Chapter Summaries

After Huang Tingjian was killed by a Wudang disciple, the Tianlong Sect’s half-step Land Immortal Sect Leader arrived and challenged the killer. The Wudang disciple accepted, leaving them poised to fight.

• Those present wondered about the Wudang disciple’s powerful junior and the talismans that had strengthened him.
• The Tianlong Sect’s Sect Leader arrived and learned that Huang Tingjian had died at the martial contest.
• When no one answered his demand to identify the killer, the Sect Leader spotted blood on the Wudang disciple’s sword and accused him.
• The Sect Leader vowed to avenge Huang Tingjian, and the Wudang disciple challenged him to fight.

A Wudang disciple fought the enraged Tianlong Sect Leader, whose enormous iron hammer could not break the disciple’s body. Bolstered by the power of two talismans, the disciple crushed the hammer with a single punch.

• The Tianlong Sect Leader charged onto the arena and struck the Wudang disciple with his heavy iron hammer.
• The Wudang disciple blocked the blow with his hands, unharmed despite his weapon being shattered.
• The Wudang disciple felt the two talismans within him unleash immense power throughout his body.
• The Wudang disciple pushed the Tianlong Sect Leader’s hammer back against him.
• The Wudang disciple punched the iron hammer and blew it apart.

A Wudang Sect disciple used a talisman made by his junior disciple to withstand the Tianlong Sect Leader’s hammer and smash it apart with one punch. The onlookers began searching for the mysterious junior disciple, while Chen Xiaofan remained unnoticed, lying on the ground.

• The Wudang Sect disciple shattered the Tianlong Sect Leader’s iron hammer with a single punch, leaving the Tianlong Sect Leader stunned.
• The Wudang Sect members realized their talismans had boosted their strength far beyond what they expected and looked toward Chen Xiaofan with awe.
• Other sects speculated that the Wudang Sect’s junior disciple was nearby and waited to see if he would appear.
• The Tianlong Sect Leader asked whether the Wudang Sect disciple had hidden his cultivation, and the disciple said he was still a Grandmaster but protected by his junior disciple’s talisman.

The Tianlong Sect Leader tested two talisman charms given to a Wudang disciple by his Junior Disciple and discovered they granted astonishing speed and strength. After witnessing their power, he returned them and respectfully admitted defeat to Wudang.

• The Tianlong Sect Leader questioned whether the Wudang disciple’s talisman charms were real, and the disciple handed them over for him to try.
• The charms made the Tianlong Sect Leader so light that he leaped a hundred meters, then a thousand meters into the air.
• The Tianlong Sect Leader put on the strength-enhancing charm and felt his power rise beyond the Land Immortal level.
• The Tianlong Sect Leader shattered a stone with a light punch, leaving everyone present stunned by the charms’ power.
• The Tianlong Sect Leader returned the charms to the Wudang disciple, saluted him, and admitted defeat.

The Wudang disciple rebuked the Tianlong Sect Leader for attacking Wudang after his Chief Disciple had been killed in a martial match. The gathering realized Wudang’s strength remained formidable and wondered who the junior disciple behind its talismans was.

• The Wudang disciple reminded the Tianlong Sect Leader that his Chief Disciple had insulted Wudang first and that death in a martial match was not grounds for revenge.
• The Tianlong Sect Leader admitted his failure to discipline the Chief Disciple and recognized that Wudang was too powerful to challenge.
• The Wudang disciple ordered the Tianlong Sect Leader to leave, saying he was not worth Wudang’s attention.
• The gathered sects were astonished to learn that the Wudang disciple who defeated the Tianlong Sect Leader was the weakest Wudang disciple present.
• The crowd dismissed rumors of Wudang’s decline and admired the unknown junior disciple who had supplied the powerful talismans.

The sect leaders pressed Wudang to reveal the identity of its mysterious Junior Disciple, while Chen Xiaofan stayed offstage to keep learning the other sects’ martial arts. Song Yuanqiao hinted that the crowds had already seen the Junior Disciple without recognizing him, leaving his appearance dependent on his own wishes.

• A sect leader asked the Wudang disciple onstage to bring out the Junior Disciple, and the gathered sects joined in, eager to meet the person behind the powerful talisman.
• The Wudang disciple said the Junior Disciple was too noble to appear on demand and invited anyone unconvinced by Wudang to challenge him.
• Chen Xiaofan considered going onstage but held back so he would not frighten away challengers before he had learned the martial arts of the sects present.
• Emei Sect Leader Abbess Miejue lamented that she might never meet the mysterious expert.
• The Azure Dragon Sect Leader and the Sky Sect Leader asked Song Yuanqiao who the Junior Disciple was, and Song Yuanqiao looked toward Chen Xiaofan.
• Song Yuanqiao said the crowd had already seen the Junior Disciple without recognizing him, then invited the sects to challenge Wudang while they waited for him to take the stage.

Chen Xiaofan encouraged the gathered martial artists to demonstrate their techniques so that the hidden divine figure might appear. As a Tianlong Sect disciple practiced onstage, Chen Xiaofan comprehended his martial arts and received a stream of system notifications.

• A Grandmaster Peak sect patriarch offered money to see Wudang’s Junior Uncle-Master, but the others refused Song Yuanqiao’s attempts to dissuade them.
• Chen Xiaofan told the martial artists to demonstrate all their techniques, and Song Yuanqiao backed his suggestion.
• The martial artists crowded onto the stage, believing the divine figure might inspect their skills and offer guidance, so Song Yuanqiao had them perform one at a time.
• A Tianlong Sect outer disciple demonstrated internal and external martial arts, and Chen Xiaofan comprehended the techniques as system notifications rang in Li Xiaofan’s mind.

Chen Xiaofan watched martial artists from the Central Plains sects demonstrate their techniques and learned their martial arts. Jiumozhi arrived to demonstrate his strengthened techniques, giving Chen Xiaofan more opportunities to learn.

• Chen Xiaofan watched demonstrations from nearly every sect and mastered their martial arts.
• Chen Xiaofan allowed other eager martial artists to take the stage and demonstrate their skills.
• Jiumozhi announced that he had not yet demonstrated and flew onto the arena.
• Jiumozhi displayed his martial arts with greatly increased power, impressing the crowd.
• Chen Xiaofan watched Jiumozhi's techniques as system notifications rang in his mind.

After absorbing Jiumozhi’s martial arts demonstration, Chen Xiaofan took the stage and revealed that he was the divine man everyone had been waiting to see. The crowd struggled to believe that the legendary expert was a seven-year-old child, and one disciple openly challenged his claim.

• Jiumozhi finished demonstrating his martial arts and asked to see the divine man perform.
• The crowd demanded that the divine man take the stage, and Song Yuanqiao looked to Chen Xiaofan.
• Chen Xiaofan walked toward the arena as the crowd reacted with disbelief and speculated that he was only the divine man’s representative.
• Chen Xiaofan used Shrinking Ground into an Inch to reach the arena in five steps and announced that he was the divine man.
• A disciple who had mocked Wudang Sect for bringing a child shouted that he did not believe Chen Xiaofan.

Chen Xiaofan responded to the crowd’s doubts by drawing a talisman on the spot and offering to demonstrate its power. A Core Disciple from the Sky Sect agreed to test the Divine Strength Talisman and attached it to himself.

• Song Yuanqiao told the skeptical onlookers to wait and see.
• Chen Xiaofan drew a mysterious talisman using paper Zhang Sanfeng had given him.
• Chen Xiaofan invited someone from the audience to test the talisman.
• A broad-shouldered Core Disciple of the Sky Sect stepped onto the arena and asked what the talisman did.
• Chen Xiaofan said it was a Divine Strength Talisman, and the burly disciple attached it to himself despite doubting Chen Xiaofan.

Chen Xiaofan’s talisman paper gave a big man a tremendous surge of strength, leaving the gathered sects stunned. The big man stood frozen, staring at the fissure his punch had split in the ground.

• Onlookers regretted not volunteering to test Chen Xiaofan’s talisman, then watched the stage in silence.
• The big man felt immense power flood his body after putting on the talisman paper.
• Chen Xiaofan told him to test the talisman for himself rather than take his word for it.
• The big man punched the ground, splitting it with a huge fissure and sending cracks spreading fifty meters.
• The spectators, including Ning Xuerou and the others, were shocked by the talisman’s power and Chen Xiaofan’s ability to make it.
• The big man stood motionless, staring at the enormous crack in disbelief.

Chen Xiaofan’s talisman gave a big man overwhelming strength, leaving Abbess Miejue and the Shaolin Sect stunned by Chen Xiaofan’s power. Abbess Miejue apologized, but Chen Xiaofan refused to guide her, and Master Yuan Yin gave up asking for guidance.

• The big man realized that Chen Xiaofan’s talisman had given him immense strength and nearly fainted from shock.
• Abbess Miejue and the Shaolin Sect recognized how powerful Chen Xiaofan was and regretted having fought him before.
• The big man asked Chen Xiaofan for the talisman paper, and Chen Xiaofan gave it to him.
• Abbess Miejue apologized to Chen Xiaofan for their earlier conflict, but he dismissed the apology and refused to guide her.
• Master Yuan Yin considered asking Chen Xiaofan for martial arts guidance but stayed silent, ashamed of his past actions at Bright Summit.

Chen Xiaofan showed the martial artists the power of Wudang by destroying a massive stone with one finger. The spectators were left stunned by the display.

• The gathered martial artists asked Chen Xiaofan to demonstrate more of his techniques.
• Chen Xiaofan agreed to show them the foundations of the Wudang Sect.
• He settled into an exceptionally steady horse stance, astonishing the spectators.
• Chen Xiaofan struck a massive granite stone with one finger and made it explode into powder.
• The spectators stared in shock at the destroyed stone.

Chen Xiaofan shattered a rock with one finger, leaving everyone present stunned by his power. The Ming Cult realized that the child was far beyond even the strength they had witnessed before, and they remained frozen in awe.

• Chen Xiaofan destroyed a rock with one finger and said it was only his weakest martial art.
• The onlookers were horrified and struggled to believe that a single finger could pulverize stone.
• Zhang Wuji and the Ming Cult watched in silence, amazed by Chen Xiaofan's power.
• The Ming Cult recalled Chen Xiaofan's earlier help and realized how extraordinary it was that he had guided them.
• The Ming Cult was stunned that Chen Xiaofan, who appeared to be only seven or eight years old, could wield such power.

After demonstrating his martial arts, Chen Xiaofan collected payment from the onlookers and astounded them with a hundred-zhang sword strike. The chapter ended with them wondering whether Mount Wudang’s strength had become formidable enough to surpass the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Ning Xuerou and her sect master were shocked by Chen Xiaofan’s strength.
• The onlookers asked Chen Xiaofan to demonstrate another martial art and offered him Silver Notes as compensation.
• Chen Xiaofan gathered the Silver Notes and asked Song Yuanqiao to keep them until they returned to the sect.
• Chen Xiaofan drew his sword and unleashed a hundred-zhang sword light toward the distance.
• The onlookers recoiled in fear and wondered whether Chen Xiaofan’s strength surpassed the Nine Provinces Continent.

Chen Xiaofan split Mount Taiwu in two with a single sword strike, leaving the Martial Arts Tournament attendees stunned. The crowd struggled to believe what they had witnessed as the mountain stood cleaved into a vast canyon.

• Chen Xiaofan's sword light struck a distant mountain and triggered violent tremors.
• The crowd saw that Mount Taiwu had been split from top to bottom, forming a great canyon.
• The Ming Cult and the other attendees stood in stunned silence, while Mount Wudang recognized Chen Xiaofan's unmatched power.
• Song Yuanqiao trembled in shock as the crowd began asking whether the sight was real.
• The attendees rubbed their eyes and confirmed that the mountain had truly been cleaved in two.

Chen Xiaofan demonstrated another sword strike after the gathered sects praised his first one, and he left them staring at a vast lake that his sword light had completely evaporated.

• Chen Xiaofan asked the sects what they thought of his first sword strike, and they praised it while hiding their fear.
• Chen Xiaofan offered to show another move, but everyone begged him not to strike again.
• Chen Xiaofan ignored their pleas and sent a beam of sword light racing toward a distant lake.
• The sword light evaporated the lake and left a massive black abyss, leaving everyone stunned by Chen Xiaofan’s power.

The Qingguang Sect arrived late at the Martial Arts Tournament after witnessing a sword strike split a mountain. The Sect Leader refused to believe that a child on the arena had made the strike, and the story left him unconvinced.

• The Qingguang Sect reached the mountain and asked whether the lightning strike that split it had come from the heavens.
• A bystander told the Qingguang Sect that the mountain had been split by a divine man standing on the arena.
• The Sect Leader saw the child holding a sword but doubted that someone so young could wield such power.
• A witness urged the Sect Leader to ask the child for another sword strike, then walked away when he refused to believe the story.

At the Central Plains Martial Arts Tournament, Chen Xiaofan challenged the Qingguang Sect Leader to demonstrate his martial arts while eyeing the wealthy sect as a source of money. The leader displayed a powerful-looking technique, earning praise from the spectators.

• The Qingguang Sect Leader dismissed claims about Chen Xiaofan's strength and boasted that the Qingguang Sect lacked no money, though he wondered why Cheng Kun had not visited lately.
• Chen Xiaofan invited the Qingguang Sect Leader to show his best martial art and privately thought about taking money from him if he won.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader agreed, believing Chen Xiaofan was a child who would be awed by his technique.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader performed a martial art that formed a swirling wall of wind around him.
• The nearby spectators praised the Qingguang Sect Leader and compared his technique favorably to their own sect's arts.

The Qingguang Sect Leader showed off his martial arts, mistaking the sect representatives’ polite praise for genuine admiration. Chen Xiaofan secretly mastered the techniques, and the Sect Leader refused to pass them down.

• The Qingguang Sect Leader demonstrated his wind technique while the onlookers privately looked down on its modest power.
• After the demonstration, the Qingguang Sect Leader asked Chen Xiaofan what he thought and refused to teach him the technique.
• Chen Xiaofan asked to see more techniques, having already mastered the first one and gained no immortal arts from it.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader demonstrated several more moves as the onlookers applauded and praised him insincerely.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader noticed the odd looks he was receiving but could not work out why, then boasted that his techniques were secret and took years to master.