Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan tracked the Hu Family through their abandoned grounds and used his divine sense to locate them hiding together in a cellar. He reached the cellar entrance with his blade, preparing to attack the entire family.

• Chen Xiaofan entered the Hu Family's inner grounds and followed footprints through a hall scattered with chairs and bloodstains.
• Chen Xiaofan remembered that the old man had revealed the Hu Family was hiding in a cellar.
• Chen Xiaofan swept the rear courtyard with his divine sense and sensed the entire Hu Family gathered in a sweet potato cellar.
• Chen Xiaofan walked to the cellar entrance and approached its heavy stone-and-concrete cover with his large blade.

Chen Xiaofan found the cellar entrance and stomped on it to frighten the people hiding below. The clan members despaired as they expected him to kill them, and the cover exploded under his next stomp.

• Chen Xiaofan stomped on the cellar entrance twice, making booming sounds that alarmed those hiding underneath.
• The people in the cellar panicked, believing Chen Xiaofan would wipe out their entire clan.
• An old man regretted that his son had brought disaster upon the clan and saw no way to bargain for their lives.
• The clan members clung to the hope that Chen Xiaofan had not realized they were inside the cellar.
• Chen Xiaofan stomped on the entrance again, and the manhole cover exploded.

Chen Xiaofan broke into the cellar and faced the terrified family members hiding there. The family head begged him to spare them and blamed his unfilial son.

• Chen Xiaofan shattered the cellar hatch with a single kick.
• Chen Xiaofan leaped into the cellar as the people inside scrambled into the corners in fear.
• Chen Xiaofan surveyed the people and considered wiping them out for provoking him.
• The old man pressed his palms together and quietly begged Chen Xiaofan to spare the family, apologizing for his son.
• The old man cursed his son inwardly for bringing disaster upon them.

Chen Xiaofan massacred the Hu Family in their cellar to eliminate any chance of future revenge. After killing nearly everyone, he left the Hu Family’s three strongest remaining members dead as well.

• Chen Xiaofan killed the Hu Family members in the front row and reached the trembling Hu Family Patriarch.
• Chen Xiaofan killed the Hu Family Patriarch, picked up a saber, and continued slaughtering the family in the cellar.
• After about an hour, Chen Xiaofan stopped with only a young Grandmaster Level martial artist and two early-stage Great Grandmasters remaining.
• The three Hu Family survivors charged Chen Xiaofan together, but he broke all their sabers with one strike and killed them.

After killing the Hu Family members in the cellar, Chen Xiaofan found another group blocking the exit and prepared to slaughter them. He killed their leader with a lightning-fast slash, leaving the rest shocked and afraid.

• Chen Xiaofan confirmed the cellar attackers were dead and flew into the courtyard.
• Chen Xiaofan found one or two hundred Hu Family members in black surrounding the cellar exit.
• The Hu Family leader demanded that Chen Xiaofan kneel and kowtow, claiming he could not sense Chen Xiaofan's aura.
• Chen Xiaofan attacked before the leader could react and split his head open with a slash.
• The Hu Family members recoiled in fear at Chen Xiaofan's speed and strength.

Chen Xiaofan faced the group that had come to take revenge, and they were terrified after he killed their leader with one strike. Although they dropped their weapons to surrender, Chen Xiaofan attacked them, leaving several dead.

• The group realized Chen Xiaofan was far stronger than the message they had received had claimed and feared they would die.
• The group dropped their weapons and prepared to surrender after seeing their leader killed.
• Chen Xiaofan decided not to spare them and attacked with his blade.
• Chen Xiaofan cut down one attacker, then a second, and split a third in two.

Chen Xiaofan annihilated the Hu Family and everyone associated with it, then discovered tokens that revealed the auras of several other families nearby. He left the ruined courtyard as onlookers reacted with shock and gratitude, while his next targets remained in reach.

• Chen Xiaofan killed everyone who came to reinforce the Hu Family and searched their bodies for tokens.
• Using the tokens, Chen Xiaofan sensed several nearby families and resolved to eliminate them to prevent future trouble.
• Chen Xiaofan searched the Hu Family courtyard, destroyed its belongings, and killed the family's dogs, leaving no one or anything alive.
• Chen Xiaofan walked onto the main street, where stunned onlookers discussed how he had wiped out the powerful Hu Family alone.
• The townspeople expressed relief and gratitude because the Hu Family had bullied many families and taken their livelihoods.

After killing the Hu Family, Chen Xiaofan returned to loot their estate and found several survivors hiding beside a vast hoard of gold and silver. Convinced that they might be Hu Family members in disguise, he attacked them rather than spare them.

• Chen Xiaofan realized he had forgotten to loot the Hu Family’s wealth and searched their estate for valuables.
• Chen Xiaofan found a hidden cellar containing several men and a large hoard of gold and silver.
• The men knelt and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare them, claiming through their actions to be terrified servants.
• Chen Xiaofan suspected the men were Hu Family blood relatives disguised as servants and swung his blade at one of them.

Chen Xiaofan killed the Hu Family members and spent three hours collecting their gold, silver, and jewels. He then searched the rest of the residence for more valuables and planned to sell it, as well as the City Lord's Mansion after killing its occupants.

• Chen Xiaofan ignored the Hu Family members' pleas and killed everyone present.
• Chen Xiaofan collected the Hu Family's mountain of gold and silver, wary that the greedy people outside would claim it.
• Chen Xiaofan spent three hours packing every gold, silver, and jewel into his Storage Bag.
• Chen Xiaofan returned to the ground and searched the rest of the Hu Family residence for valuables.
• Chen Xiaofan planned to sell the residence and later strip the City Lord's Mansion of its valuables and sell it too.

Chen Xiaofan discovered a huge hoard of gold and silver in a hidden chamber in the Hu Family residence and claimed it all. After killing people who tried to seize the treasure, he prepared to sell the Hu Family’s property and left a warning challenging anyone who disputed his actions.

• Chen Xiaofan found a hidden chamber filled with gold and silver bricks and spent three shichen collecting the Hu Family’s wealth.
• Some visitors saw the treasure, left, and returned with reinforcements to attack Chen Xiaofan and take it.
• Chen Xiaofan killed the people who tried to seize the gold and silver.
• Chen Xiaofan gathered the remaining treasure and planned to sell the Hu Family residence and properties.
• Chen Xiaofan wrote that he had wiped out the Hu Family and challenged anyone who objected to come face him.

Chen Xiaofan offered the Hu Family's residence for sale at a steep discount and drew a crowd of eager buyers. As they debated whether to bargain further, he overheard their whispers.

• Chen Xiaofan posted notices around the city offering to sell the Hu Family's residence for 70% of its market value and warning buyers not to keep any valuables they found.
• Chen Xiaofan hired people to distribute the notices, and interested buyers quickly gathered at the residence.
• The buyers realized the Hu Family had been slaughtered and saw the discounted property as an opportunity to profit.
• Some buyers whispered that the house's grim history justified bargaining the price down further, and Chen Xiaofan heard them clearly.

Chen Xiaofan grew furious when buyers tried to bargain down the house price, and he left two men badly injured after slapping them. The remaining buyers faced his anger as he rejected their offers.

• Chen Xiaofan privately judged the buyers greedy for objecting to the 700,000 price.
• A middle-aged man offered 550,000, and Chen Xiaofan slapped him through a wall, leaving him injured in the rubble.
• The buyers criticized the middle-aged man's low offer, while one buyer secretly planned to offer 100,000 more to win the deal.
• Another buyer offered 600,000, and Chen Xiaofan slapped him across the face.

Chen Xiaofan grew angry when the buyers demanded an even lower price for the house, so he raised his asking price to eight hundred thousand. The crowd then bid against one another, and he agreed to sell it for nine hundred and fifty thousand as cash began entering his pocket.

• Chen Xiaofan rushed over and slapped the man who had been sent flying, knocking out one of his eyeballs.
• Chen Xiaofan announced that the house now cost eight hundred thousand and said he would auction it or seal it if nobody bought it.
• The crowd changed its minds and began bidding, raising the price from eight hundred thousand to nine hundred and fifty thousand.
• Chen Xiaofan accepted the highest bid and began receiving cash from the buyer.

After selling the Hu Family residence to a local buyer for 950,000, Chen Xiaofan watched the buyer search for valuables he planned to keep. The buyer found rings and a massive solid-gold ball, leaving the story with his family discovering treasure in the house.

• Chen Xiaofan sold the Hu Family residence for 950,000, leaving the buyer regretting his high bid.
• The buyer searched the house for valuables and decided to keep anything he found instead of telling Chen Xiaofan.
• After two hours, the buyer found only corpses in the cellars and no treasure elsewhere.
• The buyer summoned seventy or eighty relatives to search the house with him.
• The family found rings and a huge gold ingot shaped like a football, which was solid gold throughout.

A man and his family found a valuable Golden Ball in the residence Chen Xiaofan had sold and secretly planned to sell it elsewhere. As a young relative carried it out, a figure approached the gate.

• The man feared Chen Xiaofan might discover the Golden Ball, but decided to hide and sell it without telling anyone outside his family.
• He persuaded his family to transport the Golden Ball to another city and divide the money among themselves.
• The man chose a young relative to carry the treasure because Chen Xiaofan had already seen him.
• The family placed the Golden Ball in a box, and the young relative started to sneak out with it.
• As the gate opened, the man saw a figure approaching before he could warn the young relative to be careful.

A Hu Family member who had taken the Golden Ball planned to flee and keep its fortune, but grew afraid that Chen Xiaofan would punish him for stealing from the Hu Family. He decided to turn informant and head back to Chen Xiaofan, hoping to trade the Golden Ball and information for a reward and safety.

• The Hu Family member slipped out toward the city gate after making sure no one had followed him.
• He resolved to sell the Golden Ball and hide with the money rather than share it with his family.
• He remembered that the Golden Ball belonged to the Hu Family, which Chen Xiaofan had wiped out, and became afraid of provoking Chen Xiaofan.
• He reconsidered fleeing with the valuable item, fearing he would be robbed or killed on the way.
• He decided to inform Chen Xiaofan about the Golden Ball and the other valuables left behind, then hurried back toward him.

Chen Xiaofan enjoyed the dancers at a tavern until a stranger told him that the man who bought a house had taken the Hu Family's belongings. The news angered Chen Xiaofan, but he was delighted when he received a heavy, pure-gold Golden Ball.

• Chen Xiaofan spent gold to watch the dancers and kissed one of the beauties.
• Chen Xiaofan heard that a stranger downstairs was looking for him and invited him up.
• The stranger told Chen Xiaofan that the man who bought the house had seized the Hu Family's belongings.
• Chen Xiaofan accepted the Golden Ball and examined its weight and purity, pleased with his gain.

Chen Xiaofan rewarded the informant who had revealed the Golden Ball’s whereabouts, arranging to pay him over ten years. After the man left delighted, Chen Xiaofan prepared to visit the Hu Family.

• Chen Xiaofan realized the Golden Ball was too large to fit in his Storage Bag and planned to exchange it for gold later.
• Chen Xiaofan gave the informant five hundred thousand taels and promised to pay him another five hundred thousand each year for ten years.
• The informant happily accepted the installment arrangement and left, pleased to have gained Mount Wudang’s favor.
• Chen Xiaofan watched the informant go, then stood up and prepared to visit the Hu Family.

Chen Xiaofan became furious after learning the house buyer had concealed something, but he stopped when the City Lord arrived and demanded a beautiful woman. After the dancer pleaded for help and paid him ten thousand taels in Silver Notes, Chen Xiaofan prepared to confront the City Lord.

• Chen Xiaofan left the house, angry that its buyer had apparently ignored the danger of withholding valuable information.
• The City Lord arrived and ordered a beautiful woman to dance for him and accompany him that night.
• Chen Xiaofan saw the woman's fear and noticed that the people around them trembled at the City Lord's presence.
• A dancer pleaded with Chen Xiaofan to save her younger sister, saying the City Lord would play her to death.
• The dancer gave Chen Xiaofan ten thousand taels in Silver Notes, and he accepted the money and reached for the blade at his waist.

Chen Xiaofan confronted the City Lord after he threatened the dancer and demanded Chen Xiaofan's head. Seeing that the City Lord was only an early-stage Grandmaster, Chen Xiaofan struck him with a slap.

• Chen Xiaofan drew his blade and prepared to confront the City Lord.
• The City Lord mocked Chen Xiaofan's appearance, threatened to kill him, and demanded his head.
• The City Lord intimidated the onlookers, who feared his soldiers and the danger to their families.
• Chen Xiaofan judged the City Lord's early-stage Grandmaster cultivation to be weak.
• Chen Xiaofan suddenly slapped the City Lord across the face.