Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan learned alchemy by watching Su Tiancheng demonstrate the Miraculous Book of Alchemy and eventually created the Immortal Method: Foundation Establishment Pill Refinement. He asked the host for an Alchemy Furnace so he could try using his newly comprehended method.

• Chen Xiaofan asked whether anyone knew alchemy or had alchemy manuals, and Su Tiancheng crossed the river to offer his books and skills.
• Su Tiancheng began refining pills with herbs while Chen Xiaofan watched.
• Chen Xiaofan comprehended all three levels of the Miraculous Book of Alchemy and created several pill-refinement methods, but initially failed to create the Foundation Establishment Pill method.
• Chen Xiaofan successfully created the Immortal Method: Foundation Establishment Pill Refinement on his next attempt.
• Chen Xiaofan asked Su Tiancheng to lend him another Alchemy Furnace, surprising Su Tiancheng by claiming he could refine pills too.

Chen Xiaofan used the Wudang Sect’s medicinal herbs to learn pill refining and eventually produced a passable Foundation Establishment Pill. He kept it for the Wudang disciples and continued refining pills for himself.

• The host lent Chen Xiaofan an Alchemy Furnace after learning he knew alchemy.
• Chen Xiaofan copied the host’s fire and fanning methods while refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, surprising the onlookers with his identical technique.
• After half an hour, Chen Xiaofan judged his first attempt a failure because the pill’s medicinal potency was lower than the liquid’s.
• Chen Xiaofan repeated the process until dusk and finally produced a pitted, dull Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Xiaofan stored the passable pill for the Wudang disciples and began refining another batch for himself.

Chen Xiaofan refined Foundation Establishment Pills and attempted to break through, but his first pill failed to raise his cultivation. He began making more pills, confident that he could keep trying until he succeeded.

• The host watched Chen Xiaofan refine a pill after only one afternoon of learning and was shocked by his talent and the pill's potent medicinal energy.
• Chen Xiaofan refined nine pills in ten attempts, then continued until his fifteenth attempt produced one whose quality satisfied him.
• Chen Xiaofan asked everyone to move away before his breakthrough, and Song Yuanqiao led them across the river.
• Chen Xiaofan swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill, but its powerful effects faded without increasing his cultivation.
• Chen Xiaofan accepted that the breakthrough had failed and refined another ten pills so he could try again.

Chen Xiaofan used the abundant resources around him to break through from Qi Refinement to the Nascent Soul Realm in a single night. After his rapid ascent, he began gathering treasures and realized he needed a Storage Bag to carry them all.

• Chen Xiaofan repeatedly swallowed Foundation Establishment Pills until he finally achieved Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Xiaofan refined more than a hundred pills and filled his pockets with them.
• Chen Xiaofan ate bananas until he reached Core Formation Realm Great Perfection.
• Chen Xiaofan absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Chen Xiaofan gathered resources until his pack was full and decided he needed to learn how to make a Storage Bag.

Chen Xiaofan and the others filled every available space with herbs and pills from the small world before returning to their sects. Several days later, Song Yuanqiao's group reached Mount Wudang, where Zhang Sanfeng and the disciples welcomed them and helped carry their heavy loads.

• Chen Xiaofan refined the herbs he had gathered into pills and packed them onto himself, then joined the others, who were also burdened with their haul.
• The group camped for the night and set off for their sects the next morning.
• Before departing, the host asked Chen Xiaofan to send a carrier pigeon when he planned to enter the small world again, and Chen Xiaofan agreed.
• Several days later, Song Yuanqiao's group returned to Mount Wudang with baskets overflowing with herbs and pills.
• Zhang Sanfeng ordered the disciples to take the bamboo baskets from the returning group, and they hurried over to help.

Chen Xiaofan visited Wudang’s Scripture Depository to find a way to create a Storage Bag, while Zhang Sanfeng sensed that his power had grown even further. After rapidly reading more than a thousand manuals, Chen Xiaofan spotted a book that caught his attention.

• Zhang Sanfeng sensed an immense aura from Chen Xiaofan and wondered whether his cultivation had advanced again.
• Chen Xiaofan left Zhang Sanfeng and headed to the Scripture Depository to search for a way to make a Storage Bag.
• The new gatekeeper respectfully let Chen Xiaofan enter, mindful of what had happened to his predecessor.
• Chen Xiaofan read a manual on forging a meteor hammer but could not derive a method for crafting a Storage Bag.
• Chen Xiaofan rapidly browsed through more than a thousand books as the disciples watched in astonishment.
• Chen Xiaofan spotted a book on a shelf, and his eyes lit up as his heart began to race.

Chen Xiaofan studied a secret manual for making expandable bags and used it to comprehend and improve a method for crafting Storage Bags. After spending several days refining the technique in seclusion, he emerged and began making one.

• Chen Xiaofan found a dusty manual describing bags that could expand to three times their normal capacity.
• He spent an hour mastering the method and developed a Storage Bag technique with room-sized capacity, then returned to his hut to improve it further.
• Chen Xiaofan pondered the technique in seclusion for several days while a disciple brought him meals on the Patriarch Master's orders.
• After waking, Chen Xiaofan dismissed the disciple, ate a meal, and began making the Storage Bag.

Chen Xiaofan tried to make a Storage Bag but lacked the unusual cloth it required, so he sought advice from Zhang Sanfeng. Zhang Sanfeng pointed him toward the craftsman Wang Tianhua in Baishi City, and Chen Xiaofan set off to find him.

• Chen Xiaofan expelled impurities from his body and discovered he lacked the materials needed to make a Storage Bag.
• Chen Xiaofan asked Zhang Sanfeng about rare materials, and Zhang Sanfeng recommended the Master Craftsman Wang Tianhua in Baishi City.
• Chen Xiaofan learned that Wang Tianhua had worked in a weaponsmith's shop for over twenty years and was known throughout Baishi City.
• Chen Xiaofan left Mount Wudang for Baishi City after promising his fellow disciples he would bring back something astonishing.

Chen Xiaofan rode toward Baishi City, hoping to find a fortuitous opportunity before meeting the Master Craftsman. Along the road, he heard a family crying for help and confronted the bandits threatening to kill them.

• Chen Xiaofan rode instead of flying, hoping to find useful materials or an opportunity along the way.
• Chen Xiaofan heard a child pleading as a family was attacked and hurried toward the cries.
• Chen Xiaofan found seven or eight bandits preparing to kill a bound man, woman, and child.
• The leading Man in Black ordered the child killed, and Chen Xiaofan stepped forward.
• The bandits asked Chen Xiaofan who he was, and the leading Man in Black mocked him as someone who had come to die.

Chen Xiaofan attacked the bandits and swiftly killed their leader and every fleeing man. Afterward, he searched their bodies and collected silver, banknotes, and other items.

• Chen Xiaofan killed a black-clad bandit with a single sword strike, shocking the others.
• Chen Xiaofan killed another bandit, prompting the rest to flee.
• Chen Xiaofan caught a fleeing bandit, ignored his pleas, and killed him.
• The bandit leader offered Chen Xiaofan a brocade pouch, but Chen Xiaofan killed him.
• Chen Xiaofan chased down and killed the remaining bandits, then searched their bodies and collected over two hundred thousand taels of silver, a stack of banknotes, and other items.

Chen Xiaofan rescued a family from bandits and received a Weapon Compendium as thanks. A day later, he saved a Young Girl from a tiger and sheltered her in a cave, where she began to eat and told him she had lost her family.

• Chen Xiaofan learned that bandits had attacked a family of three and sent them safely down the mountain.
• The man returned and gave Chen Xiaofan his family's Weapon Compendium, which Chen Xiaofan accepted.
• Chen Xiaofan found a Young Girl trapped beneath a tiger and killed the tiger with a sword strike.
• The Young Girl followed Chen Xiaofan to a cave, where he prepared roast duck for her.
• The Young Girl ate and thanked Chen Xiaofan, then recalled that her family had been hunted down and she had gone three days without food.

Chen Xiaofan and the Young Girl shared a meal and settled down to sleep in a cave. During the night, a group of thieves arrived carrying stolen wealth and discovered them.

• Chen Xiaofan and the Young Girl finished eating the roast duck and prepared to sleep in the cave.
• The Young Girl lay down on her robe, and Chen Xiaofan spread out his blanket nearby.
• Chen Xiaofan sensed a group approaching the cave while the Young Girl slept.
• The group discussed hiding their stolen money and fleeing in the morning.
• The newcomers turned the corner and found Chen Xiaofan, waking the Young Girl, who asked who they were.

Chen Xiaofan defended a frightened girl in a cave from a group of armed men, revealing strength that stunned them. The remaining intruders stood frozen after he smashed a saber and sent its wielder crashing into the wall.

• A group of men entered the cave and spotted the young woman hiding there.
• The girl ran behind Chen Xiaofan and begged him to save her.
• The intruders attacked Chen Xiaofan, and he caught one man's saber between two fingers before sending him flying into the wall.
• Another man swung his saber at Chen Xiaofan, who shattered the weapon with a slap and hurled him into the wall.
• The rest of the group gasped in disbelief at Chen Xiaofan's strength.

Chen Xiaofan stunned the crowd by overpowering Jiang Chongtian in a slap contest. The chapter ended with Jiang Chongtian screaming in pain and asking whether Chen Xiaofan was really a child or a demon.

• After Chen Xiaofan shattered raw iron with a slap, the frightened crowd hesitated to challenge him.
• Jiang Chongtian stepped forward and attacked Chen Xiaofan, aiming for his forehead with a martial arts palm strike.
• Chen Xiaofan casually slapped back, and their clash sent explosive cracks through the air.
• Jiang Chongtian’s palm was crushed, leaving his bones shattered and his hand bloodied.
• Jiang Chongtian began to feel the pain and cried out, asking what kind of freak Chen Xiaofan was.

Chen Xiaofan struck down the man who had tried to attack him, leaving a human-shaped dent in the cave wall and cracks spreading through it. The onlookers and the Young Girl were left terrified by the extent of his strength.

• Chen Xiaofan called the man useless and mocked him for thinking he could injure or kill him.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the man with a killing blow, sending him crashing into the cave wall.
• Chen Xiaofan controlled his strength, preventing the cave from collapsing despite the deep cracks in its walls.
• The onlookers panicked at Chen Xiaofan’s display of power.
• The Young Girl realized Chen Xiaofan was far more powerful than she had imagined.

Chen Xiaofan killed the man who had survived his first strike, then terrified the others into kneeling and begging for mercy. As they pleaded, they turned their anger toward their leader for provoking the Young Girl and bringing them into danger.

• Chen Xiaofan realized the man he had struck was still alive after taking a pill, but refused to spare him.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the man again with a lightning-charged palm, splitting him apart and turning his body into bloody slurry.
• The witnesses were stunned by Chen Xiaofan’s power and knelt, kowtowing and begging him to spare their lives.
• The others glared at their leader, blaming him for provoking the Young Girl and putting them in danger.

Chen Xiaofan began slaughtering the men who had threatened the Young Girl, showing no intention of sparing anyone. As the survivors froze in terror, he broke the legs of one man who tried to flee.

• Chen Xiaofan rejected the men’s pleas and smashed the leader’s head with his palm, killing him.
• Chen Xiaofan killed another man with a blow to the head while the others stood frozen.
• The Young Girl watched in horror but felt relieved that Chen Xiaofan was on her side and admired his strength.
• The remaining men trembled and dared not speak or move as one survivor tried to escape.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the fleeing man’s leg, splitting it and sending bone fragments flying.

Chen Xiaofan continued killing the men who had come to provoke him, leaving the scene covered in blood and bone fragments. He killed the remaining attackers after breaking one man’s legs and terrifying the others.

• Chen Xiaofan smashed both legs of one attacker and left him screaming on the ground.
• Chen Xiaofan slapped another man through the chest, killing him.
• Chen Xiaofan counted four attackers remaining and crushed one into bloody pulp with another slap.
• Chen Xiaofan repeatedly slapped the rest of the men to death, turning the scene into a slaughterhouse.

Chen Xiaofan killed the last surviving attacker and reassured the frightened Young Girl that he only killed evil people. After collecting more than four hundred thousand taels of silver in banknotes, he wrapped them in his robe and gave the Young Girl a few thousand taels before they continued on.

• Chen Xiaofan killed the wounded man with a slap after the man begged for mercy.
• Chen Xiaofan told the pale Young Girl not to worry because he killed only bad people, and she understood that the attackers deserved their fate.
• Chen Xiaofan searched the dead attackers and collected banknotes worth more than four hundred thousand taels of silver.
• Chen Xiaofan wrapped the banknotes in his outer robe when his bundle proved too full to carry them.
• Chen Xiaofan gave the Young Girl a few thousand taels to help her while traveling the martial world.

Chen Xiaofan gave Young Girl Silver Notes so she would not be endangered by carrying too much money, and she vowed to repay him. They left the bloodied cave to find another place to stay, where Chen Xiaofan discovered a pot.

• Chen Xiaofan gave Young Girl his Silver Notes to help keep her safe from people who might rob her.
• Young Girl accepted the money, thanked Chen Xiaofan, and promised to repay him one day.
• Chen Xiaofan and Young Girl agreed to leave the cave because it was too bloody to sleep in.
• Chen Xiaofan led Young Girl to another cave with fresh air, moss, scattered Silver Notes, and signs of past fires and meals.
• Chen Xiaofan spotted a pot inside the new cave.