Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaofan secretly mastered and improved the Qingguang Sect Leader’s martial arts, then challenged him to show any techniques he had left. After the Sect Leader dismissed Chen and argued with Song Yuanqiao, he confronted Chen to win back his dignity.

• Chen Xiaofan flattered the Qingguang Sect Leader while secretly discovering a way to fuse sword techniques and strengthen one art.
• Chen Xiaofan asked whether the Sect Leader had any martial arts he had not learned, but the Sect Leader said there were none.
• Chen Xiaofan offered to demonstrate Wudang martial arts, but the Sect Leader dismissed him and asked Song Yuanqiao to perform instead.
• Song Yuanqiao defended Chen Xiaofan and challenged the Sect Leader to compete with him rather than insult Chen.
• The furious Sect Leader confronted Chen Xiaofan and demanded that he show one move.

Chen Xiaofan demonstrated the overwhelming power of his enhanced Wudang Swordplay to the Qingguang Sect Leader and his disciples. The Qingguang Sect was left too terrified to react, while Chen Xiaofan remained calm.

• The Qingguang Sect Leader taunted Chen Xiaofan and challenged him to strike first.
• Chen Xiaofan fused the martial arts he had used before into Wudang Swordplay, greatly increasing its power.
• Chen Xiaofan slashed once, tearing apart the ground and carving a hundred-zhang cliff into the distance.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader, his disciples, and even their wolfhound were stunned and terrified by Chen Xiaofan's display.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader wondered how Wudang had become so powerful.

Chen Xiaofan’s Wudang Swordplay overwhelmed the Qingguang Sect Leader and astonished the Wudang disciples. As they celebrated his strength and argued over introducing their younger sisters to him, Song Yuanqiao pointed out the humiliated Qingguang Sect Leader.

• The Qingguang Sect Leader collapsed and wet himself after witnessing Chen Xiaofan’s swordplay.
• The Wudang disciples marveled that Chen Xiaofan wielded Wudang Swordplay far more powerfully than they could.
• The disciples decided to tell their patriarch about Chen Xiaofan’s skill and hoped to learn from it.
• A Wudang Great Grandmaster offered to betroth his younger sister to Chen Xiaofan, and other disciples said they wanted to introduce their sisters too.
• Song Yuanqiao interrupted the matchmaking talk and reminded the disciples that the Qingguang Sect Leader was still present, while privately enjoying his humiliation.

At the Martial Arts Gathering, Chen Xiaofan claimed he could perform the Qingguang Sect’s internal art, provoking the Qingguang Sect Leader to demand proof. The Wudang Sect members believed Chen Xiaofan had learned the technique by watching its demonstration, and he prepared to show it.

• Song Yuanqiao publicly taunted the Qingguang Sect after its members had been frightened and humiliated.
• Chen Xiaofan offered to demonstrate the Qingguang Sect’s internal art, leaving its disciples and leader in disbelief.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader accused Chen Xiaofan of bluffing and declared he would eat shit if the child displayed greater power than him.
• Wudang Sect members recalled Chen Xiaofan’s ability to master martial arts after seeing them once and believed he had learned the technique from the leader’s demonstration.
• Chen Xiaofan said he would prove his claim, and the Qingguang Sect Leader challenged him to do so.

During the night’s rest, Chen Xiaofan dreamed he was Gu Xiaoyun, a starving refugee in war-torn Baishi City, who stole food to share with his sister-in-law Ning Rourou. After using the meat to gain a point and strengthen his body through a system, he planned to seek work as a servant.

• Song Yuanqiao called off the match until the next day, and everyone set up camp for the night.
• In his dream, Gu Xiaoyun climbed into a wealthy residence and stole porridge, flatbreads, and a pork knuckle from its kitchen.
• Gu Xiaoyun returned to the haystack with a sprained ankle and shared the food with Ning Rourou.
• After they ate, Gu Xiaoyun told Ning Rourou they would look for a household willing to take them as servants.
• Gu Xiaoyun checked his point-allocation system and spent his single point on constitution, making his body sturdier.

In a vivid dream, Chen Xiaofan used a newly gained point to strengthen his body and found work for himself and Ning Rourou at the Zhao Family estate. The chapter ends with him waking in a tent and realizing the events had only been a dream.

• Chen Xiaofan shared a bone with Ning Rourou, gained another point, and added it to his Constitution.
• Ning Rourou noticed Chen Xiaofan looked stronger, and the two searched for work together.
• After failing to find work elsewhere, Chen Xiaofan returned with Ning Rourou to the Zhao Family estate and persuaded the steward to hire them both.
• The steward warned them about the harsh Second Young Master, and Chen Xiaofan and Ning Rourou settled in with the other servants.
• Chen Xiaofan suddenly woke in a tent and realized he had dreamed the events.

Chen Xiaofan woke from strange dreams and joined the new round of sparring on the mountaintop. He proved he could reproduce the Qingguang Sect Leader’s internal art, leaving the assembled sects stunned.

• Chen Xiaofan wondered about his vivid dreams, then went back to sleep in his tent.
• Chen Xiaofan dreamed that he and his sister-in-law were driven from a household and found shelter at a wealthy family’s horse ranch.
• Chen Xiaofan woke to a pheasant’s crow and heard Song Yuanqiao call him to the new round of sparring.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader demanded proof, and Chen Xiaofan made him swear to eat shit if Chen Xiaofan succeeded.
• Chen Xiaofan performed the Qingguang Sect Leader’s internal art, astonishing the crowd and leaving the Qingguang Sect Leader and his disciples frozen.

Chen Xiaofan demonstrated that his mastery of the Qingguang Sect Leader's internal art far surpassed the sect leader's. After the crowd urged him to stop, the humiliated Qingguang Sect Leader refused to honor his oath and claimed he had only been joking.

• Chen Xiaofan unleashed the internal art with such force that the air currents formed a towering column and violent tornadoes split the earth.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader collapsed in disbelief as the crowd struggled to withstand Chen Xiaofan's power.
• Chen Xiaofan stopped circulating the art and asked the Qingguang Sect Leader whether his demonstration had been impressive.
• Song Yuanqiao and members of the other sects reminded the Qingguang Sect Leader to fulfill his oath.
• The Qingguang Sect Leader, red-faced and trembling, insisted that his oath had only been a joke.

Qingguang Sect Leader lost the support of his sect after refusing to honor his wager, but Chen Xiaofan and Wudang Sect forced him to eat the bird droppings he had promised to eat. He left in disgrace after fulfilling the bet.

• The Sky Sect Leader and others condemned Qingguang Sect Leader for claiming his oath had been a joke.
• A protector, then Qingguang Sect elders, protectors, and disciples abandoned the sect, leaving Qingguang Sect Leader nearly alone.
• Qingguang Sect Leader tried to leave, but Chen Xiaofan told him he could not go until he ate the bird droppings.
• Wudang Sect disciples blocked Qingguang Sect Leader, who feared he could not defeat them and agreed to eat.
• Qingguang Sect Leader swallowed bird droppings from a leaf and slunk away in disgrace.

The Qingguang Sect Leader left after Chen Xiaofan humiliated him and his sect scattered. The other sect members admired Chen Xiaofan, while female disciples swarmed him with letters, stirring jealousy in Ning Xuerou.

• The Qingguang Sect Leader cursed Chen Xiaofan under his breath and left, hiding his anger and humiliation.
• The gathered sect members marveled at the Qingguang Sect Leader’s defeat and looked at Chen Xiaofan with respect.
• An Emei Sect female disciple gave Chen Xiaofan a letter after admiring him from afar.
• Female disciples from the other sects followed her example and handed Chen Xiaofan letters.
• Ning Xuerou felt jealous as the women gathered around Chen Xiaofan.

Chen Xiaofan received a flood of letters from female disciples but dismissed the prospect of romance because he was still a child and they were much older. He heard the gathered martial artists praise Wudang’s renewed strength, then challenged the displeased Shaolin Sect, whose monk insisted that Shaolin and Wudang were one family.

• Ning Xuerou hesitated to approach Chen Xiaofan and worried that he would consider her too old.
• Chen Xiaofan received many letters from female disciples and decided he was too young to consider marrying them.
• The martial artists praised Chen Xiaofan’s strength and celebrated the Wudang Sect’s future.
• The Shaolin Sect members hid their resentment and echoed the crowd’s praise of Wudang.
• Chen Xiaofan asked whether Shaolin wanted to fight him again, and a divine monk replied that Shaolin and Wudang were one family.

After the other sects conceded the Martial Arts Gathering, the Wudang Sect was declared the victor and invited to enter the Secret Realm. The host prepared to lead Chen Xiaofan and the Wudang Sect to the Stalactite Cave that concealed it.

• Chen Xiaofan ordered the Shaolin Sect to stand down, and its members withdrew rather than challenge the Wudang Sect.
• Song Yuanqiao asked whether anyone else would challenge Wudang and whether the victors could enter the Secret Realm.
• A participant warned that the Secret Realm contained dangerous wild beasts, including lions, tigers, and giant pythons, and the other sects agreed to withdraw.
• The host dismissed the Martial Arts Gathering, declared the Wudang Sect victorious, and invited its members to follow him to the Secret Realm.
• The host explained that the Secret Realm lay inside a Stalactite Cave across the mountain and contained a separate world.

Chen Xiaofan and the Wudang Sect disciples entered the Stalactite Cave and learned that its host wanted to cooperate with them to claim the treasures deeper inside. Song Yuanqiao considered the proposed split as his disciples argued that the Wudang Sect should receive seventy percent.

• Chen Xiaofan entered the Stalactite Cave with the others and admired its strange rocks and crystal-clear icicles.
• The host warned Chen Xiaofan not to touch the icicles, explaining that the frozen plants inside attracted visitors and brought in money.
• Song Yuanqiao and the group reached an empty stone house, and Song Yuanqiao reasoned that earlier sects had already plundered its contents.
• The host revealed that treasures lay farther inside, but wild beasts had prevented his sect from taking them, so he proposed an even split with the Wudang Sect.
• A Wudang Sect disciple suggested taking sixty percent, while another argued for seventy percent, and Song Yuanqiao agreed that seventy percent sounded appropriate.

Song Yuanqiao and Chen Xiaofan negotiated the Wudang Sect’s share of the treasures behind the Stalactite Cave, then learned how the host’s sect had kept the hidden realm untouched. The host produced a bronze key, and the group prepared to open the chamber leading to the realm.

• Song Yuanqiao asked Chen Xiaofan how the treasures should be divided, and Chen Xiaofan proposed that the Wudang Sect take seventy percent.
• The host objected to the seventy-thirty split and proposed sixty-five-thirty-five, which Chen Xiaofan accepted.
• The host produced an ancient bronze key, and the group found a deep keyhole in a corner of the main hall.
• The host explained that another door beyond the keyhole led toward the hidden realm, which earlier visitors had never accessed.
• The host said his sect’s founding ancestor had secretly kept the key and later used the hidden realm’s treasures to rise to prominence and found the sect.

Chen Xiaofan and the others opened the hidden treasure vault, revealing an enchanted orchard whose fragrant fruits stirred their stagnant cultivation. The group stood at the entrance, amazed by the treasure-filled world beyond the doors.

• The host used the Bronze Key to open the first door and led the group through a short passage to a massive stone door.
• Chen Xiaofan tested the stone door and realized he could shatter it, but let the host open it with the key.
• The host explained that the key worked in two ways and described how the sect's founding patriarch had discovered the second mechanism.
• At Song Yuanqiao's urging, the host turned and pulled the key until the stone door split open.
• The group saw an orchard of blooming peach trees and fruit-laden plants, and a Wudang Sect disciple said the fruit's fragrance had stirred his cultivation.

Chen Xiaofan entered a vast pocket realm filled with Heavenly Treasures, believing it had been created by an immortal. When powerful beasts emerged to defend their territory, he reassured the Wudang Sect members that he could handle them.

• Chen Xiaofan realized the pocket realm and its treasures suggested that immortals had once existed in the martial arts world.
• Chen Xiaofan noticed hidden beasts watching him, but he continued into the realm.
• The host warned Chen Xiaofan that beasts had killed a previous intruder, and Chen Xiaofan said everyone depended on him to get out alive.
• Several leopards and tigers emerged and growled at the intruders.
• A Wudang Sect Grandmaster Peak expert warned Chen Xiaofan about the beasts, but Chen Xiaofan insisted he was confident.

Chen Xiaofan confronted the powerful lions and tigers guarding a trove of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. When one tiger attacked, he killed it with a single finger, leaving the other beasts and the Wudang Sect members stunned.

• Chen Xiaofan stepped forward, and the lions and tigers retreated in fear.
• Chen Xiaofan ordered the beasts to leave and realized they were mid-stage Land Immortals guarding the treasures they had consumed.
• The beasts remembered how eating the treasures had increased their strength and refused to surrender their territory.
• One tiger pounced on Chen Xiaofan, who calmly struck its head with a finger and killed it.

Chen Xiaofan killed a demon beast with one finger and frightened the other beasts into fleeing, ending the danger to the herb-gathering party. Song Yuanqiao revealed that Chen Xiaofan had been formidable even before joining Wudang, leaving the host astonished.

• Chen Xiaofan killed the demon beast with a single finger, stunning everyone present.
• Song Yuanqiao praised Chen Xiaofan, who dismissed the beast as useless.
• The remaining beasts fled, and the party realized the threat had passed.
• The host praised Wudang and thanked Song Yuanqiao, who credited Chen Xiaofan instead.
• Song Yuanqiao told the host that Chen Xiaofan had already defeated Abbess Miejue and challenged the Shaolin and Emei Sects before joining Wudang.
• The host was shocked to learn how powerful Chen Xiaofan had been before joining the sect.

Song Yuanqiao and the host agreed to give Wudang seventy percent of the shares after the host learned how powerful Chen Xiaofan was. The group then sampled fruits that purged bodily impurities, and the host led them to a riverbank where he revealed that the banana-like plants were actually spiritual Silkworm Trees.

• The host learned that Wudang had kept the outcome of the Six Major Sects’ battle at Bright Summit secret and offered Wudang seventy percent of the shares.
• Song Yuanqiao accepted the revised division, and the Wudang disciples admired Chen Xiaofan for winning the host’s favor.
• A Wudang disciple ate a fruit, purged impurities from his body, and felt transformed; Chen Xiaofan explained what had happened.
• The host ate a peach and underwent a similar purge, then offered to guide Chen Xiaofan to more effective fruits.
• The group reached a riverbank, where the host explained that the banana-like plants were ancient Silkworm Trees filled with spiritual energy.

Chen Xiaofan crossed the river and ate a banana that contained spiritual energy, instantly raising his cultivation to Qi Cultivation Eleventh Layer. He realized the grove could bring him even greater gains, then furrowed his brows as an idea struck him.

• The host warned Chen Xiaofan that ordinary people could die from eating the bananas and said his ancestor had nearly died after one bite.
• Chen Xiaofan flew across the wide river to reach the banana grove, stunning the host and the others.
• Chen Xiaofan picked and ate a banana, feeling spiritual energy surge through his body as the grove and river shook.
• Chen Xiaofan's cultivation rose four levels, reaching Qi Cultivation Eleventh Layer.
• Chen Xiaofan looked at the bananas and furrowed his brows when an idea struck him.