Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan and the Red-robed Zhuangyuan Lang waited for the bandit leader’s backer, while the bandit leader threatened them and hoped for rescue. At Qingshi Sect, the Sect Leader heard the bandit’s whistle and set out with several elites, his dependence on the bandit rooted in their shared murder and cover-up.

• The Red-robed Zhuangyuan Lang agreed to kill the bandit leader when the time came, and Chen Xiaofan promised him the chance.
• The bandit leader stayed quiet under Chen Xiaofan’s strength, threatened them with his backer’s arrival, and waited for rescue.
• Chen Xiaofan told the Zhuangyuan Lang to track the time and said they would stop waiting if the backer did not arrive.
• At Qingshi Sect, the green-robed Sect Leader heard the whistle he had given the bandit leader and set out with several elites.
• The Sect Leader recalled how he had colluded with the bandit leader to murder his master, frame his junior disciple, and seize the sect leadership.

The bandit leader’s promised backer arrived: the Qingshi Sect Leader came with his disciples after receiving the distress signal. The bandit leader identified Chen Xiaofan and the Red-robed Zhuangyuan Lang as the ones who had caused his troubles and pointed them out to the sect leader.

• The Green-robed Sect Leader ordered his group to hurry onward while the Second Boss silenced two curious disciples.
• Chen Xiaofan and the Red-robed Zhuangyuan Lang decided to stop waiting when the bandit leader’s backer failed to appear on time.
• Hearing approaching hoofbeats, the bandit leader became excited and insisted his backer had arrived.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader and his group arrived, and the bandit leader rushed over to greet him.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader asked who had caused the trouble, and the bandit leader pointed at Chen Xiaofan and the Red-robed Zhuangyuan Lang.

Chen Xiaofan faced the Qingshi Sect Leader, who was convinced his Grandmaster Peak cultivation would make defeating him easy. The two traded boasts and insults, and the confrontation remained poised to begin.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader dismissed the two young men until the bandit leader warned him that the white-clad one had defeated the bandits.
• The bandit leader praised the Sect Leader’s Grandmaster Peak cultivation and predicted Chen Xiaofan would fall in one move.
• Chen Xiaofan impatiently urged them to fight and mocked the Sect Leader for boasting about being a Great Grandmaster.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader demanded that Chen Xiaofan kneel and beg for mercy, but Chen Xiaofan refused and questioned his certainty of victory.
• The Sect Leader laughed at Chen Xiaofan’s confidence and declared that he was destined to lose.

The Qingshi Sect Leader demonstrated his sect’s swordplay to Chen Xiaofan before killing him, but Chen Xiaofan instantly learned and improved it. After the leader and his disciples praised the display, Chen Xiaofan dismissed it as ordinary, angering the leader.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader announced he would demonstrate Qingshi Sect Swordplay, and Chen Xiaofan agreed to watch while mocking his confidence.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader drew his treasured sword and performed the swordplay as Chen Xiaofan studied every move.
• Chen Xiaofan comprehended Upgraded, Deluxe, and Top-tier Qingshi Sect Swordplay through his talent and comprehension.
• The bandit leader and Qingshi Sect disciples praised the Sect Leader’s swordplay after he finished.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader asked for Chen Xiaofan’s opinion, and Chen Xiaofan called the swordplay ordinary, provoking the leader.

Chen Xiaofan challenged the Qingshi Sect Leader to prove whose Qingshi Sect Swordplay was authentic, then defeated him in a single move. After admitting he had only just learned the technique, Chen Xiaofan left the Sect Leader unable to explain his superior skill.

• Chen Xiaofan claimed that the Qingshi Sect Leader's swordplay was inauthentic and proposed a test, but the Sect Leader and the Second Boss mocked him.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader attacked Chen Xiaofan, and both fighters used Qingshi Sect Swordplay in their duel.
• Chen Xiaofan defeated the Sect Leader with one move, stunning the Qingshi Sect disciples and the bandit leader.
• The Sect Leader demanded to know why Chen Xiaofan's swordplay was stronger, and the Second Boss guessed that Chen Xiaofan had copied it from the Sect Leader's demonstration.
• Chen Xiaofan confirmed that he had only just learned Qingshi Sect Swordplay, leaving the Sect Leader baffled and asking who he really was.

Chen Xiaofan killed the Qingshi Sect's Second Boss with a single slap after the man insulted him, terrifying the sect's disciples. The Qingshi Sect Leader vowed to avenge his right-hand man, but Chen Xiaofan calmly challenged the group to fight.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader and Second Boss mocked Chen Xiaofan and questioned his confidence.
• Chen Xiaofan slapped the Second Boss, sending him crashing to the ground and killing him.
• The Qingshi Sect disciples stared at Chen Xiaofan in fear after witnessing his overwhelming strength.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader threatened to kill Chen Xiaofan to avenge the Second Boss.
• Chen Xiaofan stood his ground, mocked the sect, and told them to speak their last words.

Chen Xiaofan toyed with the Qingshi Sect members as they tried to avenge the Second Boss and defeat him by surrounding him. After the bandit leader attacked Zhuangyuan Lang and Chen Xiaofan drove off the sect, the Qingshi Sect Leader and the surviving disciples fled.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader rallied his disciples to avenge the Second Boss and attack Chen Xiaofan in a group.
• Chen Xiaofan evaded the sect members’ attacks and wore them down while taunting them.
• The bandit leader tried to ambush Zhuangyuan Lang, but Chen Xiaofan kicked him away when Zhuangyuan Lang called for help.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the Qingshi Sect members until many were wounded or fell, and the Qingshi Sect Leader realized the encirclement had failed.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader ordered the remaining disciples to run, and Chen Xiaofan let them escape.

Chen Xiaofan caught and defeated the Qingshi Sect Leader after he tried to flee, then rejected the leader’s and disciples’ pleas for forgiveness. The Qingshi Sect members faced the consequences of their attack, with Chen Xiaofan showing no sign that he would spare them.

• Chen Xiaofan pursued the fleeing Qingshi Sect Leader, seized him by the collar, and demanded a reason not to kill him.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader begged for his life and promised the sect would never trouble Chen Xiaofan or Zhuangyuan Lang again, but Chen Xiaofan flung him to the ground.
• The Qingshi Sect disciples knelt and pleaded that they had acted under orders and that the incident was a misunderstanding.
• Chen Xiaofan rejected their excuses, saying they would have killed him if they had been stronger and that they had to bear the consequences of their choices.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader blamed the bandit leader and regretted involving the sect, while Chen Xiaofan dismissed his pleas and left their fate uncertain.

Chen Xiaofan rejected the Qingshi Sect’s offers of compensation and demanded that its members commit suicide to atone for their sins. The Sect Leader and disciples realized Chen Xiaofan had only pretended to consider sparing them, and they faced his demand in despair.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader and his disciples offered Chen Xiaofan compensation and promised to fulfill his demands in hopes of surviving.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked their boasts and refused the Sect Leader’s offer to kill the man Chen Xiaofan had beaten, saying the man was still useful to him.
• Chen Xiaofan said he wanted one thing from the Qingshi Sect, and its members eagerly agreed before learning what it was.
• Chen Xiaofan ordered the Qingshi Sect members to commit suicide to atone for their sins.
• The Sect Leader asked if Chen Xiaofan was joking, and Chen Xiaofan clarified that he had teased them earlier but was now serious.

Chen Xiaofan rejected the Qingshi Sect members’ pleas for mercy and threatened to kill them, forcing their leader to abandon begging and prepare to fight. With no hope of defeating Chen Xiaofan by himself, the Qingshi Sect Leader swallowed a mysterious black pill that he hoped would increase his power.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader and his disciples knelt and begged Chen Xiaofan to spare them, but Chen Xiaofan refused and said they would pay for provoking him.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader stood up and declared that the Qingshi Sect would resist rather than wait to be slaughtered.
• Chen Xiaofan warned the Qingshi Sect members that resisting would leave them as a puddle of blood, while the disciples refused to surrender or kill themselves.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader pulled out a foul-smelling black pill he had bought at a black market and swallowed it, hoping it would increase his power.

The Qingshi Sect Leader swallowed a pill and broke through to the Land Immortal realm, restoring his disciples’ confidence in their fight against Chen Xiaofan. Chen Xiaofan easily outmatched him and left him badly wounded.

• The Qingshi Sect Leader swallowed a pill, felt his power rise, and broke through to the Land Immortal realm.
• The Qingshi Sect Leader confirmed his breakthrough, and the Qingshi Sect disciples cheered and believed they could defeat Chen Xiaofan.
• Chen Xiaofan dismissed the Qingshi Sect Leader’s new strength and challenged him to fight.
• Chen Xiaofan used his speed to land repeated blows, overwhelming the Qingshi Sect Leader as he tried to fight back.
• Chen Xiaofan neutralized the Qingshi Sect Leader’s secret technique, then struck his palm and sent him flying while he vomited blood.

Chen Xiaofan defeated the Qingshi Sect Leader with one punch and condemned him for colluding with bandits. The Qingshi Sect disciples learned their leader had involved them in wrongdoing and turned against him as he lay gravely injured.

• Chen Xiaofan sent the Qingshi Sect Leader crashing through a tree and into the ground, leaving him badly injured and unable to rise.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked the Sect Leader’s defeat and accused the Qingshi Sect of provoking him and colluding with bandits.
• The Qingshi Sect disciples questioned their leader and learned they had unknowingly been drawn into his wrongdoing.
• The Sect Leader admitted fault and said he had never expected events to turn out this way.
• The disciples condemned the Sect Leader as a hypocrite for dragging them into danger, while he silently endured their anger.

Chen Xiaofan killed the Qingshi Sect Leader with a single strike after condemning him for his wrongdoing. The surviving Qingshi Sect disciples feared Chen Xiaofan’s overwhelming strength and stood in silence before him.

• Chen Xiaofan mocked the remorseful Qingshi Sect Leader and declared that he would kill him.
• Chen Xiaofan struck the Qingshi Sect Leader, whose body exploded and left him dead.
• The Qingshi Sect disciples stared in horror at their Sect Leader’s death and recognized Chen Xiaofan as a formidable powerhouse.
• The disciples questioned whether Chen Xiaofan was a demon, and he said he was an ordinary human with strength beyond ordinary people.
• The Qingshi Sect disciples fell silent, afraid that Chen Xiaofan could kill them at will.

Chen Xiaofan refused to forgive the Qingshi Sect disciples who had helped the Sect Leader harm him and began killing them. He slaughtered the remaining disciples in the forest, leaving the scene covered in blood and bones.

• The Qingshi Sect disciples knelt and begged Chen Xiaofan for mercy, claiming the Sect Leader had deceived them.
• Chen Xiaofan said their actions were unforgivable and warned that they would die there.
• Chen Xiaofan killed one disciple with a palm strike, crushing his chest and heart.
• A second disciple begged to be spared, but Chen Xiaofan dismissed his excuse and struck him dead.
• Chen Xiaofan attacked the remaining disciples, killing them as screams rang through the blood-soaked forest.

Chen Xiaofan wiped out the Qingshi Sect disciples and returned to find the wounded bandit leader trying to kill Zhuangyuan Lang. After Chen Xiaofan saved Zhuangyuan Lang, he confronted the bandit leader for refusing to repent.

• Chen Xiaofan killed the last of the Qingshi Sect disciples and left to meet Zhuangyuan Lang.
• The bandit leader pulled out a dagger and tried to attack Zhuangyuan Lang while he waited nearby.
• Zhuangyuan Lang ran from the bandit leader, narrowly dodging his first thrown dagger when he tripped over a stone.
• The bandit leader threw a second knife, but Chen Xiaofan returned and caught it before it could hit Zhuangyuan Lang.
• Chen Xiaofan called the bandit leader deranged and condemned him for continuing to target Zhuangyuan Lang.

Chen Xiaofan and Zhuangyuan Lang condemned the bandit leader, who defended his murders as the law of survival and blamed Zhuangyuan Lang for thwarting him. As the bandit laughed, the sky darkened with thunder and lightning, and Chen Xiaofan said Heaven could no longer bear him.

• Chen Xiaofan cursed the bandit leader for showing no remorse and still wanting to kill Zhuangyuan Lang.
• Zhuangyuan Lang condemned the bandit leader, who claimed that killing the weak was necessary to survive and achieve great things.
• The bandit leader blamed Zhuangyuan Lang for blocking his path and insisted that his victims had been too weak to protect themselves.
• The bandit leader laughed arrogantly as black clouds covered the sky, lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and a fierce gale blew.
• Chen Xiaofan mocked the bandit leader, saying that even Heaven could no longer stand him.

Chen Xiaofan and Zhuangyuan Lang confronted the captured bandit leader and rejected his pleas for a quick death. With Chen Xiaofan beside him, Zhuangyuan Lang stabbed the bandit leader in both thighs, leaving him screaming in agony.

• The bandit leader denied fearing death, while Chen Xiaofan said he would not let him die easily and reminded him that he had promised Zhuangyuan Lang the prisoner.
• Zhuangyuan Lang vowed to punish the bandit leader for murdering innocents and trying to kill him and take his position as County Magistrate.
• Chen Xiaofan handed Zhuangyuan Lang a dagger, and Zhuangyuan Lang approached the bandit leader without fear.
• Zhuangyuan Lang stabbed the bandit leader in one thigh, then drove the dagger through the other, causing him to howl in pain.

Zhuangyuan Lang tortured the bandit leader to vent his anger, while Chen Xiaofan reassured him and then took over. Chen Xiaofan told the bandit leader that his backers were dead, leaving him to realize he would not escape punishment.

• Zhuangyuan Lang stabbed the bandit leader repeatedly while avoiding vital spots, ignoring his pleas for a quick death.
• Zhuangyuan Lang worried that he had become frightening, but Chen Xiaofan reassured him that the bandit leader deserved punishment for his crimes.
• After Zhuangyuan Lang said his anger had faded, Chen Xiaofan offered to take over torturing the bandit leader.
• Chen Xiaofan rejected the bandit leader's demands for a quick death and blamed him for his own suffering.
• Chen Xiaofan revealed that the bandit leader's backers were already dead, and the bandit leader reacted in shock.

Chen Xiaofan killed the bandit leader after rejecting his appeal for fairness, then told Zhuangyuan Lang to repay his help by serving the common people. The bandits were dead, and Chen Xiaofan planned to rest before dawn.

• The bandit leader accused Chen Xiaofan of treating him unfairly, but Chen Xiaofan dismissed his complaint as hypocrisy.
• Zhuangyuan Lang urged Chen Xiaofan not to let the bandit leader die easily, and Chen Xiaofan said he had not made his move yet.
• Chen Xiaofan slapped the bandit leader to death and kicked his corpse apart.
• Zhuangyuan Lang relaxed once the bandit leader was dead and thanked Chen Xiaofan for saving him.
• Chen Xiaofan said he wanted nothing in return except for Zhuangyuan Lang to do his duty and think of the common people.

Chen Xiaofan encouraged Zhuangyuan Lang to become a good official and accompanied him through the forest. When Zhuangyuan Lang grew tired, Chen Xiaofan carried him on a flying sword, and Zhuangyuan Lang overcame his fear to admire the view from the sky.

• Chen Xiaofan told Zhuangyuan Lang that serving the people well would be enough repayment, and Zhuangyuan Lang vowed to become a good official.
• The two slept in the forest, woke the next day, and set off together, with Chen Xiaofan offering to escort Zhuangyuan Lang farther.
• Zhuangyuan Lang admitted that the long walk was exhausting because he had rarely traveled, and Chen Xiaofan produced a flying sword.
• Chen Xiaofan took Zhuangyuan Lang onto the flying sword and carried him into the sky.
• Zhuangyuan Lang first feared falling, then opened his eyes and marveled at the forest and mountains below.