Chapter Summaries

Wang Yuan confronted Yuan Gang on the battlefield and claimed that the fate of Gaoye City and its families rested on his decision. Yuan Gang attacked with his Ghost Howl Slash, while Wang Yuan stood unmoved; the chapter ended as their clash rang out.

• Wang Yuan mocked Yuan Gang as a “Big Sandbag” and declared that he had come to end the slaughter.
• Wang Yuan announced that the Incense God Cult had been destroyed and that he controlled the fates of the Gao, Ye, and Huang Families and Gaoye City.
• Yuan Gang dismissed Wang Yuan’s claims and unleashed his Ghost Howl Slash at him.
• Wang Yuan calmly judged Yuan Gang’s attack weak and remained still as the saber strike reached him.
• A thunderous clash sounded as Yuan Gang’s attack met Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan stopped Yuan Gang’s full-force saber strike with one hand, then activated the perfected Blood Burning Technique and transformed into a towering, terrifying figure. The chapter ended with Yuan Gang and the battlefield’s onlookers overwhelmed by fear at Wang Yuan’s power.

• Yuan Gang’s saber strike halted above Wang Yuan’s head when it struck an invisible barrier, and the rebound injured Yuan Gang.
• Wang Yuan lowered his right hand and told Yuan Gang he was only an oversized punching bag.
• Wang Yuan ignited crimson-gold flames in his eyes and declared that his Blood Burning Technique had reached perfection.
• Wang Yuan’s body swelled and hardened as crimson-gold Vital Blood erupted from him, filling the battlefield with heat and a crushing aura.
• Gao Shiqing, Ye Xiong, the soldiers, and the bandits watched in shock as Yuan Gang stared at Wang Yuan and wondered if he was even human.

Wang Yuan used Blood Burning Technique: Perfection to defeat Yuan Gang in a head-on clash, leaving him mortally wounded. He rejected Yuan Gang’s claim that he served the great Lineages and declared his loyalty only to himself and his martial path.

• Wang Yuan told the nearby onlookers to move away, then charged straight at Yuan Gang.
• Yuan Gang unleashed his life-staking Ghost King Slash, but Wang Yuan’s fist shattered the Ghost-head Saber and blew apart both of Yuan Gang’s arms.
• Wang Yuan pursued the wounded Yuan Gang and stomped him into a crater, crushing his chest and internal organs.
• Wang Yuan released Blood Burning Technique: Perfection and returned to his lean form as Yuan Gang lay near death.
• Yuan Gang accused Wang Yuan of being an accomplice of the great Lineages, but Wang Yuan denied it and said he was loyal only to himself and his martial path.

Wang Yuan killed Yuan Gang and drove the Black Wind Bandits into flight, then demanded that Gao Shiqing and Ye Xiong reveal the hidden treasures of their families. When Ye Xiong refused and provoked him, Wang Yuan strangled him, leaving Gao Shiqing to face the same demand alone.

• Wang Yuan condemned Yuan Gang's crimes and killed him, ending the Black Wind Bandits' leader's ambition to conquer Gaoye City.
• The surviving Black Wind Bandits fled toward Black Wind Ridge after Yuan Gang's death, while the battered allied forces remained on the battlefield.
• Wang Yuan told Gao Shiqing and Ye Xiong that he had intervened to question them about their families' hidden treasures, medicines, manuals, and rare materials.
• Ye Xiong protested that the reserves were the Ye Family's century-old foundation, but Wang Yuan warned that he would start with him if he refused to answer.
• Wang Yuan lifted Ye Xiong by the throat and strangled him, leaving Gao Shiqing alive beside the body.

After killing Ye Xiong, Wang Yuan forced Gao Shiqing to reveal the Gao Family's secret vault location and learned that the Ye Family's vault was somewhere near the docks. He entered the hidden passage beneath the vault in Ci'an Ward and began smashing its mechanisms.

• Wang Yuan threatened Gao Shiqing after killing Ye Xiong, and Gao Shiqing revealed that the Gao Family's secret vault lay beneath a house in Ci'an Ward.
• Gao Shiqing said the Ye Family's vault was probably near the docks, but he did not know its exact location.
• Wang Yuan left the battlefield and traveled to the Funeral Paper Crafts shop in western Gaoye City.
• Wang Yuan found a concealed entrance in the rear wall, descended into the passage, and identified its mechanisms.
• Wang Yuan struck the passage floor and walls with three punches to trigger or destroy the mechanisms.

Wang Yuan entered the Gao Family's hidden vault and discovered a vast hoard of wealth, medicines, equipment, and materials. He found the Heavenly Net Entangling Silk Force Fundamental Diagram and began studying the inheritance.

• Wang Yuan smashed through several traps and carefully opened the concealed stone door to the vault.
• Wang Yuan surveyed the Gao Family's treasure trove and passed over its wealth to inspect its medicinal herbs, weapons, armor, and materials.
• Wang Yuan found a silk-wrapped scroll on a jade shrine and identified it as the Heavenly Net Entangling Silk Force Fundamental Diagram.
• Wang Yuan settled his mind with the Turtle Breathing Technique and used his Penetrating Wisdom and Spiritual Clarity talent to study the diagram.
• Wang Yuan immersed himself in the diagram's principles for weaving Vital Blood and Force Power into a binding, force-dissolving net.

Wang Yuan comprehended Heavenly Net Entangling Silk Force and reached Force Entry, then took valuable medicines and herbs from the Gao Family vault. He left to use Panshi Fist Academy and the remnants of the Gao Family to find the Huang and Ye Family vaults, while the wounded survivors gathered at the academy.

• Wang Yuan formed Heavenly Net Entangling Silk Force and tested its binding power on a jade box.
• Wang Yuan selected medicines, demon beast materials, and rare herbs from the vault, along with the Willow Catkins Following the Wind Steps manual.
• Wang Yuan decided to use Panshi Fist Academy and the remaining Gao Family to search for the Huang and Ye Family vaults.
• Wang Yuan concealed the vault entrance and left the Courtyard House in Ci'an Ward with his supplies.
• Zheng Shan, Yun Feiyang, Master Flying Eagle, Master Stone Gate, Shi Long, Zheng Ying, and the gravely injured Gao Shiqing gathered in Panshi Fist Academy's inner hall.

Wang Yuan took control of Gaoye City’s response to the crisis, assigning Zheng Shan and the martial halls to hunt down the Incense God Cult and Huang Family remnants and locate the Ye Family’s secret vault. After Wang Yuan left to digest what he had gained, Zheng Shan began mobilizing forces to impose martial law and search the city.

• Wang Yuan gave Zheng Shan herbs and pills from the Gao Family’s secret vault, then ordered the Gao Family’s remaining forces to hunt Incense God Cult and Huang Family survivors and seek the Huang Family’s vault.
• Wang Yuan ordered the Gao Family, Panshi Fist Academy, Flowing Cloud Martial Hall, Flying Eagle Martial Hall, and Panshi Gate to seal off the dock district and find the Ye Family’s secret vault.
• Wang Yuan warned Gao Shiqing not to conceal anything, then left for a secluded chamber to digest his gains while Zheng Shan took charge of the city’s response.
• Zheng Shan won the martial halls’ support and sent Shi Long and Zheng Ying to gather forces, impose martial law, seal the city gates, and pursue the cult and Huang Family remnants.
• Zheng Shan ordered Yun Feiyang, Master Flying Eagle, and Master Stone Gate to seal the dock district and three surrounding streets, detain people for questioning, and search for the Ye Family’s vault.

As Wang Yuan’s forces secured Gaoye City and uncovered the Huang and Ye Families’ secret treasuries, Shi Long brought him their Transformation Force foundational diagrams. With the Gao Family’s inheritance already in his possession, Wang Yuan now held the legacies of all three families and ordered the recovered resources distributed or safeguarded.

• Panshi Fist Academy disciples and Gao Family soldiers imposed martial law in Gaoye City, while Shi Long’s and Zheng Ying’s teams arrested Huang Family members and cleared Incense God Cult hideouts.
• Yun Feiyang’s team found the Ye Family’s hidden treasury beneath Prosperity Freight Depot and secured it under guard.
• Shi Long brought Wang Yuan the Huang Family’s Sea Covering True Energy Fundamental Diagram and the Ye Family’s Iron Bone Copper Body Force Fundamental Diagram.
• Wang Yuan recognized that he now possessed the foundational legacies of the Gao, Ye, and Huang Families.
• Wang Yuan ordered ordinary valuables distributed as rewards and compensation, while cultivation resources were sent to Panshi Fist Academy for safekeeping and distribution.

Wang Yuan used the Three Great Families’ Fundamental Diagrams and rare resources to condense three additional kinds of Force Power. He ended the chapter with four distinct Force Powers at Force Entry, greatly strengthening his martial foundation.

• Wang Yuan chose to cultivate Sea Covering True Energy first, then Iron Bone Copper Body Force, while leaving his newly comprehended Entangling Silk Force time to consolidate.
• Wang Yuan consumed Fifth-tier Dragon Crocodile Dried Meat and fourth-tier demon beast blood essence, then used the Sea Covering True Energy Fundamental Diagram to break through to Force Entry.
• Wang Yuan studied the Iron Bone Copper Body Force Fundamental Diagram and, aided by his talents and physical foundation, condensed Iron Bone Copper Body Force.
• Wang Yuan recognized that Mountain Rock Force, Entangling Silk Force, Sea Covering True Energy, and Iron Bone Copper Body Force had all reached Force Entry and felt satisfied with his strengthened foundation.

Wang Gui and his family feared that the imposing martial artists outside their home had come to threaten them, but Zhao Kun respectfully explained that he had come on Wang Yuan’s orders to escort them to the Panshi Fist Academy. The chapter left Wang Gui stunned by the revelation that his son had become a respected figure.

• Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu worried that the armed martial artists outside their home might be connected to the Huang Family or to trouble that had befallen Wang Yuan.
• Wang Gui decided to face the visitors himself and opened the door despite his fear.
• Zhao Kun introduced himself as Wang Yuan’s subordinate and bowed respectfully to Wang Gui.
• Zhao Kun said he had come to escort Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu to the Panshi Fist Academy, where Wang Yuan was waiting.
• Wang Gui stared in disbelief at the respectful martial artists and the carriage prepared for his family.

Wang Yuan brought Wang Gui, Madam Zhou, and Wang Yu to the Inner City after establishing the Panshi Fist Academy as Gaoye City's dominant force. He began combining his four strands of Force Power, consuming Fifth-tier resources to push his Vital Blood to a new peak.

• Zhao Kun told Wang Gui that Wang Yuan had sent him to bring the family to the Panshi Fist Academy, and the Wang family packed and left under martial artists' escort.
• The street's residents learned that Wang Yuan had become the Panshi Fist Academy's chief and began treating the Wang family with newfound reverence.
• Three days later, Wang Yuan reviewed the four kinds of Force Power he had condensed and recognized that he needed to merge them into a stable whole.
• Wang Yuan drank the Crimson Sun Tiger King blood essence and ate Fifth-tier Dragon Crocodile Dried Meat, causing the energies to surge through his body and drive his Vital Blood toward a new peak.

Wang Yuan fused the four forces into a resonant system and advanced to Mid Entering Force, then planned how to build a Force Power network. Meanwhile, riders with an imposing presence approached Gaoye City, where the defenders remained on alert.

• Wang Yuan brought Mountain Rock Force, Entangling Silk Force, Overturning Sea Force, and Iron Bone Force into resonance, forming the beginnings of a composite Force Power system.
• Wang Yuan broke through to Mid Entering Force and tested how the four forces could layer and work together.
• Wang Yuan planned to use Entangling Silk Force to link the other forces into a circulating network, drawing on Fundamental Diagrams for guidance.
• Panshi Fist Academy disciples, Gao Family guards, and Ye Family guards continued to defend Gaoye City against possible threats.
• A dozen riders approached Gaoye City from the western highway, prompting a wall captain to alert his squad.

Gao Tianci returned to Gaoye City with Bitao Sect disciples and Elder Danxia, only to find the city under martial lockdown and guarded by Panshi Fist Academy. After Elder Danxia sensed signs of a recent Hua Jin battle, Zheng Shan arrived to meet them.

• Gao Tianci and his party reached Gaoye City, where guards kept the gates closed under orders from Zheng Shan and Wang Yuan.
• Gao Tianci questioned why Panshi Fist Academy controlled entry to the city and demanded that the gates be opened.
• Elder Danxia examined the damaged walls and sensed traces of several Force Powers and a recent battle involving multiple Hua Jin practitioners.
• Gao Tianci revealed Elder Danxia’s status as a Late Hua Jin elder from Bitao Sect to pressure the guards, but the captain refused to break the rules.
• Zheng Shan arrived with Yun Feiyang, Master Flying Eagle, and others, and greeted Gao Tianci and the Bitao Sect party.

Gao Tianci learned that his father was dead, the Ye Family had fallen, and the Huang Family had been destroyed, while Zheng Shan credited Wang Yuan with defeating Yuan Gang and ending the crisis. Elder Danxia dismissed the city’s losses and ordered its leaders seized for questioning, prompting Zheng Shan to warn that Gaoye City would resist.

• Zheng Shan told Gao Tianci that Gao Shiqing had died from his injuries and that Ye Xiong had also died fighting Yuan Gang.
• Zheng Shan revealed that Huang Chengzong had colluded with the Incense God Cult and the Black Wind Bandits, leading to his execution and the Huang Family’s destruction.
• Gao Tianci questioned Zheng Shan’s account, and Zheng Shan said his disciple Wang Yuan had killed Yuan Gang and quelled the chaos.
• Elder Danxia dismissed the fighting as a minor disturbance and ordered his people to seize Zheng Shan and the others for separate questioning.
• Zheng Shan rejected Elder Danxia’s order and warned him that Panshi Fist Academy and Gaoye City would not submit to his authority.

Wang Yuan intervened when Elder Danxia attacked the injured Zheng Shan, blocking the Bitao Sect elder’s Crimson Flame Palm with his bare hand. He seized Elder Danxia’s wrist, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Gao Tianci urged Elder Danxia to teach Zheng Shan and the others a lesson.
• Elder Danxia unleashed his Late Hua Jin aura, forcing Zheng Shan back and pinning the others in place.
• Elder Danxia struck Zheng Shan with his Crimson Flame Palm.
• Wang Yuan appeared and stopped the palm strike with his bare hand, directing its impact into the ground.
• Elder Danxia realized Wang Yuan’s physical strength was overwhelming despite his seemingly modest Force Power, and Wang Yuan grabbed his wrist.

Wang Yuan faced Elder Danxia at Gaoye City’s gates, withstood his attack, and openly admitted to killing or defeating the figures behind the city’s upheaval. He declared that the Panshi Fist Academy ruled Gaoye City because he was strong, leaving Elder Danxia furious as he realized Wang Yuan had destroyed the Bitao Sect’s local network.

• Elder Danxia’s palm strike was caught by Wang Yuan, who released his wrist and evaded his counterattack before mocking him.
• The defenders, Wang Yuan’s fellow disciples, Gao Tianci, and the Bitao Sect disciples reacted with shock at Wang Yuan’s strength.
• Elder Danxia accused Wang Yuan of causing Gaoye City’s upheaval and demanded to know whether he had orchestrated the Black Wind Bandits’ fall and the Three Great Families’ destruction.
• Wang Yuan admitted killing Yuan Gang, Huang Chengzong, and Ye Xiong, and said Gao Shiqing had been gravely wounded.
• Wang Yuan declared that he controlled Gaoye City because he was stronger than everyone else.
• Elder Danxia realized Wang Yuan had dismantled the Bitao Sect’s network of allies and sources of wealth in southwestern Cloud Province.

Elder Danxia ordered Wang Yuan and the Panshi Fist Academy to be killed, but Wang Yuan unleashed the perfected Blood Burning Technique and all four of his Force Powers. His terrifying transformation left the Bitao Sect fighters shaken, while Elder Danxia dismissed his own fear and prepared to fight.

• Elder Danxia accused Wang Yuan and the Panshi Fist Academy of rebellion and ordered the Bitao Sect disciples to take them all down.
• Gao Tianci drew his sword and led eight Bitao Sect disciples toward the city walls.
• Wang Yuan welcomed the order and transformed by activating the perfected Blood Burning Technique and empowering himself with four Force Powers.
• Wang Yuan's aura overwhelmed Gao Tianci and the disciples, while Elder Danxia recognized that Wang Yuan could threaten his life.
• Elder Danxia convinced himself Wang Yuan's power was a deceptive secret art and answered with, “Playing tricks!”

Wang Yuan defeated Elder Danxia, a Late Hua Jin Bitao Sect elder, with one punch, leaving him gravely injured and helpless. Elder Danxia threatened Wang Yuan with the might of his sect and begged for mercy as Wang Yuan approached him, still coldly smiling.

• Elder Danxia unleashed his full-strength Azure Wave Surging Palm—Thousand Layer Wave against Wang Yuan.
• Wang Yuan met the palm attack with a punch combining four kinds of Force Power, shattering Elder Danxia’s arm and crushing his chest.
• Elder Danxia flew into the city gate wall and was left gravely injured, while the onlookers stared in shock and Gao Tianci’s hopes collapsed.
• Elder Danxia warned that the Bitao Sect would take revenge and begged Wang Yuan to spare him.
• Wang Yuan’s transformation receded as he walked up to Elder Danxia and repeated, “Bitao Sect?”

Wang Yuan killed Bitao Sect elder Danxia beneath the city gate, then slaughtered the seven disciples who fled. Gao Tianci remained alive at Wang Yuan’s mercy, while the witnesses watched in shock.

• Wang Yuan rejected Elder Danxia’s threats and crushed his head beneath one foot.
• Zheng Shan, Yun Feiyang, and the others watched in shock as Danxia died.
• The seven Bitao Sect disciples fled in different directions, abandoning Gao Tianci.
• Wang Yuan pursued and killed all seven fleeing disciples in a few breaths.