Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao organized Rola Hayes and the Old Godfather Chamber of Commerce into a commercial network while Japan reacted anxiously to the Titan disaster and planned an attack on Great Jin’s Beihai Navy. Lin Hao found the fused Ghost Cruise Ship and led it toward the Japan Combined Fleet’s home port, leaving it to menace the fleet.

• Ji Hong and Zhao Qing discussed the Titan disaster before Lin Hao introduced Rola Hayes and arranged for her to coordinate with the Old Godfather Chamber of Commerce.
• Rola handled the fallout from the disappearance of settlement figures, while Lin Hao appeared beside her and Japan’s newspapers accused them of conspiring over the Titan.
• Suzuki Hegu and Sato Yuya discussed Japan’s plan to destroy the Beihai Navy and insisted that the operation had to succeed.
• Lin Hao found the Ghost Cruise Ship, tested its expanded dream-inducing ability, and observed it accelerate across the sea at extreme speed.
• Lin Hao drew the Ghost Cruise Ship toward the Japan Combined Fleet’s home port, then flew away to digest his gains.

Lin Hao watched the Titan devastate Japan’s Combined Fleet harbor, then returned to the Settlement and perfected his Golden Body with Wish Power and rare stone milk. Having reached the limits of his cultivation, he prepared to return to Great Jin and undergo Tribulation Lightning without relying on Enchanting or heroic spirits.

• Suzuki Hegu sensed an unnatural rhythm at sea as the Titan charged toward Japan’s naval harbor, and Lin Hao watched from above the clouds.
• The Titan smashed into the harbor, sinking ships and dragging sailors into the water with its tentacles while the Dream Demon attacked their minds; Suzuki Hegu and Sword Saint Sato later drove it away.
• Lin Hao met Rola at the Settlement, where Wish Power healed the backlash from her supernatural abilities, and he brought her supplies and Thousand-Year Stone Bell Milk.
• Over the next twenty days, Lin Hao honed his Golden Body to perfection and considered how to trigger and control Tribulation Lightning to open his Secret Storehouses and temper weapons.
• Lin Hao learned that the Fourth World remained dangerous for Transmigrators, then told Zhao Xiaowen he was heading out to undergo his tribulation.
• Lin Hao arrived at the Hankou Arrival Point, resolved to face the Tribulation Lightning without Enchanting or heroic spirits unless he had no other choice.

Lin Hao endured the tribulation lightning, tempering his equipment into Saintly Weapons and advancing to Martial Saint with a transformed body and true qi. After recovering at a village, he agreed to investigate its Mass Burial Ground, whose strange activity had quieted during the lightning storm, and suspected someone was behind it.

• Lin Hao used repeated tribulations to temper his Obsidian Heavy Armor and eight weapons, then underwent his own baptism and opened the Qi Secret Treasury.
• After three days of lightning, Lin Hao emerged stronger and ravenously hungry, and he paid a village head with a watch for a feast.
• The village head asked Lin Hao to deal with the supernatural horrors haunting a nearby Mass Burial Ground, and Lin Hao agreed to investigate.
• Muramasa told Lin Hao that fog and strange noises had appeared at the pit years earlier, and Corpse Demons attacked people when no bodies were added.
• Lin Hao learned the Mass Burial Ground had also gone quiet during the recent thunder and suspected its behavior was caused by someone's handiwork.

Lin Hao uncovered Xu Gang and Meng Jun’s corpse-refining operation at the mass grave, killed Xu Gang, and obtained the [Corpse-Driving Record]. He continued toward Jia Hao, whose support for Xu Gang’s Fiendblood Pills made him Lin Hao’s next target, while considering how to develop his Saintly Weapons.

• Xu Gang arrived at the mass grave and ordered Meng Jun to gather twice as much baleful blood, then sent his flying jiangshi to intercept someone approaching.
• Lin Hao destroyed the flying jiangshi, immobilized Xu Gang and Meng Jun, and questioned them about their Daoist arts and corpse-refining operation.
• Lin Hao verified the men’s confessions with his Shadow Soldier, killed Xu Gang, and finished off the nearby zombies.
• Lin Hao studied the jade slip containing the [Corpse-Driving Record] and learned about the Ghost Immortal cultivation path.
• Lin Hao learned that Jia Hao had helped Xu Gang and received most of his Fiendblood Pills, and he considered hunting him down.
• Lin Hao examined his Saintly Weapons’ new modifiers and planned to transfer the [Blood Moon Ghost Domain] to one of his enchanted weapons.

Lin Hao arrived in Shukou Pass for Jia Hao’s hundredth-birthday celebration after beginning to cultivate Daoist arts and improving his control over the Floating Soldiers. At the banquet, Xu Fei sought Jia Hao’s help in organizing resistance against the Westerners, while Lin Hao remained unrecognized nearby.

• Lin Hao used the [Corpse-Driving Record] to cultivate his mind, move the Demon Blade, and extend the range and power of his Floating Soldiers.
• Lin Hao reached Shukou Pass, registered a silver-dollar birthday gift for Jia Hao, and declined to eat at the street banquet.
• Ling Yun and Ye Yuan arrived at the Jia residence, where guests criticized Lin Hao for lowering Jia Hao’s Earth Ranking position before the celebration.
• Li Bashan, Governor-General of Sichuan, arrived in plain clothes, followed by Xu Fei, who brought Ling Yun and Ye Yuan inside.
• Xu Fei told Ling Yun that he hoped to persuade Jia Hao to come out of retirement and help organize fighters against the Westerners.

Xu Fei’s appeal for Jia Hao to oppose the Westerners turned into a public dispute, and Jia Hao tried to discredit and attack him. Lin Hao arrived, exposed Jia Hao’s alleged role in the Fiendblood Pills trade, and stopped Jia Hao’s Saintly Weapon strike with one hand.

• Xu Fei urged Jia Hao to join the fight against the Westerners, but Jia Hao refused and the guests berated Xu Fei.
• Jia Hao accused Xu Fei of exploiting the Militia Corps for money and attacked him when Xu Fei tried to leave; Li Bashan intervened.
• Lin Hao arrived, ended Jia Hao’s attack with a demand for an apology, and then accused Jia Hao of buying Fiendblood Pills made through forbidden arts.
• Jia Hao denied the accusations, produced a Saintly Weapon, and charged at Lin Hao with it.
• Lin Hao caught the spear shaft barehanded and stopped Jia Hao’s attack, leaving Jia Hao shocked and injured.

Lin Hao seized Yunxi’s Saintly Weapon, exposed Jia Hao’s crimes, and killed him before forcing the Jia Family’s allies to submit to an investigation. He strengthened his alliance with Li Bashan and learned that the Japan Combined Fleet had ambushed the Beihai Navy, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Lin Hao subdued [Space Devourer], exposed Jia Hao’s use of Fiendblood Pills, and broke him down until he confessed to turning people into resources.
• Jia Hao recalled his friendship with Yunxi and died when [Space Devourer] tore apart his Golden Body.
• Li Bashan sealed Jia Family property and agreed to cooperate with Lin Hao in investigating everyone involved in refining the pills.
• Lin Hao and Li Bashan arranged to divide the confiscated proceeds, strengthen ties between their territories, and seek a Jiedushi appointment for Li Bashan.
• A National Telegram reported that the Japan Combined Fleet had ambushed the Beihai Navy, which suffered heavy losses; Japan claimed the attack was revenge for the Kato Dojo.

After the North Sea Fleet’s defeat, Lin Hao announced that he had become a Martial Saint, while the Golden Court debated how to respond to Japan’s invasion of Goryeo. The court welcomed Lin Hao as a powerful new ally and prepared to recruit him, leaving the nation’s factions focused on the Great Desert.

• Lin Hao ordered Li Bashan to petition for the Jiedushi post in Sichuan and Shu and announce his breakthrough to Martial Saint.
• At court, Zeng Zhangli accepted blame for the North Sea Fleet’s defeat, while the ministers argued over whether Great Jin should resist Japan or cede Goryeo.
• Zong Tianqing proposed using Martial Saints to bolster the damaged fleet and revealed that Lin Hao had successfully crossed his tribulation.
• After a court report confirmed Lin Hao’s breakthrough and his defeat of Jia Hao, Ru Yu’er tasked Zong Tianqing with recruiting him and offered rewards.
• Lin Hao’s announcement stirred the nation, drawing the court, Jiedushi, Western-backed compradors, and trading firms’ attention to the Great Desert.

After Lin Hao’s sainthood became public, foreign powers and rival commanders sought to win his support or keep him neutral. The chapter ended with Kong Lianshun delivering Japan’s offer to reward Lin Hao if he stayed out of the Jin Court’s fight.

• Newspapers reported Lin Hao’s sainthood, prompting the Old Godfather Chamber of Commerce, Yonghui Industrial Park, and Xu Zhicheng to reassess their plans and loyalties.
• Xu Zhicheng decided to leave the Earthly Kingdom of God, and Xu Fei’s Militia Corps agreed to join Commander Lin.
• Rola Hayes discussed Fili’s request to recruit Lin Hao against Japan, with genuine Divine Arts proposed as a possible reward.
• The Shōnichi Divine Emperor ordered Suzuki Hegu and Sato Yuya to seek benefits that would keep Lin Hao neutral while Japan destroyed the remaining Beihai Navy warships.
• Lin Hao received gifts and a mutual-protection proposal from the other Jiedushi, then agreed to meet Kong Lianshun, who offered Japanese rewards if Lin Hao refused to help the Jin Court.

Japan launched a surprise night attack on the Beihai Navy at Shuntian Port, drawing Wolita and Ding Guodong into battle while Prince Rui of the Heseri ordered Wolita to retreat. Lin Hao arrived near dawn as Japanese planes pursued Wolita, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Hao rejected Kong Lianshun’s empty promises but accepted a small gift, while Suzuki Hegu used Kong’s report to order a Japanese fleet attack.
• Ding Guodong and Wolita prepared the damaged Beihai fleet to fight the Japanese fleet, which opened fire on the harbor fortifications and warships.
• Wolita urged the Beihai ships to charge out of the harbor, and Ding Guodong followed his order despite fearing the fleet’s strategic losses.
• Suzuki Hegu and Sato Yuya took off in seaplanes with two High Priests, revealing Japan’s plan to target Wolita and Ding Guodong as well as the fleet.
• Prince Rui of the Heseri ordered Wolita to retreat and Ding Guodong to cover him, while Sato Yuya and the High Priests pursued Wolita and Suzuki Hegu attacked Ding Guodong.
• Lin Hao used his evacuation permission to return to the Settlement, heard the battle, and saw Japanese planes dive toward a fleeing figure.

Lin Hao arrived as Sato Yuya and two High Priests cornered Grand Preceptor Wolita, then revealed his strength and turned the confrontation into a battle. After defeating Wolita and the High Priests, Lin Hao faced Sato Yuya within the Blood Moon Ghost Domain.

• Sato Yuya offered Wolita a chance to surrender and proposed controlling him with a Ghost Insect, but Lin Hao arrived before he agreed.
• Wolita attacked Lin Hao, who blocked his strikes, severed both his arms, and revealed the Muramasa and Demon Blade, prompting Sato Yuya to recognize him and ask what had happened to Kato.
• The High Priests unleashed their anomalies, but Lin Hao summoned the Blood Moon Ghost Domain, Kato Masayuki's blood skeleton, and his Mysterious Black Mecha.
• Lin Hao's Floating Soldiers overwhelmed the Swarm and dismembered the transformed High Priest while Kato's skeleton and other skeletons kept Sato Yuya and Wolita occupied.
• Wolita begged for his life, but Lin Hao sent Floating Soldiers to tear him apart, leaving Sato Yuya trapped in the Ghost Domain.

Lin Hao defeated the Japanese forces pursuing Wolita, captured the Ghost Insect, and forced Sato Yuya to serve him while leaving her to stage the aftermath. He then rushed to Shuntian Port, where he attacked Japan’s fleet and confronted Sword Saint Suzuki Hegu, who recognized Lin Hao’s role in the earlier incidents.

• Lin Hao killed Wolita and the high priest, sealed the Ghost Insect, and made Sato Yuya swallow it and kneel to him.
• Sato Yuya agreed to release the [Weird Mouth] and frame Wolita for the deaths and disappearances, while Lin Hao headed toward Shuntian Port.
• Suzuki Hegu destroyed the Dinghai as Ding Guodong and the Beihai Navy fought desperately to stop him.
• Lin Hao arrived and carved open a Japanese destroyer with [Space Devourer], drawing Suzuki Hegu away from Ding Guodong.
• Lin Hao blocked Suzuki Hegu’s attack and admitted that he had caused the earlier incidents, then demonstrated how to use Shinshin-ryu.

Lin Hao killed Suzuki Hegu and helped Ding Guodong destroy Japan’s fleet, while Wolita and two High Priests died in a separate fight. Duogungun arrived at Shuntian Port, praised Lin Hao’s strength, and recognized his growing importance to the Jin Court.

• Lin Hao overpowered Suzuki Hegu, killed him, and claimed Futsunomitama.
• Lin Hao and Ding Guodong attacked the Japanese fleet, sinking or crippling its ships before heading back toward Shuntian Port.
• Sato Yuya reported that Wolita had died in an ambush and both High Priests had been killed, prompting Duogungun and the Shōnichi Divine Emperor to exchange threats.
• Ding Guodong thanked Lin Hao for helping save the Beihai Navy, then Duogungun arrived and acknowledged their service.
• Duogungun questioned Lin Hao about his unusual strength, and Lin Hao attributed it to an internal cultivation method that complemented his Golden Body.

Duogungun rewarded Lin Hao with the Eight-Part Heavenly Dragon Art and invited him to explore the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land, while Lin Hao set out to search for the Ghost Cruise Ship. Afterward, Duogungun and Ru Yu'er discussed Lin Hao's strength and planned to send Shijian to bind him to their interests.

• Duogungun gave Lin Hao a jade pendant containing the Eight-Part Heavenly Dragon Art, a Son of Heaven destiny, and an Edict, then invited him to investigate the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land near year's end.
• Lin Hao accepted the invitation on the condition that the court provide an Evacuation Item, and Ding Guodong warned him that the Holy Land was dangerous before giving him a thumb ring.
• After leaving Shuntian Port, Lin Hao changed course and flew out to search for the Ghost Cruise Ship, considering whether he could seal it.
• Duogungun returned to the Capital City and told Ru Yu'er that Wolita had died in a gamble involving Shōri and Japan, then discussed Lin Hao's unusual strength with her.
• Ru Yu'er decided to send Shijian to Lin Hao, planning to use her abilities and cultivation in an effort to bind him to their service.

Lin Hao sealed the Ghost Ship anomaly into his Obsidian Greatsword and learned how its devastating attacks worked. After the Beihai Navy's victory stunned the world, he returned to Loulan, where the desert's transformation and the court's approaching envoy promised new developments.

• Lin Hao compressed the Ghost Ship into his Obsidian Greatsword, discovered it could summon a destructive ship from the Sea of Dreams, and returned to shore after testing the anomaly's power.
• News spread that the Beihai Navy had defeated the Japanese fleet, and Fili told Rola that some Western powers still wanted to support Japan and pressure the Jin Court.
• Shijian saw the mycelial mats and saplings transforming the desert, learned that the Auspicious Omens could not survive outside it, and ordered a report sent to the court.
• Lin Hao returned to Loulan, where Li Yanbing told him that the court's rewards and a maid trained by the Grand Empress Dowager were on their way.
• Lin Hao praised the people for transforming the Great Desert and learned that the locals regarded him as a godlike figure.

Lin Hao received Shijian from the Grand Empress Dowager, overcame her secret cultivation art, and learned about the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land and the Jin Court’s plans for the Westerners. After accepting Shijian’s intelligence and the complementary cultivation arts, Lin Hao and Li Yanbing completed their preparations and vanished from the evacuation point.

• The eunuch delivered the Imperial Edict’s rewards and introduced Shijian, whom the Grand Empress Dowager had bestowed on Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao entered Shijian’s tent and overcame her [Mystic Maiden Mutual Erosion Great Art], gaining a boost to his spirit and creating a shadow of her.
• Lin Hao questioned Shijian’s shadow and learned that the Divine Lord and the Four Heavenly Kings planned to explore the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land near year’s end.
• Shijian gave Lin Hao a hairpin containing the [Mystic Maiden Mutual Erosion Great Art] and its complementary [Heaven-Earth Kan-Li Art], along with the Grand Empress Dowager’s request to deal with the Westerners.
• Lin Hao ordered Shijian to submit intelligence for his approval and declined her request to become a Transmigrator.
• Lin Hao and Li Yanbing finished preparing for the evacuation and vanished with their group.

Lin Hao improved his cultivation by combining Daoist arts, martial techniques, and Swarm Will, while planning defenses and transporting Antares’s million-strong bug swarm. After the Ghost Bug’s analysis strengthened his abilities and raised Swarm Will’s destiny, he discovered new, larger combat and transport bugs; he left Li Yanbing to consolidate her Golden Body and planned to attempt the Wandering Spirit tribulation before visiting Dragon-Tiger Mountain.

• Lin Hao learned that linking the School, Apartment, and Prison Settlements had expanded their permissions and brought pets under the World Will’s protection, then ordered increased exploration from the Industrial Park and preparations to transport the bugs from Antares.
• Lin Hao gave Li Yanbing a cultivation method and the Eight Heavenly Dragons Art, then spent nearly a month training until he completed the Ninth Transformation of the Yin Spirit.
• Lin Hao tested Daoist arts by creating a tornado, firing wind blades, and combining natural forces with Qi-Blood to form his Mysterious Black Mecha and a galaxy-backed Dharma form.
• Lin Hao judged that his mind was not yet strong enough for a powerful attack, planned to attempt the Wandering Spirit tribulation before the Second Martial Saint tribulation, and encouraged Li Yanbing to consolidate her Nine Turns of the Golden Body.
• Lin Hao received feedback after uploading his analysis of the Ghost Bug; Swarm Adaptation and Heart of the Swarm improved, Swarm Will’s destiny rose to blue, and his mental power and physical traits strengthened.
• Lin Hao discovered that upgraded high-tier bug eggs could produce seven-meter War Elephants and ten-ton Airborne Guardians, expanding the swarm’s construction and transport capabilities.

Lin Hao survived the Yin Tribulation and advanced to the Wandering Spirit realm, then welcomed Xu Zhicheng, Xu Fei, and their followers into Loulan. He left to help Alaska Base after it was threatened by a Settlement controlled by White Eagle.

• Lin Hao used the canyon’s sinister winds to temper his soul and Saintly Weapons, completed the Yin Tribulation, and gained a more condensed soul that could manifest a true Dharma form.
• Lin Hao returned to Loulan and accepted Xu Zhicheng, Xu Fei, and other Golden Body experts who had left the Earthly Kingdom of God.
• Lin Hao learned that Alaska Base had encountered a Settlement believed to be controlled by White Eagle, which had located the base through radio broadcasts.
• Yi Feng told Lin Hao that Alaska Base offered its remaining Nuclear Bombs in exchange for help, and Lin Hao decided to go there himself.

Ross and the White Eagle Intelligence Bureau team infiltrated Alaska Base to capture its remaining personnel, but Lin Hao arrived and forced them to lead him to their Settlement. Ross revealed that the Storm Lord was occupied elsewhere, including watching the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land, as Lin Hao set out to confront White Eagle’s leadership.

• Ross’s team captured eight clerical soldiers at Alaska Base, and one explained that the base’s main force had withdrawn to the Abyss after learning of the team’s powerful S-Rank Ghost Tamer.
• The clerical soldier described the school’s unified world and its broadcasts, prompting Ross’s group to consider taking advantage of its arrival point.
• Lin Hao arrived on the Airborne Guardian with Winged Bugs, bombarded the area, and demanded to know why Ross’s team had come to the base.
• Ross identified himself as a White Eagle Intelligence Bureau commissioner and explained that the team was acting on the Storm Lord’s orders.
• Lin Hao ordered Ross’s team to take him to their Settlement, and Ross disclosed that the Storm Lord was occupied with White Eagle’s conflicts and the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land.

Lin Hao invaded the Settlement, killed the Fortune Teller, and subdued the Ghost Card by merging it with his Saintly Weapon. He trapped the Settlement’s survivors in the Blood Moon Ghost Domain and demanded they choose one person to help lure more Ghost Tamers to him.

• The Fortune Teller’s divination turned ominous, and he saw Lin Hao approaching under Kach’s Blood Moon Ghost Domain.
• Lin Hao’s flying swords killed the Fortune Teller before he could escape or surrender.
• The Ghost Card attacked Lin Hao, but he sealed it, sensed its submission, and merged it with his Saintly Weapon.
• Ross offered to serve Lin Hao and lure S-Rank Ghost Tamers, while Lin Hao trapped the Settlement’s survivors and demanded they choose one person to live.
• Ross killed a companion, claiming he would carry on the victim’s will and survive.