Chapter Summaries

News that a Wudang Sect Labor Disciple had defeated the man who claimed to be the strongest beneath Land Immortals spread widely, leaving the martial world in awe of the Wudang Sect and its New Sect Leader. Small sects and bandits gathered gifts and set off for Mount Wudang to attend the Martial Arts Gathering, see the New Sect Leader, and pay their respects.

• People concluded that the old monsters had ignored the attention-seeking bird because he was beneath their notice, and were stunned that a Wudang Sect disciple had defeated him.
• News of the feat spread through more than a thousand nearby sects, with listeners trusting reports from the Wudang Sect as unquestionably true.
• Listeners imagined that Zhang Sanfeng's personally acknowledged New Sect Leader must be even more powerful than Zhang Sanfeng and nearly like an immortal.
• Small sects gathered gold, treasures, Purple Gold Hammers, and Martial Arts Manuals, then escorted carts of gifts toward Mount Wudang.
• The small sects planned to attend the Martial Arts Gathering, see the New Sect Leader, and make themselves known to the Wudang Sect.

People from many martial arts factions gathered at Mount Wudang, hoping to see its power after hearing of Chen Xiaofan’s feat. Chen Xiaofan realized that his casual blow had spread word of an immortal’s strength across the martial world.

• Martial artists of modest cultivation waited at the foot of Mount Wudang, too afraid to climb without permission.
• A Wudang disciple discovered the crowd and went down the mountain, where the visitors knelt and begged him to take them up.
• The visitors explained that they had come to see the Wudang Sect after hearing that Chen Xiaofan and its Labor Disciple were immensely powerful.
• Chen Xiaofan heard their conversation from the mountaintop and felt exasperated that his casual blow had made his name spread far and wide.
• Chen Xiaofan recognized that witnessing an immortal ride clouds and defeat a renowned martial-world powerhouse had shocked everyone.

After Chen Xiaofan reflected on his immortal life and decided not to marry a mortal woman, he overheard a disciple praising the New Sect Leader to a group of arriving visitors. The disciple escorted them toward the Martial Arts Gathering and wondered how to fit the crowd at the already-packed Mount Huo tournament grounds.

• Chen Xiaofan considered how his wealth and immortality had changed his life and decided to avoid marrying a mortal woman.
• Chen Xiaofan overheard a disciple tell the visitors that the New Sect Leader was incomparably powerful.
• The disciple led the visitors inside, believing Zhang Sanfeng would welcome the additional sects at the Martial Arts Gathering.
• The disciple realized Mount Huo's tournament grounds were already crowded and considered building towers so the visitors could watch from higher levels.

The Martial Arts Gathering resumed after Zhang Sanfeng had the crowded venue expanded with wooden towers, while Song Yuanqiao hurried through matches filled with shameless performances. That night, Chen Xiaofan discovered the Tianguang Sect and the Divine Dragon Sect fighting over a guest room, with Wudang disciples failing to intervene.

• Zhang Sanfeng paused the Martial Arts Gathering and arranged for more space, and workers built over a hundred wooden towers across the square.
• Song Yuanqiao rushed the matches, handing out winner certificates after brief bouts and driving performers off the stage.
• Chen Xiaofan watched the gathering and decided not to stop the sects from making fools of themselves.
• Chen Xiaofan saw a crowd fighting at night, went to investigate, and learned the Tianguang Sect and the Divine Dragon Sect were battling over a guest room.
• Wudang disciples failed to mediate as the rival sects' old grudges fueled the dispute, while other Wudang disciples watched and laughed.

Chen Xiaofan tried to stop two Persian-heavy sects from fighting, but they mocked his lack of status and he walked away. The next morning, he watched the Martial Arts Tournament and sat with the young girl, ignoring a female disciple who mocked her for being close to a Labor Disciple.

• Chen Xiaofan asked two arguing sects to disperse and avoid fighting on Mount Wudang, but they questioned his authority and challenged him.
• Chen Xiaofan left the groups and returned to his previous spot without arguing with them.
• The next morning, Chen Xiaofan watched two weak fighters from small sects compete in the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Chen Xiaofan spotted the young girl, sat beside her, and she excitedly grabbed his arm.
• A female disciple mocked the young girl for taking an interest in Chen Xiaofan, but the young girl held his hand and urged him not to get angry.
• Chen Xiaofan ignored the female disciple and continued watching the tournament.

A Tianlong Sect disciple challenged Chen Xiaofan and insulted him for attracting the Young Girl, while she fiercely defended Chen without revealing his identity. The disciple boasted of his status and the planned marriage alliance between the Tianlong Sect and Wudang, leaving his confrontation with Chen unresolved.

• A yellow-robed Tianlong Sect disciple stopped himself from slapping Chen Xiaofan and challenged him to fight in the arena, saying he liked the Young Girl and could not stand Chen.
• Chen Xiaofan realized the disciple did not know that the Young Girl was already his woman and found the situation absurd.
• The Young Girl stood up and cursed the disciple for insulting Chen, while keeping Chen’s identity secret.
• The disciple angrily insulted the Young Girl and bragged that he was the Tianlong Sect’s Second-generation Chief Disciple.
• The disciple claimed that the Tianlong Sect’s Sect Leader would marry a Wudang female menial disciple, which he believed would raise his own standing.

A Chief Disciple tried to pursue the Young Girl, hoping to use her Core Disciple status to gain power and deal with Chen Xiaofan. The Young Girl rejected him and struck him so hard that he crashed through trees and walls, while Chen Xiaofan watched with amusement.

• The Chief Disciple looked down on Chen Xiaofan as a lowly Labor Disciple and decided to pursue the Young Girl because she wore the robes of a Wudang Sect Core Disciple.
• The Chief Disciple offered the Young Girl a flower, and she slapped it from his hand in front of the crowd.
• The Chief Disciple picked up the flower and offered it again, while imagining winning her over and using her status to take revenge on the Young Girl.
• The Young Girl struck the Chief Disciple with a palm infused with Internal Energy, sending him through trees and walls and leaving him badly injured.
• Chen Xiaofan watched the Chief Disciple's beating and found it ridiculously funny.

The Young Girl repeatedly attacked the Chief Disciple for Chen Xiaofan, leaving him badly injured and terrified of retaliation from the Wudang Sect. The Chief Disciple’s own master warned him to stay silent, and he submitted, fearing his sect would be destroyed if he challenged Wudang.

• Chen Xiaofan realized the Young Girl had attacked the Chief Disciple because she was defending him, and he felt deeply moved by her concern.
• The Chief Disciple swallowed a medicinal pill to heal himself, but he remained in agony from the Young Girl’s first blow.
• The Chief Disciple apologized to the Young Girl, but she struck him again with her sword hilt, fracturing his rib and sending him crashing through walls and trees.
• The Chief Disciple feared his injuries would cost him his place in his small sect and knew that opposing Wudang could bring ruin upon his sect.
• The Chief Disciple saw his master grip his saber and warn him not to act rashly, so he shut his mouth.

The Young Girl punished the female disciple for insulting Chen Xiaofan, while the Wudang Sect Chief Disciple feared his master’s blade and begged for mercy. After two slaps left the female disciple badly injured, she took medicinal pills and stood up, no longer daring to speak ill of Chen Xiaofan or the Young Girl.

• The Chief Disciple feared his master’s sharp blade and silently pleaded for mercy after provoking Chen Xiaofan.
• The female disciple watched in shock as the Chief Disciple defended Chen Xiaofan.
• The Young Girl slapped the female disciple, sending her crashing into a wall and leaving her spitting blood.
• The female disciple realized the Young Girl might have a close relationship with Chen Xiaofan, but the Young Girl slapped her again before she could act on that thought.
• The female disciple crashed through a wall and a tree, landed in a crater, and swallowed two medicinal pills to treat her injuries.
• The female disciple stood trembling and apologized to Chen Xiaofan and the Young Girl, no longer daring to insult them.

Chen Xiaofan watched the Young Girl slap the Chief Disciple and another disciple, then decided he wanted to help her attain immortality alongside him. The crowd learned why the fight had begun, while outsiders remained bewildered by a Core Disciple defending a Labor Disciple.

• Chen Xiaofan felt pleased by the Young Girl's defense of him and resolved to help her reach immortality with a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Xiaofan reflected on immortals' loneliness, then imagined making the Young Girl and the whole sect immortal.
• The arena crowd turned to watch the disturbance, and word spread that the Young Girl had beaten the two disciples for looking down on Chen Xiaofan.
• Wudang Sect disciples laughed at the Chief Disciple and female disciple, knowing they had been fortunate that Chen Xiaofan had not intervened.
• Disciples and leaders from other sects wondered why a Core Disciple had struck another sect's Chief Disciple over a Labor Disciple, and dismissed the idea that the pair were spouses or childhood friends.

After Song Yuanqiao restored order at the Martial Arts Tournament, the crowd was left baffled by the close relationship between Chen Xiaofan, a Labor Disciple, and a young Wudang Core Disciple. The spectators speculated about Chen Xiaofan’s identity but could not settle on any explanation.

• The gathered sects held back from confronting the opposing sect after its Sect Leader threatened his own Chief Disciple, and Song Yuanqiao sent the injured disciples away to recover.
• Song Yuanqiao smoothly resumed the Martial Arts Tournament, earning Zhang Sanfeng’s approval as he reflected on Song Qingshu’s character and compared him unfavorably with Chen Xiaofan.
• Disciples carried the Chief Disciple and the female disciple away for treatment, while the tournament continued in a hushed atmosphere.
• The spectators wondered why the young Core Disciple had treated Chen Xiaofan so intimately despite his status as a Labor Disciple.
• The crowd speculated that Chen Xiaofan might have a powerful identity or be Song Yuanqiao’s illegitimate son, but dismissed their guesses as impossible.

The Martial Arts Tournament rushed through its remaining matches until Wudang Sect's New Sect Leader was due to make the grand finale entrance. Chen Xiaofan stepped onto the stage and sat down, leaving the crowd shocked and the Sky Sect Leader worried that he had provoked Wudang Sect.

• Song Yuanqiao drove the two fighters off the stage after their prolonged duel failed to produce a winner.
• The other sects hurried their matches, and three days passed until only Wudang Sect's New Sect Leader remained to appear.
• The spectators searched for an elderly master but could not sense Chen Xiaofan's aura or identify him.
• Chen Xiaofan walked onto the stage, brought over a chair, and sat down with one leg crossed over the other.
• The crowd stared in disbelief, while the Sky Sect Leader feared Chen Xiaofan had gone up to steal the Wudang Sect New Sect Leader's spotlight.

Chen Xiaofan, only eighteen or nineteen and an immortal-level fighter, stepped forward as Wudang Sect’s New Sect Leader and stunned everyone gathered there. Zhang Sanfeng and the Wudang disciples took pride in his appointment and anticipated that news of it would greatly raise the sect’s standing in the martial world.

• Chen Xiaofan walked onto the arena, shocking the gathered martial artists, who struggled to believe someone so young was Wudang Sect’s New Sect Leader.
• The Wudang disciples understood the crowd’s disbelief and knew Chen Xiaofan’s extraordinary strength made him a worthy leader.
• Song Yuanqiao and Zhang Sanfeng smiled as the assembled visitors stood stunned by Chen Xiaofan’s appearance.
• Zhang Sanfeng reflected that Chen Xiaofan’s power had led him to choose the young man over Song Yuanqiao as New Sect Leader.
• Zhang Sanfeng anticipated that the appointment would bring Wudang Sect greater prestige and shock the martial world once news spread.

Chen Xiaofan announced that he was Wudang Sect's New Sect Leader, leaving the gathered sect leaders stunned by his age. Zhang Sanfeng realized the crowd had mistaken Chen Xiaofan for a troublemaker, but believed Chen Xiaofan's talent and strength would soon astonish them.

• Zhang Sanfeng realized the crowd was shocked because Chen Xiaofan seemed far too young to lead Wudang Sect.
• Zhang Sanfeng reflected that Chen Xiaofan must be extraordinarily powerful and talented to become Sect Leader at eighteen.
• Chen Xiaofan cleared his throat and announced that he was Wudang Sect's New Sect Leader.
• The gathering fell silent as everyone struggled to believe Chen Xiaofan's announcement.
• The Kongtong Sect's sect leader reacted with disbelief and wondered how someone so young could become a sect leader.

The martial world’s sect leaders and disciples were stunned to learn that eighteen- or nineteen-year-old Chen Xiaofan was the new Sect Leader of the Wudang Sect. Seeing Zhang Sanfeng and the Wudang disciples accept him, they recognized the claim as true, though many still suspected he had gained the position through connections.

• The Kongtong Sect Leader and the Sect Leader of the Chaotian Sect reeled at the revelation that Chen Xiaofan was the Wudang Sect Leader.
• The assembled sect leaders and disciples struggled to believe that someone so young had become a Sect Leader.
• The witnesses accepted the claim after seeing Zhang Sanfeng, Song Yuanqiao, and the Wudang disciples offer no objection and show Chen Xiaofan respect.
• The sect leaders tried to hide their shock by clearing their throats, and the crowd joined them.
• The gathered martial artists watched Chen Xiaofan and suspected he had pulled strings to gain the position.

The martial artists present assumed Chen Xiaofan had become Wudang Sect's New Sect Leader through connections rather than strength, and they questioned Zhang Sanfeng's judgment. They left convinced Chen Xiaofan was a powerless figurehead and that Wudang Sect was headed for decline.

• The gathered martial artists speculated that Chen Xiaofan had risen to the position of Sect Leader through powerful connections.
• The crowd began doubting Zhang Sanfeng, believing he had foolishly appointed a weak and inexperienced New Sect Leader.
• People privately and openly looked down on Chen Xiaofan, judging him to be a coward and a figurehead protected by Wudang Sect's experts.
• The martial artists predicted that Chen Xiaofan would lead Wudang Sect into decline and treated the tournament as a spectacle rather than a serious event.

The martial artists feared that the Wudang Sect's lack of successors would destabilize the martial world, and they doubted Chen Xiaofan's ability to lead the sect. Zhang Sanfeng stopped them from leaving, confident Chen Xiaofan would soon prove his strength and astonish them.

• The martial artists lamented the Wudang Sect's decline and feared its disappearance would spark chaos and war across the martial world.
• A martial artist called for the new Sect Leader to demonstrate his abilities and show that Zhang Sanfeng had judged wisely.
• Many people prepared to leave rather than watch the Wudang Sect embarrass itself, but Zhang Sanfeng told them to stay and watch Chen Xiaofan.
• Zhang Sanfeng understood why the crowd thought Chen Xiaofan had gained the position through connections, since they could not sense his aura.
• Zhang Sanfeng anticipated that Chen Xiaofan would make a move, earn fame, and leave the crowd stunned.

Chen Xiaofan stunned the Martial Arts Gathering by flying more than a hundred meters into the air, far beyond the limits of even Zhang Sanfeng’s supreme Lightness Skill. The gathered martial artists, including a Sect Leader who had dismissed Chen Xiaofan, could only stare in disbelief.

• Chen Xiaofan lightly shifted and shot more than a hundred meters into the sky.
• The audience stood up in shock, unable to believe anyone could fly so high.
• The martial artists compared Chen Xiaofan’s feat with the limits of ordinary and supreme Lightness Skills, including Zhang Sanfeng’s Cloud-Treading Vertical Leap.
• A Sect Leader who had thought Chen Xiaofan was weak and had become Wudang’s New Sect Leader through connections was left speechless by his strength.
• The audience remained stunned, with some pinching themselves to check whether they were dreaming.

The Sect Leaders, disciples, and gang members watched Chen Xiaofan hover more than a hundred meters in the sky and were overwhelmed by disbelief at his Lightness Skill. After standing there for the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Chen Xiaofan still had the crowd in an uproar and unable to accept what they had seen.

• Chen Xiaofan flew more than a hundred meters into the sky, shocking the martial world gathered below.
• The Sect Leaders and others wondered whether Chen Xiaofan’s feat was Lightness Skill or sorcery, since it seemed impossible for a human.
• Some minor sect leaders, disciples, and gang members prostrated themselves in submission before Chen Xiaofan.
• After roughly the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the crowd began to recover and erupted into discussion.
• Chen Xiaofan continued standing in the sky, leaving the onlookers unable to believe their eyes.

Chen Xiaofan split a distant mountain with one sword strike, leaving the witnesses stunned. A carrier pigeon delivered the news to a scarred Peak Land Immortal swordsman from Eastern Camp, who was shocked as he read it.

• Chen Xiaofan flicked his sword and split a distant mountain in two with a single strike.
• The witnesses stared in disbelief and compared Chen Xiaofan's ability to Zhang Sanfeng's far more limited Lightness Skill.
• One of the witnesses sent news of the feat by carrier pigeon.
• A scarred Peak Land Immortal from Eastern Camp received the message and was shocked by what it said.