Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng broke through to the Golden Bone Realm and, while exploring the library, found an ancient account of humanity's wars against demons that described devastating martial arts resembling atomic weapons. The account offered no conclusion, leaving Lin Feng to wonder how the wars ended and seek further records.

• Lin Feng organized the cultivation memories gained from adding points to more than fifty martial arts and broke through to the Golden Bone Realm.
• Lin Feng examined his status panel, saw his Life attribute had risen to 5078, and calculated that his full-strength strike could exert about 250,000 jin of force.
• Lin Feng scraped away the impurities expelled during his breakthrough, rinsed himself with water from his Storage Space, and returned to browsing the library's books.
• Lin Feng read an ancient account of demons emerging from a Black Cave and of human heroes Yi and Gu Xinghe using the Sun Fist in two wars.
• Lin Feng concluded that the Sun Fist sounded like an atomic bomb and guessed the wars may have ended in mutual destruction.
• Lin Feng continued searching the books for clues about the human-demon war and found more records.

Lin Feng read an account of the Celestials’ arrival and humanity’s war against demons, then triggered a projection of a giant teaching the Undying Battle Body in an ancient era. The giant recognized Lin Feng as a future observer, warned him that demons would rise again, and left the story with Lin Feng examining the newly recorded technique.

• Lin Feng read that the Celestials had descended from the moon, helped humanity defeat demons, and made a pact with humanity’s leaders.
• Lin Feng practiced the Beast Hunting Fist while using the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill inside the Scripture Pavilion.
• A projection appeared on the wall, showing a giant teaching the Undying Battle Body to his disciples and explaining that it could resist the Dominating Witch’s mental control.
• Lin Feng’s attribute panel recorded the Undying Battle Body as an Innate True Skill, and the giant said only those with Celestial bloodlines could master it.
• The giant noticed Lin Feng, rejoiced that the Shenzhou Continent still had a future, and warned him that demons would rise again.
• Lin Feng clasped hands with the giant across time, then examined the wall and checked the Undying Battle Body’s cultivation requirements.

Lin Feng advanced the Undying Battle Body to its second layer, then left the Book Pavilion and returned to his residence. With the tournament approaching, he gave Sun Yu a cultivation pill and prepared for the next day’s matches.

• Lin Feng spent 5,000 Breakthrough Points to begin the Undying Battle Body and advance it to the second layer, strengthening his skin, muscles, and bones.
• Lin Feng realized that the third layer required the Five Elements Viscera Realm and that he needed to ask his master for a Viscera Refining cultivation method.
• Lin Feng left the Book Pavilion after its guards accused him of causing a terrible smell, though they found no evidence against him.
• Lin Feng returned to find Sun Yu playing with Little Gray and gave Sun Yu a Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pill to improve his strength.
• After Sun Yu finished cultivating, Lin Feng ate the entire welcome-back feast and then mentally rehearsed his martial arts while preparing to win the tournament.

Lin Feng reached the martial arena with the Mayi Guard, where Ji Yunfeng revealed that he was Lin Feng’s senior brother and spoke with him about their master. Meanwhile, Dai Haoran killed Sun Yu’s companion Little Gray, and Sun Yu was beaten and captured after attacking him; Sun Yu still refused to submit.

• Lin Feng sensed an ominous change in the sky as he arrived at the arena with Sun Yu and the Mayi Guard.
• Jia Pengfei urged the Mayi Guard’s seeded fighters to win and promised Lin Feng four hundred Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills if he prevailed.
• Ji Yunfeng summoned Lin Feng, revealed that he was a fellow disciple, and told him their master still suffered from Cold Poison.
• Dai Haoran killed Little Gray with a streak of sword light, and Sun Yu charged at him in rage.
• Two Mayi Guard soldiers and four City Lord’s Mansion fighters defeated Sun Yu, sealed his acupoints, and dragged him before Dai Haoran.
• Dai Haoran asked whether Sun Yu refused to accept what happened, and Sun Yu declared that he refused before Dai Haoran slapped him.

After Dai Haoran killed Little Gray and tried to have Sun Yu crippled, Lin Feng intervened and Ji Yunfeng stopped the confrontation from escalating. Sun Yu left to seek the Demonic Beast Dynasty and grow stronger, while Lin Feng prepared to fight in the arena with his newly awakened sword.

• Dai Haoran insulted Sun Yu and ordered the two Mayi Guards to cripple him after Sun Yu refused to kneel.
• Lin Feng arrived, protected Sun Yu, and clashed with Dai Haoran before Ji Yunfeng and Dai Haoran's Second Uncle ended the fight.
• Sun Yu grieved over Little Gray, blamed himself, and resolved to seek strength and avenge him personally.
• Lin Feng gave Sun Yu the Black Gold Sword and pills, and Sun Yu rode out of the city alone.
• Lin Feng awakened the treasured sword by feeding it his blood and vowed to use it to kill his enemies.

Sun Yu fled three pursuers and hid in a cave, while Lin Feng entered the Lingyun Prefecture tournament and killed a Mayi Guard flatterer who had attacked Sun Yu. Lin Feng then challenged the other factions by declaring everyone present was trash.

• Sun Yu rode into a forest to escape three archers, but when they caught up using Lightness Skill, he spotted a cave and plunged inside.
• At the tournament, Lin Feng noticed Dai Haoran and watched the City Lord's Mansion deliberately lose matches to a Mayi Guard flatterer.
• Lin Feng stepped onto the flatterer's arena to avenge Sun Yu, rejecting the man's excuse that they were both Mayi Guard members.
• Lin Feng killed the flatterer with a swift sword thrust, shocking the crowd and prompting Jia Pengfei to ask what had happened.
• Lin Feng prepared to clear the field, called the spectators trash, and clarified that he meant everyone present.

Sun Yu underwent a demonic beast bloodline awakening after Little Gray's blood fused with his skin, transforming him into a powerful scaled creature. After learning about his lineage and how he might regain human form, he killed the three assassins pursuing him and headed deeper into the mountains, leaving Dai Haoran for his boss to deal with.

• Sun Yu discovered that Little Gray's blood had fused into his skin as scales and horns grew from his transformed body.
• Sun Yu awakened inherited memories revealing his royal demonic beast lineage, its human ancestry, and the Ancestral Return Scripture's ability to enable transformation between forms.
• The three assassins tried to smoke Sun Yu out of the cave, but the fire caused him no discomfort because of his affinity with flame.
• Sun Yu emerged from the cave and killed one assassin, then caught and killed the two who fled.
• Sun Yu enjoyed the fire consuming the cave, then walked deeper into the mountains after thinking that his boss should leave Dai Haoran for him.

Lin Feng taunted the martial artists in the fighting grounds until Dai Haoran sent a challenger to face him. Lin Feng killed the man and noticed that his longsword absorbed a trace of the victim’s blood, then demanded more challengers.

• Lin Feng mocked the fighting grounds, but the martial artists refused to challenge him because he had already shown his strength.
• Jia Pengfei worried about Lin Feng, while Ji Yunfeng watched with a faint smile and reassured him.
• Dai Haoran signaled for a man to step onto the arena and fight Lin Feng.
• The challenger used Divine Sword Style One, but Lin Feng overpowered him in a contest of true qi and cut off his head.
• Lin Feng saw a red light from the dead man merge into his sword and called for more challengers.

Lin Feng pretended to exhaust his True Qi while Dai Haoran sent wave after wave of fighters to challenge him. After revealing the name of his blood-fed sword, Lin Feng defeated Iron Mask and was shocked by the face beneath the mask.

• Lin Feng dodged a Dai Family warrior's Sword Three, killed him with Sword Two, and ended his suffering with a final strike.
• Dai Haoran sent more than a dozen subordinates to challenge Lin Feng, and Lin Feng killed every one while pretending to grow exhausted.
• Lin Feng examined his sword and made out the name Demon Spirit Blood Drinking Sword on its blade.
• Iron Mask attacked Lin Feng with the Supreme Sword Skill using his hands, then unleashed seven streams of Sword Qi.
• Lin Feng spotted the flaw in Iron Mask's attack, passed through the streams with Soaring Cloud Riding Mist, and thrust his sword into Iron Mask's throat.
• Lin Feng knocked off Iron Mask's mask and was astonished by the face beneath it.

Lin Feng killed Iron Mask, learned of the suffering that had turned him into a Dai Family dead soldier, and discovered that the Demon Spirit Blood Drinking Sword could convert absorbed true qi into Breakthrough Points. He feigned exhaustion to lure Dai Haoran onto the arena, and Dai Haoran took the bait and approached him.

• Lin Feng killed Iron Mask, whom spectators recognized as Swift Sword Li, a former tournament champion ruined by the Dai Family.
• The Demon Spirit Blood Drinking Sword absorbed Iron Mask’s true qi, and Lin Feng converted it into 20 Breakthrough Points through the system.
• Lin Feng pushed Iron Mask’s body off the arena and pretended to be too exhausted to keep fighting.
• Spectators warned one another that Lin Feng’s final sword strike had been astonishing and that Dai Haoran was the one who wanted him dead.
• Lin Feng acted as though he planned to flee, and Dai Haoran overcame his doubts and strode toward the arena.

Lin Feng faced Dai Haoran after more than a dozen earlier fights, drawing the concern of Ji Yunfeng and the confidence of Dai Haoran’s clan. Though Dai Haoran’s superior True Qi put Lin Feng on the defensive, Lin Feng endured his attacks and provoked him into preparing a killing blow.

• Dai Haoran stepped onto the arena while spectators and Leng Yu’s master expected him to defeat the exhausted Lin Feng.
• Ji Yunfeng prepared to intervene if Dai Haoran tried to kill Lin Feng, while Dai Hongshan watched him warily.
• Dai Haoran attacked with Dai Family Swordsmanship, and Lin Feng blocked with Divine Sword Style One before drawing his saber to defend against the continuing assault.
• Spectators wondered how Lin Feng could keep fighting, while Ji Yunfeng recognized that Lin Feng’s True Qi did not have the frenzied aura of a pill-fueled technique.
• Lin Feng taunted Dai Haoran by comparing him unfavorably to his deputy commander, and Dai Haoran gathered all his True Qi for a killing blow.

Lin Feng faced Dai Haoran’s Innate True Skill, Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge, and endured its tracking Sword Qi with his Undying Battle Body and True Qi shield. He charged through the sword storm toward Dai Haoran, determined to cripple him for Little Gray and avenge his brothers.

• Dai Haoran unleashed Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge, filling the arena sky with thousands of snake-shaped Sword Qi.
• Lin Feng hurled True Qi Glazed Beads at the approaching Sword Qi, then leaped into the air and blocked attacks with Yin Yang Swordplay.
• Lin Feng discovered the Sword Qi could track him, but his Undying Battle Body withstood the strikes with only slight pain.
• Lin Feng replaced his saber and sword defense with a pot-lid-sized True Qi shield and blocked the Sword Qi as Dai Haoran’s True Qi began to run low.
• Lin Feng thrust his sword into the shield and charged toward Dai Haoran, while both fighters poured out their True Qi.

Lin Feng endured Dai Haoran’s pill-enhanced assault by spending Breakthrough Points to replenish his True Qi, then struck back with Rainbow Sword Strike. Despite interference from Dai Hongshan and another unseen attacker, Lin Feng pierced Dai Haoran’s lower abdomen and left the arena silent.

• Dai Haoran swallowed pills that boosted his True Qi, while a dark cloud nullified Lin Feng’s Boundless True Source and forced him to spend Breakthrough Points to keep fighting.
• As Dai Haoran’s strength waned, he tried to leave the arena, but Lin Feng endured the incoming Sword Qi with his Undying Battle Body and pursued him.
• Lin Feng launched Rainbow Sword Strike at Dai Haoran’s dantian, prompting Dai Hongshan to attack and Ji Yunfeng to intercept one of his strikes.
• An unseen Sword Qi shattered Ji Yunfeng’s defense, while Lin Feng weakened Dai Hongshan’s attacks with Beast Shadow Movement and pressed on despite his sword radiance being damaged.
• Lin Feng’s remaining sword radiance pierced Dai Haoran’s lower abdomen, and Lin Feng taunted Dai Hongshan from the arena.

Lin Feng defeated and crippled Dai Haoran, provoking the Dai Family and leaving his future uncertain. Ji Yunfeng urged him to stay under his protection while Lin Feng prepared for more trouble and considered making money before he might have to flee.

• Lin Feng scanned Dai Haoran's fallen manual and obtained the contents of the Innate True Skill Ten Thousand Snakes Emerge.
• Ji Yunfeng warned Lin Feng that crippling Dai Haoran had offended the Dai Family, but assured him that they would not openly target his family.
• Dai Hongshan destroyed the manual, discovered Dai Haoran's shattered dantian, and threatened Lin Feng before taking his nephew away.
• Martial artists and Mayi Guard members praised Lin Feng's victory, while the Black-dressed Woman predicted his death and Leng Yu admitted she would not have dared to act as he did.
• Ji Yunfeng told Lin Feng to stay with him and said he would report the incident to Teacher; Lin Feng then considered seeking cultivation techniques and extorting money.

Lin Feng swept the martial contest and collected a large haul of pills before Ji Yunfeng taught him the Five-Tone Viscera Refining Technique. The chapter left Lin Feng asking what was needed to break through to the Innate Realm.

• Lin Feng dominated the fighting platforms, gathered 1,958 Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills, and helped five Mayi Guard members become champions.
• Jia Pengfei awarded Lin Feng another 400 pills, and Lin Feng offered Ji Yunfeng 1,000 pills for the sect, which Ji Yunfeng told him to keep.
• Ji Yunfeng took Lin Feng to Sword Peak Inn, where Lin Feng asked to learn a Viscera Refining Technique.
• Ji Yunfeng taught Lin Feng the Five-Tone Viscera Refining Technique, which Lin Feng learned after one lesson.
• Lin Feng asked whether breaking through to the Innate Realm required a technique, and Ji Yunfeng answered, “Yes, and no.”

Ji Yunfeng explained the paths to the Innate Realm and taught Lin Feng the Heaven-Breaking Sword after he swore not to reveal it. After destroying the manual, Ji Yunfeng received a message from Master that left him grave and looking at Lin Feng with a complicated expression.

• Ji Yunfeng told Lin Feng that pill breakthroughs created pseudo-Innate Martial Artists, while perfecting an Innate True Skill led to true Innate status and perfecting multiple skills could make one transcendent.
• Lin Feng realized his Vitality might let him cultivate multiple Innate True Skills and asked Ji Yunfeng to teach him several.
• Ji Yunfeng warned Lin Feng against cultivating two Innate True Skills at once and explained that their branch possessed only Heaven-Breaking Sword.
• Lin Feng swore not to pass on Heaven-Breaking Sword, scanned the manual as Ji Yunfeng turned its pages, and assured him he had memorized it.
• Ji Yunfeng ground the manual into powder, then read a message from Master delivered by a crow and turned grave as he looked at Lin Feng.

Zhang Xiaoyu entered Blood Demon Divine Mountain to compete for the position of Blood Demon Saint Son, leaving Yun Mengwu behind with conflicted feelings. After hiding from the other martial artists, he was ambushed and seemingly killed by a poison-wielding attacker, but he suddenly opened his eyes as the attacker bent over him.

• Zhang Xiaoyu waved Yun Mengwu away and entered Blood Demon Divine Mountain, while Yun Mengwu watched him leave and Yun Mengyao mocked her for failing to keep him.
• Yun Mengwu argued with Yun Mengyao about their failed schemes, then returned home and waited for Zhang Xiaoyu over a cold dinner.
• Knowing he was weaker than most entrants, Zhang Xiaoyu hid in a concealed mountain hollow until nightfall.
• A scrawny martial artist ambushed Zhang Xiaoyu with a poisoned blade, then attacked him when he tried to remove it.
• The scrawny martial artist drove the blade into Zhang Xiaoyu's back and embedded a Triangular Bone-Piercing Nail in his forehead, then approached to retrieve his weapon.
• Zhang Xiaoyu suddenly opened his eyes with resentment and killing intent as the scrawny martial artist bent over him.

Zhang Xiaoyu survived the poisoned attack by draining the gaunt martial artist’s blood, then discovered a soul-preserving ring and met the former sect master of the Blood Demon Sect. The old master taught him the first level of the Blood Demon Art, and Zhang Xiaoyu eagerly sought to become his disciple, but the old master demanded three conditions.

• Zhang Xiaoyu bit the gaunt martial artist’s neck, drank his blood, and fainted after the man became a dried corpse.
• Zhang Xiaoyu woke, treated his wounds with pills from Lin Feng, and removed the Triangular Bone-Piercing Nail from his forehead before fainting again.
• Zhang Xiaoyu followed a voice to buried white bones and learned that the former sect master of the Blood Demon Sect survived as a soul in a ring.
• The former sect master transmitted the first eight levels of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art and taught Zhang Xiaoyu the first level of the Blood Demon Art.
• Zhang Xiaoyu mastered the first level, drew blood mist from the corpse, and asked to become the old master’s disciple, who said he had to meet three conditions.

Ji Yunfeng told Lin Feng that the Dai Family had agreed to send only martial artists below the Innate Realm after Zhu Linghua fought Dai Haotian to a draw while badly injured. Lin Feng prepared for the threat by asking Ji Yunfeng to teach him every martial art he could learn, and Ji Yunfeng agreed to spend the night training him.

• Ji Yunfeng explained that the Dai Family Patriarch had wagered with Lin Feng's master, and Zhu Linghua had fought Dai Haotian to a draw to protect Lin Feng.
• Ji Yunfeng warned Lin Feng that the Dai Family could hire a formidable Super-Class Master and gave him healing medicine.
• Lin Feng asked Ji Yunfeng whether he knew any eye techniques, but Ji Yunfeng said he did not.
• Lin Feng asked Ji Yunfeng to teach him all the martial arts he knew, saying that practicing more techniques helped him improve.
• Ji Yunfeng agreed to teach Lin Feng every skill he could that night.

Ji Yunfeng taught Lin Feng his remaining martial arts, including the life-risking Qi Sword Art and Life Sword Art. After returning to his room, Lin Feng perfected the Five-Tone Viscera Refining Technique and reached the second level of the Viscera Refining Realm, but he did not know how to advance further.

• Ji Yunfeng taught Lin Feng five superior leg techniques and the ultimate Hurricane Cloud-Rolling Leg.
• Ji Yunfeng explained the Qi Sword Art and Life Sword Art, and Lin Feng persuaded him to teach both.
• Ji Yunfeng taught Lin Feng the two life-risking sword arts before sending him back to sleep.
• Lin Feng spent 168 Breakthrough Points to perfect the Five-Tone Viscera Refining Technique and broke through into the Viscera Refining Realm.
• Lin Feng found his true qi had become denser and increased in quantity, but he remained stuck at the realm's second level.