Recaps

After completing two missions, Lin Jin redeemed the incomplete Red Emperor Burning Heaven Record for Zhou Yan, who learned that it could lead to the Divine Domain and vowed to become the Flame Emperor of this age. Lin Jin unlocked a bond with Zhou Yan that let him gain World Power from Eerie Zhou Yan killed and granted them both a combat bonus as they began training.

• Lin Jin showed Zhou Yan that he had completed both missions and redeemed the Red Emperor Burning Heaven Record for 150,000 points.
• A Demon Suppression Bureau staff member delivered the manual, and Zhou Yan read about its nine levels, though the ninth level had no cultivation method.
• Zhou Yan celebrated the manual’s potential and declared that he would become the Flame Emperor of this age.
• Lin Jin told Zhou Yan to begin with the first level, Starfire, and teach him to condense a fire seed from the Flame Sun Art.
• Lin Jin received a system notification binding Zhou Yan to him, granting World Power from Eerie Zhou Yan killed and a ten percent combat bonus when they fought together.
• Lin Jin and Zhou Yan went to the backyard, where Lin Jin began teaching him to cultivate the fire seed.

Lin Jin helped Zhou Yan convert his Flame Sun Art cultivation into a Fire Seed and strengthen it until Zhou Yan stabilized the Starfire layer and reached the Divine Knowledge Late Stage. As Zhou Yan prepared to return to the Paranormal Bureau amid growing Eerie and Demonic Beast threats, Lin Jin asked him to report major outbreaks and land more finishing blows, hoping to gain World Points.

• Lin Jin advised Zhou Yan to refine his Flame Sun Art Superpower through the Red Emperor Burning Heaven Record’s pathways and compress it into a Fire Seed; after an initial backlash, Zhou Yan formed one.
• Lin Jin put Zhou Yan through seven days of brutal sparring with Shadow Clones, draining his Superpower so it could recover stronger and enlarge the Fire Seed.
• Zhou Yan grew his Fire Seed to thumb size, stabilized the Starfire layer, and advanced from the Divine Knowledge Initial Stage to the Divine Knowledge Late Stage.
• Zhou Yan told Lin Jin that Eerie and Demonic Beast attacks were increasing and described the devastating Beast Tide in Fengcheng; Lin Jin asked him to report major outbreaks.
• Zhou Yan left to rejoin the Paranormal Bureau, and Lin Jin urged him to land more finishing blows against Eerie so Lin Jin could earn World Points.

Lin Jin unsealed Kotoamatsukami and accepted a Demon Suppression Bureau mission to investigate an ancient tomb in the Cangnan Mountains, where scans suggested a Transcendent Level eerie entity might be present. At the assembly point, he learned Su Qianxue had joined the expedition for her space-type ability.

• Lin Jin spent 3,000 world power points to unseal Kotoamatsukami, leaving him with 980 points and setting his sights on the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Wang Zhenshan invited Lin Jin to help an elite Domain-level squad investigate an ancient tomb in the Cangnan Mountains after detectors found eerie energy beyond the Domain level.
• Lin Jin accepted the mission and prepared Lightning-Cleaver and twelve Flying Thunder kunai before leaving for Cangnan Town the next morning.
• Lin Jin arrived in Cangnan Town and found Su Qianxue with Wang Zhenshan and the Demon Suppression Bureau team.
• Wang Zhenshan explained that Su Qianxue had been borrowed from the Jiangcheng Paranormal Bureau because her space-type ability could help inside the tomb.

Lin Jin joined Wang Zhenshan and an elite Demon Suppression Bureau squad to investigate a tomb whose energy readings suggested a peak S-Rank or possibly SS-Rank Weird. After Su Qianxue opened a Space Passage into the tomb, the group entered and found a descending passage lit by phosphorus fires.

• Wang Zhenshan told Lin Jin that grave robbers had encountered a Weird in the tomb and that scans showed dangerous energy fluctuations deeper inside.
• Lin Jin, Wang Zhenshan, Su Qianxue, and the five members of Han Yi’s squad traveled through the Cangnan Mountains to the exposed tomb entrance.
• Han Yi confirmed that four grave robbers had been dragged inside, and Wang Zhenshan identified the tomb as that of Zhao Polu and linked it to the occult practitioner known as the Nether King.
• Su Qianxue opened a Space Passage through the stone door, and Wang Zhenshan led the group inside.
• Jiang Ling checked the eerie green flames in the tomb passage and identified them as phosphorus fires rather than Weird energy.

The team made their way deeper into the tomb, where Su Qianxue and Shen Du detected traps and Han Yi guided them through the passages. Lin Jin incinerated a huge swarm of corpse beetles, but the group then sensed an unidentified, possibly bodiless presence ahead.

• Su Qianxue disabled a hidden trap in the antechamber doorway and sensed an expanded space beyond the next door.
• Han Yi uncovered a spike pit in the passage and warned the team to follow his steps.
• Shen Du detected an approaching swarm of corpse beetles, and Xia Ning and Lu Zheng tried to stop it before Lin Jin burned it away with his Fire Release.
• Su Qianxue reset another hidden mechanism, and Shen Du exposed a poisoned crossbow trap by throwing a stone onto the floor.
• Shen Du sensed an unusual presence ahead that his perception could not fully identify, and he warned the team to stay alert.

Lin Jin destroyed seven vengeful spirits with the Spirit Transformation Technique, and the squad fought through a formation of skeletal guards. They reached the main tomb chamber, where a modified peak S-Rank Tomb Guardian Beast awaited them.

• Lin Jin used the Spirit Transformation Technique and lightning to kill seven soul forms, earning 350 points of world power.
• The squad advanced past rows of sacrificial soldiers’ skeletons, which animated and attacked them.
• Han Yi, Lu Zheng, Xia Ning, and Jiang Ling destroyed the skeletal guards while Lin Jin held back.
• The squad opened the Bronze Gate and entered the circular main tomb chamber.
• Jiang Ling identified the enormous black crystal tiger on the central platform as an artificially modified Tomb Guardian Beast at least at the peak of S-Rank.

Lin Jin intervened when the five-person squad became locked in a stalemate with the peak S-Rank giant tiger. He opened the Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder, and began overwhelming the beast with physical attacks, leaving the battle still in progress.

• Han Yi, Lu Zheng, Xia Ning, Shen Du, and Jiang Ling activated their domains and pushed back the giant tiger's Death Fiend Domain.
• The five fought the tiger together, but neither side could gain the upper hand as their strength and stamina dwindled.
• Lin Jin told Wang Zhenshan to have the squad withdraw so he could take over.
• Lin Jin opened the Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder, and his blue steam and immense power stunned the watching squad.
• Lin Jin battered the giant tiger with rapid kicks and punches, using Flying Thunder kunai and Flying Thunder God Second Step to strike from all around the chamber.

Lin Jin killed the peak S-Rank Tomb Guardian Beast and helped the group uncover Zhao Polu’s real tomb, where an entity inside a black stone coffin began to emerge. He protected Su Qianxue from the coffin lid and warned everyone that a powerful enemy was coming.

• Lin Jin used Dust Release to destroy the giant tiger, earning 1,000 points of World Power.
• Su Qianxue sensed a hidden space, and Han Yi found a brick that opened a passage into a vast underground palace.
• Wang Zhenshan identified the previous chamber as a false tomb, while the group explored the burial goods and found a black stone coffin at the hall’s center.
• The coffin shook and released dense black mist as Jiang Ling’s detector registered energy above SS-Rank.
• The coffin lid flew toward Su Qianxue, but Lin Jin blocked it with his skeletal Susanoo and warned the group that the big one was coming.

The SS-Rank Flying Zombie Zhao Polu overwhelmed Wang Zhenshan and the others with his corpse-mist domain and powerful attacks. Lin Jin intervened before Zhao Polu could kill Jiang Ling and challenged him to fight alone.

• Wang Zhenshan identified Zhao Polu as an SS-Rank Flying Zombie and led the group in defending against his corpse-mist domain.
• Lin Jin protected Su Qianxue with Susanoo while the others struggled to hold back Zhao Polu's domain.
• Zhao Polu struck Lu Zheng, Han Yi, and Wang Zhenshan, badly injuring or throwing them aside.
• Zhao Polu wounded Xia Ning and charged at Jiang Ling, while Shen Du tried to shield her with his domain.
• Lin Jin kicked Zhao Polu through two stone pillars, then told the others to retreat and declared, "Your opponent is me!"

Lin Jin fought Zhao Polu, an SS-Rank Flying Jiangshi, and countered his attacks until Zhao Polu unleashed his complete Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea domain. As Lin Jin’s wounded teammates struggled against the domain, he put away Lightning-Cleaver and prepared to fight without holding back.

• Lin Jin used Amaterasu on Zhao Polu, but Zhao Polu’s corpse fiend aura extinguished the black flames.
• Zhao Polu summoned a battle-axe and attacked Lin Jin, who met him with Lightning-Cleaver and used his Sharingan to counter the axe techniques.
• Lin Jin cut Zhao Polu’s armor with lightning-charged strikes, scorching the corpse fiend power beneath it.
• Zhao Polu unleashed Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, dragging everyone into a blood-colored domain filled with corpse illusions.
• Shen Du warned that the domain’s illusions could trap their souls, while Jiang Ling, Lu Zheng, Han Yi, and Xia Ning struggled to defend the group.
• Lin Jin remained unaffected by the domain, watched his teammates falter, and put away Lightning-Cleaver to fight without restraint.

Lin Jin used Wood Release to restrain Zhao Polu’s blood fiend giant and fought him with a towering wooden figure, while Zhao Polu replenished his strength from the domain. As the battle remained deadlocked, Lin Jin activated Perfect Susanoo.

• Zhao Polu absorbed the domain’s corpse fiend energy and transformed into a blood-colored giant that attacked Han Yi and the others.
• Lin Jin summoned a Wood Dragon that coiled around Zhao Polu’s arm and drained his fiend energy.
• Lin Jin raised a wooden figure that fought Zhao Polu’s giant in close combat, while the group watched in shock.
• Su Qianxue resolved to reach the Domain Realm so she could stand beside Lin Jin rather than rely on his protection.
• Zhao Polu replenished his strength from the domain and claimed he was immortal within it.
• Lin Jin declared that he would test how long the domain could hold out and activated Perfect Susanoo.

Lin Jin used his Susanoo-clad wood golem and Lightning Release to overwhelm Zhao Polu in the Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea domain. After defeating Zhao Polu, Lin Jin struck the domain itself, causing it to collapse.

• Lin Jin covered the wood golem in Susanoo armor and formed a chakra longsword, making Zhao Polu wary.
• Zhao Polu attacked, but the wood golem severed his arm; he regenerated it using the domain's blood fiend energy.
• Zhao Polu summoned physical corpses to swarm the wood golem, and Lin Jin's Lightning Release Chakra Mode burned them away.
• Lin Jin unleashed Susanoo Takemikazuchi, splitting Zhao Polu's giant form apart and reducing him to his injured original body.
• Zhao Polu tried to recover, but Lin Jin slashed through the Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea domain, which ruptured and collapsed.

The Nether King emerged after Zhao Polu’s failed breakthrough left him gravely wounded, revealing itself as a peak SS-Rank Corpse Drought. It turned on Lin Jin and the Demon Suppression Bureau team, intending to use them to restore Zhao Polu and strengthen its own power.

• A fissure opened behind Zhao Polu, and a claw blocked Lin Jin’s strike as the Nether King rose from beneath the tomb.
• Wang Zhenshan recognized the Nether King, and Jiang Ling identified it as a peak SS-Rank Corpse Drought beyond the Detector’s upper limit.
• The Nether King explained that it had preserved Zhao Polu as a zombie, while Zhao Polu admitted he had forced his breakthrough because he could no longer bear waiting in his coffin.
• The Nether King blamed the Demon Suppression Bureau for its century of imprisonment and declared that it would make Lin Jin and the others repay the director’s debt.
• The Nether King unleashed its death aura and prepared to fight Lin Jin, while Zhao Polu began healing and eyed the Domain Realm Awakened as prey.

Lin Jin used Sage Mode and the Gate of the Great God to help Wang Zhenshan and the others escape the ancient tomb, pinning Zhao Polu and briefly suppressing the Nether King. After the Nether King broke free, Lin Jin remained alone to face it.

• Lin Jin ordered the wooden giant to cut open the tomb ceiling, and Wang Zhenshan led the others toward the opening.
• Zhao Polu pursued the fleeing group while the Nether King prepared to attack them, but Lin Jin activated Sage Mode and summoned the Gate of the Great God.
• The Gates of the Great God pinned Zhao Polu and forced the Nether King to defend itself, allowing Wang Zhenshan and the others to escape through the fissure.
• The Nether King broke the sealing gates and promised to free Zhao Polu after dealing with Lin Jin.
• The Nether King declared its interest in Lin Jin’s eyes and said it would capture him to make him its greatest masterpiece.

Lin Jin trapped the Nether King inside a Four Red Yang Formation and fought him in the sealed mountain tomb. After the Nether King countered Lin Jin’s space jumps with bone spikes, Lin Jin used Sage Mode to suppress the spikes and unleashed a powerful fire technique.

• Lin Jin sent four Wood Release clones to the mountain range’s perimeter, where they formed a Four Red Yang Formation around the tomb and surrounding peaks.
• Lin Jin dismissed his Susanoo and Wooden Human, and the Nether King covered himself in Corpse Fiend Flame before attacking.
• Lin Jin dodged the Nether King’s claw, used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to strike from behind, and learned that the Nether King could quickly repair the resulting injury.
• The Nether King filled the hall with bone spikes and targeted Lin Jin’s marked landing points, limiting his ability to evade or form hand seals.
• Lin Jin used Sage Mode chakra to suppress the emerging spikes and unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, vaporizing the spikes in a sweeping sea of fire.

Lin Jin and the Nether King traded powerful attacks until the Nether King summoned its resentful-soul sword, Ten Thousand Grievances. Their sword fight intensified, and the Nether King unleashed Soul-Binding Chains at Lin Jin.

• Lin Jin used fire, wind, lava, Lightning Release, and Kamui against the Nether King, tearing away its left shoulder with the spatial vortex.
• The Nether King summoned Ten Thousand Grievances and explained that it had been forged from the resentful souls of 9,999 fallen soldiers.
• Lin Jin coated Lightning-Cleaver in Amaterasu flames and clashed with the Nether King, whose swordsmanship and soul shrieks tested his defenses.
• Lin Jin used his Sharingan to read the Nether King's strikes and burned a wound into its left shoulder with an Amaterasu chain.
• The Nether King activated Ten Thousand Grievances: Soul-Binding Chains, sending countless dark red chains toward Lin Jin.

Lin Jin fought the Nether King’s spiritual attacks inside the Four Red Yang Formation, but the monster revealed its Corpse Drought True Form and unleashed its Thousand Li of Barren Land domain. The barrier held against the domain as the Nether King turned its attention back to Lin Jin.

• Lin Jin used Amaterasu Senbon to burn through the Nether King’s Grievance Spirit Chains as the monster summoned more chains and awakened the tomb’s skeletons.
• The Nether King unleashed Thousand-Bone Howl, and Lin Jin used Susanoo to repel most of the spiritual torrent while its residual force injured Wang Zhenshan’s group and knocked Jiang Ling unconscious.
• The Nether King drove the Ten Thousand Grievances Sword into the ground and transformed into its thirty-foot-tall Corpse Drought True Form.
• The Nether King spread its Thousand Li of Barren Land domain, which began draining life from Wang Zhenshan and the others outside the fissure.
• The Four Red Yang Formation held against the domain, and the Nether King turned toward Lin Jin and said it was sorry for the wait.

Lin Jin battled the Nether King’s Corpse Drought True Form, using Wood Release and Sage Mode to hold it back while he gathered power. The Nether King burned its accumulated grudge spirits and its own essence, transforming into a giant to face Lin Jin’s Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue.

• The Nether King pierced Susanoo’s chest with one claw, but Lin Jin escaped and attacked it with Sage Art: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• The Nether King’s balefire armor endured Lin Jin’s flames, and its Thousand Li of Barren Land began draining his life force.
• Lin Jin used Kamui Intangibility to evade the Nether King’s next strike, then grew a vast forest with Wood Release to counter the spreading death power and entangle his opponent with wood dragons.
• The Nether King unleashed a ring of balefire that burned away the forest around it, but Lin Jin’s trees quickly regrew as he gathered Sage chakra.
• The Nether King released and burned the grudge spirits stored in the Ten Thousand Grievances Sword to perform Ultimate Sublimation, while Lin Jin summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• The Nether King burned its own essence and merged the Ten Thousand Grievances Sword with its balefire, transforming into a towering Corpse Fiend Giant with a Ghostly Green Core.

Lin Jin combined Wood Release and Susanoo to destroy the Nether King, then killed Zhao Polu and returned to the survivors. Wang Zhenshan recognized that Lin Jin's true strength had reached the peak Transcendent Level.

• Lin Jin covered Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands in Susanoo armor and used Sage Art: Majestic Attire: True Several Thousand Hands to overwhelm the Nether King.
• Lin Jin cut down the Corpse Fiend Giant with Amaterasu-coated Susanoo blades, destroying the Nether King and earning 20,000 World Power points.
• Lin Jin burned Zhao Polu to ashes with Amaterasu and gained another 10,000 World Power points.
• Lin Jin dispelled the Four Red Yang Formation and returned to the injured group waiting at the foot of the mountains.
• Wang Zhenshan greeted Lin Jin and judged that his strength had reached the peak Transcendent Level.

Wang Zhenshan delivered Lin Jin’s rewards for the Cangnan Mountains mission and explained that headquarters had assessed him as a peak transcendent. He introduced the Heavenly and Earth Rankings, leaving Lin Jin to hear about the world’s top-ranked experts.

• Wang Zhenshan and Su Qianxue visited Lin Jin to deliver his mission compensation and commendation.
• Wang Zhenshan reported that Lin Jin received 350,000 Demon Suppression Bureau points and 150 million in cash for the mission.
• Wang Zhenshan told Lin Jin that headquarters rated him at the peak of the transcendent level after his victory over the Nether King.
• Wang Zhenshan explained the Global Transcendent Awakened Alliance’s Heavenly and Earth Rankings and described the top ten experts on the Heavenly Rankings.

Wang Zhenshan told Lin Jin that the Demon Suppression Bureau believed he had surpassed Freya and would rank fourth on the Heavenly Rankings, then gave him its highest-level Guest Elder Token. After Su Qianxue revealed her resolve to break through to the Domain Realm, Lin Jin explained that she needed to understand the essence of space.

• Wang Zhenshan described the Heavenly and Earth Rankings and named the leading Domain Realm Awakened, including Zhao Ming, ranked thirty-seventh.
• Wang Zhenshan gave Lin Jin an SSS-Rank Guest Elder Token and assured him that the Demon Suppression Bureau would support him.
• Su Qianxue stayed behind after Wang Zhenshan left and told Lin Jin she had realized her efforts and talent were not enough to stand beside the powerful.
• Su Qianxue said she would enter seclusion to break through to the Domain Realm.
• Lin Jin warned Su Qianxue that a Space-Type Awakened had to understand the essence of space rather than simply build up or compress energy.

Lin Jin helped Su Qianxue clarify how she might advance her space-type power, while Zhou Yan’s kills earned Lin Jin more World Power. Three days later, Zhao Ming arrived in Jiangcheng and began gathering intelligence on Lin Jin before meeting Su Qianxue.

• Lin Jin examined Su Qianxue’s spatial power and urged her to define the order she would impose on space; she chose mastery and left determined to break through.
• The system reported that Zhou Yan had killed seven B-Rank Eerie and three C-Rank Eerie, giving Lin Jin World Power and raising his total to 32,740.
• Zhao Ming arrived in Jiangcheng with Zhao Cheng and Zhao Lie, but chose to visit the Zhao Clan’s local property before seeing Su Qianxue.
• At the Zhao Clan’s Jiangcheng International Financial Center, Zhao Cheng gave Zhao Ming reports and intelligence about Lin Jin, whom Zhao Ming studied in a surveillance image.

Zhao Ming learned that Lin Jin had reached the peak of the Transcendent Stage Realm and recognized the vast gap between them, but he remained confident in his own strength. He investigated Su Qianxue’s seclusion and resolved to hear her decision about their engagement directly, while his father advised him not to antagonize Lin Jin over the marriage alliance.

• Zhao Ming read a report that Lin Jin had slain two SS-Rank Eerie in the Cangnan Mountains and was assessed as a peak Transcendent Level expert with the potential to rank fourth on the Heavenly Rankings.
• Zhao Ming acknowledged that Lin Jin’s achievements surpassed his own at the same age, but insisted he would fear no one if they fought at the same realm.
• Zhao Cheng reported that Su Qianxue had taken leave from the Jiangcheng Paranormal Bureau to enter seclusion and break through to the Domain Realm after returning from Lin Jin’s residence.
• Zhao Ming told Zhao Cheng to confirm Su Qianxue’s safety without disturbing her and to investigate whether people from the Tuoba Clan or Dark Moon had come to Jiangcheng.
• Zhao Lie relayed the clan head’s advice that Zhao Ming should clarify whether his engagement to Su Qianxue could continue rather than compete with Lin Jin.
• Zhao Ming said he would not force the marriage but wanted to hear Su Qianxue’s answer from her own lips.

Zhao Ming reflected on his feelings for Su Qianxue as Tuoba Zhan arrived in Jiangcheng seeking a chance to test his saber against Lin Jin. The next morning, Tuoba Zhan visited Lin Jin at his villa and began asking about his life.

• Zhao Lie warned Zhao Ming not to let romantic attachments dull his edge before leaving him alone to think about Su Qianxue.
• Tuoba Zhan and Tobara Tora arrived in Jiangcheng, and Tuoba Zhan discussed his plans with Zhao Ming at a teahouse.
• Tuoba Zhan told Zhao Ming he wanted to test his saber techniques against Lin Jin, while Zhao Ming said he had come to face the matter of his engagement.
• Tuoba Zhan and Tobara Tora visited Lin Jin at his villa, where Tuoba introduced himself and asked about Lin Jin's home and whether he lived alone.

Tuoba Zhan offered Lin Jin a place in the Tuoba Clan, then revealed that he had come to challenge him to three strikes. Lin Jin sent out a Wood Release clone to meet him, and the chapter ended with the clone blocking Tuoba Zhan’s first blow.

• Tuoba Zhan offered Lin Jin the position of guest elder and said his younger sister Tuoba Lan could marry him, but Lin Jin showed no interest.
• Tuoba Zhan asked Lin Jin to take three strikes from him, and Lin Jin agreed to fight with Lightning-Cleaver.
• Lin Jin created a Wood Release clone with less than half his strength, which Tuoba Zhan accepted as a fair opponent.
• Tuoba Zhan unleashed his Tyrant Blade Intent and charged with the first strike, bringing Mountain-Slayer down on Lin Jin’s clone.
• Lin Jin’s clone used the Sharingan to read the attack and met it head-on with Lightning-Cleaver, matching Tuoba Zhan’s force.