Chapter Summaries

After winning nine bottles of pills in the arena, Lin Feng took the injured Sun Yu to a fine inn and went to buy medicine for him. He returned to find Little Gold sucking on Sun Yu’s chest, then brewed his medicine and counted up his newly amassed Breakthrough Points, ready to spend them.

• Lin Feng helped Sun Yu leave the arena, where the crowd made way for them, and took him to the best inn in town to rest before the contest against the City Guards.
• Lin Feng left Little Gold to watch Sun Yu while he went to a pharmacy, where a white-bearded physician recognized his medical knowledge and invited him to visit.
• Lin Feng returned to find Sun Yu’s shirt torn and Little Gold sucking on his chest; Little Gold said Sun Yu had demon beast blood and called him half-human.
• Lin Feng stopped the pair’s antics, told Little Gold not to bully Sun Yu, and began brewing medicine for Sun Yu’s injuries.
• Lin Feng converted his pills into Breakthrough Points and tallied a total of 2,872, deciding he could finally splurge.

Lin Feng perfected the Five Elements Sword Array’s five sword arts and fused them into the peerless Five Elements Swordplay, then took Sun Yu outside the city after treating his injuries. Sun Yu sensed a companion calling from the mountains, and the two headed toward it.

• Lin Feng spent 420 Breakthrough Points to perfect the five sword arts that made up the Five Elements Sword Array.
• Lin Feng fused the five arts into the peerless Five Elements Swordplay and discovered it could not yet be fused with the Yin Yang Swordplay.
• Lin Feng reviewed his attributes and judged that his high life attribute could let him contend with an ordinary Super-Class Master.
• Lin Feng caught Sun Yu trying to persuade Little Gold to follow him, and Little Gold mauled Sun Yu until he promised to stop pursuing it.
• Lin Feng gave Sun Yu medicine, then accompanied him outside the city after Sun Yu said he sensed a companion calling from the mountains.

Sun Yu found a gray squirrel who claimed he was a prince of the Demonic Beast Dynasty and tried to persuade him to return and learn the Ancestral Return Scripture. Little Gray detected deadly danger nearby, and Lin Feng and Sun Yu saw Mayi Guard envoy Liu Xingde approaching.

• Sun Yu led Lin Feng into the mountains and found a gray squirrel who recognized royal blood in him and called him a prince.
• Little Gold identified the squirrel as a weak member of the gray squirrel clan, while the creature explained that it had fled the Demonic Beast Dynasty and been injured by the general's men.
• Sun Yu treated the squirrel's wound, named him Little Gray, and refused to accept that he was a demonic beast without proof.
• Little Gray sensed deadly danger behind them, and Lin Feng saw Liu Xingde approaching with a longsword.
• Liu Xingde confronted Lin Feng and Sun Yu, asking whether they had gone into the mountains to choose where to die.

Lin Feng faced Liu Xingde, a Super-Class Master of the Liu Family, and used Crimson Gold Glaze to fend off his attacks. Liu Xingde broke through Lin Feng’s barrage and unleashed the Heaven Splitting Sword Strike, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Liu Xingde confronted Lin Feng and Sun Yu, boasting that he had tracked them and demanding Lin Feng become a dead servant by taking the Nine Nether Corpse Pill.
• Sun Yu tried to signal for help with a Cloud-Piercing Arrow, but Liu Xingde shattered it; Lin Feng then urged Sun Yu to flee.
• Liu Xingde shot a hidden weapon at Sun Yu, and Lin Feng intercepted it with two shots of Crimson Gold Glaze.
• Lin Feng unleashed a continuous barrage of Crimson Gold Glaze that drained Liu Xingde’s Body Protection Qi, but Liu Xingde counterattacked with Finger Flicking Lightning and rushed closer.
• Liu Xingde drew his sword and struck at Lin Feng with the Fourth Form of the Divine Sword, Heaven Splitting Sword Strike.

Lin Feng fought Liu Xingde by exhausting the Super-Class Master's True Qi, then revealed his perfected Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and chased him down after Liu Xingde tried to flee. Liu Xingde's Qi Shield collapsed, leaving him to beg Lin Feng to stop and talk.

• Lin Feng held off Liu Xingde's Divine Sword Style Four strike and tricked him into wasting True Qi during their prolonged clash.
• Lin Feng and Liu Xingde exchanged hidden weapons through the forest while Sun Yu and Little Gray watched and discussed Lin Feng's strength.
• Liu Xingde's Finger Flicking Lightning struck Lin Feng's chest, but Lin Feng's perfected Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill repelled it.
• Liu Xingde fled after realizing Lin Feng had mastered several supreme techniques, but Lin Feng pursued him with Sun Moon Primordial True Qi.
• Lin Feng's attacks exhausted Liu Xingde's True Qi and broke his Qi Shield, prompting Liu Xingde to beg him to stop and talk.

Lin Feng killed Liu Xingde, searched his belongings, and let Little Gold consume the corpse. He and Sun Yu returned to the city in secret, while Lin Feng planned to improve Finger Flicking Lightning.

• Lin Feng ignored Liu Xingde's plea and killed him with Crimson Gold Glaze.
• Lin Feng took Liu Xingde's silver, pills, Finger Flicking Lightning manual, waist token, and treasured sword.
• Little Gold dissolved Liu Xingde's body, swallowed the crimson pill that formed, and fell asleep to digest it.
• Sun Yu arrived with Little Gray, learned that Liu Xingde was dead and Little Gold had eaten him, and praised Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng told Sun Yu to keep the fight secret, then they rode back to the city as the sun set.
• Lin Feng planned to perfect Finger Flicking Lightning and potentially integrate it into Crimson Gold Glaze.

Lin Feng perfected Finger Flicking Lightning, broke through to the Bronze Bone Realm, and gained a faster fused attack. At the prefectural martial competition, he accepted pills and first place in exchange for sparing the City Lord’s Mansion’s fighters, then invited Sun Yu to travel with him toward the provincial capital and the Sword Sect.

• Lin Feng perfected Finger Flicking Lightning, crushed a steel ball with his newfound strength, and discovered he had reached the Bronze Bone Realm.
• Lin Feng fused Finger Flicking Lightning into Crimson Gold Glaze, creating Lightning Bow 2, then washed away the impurities expelled by his breakthrough.
• Lin Feng checked on Sun Yu, who learned that Little Gold had tricked him about demon-beast etiquette, while Little Gold continued digesting Liu Xingde’s blood pearl.
• The next morning, Long Tianxiang gave Lin Feng forty-five Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills and first place in exchange for Lin Feng not killing the City Lord’s Mansion’s fighters.
• Lin Feng accepted the bargain and sat out challenges at the competition, then asked Sun Yu to travel with him; Sun Yu agreed, hoping to see the Sword Sect.

After winning the county martial competition, Lin Feng visited a medical hall and used the Gaze Scan function to absorb its medical books, bringing his medical skill close to the Intermediate Master level. He learned the old doctor had also written a notebook of his lifetime’s medical knowledge, and asked to see it.

• Lin Feng watched the arena matches with Sun Yu, earned forty-five pills, and converted them into Breakthrough Points.
• Lin Feng visited a medical hall and read its collection of medical books while the old doctor hosted him.
• Lin Feng activated Gaze Scan and copied the medical books into his mind, then spent Breakthrough Points to gain medical knowledge and reach the Beginner Master level.
• Lin Feng asked the old doctor for any treasured medical writings, and the doctor revealed that he had written a notebook of his lifetime’s knowledge.

Lin Feng learned medical arts from an old physician, reached Intermediate Master, and urged the ailing man to care for himself. On his way home, Lin Feng discovered that Hundred Poisons Child had tried to poison him and pursued the assassin into a crowded night market, where he began searching for him.

• Lin Feng memorized the old physician’s notes, used a Breakthrough Point to reach Intermediate Master, and discovered the physician’s hidden ailment.
• Lin Feng gave the old physician ten thousand-tael banknotes and promised to return once his medical arts became divine.
• Lin Feng bought braised pork for Sun Yu, sensed it was poisoned, and identified the vendor’s disguised companion as Hundred Poisons Child.
• Hundred Poisons Child fled into an alley and threw blue poison powder at Lin Feng, then disappeared into the crowded night market.
• Lin Feng inspected the crowd’s attribute panels and fixed his gaze on an old man roasting sweet potatoes.

Lin Feng chased the wounded Hundred Poisons Child into Cold Moon Pavilion and invoked the right to make a demand under its rules. When the woman in white tried to dismiss him and refused to provide a poison art manual, Lin Feng subdued and beat her.

• Lin Feng exposed Hundred Poisons Child's disguise, wounded him with a Crimson Gold Glaze, and pursued him across the rooftops into Cold Moon Pavilion.
• A woman in white told Lin Feng that Cold Moon Pavilion had taken in Hundred Poisons Child and ended its assassination attempt against him.
• Lin Feng demanded Hundred Poisons Child's poison art manual, but the woman in white claimed he had not brought it and ordered Lin Feng to leave.
• Lin Feng asked for a handwritten copy, then attacked the woman in white when she refused and tried to drive him out.
• Lin Feng sealed the woman in white's true qi and slapped her repeatedly until her face was swollen.

Lin Feng beat the woman in white at Cold Moon Pavilion while demanding Hundred Poisons Child’s poison arts manual, but an Innate expert subdued him and ordered him to become an Outer Killer. The woman in white then led him to Hundred Poisons Child and took the manual, while Lin Feng quietly activated his defensive skill again.

• Lin Feng repeatedly slapped the woman in white and demanded that she take him to Hundred Poisons Child or copy the poison arts manual for him.
• A black-clad little girl from the second floor used her Innate pressure to immobilize Lin Feng, and the woman in white tried to stab him but could not pierce his defenses.
• The black-clad little girl ordered the woman in white to meet Lin Feng’s demands and gave him a brass token, making him an Outer Killer of Cold Moon Pavilion.
• The woman in white led Lin Feng to Hundred Poisons Child and demanded his manual, threatening to cut off his fingers and toes if he failed to copy it quickly.
• Hundred Poisons Child handed over the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome, and the woman in white slapped him with it for claiming he did not have the manual; Lin Feng silently activated the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill again.

Lin Feng escaped Cold Moon Pavilion with the secret manual after the Innate Realm Expert stopped the conflict. Back at the inn, he told Sun Yu they needed to keep a low profile and planned to continue toward the prefectural city the next day.

• The woman in white beat Hundred Poisons Child, then gave Lin Feng the secret manual and ordered him to leave Cold Moon Pavilion.
• The Innate Realm Expert told Lin Feng and Hundred Poisons Child to leave and not fight outside, and Lin Feng returned to the inn.
• Hundred Poisons Child followed Lin Feng and offered to buy back the manual, so Lin Feng demanded twenty Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills by the next day.
• Lin Feng returned to the inn and told Sun Yu about the dangerous encounter, and Sun Yu explained that he had watched the inn from across the street.
• Lin Feng praised Sun Yu's vigilance and said they should rest before heading to the prefectural city the next day.

Lin Feng worried about Zhang Xiaoyu and his search for the Ice Demon Art, while Zhang Xiaoyu settled into life with Yun Mengwu in the Blood Demon Sect and considered entering the Blood Demon Ancestor’s disciple-selection trial. After wrestling with guilt and suspicion, Zhang Xiaoyu chose to live in the present, but Yun Mengwu revealed a sharp, icy gaze after he fell asleep.

• Lin Feng studied the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome and wondered whether Zhang Xiaoyu was alive in the Demonic Sect.
• Yun Mengwu brought Zhang Xiaoyu to the Blood Demon Sect, where he passed an examination, became an outer disciple, and received the first three levels of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor announced a selection ceremony for a final disciple, and Zhang Xiaoyu decided to compete.
• Zhang Xiaoyu returned to Yun Mengwu, who reassured him of her love, and the two shared dinner and spent the night together.
• Zhang Xiaoyu struggled with guilt about his wife and children, then resolved to live in the present and fell asleep beside Yun Mengwu.
• After Zhang Xiaoyu fell asleep, Yun Mengwu opened her eyes and revealed a sharp, icy gaze.

Zhang Xiaoyu considered joining the Blood Demon Ancestor’s deadly disciple-selection trial, while Lin Feng used Gaze Scan and Breakthrough Points to master the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome and Myriad Poisons True Scripture. The chapter left Lin Feng noticing something unexpected about his medical path level.

• Yun Mengwu warned Zhang Xiaoyu that the Blood Demon Sect’s trial would send tens of thousands of participants into Blood Demon Divine Mountain to kill one another, and Zhang Xiaoyu pretended to agree not to enter.
• Lin Feng scanned the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome with Gaze Scan and discovered the Myriad Poisons True Scripture hidden alongside it.
• Lin Feng perfected the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome, then reached its Intent Realm and gained immunity to poisons after initially suffering harmful effects from cultivation.
• Lin Feng mastered the Myriad Poisons True Scripture, gaining immunity to myriad poisons and the ability to store and wield deadly poisons through his true qi.
• Lin Feng checked his attribute panel and froze when he noticed his medical path level.

Lin Feng used his poison immunity to lure Hundred Poisons Child into a false sense of victory, then killed him and recovered the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome. As Lin Feng continued toward the provincial capital with Sun Yu, someone in a distant carriage watched the killing.

• Lin Feng fused the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome into the Myriad Poisons True Scripture and saw that his medical skill had reached Advanced Master.
• Lin Feng and Sun Yu left the prefectural city separately after finding the other arena champions had already departed; the white-clad woman and her apprentice watched them leave.
• Hundred Poisons Child ambushed Lin Feng on the road and exchanged the Myriad Poisons Secret Tome for twenty Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills, both of which were poisoned.
• Lin Feng pretended to succumb to Hundred Poisons Child’s poisons, then attacked with Crimson Gold Glaze when Hundred Poisons Child approached.
• Lin Feng killed Hundred Poisons Child, recovered the manual, and took Phantom Trace and several containers; a person in a distant carriage witnessed everything.

Lin Feng and Sun Yu traveled to Lingyun Prefecture, where Lin Feng was struck by the city's immense scale and the ruins of an apparently advanced civilization beneath it. After settling into an inn, Lin Feng went to find a bookstore to investigate the city's history.

• A black-clad girl told Yu'er that Lin Feng had faked being poisoned and warned her that defeating him could take years.
• Lin Feng explained to Sun Yu that Hundred Poisons Child had been hired to assassinate him, and the two continued their journey.
• After ten days of travel, Lin Feng and Sun Yu reached Lingyun Prefecture and entered with their Mayi Guard badges.
• Lin Feng noticed ancient paved roads and reinforced concrete buildings, and suspected the city had been built atop the ruins of a technological civilization.
• Lin Feng and Sun Yu found an inn, and Lin Feng went out alone to locate a bookstore.

Lin Feng explored Lingyun Prefecture, then accepted an invitation to stay at the prefectural city's Mayi Guard headquarters, where he learned the guard had performed poorly in the martial contests. The general offered support ahead of the contest, leaving Lin Feng considering what rewards to request.

• Lin Feng searched the bookstore for the city's history, found only a flattering account credited to the Sword Sect's four great families, and bought a map of Lingyun Prefecture.
• Lin Feng returned to the inn with food, then received an invitation from Centurion Huang Qiufeng to stay at the Mayi Guard headquarters and set out with Sun Yu.
• Lin Feng noticed the headquarters had been built on an old school and wondered how the world had changed from a technological civilization into a martial arts civilization.
• The prefectural city's Mayi Guard general told Lin Feng and the other county-city soldiers that their organization had won only eight of Lingyun Prefecture's hundred contest slots, while the prefectural city had won only two.
• The general offered to provide whatever resources the Mayi Guard had to help them prepare for the martial contest, and Lin Feng considered asking for pills and manuals.

Lin Feng assessed the Mayi Guard generals’ prospects and learned that prefectural-city rank holders had received rewards worth at least two hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills. After exploring the compound and questioning Huang Qiufeng, he decided to ask for four hundred pills and one day in the library pavilion when the general offered support that evening.

• The Mayi Guard generals stayed silent when asked what support they wanted, and five admitted they had bought their rankings rather than earning them through combat.
• Two generals who had fought their way up said they ranked ninth and tenth and expected little chance of winning in the prefectural competition.
• Lin Feng explored the compound, examined its ancient cement walls, and decided to request access to the library pavilion instead of secret manuals.
• Lin Feng learned from Huang Qiufeng that two prefectural-city rank holders had received top-grade pills worth at least two hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills each.
• Lin Feng resolved to ask the general for four hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills and one day to read in the library pavilion.

Jia Pengfei offered the ten martial competition contestants support, and Lin Feng demanded four hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills and access to the Scripture Repository. Jia Pengfei granted his request on the condition that Lin Feng secure a placing, then told him he could kill as many opponents as he wanted and Jia Pengfei would cover for him.

• Jia Pengfei rewarded two Prefectural City Mayi Guard generals with pills after they flattered him and promised to win.
• Jia Pengfei recognized Lin Feng from Qinghe County and asked what support he needed for the competition.
• Lin Feng requested four hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills and one day in the Scripture Repository, and refused to reduce his demand.
• Jia Pengfei agreed to provide the resources if Lin Feng secured a placing, with repayment and fifty strokes of the paddle as punishment if he failed.
• Lin Feng warned that he might injure or kill opponents, and Jia Pengfei told him to kill as many as he wanted and promised to cover for him.
• Jia Pengfei gave Lin Feng the pills and sent him to the Scripture Repository, where Lin Feng hoped to advance to the Golden Bone realm.

Lin Feng used his time in the Mayi Guard library to learn and fuse dozens of martial arts, spending Breakthrough Points to raise them to perfection. After fusing Divine Sword Styles One through Seven, he discovered that the resulting Divine Sword 7 was an Innate True Skill, leaving him eager to test its power.

• Lin Feng scanned more than fifty unfamiliar martial arts manuals in the library and converted four hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills into Breakthrough Points.
• Lin Feng perfected and fused hidden weapon arts, including Qi Piercing Rainbow, into Crimson Gold Glaze.
• Lin Feng perfected seven palm techniques and fused them into the supreme art Ice Fire Thunder Palm 7.
• Lin Feng fused his Lightness Skills into Soaring Cloud Riding Mist 13, combined weapon arts into Saber Spear Staff 15, and raised Lion's Roar and Undefeated Divine Fist.
• Lin Feng perfected Divine Sword Styles Two through Seven and fused them with Divine Sword Style One, creating the Innate True Skill Divine Sword 7.