Recaps

Lin Feng, a newly transmigrated trainee constable, was trapped in the Mass Grave with a Living Corpse after it killed One-Eyed Dragon and fatally wounded Old Wang. At the brink of death, Lin Feng awakened the Critical Strike System and chose to enhance his Basic Constable Saber Technique.

• Lin Feng followed Old Wang into the Mass Grave to pursue One-Eyed Dragon despite fearing the place.
• One-Eyed Dragon appeared and confronted Lin Feng and Old Wang, but a Living Corpse burst from a grave.
• The Living Corpse killed One-Eyed Dragon and struck Old Wang down, leaving Lin Feng alone against it.
• The Critical Strike System activated during Lin Feng's life-or-death crisis and granted him 100 Crit Points.
• Lin Feng selected his Basic Constable Saber Technique for a critical strike enhancement.

Lin Feng mastered the Basic Constable Saber Technique and killed the First Order Living Corpse with a single slash. He returned to Qingyang County with Old Wang and the two bandit and monster heads, earned promotion to full constable, and left facing Chief Constable Li Gang’s attempt to exploit and sideline him.

• Lin Feng used his newly perfected saber technique and a critical strike to behead the charging zombie.
• Lin Feng found Old Wang alive but gravely injured, carried him toward Qingyang County, and brought the heads of the zombie and One-Eyed Dragon.
• County magistrate Zhao Dehai praised Lin Feng’s deeds, promoted him to full constable, and awarded him fifty taels of silver.
• Chief Constable Li Gang kept forty-five taels of Lin Feng’s reward, claiming the money would cover office costs and Old Wang’s medical care.
• Li Gang assigned Lin Feng to patrol the poor and disorderly southern district, and Lin Feng accepted while resolving to focus on gaining strength.

Lin Feng obtained the Qi Guiding Art and used all 100 Crit Points to rapidly cultivate. He reached Body Tempering Third Level and prepared to turn Constable Chief Li Gang’s dangerous assignment to his advantage.

• Lin Feng returned to his private room with five taels of silver and resolved to grow stronger after recalling Constable Chief Li Gang.
• Lin Feng visited the County Office martial arts repository, chose the Qi Guiding Art, and learned the stages of the Body Tempering Realm.
• Lin Feng spent all 100 Crit Points on the Qi Guiding Art and drew spiritual energy into his body.
• Lin Feng advanced through Skin Refining and Muscle Refining to Sinew Refining Mastery in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Lin Feng felt his new strength and decided that Constable Chief Li Gang’s hard assignment could become his blessed land.

Lin Feng patrolled Qingyang County's southern district and killed Black Tiger Gang Hall Master Liu Mazi with one slash after catching him extorting an elderly couple. Li Gang learned that his plan to intimidate Lin Feng had failed, leaving him alarmed by the new constable's takeover of the district.

• Lin Feng entered the southern district, intending to establish his authority despite the locals' contempt.
• Li Gang arranged for Liu Mazi to intimidate Lin Feng, expecting him to accept a bribe or back down.
• Liu Mazi demanded tribute from an elderly wonton-selling couple and offered Lin Feng a monthly bribe to leave the gang alone.
• Lin Feng beheaded Liu Mazi with a single slash, then ordered the surviving thugs to report the killing and tell their leader he controlled the district.
• Lin Feng received 50 Crit Points as his critical strike multiplier increased to 2.7x.
• Li Gang's spy reported Liu Mazi's death, and Li Gang dropped his teacup in shock.

After killing Liu Mazi, Lin Feng was assigned a rumored Water Ghost case in Willow Alley, which Constable Chief Li Gang hoped would get him killed. Lin Feng found the ghost’s lair and waited for it to emerge, then held firm as it tried to drag him into the well.

• Lin Feng's killing of Liu Mazi spread through Qingyang County, and Li Gang grew angry that he could not openly punish him.
• Li Gang praised Lin Feng, then assigned him the disappearances at an unnamed well in Willow Alley, expecting the suspected Water Ghost to kill him.
• Lin Feng questioned the alley's residents, learned that people vanished while fetching water at night, and heard reports of a woman's sobbing and chains in the well.
• Lin Feng examined the well, found drag marks and a fishy smell, and decided to wait nearby until nightfall.
• At midnight, Lin Feng disguised himself as a thirsty passerby, and the Water Ghost seized his ankles and tried to pull him into the well.
• Lin Feng used his Body Tempering Realm strength to resist the Water Ghost and declared that he had been waiting for it.

Lin Feng killed the Water Ghost and earned public gratitude, a silver reward, and priority access to cultivation resources. Zhao Hu challenged him over the rewards, and Lin Feng declared that one move would be enough to defeat him.

• Lin Feng killed the Water Ghost with a critical strike, then hauled its corpse and severed head from the well.
• Willow Tree Alley's residents hailed Lin Feng as their savior, and his reputation across the southern city soared.
• Lin Feng brought the corpse to the County Office, where Zhao Dehai praised him, awarded him a hundred taels of silver, and granted him priority cultivation resources.
• Jealous Zhao Hu blocked Lin Feng's way to the training grounds and challenged him to take three punches, demanding his rewards if he lost.
• Lin Feng rejected the challenge's terms and said one move was enough to deal with Zhao Hu.

Lin Feng defeated Zhao Hu with a single palm strike, took Zhao Hu’s Flowing Wind Steps manual, and used the system to perfect it and advance his cultivation. He ended the chapter having reached the Sixth Level of Body Tempering Realm.

• Lin Feng ignored Zhao Hu’s threats and defeated him with one palm, shattering his arm and knocking him unconscious.
• Lin Feng searched Zhao Hu, took his healing pills and Flowing Wind Steps manual, then taunted Li Gang.
• Lin Feng used 100 Crit Points to perfect Flowing Wind Steps and tested its speed in his room.
• Lin Feng spent his remaining 100 Crit Points on the Qi Guiding Art and completed bone refining, blood refining, and marrow refining.
• Lin Feng reached the Sixth Level of Body Tempering Realm and felt his strength surge.

Lin Feng investigated the disappearance of Benefactor Wang’s black-boned phoenix chickens and discovered that Huang Fugui, a yellow weasel demon, knew who was responsible. After recruiting Huang Fugui as an informant, Lin Feng set out to meet the Dog Demons at the mass grave.

• Lin Feng accepted Benefactor Wang’s case after Constable Li avoided taking it, and he found yellow fur beneath the intact chicken coop.
• Lin Feng baited the thief with roast chicken and wine, drawing out Huang Fugui, who denied stealing the chickens.
• Lin Feng threatened Huang Fugui until the weasel revealed that the Dog Demons had forced him to steal chickens.
• Lin Feng offered Huang Fugui food and protection in exchange for gathering intelligence, and Huang Fugui agreed to serve him.
• Lin Feng ordered Huang Fugui to lead him to the Dog Demons at the mass grave north of the city.

Lin Feng killed four dog demons and Huang Fugui framed the incident as a divine intervention, boosting Lin Feng’s reputation. The Black Tiger Gang plotted to exhaust Lin Feng with a wave of thefts, but Huang Fugui overheard and reported the plan, giving Lin Feng a reason to target the gang.

• Lin Feng entered the grave’s cave and killed four First Order dog demons in one strike, gaining 250 Crit Points.
• Lin Feng gave Huang Fugui control of the cave and asked how it would explain the Wang Family’s missing chickens.
• Huang Fugui convinced Benefactor Wang that the Mountain God had sent divine beasts to remove evil-tainted chickens, and Wang praised Lin Feng at the County Office.
• Li Gang angrily blamed the Black Tiger Gang for failing to kill Lin Feng, while gang leader Wang Ba ordered thieves to create enough trouble to wear Lin Feng down.
• Huang Fugui overheard the Black Tiger Gang’s plan and told Lin Feng, who welcomed the excuse to destroy the gang.

Lin Feng learned that Ghost Hand Zhang San's thieves had robbed Li Gang and accepted Li Gang's order to capture them. He tracked the gang to the Red Sleeve Brothel and killed all eight thieves with one slash, then carried their heads back toward the County Office.

• Huang Fugui told Lin Feng that Ghost Hand Zhang San's thieves had robbed Li Gang's home and were hiding in Widow's Alley.
• Li Gang ordered Lin Feng to capture the thieves within three days, and Lin Feng promised to return before sunset.
• Huang Fugui revealed that the thieves were dividing the stolen goods at the Red Sleeve Brothel.
• Lin Feng entered the brothel and confronted Zhang San and the other thieves as they discussed their plans to target him.
• Lin Feng killed all eight thieves with one saber slash, gained 400 Crit Points, and carried their heads toward the County Office.

Lin Feng returned to the County Office with Ghost Hand Zhang San and his seven accomplices’ heads, then announced he would destroy the Black Tiger Gang. He stormed the gang’s hall alone and killed its members and leader Wang Ba, then used the System to add points.

• Lin Feng returned to the County Office with the heads of Ghost Hand Zhang San and his seven accomplices and revealed that the Black Tiger Gang had directed their crimes.
• Lin Feng announced he would flatten the Black Tiger Gang that night and warned Li Gang not to interfere or send word to them.
• Wang Ba gathered the Black Tiger Gang’s members to confront Lin Feng, who entered their main hall alone.
• Lin Feng killed more than a hundred gang members in a short battle and killed Wang Ba as he tried to flee.
• The System rewarded Lin Feng with Crit Points, and Lin Feng ordered it to add points.

After Lin Feng used the system to break through to the ninth level of Body Tempering, he destroyed the Black Tiger Gang and was promoted to Head Constable of Qingyang County. He then learned that Steward Zhang’s household might be connected to the Moon Worship Cult and ordered Huang Fugui to investigate.

• Lin Feng used 400 Crit Points to advance through Organ Refining, Viscera Refining, and Aperture Opening, reaching the ninth level of Body Tempering.
• News spread that Lin Feng had killed Wang Ba and more than a hundred Black Tiger Gang members, and Qingyang County’s people celebrated his deed.
• Zhao Dehai ordered Li Gang arrested for colluding with bandits, embezzling funds, and perverting the law, then promoted Lin Feng to Head Constable.
• Huang Fugui told Lin Feng that Steward Zhang’s household bought live animals that vanished and had a sinister bloody smell in its rear courtyard.
• Lin Feng suspected the Moon Worship Cult was hiding in Qingyang County and told Huang Fugui to watch Steward Zhang’s household.

After becoming Qingyang County’s chief constable, Lin Feng accepted Zhang Datou’s invitation to a banquet and discovered the steward was recruiting for the Moon Worship Cult. Huang Fugui found a hidden chamber where the cult planned to sacrifice Lin Feng to free a Three-Eyed Demon Ape, but the Black Robe Priest sensed him before he could report back.

• Lin Feng received Zhang Datou’s invitation and told Huang Fugui to investigate the source of the bloody smell at Zhang Manor.
• At the lavish banquet, Lin Feng noticed the servants’ vacant eyes and smelled the blood beneath the incense as Zhang Datou probed his views on demons.
• Zhang Datou urged Lin Feng to join the Moon Worship Cult, then arranged for him to stay in a secluded guest room after Lin Feng pretended to consider the offer.
• Huang Fugui discovered a hidden stone chamber beneath a dry well, containing a ritual array, a chained Three-Eyed Demon Ape, and imprisoned children.
• Zhang Datou told the Black Robe Priest that Lin Feng had been drugged and would be sacrificed to free the demon and make Qingyang County the cult’s pasture.
• As Huang Fugui tried to retreat and warn Lin Feng, the Black Robe Priest sensed him and shouted, “Who’s there?!”

Lin Feng rescued Huang Fugui from the Black Robe Priest and slaughtered the Moon Worship Cultists, Corpse Slaves, and Three-Eyed Demon Ape beneath Zhang Manor. He burned the chamber to conceal the evidence, but the destruction of Zhang Manor drew the attention of the Demon Suppression Division.

• Lin Feng appeared in the underground chamber and killed Steward Zhang and six Moon Worship Cultists while saving Huang Fugui.
• The Black Robe Priest used a whistle to unleash the Corpse Slaves, but Lin Feng killed them all.
• Lin Feng killed the chained Three-Eyed Demon Ape with a single slash and then beheaded the fleeing Black Robe Priest.
• Lin Feng and Huang Fugui burned the underground chamber and its corpses, then silently left Zhang Manor.
• The authorities found Zhang Manor reduced to ruins the next day, and the massacre drew the Demon Suppression Division's attention.

Demon Suppression Division envoys arrived in Qingyang County to investigate the Zhang Manor massacre and assess Lin Feng. After Lin Feng challenged the two Iron Token Demon Slayers to attack him together, Zhao Tie and Li Rui prepared to fight him.

• County magistrate Zhao Dehai reported the Zhang Manor massacre and the second-tier demon's death to the Nan Yan Commandery authorities.
• Three days later, Bronze Token Demon Slayer Chu Mengxi and Iron Token Demon Slayers Zhao Tie and Li Rui entered Qingyang County and decided to meet Lin Feng.
• Chu Mengxi questioned Lin Feng about destroying the Moon Worship Cult stronghold and killing the Three-Eyed Demon Ape, but Lin Feng maintained that the facts spoke for themselves.
• Chu Mengxi proposed that Lin Feng withstand three moves from Zhao Tie and offered to recommend him to the Demon Suppression Division if he proved his strength.
• Lin Feng said the test would be too troublesome and challenged Zhao Tie and Li Rui to attack him together, prompting Zhao Tie to call Li Rui to fight.

Lin Feng effortlessly defeated Zhao Tie and Li Rui with a single saber strike, proving his strength to Chu Mengxi. She recruited him as an Iron Token Demon Slayer, and the team decided to continue investigating the Moon Worship Cult conspiracy in Qingyang County.

• Zhao Tie and Li Rui attacked Lin Feng together, but he dodged their coordinated strikes with a ghostlike movement.
• Lin Feng drew his saber and defeated both men with one controlled slash, stopping just short of their throats.
• Zhao Tie admitted defeat, and Chu Mengxi acknowledged Lin Feng's strength before inviting him to join the Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin Feng accepted an iron token and became an external field agent under Chu Mengxi's team.
• Chu Mengxi said the team would remain in Qingyang County to investigate the deeper conspiracy behind the Moon Worship Cult case.

Lin Feng used his Crit Points to master the Seven Fiends Saber Technique and cultivate the Blazing Sun Art, breaking through from the Ninth Level of Body Tempering Realm to the Sixth Level of Meridian Opening Realm in under an hour. Chu Mengxi witnessed the breakthrough and was stunned by his astonishing cultivation speed.

• Lin Feng spent 500 Crit Points to learn the Beginner Seven Fiends Saber Technique.
• Lin Feng used his remaining 4490 Crit Points to learn the Blazing Sun Art, drawing a vast surge of spiritual energy into his room.
• Lin Feng broke through the Bridge of Heaven and Earth and rapidly advanced to the Sixth Level of Meridian Opening Realm.
• Chu Mengxi sensed the immense spiritual energy and hurried to Lin Feng's room to check on him.
• Lin Feng opened the door, and Chu Mengxi saw his new realm and cried out in shock.

After breaking through to the Sixth Level of Meridian Opening Realm, Lin Feng rewarded Huang Fugui with Qi Replenishing Pills and sent it to investigate the Moon Worship Cult. On the third day, Huang Fugui discovered that the cult had activated a Blood Sacrifice Grand Array across Qingyang County.

• Lin Feng explained his breakthrough to Chu Mengxi, who congratulated him and left to compose herself.
• Lin Feng gave Huang Fugui three Qi Replenishing Pills, helping it break through to become a stronger First Order demon beast.
• Lin Feng ordered Huang Fugui to search the area around Qingyang County for Moon Worship Cult members and their plans.
• For two days, Chu Mengxi and the others found no useful clues in the Zhang Manor files while Lin Feng consolidated his cultivation.
• Huang Fugui reported that a Blood Sacrifice Grand Array was activating through hidden nodes across Qingyang County, including in the County Office dungeon.

A Blood Soul Grudge Array trapped Qingyang County, turning citizens into attackers and Walking Corpses as the Demon Suppression Division fought to protect them. Lin Feng secretly hunted the monsters to gain Crit Points, leaving Chu Mengxi and the others believing he had abandoned them.

• Huang Fugui warned Lin Feng of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array as four pillars of light formed a blood-red dome over Qingyang County.
• The array drove citizens into violent madness and transformed some of them into Walking Corpses, plunging the county seat into chaos.
• Chu Mengxi sent Zhao Tie and Li Rui to protect the citizens and asked Lin Feng to join her at the County Office prison to find the formation core.
• Lin Feng refused, claiming he would attack from the shadows, then vanished into the streets; Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui charged into the city to fight.
• Lin Feng revealed that he planned to use the chaos to hunt monsters for Crit Points and declared that the hunt had begun.

Lin Feng slaughtered monsters on the outskirts while Chu Mengxi and her companions struggled against the horde and a growing threat in the County Office dungeon. After spending 20,000 Crit Points to perfect the Seven Fiends Saber Technique, Lin Feng charged back into the densest fighting to gather enough points for another breakthrough.

• Lin Feng used Huang Fugui’s map to hunt Walking Corpses outside Chu Mengxi’s view, easing pressure on the districts and accumulating Crit Points.
• Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui fought an overwhelming tide of monsters as the blood array absorbed their blood qi and resentment.
• Li Rui spotted a blood-red vortex forming at the County Office dungeon, and Chu Mengxi rushed there to confront the awakening creature, believing Lin Feng had avoided the main battle.
• Lin Feng spent 20,000 Crit Points to perfect the Seven Fiends Saber Technique, then judged the creature’s aura to have reached the True Qi Realm.
• Lin Feng charged into the densest monster-filled area, killing whole groups with each slash and rapidly gaining more Crit Points.

Lin Feng completed his Meridian Opening Realm cultivation and entered the dungeon as Chu Mengxi struggled against the Blood Fiend Asura. When the Asura attacked him, a 30x critical hit unleashed his overwhelming saber intent.

• Chu Mengxi found the Blood Fiend Asura emerging from its cocoon at True Qi Realm peak and fought it alone.
• Lin Feng spent 15,000 Crit Points to reach Meridian Opening Realm ninth layer complete and complete the Blazing Sun Art.
• The Blood Fiend Asura wounded Chu Mengxi and overwhelmed her as its injuries healed with blood energy.
• Lin Feng appeared in the dungeon and drew the Asura's attention away from Chu Mengxi.
• The Blood Fiend Asura hurled a blood-red fireball at Lin Feng, who triggered a 30x critical hit and released a terrifying saber intent.

Lin Feng annihilated Blood Fiend Asura with one saber strike, ending the crisis in Qingyang County and earning the gratitude of Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui. After Chu Mengxi concealed the extent of his abilities in her report, she arranged for him to join her squad and move to Nan Yan Commandery.

• Lin Feng used the seventh move of the Seven Fiends Saber Technique to destroy Blood Fiend Asura, breaking the formation and ending the demonic threat in Qingyang County.
• Lin Feng treated Chu Mengxi's injuries, and she asked why he had stayed; he said he wanted her recommendation for access to the Demon Suppression Division's martial arts repository.
• Zhao Tie and Li Rui arrived and learned that Lin Feng had killed the fiend, then thanked him for saving them and Qingyang County.
• Three days later, Chu Mengxi gave Lin Feng her report, explaining that she had concealed his true contribution to protect him.
• Chu Mengxi told Lin Feng that she had applied to transfer him into her Seventh Demon Slaying Squad and that he would leave for Nan Yan Commandery the next day.
• Lin Feng accepted the move and told Huang Fugui to prepare.

Lin Feng arrived at the Nan Yan Commandery Demon Suppression Division and registered as a ninth-level Meridian Opening Realm cultivator. At the Iron Token Courtyard, he crippled Wei Jin for demanding protection money and warned the others not to provoke him.

• Lin Feng entered the Nan Yan Commandery Demon Suppression Division with Chu Mengxi, Zhao Tie, and Li Rui, then registered and received his identity token and residence key.
• Chu Mengxi left Lin Feng at the Iron Token Courtyard after explaining that Demon Slayer Envoys could accept missions and exchange Merit Points for rewards.
• Wei Jin blocked Lin Feng, demanded half his salary as protection money, and threatened him when he refused.
• Lin Feng broke Wei Jin's arm with one move and told Wei Jin's followers that his only rule was not to provoke him.

Lin Feng learned how Merit Points governed advancement in the Demon Suppression Division, then accepted the notorious Weeping Ghost Mine mission after Wei Jin’s lackeys tried to use it against him. With Calm Heart Pills from Chu Mengxi, he left Nan Yan Commandery alone to face the mine’s dangers.

• Lin Feng studied the Division’s ranks and Merit Point system, then went to the armory seeking a better movement technique, but Wei Jin’s lackeys barred him from entering.
• Lin Feng went to the Mission Hall, where Wei Jin’s lackeys taunted him and urged him to accept the deadly Weeping Ghost Mine mission.
• Lin Feng accepted the three-star mission, which offered 1,500 Merit Points and a cultivation technique, despite warnings that thirteen Division members had died there.
• Chu Mengxi warned Lin Feng about the mine’s resentment and gave him Calm Heart Pills, but Lin Feng insisted he needed the mission’s rewards and tempering.
• Lin Feng left Nan Yan Commandery alone on horseback and headed for Weeping Ghost Mine.

Lin Feng entered the haunted mine after Huang Fugui discovered hundreds of Vengeful Spirits and a much stronger presence in its depths. He slaughtered the spirits with his Blazing Sun Art and pushed deeper into the tunnels, leaving the powerful hidden threat unrevealed.

• Lin Feng sent Huang Fugui to scout the mine, where he found hundreds of Vengeful Spirits and sensed a terrifying, icy aura deep underground.
• Dozens of Vengeful Spirits surged from the entrance, and Lin Feng purified 47 of them with his golden blade qi.
• Lin Feng entered the mine and burned away Wandering Ghosts with his powerful blood vitality.
• Lin Feng ordered Huang Fugui to lead him through the tunnels, where he killed more Vengeful Spirits and earned Crit Points.