Chapter Summaries

Wei Fan fought Old Bear, the True Realm Fourth Grade demon who ruled Cloud City, and discovered that the bear’s Power of Earth increased his strength over time. Wei Fan pierced Old Bear with Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Old Bear asked Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, and the others to retreat before he confronted Wei Fan over the deaths of Tiger King and Great Immortal Huang.
• Wei Fan and Old Bear exchanged blows, and Wei Fan overpowered him in their first contest of strength.
• Old Bear drew power from the earth, struck Wei Fan flying, and grew stronger as the battle continued.
• The Reception Envoy warned Wei Fan that Old Bear’s Power of Earth would make a prolonged fight dangerous.
• Wei Fan used Supreme True Qi to drive Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger into Old Bear’s body, drawing blood.

Wei Fan revealed pure saber intent and killed Old Bear after his Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger proved insufficient against the demon's strengthening defenses. With his saber shattered, he brought Old Bear's corpse and Demon Sacs toward Cloud City, intending to wipe out the demons' and monsters' forces there.

• Old Bear recognized Wei Fan as an Innate Body Refinement martial artist and attacked with lethal intent, strengthening himself with demon power.
• Wei Fan unleashed pure saber intent, severed Old Bear's paws, and killed him with a saber strike, gaining 160 years of cultivation.
• Wei Fan's saber shattered from the force of his attack, and he decided he needed to find a better one.
• Wei Fan gave Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, Hu Qing, and the others Old Bear's Demon Sacs to prepare for a meal.
• Wei Fan carried Old Bear's corpse as the group headed to Cloud City to wipe out the demons' and monsters' forces there.

Wei Fan led the East District constables in wiping out the demon-backed gangs across Cloud City, while news of his role in killing Old Bear reached the city’s people. When Han Qian and his companions arrived from Su City, they learned that Wei Fan had let the city lord die and decided to seek revenge without openly implicating the Han Family.

• Luo Wen gathered the East District constables, and Wei Fan ordered them to kill rather than arrest the demon-backed gangs.
• Wei Fan led the constables in slaughtering the Yellow Immortal Gang, then returned to find the other districts had cleared their own gangs.
• Cloud City celebrated the city lord’s death and the gangs’ destruction as rumors spread that Wei Fan had killed Old Bear.
• Han Qian and two companions arrived from Su City and learned that Wei Fan had killed the demon but had not saved the city lord.
• After the city lord’s wife blamed Wei Fan, Han Bai vowed to kill him, but Han Qian warned against openly murdering a constable and planned a covert attack.

Wei Fan celebrated his Demon Suppressing Division assessment passing with his friends, and Zhou Qi became a martial artist after eating Old Bear’s Demon Sac. The Reception Envoy assigned Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, and Su Xuerong to kill Black Wind Stronghold’s demon chief within five days, and they planned to scout the stronghold the next night.

• Wei Fan hosted Hu Qing, Zhou Qi, Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, and the Reception Envoy for a feast, and the Reception Envoy confirmed Wei Fan had passed his character investigation.
• Zhou Qi ate Old Bear’s Demon Sac, cultivated his first strand of true qi, and reached the first level of Golden Bell Shield.
• After Hu Qing and Zhou Qi left, the Reception Envoy assigned Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, and Su Xuerong an assessment to kill Black Wind Stronghold’s chief, a third-grade True Realm demon, within five days.
• The Reception Envoy revealed that Black Wind Stronghold’s chief had colluded with the Lu Family and that the Crocodile Demon from the E Shen Gang was his descendant.
• Wei Fan agreed to take the mission with Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong, and the three arranged to scout the stronghold’s vicinity the next night.

Wei Fan visited his sister’s family before returning home, where Han Qian ambushed him to avenge City Lord Pan. Wei Fan easily defeated and captured Han Qian, then tried to persuade him to reveal who had sent him.

• Wei Fan visited his sister’s family and left them the manuals, gold, and silver he had brought before heading back to his courtyard.
• Han Qian waited behind Wei Fan’s gate, planning to kill him with a surprise attack, but Wei Fan detected him and called him out.
• Han Qian revealed himself and attacked Wei Fan with saber qi, which Wei Fan shattered with his palm.
• Wei Fan overwhelmed Han Qian with Giant Bear Palm, disarmed him, and seized him by the throat.
• Wei Fan removed Han Qian’s face covering and questioned him about his employer, but Han Qian refused to reveal who had sent him.

Wei Fan killed Han Qian, learned the assassin was connected to the City Lord’s death, and claimed Han Qian’s Cold Moon Blade. He then infiltrated Black Wind Stronghold with Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong, but was discovered and faced a Crocodile Demon stronger than the mission briefing had claimed.

• Wei Fan tortured Han Qian for answers, killed him, and took his Cold Moon Blade.
• Luo Wen told Wei Fan that Han Qian had brought two people to the City Lord’s residence, and that they left with the City Lord’s and Second Young Master’s corpses.
• Wei Fan met Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong after work and traveled with them to Black Wind Stronghold to kill the Crocodile Demon.
• Wei Fan’s group entered the stronghold at night, and Wei Fan captured a minion to learn where the chief’s room was.
• A bell revealed Wei Fan’s presence, and the Crocodile Demon confronted him with armed men surrounding him.
• Wei Fan’s panel identified the Crocodile Demon as a True Realm Fourth Grade demon, stronger than the Third Grade reported by the Reception Envoy.

Wei Fan destroyed Black Wind Stronghold’s ambush with the Roaring Tiger Dragon's Cry Golden Bell Shield and killed the Crocodile Demon. He spared the surviving bandits, who offered to lead him to the demon’s treasure vault.

• The Crocodile Demon revealed that Wei Fan stood above explosives and fire oil, but Wei Fan’s Golden Bell Shield shattered the traps and devastated Black Wind Stronghold with a roar.
• Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong arrived and witnessed the attack, which killed or incapacitated most of the stronghold’s men.
• The Crocodile Demon transformed into a giant crocodile and fled, but Wei Fan wounded and killed it, gaining 160 years of cultivation.
• Wei Fan told Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong to gather the survivors, then spared those who had been forced into banditry.
• The survivors told Wei Fan they knew where the Crocodile Demon had hidden its treasure, and he selected several men to lead him there.

Wei Fan and his companions divided the spoils from Black Wind Stronghold, and Wei Fan prepared to leave Cloud City for the Demon Suppressing Division in Su City. Before departing, he studied the Hundred Rivers Art and Nine Slashes of the Mad Saber, which appeared on his panel as not initiated.

• Wei Fan found five secret manuals and claimed a heavy piece of Mystic Iron from Black Wind Stronghold's treasury, then shared two thousand taels each with Su Xuerong and Ning Xuan.
• After completing the assessment mission, Wei Fan told Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong he planned to leave for Su City the next day to join the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Wei Fan returned his constable's badge and saber to Luo Wen, who learned of his promotion and organized a farewell meal with the constables.
• After the meal, Wei Fan read the manuals and chose to study the Aperture Opening Realm cultivation art Hundred Rivers Art and the saber art Nine Slashes of the Mad Saber.

Wei Fan prepared to leave Cloud City for the Demon Suppressing Division, improving his saber technique before setting out. The whole city came to see him off, and he rode toward Su City with Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, Hu Qing, and the Reception Envoy.

• Wei Fan used ten years of cultivation to complete the Nine Slashes of the Mad Saber and strengthen his saber intent, raising its power to eighteen saber shadows per slash.
• Wei Fan packed his belongings and told the bun shop owner he would never return to duty in Cloud City.
• Ning Xuan, Hu Qing, and the others arrived with horses, and a huge crowd gathered to see Wei Fan off as he left Cloud City.
• After riding more than ten li, Wei Fan urged the others to hurry, and Hu Qing raced ahead on a faster horse.
• The Reception Envoy sent Su Xuerong after Hu Qing to keep her safe, while Wei Fan questioned how Hu Qing had qualified to enter the Demon Suppressing Division.

Wei Fan and his companions traveled to Su City while the Reception Envoy explained the Demon Suppressing Division and its ranks. After arriving, Wei Fan saw the city’s thriving martial arts scene and learned that it faced constant danger from demons and monsters.

• The Reception Envoy told Wei Fan that Hu Qing could be trained for the Demon Suppressing Division and described Su City’s abundant martial arts resources.
• Ning Xuan explained the Demon Suppressing Division’s camps, ranks, and system of earning merits, while the Reception Envoy said Wei Fan could choose a commander to take as his master.
• Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, Hu Qing, and the others traveled day and night and reached the fog surrounding Su City two days later.
• Ning Xuan told Wei Fan that Su City governed twelve cities and 182 large towns and that demons and monsters killed many people there.
• The group arrived at Su City, dismounted before entering, and Wei Fan noticed the crowds of armed martial artists passing through its gates.

Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, and Su Xuerong joined the Demon Suppressing Division’s Combat Camp and settled into their assigned courtyards. Reception Envoy Zhou Tong tried to report Wei Fan’s Innate Body Refinement to the Grand Commander, but found him away suppressing demons in the Qingyun Mountain Range.

• The Reception Envoy brought Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, and Su Xuerong into the Demon Suppressing Division after Hu Qing registered with the Reserve Camp.
• Wei Fan agreed to live in the Division and visit Hu Qing, though his teasing upset her and Su Xuerong.
• Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong chose to serve under the Second Commander, and Wei Fan agreed to join them.
• The three received uniforms, waist tokens, and Qi Gathering Pills, toured the grounds, and moved into neighboring courtyards.
• Zhou Tong went to report Wei Fan’s Innate Body Refinement to the Grand Commander, but learned that the Grand Commander was away suppressing demons.
• Li Chuyang, a disciple of the Grand Commander and a renowned genius, appeared behind Zhou Tong and asked why he sought his master.

Wei Fan joined the Demon Suppressing Division’s Combat Camp, chose manuals for body refinement and saber cultivation, and learned that the Purple Profound Martial Codex existed but required merit. He began cultivating the Hundred Rivers Art to reach the Aperture Opening Realm, estimating that his full potential there could reach 3,700 years of cultivation.

• Zhou Tong tried to report Wei Fan’s talent to Li Chuyang, who told him to have Wei Fan complete the Grand Commander’s test, while the other commanders were away suppressing demons.
• Wei Fan visited the Merit Hall with Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong, learned that the Aperture Opening Realm Golden Bell Shield had been lost, and chose the Glazed Treasure Body and Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber manuals.
• He Wei explained that the Purple Profound Martial Codex required merit, and Su Xuerong revealed that it was the cultivation method used after Innate Body Refinement.
• Su Guangwen recorded the trio’s details for their squad under Shan Jinhong and warned that Combat Camp duties could begin within days; he mistook Wei Fan’s defensive specialty for a sign of weakness.
• Wei Fan returned to his courtyard, used one hundred years of cultivation on the Hundred Rivers Art, and calculated that his dantian capacity could allow him to reach 3,700 years of cultivation in the Aperture Opening Realm.

Wei Fan used a hundred years of cultivation to open ten acupoints with the Hundred Rivers Art, then joined Ning Xuan and his fellow disciples to inspect the Demon Suppressing Commanders’ apprenticeship trials. He recorded the first forms of the Third Commander’s Vast Void Sun Collapse Palm and the Grand Commander’s Mountain Shaking Fist, while Ning Xuan remained inside the Second Commander’s trial.

• Wei Fan switched to the Hundred Rivers Art, opened ten acupoints, and raised his cultivation to 782 years.
• At lunch, Wei Fan heard that demons on Qingyun Mountain had rioted and that tensions with the Divine Blade Sect might lead to war.
• Ning Xuan introduced Wei Fan to Peng Mingjie and Li Fengyi, who invited him to see the commanders’ trials.
• Li Fengyi explained the requirements for the commanders’ martial arts, and Wei Fan asked whether learning all three techniques without becoming a disciple would anger them.
• Ning Xuan entered the Second Commander’s trial, while Wei Fan recorded the first forms of the Vast Void Sun Collapse Palm and Mountain Shaking Fist in the panel.

Wei Fan entered the Demon Suppressing Division, used his saber intent to witness the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber’s first form, and raised his cultivation to Aperture Opening First Layer before perfecting the first form of Mountain Shaking Fist. The chapter ended as he joined a mission led by Su Guangwen, Peng Mingjie, and Li Fengyi’s team.

• Ning Xuan emerged from the Second Commander’s stone house injured after failing to comprehend the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, while Wei Fan entered and used his own saber intent to trigger a demonstration of its first form.
• Li Chuyang arrived after Wei Fan and the others had left, heard that one newcomer had merely glanced at the stone houses, and dismissed the possibility that he was a genius.
• Wei Fan spent three hundred and ten years of cultivation completing Aperture Opening First Layer, filling forty acupoints and bringing his total True Qi to five hundred years.
• Wei Fan met captain Xie Zhiyuan and teammates Shen Wei, Yu Hong, and Duan Anyue at dinner, where they introduced their specialties and welcomed the newcomers to the squad.
• Wei Fan spent ten years of cultivation perfecting Mountain Shaking Fist’s first form, then learned from Ning Xuan that a mission had begun and prepared to leave with the team.

Wei Fan and Li Fengyi’s group investigated the disappearance of Jiang Feng in Baiyun Village, where they found evidence of a murder and met the retired heroine Wei Hongying. The chapter ended with Wei Fan identifying Wei Hongying as an Aperture Opening Level Five cultivator who killed people to feed her demon husband.

• Li Fengyi led Wei Fan, Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, Su Guangwen, and Peng Mingjie to Wangshan Town to investigate Jiang Feng’s disappearance.
• Su Xuerong recognized Baiyun Village as the place where Wei Hongying, a famous retired heroine, was said to live.
• The villagers told the group that Jiang Feng’s mother had died and that Jiang Feng had left after her burial, while Su Guangwen found human flesh beneath a stone slab in Jiang Feng’s yard.
• The villagers revealed that three hunters had recently gone missing and that Wei Hongying had previously searched for and returned missing villagers.
• Wei Hongying welcomed the Demon Suppressing Division group and said she needed to prepare dinner for her husband.
• Wei Fan confronted Wei Hongying after his panel identified her as a killer who fed people to her demon husband.

Wei Fan confronted Wei Hongying after discovering she had killed Jiang Feng to feed her demon husband, Hu Yulang. As the others fought Wei Hongying, Wei Fan attacked Hu Yulang and badly wounded him with Supreme True Qi and the Mountain Shaking Fist, while the rest of the group remained trapped in a desperate battle.

• Wei Fan revealed that Wei Hongying had killed Jiang Feng and planned to feed the group to her demon husband.
• Hu Yulang emerged from the cabin as a demon in his transformation phase, and Wei Hongying blocked the group from escaping.
• Wei Fan ordered Li Fengyi, Su Guangwen, and Peng Mingjie to hold off Wei Hongying while he confronted Hu Yulang.
• Wei Fan struck Hu Yulang with saber techniques and then unleashed the Mountain Shaking Fist, overpowering the silver fox demon with Supreme True Qi.
• Li Fengyi, Peng Mingjie, Su Guangwen, Ning Xuan, and Su Xuerong suffered serious injuries as they continued fighting Wei Hongying instead of fleeing.

Wei Fan defeated Hu Yulang and Wei Hongying, then helped the injured Demon Suppressing Division members recover in Baiyun Village. After Li Fengyi learned he had advanced from the True Qi Realm and mastered the Mountain Shaking Fist in just a day or two, she confronted him about claiming to specialize in defense despite comprehending blade intent.

• Wei Fan returned from fighting Hu Yulang and threw the badly injured silver fox demon onto the battlefield, then used Saber Intent and the Mountain Shaking Fist to defeat Wei Hongying.
• Wei Fan tricked Hu Yulang into revealing his willingness to kill Wei Hongying to save himself, then killed Hu Yulang and Wei Hongying.
• Wei Fan and the others treated their wounds in Baiyun Village, where they recovered Hu Yulang's Demon Sac and arranged food, lodging, and a physician.
• Li Fengyi confronted Wei Fan about his supposed True Qi Realm cultivation, and he explained that he had broken through after Su Guangwen recorded his information.
• Li Fengyi realized Wei Fan had opened many apertures and mastered the Mountain Shaking Fist in a short time, then demanded to know why he had claimed to excel at defense despite comprehending blade intent.

After returning from Baiyun Village, Wei Fan used his accumulated cultivation to perfect the first forms of Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber and Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber. At the Demon Suppressing Division, he exchanged his mission merit for an Aperture Opening Realm movement technique, Ice Soul, and Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger, while the investigation into Wei Family Manor remained ahead.

• Li Fengyi accepted Wei Fan's explanation about his hidden Innate Body Refinement and agreed to keep it secret.
• Wei Fan perfected the first form of Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber and Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, but realized he still needed the complete saber-intent inheritance.
• Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, and the others traveled back to the Demon Suppressing Division, where Li Fengyi warned them not to discuss Wei Hongying and said Wei Family Manor might also need investigating.
• Li Fengyi presented Hu Yulang's Demon Sac at the Merit Hall, and He Wei recorded Wei Fan as the mission's foremost contributor.
• Wei Fan traded his merit for an Aperture Opening Realm movement technique, Ice Soul, and Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger after learning the Purple Profound Martial Codex cost far more.

Li Fengyi reported Wei Fan’s battle at Baiyun Village to Shan Jinhong, revealing that Wei Fan was an Innate Body Refinement martial artist who had defeated the True Realm Sixth Grade demon Hu Yulang. Back in Su City, Wei Fan perfected two martial arts, attracted the attention of the Han Family over the Cold Moon Blade, and used Ice Soul to break through to the first level of the Body Refinement Realm.

• Li Fengyi told Shan Jinhong that Wei Fan had saved their team and revealed his Innate Body Refinement, prompting Shan Jinhong to realize his value.
• Wei Fan visited Hu Qing, who celebrated reaching True Qi Sixth Level and warned him that his rapid promotion to Red Clothed Demon Suppressor could attract powerful demons.
• Wei Fan perfected Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger and Nine Nether Phantom Steps using his accumulated cultivation.
• Han Fei recognized the Cold Moon Blade as his uncle Han Qian’s and warned Wei Fan to keep it safe; Li Fengyi explained the Han Family’s influence.
• Wei Fan absorbed Ice Soul and broke through to the first level of the Body Refinement Realm, reaching 150,000 jin of strength in one arm.

Wei Fan perfected the first level of the Glazed Treasure Body and transformed his Golden Bell Shield into a material bell. He joined the Demon Suppressing Division’s assault on Wei Family Manor, where the battle revealed two powerful Core Condensing fox demons.

• Wei Fan exhausted the Ice Soul while perfecting the first level of the Glazed Treasure Body, then used 500 years of cultivation to make his Golden Bell Shield materialize as a heavy bell that could leave his body briefly and crush a stool to powder.
• Li Fengyi told Wei Fan that Shan Jinhong planned to surround Wei Family Manor because Wei Hongying had colluded with demons, and she warned him to keep his Innate Body Refinement secret.
• Shan Jinhong led his Demon Suppressors and a military unit to encircle Wei Family Manor, where Wei Changqing claimed innocence before attacking Shan Jinhong.
• Wei Changqing admitted that Hu Yulang had helped him break through to the Heavenly Human Realm, then ordered Wei Family Manor’s martial artists to fight the Demon Suppressing Division.
• A hidden Core Condensing Fox Demon struck Xie Zhiyuan and joined the battle, and a second, more powerful Core Condensing Silver Fox appeared.