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Lin An bought four secondary-profession manuals, three Diamond Tier techniques, and cultivation pills, then used his attribute points to master the professions and techniques. After a month of secluded cultivation at Heavenly Vault Pass, his 10x Cultivation Card and pills ran out, leaving him to assess his progress.

• Lin An bought the basic manuals for four secondary professions, three Diamond Tier techniques, and pills, spending nearly all his gold coins.
• Lin An set up a Diamond Tier Aura Concealment Formation, learned the four professions, and fused their hearts to improve his heart of auxiliary cultivation.
• Lin An raised the Crimson Sun Saber Technique, Body-Protecting Gang Qi, and Shadow-Skimming Steps to perfection, spending most of his attribute points.
• Lin An used the Spirit-Devouring Ring to absorb the spiritual energy from ten Sin Beasts and broke through to Platinum Second Grade.
• Lin An used his 10x Cultivation Card and pills to cultivate in seclusion, declining He Changshan and the other squad members' invitations to go on missions.
• After a month, Lin An stopped cultivating when his card expired and his pills ran out, noting that the supplies had not been enough for further breakthroughs.

Lin An reached Platinum Eighth Grade but ran out of gold coins and military merits, so he went to the Mission Hall to find work while concealing his true realm. There, he met Zhou Ping and Han Qi, who described the Sin Beasts outside the pass as unusually powerful, and Zhou Ping asked what kind of mission Lin An planned to take.

• After a month of cultivation, Lin An reached Platinum Eighth Grade and decided he needed to earn military merits by completing missions.
• Lin An concealed his realm as Platinum Second Grade and left his room, passing He Changshan, Shang Minghai, and Zhuang Qing'er, who discussed whether he would attempt missions alone.
• At the Mission Hall, Lin An reviewed hunting, scouting, patrol, rescue, and logistical missions.
• Zhou Ping and Han Qi met Lin An and explained that the Sin Beasts in the Sin Abyss were much stronger than those outside Guangwu City.
• Lin An told Zhou Ping and Han Qi that he had spent the past month cultivating and had not yet chosen a mission.

Lin An learned that arena fights could earn military merit quickly and borrowed a thousand merit from his companions to register. After the arena assessed his cultivation as Platinum eighth grade, he received number 6 and was called to fight.

• Zhou Ping told Lin An that fighters could stake military merit in the arena, and Lin An decided to try it.
• Zhou Ping gathered the others, who lent Lin An enough military merit to meet the entry requirement.
• Lin An registered and the arena’s formation revealed that he was at Platinum eighth grade.
• The registrar explained the arena rules and gave Lin An number 6.
• After waiting over an hour, Lin An was called to platform one to face number 38.

Lin An fought Sun Yang in the arena and defeated him after revealing his mastery of the Crimson Sun Saber Technique. The elder overseeing the platforms took notice of Lin An, who left after his victory was announced.

• Lin An entered platform one and faced Sun Yang, while Zhou Ping and the others realized Lin An might have reached platinum eighth grade.
• Lin An and Sun Yang exchanged probing blows, then clashed with their diamond-tier techniques as spectators gathered to watch.
• The overseeing elder recognized that Lin An had perfected the Crimson Sun Saber Technique and wondered whose soldier he was.
• Sun Yang accused Lin An of holding back and demanded that he use his full strength.
• Lin An answered Sun Yang's attack with Scarlet Sun, overpowered his spear shadow, and stopped his saber at Sun Yang's throat.
• Sun Yang conceded defeat, and the arena announced Lin An as the winner on platform one.

Lin An entered the military arena and won all ten of his matches in a single day, earning 21,000 military merits. He left with Zhou Ping and the others, ready to exchange the merits for cultivation resources.

• Lin An chose to continue fighting after his first victory and put his accumulated military merits into each successive match.
• Lin An defeated a second opponent who also used the Crimson Sun Saber Technique, winning with a single slash.
• Zhou Ping, Han Qi, Wu Peng, and Wu Rui discussed Lin An’s chances of earning military merits and placing first in the competition.
• After his third battle, Lin An chose to continue despite the limits on how many merits opponents were willing to wager.
• Lin An won all ten arena matches, then received a token containing 21,000 military merits that could only be exchanged for cultivation resources.

Lin An spent his military merits on cultivation resources, materials to upgrade Condemnation, and a larger storage ring, then used his settlement rewards to prepare for Platinum Ninth Grade Perfection. After upgrading his saber and reaching the Mission Hall, he accepted a hunting mission and left Heavenly Vault Pass with an activated map.

• Lin An gave Zhou Ping two thousand military merits to distribute among the people who had lent him merits, then spent the rest on cultivation resources, Condemnation materials, and a storage ring.
• Lin An claimed 21,300 attribute points from the rankings and resumed cultivating, reaching Platinum Ninth Grade Perfection by March 1.
• Lin An spent materials and 50,000 attribute points to upgrade Condemnation to Diamond Tier, then told He Changshan and the others he was going on a mission.
• Lin An accepted a hunting mission at the Mission Hall and had his token activated to absorb death qi, request assistance, and display a map.
• Lin An viewed the map of the area beyond Heavenly Vault Pass and headed toward the pass exit.

Lin An left Heavenly Vault Pass and traveled north toward the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, killing Sin Beasts along the way while concealing his true cultivation. After Shi Shan warned him about the dangers inside, Lin An entered the range alone to hunt on its outskirts.

• Lin An passed through Heavenly Vault Pass and flew north, where he killed three platinum-rank Sin Beasts that had ambushed him.
• Lin An continued toward the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, fighting Sin Beasts and observing their intelligence and strength as he traveled.
• Lin An reached the Dark Cloud Mountain Range and sensed the dense Sin Beast aura within it.
• Shi Shan and his five companions warned Lin An that the range held many platinum-rank Sin Beasts and possibly a diamond third-grade Sin Beast.
• Lin An said he would stay near the outskirts and could protect himself, then flew into the Dark Cloud Mountain Range alone.
• Shi Shan's companions discussed their military merits and Xie Cheng's reward for reporting an epic-tier Spirit Realm.

Lin An lured Sin Beasts by tearing apart a mountain of corpses, drawing a growing horde toward his hiding place. Shi Shan’s group followed the gathering to discover what had attracted the beasts.

• Lin An hunted more than three hundred Sin Beasts in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, using his Aura Concealment Formation to ambush them.
• Lin An piled up over two hundred corpses in a mountain hollow, dispelled the formation, and tore the bodies apart to spread their bloody scent.
• Sin Beasts across the area smelled the blood and rushed toward the hollow, while others followed the growing crowd.
• Shi Shan’s group of six hid as the horde passed, then decided to investigate and potentially trade what they learned for military merit.
• Shi Shan and his companions used aura concealment talismans and cautiously headed toward the gathering without flying.

Shi Shan and his five companions discovered Lin An slaughtering a vast gathering of Sin Beasts in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range. Lin An provoked the beasts into attacking him and continued cutting them down, while the six watched in astonishment.

• Shi Shan and his companions found a huge crowd of Sin Beasts gathered ahead and suspected they were fighting over a treasure.
• Lin An appeared above the beasts and struck them with a saber slash over a thousand meters long.
• Shi Shan and his companions recognized Lin An and realized he had concealed his true strength.
• Lin An taunted the Sin Beasts as they prepared to flee, hoping to draw some of them into attacking.
• The furious Sin Beasts charged Lin An, who continued killing them while mocking their weakness.

After slaughtering most of the Sin Beasts in the mountain range, Lin An recruited Shi Shan and his five companions to process the corpses and rewarded them with crystal cores. He returned with them toward the range’s edge, after ordering a captured black tiger to warn the Sin Beasts in the inner region that he would attack the next day.

• Lin An finished killing the Sin Beasts in the outer region, then found Shi Shan and his five companions hiding nearby.
• Lin An asked the six to help process the Sin Beast corpses and promised them ten crystal cores each; they agreed, and the group spent five hours collecting the materials.
• Lin An gave each of them a Platinum Fifth Grade crystal core and decided to return with them so he could exchange the materials for military merits and resources.
• On the way out, Lin An captured a black tiger Sin Beast and ordered it to tell the inner region’s Sin Beasts that he would come slaughter them the next day.
• After Lin An left with Shi Shan and the others, the black tiger recovered and fled to deliver his message.

Lin An exchanged his military merits for formation and puppet materials, then spent seven days preparing for another hunt in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range. As he flew toward the range, the Gold-Devouring Spider waited with a gathering of Sin Beasts and asked whether he had arrived.

• Lin An told Shi Shan he would return the next day to try to wipe out the Sin Beasts in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range.
• The staff member tallied Lin An’s hunt at 121,750 military merits, and he exchanged materials for a formation, a puppet compendium, and crafting supplies.
• Lin An sold his harvested materials for 51,472 military merits and checked the requirements for military posts.
• Lin An perfected the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation and Mystic Shadow Puppet techniques, advanced his puppeteer profession, and crafted thirty-six formation flags and thirty-six puppets over seven days.
• Lin An accepted another hunting mission and flew toward the Dark Cloud Mountain Range.
• The Gold-Devouring Spider gathered Sin Beasts on a peak and asked whether Lin An had arrived.

Lin An found the Sin Beasts gathered around a mountain peak in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range and surrounded them with his puppets. His arrival terrified the Sin Beasts from the outskirts, while the inner-region beasts rallied the group and prepared to fight.

• The Gold-Devouring Spider waited seven days for Lin An after gathering the Dark Cloud Mountain Range's Sin Beasts, then decided to wait one more day before dismissing them.
• Lin An sent three concealed Mystic Shadow Puppets into the mountain range and discovered more than four thousand Sin Beasts gathered around a peak.
• Lin An deployed thirty-six puppets with formation flags to surround the mountain peak.
• Lin An announced his arrival, and the Sin Beasts that had fled him seven days earlier panicked at the sound of his voice.
• The inner-region Sin Beasts scolded the frightened beasts and threatened to kill anyone who fled, while Lin An welcomed their help in keeping the group together.

Lin An faced the Sin Beasts in the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, killing a Flame Bear before activating a powerful formation to slaughter the gathered beasts. After the Gold-Devouring Spider tried to flee and was struck down, Lin An wondered why the battle felt like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

• A ninth grade Flame Bear attacked Lin An, but his protective aura blocked its claws and flames, and Lin An split it in two with Condemnation.
• Lin An summoned thirty-six puppets and activated the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation, filling the sky with purple clouds and lightning.
• The Gold-Devouring Spider emerged from its cave and rallied the Sin Beasts to attack Lin An and break the formation.
• The formation's lightning killed the attacking Sin Beasts as the Gold-Devouring Spider fled, but Lin An struck it down and gained two attribute points.
• After the ground was scorched and the battle ended, Lin An remarked that it felt like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Lin An cleared the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, collected valuable materials, and headed to Great Ridge Mountain to draw out its Sin Beasts. There, he encountered his acquaintances fleeing a pack of Sin Beasts and prepared to help them.

• Lin An’s thirty-six puppets processed the defeated Sin Beasts, and he collected their valuables, including the Gold-Devouring Spider’s eyes and core.
• Lin An chose Great Ridge Mountain as his next hunting ground, concealed his cultivation, and flew there.
• After reaching Great Ridge Mountain, Lin An decided to provoke a Diamond Tier Sin Beast and rely on his escape tools if necessary.
• Lin An encountered He Changshan, Shang Minghai, Zhuang Qing'er, Shi Shan, and five other people fleeing nearly a hundred Sin Beasts.
• As the nine people neared him, Lin An summoned Condemnation and slashed at the pursuing Sin Beasts.

Lin An rescued Shi Shan’s squad and He Changshan’s group from a pack of Sin Beasts, revealing that he had made nine diamond-tier puppets himself. After learning how powerful Lin An was, Shi Shan offered to stay and help collect Sin Beast corpses.

• Lin An’s saber strike killed the Sin Beasts pursuing Shi Shan’s squad, and He Changshan and his companions recognized him.
• Lin An’s nine puppets killed the remaining Sin Beasts, including the platinum sixth grade Red-Scaled Beast.
• Lin An told Shi Shan and the others that he had made the diamond-tier puppets himself, astonishing them.
• Shi Shan explained that his group had run into the Red-Scaled Beast while hunting in Great Ridge Mountain.
• Shi Shan offered to help Lin An collect the Sin Beast corpses.

Lin An agreed to let Shi Shan and his teammates help collect Sin Beast corpses, then headed to a peak on Great Ridge Mountain to hunt its Sin Beasts. He set his thirty-six puppets around the peak and launched his assault alone.

• Lin An accepted Shi Shan's offer to help with the corpses but warned that Great Ridge Mountain was dangerous and said he would contact them if he could use their help.
• He Changshan and his companions learned from Shi Shan that Lin An had slaughtered thousands of Sin Beasts and fought ten arena matches against powerful opponents.
• Shi Shan told the others Lin An was a rare monster who would likely win the tournament and draw the attention of the Heavenly Vault King and the Heavenly Vault Army.
• Lin An sent three puppets to scout a peak and sensed three diamond realm Sin Beasts among its many platinum seventh-grade-or-stronger beasts.
• Lin An concealed all thirty-six puppets around the peak, then charged forward with Condemnation and announced his intent to bury the Sin Beasts of Great Ridge Mountain.

Lin An drew the Sin Beasts of Great Ridge Mountain’s first peak into a prolonged battle, while the three Earth-Splitting Savage Boars mistook an aura from his token for an epic human expert protecting him. After their forces failed to wear him down, the leading boar decided to summon the Sin Beasts from the other six peaks.

• Lin An killed a charging Crimson Flame Eagle with one slash and taunted the three Earth-Splitting Savage Boars.
• The three boars held back while their subordinates attacked Lin An, who slaughtered them despite being surrounded.
• The leading boar promised a breakthrough to diamond for whoever killed Lin An, spurring the Sin Beasts to attack again.
• Lin An used an azure token to release a trace of epic-tier aura, convincing the three boars that an epic human expert was nearby.
• After more than an hour of fighting, the Sin Beasts realized they could not exhaust Lin An, and the leading boar decided to call in the forces from the other six peaks.

The three Earth-Splitting Savage Boars summoned the Diamond Realm Sin Beasts from the other peaks to share the danger of Lin An and the hidden Epic Realm expert. After Lin An flashed his token, the beasts lured even more reinforcements toward Three Pigs Peak with a false claim that they had killed the human expert and found an Epic Tier treasure.

• The three Earth-Splitting Savage Boars roared for help, bringing six Diamond Realm Sin Beasts from the other peaks to investigate Lin An’s fight.
• The visiting Sin Beasts mocked the boars, and the leading boar revealed that Lin An was a human prodigy protected by an Epic Realm expert.
• The boars admitted they had called the others to improve their chances of survival, prompting the Sin Beasts to consider summoning their own allies.
• Lin An released a wisp of Epic Realm aura with his green token, convincing the gathered beasts that the hidden expert was real.
• The Purple-Striped Blood Bat and the other Sin Beasts sent messages claiming they had killed the human expert and obtained an Epic Tier treasure, drawing more Diamond Realm Sin Beasts toward Three Pigs Peak.

Lin An lured the Diamond Realm Sin Beasts from all seven peaks to Three Pigs Peak and trapped them in the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation. After the kings summoned every Sin Beast in Great Ridge Mountain to break the formation from outside, Lin An realized his plan had worked.

• The Green-Eyed Black Eagle and the other Diamond Realm Sin Beasts arrived at Three Pigs Peak, where the Purple-Striped Blood Bat revealed that the supposed Epic Tier treasure was an Epic Realm expert.
• Twenty-six Diamond Realm Sin Beasts gathered at the peak and waited, afraid to flee while Lin An continued fighting.
• Lin An activated the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation, trapping the gathered Sin Beasts and using a token to reveal that the Epic Realm aura had been a trick.
• The formation's lightning killed the Platinum Rank Sin Beasts and forced the Diamond Realm Sin Beasts back, but they decided they could break it with help from outside.
• The Green-Eyed Black Eagle and the other kings roared to summon every Sin Beast in Great Ridge Mountain, and Lin An smiled as they flew toward Three Pigs Peak.

Lin An used the formation to hold the Green-Eyed Black Eagle and its allies while drawing more Sin Beasts to Three Pigs Peak. The Green-Eyed Black Eagle activated the White Bone Horn, driving the arriving Platinum Realm Sin Beasts into a frenzy, but the horn shattered, leaving the trapped beasts to fight for survival.

• Lin An kept the formation from killing all the Diamond Realm Sin Beasts as their subordinates arrived and attacked from outside.
• Lin An killed nearly half the attacking Platinum Realm Sin Beasts, then tried to persuade the rest to retreat while the Green-Eyed Black Eagle threatened them.
• As more Sin Beasts gathered, the Green-Eyed Black Eagle and the other Sin Beasts poured their power into the White Bone Horn.
• The horn's call made the Platinum Realm Sin Beasts lose their reason and attack the formation with savage fury.
• The White Bone Horn shattered, and the Green-Eyed Black Eagle roared for the Sin Beasts to kill.

Lin An used the formation to kill every Sin Beast on Great Ridge Mountain, then had Shi Shan and the others help process the spoils. As the group returned toward Heavenly Vault Pass, Lin An learned that Xie Cheng had discovered an epic tier Spirit Realm and asked whether any lower-tier Spirit Realms would open soon.

• Lin An unleashed the formation’s lightning dragon, killing the green-eyed black eagle and all twenty-six diamond realm Sin Beasts.
• Lin An opened the formation to the platinum realm Sin Beasts and spent half an hour slaughtering them, wiping out the Sin Beasts on Great Ridge Mountain.
• Lin An called Shi Shan and the others to help process nearly thirty thousand corpses, then gave each person fifty Sin Beast crystal cores.
• Lin An agreed to fly back with Shi Shan’s group and learned that Xie Cheng had earned five thousand military merit for discovering an epic tier Spirit Realm.
• Lin An asked Shi Shan whether any platinum rank or diamond tier Spirit Realms were opening soon.

Lin An tallied his military merits, prepared to hunt more Sin Beasts, and bought a Charm Snake Bell to lure them. He left Heavenly Vault Pass with the bell, ready to use it in the Sin Abyss.

• Lin An learned that the next nearby Platinum Rank Spirit Realm would open in three months and the next Diamond Tier one in six months.
• Lin An tallied his rewards and exchanged materials, bringing his military merits to 1,444,948 before buying a larger storage ring.
• Lin An reassured He Changshan, Shang Minghai, and Zhuang Qing'er that they were on the same squad, then returned to his room.
• Lin An made 130 Platinum Rank puppets and repaired his formation flags, preparing to hunt Sin Beasts during the remaining fifteen days of the competition.
• Lin An learned that the army had no Berserk Horns to exchange, then bought a Charm Snake Bell for 3,000 military merits.
• Lin An left Heavenly Vault Pass carrying the Charm Snake Bell.

Lin An hunted Sin Beasts outside Heavenly Vault Pass, raised his secondary professions and cultivation technique, and amassed military merits and attribute points. On the competition’s final day, he joined the closing ceremony, where Third Legion commander Zheng Tang addressed the gathered participants.

• Lin An upgraded eight Bronze Tier secondary professions to Gold Tier and claimed 49,000 attribute points from eleven leaderboard rewards.
• Lin An continued clearing Sin Beast mountains, returning to Heavenly Vault Pass on the competition’s final day with over ten million military merits and more than 900,000 attribute points.
• Lin An spent 600,000 attribute points to advance the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to minor mastery.
• Zhou Tao gathered his squad and led them to the competition’s closing ceremony, noting that all ten squad members had reached the Platinum Realm.
• Lin An sensed that the middle-aged officer on the platform was at least in the Legendary Realm, and the man introduced himself as Zheng Tang, commander of the Third Legion.

Zheng Tang announced the competition results, revealing that Lin An had earned 11,223,200 military merits and far outstripped every other participant. After Lin An joined him on the platform, Zheng Tang offered to show footage of Lin An earning the merits, and Lin An agreed.

• Zheng Tang announced that participants placing eleventh through one hundredth would each receive five thousand military merits, then began naming the top ten.
• Shi Shan placed third with 4,125 military merits, and Xie Cheng placed second with 23,754.
• Zheng Tang revealed that he had secretly followed Lin An for half a month to verify his extraordinary military merit total.
• Zheng Tang announced Lin An as the winner with 11,223,200 military merits, shocking the crowd and Xie Cheng.
• Lin An went up to the platform, and Zheng Tang offered to show footage of him earning military merits; Lin An agreed.

Lin An’s footage revealed that he had lured in and slaughtered thousands of Sin Beasts using a Diamond Tier formation and puppets, earning him the competition’s rewards. Zheng Tang told him he would meet the Heavenly Vault King after the Spirit Cleansing Pool, and Lin An agreed to visit the treasury before then.

• The crowd watched footage of Lin An attracting more than ten thousand Sin Beasts with a purple bell and killing them with the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation and thirty-six Diamond Tier puppets.
• Lin An confirmed that he was a Diamond Tier formation master and puppeteer, astonishing the crowd.
• Zheng Tang gave Lin An a storage ring containing a treasury token, breakthrough pills, and rewards including a Diamond Tier cultivation technique and weapon.
• Zheng Tang announced that Lin An and the other winners would enter the Spirit Cleansing Pool the next morning, then told Lin An that the Heavenly Vault King would receive him afterward.
• Zheng Tang asked whether Lin An planned to remain in the Heavenly Vault Army, and Lin An requested time to decide after leaving the pool.
• Lin An chose to visit the treasury immediately, and Zheng Tang took him there.