Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan killed the gravely injured Old Zhang after granting his request for a quick death. When onlookers arrived and accused him of killing recklessly, the children explained that he had rescued them from traffickers, and the crowd apologized.

• Old Zhang begged Chen Xiaofan to leave his corpse intact, and Chen Xiaofan agreed before killing him with a gentle slap.
• Chen Xiaofan noticed a crowd gathering at the scene, and the shocked onlookers questioned his killing in broad daylight.
• Chen Xiaofan warned the crowd not to challenge him, while the young boy and little girl explained that he had killed child traffickers and saved the children.
• The crowd realized they had judged Chen Xiaofan without knowing the truth, and they bowed and apologized to him.

Chen Xiaofan returned to the second floor to rescue the children, who mistook him for one of their captors. He pranked them by claiming he had full authority over them, then Xiao Hong joined in and pretended to fear being fed to the dogs.

• The onlookers apologized to Chen Xiaofan, who asked them not to obstruct his work and went upstairs with the two little ones.
• The children mistook Chen Xiaofan for a new guard and accused him of helping their captors.
• Chen Xiaofan pretended to be their boss’s ruthless stand-in and threatened to feed disobedient children to the dogs, leaving them too frightened to speak.
• A child recognized Xiao Hong and worried that she had been captured and mistreated again.
• Xiao Hong pretended that Chen Xiaofan had threatened her, and her companion believed the act and urged her to resist.

Chen Xiaofan revealed that he had fooled the children, and Xiao Hong explained that he had come to rescue them. After Chen Xiaofan led them away, Young Boy said they should return to the City Lord's Mansion, where the children discovered he was the City Lord's son.

• Chen Xiaofan admitted he had tricked the children, and Xiao Hong assured them that he had come to save them.
• The children thanked Chen Xiaofan and Xiao Hong for rescuing them, but Chen Xiaofan said they should thank Xiao Hong and led them out.
• Chen Xiaofan chased away the onlookers who remained outside.
• Young Boy suggested that his father, the City Master, decide how to care for the rescued children, and Chen Xiaofan agreed to take them to the City Lord's Mansion.
• The children learned that Young Boy was the City Lord's son, and Xiao Hong expressed surprise that he had not told her earlier.

Xiao Hong told the City Lord's son that men in black had killed her parents when they abducted her, and he comforted her and offered to help her find a place to stay. Chen Xiaofan led the children back to the City Lord's Mansion, arriving at evening as the City Lord rested with his wife.

• The City Lord's son revealed why he had hidden his identity and asked Xiao Hong to share her background.
• Xiao Hong explained that men in black had killed her parents while abducting her.
• The boy comforted Xiao Hong, reminded her that Immortal Brother had avenged her parents, and offered her a place to stay with his family.
• Chen Xiaofan told the children to keep up, then led them back to the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord rested with his wife.

Chen Xiaofan brought rescued children to the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord arranged shelter and food and promised to help reunite them with their families. The children were safe for now, and the City Lord vowed to improve the city's security.

• The young boy returned to his parents and explained that Chen Xiaofan had rescued a group of children from human traffickers.
• Chen Xiaofan told the City Lord that the children had been abducted, and the City Lord learned that Chen Xiaofan had already killed the traffickers.
• Chen Xiaofan advised the City Lord to give the children a safe, caring place to recover before deciding what to do next.
• The City Lord ordered the steward to prepare guest rooms and hot food for the children.
• The City Lord comforted the children, promised to help find their birth parents, and vowed to strengthen security across the city.
• The City Lord's Wife and the young boy urged everyone to eat first and let the children rest.

The City Lord hosted a feast for the rescued children and arranged shelter and care for them, including a place for Xiao Hong in the City Lord's Mansion. After the children fell asleep, the City Lord thanked Chen Xiaofan and blamed himself for failing to discover their suffering, but Chen Xiaofan reassured him.

• The City Lord hurried the servants to bring food, and the children eagerly ate the lavish meal.
• Young Boy asked the City Lord to let Xiao Hong stay at the mansion, and the City Lord agreed to make it her home.
• The City Lord's Wife offered to take Xiao Hong under her care, teach her etiquette, and help her study and read.
• The City Lord promised to reunite the other children with living relatives or find them suitable homes, and they thanked him and Chen Xiaofan.
• After dinner, the children went to rest, and the City Lord thanked Chen Xiaofan and apologized for failing to discover their plight.
• Chen Xiaofan reassured the City Lord that the villains had acted in secret and that he should not blame himself.

Chen Xiaofan refused the Lord City Master's offer to stay and help govern the city, but agreed to attend a farewell banquet before leaving. As the children prepared handmade gifts for him, he arrived at the banquet and learned that they wanted to show their gratitude.

• Chen Xiaofan declined the Lord City Master's offer of a position and said he planned to leave the next day.
• The Lord City Master asked Chen Xiaofan to attend a farewell banquet, and Chen Xiaofan agreed.
• When the children heard Chen Xiaofan was leaving, Xiao Hong urged them to respect his decision, and they decided to make him gifts instead.
• The children gathered materials and spent the morning crafting presents for Chen Xiaofan.
• The Lord City Master and the City Lord's Wife welcomed Chen Xiaofan to the banquet and told him the children were preparing a special gift.
• Chen Xiaofan accepted the gift on learning it represented the children's and the city's gratitude.

At a farewell banquet, the City Lord and his wife gave Chen Xiaofan a box containing one million taels in Silver Notes, and he accepted it after they insisted the money was legitimate and refused to let him keep only half. The children arrived to present their own gifts, and Chen Xiaofan eagerly asked what they had prepared.

• The City Lord presented Chen Xiaofan with a Red Wooden Box as a token of gratitude from him and his wife.
• Chen Xiaofan opened the box and discovered it held one million taels in Silver Notes.
• The City Lord and his wife explained how they had gathered the money and insisted Chen Xiaofan accept all of it.
• Chen Xiaofan agreed to keep the full gift after the couple refused his offer to take only half.
• The children hurried over, and Chen Xiaofan asked them about the gifts they had prepared for him.

Chen Xiaofan accepted Xiao Hong’s knitted boot from the children and insisted on giving them a return gift before he left. With the City Lord’s encouragement, the children accepted silver notes from Chen Xiaofan, who explained that the money had come from the City Lord and his wife.

• The children presented Chen Xiaofan with a yarn boot knitted by Xiao Hong, and he warmly praised their thoughtful gift.
• Chen Xiaofan offered to give the children gifts before leaving, but they initially refused, saying they had given him the boot only to show their gratitude.
• The City Lord persuaded the children to accept Chen Xiaofan’s sincere offer, and Xiao Hong and the others agreed.
• Chen Xiaofan opened the red Wooden Box and revealed a thick stack of silver notes, explaining that the City Lord and his wife had given them to him.
• The children thanked Chen Xiaofan, the City Lord, and the City Lord’s Wife as Chen Xiaofan handed each of them silver notes.

Chen Xiaofan gave the children five hundred taels in banknotes, and they gratefully celebrated the gift. He entrusted them to the city lord and his wife before preparing to leave, and the children said a tearful farewell.

• Chen Xiaofan gave the children five hundred taels in banknotes, and they reacted with surprise and gratitude.
• The city lord and his wife approved of Chen Xiaofan sharing the money and promised to care for the children.
• Chen Xiaofan explained that he wanted to help the children and said he was leaving because it was getting late.
• The children begged Chen Xiaofan to stay, but he comforted them and said they had to accept parting.
• The children knelt and kowtowed to Chen Xiaofan as their final farewell.

After bidding farewell to the City Lord and his family, Chen Xiaofan left the mansion with their reward and wandered through the bustling city. Two men spotted the red sandalwood box he carried and decided it must contain treasure.

• Chen Xiaofan asked the City Lord's Wife to take the children away so they would not witness his departure, and the children tearfully urged him to visit again.
• Chen Xiaofan warned the City Lord to stay cautious and not trust others too easily, and the City Lord thanked him for saving his life and promised to remember his advice.
• Chen Xiaofan said farewell to the City Lord and left the City Lord's Mansion with the family's generous reward of valuables and medicinal herbs.
• Chen Xiaofan wandered through the city streets, marveling at the lively scene he had rarely seen while training on Mount Wudang.
• A blue-robed man told his purple-robed companion that Chen Xiaofan's red sandalwood box must contain treasure because the box itself was valuable.

The Man in Purple and the Young Master in Blue Robe followed Chen Xiaofan beyond the city gate to steal his Red Wooden Box. Chen Xiaofan refused their threats and insults, and the two hooligans began to wonder whether he had a hidden advantage.

• The Man in Purple mocked the Young Master in Blue Robe before suggesting they steal the treasure from Chen Xiaofan and split it.
• The Man in Purple and the Young Master in Blue Robe secretly followed Chen Xiaofan through the city gate.
• Chen Xiaofan sensed he was being followed but stayed calm and continued beyond the city gate to learn what the men wanted.
• The two men blocked Chen Xiaofan and demanded that he hand over the Red Wooden Box.
• Chen Xiaofan refused and insulted them, while the Man in Purple and the Young Master in Blue Robe threatened him and questioned his confidence.

Chen Xiaofan taunted two arrogant Great Grandmasters who wanted the Wooden Box, confident that his immortal strength would easily defeat them. The men dismissed his warnings and prepared to attack, leaving the confrontation on the verge of a fight.

• Chen Xiaofan challenged the Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe to take the Wooden Box and warned them to consider what would happen if they failed.
• Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe boasted that they had never lost when fighting together and wagered both their hands on victory.
• Chen Xiaofan accepted their wager and mocked their confidence, while the two men continued to dismiss him as a bluffer.
• Young Master in Blue Robe revealed that both men were Great Grandmasters and insisted they would seize the Wooden Box.
• Chen Xiaofan invited the men to attack, and the enraged Man in Purple threatened to take the box and tear him into pieces.

Chen Xiaofan confronted two men who tried to take the Wooden Box, exposing their hypocrisy and refusing to submit. As the two Great Grandmasters charged him with their weapons, he remained still, ready to show them the difference in their strength.

• Chen Xiaofan insulted the Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe, and they threatened to kill him.
• Chen Xiaofan accused the two men of provoking him and choosing a secluded place to avoid public judgment.
• The Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe admitted they wanted the Wooden Box and demanded Chen Xiaofan hand it over and kowtow.
• Chen Xiaofan refused to spare them, and the two men drew their weapons and charged.
• Chen Xiaofan stood unmoved, confident that the two Great Grandmasters were no match for him.

Chen Xiaofan repelled the two Great Grandmaster-level men when they attacked him, but they convinced themselves his strength was an illusion. He mocked them and invited them to try again, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe attacked Chen Xiaofan, but a mysterious pressure blasted them away without injuring him.
• Chen Xiaofan told the two men they had offended him and would face consequences.
• The Man in Purple Robe argued that Chen Xiaofan had used tricks because he showed no cultivation aura and had waited to act.
• Young Master in Blue Robe accepted the Man in Purple Robe's explanation and praised his intelligence.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked both men, and Young Master in Blue Robe threatened to settle the score later.
• Chen Xiaofan challenged them to attack again and calmly waited for them.

Chen Xiaofan taunted Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe, who argued over the Wooden Box before joining forces to attack him. The chapter ended as their lethal strikes closed in on Chen Xiaofan, who remained calm and ready to face them.

• Young Master in Blue Robe tried to persuade the Man in Purple Robe to confront Chen Xiaofan alone, but the Man in Purple Robe demanded all the Wooden Box's contents for himself.
• Young Master in Blue Robe agreed to join the Man in Purple Robe, and Chen Xiaofan mocked their fear and challenged them to attack together.
• Chen Xiaofan dismissed the two Great Grandmasters as trash and demanded that they kneel and beg for mercy.
• The Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe exchanged a glance, raised their weapons, and charged at Chen Xiaofan with strikes aimed at his head and neck.
• Chen Xiaofan stayed calm as the two men launched their lethal joint assault.

Chen Xiaofan effortlessly crushed the attacks of the Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe, leaving both men badly injured and terrified. They begged for their lives, but Chen Xiaofan ordered them to keep kowtowing, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Chen Xiaofan repelled both men's attacks with two palm strikes, mangling their hands and leaving them in agony.
• The Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe realized Chen Xiaofan was far stronger than they had assumed and regretted provoking him.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked the two men for only becoming frightened after suffering defeat.
• The Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe knelt, kowtowed, and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare their lives.
• Chen Xiaofan dismissed their pleas and told them to continue kowtowing, so the two men obeyed in hopes of surviving.

Chen Xiaofan revealed that his Wooden Box held one million taels in Silver Notes and rejected the two men’s attempts to buy their lives. When they realized he would not spare them, the Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe used Smoke Bombs to try to escape.

• Chen Xiaofan refused to let the Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe stop kowtowing or bargain for mercy.
• The Man in Purple Robe offered his possessions and younger sister, while Young Master in Blue Robe offered his wealth, to appease Chen Xiaofan.
• Chen Xiaofan opened the Wooden Box and revealed stacks of Silver Notes worth one million taels.
• The Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe decided to fight, but Chen Xiaofan mocked their confidence and warned them to surrender.
• The two men silently agreed to flee, pulled out Smoke Bombs, and hurled them at Chen Xiaofan.

Chen Xiaofan caught the Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe after they tried to escape with a smoke bomb and talismans. The two begged for mercy and tried to morally pressure him, but Chen Xiaofan refused to forgive them for their attempt to seize his Wooden Box.

• The Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe used a smoke bomb and burning talismans to flee, but Chen Xiaofan caught up with them.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked the two men and blocked their escape, then chased them down when they tried to run in another direction.
• The Young Master in Blue Robe and the Man in Purple Robe begged Chen Xiaofan to spare them and promised to reform, even offering to cripple their martial arts.
• The Young Master in Blue Robe accused Chen Xiaofan of refusing to give them a chance, but Chen Xiaofan said they brought their fate on themselves by provoking him and acting wickedly.

Chen Xiaofan fought the Man in Purple Robe and Young Master in Blue Robe after they chose to resist rather than surrender. He killed the Man in Purple Robe with a single palm strike, leaving Young Master in Blue Robe stunned and still facing him.

• The Man in Purple Robe urged Young Master in Blue Robe to join him in fighting Chen Xiaofan, and Young Master in Blue Robe agreed.
• The Man in Purple Robe drew his sword and attacked Chen Xiaofan while Young Master in Blue Robe charged with his Iron Head Skill.
• Chen Xiaofan swept out a palm, unleashing a shockwave that hurled both attackers away and shattered a distant tree.
• The Man in Purple Robe crashed into a tree and the ground, then lay dead in a deep fissure.
• Young Master in Blue Robe stared at his companion's body in terror, unable to believe he had died from one palm strike.