Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan admitted killing the Men in Black, and their boss offered to overlook the deaths and make him an ally. Chen Xiaofan refused, leaving the boss to declare that their blood debt would be settled.

• The short Man in Black accused Chen Xiaofan of killing their men, and Chen Xiaofan calmly admitted it.
• The Black-Clad Boss, impressed by Chen Xiaofan's composure and abilities, offered to forgive him and become friends.
• Chen Xiaofan rejected the offer, and the short Man in Black and another subordinate berated him for refusing the boss's kindness.
• The Black-Clad Boss accepted Chen Xiaofan's decision and warned that he would avenge his dead men.

Chen Xiaofan faced the Black-Clad Boss's challenge and effortlessly defeated the short Man in Black, leaving the boss and his followers to witness his overwhelming strength.

• The Black-Clad Boss decided Chen Xiaofan had to die after Chen refused to pledge loyalty to him.
• The short Man in Black volunteered to teach Chen Xiaofan a lesson, and the Black-Clad Boss allowed him to attack.
• The short Man in Black charged and struck Chen Xiaofan's neck with his broadsword, but Chen's skin shattered the blade without hurting him.
• Chen Xiaofan blasted the short Man in Black away, and he crashed in front of the Black-Clad Boss, badly injured and spitting blood.

Chen Xiaofan demanded that the Black-Clad Boss release the captured children, but the boss rejected the deal and challenged him to fight. Chen Xiaofan scorned the boss’s Great Grandmaster rank, and the Men in Black dismissed him as a liar as the confrontation turned toward violence.

• The Black-Clad Boss berated the short Man in Black after Chen Xiaofan defeated him with his aura alone.
• Chen Xiaofan offered to spare the group if they released the captured children, but the Black-Clad Boss instead offered to let Chen Xiaofan and his companions leave safely.
• Chen Xiaofan refused to back down and vowed to rescue the children, enraging the Black-Clad Boss.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked the Black-Clad Boss’s Great Grandmaster cultivation and agreed to settle their dispute with fists.
• The Men in Black defended their boss’s strength and called Chen Xiaofan an arrogant fool, while Chen Xiaofan decided not to waste time explaining himself.

Chen Xiaofan killed a Man in Black with a single slap, leaving the bandits terrified and the Black-Clad Boss struggling to accept his strength. The young boy and little girl remained confident that Chen Xiaofan would protect them and save the other captives.

• Chen Xiaofan rejected the Black-Clad Boss's threats and refused to explain his cultivation.
• A Man in Black mocked Chen Xiaofan and told him to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the Man in Black, whose body burst into pieces and became a puddle of blood.
• The Men in Black froze in terror, while the Black-Clad Boss wondered how someone so young could wield such power.
• The young boy stayed calm beside Chen Xiaofan, and the little girl hoped he would rescue her trapped companions.

Chen Xiaofan faced the Black-Clad Boss and his men after displaying overwhelming strength, then demanded that they submit or face death. The boss refused to kneel and remained confident that his group could defeat Chen Xiaofan.

• Chen Xiaofan mocked the stunned men in black, while the Black-Clad Boss dismissed a subordinate's suggestion that he was a demon.
• The Black-Clad Boss asked Chen Xiaofan what Magic Treasure had given him such power, but Chen Xiaofan denied using one.
• Chen Xiaofan ordered the Black-Clad Boss and his men to kneel and kowtow, promising only that he might grant them intact corpses.
• The Black-Clad Boss refused to submit, insisting that his status as a Great Grandmaster forbade him from bowing to Chen Xiaofan.
• Chen Xiaofan warned the boss not to regret his choice, but the boss laughed and declared that his group could defeat one man.

Chen Xiaofan faced Black-Clad Boss and easily shattered his palm with a single strike, leaving the Men in Black terrified of his strength. Black-Clad Boss was left injured and questioning Chen Xiaofan's identity while Chen Xiaofan mocked his arrogance.

• Black-Clad Boss dismissed Chen Xiaofan's threats and prepared to attack, convinced Chen Xiaofan was bluffing.
• Chen Xiaofan warned Black-Clad Boss that he was no match for him, but Black-Clad Boss charged at him in anger.
• Chen Xiaofan casually struck Black-Clad Boss's palm, unleashing a powerful blast that left Black-Clad Boss's hand mangled and the Men in Black stunned.
• Black-Clad Boss screamed in pain and asked Chen Xiaofan what he was, wondering if he was a monster.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked Black-Clad Boss for overestimating his strength and attacking him.

Chen Xiaofan refused the Black-Clad Boss’s pleas to call their fight a misunderstanding and mocked his gang as beasts. The Black-Clad Boss swallowed a strength-enhancing pill, reached the early stage of the Land Immortal realm, and prepared to show Chen Xiaofan its power.

• Chen Xiaofan rejected the Black-Clad Boss’s attempt to make peace after he had tried to kill him.
• The Black-Clad Boss appealed to Chen Xiaofan’s virtue, but Chen Xiaofan insulted him and his men as beasts.
• The Black-Clad Boss swallowed a pill that temporarily multiplied his strength at the cost of his lifespan.
• The Black-Clad Boss felt his power rise and declared that he had reached the early stage of the Land Immortal realm.
• Chen Xiaofan dismissed the new realm as unimpressive, and the Black-Clad Boss vowed to demonstrate his strength.

Chen Xiaofan defeated the Man in Black, who had reached the initial Land Immortal realm, and rejected his offers to release the captive children in exchange for his life. The Man in Black remained at Chen Xiaofan’s mercy.

• The Man in Black attacked Chen Xiaofan with a powerful palm strike, but Chen Xiaofan dodged it and struck him hard enough to send him flying and coughing blood.
• The Man in Black realized Chen Xiaofan was far stronger than he had expected and wondered whether the young man surpassed the initial Land Immortal realm.
• Chen Xiaofan condemned the Man in Black for provoking him and warned that he would show no mercy.
• The Man in Black knelt and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare him, offering to release the children.
• Chen Xiaofan rejected the offer and said he was interested in the Man in Black’s life.

Chen Xiaofan killed the Black-Clad Boss with one lightning-charged palm, leaving the remaining Men in Black terrified and begging for mercy. He rejected their pleas and resolved to kill them all, while they desperately tried to bargain for their lives.

• Chen Xiaofan struck the Man in Black with a lightning-charged palm and blasted him into blood and dust.
• The remaining Men in Black were stunned, then fell to their knees and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare them.
• The Men in Black blamed their dead boss and the little girl for their predicament as they pleaded for mercy.
• Chen Xiaofan dismissed their excuses and declared that they all deserved to die.
• The Men in Black offered their possessions and even one man's fiancée in exchange for their lives.

Chen Xiaofan rejected the men in black’s offers and let them flee, confident he could stop them. They soon discovered he had caught up with them in a flash of white light.

• Chen Xiaofan refused the men in black’s treasures and pleas for mercy, declaring that he intended to kill them.
• The men in black agreed silently to flee and scattered in different directions.
• Little Girl urged Young Boy to tell Chen Xiaofan to chase them, but Young Boy reassured her that Chen Xiaofan had a plan.
• After the men in black stopped to catch their breath, Chen Xiaofan suddenly appeared before them in a flash of white light.

Chen Xiaofan refused to spare the men in black, who chose to fight rather than surrender, and slaughtered them all. He searched their corpses and left with more than three hundred thousand taels of silver, jewelry, and medicinal pills.

• The terrified men in black begged Chen Xiaofan to spare their lives and offered to serve him, but he refused.
• A man in black urged the others to resist, and the group agreed to charge Chen Xiaofan rather than die without a fight.
• Chen Xiaofan drew his longsword and swiftly killed every man in black.
• Chen Xiaofan searched the corpses and collected more than three hundred thousand taels of silver, along with jewelry and medicinal pills.

After Chen Xiaofan killed the men in black, Little Girl thanked him for freeing her and led him and Young Boy to their hidden lair to rescue her imprisoned companions. Chen Xiaofan broke down the entrance, while two guards inside mistook the noise for their boss returning.

• Little Girl and Young Boy found the men in black dead, and Little Girl felt relieved that her tormentors had been punished.
• Little Girl thanked Chen Xiaofan for saving her, and Young Boy comforted her about the suffering she had endured.
• Young Boy urged Little Girl to lead them to her imprisoned companions, and she guided them to the men in black's lair.
• Chen Xiaofan kicked down the lair's inconspicuous door and entered with Little Girl and Young Boy.
• Inside the lair, Xiao Li and Old Zhang heard the crash and argued briefly as they assumed their boss had returned.

Chen Xiaofan confronted the kidnappers at their hideout while Old Zhang went downstairs to investigate. Old Zhang refused to believe Chen Xiaofan when he claimed their boss was dead.

• Xiao Li heard Chen Xiaofan's voice and grew wary, but Old Zhang dismissed his fears and went downstairs while Xiao Li stayed to watch the drugged children.
• A little girl told Chen Xiaofan that the kidnappers kept the children locked upstairs, and Chen Xiaofan decided to wait for the person approaching.
• Old Zhang arrived downstairs, mistook Chen Xiaofan for his boss, then realized he was a stranger.
• Chen Xiaofan told Old Zhang that the boss had died, but Old Zhang demanded to see the corpse and insisted that his powerful master could not have been killed so easily.

Chen Xiaofan and the little girl confronted Old Zhang, who refused to believe that his boss was dead and dismissed their claims as lies. The little girl revealed she had escaped and mocked Old Zhang, who still insisted his boss would return.

• Chen Xiaofan said he could not show Old Zhang his boss's corpse, and the boy explained that the boss had turned into a puddle of blood.
• Old Zhang rejected their claims and demanded to know who they were, why they had come, and where his boss was.
• The little girl reminded Old Zhang that he had seen her escape earlier, and he recognized her.
• Old Zhang threatened the little girl and accused Chen Xiaofan and the others of coming to ransom her.
• The little girl told Old Zhang she no longer feared him and mocked his intelligence and status as a gatekeeper.
• Old Zhang said his boss would return, and the little girl reminded him that his boss had been dead for ages.

Chen Xiaofan, Little Girl, and Young Boy confronted Old Zhang as they prepared to rescue people inside, telling him his boss and the other men were dead. Old Zhang drew his saber to stop them, but fear grew as Chen Xiaofan calmly approached.

• Old Zhang threatened Little Girl for insulting his boss, but Chen Xiaofan warned him not to touch her.
• Little Girl and Chen Xiaofan told Old Zhang that his boss and the other men had died, but he refused to believe them.
• Young Boy urged the others to stop arguing and focus on rescuing the people inside.
• Old Zhang realized they intended to rescue the captives, drew his saber, and blocked their way.
• Chen Xiaofan approached Old Zhang and offered to spare him if he moved aside, while Little Girl warned him how formidable Chen Xiaofan was.
• Old Zhang trembled with fear but forced himself to laugh and pretend he was not scared.

Chen Xiaofan let Old Zhang's attack break apart his broadsword and send him crashing to the first floor, leaving him gravely injured. As Chen Xiaofan prepared to kill him, Old Zhang shouted for Xiao Li to save him.

• Old Zhang ignored Chen Xiaofan and charged at him with his broadsword while Chen Xiaofan walked toward the stairs.
• Chen Xiaofan held back from striking Old Zhang directly to avoid damaging the room and endangering others.
• Old Zhang's broadsword shattered, and a powerful pressure sent him flying down to the first floor, where he vomited blood and lay near death.
• Little Girl mocked Old Zhang and told him that his boss was dead, but Old Zhang refused to believe her.
• Chen Xiaofan said he would send Old Zhang to join his boss, and Old Zhang called out desperately for Xiao Li to save him.

Chen Xiaofan confronted Xiao Li on the second floor after discovering him trying to escape, then refused to yield when Xiao Li threatened to set fire to the room and endanger the children. Xiao Li was left furious and cornered, shouting that they would all perish together if Chen Xiaofan kept pressing him.

• Xiao Li blamed Old Zhang for dragging him into danger and tried to escape through a second-floor window.
• Chen Xiaofan went upstairs to stop Xiao Li from fleeing and protect the children.
• Xiao Li abandoned his escape attempt, knelt, and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare his life.
• Chen Xiaofan refused to spare Xiao Li, who threatened the children with a lit tinder stick.
• Chen Xiaofan challenged Xiao Li to set the room on fire, exposing that Xiao Li was bluffing.
• Xiao Li grew angry and warned Chen Xiaofan that they would all perish together if he kept pushing him.

Chen Xiaofan provoked Xiao Li, the Man in Black, into throwing a blazing firestarter at the children, then caught and crushed it. He dismissed Xiao Li’s pleas and challenged him to choose his own way to die.

• Chen Xiaofan taunted Xiao Li, the Man in Black, until Xiao Li flew into a rage and hurled a blazing firestarter toward the children.
• Chen Xiaofan caught and crushed the firestarter before it could reach the children, while Little Girl and Young Boy reacted with relief and anger.
• Xiao Li blamed Chen Xiaofan for driving him to desperation, and Chen Xiaofan admitted that he had deliberately provoked him.
• Xiao Li begged Chen Xiaofan for a quick death, but Chen Xiaofan said Xiao Li had brought his humiliation upon himself.
• Chen Xiaofan told Xiao Li to choose any method he liked to end his own life.

Chen Xiaofan pursued and killed Xiao Li, the Man in Black, after refusing to leave him an intact corpse. Returning to the house, he discovered that the mysterious man in black had escaped despite his injuries and began tracking him by his bloodstains.

• Xiao Li, the Man in Black, demanded that Chen Xiaofan kill him but leave his body intact, and Chen refused.
• Xiao Li fled, but Chen Xiaofan caught up with him and crushed him into a cloud of blood mist with a palm strike.
• Chen Xiaofan returned to the house and found that the mysterious man in black had disappeared.
• Chen Xiaofan spotted bloodstains left by the wounded man and searched the surroundings for him.

Chen Xiaofan rescued the little girl and the little boy from Old Zhang the Man in Black when he tried to attack them. Old Zhang realized Chen Xiaofan had killed their boss and understood that he could not escape his own fate.

• Chen Xiaofan followed Old Zhang the Man in Black’s blood trail to the second floor, where Old Zhang crawled toward the little girl.
• The little boy stood between Old Zhang and the little girl, while Old Zhang blamed her for his injuries and pulled out a dagger.
• Chen Xiaofan rushed in and kicked the dagger away before Old Zhang could attack the little girl.
• The little boy and the little girl thanked Chen Xiaofan and argued over whether the boy deserved credit for trying to protect her.
• Chen Xiaofan confronted Old Zhang, who remained resentful but realized their boss had likely been killed by Chen Xiaofan and that he could not escape.