Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng told Wang Qing and Wang Su he planned to destroy the strange creatures at the Red Mountain Old Demon's stronghold during the wedding procession. After arranging to hide in a dowry chest and recruit Monk Fazhao, he found the monk nearby and prepared to join forces with him.

• Chen Feng explained that he intended to wipe out the demons and monsters at the wedding to gain Demon Suppression Value.
• Wang Qing doubted they could defeat the Red Mountain Old Demon and his forces, but Wang Su agreed to take the risk rather than marry him.
• Wang Qing said the wedding party would come for them at nine o'clock in three days, and Chen Feng planned to hide in a dowry chest and fight alongside Monk Fazhao.
• Chen Feng left to find Monk Fazhao and discovered him squatting beneath a tree nearby.

Chen Feng strengthened his cultivation and prepared to eliminate the Red Mountain Old Demon with Monk Fazhao. After accepting a panel mission promising the Immortal Scripture, Chen Feng bought and learned the Blood Sun Palm.

• Monk Fazhao joined Chen Feng’s plan to return in three days and eliminate the Red Mountain Old Demon.
• Chen Feng and Monk Fazhao hunted little ghosts, earning Chen Feng six points of Demon Suppression Value.
• Chen Feng used the points to advance the Tai Chi Technique to level nine, forming powerful true qi.
• Chen Feng discovered that the panel had unlocked a Store and a mission to eliminate the Red Mountain Old Demon for the Immortal Scripture and 50 Demon Suppression Value.
• After midnight, Chen Feng received four points from Little Mi, bought the Blood Sun Palm, and raised it to level one.

Chen Feng rapidly strengthened his Blood Sun Palm while hunting lesser ghosts with Monk Fazhao. On the appointed night, they reached the wooden house where Wang Qing and Wang Su waited in bridal gowns, just before a wedding procession was due to arrive.

• Chen Feng demonstrated the power of his ninth-layer Tai Chi Technique, impressing Monk Fazhao.
• Chen Feng and Monk Fazhao spent several days searching for lesser ghosts, and Chen Feng raised his Blood Sun Palm to the seventh layer using Demon Suppression Value.
• Monk Fazhao marveled at Chen Feng's rapid cultivation and said his strength might rival his own.
• Chen Feng and Monk Fazhao prepared for the appointed night and found the wooden house where Wang Qing and Wang Su were waiting.
• Someone knocked on the door as the wedding procession was expected to arrive.

Chen Feng hid in Wang Su’s dowry chest as she was taken to marry the Red Mountain Old Demon, planning to attack the demons at the right moment. The procession reached the demon’s stronghold, where the Corpse Demon General welcomed the Red Mountain Old Demon and the brides were carried into his temple.

• Wang Su hid Chen Feng in a chest lined with dog blood, while Monk Fazhao waited outside to join him when he gave the signal.
• The Weasel Spirit escorted Wang Su and the other bride away in sedan chairs, allowing the dowry chests to go unopened after Wang Su warned him not to offend the Red Mountain Old Demon.
• Chen Feng rode hidden in a chest as the wedding party traveled into the depths of Red Mountain Ridge.
• The Corpse Demon General congratulated the Red Mountain Old Demon, who promised him two Red Fiend Stones in exchange for the brides.
• The Great Immortals carried the brides’ sedan chairs into the Red Mountain Old Demon’s temple.

Chen Feng, Monk Fazhao, Little Mi, Wang Su, and Wang Qing fought the Red Mountain Old Demon and its demons after discovering its plan to destroy Yangzhou City. Chen Feng killed the old demon and the Corpse Demon General, then received an Immortal Scripture and Demon Suppression Value from his panel.

• The Red Mountain Old Demon told Wang Su and Wang Qing that it planned to destroy Yangzhou City and absorb its people’s souls.
• Chen Feng emerged from hiding with Little Mi and attacked the Red Mountain Old Demon, while Wang Su and Wang Qing joined the battle.
• Monk Fazhao arrived, and the group fought off the demons as Chen Feng and the monk damaged the old demon’s tree body.
• The Red Mountain Old Demon uprooted itself and tried to flee, but Chen Feng freed Wang Qing and pursued it while Monk Fazhao intercepted the Corpse Demon General.
• Chen Feng killed the Corpse Demon General, then used talismans, dog's blood, and a Blood Sun Palm to destroy the Red Mountain Old Demon.
• Chen Feng received an Immortal Scripture and raised his Demon Suppression Value to one hundred and forty-five, then chose to learn the scripture.

Chen Feng used Demon Suppression Value to cultivate the Immortal Scripture, entering the True Qi Realm, and raised Blood Sun Palm to its eleventh level. After suppressing the remaining ghosts and strengthening Little Mi, he spoke with Wang Su and Monk Fazhao, who asked what to do with the kneeling Great Immortals.

• Chen Feng spent over a hundred Demon Suppression Value to cultivate the Immortal Scripture, greatly increasing his True Qi, then used the rest to raise Blood Sun Palm to level eleven.
• Chen Feng struck a thick tree with one palm and split it, leaving Monk Fazhao, Wang Su, Wang Qing, and the Lesser Demons astonished.
• Chen Feng checked his cultivation panel and found that his Demon Suppression Value had been used up.
• Chen Feng suppressed the remaining ghosts, synthesized six minor ghosts for Little Mi, and raised her cultivation to twenty-two years.
• Wang Su thanked Chen Feng and Monk Fazhao for defeating the Red Mountain Old Demon and freeing them from Red Mountain Ridge.
• Monk Fazhao said he would not harm Wang Su or Wang Qing because they did not hurt people, and Wang Su asked Chen Feng how to deal with the kneeling Great Immortals.

After defeating the Corpse Demon General, Chen Feng spared the harmless Lesser Demons, helped Wang Su and Wang Qing leave Red Mountain Ridge, and returned to Yangzhou City to recover and strengthen his cultivation. On his fourth day back, a visitor who had previously searched for him came to the shop again.

• Chen Feng spared the five Great Immortals but suppressed the wicked ghouls and demons, then collected treasures from the temple.
• Chen Feng gave Wang Su and Wang Qing a ghoul cultivation method, and they left for their hometown while Monk Fazhao also parted ways with him.
• Chen Feng returned to Yangzhou City at dawn and learned that several people had come looking for him while he was away.
• Chen Feng stayed at the shop to consolidate his cultivation and hired people to investigate Little Mi's murder.
• On his fourth day of rest, Chen Feng received a visitor who had previously failed to find him.

Chen Feng accepted a village's request to kill the Giant Gorilla and followed its demonic aura to the beast's cave. He lured it out and prepared to fight as the villagers feared for his safety.

• A villager told Chen Feng that a Giant Gorilla had killed hunters and officials, and offered him five taels of silver to slay it.
• Chen Feng left Xiao Li to watch the shop and traveled with the villager to the village and the site of the attacks.
• Chen Feng accepted a mission to kill the Giant Gorilla for a Silver White Sword and three Ghost Suppressing Talismans.
• Chen Feng sensed demonic aura and led the villagers to the Giant Gorilla's cave, where they found black fur near the entrance.
• Chen Feng shouted into the cave to provoke the beast, and the Giant Gorilla charged out as he drew his iron sword and faced it.

Chen Feng killed a black chimpanzee that had preyed on villagers, collected its rewards, and spent most of his Demon Suppression Value perfecting Blood Sun Palm. He deliberately took a forbidden road to hunt more evil creatures and encountered a gigantic upright rat after nightfall.

• Chen Feng dodged the black chimpanzee's attack, wounded it with Blood Sun Palm, and killed it with his iron sword.
• Chen Feng received eight points of Demon Suppression Value, three Ghost Suppressing Talismans, and a high-grade silver-white treasure sword, then found human bones and silver in the cave.
• The villagers thanked Chen Feng for avenging their relatives and warned him about unsafe roads, but he deliberately headed toward the forbidden paths.
• Chen Feng used seventy-two Demon Suppression Value to raise Blood Sun Palm from level eleven to level thirteen, leaving him with eight points.
• At night, Chen Feng encountered a gigantic black rat standing upright as it leaped out of the grass.

Chen Feng killed a powerful rat demon and learned that the Spring Pavilion Master was wanted for his crimes. After hearing the Spring Pavilion Master planned to abduct a wealthy family’s daughter in Fish City, Chen Feng decided to pursue him.

• Chen Feng killed the upright rat after it attacked him and gained five points of Demon Suppression Value.
• Chen Feng saw a notice offering a reward for the Spring Pavilion Master, a powerful criminal who abducted women.
• Chen Feng decided to take on the Spring Pavilion Master despite not knowing where to find him.
• Chen Feng learned at an inn that the Spring Pavilion Master would soon appear in Fish City to claim a wealthy family’s beautiful daughter.
• Chen Feng heard that other experts were heading to Fish City and learned more about the Spring Pavilion Master’s cruel treatment of women.

Chen Feng went to Fish City to confront the Spring Pavilion Master and take his fan, but found the villain abducting Miss Yang while defeating the gathered martial artists. The Spring Pavilion Master escaped with her, leaving Chen Feng and the others to face the humiliation of their failure.

• Chen Feng left Xiao Li in charge of his shop and rode to Fish City, where he joined the experts gathered at a wealthy household to protect its daughter.
• The Spring Pavilion Master arrived, poisoned the guards, and fought off the assembled experts with his powerful Treasure Fan and poison.
• The Spring Pavilion Master wounded several fighters, including the saber wielder and Zhou Mou, while the others struggled to stop him.
• The Spring Pavilion Master broke through the defenders, abducted Miss Yang, and carried her away in a flower sedan as Chen Feng watched.

Chen Feng appeared at the courtyard and killed Spring Pavilion Master with a single sword strike. The woman in the sedan chair watched in shock as Chen Feng flew toward her.

• Spring Pavilion Master noticed Chen Feng standing on a distant wall and discovered that his sedan-chair carriers had been killed.
• Spring Pavilion Master questioned Chen Feng, who said he wanted to borrow the Treasure Fan and chop off his head.
• Spring Pavilion Master fired poisoned concealed blades from his fan at Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng bypassed the poisoned blades and beheaded Spring Pavilion Master with one sword strike.
• The injured swordsmen and the woman in the sedan chair were stunned by Chen Feng's swordsmanship, and Chen Feng flew toward her.

After killing the Spring Pavilion Master, Chen Feng stayed in Fish City with the man’s fan and the Spring Blossom Art, while rumors of his strength spread and Spring Pavilion members gathered to reclaim their stolen cultivation manual. The chapter ended with a woman asking Spring Pavilion’s Deputy Pavilion Master how certain they were of recovering it.

• Chen Feng left after looting the Spring Pavilion Master, and officials displayed the man’s head on the city wall.
• Fish City residents praised Chen Feng for killing the Spring Pavilion Master, while rumors about the fight spread.
• Chen Feng checked his cultivation, kept the Spring Pavilion Master’s fan and Spring Blossom Art, and decided to remain in the city.
• A wealthy household sent Chen Feng three thousand taels of silver, and he accepted the payment.
• Chen Feng noticed that Spring Pavilion members were gathering around the city and prepared to face anyone who came to kill him.
• A woman asked Spring Pavilion’s Deputy Pavilion Master how certain they were of recovering the Spring Blossom Art from Chen Feng.

Chen Feng defeated the Spring Pavilion Deputy Pavilion Master and his group after they tried to reclaim the cultivation technique, then traveled from Fish City toward Longjiang City. At the river dock, he encountered a woman carrying a chest and a rusty sword, who asked if he was a martial artist.

• Spring Pavilion's Deputy Pavilion Master and his group surrounded Chen Feng after setting the inn on fire and demanded the cultivation technique.
• Chen Feng handed over a secret manual, then attacked the group and killed the Deputy Pavilion Master, the woman beside him, and the others.
• Chen Feng recovered the cultivation technique and silver, while the defeated group gave him Demon Suppression Value.
• People in nearby cities spread stories about Chen Feng, and he left Fish City to search for demonic villains and gain more Demon Suppression Value.
• Chen Feng reached a broad river near Longjiang City and met a woman carrying a large chest and rusty sword, who asked whether he was a martial artist.

Chen Feng boarded a riverboat with Li Shi, who boasted to the passengers that she was his fellow disciple and promised to kill any river demon they encountered. Chen Feng privately wondered where she had gotten the idea, since he had never met her before.

• Chen Feng told Li Shi that he was a Daoist who drove away evil spirits, and she advised him to keep a low profile while traveling.
• Li Shi introduced herself to the passengers as a well-known storyteller and accepted their praise.
• The passengers saw the boat crew make a sacrifice to appease a river demon, and Li Shi explained that demons had been appearing in the area.
• Li Shi claimed she knew Chen Feng and recounted his demon-slaying deeds, making the frightened passengers feel safer.
• Li Shi declared that she and Chen Feng were fellow disciples and promised to kill the river demon, while Chen Feng silently questioned her claim.

Li Shi entertained the passengers with a puppet show as their ship traveled toward Longjiang City, but a huge creature attacked the vessel in the night. With the passengers terrified, Chen Feng urged them to rely on Li Shi, leaving her to face the looming danger.

• Li Shi reassured the passengers that they had little to fear on the river.
• Li Shi revealed her puppets and books, then performed a love story and sang ballads for the passengers.
• A huge shadow rushed toward the ship, and repeated impacts sent the vessel rocking violently.
• The passengers panicked and argued over whether the attacker was a giant snake or a river god, while the ship owner kowtowed.
• Chen Feng called for calm and reminded everyone that Heroine Li Shi was there.

Li Shi was forced to face a giant snake after the passengers mistook her for a powerful heroine, and her first sword strike wounded the creature. When her next attack failed and the snake tried to overturn the boat, a Daoist stepped forward and severed its tail with a mighty sword strike.

• The passengers urged Li Shi to reveal her strength, and she reluctantly approached the bow while hiding her fear.
• A giant white-scaled snake surfaced and lunged at Li Shi, who stabbed forward with her sword while closing her eyes.
• A burst of sword qi pierced the snake, astonishing the passengers and making Li Shi believe she had struck it herself.
• Li Shi swung again as the wounded snake fled, but her second attack did nothing.
• The snake coiled around the boat to overturn it, and a Daoist severed its tail with a powerful sword strike.

Chen Feng killed the river serpent and left after the ship reached shore, while the people aboard realized he was the legendary Daoist who had slain the Spring Pavilion Master. The story then shifted to an eerie riverside ritual involving an old woman, livestock, and three children offered as sacrifices.

• Chen Feng struck the serpent with sword light and killed it after it raised its head to flee.
• The ship's passengers recognized Chen Feng as the true master, and Li Shi blushed as her earlier boasts were exposed.
• Chen Feng left the shore, saying that no strange monsters should trouble the area now that the demon was dead.
• Chen Feng gained one hundred and twenty points of Demon Suppression Value for killing the serpent.
• At a riverside opera stage, an old woman knelt before the river as people brought livestock and three children for a ritual.

Chen Feng arrived at a river sacrifice in Baihe Village, where villagers upheld the banned custom of offering children to the River God. He caught a fragrant scent as the ritual reached its height.

• Villagers from Baihe Village and neighboring villages argued over the repeated selection of Baihe Village’s children for sacrifice.
• Several burly men beat a villager who questioned the custom and forced others to kneel under threats.
• The shamaness covered the children in blood, marked them with symbols, and gave them pills that made their skin flush.
• The shamaness began the ritual as the crowd chanted and bowed toward the river.
• Chen Feng arrived with a group of people and caught a very fragrant scent.

Chen Feng stopped a village sacrifice by killing the spirit medium and revealing that the River God was a giant snake he had already slain. The villagers celebrated their children’s rescue and the end of the sacrifices, but when a young man appeared from the ancestral hall, they mistook him for an immortal and knelt.

• Chen Feng arrived as the spirit medium’s ritual failed to summon the River God, and the villagers mistook him for the god in human form.
• Chen Feng killed the spirit medium with his Silver White Sword and gained 20 Demon Suppression Value points.
• Chen Feng freed the three children and restored their senses, allowing them to reunite with their families.
• Chen Feng told the villagers the River God was a giant snake he had slain, and they dragged its body ashore and celebrated.
• News of the snake’s death spread to nearby villages, and the crowd knelt when a young man emerged from the ancestral hall.