, completed her transformation, and demanded that the cultivators address her as True Lord Sacred Tiger.
• True Lord Lingxiu told Lin Changheng that the Demon- and Monster-Extermination Alliance offered valuable rewards, including treasures that could help Nascent Soul cultivators break through.
• After Little Qing emerged from seclusion, Lin Changheng brought her home and sent her to cultivate in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land.
• Lin strengthened his soul defenses and created the Wind God Thorn by combining his divine sense with the Northwind's Ten Thousand Cries Demonic Art.
• Lin and the Truefire Flood Dragon discussed Black Tortoise’s poor chances of transformation and considered using either an Ancestral Blood Spirit-Summoning Pill or the Flood Dragon Pearl to aid him.
• Lin said he expected to return to sea when the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator was injured, while the Truefire Flood Dragon urged him to decide soon how to help Black Tortoise.

Lin Changheng refined powerful sword and soul techniques, agreed to let Xiao Hei use a Flood Dragon Pearl to pursue a bloodline transformation, and learned that Mo Zhaoli might have a chance to advance toward Nascent Soul after the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild suffered major losses. He and Yu Susu traveled into the war zone to hunt a demon beast, but a veteran demonic cultivator detected them near the Ten Thousand Bones Sect’s guarded territory.

• Lin Changheng adapted the Great Transformation Heavenly Demon Annihilation Slash to sword rays, tested its piercing power, and broke through the fifth layer of the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture.
• Lin Changheng agreed to Xiao Hei’s choice to use the Flood Dragon Pearl for a possible bloodline transformation, and the Truefire Flood Dragon instructed Xiao Hei how to absorb its power gradually.
• Lin Changheng received Mo Zhaoli’s letter reporting her advancement to the ninth layer of Core Formation and warning that True Lord Sea-Sweeper had betrayed the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild and helped the Demon Race ambush two Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Lin Changheng concluded that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild might promote late Core Formation cultivators such as Mo Zhaoli, and that its retaliation could create an opening to hunt the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu crossed the Inner Sea’s defensive line and headed toward the Ten Thousand Bones Sect’s territory, where Yu Susu warned him about a formidable demonic cultivator.
• A sinister voice detected Lin Changheng and Yu Susu as they tried to slip past the demonic cultivator’s territory.

Lin Changheng ambushed and killed Devil Lord Chimo, capturing his Nascent Soul after testing his new Wind God Thorn and other combat techniques. He and Yu Susu continued into the Outer Sea, while Lin Changheng considered claiming a kill reward and keeping the details of other killings secret.

• Yu Susu and Lin Changheng were ambushed by Devil Lord Chimo, but Lin Changheng froze and captured the blood-cloud treasure while evading the attacks.
• Lin Changheng used Wind God Thorn to interrupt Chimo’s spells, then struck him with a beam and sword ray that destroyed his body and forced his Nascent Soul to flee.
• Chimo escaped a sword formation with instantaneous teleportation, but Lin Changheng trapped him in a net of emerald and blue flames, froze his Nascent Soul, and stored it along with his corpse.
• Lin Changheng disabled the watching demon cultivators and left with Yu Susu before reinforcements could arrive, then assessed the results of his newly tested techniques.
• Yu Susu reminded Lin Changheng that killing Chimo entitled them to an alliance reward, and Lin Changheng decided to claim rewards for some past kills while keeping the Poisonfire Flood Dragon’s death secret.

Lin Changheng captured a family of Purple Lightning Bulls to harvest their essence blood and secured his escape from the Demonic Path’s Outer Sea defenses with Yu Susu. The chapter ended with the two safely beyond the battle line, while the Devil Lords remained unaware of who had killed Chi Mo.

• Yu Susu located the Purple Lightning Bulls’ hidden cave, and Lin Changheng sent Little Qing to subdue the four beasts.
• Little Qing captured the two adult Purple Lightning Bulls and their calves, after which Lin Changheng controlled the male and harvested essence blood from both adults.
• Lin Changheng stored the bulls in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land and set up formations before completing another task in a nearby cavern.
• True Lord Yuan Chang’s soul search revealed no useful clues about Chi Mo’s killer, so she and True Lord Meat Mountain and True Lord Three Skulls agreed to stay alert and attack together if the culprit reappeared.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu found a weakly guarded route out of the Outer Sea and escaped past a Core Formation demonic cultivator without being detected.

Lin Changheng reached the Inner Sea defensive line, chose a lightning talent from the Purple Lightning Bull, and examined the spoils taken from Devil Lord Chimo. After refining his new treasures and reuniting with True Lord Qingwei, he discovered Qingwei’s disciple Ouyang Hao had formed a golden core and offered to refine pills for him.

• Lin Changheng decided to keep Devil Lord Chimo’s capture secret for now and rested with Yu Susu at the island fortress behind the defensive line.
• Lin Changheng began spirit seizure with Purple Lightning Bull essence blood, chose Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning, and placed a third-tier water-attribute spirit vein in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land.
• Lin Changheng found Chimo’s Blood Cloud treasures, the Great Thousand Thunder-Breath Truth-Seeking Art, and a damaged Black-Gold Banner, which he refined and renamed the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.
• After ten days, Lin Changheng gave Yu Susu a Youth-Preserving Pill and cultivation pills, and she led him to visit True Lord Qingwei.
• Lin Changheng sensed that Qingwei’s disciple Ouyang Hao had formed a golden core and offered to refine Premium Twin Cores for him; Ouyang Hao kowtowed in gratitude.

Lin Changheng arranged a bounty for rare demon beast essence blood and learned that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild was preparing retaliation against a Single-Horned Fire Flood Dragon. After discovering that Mo Zhaoli was fighting on the front lines, he hurried to the battlefield, where she was surrounded by three Demon Beasts.

• True Lord Qingwei offered Lin Changheng and Yu Susu rare essence blood, helped arrange Lin Changheng’s bounty, and hinted that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild was preparing secret retaliation involving a Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu visited other True Lords, then parted ways as Yu Susu returned to the Green Jade Gate and Lin Changheng headed for the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild to see Mo Zhaoli.
• Lin Changheng visited Darkwind Tower, obtained updated intelligence about Extreme Demon Ancestor’s breakthrough and Extreme Demon Lord’s recovery, then continued to the Merchant Guild’s General Altar.
• A guard captain told Lin Changheng that Mo Zhaoli was fighting on the front line and gave him a victory-report Jade Slip and a Sea Chart; Lin Changheng rewarded the captain with a third-tier superior-grade craft inheritance.
• Lin Changheng learned that Mo Zhaoli had earned first place in the victory report for her fighting, but she was attacked by several Demon Beasts and ended the chapter surrounded by three of her tier.

Mo Zhaoli broke a three-demon siege with the Silver Ring Talisman Treasure, but two Demon Kings attacked her as she returned to camp, forcing True Lord Buhai to intervene. Lin Changheng then appeared and killed the bird-beaked Demon King with one sword, leaving the demon army shaken and the battle’s balance transformed.

• Mo Zhaoli used her gilded rings and Silver Ring Talisman Treasure to kill a giant sea crab demon, wound a purple turtle demon, and drive off the green snake demon.
• The black-scaled female Demon King and the bird-beaked male Demon King attacked Mo Zhaoli, but True Lord Buhai intercepted their strikes and sent her back to camp.
• True Lord Buhai confronted the Demon Kings, killed three late third-tier demons, and fought both Demon Kings while human and demon forces withdrew to watch.
• Lin Changheng’s sword formation trapped the bird-beaked Demon King, and his Sun-Piercing Sword Pillar killed him with one strike.
• Lin Changheng collected the Demon King’s corpse as human cultivators recognized him as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity, while the demon camp fell silent in fear.

Lin Changheng killed Sacred Plume Demon King and badly wounded the Darkscale Demon King, who escaped into the sea before Little Qing hunted her down. After collecting their spoils and evading a powerful pursuer, Lin Changheng returned to the human camp to a triumphant welcome.

• Lin Changheng and True Lord Buhai cornered the black-scaled female cultivator, and Lin Changheng refused her Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item as payment for her life.
• Lin Changheng and True Lord Buhai struck the Darkscale Demon King with coordinated attacks, gravely wounding her, but her blood scales damaged Buhai's treasure and forced Lin Changheng to use the Flame Substitute Demonic Art to avoid injury.
• The Darkscale Demon King fled beneath the sea, and Lin Changheng sent Little Qing and the Truefire Flood Dragon after her while he stayed behind to process Sacred Plume Demon King's remains.
• Little Qing killed the wounded Darkscale Demon King and returned with her corpse; Lin Changheng praised her, collected the demon king's treasures, and learned a fourth-tier middle-stage demon was approaching.
• Lin Changheng escaped the approaching demon with his Three-Colored Escape Light and returned to the human camp, where the cultivators welcomed him as a victorious hero.

Lin Changheng shared the demon kings’ spoils with True Lord Buhai, who promised to recommend Mo Zhaoli for the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild’s core training program. After Mo Zhaoli chose to remain in the Azure Abyss Sea while Lin planned to return to the Eight Kingdoms Region, Lin gave her Nascent Soul resources and preserved a strand of her soul and true spirit; a year later, he mastered the Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning art and went to test it on natural lightning.

• Lin Changheng confirmed that he had slain the Darkscale Demon King, then shared hunting spoils with True Lord Buhai, who promised to recommend Mo Zhaoli for the guild’s core training program.
• Lin Changheng preserved a strand of Mo Zhaoli’s soul and true spirit, and Mo Zhaoli chose to stay in the Azure Abyss Sea and pursue Nascent Soul formation while Lin planned to return to the Eight Kingdoms Region.
• Lin Changheng gave Mo Zhaoli a premium Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, a premium Illusion-Breaking Pill, and a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item; she accepted and pledged to become his Dao companion after forming her Nascent Soul.
• A year later, Lin Changheng used Purple Lightning Bull essence blood to refine the Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning Otherworldly Art, discovered it enhanced his lightning spells, and flew out to gather mortal lightning power.
• Lin Changheng found a storm over the sea, activated several defensive arts and his True Flood Dragon Armor, then deliberately guided a bolt of lightning onto himself.

Lin Changheng tested the limits and combat uses of his lightning-absorption talent, then learned about alliance rewards that could aid his cultivation and provide essence blood. He decided to report his demon kills and exchange his battle merits for both treasures, shocking True Lord Qingwei when he arrived at the frontline camp.

• Lin Changheng absorbed mortal lightning into his lightning nest, tested its capacity and conversion, and used commanded lightning to kill a demon beast and destroy a demon ghost and an evil blood-cloud treasure.
• Lin Changheng concluded that his lightning talent could strengthen him in battle, counter evil creatures, and potentially reduce heavenly-tribulation damage, while rejecting the idea of taking essence blood from the Wind-Piercing Beast.
• True Lord Feili told Lin Changheng that the alliance offered an Origin Sea Spirit Lychee through a merit competition and fourth-tier divine origin essence blood through a fixed-price exchange.
• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Tianyue and True Lord Jinyue might pool their merits to compete for the lychee, but he changed the subject and thanked True Lord Feili for the information.
• Several days later, Lin Changheng decided to report his four kills and exchange his merits for both rewards, then flew to the frontline camp and startled True Lord Qingwei with his report.

Lin Changheng learned the Alliance’s merit-contest rules and prepared to redeem his battle merits for a divine-origin treasure as the war escalated. At the exchange hall, a cultivator recognized him as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity.

• Lin Changheng told True Lord Qingwei that he had killed Devil Lord Bloodbone and Devil Lord Chimo, then asked for help redeeming his battle merits and obtaining a Purple-Mist Spirit Tea root.
• Lin Changheng and True Lord Qingwei visited injured True Lord Haiya, who postponed their cooperation but promised to provide Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood within three years.
• Lin Changheng advanced the Yin Tide Demon-Subduing Spirit-Invoking Mantra to great accomplishment and continued developing his escape and combat techniques.
• True Lord Qingwei informed Lin Changheng that merit exchanges would open, explaining the contest rules for special treasures; Lin Changheng confirmed he planned to redeem fourth-tier divine-origin essence blood.
• Lin Changheng and True Lord Qingwei arrived at the Alliance’s merit-exchange hall, where a cultivator recognized Lin Changheng as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity.

Lin Changheng registered the deaths of two Demon Kings and two Devil Lords, exchanged battle merits for divine origin essence blood, and returned to the Immortal Palace as his reputation and enemies grew. After learning that the Demonic Path and demon cultivators had placed him on their kill list, he received two urgent pieces of news that forced him to leave the palace.

• Lin Changheng presented the heads, demon cores, corpses, and primordial spirits of Sacred Plume, Darkscale, Bloodbone, and Chi Mo, astonishing the Nascent Soul cultivators at the alliance encampment.
• Lin Changheng opened the merit contest for the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee and exchanged battle merits for three clumps of divine origin essence blood, while True Lord Jinyue learned of his four kills and resolved to avoid confronting him for now.
• Lin Changheng returned to his cave abode, where Yu Susu reported that Wind-Piercer had died and gave him fourteen clumps of Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood as her Martial Uncle's final wish.
• News of Lin Changheng's four kills spread across the Azure Abyss Sea, and the Demonic Path and demon cultivators placed him on their kill list.
• Lin Changheng received two pieces of news after hiding in the Immortal Palace for less than a year and a half, then rose to leave.

Lin Changheng prepared to leave the Luminous Jade Immortal Palace and hunt the wounded Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, hoping to secure resources for his breakthrough and a body for Old Jiao. After meeting Mo Zhaoli and learning that a follower of True Lord Sea-Sweeper had been stalking her, Lin Changheng decided to use the captive to track his enemies toward the dragon.

• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Jinyue had entered the military-merit contest and that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild had gravely wounded the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, so he resolved to leave the palace and pursue the opportunity.
• Lin Changheng drew essence blood from the Purple Lightning Bulls, seized two layers of their treasure seed, and strengthened his Thunder Nest and Command Thunder art.
• Lin Changheng reviewed his combat resources, told Old Jiao they would hunt the dragon without involving Su Su, and said they would return to the Eight Kingdoms Region afterward.
• Lin Changheng left the palace in his Li Feiyu guise, summoned Mo Zhaoli, and captured a cultivator who had been following her with a concealment talisman.
• Lin Changheng soul-searched the captive and learned that True Lord Sea-Sweeper had directed him to gather information; Mo Zhaoli also shared the wounded dragon's likely escape route.
• Lin Changheng gave Mo Zhaoli protective treasures and flew off with the captive, intending to track True Lord Sea-Sweeper and then locate the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.

Lin Changheng used a disguised puppet to ambush and capture True Lord Sea-Sweeper, then searched his memories for the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator. He learned the demon was hiding in his late wife’s former cave abode and found a sealed sandalwood box in Sea-Sweeper’s storage bag.

• Mo Zhaoli resolved to keep advancing her cultivation after parting from Lin Changheng, unaware that he watched her leave before departing himself.
• Lin Changheng used the Azure Pivot Spirit-Creation Demonic Art to control a middle-aged cultivator and sent him to meet True Lord Sea-Sweeper as a decoy.
• The controlled cultivator attacked Sea-Sweeper with Lin Changheng’s sword intent, while Lin Changheng used a spirit attack and teleportation techniques to capture Sea-Sweeper’s Nascent Soul.
• Lin Changheng searched Sea-Sweeper’s memories and learned that the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator was hiding in his late wife’s former cave abode.
• Lin Changheng sealed Sea-Sweeper’s Nascent Soul to avoid alerting the demon, then found a Spirit-Sealed sandalwood box in Sea-Sweeper’s storage bag.

Lin Changheng claimed the Spirit-Candle Flower, prepared True Lord Sea-Sweeper as a weapon, and lured the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator into an ambush. With the dragon gravely wounded and surrounded, Lin Changheng exposed his old injuries and unleashed a devastating sword strike and lightning attack.

• Lin Changheng discovered the Spirit-Candle Flower in the wooden box and fused four flames into a pearl, concealing it inside True Lord Sea-Sweeper's body.
• True Lord Sea-Sweeper entered the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator's underwater cave, where the pearl exploded and tore through the formation, badly reopening the dragon's wounds.
• Lin Changheng, Little Qing, Old Jiao, and the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet surrounded the injured dragon and attacked, with the corpse puppet ambushing him and worsening his back wound.
• Little Qing protected the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet from the dragon's breath attack, while Lin Changheng and his allies continued pressing the wounded dragon and the corpse puppet destroyed one of his eyes.
• Lin Changheng coordinated with Old Jiao to draw away the dragon's soul defenses, then struck him with a piercing soul attack as Little Qing toppled him and exposed his back.
• Lin Changheng drove a crimson-black sword strike into the dragon's exposed wound and summoned a massive bolt of lightning above himself.

Lin Changheng killed the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, captured his soul, helped Old Jiao take over the dragon’s body, and extracted a fourth-tier spirit vein before fleeing. As he neared the Demonic Path’s defenses, an unseen danger prompted him to accelerate, and he smashed through a blocking Devil Lord, leaving the Demon Cultivators wondering what happened to the man’s Nascent Soul.

• Lin Changheng unleashed his accumulated Mortal Lightning, gravely wounded the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, and finished him off after confirming he was near death.
• Lin Changheng seized the Flood Dragon Core and extracted the cultivator’s soul with the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, then revealed that he had also killed the dragon’s wife.
• Lin Changheng called Old Jiao to possess the dragon corpse, stored the body and his companions in Heaven-in-a-Pot, and extracted the hidden fourth-tier fire spirit vein from the cave abode.
• A fourth-tier late-stage wind Flood Dragon sensed the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator’s death and left the Sacred Dragon Palace, while the Golden Flood Dragon secretly guarded Kunpeng essence blood he had withheld.
• Lin Changheng fled with the spirit vein, sensed something amiss near the Demonic Path’s defensive line, and used a Three-Colored Escape Light to break through.
• A Nascent Soul early-stage Devil Lord blocked Lin Changheng, but a piercing cry left him dazed and Lin Changheng’s collision reduced his body to blood mist, leaving the Demon Cultivators unsure where his Nascent Soul had gone.

Lin Changheng broke the Heavenly Secrets lock used by the Old Wind Flood Dragon to track him and struck back across space, then escaped to Luminous Jade Sky Island. Months later, as the war continued and rumors spread about his exploits, he watched the Truefire Flood Dragon begin to show signs of returning to life.

• Lin Changheng used [Wind God Thorn] and his three-colored escape light to kill the Devil Lord who blocked his route, then captured the Nascent Soul and collected the spoils.
• The Old Wind Flood Dragon pursued Lin Changheng with a Heavenly Secrets lock, but Lin Changheng used [Candle Gaze Divine Ability] to find and sever the thread, then sent a damaging counterattack through it.
• The Old Wind Flood Dragon failed to find Lin Changheng and decided to pursue him covertly, while Lin Changheng returned to Luminous Jade Sky Island and laughed with relief before entering his cave abode.
• Months later, Mo Zhaoli received support for her attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and Inner Sea cultivators speculated that Lin Changheng had rammed a Devil Lord to death.
• Lin Changheng checked the Truefire Flood Dragon in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land and sensed faint traces of vitality spreading through its corpse.