Arc 2Blood and Broken Promises

Lin Feng grew stronger, uncovered the Gene Cult’s crimes, and killed those who threatened him over his reward and his father’s photograph. After surviving a betrayal in the Redbud Mountain Range, he killed the Zhao siblings and returned to cultivation.

  • Lin Feng tricked Hu Ke with a crystal core bomb, survived the blast, and killed him before claiming the bandits’ valuables and cultivation manuals.
  • Lin Feng mastered the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art, broke through to the Qi Sea Realm, and followed mutant wolves to a Gene Cult site where he found dead test subjects and trapped prisoners.
  • Lin Feng killed the Gene Cult leader after the leader detonated explosives that killed the captives, then buried the dead, perfected his techniques, and returned to Yang City.
  • Huang Wei rewarded Lin Feng with martial arts and an Essence-Augmenting Pill, but Qian Wei tried to take the pill and Lin Feng defeated him at the school gates.
  • Lin Feng discovered that Chen Wen and Uncle Fu had ransacked his home and broken his only photograph with his father, so he killed Uncle Fu, Chen Wen, and Chen Ao after confronting them.
  • Lin Feng used pills and hunted mutant beasts for Energy Points, then accepted Zhao Xiaotong’s offer of five million credits to save her group from a beast pack.
  • Lin Feng killed the wolf king and hunted down the remaining beasts, but Zhao Huan refused to pay and the group attacked him, leaving him apparently dead.
  • Lin Feng resurrected behind the guard captain, killed him and Zhao Huan, rejected Zhao Xiaotong’s plea for mercy, and returned to cultivation.
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Ch. 26Human Bomb

Lin Feng used a crystal core bomb while holding Hu Ke, killing himself in the blast and leaving Hu Ke gravely wounded. Lin Feng reappeared unharmed, and Hu Ke could only stare at him in terror.

  • Lin Feng pretended to offer Hu Ke a treasure and deactivated his Black Iron Battle Body to lower Hu Ke's guard.
  • Lin Feng activated a crystal core bomb and grabbed Hu Ke, refusing to let him escape.
  • Hu Ke covered himself with Primordial Power as the bomb exploded, while Lin Feng was blasted into scraps of flesh.
  • Hu Ke regained consciousness with one hand and one leg blown off, and celebrated surviving the blast.
  • Lin Feng appeared completely unharmed, leaving Hu Ke terrified and unable to understand how he had survived.

Ch. 27Bull Demon Body-Forging Art

After defeating Hu Ke and the Black Wind Bandits, Lin Feng claimed their wealth and discovered a Body Tempering cultivation art in Hu Ke’s storage ring. He learned that the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art could develop force within his body, though it only covered cultivation up to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

  • Hu Ke tried to kill himself, but Lin Feng stopped him and then killed him for his Energy Points.
  • Lin Feng searched the Black Wind Bandits’ bodies and collected healing potions, crystal cores, and other valuables, bringing his Energy Points to 20,000.
  • Lin Feng opened Hu Ke’s storage ring and found a large stockpile of crystal cores and two cultivation manuals.
  • Lin Feng learned the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art, which appeared on his skill panel at level 0/9 and required 600 Energy Points to upgrade.
  • Lin Feng learned that the art would unify his scattered strength into force, but it could only be cultivated to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

Ch. 28Breakthrough to the Qi Sea Realm

Lin Feng learned the Blood-Burning Art and upgraded the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art until his physical foundation reached its limit. He broke through to the Qi Sea Realm, where his Qi Sea grew to around a hundred times the size of an ordinary person’s.

  • Lin Feng learned that the Blood-Burning Art consumed blood essence to temporarily boost strength, despite risks that included death.
  • Lin Feng upgraded the Blood-Burning Art, gaining the ability to burn his blood essence at will.
  • Lin Feng repeatedly upgraded the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art until his body produced condensed physical force that could rival Primordial Power.
  • Lin Feng reached the limit of his physical foundation and broke through to Qi Sea First Layer.
  • Lin Feng filled his unusually large Qi Sea with Primordial Power and celebrated his cultivation progress.

Ch. 29The Slaughter Began Again

After spending all 40,000 Energy Points, Lin Feng reached Qi Sea First Layer and destroyed the Black Wind Bandits' cave. He camped in the forest, ate a roasted beast, and turned to confront the scarlet-eyed creatures gathering around him.

  • Lin Feng used all 40,000 Energy Points to upgrade his cultivation and grew strong enough to challenge opponents at Qi Sea Third Layer or higher.
  • Lin Feng tested his strength, gathered his spoils, and collapsed the rock face above the Black Wind Bandits' cave entrance.
  • Lin Feng set up camp in the forest and hunted a Qi Sea First Layer exotic beast for dinner.
  • Lin Feng roasted and ate both legs of the beast while scarlet eyes watched him from the darkness.
  • Lin Feng stood after finishing his meal and prepared to begin slaughtering the creatures around him.

Ch. 30Gene Cult

Lin Feng followed a pack of mutant wolves into a hidden facility and discovered a group called the Gene Cult conducting experiments on people. He confronted the black-robed figure who admitted the corpses displayed in the square had been used as test subjects.

  • Lin Feng suspected the mutant wolves were acting intelligently and followed them deeper into the Redbud Mountain Range.
  • The mutant wolf king led Lin Feng through a concealed passage in a rock wall to a hidden square.
  • Lin Feng saw agonized prisoners and the corpses of adults, children, and infants hanging from stone pillars.
  • A black-robed figure praised the mutant wolf king for luring Lin Feng to the Gene Cult and gave it a pill.
  • Lin Feng entered the square, confronted the black-robed figure, and learned the dead people had been test subjects.

Ch. 31The black-robed leader

Lin Feng confronted the black-robed leader, who wanted to capture him as experimental material, and killed the leader’s black-robed subordinates. The leader transformed into a wolf king mutant beast and attacked Lin Feng.

  • The black-robed leader ordered his men to capture Lin Feng as experimental material.
  • Lin Feng charged into the black-robed men and killed them one after another.
  • The black-robed leader attacked Lin Feng with a longsword, but Lin Feng struck him away.
  • The black-robed leader tore off his robe and transformed into a humanoid wolf king mutant beast.
  • The transformed leader lunged at Lin Feng, who judged him too slow.

Ch. 32Brutally Killing the Black-Robed Leader

Lin Feng fought the black-robed leader, but the leader detonated the explosives in the houses and killed the ordinary people trapped inside. Enraged, Lin Feng tortured the leader until he died and declared the Gene Cult his target.

  • Lin Feng overpowered the black-robed leader and charged toward the rubble where the captive humans were trapped.
  • The black-robed leader detonated the explosives, killing the ordinary people as Lin Feng watched.
  • Lin Feng crippled the leader with two blows, dragged him from the pit, and severed both his legs and arms.
  • Lin Feng bound the leader to a stone pillar, declared he would hunt the Gene Cult, and watched the leader bleed to death after an hour.

Ch. 33Bronze Battle Body

After defeating the black-robed men, Lin Feng used their Energy Points to perfect his martial arts and advance to the Second Layer of the Qi Sea Realm. His Black Iron Battle Body then upgraded into a Bronze Battle Body.

  • Lin Feng buried the ordinary people, looted the black-robed men's bodies, and burned the genetic modification books he found.
  • Lin Feng perfected the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art and gained the physical body enhancement trait.
  • Lin Feng perfected the Mad Demon Staff Technique, gained the arm strength enhancement trait, and broke through to the Second Layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
  • Lin Feng activated his Black Iron Battle Body, which upgraded into the Bronze Battle Body.

Ch. 34Back to Yang City

After testing the power of his arts, Lin Feng returned to Yang City after slaughtering mutant beasts that were drawn to his singing. He arrived safely and went home to bathe.

  • Lin Feng tested his boosted strength and found that his attacks could devastate the ground and leave him nearly unmatched in the Qi Sea Realm.
  • Lin Feng sang in the wilderness, attracting mutant beasts, and fought them until his singing stopped and they fled.
  • Lin Feng gained over 20,000 Energy Points and decided to collect the Third Martial School's promised reward after returning.
  • Lin Feng traveled back to Yang City in three hours without incident, then went home to take a bath.

Ch. 35The Martial School's Rewards

Lin Feng returned to the Third Martial School to collect his reward, and Huang Wei discovered that he had reached the second layer of the Qi Sea Realm. Huang Wei raised Lin Feng’s reward and asked which attributes he wanted for his cultivation technique and martial skill.

  • Lin Feng went to the Third Martial School and called Huang Wei to ask where to collect his reward.
  • Huang Wei sensed Lin Feng’s breakthrough and learned that he had reached the second layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
  • Huang Wei considered Lin Feng’s potential to earn the school a place at Jiangnan Martial University and increased his reward.
  • Huang Wei asked Lin Feng which attributes he wanted for his cultivation technique and martial skill, leaving Lin Feng surprised that they had attributes.

Ch. 36Essence-Augmenting Pill

Huang Wei gave Lin Feng a choice of rewards, and Lin Feng chose body-tempering and staff cultivation arts along with an Essence-Augmenting Pill. Li Lin and Qian Wei resented Lin Feng’s reward, and Li Lin urged his nephew to take the pill from him.

  • Huang Wei explained that Qi Sea Realm martial artists needed new cultivation arts, and Lin Feng asked for a body-tempering art and staff techniques.
  • Huang Wei brought Lin Feng the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art, the Ten Wave-Breaking Forms, and an Essence-Augmenting Pill.
  • Huang Wei explained that an Essence-Augmenting Pill could raise the cultivation of a martial artist below the Qi Sea Fifth Layer by one layer.
  • Li Lin told Qian Wei that Lin Feng had received an Essence-Augmenting Pill as part of his reward.
  • Qian Wei complained that Lin Feng did not deserve the pill, and Li Lin urged him to find a way to seize it.

Ch. 37Qian Wei

Qian Wei, jealous that Lin Feng received an Essence-Augmenting Pill, confronted him at the school gates and demanded it. Lin Feng refused and remained unfazed as Qian Wei threatened him.

  • Qian Wei learned that Huang Wei had given Lin Feng an Essence-Augmenting Pill and decided to take it for himself.
  • Qian Wei left the office after speaking with his uncle, Li Lin, while Lin Feng said goodbye to Huang Wei and headed home.
  • At the school gates, Qian Wei confronted Lin Feng and demanded to borrow his pill as students gathered to watch.
  • Lin Feng mocked Qian Wei and refused to hand over the pill.
  • Qian Wei threatened Lin Feng and increased the pressure of his presence, but Lin Feng was not intimidated.

Ch. 38Qian Wei Goes Berserk

Qian Wei attacked Lin Feng at the school gates, but Lin Feng struck him down with a single slap. Humiliated and enraged, Qian Wei drew a saber and vowed to kill Lin Feng.

  • Qian Wei approached Lin Feng, intending to cripple him, while Huang Wei and Li Lin watched from nearby.
  • Qian Wei attacked with a punch, but Lin Feng swiftly slapped him across the face and sent him sprawling.
  • The watching students were stunned, and Qian Wei struggled to believe Lin Feng had defeated him.
  • Qian Wei flew into a rage, drew a long saber despite the school’s ban on weapons, and threatened to kill Lin Feng.

Ch. 39Beating Qian Wei to a Pulp

Lin Feng defeated Qian Wei by stopping his saber barehanded and slapping him unconscious. Li Lin watched from the school gates, resentful of Lin Feng and worried about his chances of becoming vice principal.

  • Qian Wei charged at Lin Feng with his Three Water-Severing Saber Strikes, but Lin Feng blocked the saber with his Bronze Battle Body and slapped him away.
  • Qian Wei activated his divine ability and attacked again, but Lin Feng crushed the saber Qi, caught the blade barehanded, and held it fast.
  • Lin Feng taunted Qian Wei and slapped him unconscious, then decided he liked the sensation of slapping people.
  • Li Lin appeared at the school gates and resented Lin Feng, whose talent threatened Li Lin's bid to become vice principal.

Ch. 40A New Way to Obtain Energy Points

After losing his bid to undermine Huang Wei, Lin Feng upgraded the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art until he ran out of Energy Points, then discovered that consuming pills could replenish them. He resolved to seek a way out of the city to earn money for more pills.

  • Li Lin left after Qian Wei's defeat ruined his chance to use the fight against Huang Wei in the contest for vice principal.
  • Lin Feng studied his cultivation manuals, then spent Energy Points upgrading the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art to level five before running out of primal energy.
  • Lin Feng remembered the Essence-Augmenting Pill, swallowed it, and received 10,000 Energy Points.
  • Lin Feng realized pills offered a new source of Energy Points but were extremely expensive, so he decided he needed to leave the city and earn money.

Ch. 41Chen Wen's revenge

Lin Feng prepared to upgrade his gear before returning to the wilderness, while Chen Wen learned he had reappeared and set out with Uncle Fu to kill him. Chen Wen found Lin Feng’s home empty, wrecked the furnishings and a photograph of Lin Feng and Lin Fu, then left in frustration.

  • Lin Feng planned to buy stretchy shorts, barbecue grills, and a bathtub before heading into the wilderness.
  • Chen Wen received word from a lackey that Lin Feng had returned to school and then left again.
  • Chen Wen asked Uncle Fu to help kill Lin Feng, blaming him for his younger brother’s death, and they went to Lin Feng’s home.
  • Chen Wen and Uncle Fu found the home empty, and Chen Wen smashed its furnishings in anger.
  • Before leaving, Chen Wen kicked a sofa into a photograph of Lin Feng and Lin Fu, breaking its frame.

Ch. 42Treating Human Lives Like Grass

Lin Feng returned home to find his treasured photograph damaged and went to the security office to identify the intruder. After the guards mocked and threatened him, he overpowered them and demanded access to the surveillance footage.

  • Lin Feng found his home ransacked and the frame holding his only photograph with his father broken.
  • Lin Feng put the photograph away and went to the residential complex's security office to check the surveillance footage.
  • The lead guard refused to help and summoned other guards, then told Lin Feng to crawl if he wanted to watch the footage.
  • Lin Feng released his killing intent, kicked the lead guard into a wall, and frightened the other guards into submission.
  • Lin Feng asked the guards again whether he could see the footage.

Ch. 43Killing in the Villa District

After identifying Chen Wen in the surveillance footage, Lin Feng went to the Chen Clan’s villa to confront him over the photograph smashed in his home. Uncle Fu admitted he had broken it, and Lin Feng prepared to make him answer for it.

  • Lin Feng reviewed the surveillance footage, recognized Chen Wen, and left for the villa district.
  • Lin Feng entered the district after its guards backed down from his imposing presence.
  • Lin Feng called Chen Wen out at the villa and demanded to know who had smashed his photograph.
  • Uncle Fu stopped Chen Wen from admitting it and urged Lin Feng to leave, but Lin Feng kept pressing for the culprit’s identity.
  • Uncle Fu confessed that he had smashed the photograph, and Lin Feng angrily asked which hand he had used.

Ch. 44Uncle Fu Was Dead

Lin Feng avenged the destruction of his cherished group photo by defeating Uncle Fu and pursuing Chen Wen. He killed Uncle Fu and caught Chen Wen as Chen Ao rushed back to the villa district.

  • Uncle Fu challenged Lin Feng, but Lin Feng seized him and tore off his right arm.
  • Uncle Fu threatened Lin Feng with Chen Ao's reputation, while Chen Wen called his father for help.
  • Lin Feng killed Uncle Fu with a stomp and turned toward the Chen Clan villa.
  • Chen Wen fled, but Lin Feng kicked a stone through his chest and caught him as he lay dying.
  • Chen Wen cursed Lin Feng and warned that his father would avenge him.

Ch. 45Battle at the City Gate

Lin Feng lured Chen Ao outside Yang City and killed Chen Wen before battling Chen Ao. Lin Feng shattered Chen Ao’s fiery techniques with his bare hands and pressed his attack as Huang Wei watched from the city gate.

  • Lin Feng carried Chen Wen outside Yang City and sent word that he would wait for Chen Ao there.
  • Chen Ao arrived and demanded that Lin Feng release his son, but Lin Feng killed Chen Wen with a burst of Primordial Power.
  • Chen Ao attacked Lin Feng with his Blazing Flame Palm, and Lin Feng shattered it with a punch.
  • Huang Wei arrived at the city gate and watched as Lin Feng and Chen Ao continued fighting.
  • Chen Ao summoned a fiery-red spear and thrust it down toward Lin Feng.

Ch. 46Killing Chen Ao

Lin Feng killed Chen Ao with the Blood-Burning Art, then recovered and looted his spatial ring before heading into the Redbud Mountain Range to hunt mutant beasts. After collecting 30,000 energy points, he heard a battle nearby and ran toward it.

  • Lin Feng unleashed the Blood-Burning Art, shattered Chen Ao’s spear, and killed him with a punch before collapsing from exhaustion.
  • Huang Wei rushed to help Lin Feng, but Lin Feng revived fully restored, and Huang Wei left for the Third Martial School.
  • Lin Feng looted Chen Ao’s spatial ring, swallowed two pills for 5,000 energy points, and upgraded his Azure Jade Body Tempering Formula to level seven.
  • Lin Feng entered the depths of the Redbud Mountain Range and hunted powerful mutant beasts, gaining 30,000 energy points in half a day.
  • Lin Feng heard a battle nearby, returned the beast leg to his spatial ring, and sprinted toward the sounds.

Ch. 47People surrounded by mutant beasts

Lin Feng found Zhao Huan and Zhao Xiaotong trapped with their guards by a pack of mutant beasts. He agreed to save them for five million credits and charged into the beasts, while Zhao Huan planned to let Lin Feng and the pack weaken each other.

  • Zhao Huan refused to release the mutant beast cub, hoping to use it to claim the Zhao Clan head position, as the pack surrounded the group and killed several guards.
  • Lin Feng arrived and saw the beasts as a chance to gain Energy Points.
  • Zhao Huan told Zhao Xiaotong to ask Lin Feng for help, hoping to use him as a distraction and avoid paying him.
  • Lin Feng demanded five million credits to save the group, and Zhao Xiaotong agreed.
  • Lin Feng activated his Bronze Battle Body and charged into the beasts, while Zhao Huan ordered the guards to hold back and let the fight wear Lin Feng down.

Ch. 48Slaying the Wolf King

Lin Feng fought a horde of mutant beasts for Energy Points while Zhao Huan and Zhao Xiaotong waited for him to weaken, hoping to avoid paying him and claim his possessions. After being buried beneath the beasts, Lin Feng unleashed the Blood-Burning Art, killed the wolf king, and hunted down the fleeing pack.

  • Lin Feng slaughtered mutant beasts for Energy Points, though killing Body Refinement Stage beasts no longer rewarded him.
  • Zhao Huan and Zhao Xiaotong watched Lin Feng become injured, and Zhao Huan decided to wait rather than retreat.
  • The wolf king rallied the beasts to attack Lin Feng, who was bitten and then buried beneath the horde.
  • Lin Feng used the Blood-Burning Art to blast away the beasts and, despite having only one arm, killed the wolf king with a punch.
  • The wolf pack fled after its king died, and Lin Feng hunted them down, killing most of the remaining beasts.

Ch. 49The Blood-Burning Art's Aftereffects

After killing the wolf king, Lin Feng demanded payment from Zhao Huan, who refused and ordered his guards to seize Lin Feng’s storage ring. The Blood-Burning Art’s aftereffects left Lin Feng helpless, so he burst his own heart with Primordial Power and stopped breathing.

  • Lin Feng shrank back to ordinary size after killing the wolf king and demanded payment from Zhao Huan.
  • Zhao Huan refused to pay and demanded Lin Feng’s storage ring, while Zhao Xiaotong urged her brother to kill him.
  • Lin Feng killed the ordinary guards with his fists, but the Blood-Burning Art’s aftereffects weakened him and the guard captain severed his remaining hand.
  • Zhao Huan let Zhao Xiaotong prepare to kill Lin Feng, but Lin Feng burst his own heart with Primordial Power and stopped breathing.

Ch. 50Blowing the Zhao Siblings Apart

After Lin Feng resurrected, he confronted Zhao Huan, Zhao Xiaotong, and their guard captain for reneging on his payment and trying to kill him. The three pleaded for their lives, but Lin Feng killed them all.

  • Lin Feng resurrected behind the guard captain and crushed his head while Zhao Huan watched in horror.
  • Zhao Huan offered Lin Feng ten million credits, then fifty million and invoked his ties to the Zhao Clan of Rui City, but Lin Feng killed him with a slap.
  • Zhao Xiaotong begged Lin Feng to spare her and offered herself to him.
  • Lin Feng rejected Zhao Xiaotong, crushed her head, and turned back to cultivation.
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