Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan opened the ring’s spatial capacity with ten incantation seals, then expanded it further until it could hold an immense amount. He bought more than a hundred rings to turn into Storage Rings for Zhang Sanfeng and his senior brothers, but decided to recover before opening them.

• Chen Xiaofan entered all ten incantation seals, exhausting much of his spiritual power as the ring’s inner space expanded.
• After an hour, Chen Xiaofan examined the ring and found its space had grown vast enough to hold enormous objects.
• Chen Xiaofan decided to buy more rings and make Storage Rings for Zhang Sanfeng and his seven senior brothers.
• Chen Xiaofan bought more than a hundred rings, then chose to restore his strength before opening them.
• Chen Xiaofan looked back on his journey and felt pleased with the money he had earned and his experience at the brothel.

Chen Xiaofan left the city on foot to temper his Dao heart and seek a breakthrough. By the moat, memories of a river from his past life brought him a sense of clarity, and his sealed cultivation began to loosen.

• Chen Xiaofan decided to travel on foot instead of using Sword Riding Flight, hoping to temper himself among people and complete his Dao heart.
• After leaving the city, Chen Xiaofan looked back and reflected on killing so many people, but did not regret eliminating future threats to his descendants.
• Chen Xiaofan reached the moat and stood watching its flowing water, which reminded him of the river in his hometown on Blue Star.
• As Chen Xiaofan's mind grew clearer by the river, his understanding of the Great Dao deepened and his long-sealed cultivation began to loosen.

Chen Xiaofan left the river where he had found spiritual refuge and continued seeking the insight he needed for his next breakthrough. As he walked down the road, he encountered two bandits standing over a dead traveler.

• Chen Xiaofan felt close to a breakthrough but realized the river was only a spiritual refuge, not the river from his hometown.
• Chen Xiaofan tried to memorize the river before leaving, since he had no camera or recording stone to capture it.
• Chen Xiaofan walked along a broad road, reflecting on how mortal-world experiences could temper him and broaden his understanding.
• Chen Xiaofan saw two bandits with bloodstained sabers standing beside a traveler they had killed and robbed.

Chen Xiaofan killed two bandits who tried to rob him, cutting them both in half with one slash. He searched their bodies and found a fortune in silver.

• Chen Xiaofan approached the two bandits after they demanded his money and threatened him with their sabers.
• The bandits attacked Chen Xiaofan, expecting their Grandmaster Level strength to overwhelm him.
• Chen Xiaofan broke both bandits' weapons and cut them in half with a single slash.
• Chen Xiaofan searched the bodies and found more than ten thousand taels of silver and over thirty silver notes worth one hundred thousand taels each.

After burying a murdered traveler, Chen Xiaofan continued toward Mount Wudang in search of enlightenment and chose to cross a vast forest. An accidental insight helped him break through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the early Deity Transformation Realm, and he resumed his journey ahead of the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Chen Xiaofan stored the money he had found, left the bandits’ corpses in the wilderness, and buried their victim beneath a marker reading “Grave of an Unknown.”
• Chen Xiaofan continued toward Mount Wudang, hoping his travels would bring him insight into cultivation.
• Chen Xiaofan surveyed a vast, gloomy forest from the air and decided to cross it as a shortcut.
• As Chen Xiaofan walked through the forest, he experienced an insight that triggered his breakthrough into the early Deity Transformation Realm.
• Chen Xiaofan felt refreshed after advancing and remembered that the Martial Arts Tournament would take place on Mount Wudang the next day.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Chen Xiaofan killed a charging lion with a mere burst of aura while traveling through the forest toward Mount Wudang. He rescued a traumatized man who told him that wild beasts had eaten his elderly parents, then comforted him.

• Chen Xiaofan wandered toward Mount Wudang to experience mortal life after his breakthrough.
• A lion charged Chen Xiaofan, and his aura hurled it into a tree and killed it instantly.
• Chen Xiaofan reflected on how strength mattered more than money in this world and continued toward Mount Wudang.
• Chen Xiaofan heard a man crying in a thicket and helped him out of hiding.
• The man told Chen Xiaofan that wild beasts had eaten his elderly parents and nearly killed him, and Chen Xiaofan comforted him.

Chen Xiaofan led a grieving man through the forest toward its edge, intending to help him escape before returning to Mount Wudang. After hours of walking, a deep roar came from the darkness, and the frightened man turned to Chen Xiaofan for help.

• Chen Xiaofan comforted the man whose parents had been killed and did not expect a gift from him.
• Chen Xiaofan learned that the man was an ordinary mortal and offered to guide him out of the forest.
• Chen Xiaofan and the man walked toward Mount Wudang while Chen Xiaofan hoped to gain insight from their journey through the mortal world.
• After several hours, they were still deep in the dark forest, and the man relied on Chen Xiaofan's strength for safety.
• A deep, lion- or tiger-like roar sounded from the forest, and the terrified man pleaded with Chen Xiaofan for help.

Chen Xiaofan protected a terrified man from a leopard and several smaller beasts while traveling through the forest, gaining another cultivation insight from helping him. The man recovered enough to follow Chen Xiaofan toward the forest’s edge, though he remained overwhelmed by Chen Xiaofan’s strength.

• Chen Xiaofan realized that helping others brought him new insights and felt encouraged when a leopard charged at him and the man.
• Chen Xiaofan killed the leopard with a single blade strike, astonishing the man, who mourned his parents and regretted that Chen Xiaofan had not met them earlier.
• Chen Xiaofan gained a pure force that sublimated his soul and loosened his newly consolidated cultivation.
• Chen Xiaofan helped the man stand and waited half an hour for him to recover before they continued toward the forest’s edge.
• Chen Xiaofan quickly killed several smaller beasts along the way, leaving the man amazed by his power.

Chen Xiaofan and the man reached a raging river with no way to cross, and the man gave up hope of survival. Chen Xiaofan placed a knife on the ground and had the man stand on its hilt while he stood on its blade, leaving the man bewildered.

• Chen Xiaofan and the man emerged from the forest and found a wide, fast-flowing river blocking their way.
• The man despaired over having no boat or tools, and imagined that he could not build a raft or cross the river.
• The man collapsed, resigned to starving to death, but worried that Chen Xiaofan would perish with him in the wilderness.
• The man noticed Chen Xiaofan's knife and prepared to ask to borrow it to make a raft.
• Chen Xiaofan took out his knife, placed it on the ground, and directed the man to stand on the hilt as he stood on the blade.
• The man stared in confusion, unable to understand why Chen Xiaofan was standing on a knife.

Chen Xiaofan carried a bewildered man across a fast-flowing river on a flying blade. After landing safely on the opposite bank, the man became convinced that Chen Xiaofan was an immortal, while Chen Xiaofan expected him to remain in shock.

• Chen Xiaofan lifted the blade into the air with the man standing on it.
• The man was stunned by the flight and realized the blade could carry him safely over the dangerous river.
• The man wondered if Chen Xiaofan was an immortal and compared him to the figures in legends.
• The blade descended and landed on the opposite bank, completing the crossing.
• The man stood frozen in awe, convinced Chen Xiaofan was an immortal, while Chen Xiaofan watched his disbelief.

After helping a stranded man cross a river, Chen Xiaofan parted ways with him and continued toward Mount Wudang, hoping to do more good deeds and reflect on his state of mind before the Martial Arts Tournament. He heard a fight ahead and went to investigate, while a passerby mistook his speed for proof that he was an immortal.

• Chen Xiaofan waved goodbye to the man he had saved, who thanked him by bowing and kowtowing before leaving to find his mother.
• The man decided Chen Xiaofan was an immortal and resolved to offer him incense in gratitude.
• Chen Xiaofan continued toward Mount Wudang on foot, wanting to calm his mind and help others before the tournament began the next day.
• Chen Xiaofan heard shouting and the clash of blades ahead and went to check whether the strong were bullying the weak.
• A roadside man saw Chen Xiaofan cover more than a hundred meters in a few steps, concluded he was an immortal, and kowtowed to him.

Chen Xiaofan watched a man avenge his murdered wife by killing the pirate who had slain her, and the experience unexpectedly advanced him to Mid Deity Transformation. He then left the battle and arrived at the foot of Mount Wudang.

• Chen Xiaofan reached the site of a fierce battle between a one-eyed pirate and a green-robed man wielding two greatswords.
• Chen Xiaofan learned that the pirate had killed the other man's wife more than ten years earlier, and that the man had returned as a Great Grandmaster to take revenge.
• Chen Xiaofan chose not to interfere and unexpectedly broke through to the Mid Deity Transformation stage while watching the battle.
• The green-robed man struck the pirate down, splitting him in two, and Chen Xiaofan left the scene.
• Chen Xiaofan traveled for two hours and arrived at the foot of Mount Wudang.

Chen Xiaofan returned to Mount Wudang as its new Sect Leader, astonishing the disciples with his strength and earning their reverence. Before the next day’s Martial Arts Gathering, he absorbed the mountain’s spiritual energy until his Spirit Transformation cultivation became exceptionally solid.

• The gatekeeping disciples recognized Chen Xiaofan as Mount Wudang’s new Sect Leader and admired him, though they still felt attached to calling him Junior Uncle-Master.
• Chen Xiaofan flew to the mountaintop, leaving the disciples astonished and convinced that his arrival could restore Mount Wudang’s fortunes.
• Chen Xiaofan returned to his former cabin and absorbed Mount Wudang’s rich spiritual energy to stabilize his Spirit Transformation realm.
• Chen Xiaofan moved between locations as he drew in spiritual energy from across the mountain, compressing his cultivation until it could no longer be compressed.

After feeling relieved by his cultivation, Chen Xiaofan flew away from Mount Wudang to vent his excitement and satisfy a sudden craving for meat and wine. He returned to the mountaintop with roast ducks and Daughter's Red, ready to feast before the Martial Arts Tournament began.

• Chen Xiaofan decided to fly somewhere remote, shout to release his excitement, and find food and wine before dawn.
• He flew far from Mount Wudang and shouted, then headed toward nearby cities to look for open shops.
• After passing five dark cities, Chen Xiaofan spotted a brightly lit city filled with fireworks and activity.
• Chen Xiaofan bought ten roast ducks and ten jars of Daughter's Red, stored them in his Storage Ring, and left by tearing through the air.
• He returned to Mount Wudang, took out the food and wine, and prepared to eat.

After finishing his meal, Chen Xiaofan headed to Zhang Sanfeng’s residence to give him a Storage Ring. He found Song Yuanqiao speaking with Zhang Sanfeng and waited outside, where he noticed the exhausted disciple on guard duty.

• Chen Xiaofan finished his wine and meat, cleaned up, and decided to visit Zhang Sanfeng with a Storage Ring as a gift.
• As Chen Xiaofan walked through the sect, disciples greeted him and watched him smile at the ring in his hand.
• Chen Xiaofan arrived at Zhang Sanfeng’s residence and saw that the lights were still on and Song Yuanqiao was inside with his master.
• Chen Xiaofan waited outside so he would not interrupt their discussion, which he suspected concerned the next day’s Martial Arts Tournament.
• Chen Xiaofan noticed a gatekeeping disciple dozing while standing on duty and felt sorry for him.

Chen Xiaofan found an exhausted disciple asleep on guard duty and kindly sent him to rest before visiting Zhang Sanfeng. He gave Zhang Sanfeng a Storage Ring, leaving him stunned when it made a large table disappear.

• Chen Xiaofan woke a disciple who had fallen asleep on guard duty, told him to go rest, and gave him the next day off.
• Song Yuanqiao came out of Zhang Sanfeng's room and went inside after Chen Xiaofan said he had something to report to his master.
• Chen Xiaofan handed Zhang Sanfeng an ordinary-looking ring and showed him how to use it.
• Zhang Sanfeng snapped his fingers, making the large table vanish, then stared in disbelief as Chen Xiaofan explained the Storage Ring.

Chen Xiaofan gave Zhang Sanfeng a storage ring, then revealed that he could create rings with spacious storage areas using spells. The chapter ended as Chen Xiaofan explained that he had adapted the method for making a Storage Bag to craft the ring.

• Zhang Sanfeng was shocked by Chen Xiaofan's extraordinary power and suspected he had received a gift from an immortal.
• Zhang Sanfeng tried to return the ring, but Chen Xiaofan insisted and put it on his hand.
• Zhang Sanfeng accepted the ring, then asked Chen Xiaofan whether he was sure he wanted to give away such a precious treasure.
• Chen Xiaofan opened the storage spaces in several rings with a spell, astonishing Zhang Sanfeng.
• Chen Xiaofan gave Zhang Sanfeng a ring with a storage space as large as three or four houses and explained that he had crafted it using a spell.

Chen Xiaofan gave Zhang Sanfeng two rings that he had enchanted to store objects, and Zhang Sanfeng showed one to Song Yuanqiao. Song Yuanqiao was left stunned by the rings and by Chen Xiaofan’s magic, anticipating that the next day’s Martial Arts Tournament would astonish everyone.

• Chen Xiaofan gave Zhang Sanfeng two enchanted Storage Rings and said that sharing them could strengthen the Wudang Sect without making him arrogant.
• After Chen Xiaofan left, Zhang Sanfeng summoned Song Yuanqiao and handed him a ring to try.
• Song Yuanqiao snapped his fingers, making Zhang Sanfeng’s bed disappear into the ring’s storage space.
• Zhang Sanfeng explained that Chen Xiaofan had enchanted an ordinary ring to create its vast storage space.
• Song Yuanqiao was shocked by Chen Xiaofan’s power and wondered how the New Sect Leader would amaze everyone at the Martial Arts Tournament.

After receiving a Storage Ring from Zhang Sanfeng, Song Yuanqiao used it to store tournament equipment and showed its contents to a labor disciple. The disciple told the other Wudang disciples, leaving them stunned as they gathered for the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Zhang Sanfeng gave Song Yuanqiao a Storage Ring, and Song Yuanqiao marveled at it before going to sleep.
• A labor disciple brought wooden banners, weapon trays, and racks to Song Yuanqiao, who told him to put them down.
• Song Yuanqiao used the ring to make the equipment disappear, then showed the labor disciple that it was stored inside.
• Song Yuanqiao took back the ring and headed toward the Martial Arts Tournament venue, leaving the labor disciple astonished.
• The labor disciple told a group of Wudang disciples what he had witnessed, and they reacted with disbelief.

Wudang Sect members and visiting martial artists gathered at the back mountain for the Martial Arts Tournament, while rumors spread about Song Yuanqiao’s mysterious ring and the absent New Sect Leader. Chen Xiaofan finished making several Storage Rings, realized it was nearly noon, and finally headed to the tournament grounds.

• A Labor Disciple described his encounter with Song Yuanqiao, but the Wudang Sect members decided they would believe the story only if Song Yuanqiao showed the items from his ring.
• People from more than a hundred small sects and over twenty major sects made their way to the tournament grounds on Wudang’s back mountain.
• Zhang Sanfeng hurried to the packed arena, greeted the Sect Leaders, and waited for Chen Xiaofan to arrive.
• The assembled sects wondered why the tournament had not begun and speculated about the mysterious New Sect Leader and their missing cacti.
• Chen Xiaofan made four or five Storage Rings for his fellow disciples, noticed it was nearly noon, and set off for the back mountain.