Chapter Summaries

Nan Feng and Long Wudi confronted the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King, whose Purple Miasma trapped them and whose attacks overwhelmed them. They escaped into the sky, only to discover the Bug King could fly and a Liuyun Beast was racing toward them.

• Nan Feng realized the Violet Mist Forbidden Zone's Purple Miasma came from the enormous Stinky Bug, and he and Long Wudi followed it toward its lair.
• Long Wudi used an Eye of Insight on the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King, then narrowly dodged its fart attack and struck its shell without causing meaningful damage.
• The Bug King trapped Nan Feng with a hand of Purple Miasma and attacked Long Wudi with its antennae, forcing both men to fight for survival.
• Nan Feng abandoned his attempt to teleport and flew upward with his Demon Wings, while Long Wudi leaped after him and escaped the Bug King's antennae with Nan Feng's RPG distraction.
• The Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King revealed wings and began to fly as Nan Feng and Long Wudi spotted a Liuyun Beast rapidly approaching.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi fled as the Liuyun Beast attacked the Stinky Bug, only to discover a second Liuyun Beast joining the fight. After the beasts drove off the badly wounded Bug King, the two returned to Flowing Cloud City, where Nan Feng spotted someone familiar.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi escaped the Liuyun Beast while the Stinky Bug fought it in the air.
• Two Liuyun Beasts overwhelmed the Stinky Bug, tearing its wings and injuring it before it crashed to the ground.
• Nan Feng stopped Long Wudi from returning to kill the wounded Bug King because experts from Flowing Cloud City had already headed to the battle.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi returned to Flowing Cloud City and heard residents arguing about the battle and recruiting hunters to attack the Bug King.
• Nan Feng noticed a familiar face on the street.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi learned that Yan Nujiao was challenging Yan Mingzhe over the Yan Family’s place in the Family Grand Examination. After Long Wudi explained the trial and its rules, he asked whether Nan Feng wanted to participate, though Nan Feng was not a descendant of a major family.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi spotted Yan Mingzhe with his new bodyguards, and Long Wudi admitted he had once beaten Yan Mingzhe after catching him trying to drug his water.
• Nan Feng recognized Yan Nujiao as she argued with Yan Mingzhe about who would claim the Yan Family’s place in the Family Grand Examination.
• Yan Mingzhe challenged Yan Nujiao to meet him at the King of Fighters Arena, then left with his bodyguards.
• Long Wudi explained that the Three Great Empires held the Family Grand Examination every five years, with participants capped at Level 40 and the winner becoming Flowing Cloud City’s acting city lord.
• Long Wudi described the trial’s events and asked Nan Feng if he wanted to participate, but Nan Feng questioned how he could enter as an outsider.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi split up to support rival candidates in the Flowing Cloud City Lord Election, and Nan Feng joined Yan Nujiao’s team after an attempted staged rescue led him to her. He left the alley with Yan Nujiao and Man Ning, having agreed to become Yan Nujiao’s follower for a six-figure fee.

• Long Wudi proposed that he support Yan Mingzhe while Nan Feng supported Yan Nujiao, and the two wagered that the loser would perform a talent show at the winner’s city gate.
• Nan Feng secretly followed Yan Nujiao and paid several passersby to harass her so he could stage a hero-saves-the-beauty encounter.
• Yan Nujiao entered an alley, where Man Ning beat up the hired passersby and attacked Nan Feng before they recognized each other.
• Yan Nujiao recognized Nan Feng as Lu Xiaobu, thanked him for helping her in Despair Town, and invited him to become her follower in the city lord contest.
• Nan Feng agreed to join Yan Nujiao’s team for a six-figure appearance fee, paid the injured passersby, and followed Yan Nujiao and Man Ning toward the Yan Family.

Nan Feng returned to Yan Manor with Yan Nujiao and prepared to enter the martial arts tournament while keeping his past robbery secret from Man Ning. Yan Nujiao explained that the tournament was the second Flowing Cloud Trials challenge, and Nan Feng learned she had only three points from the first challenge.

• Yan Nujiao brought Nan Feng and Lu Xiaobu to Yan Manor and went to register Lu Xiaobu for the tournament with Seventh Great-Granduncle Yan Xiaoqi.
• Yan Mingzhe arrived with six battered followers and Long Wudi disguised as A'Kun, then traded barbs with Yan Nujiao and Nan Feng.
• Nan Feng confronted Man Ning in a guest room over her knowledge of the Yan Family robbery, but let her go after they agreed to keep to their own business.
• Yan Nujiao led Nan Feng and Man Ning toward the King of Fighters Arena and explained the tournament's arena-holding rules and the four Flowing Cloud Trials challenges.
• Nan Feng learned that Yan Nujiao had earned three points in the vicious beast hunting challenge, while the current leader had ten and the last-place competitor had zero.

Nan Feng learned why Yan Nujiao had scored poorly in the first question and agreed to compete as one of her two followers in the martial arts tournament. At the arena, Wanu Qing mocked them as little dwarves, and Nan Feng challenged his followers before the match began.

• Yan Nujiao told Nan Feng that Wanu Qing had stolen her prey and injured her six followers, leaving her with only three points and no team.
• Yan Nujiao recruited Nan Feng and Man Ning as followers and promised to find Man Ning a Destined Divine Weapon if she became city lord.
• Yan Nujiao, Nan Feng, and Man Ning arrived at the King of Fighters Arena, where spectators and a reporter questioned their chances.
• Wanu Qing and his six enormous followers confronted the trio, and Wanu Qing called them little dwarves.
• Nan Feng retorted that he would beat Wanu Qing's followers until they were shorter than him, delighting the reporter.

Nan Feng entered the King of Fighters Arena with Yan Nujiao and Man Ning for the team tournament, where their two followers would face teams of six. Just before the match began, Long Wudi summoned Nan Feng to the restroom and asked to borrow money.

• Nan Feng struck Wanu Qing's follower Asamu outside the arena, and an arena expert ordered them to stop.
• Yan Nujiao challenged Wanu Qing to meet her in the ring and led Nan Feng and Man Ning inside.
• Wanu Qing learned that Nan Feng was level 36 and suspected he was a Chosen One, but decided not to attack him in the city.
• Yan Nujiao explained the ring-holding rules and advised Nan Feng and Man Ning to wait until other contestants were exhausted before challenging.
• Long Wudi called Nan Feng to the restroom, where he seriously asked to borrow money.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi planned to manipulate the tournament betting odds, but Nan Feng grew alarmed when he learned Yan Mingzhe had seven points. As the competition began and the teams hesitated to fight, Nan Feng challenged Yan Mingzhe’s team on Stage Five, bringing Man Ning with him.

• Long Wudi persuaded Nan Feng to lend him their savings so he could exploit the Black Gold Casino’s changing odds, then told Nan Feng to leave the betting plan to him.
• Nan Feng returned to Yan Nujiao’s preparation room, and he, Man Ning, and Yan Nujiao entered the King of Fighters Arena as the tournament began.
• The aged referee announced the tournament rules and projected all eight stages above the arena.
• The contestants hesitated to challenge the stage holders, and spectators grew impatient as the arena remained at a standstill.
• Asamu taunted Nan Feng, who instead mocked Yan Mingzhe’s followers and challenged their team on Stage Five, pulling Man Ning onto the stage with him.

Nan Feng stunned the arena by defeating Yan Mingzhe’s five followers with an explosive attack, then began trading blows with Long Wudi, who introduced himself as Duan Kun. Their fight continued as a straw-hatted man checked the Black Gold Casino’s changing odds.

• Nan Feng challenged Yan Mingzhe’s side to fight ten people, while Yan Nujiao took responsibility for his unexpected move before Yan Xiaoqi.
• Nan Feng detonated four grenades and defeated all five of Yan Mingzhe’s followers, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Yan Mingzhe accused Yan Nujiao of finding a powerful expert, and she denied that Nan Feng was one of the Chosen Ones.
• Long Wudi stepped forward and introduced himself as Tsim Sha Tsui, Duan Kun, while Nan Feng answered with the name Mount Liang Hero Lu Xiaobu.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi exchanged rapid blows on the ring as spectators debated who had the advantage.
• A straw-hatted man walked to the Black Gold Casino betting board and checked the latest odds.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi staged a brutal fight on Ring No. 5, leaving both Yan Family teams badly hurt and unable to advance. Long Wudi refused medical treatment so he could keep competing, while Yan Xiaoqi concluded that the Yan Family had lost its chance at the City Lord position.

• Flying Eagle and the other Dragon City experts spread through the martial arts arena to carry out Long Wudi's plan.
• Nan Feng secretly put a grenade in Long Wudi's pocket, and Long Wudi struck him down to make the fight look convincing.
• Nan Feng rose and attacked Long Wudi with an explosion, after which Long Wudi pretended to collapse and the judge declared Yan Nujiao the winner.
• Long Wudi refused treatment and left the ring, insisting he would continue competing despite his injuries.
• Yan Xiaoqi ordered Yan Nujiao to reflect for three days and left, deciding that the Yan Family could no longer win the City Lord position.

Nan Feng conceded to Ning Wushuang’s team after pretending to be poisoned, while Man Ning fought off one of the Ning Family followers. After the loss dashed gamblers’ bets on the Yan Family teams, the Straw Hat Man approached a gambler and asked for his worthless ticket stub.

• The other teams began challenging one another, and Nan Feng told Man Ning to handle the six Ning Family followers while he stayed out of the fight.
• The Ning Family followers attacked Nan Feng, while Man Ning intercepted one of them and fought him.
• Nan Feng let the Ning Family followers wound him, then pretended the poison on their blades had taken effect and conceded.
• The referee declared Ning Wushuang the winner, prompting furious gamblers to complain about losing their bets on Yan Nujiao and Yan Mingzhe.
• The Straw Hat Man asked a gambler for the ticket stub from his losing bet, explaining that the Black Gold Casino recognized tickets rather than people.

The Straw Hat Man bought gamblers’ ticket stubs on Long Wudi’s behalf, using the low-cost bets to conceal their plan to profit if Yan Nujiao’s team advanced. As the arena battles continued, Nan Feng kept pretending to be poisoned, and Man Ning nearly surrendered for him.

• Qian Laosan sold his 5,000-copper ticket stub to the Straw Hat Man for 500 copper coins, believing Yan Nujiao’s team could not advance.
• The Straw Hat Man calculated the high potential payout and continued buying ticket stubs from gamblers for Long Wudi.
• Long Wudi relied on Flying Eagle and the others to collect tickets, while the large betting pool kept their purchases from attracting Black Gold Casino’s attention.
• Long Wudi surveyed the ongoing fights and watched Nan Feng continue his act of being badly poisoned.
• Man Ning urged Nan Feng to surrender, but Nan Feng grabbed her ankle and insisted he would recover soon.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi recovered from their injuries and waited as teams advanced in the arena contest. When Long Wudi returned to fight, Nan Feng chose to challenge the Wanu Family’s team, leaving the spectators to realize they might have been faking their weakness.

• Yan Nujiao urged Nan Feng to give up if he could not continue, but Nan Feng insisted he would advance, while Yan Mingzhe warned her not to be fooled by his sweet talk.
• Long Wudi told Yan Mingzhe he could use a forbidden technique to restore his peak strength but hinted that it would cost more money, and Yan Mingzhe promised to pay.
• Tang Xiaobao’s team defended Arena One without facing a challenger, and the Lin Family also secured Arena Three as other teams fought for the remaining advancement spots.
• Man Ning noticed that contestants were holding back, and Nan Feng explained that avoiding serious injuries was the sensible approach.
• After Long Wudi got up and headed to Arena Eight, Nan Feng rose and chose to challenge the Wanu Family on Arena Five instead.
• Spectators saw Nan Feng and Long Wudi return to the arenas and suspected they had pretended to be badly injured, while gamblers who had sold their ticket stubs searched for the Straw Hat Man.

Nan Feng defeated Wanu Qing’s four followers to become Ring 5’s champion, while Long Wudi brutally attacked the Ning Family followers on Ring 8. The chapter left Ning Xiang unconscious against the ring barrier after Long Wudi interrupted his attempted surrender.

• The old man suppressed the arena’s rowdy spectators, and Nan Feng challenged Ring 4 while Man Ning prepared to fight beside him.
• Nan Feng charged Asamu, then shot all four of Wanu Qing’s followers in the knees with a hidden Desert Eagle.
• Asamu surrendered, and Nan Feng was declared the winner of Ring 5; Man Ning complained that she had not gotten to fight.
• Nan Feng watched Long Wudi beat the Ning Family followers and recalled that they had harmed Long Wudi and Zhao Yao in Ning City.
• Long Wudi broke another follower’s arm as Ning Xiang tried to surrender through ventriloquism, then kicked Ning Xiang into the ring barrier.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi advanced from their arenas, then secretly organized the South City and Dragon City Chosen Ones to redeem nearly a thousand betting slips. Their combined winnings reached 46.87 million copper coins, leaving them to split the proceeds after returning to the Yan Family residence.

• Long Wudi and Nan Feng defended Arenas No. 8 and No. 5, respectively, and secured advancement for Yan Mingzhe and Yan Nujiao.
• Nan Feng pretended to be injured so Yan Nujiao and Man Ning would leave his preparation hall, while Long Wudi secretly entered through a window with betting slips.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi summoned Chosen Ones from South City and Dragon City, who spread out across the arena to redeem nearly a thousand betting slips.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi sent their allies back, then left the arena separately with Yan Nujiao and Yan Mingzhe.
• Su Ziran reported that South City redeemed 21.86 million copper coins, and Long Wudi reported that Dragon City redeemed 25.01 million, for a combined total of 46.87 million.

After a night of gambling winnings, Nan Feng tried to contact Miles Solomon about a hidden realm in the Ancient Forest, then left Yan Manor alone for breakfast. Yan Xiaoqi learned more about Nan Feng from Yan Nujiao and decided to use both Nan Feng and Duan Kun to help the Yan Family win the city lord position.

• Chosen Ones celebrated their winnings as Miles Solomon announced a hidden realm in the Ancient Forest, and Nan Feng sent him a friend request that went unanswered overnight.
• At dawn, Nan Feng avoided drawing suspicion by walking past Long Wudi's room, annoyed Man Ning by asking her to treat him to breakfast, and left Yan Manor alone.
• A hidden guard reported Nan Feng's departure to Yan Xiaoqi, who questioned Yan Nujiao about meeting Lu Xiaobu in Despair Town.
• Yan Nujiao defended Lu Xiaobu and said he claimed to call Blade Emperor Tang Chengyun Little Tang, but Yan Xiaoqi did not believe her.
• Yan Xiaoqi allowed Nan Feng to continue in the competition, told Yan Nujiao to bring Yan Mingzhe, and planned to use both Nan Feng and Duan Kun for the Yan Family.

Yan Xiaoliu questioned Man Ning about Lu Xiaobu and the stolen Yan Family shipment, then Long Wudi told Nan Feng that Man Ning had revealed their past. Nan Feng searched for Unrivaled Arcane Gold and learned he could look for it in the Yan Family warehouse, where he headed next.

• Yan Xiaoliu pressured Man Ning until she admitted Lu Xiaobu had helped steal the Yan Family shipment and said his companion was even stronger.
• Long Wudi overheard the conversation and messaged Nan Feng that Man Ning had revealed their secret, adding that she thought Long Wudi was stronger than him.
• Nan Feng brushed off Man Ning's betrayal and searched the city for Unrivaled Arcane Gold, but found out it might only be available at the next auction.
• Nan Feng met Yan Nujiao at Yan Manor, collected his reward, and learned he could choose a weapon or precious material from the family warehouse.
• When Yan Nujiao said the warehouse might contain Unrivaled Arcane Gold, Nan Feng rushed there without stopping to eat.

Nan Feng searched Yan Manor’s warehouse, found Celestial Silk Sand for Xiao Luo, and learned that Long Wudi had discovered a sword with an aura like a Destined Divine Weapon. That night, Yan Nujiao told Nan Feng and Man Ning that the remaining competition had been changed to a hunt for the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King, leaving Nan Feng alarmed by the danger.

• Nan Feng gave Man Ning ten Volcanic Stones from Yan Nujiao and searched the warehouse for Unrivaled Arcane Gold.
• Nan Feng found Celestial Silk Sand for Xiao Luo, while Long Wudi discovered a longsword with an aura resembling a Destined Divine Weapon.
• Nan Feng returned to his room and reflected on the competition, Yan Nujiao’s political plans, and the situation in Black Crow City.
• Yan Nujiao told Nan Feng and Man Ning that the scheduled elimination round had been canceled because the organizers wanted to change the competition format.
• Yan Nujiao explained that the competitors would instead be sent to kill the injured Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King, and Nan Feng recognized how dangerous the mission was.

Nan Feng agreed to hunt the critically wounded Violet Hellworm King with Long Wudi, then went with Yan Nujiao to the Flowing Cloud Auction to buy Unrivaled Arcane Gold. The bidding escalated when a young man in private room number two challenged him, ending with a bid of ten million copper coins.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi discussed whether the changed competition test was a trap, and Long Wudi decided to try hunting the near-dead Stinky Bug to advance his Destined Divine Weapon.
• Yan Nujiao told Nan Feng that Unrivaled Arcane Gold would be auctioned that night, and they went to the Flowing Cloud Auction with money from the Yan Family.
• Nan Feng saw the buyer in private room number two win the first three auction items before the Unrivaled Arcane Gold appeared as the fourth item.
• Nan Feng bid two million copper coins for the Unrivaled Arcane Gold, but the young man in private room number two raised the bid to three million.
• Nan Feng raised his bid to four million, and the young man in private room number two countered with ten million.

Nan Feng lost the bid for Unrivaled Arcane Gold to the mysterious tycoon in Private Room No. 2, who bought all nine auction items. After Long Wudi suggested someone had weakened Nan Feng’s memories, Nan Feng recalled the tycoon’s identity but did not reveal it.

• Nan Feng and the tycoon in Private Room No. 2 drove the bid for Unrivaled Arcane Gold up to 100 million, and the tycoon won.
• The tycoon bought the other eight auction items, then left under the protection of Flowing Cloud Auction House experts without revealing his face.
• Yan Nujiao offered to have her seventh granduncle investigate the tycoon and buy Nan Feng another piece of Unrivaled Arcane Gold.
• Nan Feng told Long Wudi about the auction and said the tycoon’s voice and smile seemed familiar.
• Long Wudi suggested someone had weakened Nan Feng’s memories and urged him to examine them carefully.
• After reviewing his memories overnight, Nan Feng suddenly realized who the mysterious tycoon was.