Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao joined the Lin Residence as a retainer and met Li Yanbing, the beautiful Madam Lin, while investigating the Evacuation Item’s location. After she exposed his force-gathering cultivation and knowledge of organ tempering, Li Yanbing confronted him about why he had come to the residence, leaving him trapped under her overwhelming spiritual pressure.

• Lin Hao attended a banquet welcoming him to the Lin Residence, where Chu Yanming and Song Kui treated him as a potential rival.
• Lin Hao explored the rear garden while tracing the Evacuation Item and practiced his martial arts after meeting Chief Guard He Yong.
• Li Yanbing appeared in the inner courtyard, took Lin Hao to the Dining Hall, and teased him after he mistook her for Miss Lin.
• Li Yanbing identified Lin Hao’s Thunderclap Breathing Technique and organ-tempering method, revealing that she had seen through his cultivation.
• Li Yanbing asked Lin Hao why he had come to the Lin Residence as her spiritual realm suppressed him.

Lin Hao met Li Yanbing again, learned of her ties to his master and the grand general, and agreed to help her in exchange for the Evacuation Item. While searching her hidden basement, he discovered a portrait of a man in dragon robes and learned that the man was her father, Prince Yeli.

• Li Yanbing recognized Lin Hao as an outsider with unusual force sense, then told him to return the next morning with Uncle Lin.
• Li Yanbing assigned Lin Hao to work at her side, and he agreed after learning she had connections to his master and had helped his senior brothers.
• Lin Hao offered to help Li Yanbing with the Lizardmen and the ledger if she gave him the object they sought, and she took him to search for it.
• Lin Hao sensed the Evacuation Item in Li Yanbing's room, and she revealed a concealed passage leading to a basement.
• Lin Hao found a portrait of a man in dragon robes, and Li Yanbing identified him as her father, Prince Yeli.

Lin Hao took the Imperial Ultimate Sword from Li Yanbing and gained its powerful arts, traits, and Son of Heaven fate, allowing him to reach Intent Condensation. When four armored Lizardmen attacked the Lin Residence, Lin Hao killed them with a single strike and began searching their bodies.

• Lin Hao took the Imperial Ultimate Sword, an Evacuation Item, and concealed it in his equipment slot while telling Li Yanbing he had learned its arts.
• Lin Hao used the sword's true emperor dragon qi, Edict, and Son of Heaven fate to refine his force and form a black dragon true intent that could stand against Li Yanbing's full moon.
• Hua An and Wen Tailai noticed that the Lin Residence's Evacuation Item signal had vanished, were punished with latrine-cleaning duty, and then ran toward the rear garden after hearing a crash.
• Four armored Lizardmen broke through the Lin Residence's defenses, and Lin Hao charged them despite warnings from the resident expert and Chu Yanming.
• Lin Hao struck all four Lizardmen down at once with his Long Staff, then searched their bodies as Hua An and Wen Tailai watched and suspected he was responsible for the item's disappearance.

Lin Hao killed four Lizardmen and earned a bottle of Bone-Strengthening Pills, while Chu Yanming failed to manipulate him into sharing them. After practicing the True Dragon Breathing Technique, Lin Hao prepared to accompany Li Yanbing on a nighttime task and continued considering how to secure an Evacuation Item.

• Lin Hao killed four Lizardmen with four staff strikes, and Li Yanbing awarded him four gold bars for the victory.
• Uncle Lin praised Lin Hao and gave him a bottle of Bone-Strengthening Pills, making Chu Yanming and Song Kui jealous.
• Lin Hao practiced the True Dragon Breathing Technique to Perfection and noticed that it complemented his Thunderclap Breathing Technique.
• Li Yanbing visited Lin Hao at his window and told him to finish washing and accompany her that night.
• Chu Yanming tried to befriend Lin Hao and persuade him to share the pills, but Lin Hao rebuffed him, and Uncle Lin warned him not to covet what was not his.

Lin Hao met with Hua An and Wen Tailai, then trained with a Bone-Strengthening Pill before joining Li Yanbing on a covert trip to help people connected to the great general. After learning her vitality had been damaged, he gave her Dragon Lizard Meat jerky, and they agreed to help each other as they faced possible Western Depot agents.

• Lin Hao stopped Hua An and Wen Tailai from approaching with dirty hands and told them to spread the word that all evacuation slots were taken.
• Hua An told Lin Hao that the Lin Residence was exploring procurement deals with the Yanhuang Trade Association, and Lin Hao wondered whether Li Yanbing was planning new ventures.
• Lin Hao trained with a Bone-Strengthening Pill, then followed Li Yanbing by boat to meet people connected to the great general despite the risk of encountering Western Depot agents.
• Li Yanbing explained that her blood and vitality had been damaged, so Lin Hao gave her Dragon Lizard Meat jerky to help restore her health.
• Li Yanbing offered to spar with Lin Hao in exchange for the jerky, and Lin Hao agreed to join her in making trouble for the Western Depot.

Lin Hao joined Li Yanbing and General Chen as they planned to protect the Great General’s scattered supporters and use the Cui Family’s ties to the Elysium Cult to distract Qingkou’s guards. At Spring Full House, Cui Ping plotted to use Chu Yanming against the Lin Residence, but Lin Hao burst in and killed him.

• Li Yanbing brought Lin Hao to the Lin Clan Charity Cemetery, where he met the injured General Chen and agreed to help escort the general’s family from Songyang Town.
• Lin Hao told Li Yanbing and General Chen about the Cui Family’s collusion with the Elysium Cult, and Li Yanbing planned to bring the matter to a head with help from Yin Saide and the Wang Family.
• At Spring Full House, Cui Ping revealed Lin Hao’s identity to Chu Yanming and proposed that Chu take advantage of an autumn outing to force the Lin Family’s young lady into marriage.
• Cui Ping offered Chu Yanming Bone-Strengthening Pills to secure his loyalty and help him gain influence in the Lin Residence.
• Lin Hao smashed into the private room and killed Cui Ping with his black rod despite attacks from Cui Ping, Zhixin, and Rubing.

Lin Hao exposed the Cui Family’s ties to the Elysium Cult by attacking Spring Full House and leaving evidence for the Embroidered Uniform Guard. As Qingkou reeled from the resulting crackdown and the Cui Family’s destruction, Lin Hao returned to training with Li Yanbing.

• Lin Hao killed Cui Ping, crippled Zhixin, Rubing, and Chu Yanming, and exposed the Elysium Cult’s use of Elysium White Lotus at Spring Full House.
• Lin Hao defeated the remaining resistance, announced the cult’s crimes, and escaped before the Embroidered Uniform Guard arrived to seize everyone at the brothel.
• Lu Mingsong ordered the Cui Family surrounded and brought Wang and Lin Residence representatives into the investigation after his interrogation of Chu Yanming.
• The Cui Family was destroyed when Elysium Cult members resisted the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the residence’s occupants went mad after the Elysium White Lotus was burned.
• Li Yanbing told Lin Hao that Governor Wang’s inquiry should limit the danger to the Lin Residence, then invited him to spar and test his [Perfection] martial arts.

Lin Hao and Li Yanbing posed as a traveling couple while tracking the Western Depot’s Depot Guards, then intervened when the guards attacked a caravan. Li Yanbing revealed her Embrace the Elixir power and Lin Hao joined the fight, leaving the Depot Guards’ Banner Commander dead.

• Lin Hao and Li Yanbing reached Songyang Town and checked into Yuelai inn while pretending to be a cautious young couple.
• The Western Depot’s Depot Guards watched them, and Li Yanbing told Lin Hao to wait before attacking until the guards made their next contact.
• The next morning, the Depot Guards ambushed a caravan led by Hu Yuan and searched for the elderly woman and young person in its passenger carriage.
• The woman inside the carriage confirmed the Western Depot was targeting them, so the Depot Guards began killing the caravan’s escorts and travelers.
• Li Yanbing revealed herself as an Embrace the Elixir expert and attacked the Depot Guards while Lin Hao struck from another direction.
• The Banner Commander faced Li Yanbing and Lin Hao’s combined Force Pressure, and his head was cut off.

Lin Hao and Li Yanbing rescued Madam Chen’s party from a Western Depot ambush, then parted from General Chen and resumed training together. After more than half a month of sparring, Lin Hao broke through to Transforming Force, and he proposed that Li Yanbing consider traveling to his homeland to gain similar abilities.

• Lin Hao and Li Yanbing killed the Western Depot agents and guards, while escort captain Hu Yuan led the surviving escorts away without speaking of what happened.
• Li Yanbing reunited with Uncle Liu, Madam Chen, and Chen Xiang, then escorted them on horseback to meet General Chen.
• General Chen thanked Lin Hao and Li Yanbing before departing by boat, and Lin Hao asked Li Yanbing whether she would consider coming to his homeland; she agreed to think it over.
• Lin Hao and Li Yanbing continued living-dummy training, and Lin Hao broke through the final barrier in Organ Tempering to reach Transforming Force.
• Li Yanbing warned Lin Hao to approach Marrow Training cautiously, and Lin Hao suggested that his homeland might offer a faster method.

Lin Hao learned that Blood Moon Night could make people and creatures go berserk and threaten Teleportation Points, while the Salt Gang’s headquarters chief held an Evacuation Item his allies needed. After hearing their intelligence, Lin Hao set out with Zhang Shuwen and Ma Qijia to meet the chief and obtain the item.

• Lin Hao discussed the Salt Gang’s suspected cult ties with Yi Feng, then met Zhang Shuwen and Ma Qijia, who had recently advanced to hidden force and gained a Salt Gang Incense Master position.
• Zhang Shuwen and Ma Qijia explained that the Salt Gang headquarters chief carried an Evacuation Item, but was an embrace the elixir expert, and asked Lin Hao to help their group obtain it.
• The two warned Lin Hao that Blood Moon Night could trigger madness, unleash dangerous creatures, and let wish power creatures attack Teleportation Points; they also described a second, war-torn world the school had begun exploring.
• Lin Hao considered how to prepare his settlement and decided not to pursue the second world yet, then announced that he would meet the Salt Gang headquarters chief and take the Evacuation Item.

Lin Hao and Zhang Shuwen arrived at the Salt Gang Headquarters as Cao Wang considered joining Fu Le and Lin Tao in a scheme to remove Madam Lin from control of the Lin Family. After learning that Lin Hao was an Embroidered Uniform Guard and a Martial Provincial Examination Laureate, the conspirators decided to summon him and test his allegiance.

• Zhang Shuwen showed Lin Hao and Yi Feng the Salt Gang Headquarters and warned that its officials largely left the gang to govern itself.
• Fu Le pressured Cao Wang to support Fu-backed plans involving the Lin and Wang Families, and Lin Tao revealed his faction wanted to oust Madam Lin and take control of the Lin Family.
• Fu Le proposed smearing Madam Lin with rumors linking her to Chu Yanming and another male retainer, while Lin Tao and Cao Wang discussed exploiting the scandal.
• A Salt Gang messenger reported that Zhang Shuwen had brought a probationary salt inspection Embroidered Uniform Guard bearing calling cards from the Wang and Lin Families.
• Fu Le recognized Lin Hao as the man they planned to implicate, and Cao Wang ordered Lin Hao admitted alone while Zhang Shuwen waited outside.

Lin Hao entered the Salt Gang headquarters and discovered Cao Wang, Fu Le, and Lin Tao wanted him to help frame Madam Lin in exchange for money and influence. After refusing to trust their scheme, Lin Hao killed Cao Wang and falsely announced that Cao Wang had murdered Fu Le, leaving Fu Le and Lin Tao stunned.

• Lin Hao sensed hostility at the Salt Gang headquarters, sent Yi Feng to alert Madam Lin, and arranged for Zhang Shuwen’s men to stand by in case a fight broke out.
• Lin Hao entered Tide Listening Hall unarmed and met Cao Wang, Fu Le, and Lin Tao, who tried to bribe him with silver and Salt Licenses.
• The three men proposed that Lin Hao help frame Madam Lin using rumors and Chu Yanming’s testimony, and Fu Le offered him a Heart-Protecting Pill that required a second pill within seven days.
• Lin Hao abruptly attacked Cao Wang with his enchanted sword, severed his fingers and arm, pursued him outside, and beheaded him.
• After seeing Zhang Shuwen’s signal firework, Lin Hao announced that Cao Wang had colluded with the Elysium Cult and murdered Fu Le, leaving Fu Le and Lin Tao horrified and confused.

Lin Hao killed Cao Wang, Lin Tao, Fu Le, and the Salt Gang members who tried to avenge them, then secured the gang's Evacuation Item. He left Zhang Shuwen and the students to guard the survivors while Thousand-Household Commander Lu accepted Lin Hao's account and took credit for the investigation's success.

• Lin Hao killed Lin Tao and Fu Le, staged the scene, and escaped the burning Tide Listening Hall with Cao Wang's pills.
• Zhang Shuwen accused the Salt Gang of colluding with the Elysium Cult, and Lin Hao slaughtered the gang members who tried to attack him before the rest surrendered.
• Lin Hao found Cao Wang's Golden Coffer Jade Seal, an Evacuation Item, and told Li Yanbing about the pills and the threats against her.
• Thousand-Household Commander Lu investigated the scene and accepted Lin Hao's account that he had used a surprise attack and Force Gathering to defeat Cao Wang.
• Lin Hao credited Lu's guidance for the discovery, and Lu agreed to handle the case and claim the achievement.

Lin Hao borrowed ten thousand taels of silver from Li Yanbing and prepared to leave Qingkou with his companions, while remembering the County Magistrate's Wife’s connection to the Elysium Cult. At the evacuation point, Yu Jiajia warned him that malicious rumors could endanger the Yanhuang Trade Association, and Lin Hao departed with the group through the Teleportation Point.

• Lin Hao borrowed ten thousand taels of actual silver from Li Yanbing, who warned him that the Fu Family might question him, and he said he would return after going home to lie low.
• Lin Xiner entered Li Yanbing’s pavilion after reaching hidden force and misread Lin Hao’s authorized silver as payment for a pretty boy.
• Zhang Rang helped Lin Hao load the silver onto a covered cart, and Lin Hao recalled that the County Magistrate’s Wife’s sachet smelled like the Elysium White Lotus and decided to warn Old Yin.
• Lin Hao met Hua An and Wen Tailai on the way to the Grain Transport Gang outpost, displayed his Embroidered Uniform Guard credentials to deter suspicious onlookers, and wrote Yin Saide a report about the County Magistrate’s Wife and hidden silver.
• At the evacuation point, Zhao Xiaowen described the farm’s progress, while Yu Jiajia offered suitable seeds and warned Lin Hao that malicious claims about the university could threaten the Yanhuang Trade Association.
• Lin Hao and the students organized their tribute and packed their goods before he and the group entered the Teleportation Point and vanished.

After returning from Great Qi with more than 1.5 million wish power and new privileges, Lin Hao helped organize preparations for the approaching Blood Moon. He left the settlement’s defenses in Wang Jiye’s hands and took Zhao Xiaowen upstairs to help her advance.

• Lin Hao reviewed his new privileges for converting natives and bringing pets, mounts, and converted natives between worlds, then healed himself and stored wish power for training acceleration.
• Lin Hao and the others returned to the settlement and heard a warning broadcast about the approaching Blood Moon; Wang Jiye explained that University Town equipment powered the loudspeaker and described his early return from Great Qi.
• Lin Hao and Wang Jiye planned defenses around the Apartment, including gathering arrows and wood, building car walls, preparing lights, and training domesticated wolves to keep watch and draw attention.
• Lin Hao summoned the Forest Wolves and used his force pressure to make them obey, then told A Pan and A Liang how they would assist during the Blood Moon.
• Wang Jiye organized people to move cars into position, while Lin Hao took Zhao Xiaowen upstairs to help her progress toward hidden force.

Lin Hao spent a month strengthening the Settlement and training its fighters as the Blood Moon approached. When the Blood Moon finally turned red, the Settlement began its defenses while beasts stirred and fought in the forest.

• Lin Hao felled enormous trees with his bare hands while the survivors built barricades, stocked firewood, and prepared weapons and shifts for the coming Blood Moon.
• Lin Hao reflected on how Marrow Training was improving his stamina and energy systems, then helped Zhao Xiaowen practice the breathing technique while she trained with the Dark Iron Heavy Sword.
• As daylight dwindled, Lin Hao and the Settlement completed their preparations, and the radio broadcast warned that the Blood Moon would descend that night.
• The Blood Moon turned red, unsettling the survivors and forest wolves as roars and rustling came from the forest.
• Lin Hao noticed that the beasts seemed to be fighting one another rather than coordinating an attack, but remained prepared for danger.

During the Blood Moon, Lin Hao’s Settlement endured waves of frenzied beasts while he conserved his strength and intervened only to save people. Just as the survivors believed the night was ending, a massive Giant Elephant emerged, and Lin Hao brought it down with a barrage of arrows.

• Lu Tao ordered the bonfires lit as bears, wild boars, leopards, and other beasts attacked the Settlement’s defenses.
• University Town broadcast warnings about the Blood Moon’s influence and Abyss Demon Flowers, while Lin Hao stayed ready and conserved his strength.
• Lin Hao rescued a man from parasitized animals and killed a Black Leopard that had bitten another survivor.
• As the Blood Moon seemed to wane, a gigantic Giant Elephant emerged from the forest and frightened the celebrating crowd.
• Lin Hao shot the Giant Elephant repeatedly with his Compound Bow, wounded its legs, and brought it crashing to the ground.

Lin Hao killed the Earth Giant Elephant and discovered valuable meat, a heart, and tusks among its remains. Blood Moon Night ended at dawn, and a radio broadcast from University Town offered help to damaged settlements as Lin Hao and his people celebrated surviving.

• Lin Hao used his Compound Bow to bring down the Giant Elephant, then killed it with his Tasselled Spear and inspected its wish power materials.
• Lin Hao found that the elephant heart could strengthen the body and that its heavy tusks might be made into powerful equipment, and he planned to share the meat and distribute the heart.
• Lin Hao returned to camp rather than investigate other fallen creatures, prioritizing the settlement's Teleportation Point until dawn.
• As the Blood Moon faded, daylight arrived, and the exhausted survivors listened to a song broadcast from University Town.
• The announcer said University Town would light a red Beacon Tower and offer food and basic necessities to settlements in severe danger.
• Lin Hao spotted the distant red smoke, raised his teacup toward it, and toasted sunshine and tomorrow.

Lin Hao left the Settlement for Great Qi with Yi Feng after arranging supplies and reflecting on his martial progress and plans for new weapons. In Qingkou, Fu Yan hired a bamboo-hatted outsider to target Lin Hao, lending him an official seal to counter Lin Hao’s force-gathering advantage.

• Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaowen discussed Settlement logistics, aid for people from Dam Market, and plans to contact a master at Sword-Forging Manor about crafting weapons from the elephant tusks.
• Lin Hao assessed his progress in Transforming Force and Marrow Training, gathered the tusks and supplies with Yi Feng, and entered the Teleportation Point for Great Qi.
• Fu Yan learned that an Embroidered Uniform Guard had returned to the Lin Residence and summoned a bamboo-hatted outsider to discuss whether Lin Hao was one of the transmigrators.
• The outsider claimed his group could kill Lin Hao and asked to borrow Fu Yan’s official seal to counter Lin Hao’s force gathering.
• Fu Yan lent the seal and ordered Steward Liu to watch the outsiders and ensure their plan did not go awry.

Lin Hao visited Li Yanbing, learned about her past and received a token to commission a weapon at Sword-Forging Manor. After leaving Qingkou, he realized armed survivors were following him, led them away from the city, and ambushed their gunman before he could shoot.

• Li Yanbing told Lin Hao how Lin Xiner was struggling to take over the Lin Family and revealed that Lord Lin had sacrificed himself to protect her after Prince Li's fall.
• Li Yanbing gave Lin Hao a token for one custom weapon at Sword-Forging Manor and kissed him goodbye.
• Lin Hao sensed two hostile Force Gathering observers following him and suspected they were survivors connected to the prison settlement.
• Lin Hao sent Yi Feng toward the Qing River docks and led the pursuers out of Qingkou, where Chen Haoyu's group planned to shoot him.
• Lin Hao rushed to the willow tree and stabbed Chen Haoyu before he could fire his gun.