Recaps

Jiang Fan set out to clear the Thunder Special Operations Squad's mission list and rapidly completed nearly every mission. With only the distant Shacheng mission remaining, he hesitated over whether to go there as the squad's private channel erupted in confusion.

• Jiang Fan reviewed the squad's missions, chose the nearby Kun City operation, and headed there alone.
• At Kun City's command post, Jiang Fan ignored the commander's offer of support and flew into the ruined city.
• Jiang Fan killed the Level Five exotic beast threatening hundreds of trapped civilians, then left the local troops to handle cleanup and rescue.
• Over the next two days, Jiang Fan completed the southeastern coastal sea monster mission and the Liancheng Defense Line mission, among nearly all the others.
• Jiang Fan considered whether to travel to Shacheng while the Thunder Special Operations Squad members reacted in shock to the cleared mission list.

Jiang Fan cleared every mission on the Thunder Special Operations Squad’s list and applied for more, prompting disbelief at war-zone headquarters. The chapter ended with the director learning that the squad had completed its entire monthly quota in just two days.

• Scarface Shi Yang and the Thunder Special Operations Squad members realized that their new commander had completed all the squad’s missions.
• Jiang Fan traveled to Sand City, finished the remaining missions, and emptied the squad’s mission list.
• Jiang Fan considered how requesting more missions might affect other squads, then decided to apply for additional assignments.
• Little Li discovered that Jiang Fan’s application came after the Thunder Special Operations Squad had completed every mission on its list.
• The director saw the empty list and asked whether the squad had finished its monthly quota in only two days.

Jiang Fan cleared all twenty-three missions assigned to the Thunder Special Operations Squad, then quickly finished another batch and earned the attention of the Eastern War Zone. As the squad speculated about their new captain’s strength, Su Yu urgently called for support near Huaicheng over a conflict with the Central War Zone.

• The middle-aged leader ordered the office to assign Jiang Fan’s squad accumulated missions and transfer difficult missions from other squads if they finished them.
• Jiang Fan reviewed twenty-three missions, planned a route, and began with a mission near Yangcheng.
• Jiang Fan cleared all twenty-three missions within two weeks, and the Eastern War Zone assigned his squad more missions.
• Jiang Fan cleared the second batch three days later, prompting commanders and squad members to marvel at his strength.
• Xu Zhi'en estimated that Jiang Fan was at least Level 6, while Stone Yang and Qu Banxue speculated about him and teased each other.
• Su Yu urgently asked the squad for support near Huaicheng, saying that people from the Central War Zone had gone too far.

Su Yu clashed with Central War Zone officers over control of the Corrupted Bone Scorpion mission in Huaicheng, while Xu Zhi'en and the Thunder Special Operations Squad rushed to support her. The squad arrived just as Commander Wan demanded that the Central War Zone's plan be followed.

• Su Yu told Xu Zhi'en that Central War Zone officers had intervened in the Eastern War Zone's Corrupted Bone Scorpion mission because the underground passages connected Huaicheng and Feicheng.
• Xu Zhi'en, Shi Yang, and the other Thunder Special Operations Squad members set off for Huaicheng, deciding not to notify their new team leader, Jiang Fan, yet.
• In the Huaicheng command room, Su Yu challenged Commander Wan and General Lu over their last-minute plan to capture the Corrupted Bone Scorpion.
• After several hours of arguing, Commander Wan ordered that the Central War Zone's plan be followed.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad entered the command room, and a member challenged the Central War Zone's right to interfere in an Eastern War Zone mission.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Huaicheng command room as the Central War Zone and Eastern War Zone clashed over how to deal with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion. After Commander Wan ordered Jiang Fan seized, the Thunder Special Operations Squad blocked the conventional soldiers at the door, leaving both sides in a standoff.

• Xu Zhi'en argued that the Eastern War Zone's plan was safer and urged the commanders to compare the risks of both plans.
• Commander Wan refused to consider their proposal, and the general ordered the Central War Zone to begin its plan in one hour.
• Commander Wan warned the Thunder Special Operations Squad not to interfere, but Jiang Fan entered and declared that the Eastern War Zone would handle its own affairs.
• Jiang Fan introduced himself as captain of the Thunder Special Operations Squad and challenged Commander Wan, who ordered his soldiers to seize him.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad blocked the soldiers at the doorway, creating a standoff.

Jiang Fan overpowered Commander Wan after Central War Zone soldiers tried to stop the Eastern War Zone’s mission, then rejected General Lu Zhenguo’s criticism of their battle plan. He announced he would kill the Corrupted Bone Scorpion himself and vanished into the air.

• Jiang Fan knocked Commander Wan down with one palm and ordered Central War Zone personnel to withdraw from the mission.
• Commander Wan called on General Lu Zhenguo to intervene, and Lu recognized Jiang Fan from the Garden City cleanup operation six months earlier.
• Lu Zhenguo urged Jiang Fan to prioritize civilian safety and reconsider the Eastern War Zone’s risky battle plan.
• Jiang Fan rejected the Central War Zone’s plan and said he would kill the Corrupted Bone Scorpion himself.
• Jiang Fan stepped into midair and disappeared.

Jiang Fan found the Corrupted Bone Scorpion hiding in Huaicheng’s underground pipelines and killed it with a single strike. He returned to the military command center with the decapitated beast just as the commanders prepared an emergency evacuation.

• Jiang Fan searched Huaicheng for the Corrupted Bone Scorpion, detected its faint Life Energy, and teleported into the underground pipeline.
• Jiang Fan froze the Corrupted Bone Scorpion with Spiritual Energy, restrained it with Earth Element Energy, and severed its head with a Wind Blade.
• At the Huaicheng military base, Lu Zhenguo and the commanders prepared to stop Jiang Fan and ordered an emergency evacuation in case the underground gas pipelines ignited.
• Commander Wan criticized Jiang Fan and threatened to report him to the Commander of the Eastern War Zone.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the command room and dropped the dead Corrupted Bone Scorpion before the assembled officers.

Jiang Fan returned with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion and impressed Lu Zhenguo with how quickly he had killed it. Lu Zhenguo tried to recruit him into the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, but Jiang Fan refused because he had already joined the Eastern War Zone, leaving Lu Zhenguo determined to contact Central War Zone headquarters.

• Jiang Fan returned to the command center with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion, and Lu Zhenguo confirmed it was the creature they had been seeking.
• Jiang Fan asked the Huaicheng commander to close out the Thunder Special Operations Squad’s mission, then agreed to speak privately with Lu Zhenguo.
• Lu Zhenguo learned Jiang Fan was twenty and at least level six, then offered to recommend him for the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program.
• Jiang Fan refused the offer, explaining that Yue Chuan had already brought him into the Eastern War Zone for its Star Candidate Program.
• Lu Zhenguo watched Jiang Fan return to the command center, decided the Central War Zone could not lose him to the Eastern War Zone, and contacted Central War Zone headquarters.

Jiang Fan met the Thunder Special Operations Squad, celebrated with them, and explained that he had joined to earn military merit for the Star Candidate Program. The chapter ended with him confirming that Old General Lu had also come to see him about the program.

• Xu Zhi'en and the other Thunder Special Operations Squad members greeted Jiang Fan and welcomed him as their captain.
• The squad gathered for a meal at Yuewei Restaurant, where Jiang Fan and Su Yu discussed his help with Huaicheng's problem.
• Jiang Fan told the squad he was twenty, at Level 6, and pursuing military merit to qualify for the Star Candidate Program competition.
• The squad members were excited by Jiang Fan's ambitions and said his success could bring glory to the Thunder Special Operations Squad.
• Shi Yang asked whether General Lu had come to discuss the Star Candidate matter, and Jiang Fan confirmed that he had.

Jiang Fan told the Thunder Special Operations Squad that he had refused Lu Zhenguo’s offer to join the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, choosing to remain with the Eastern War Zone. At Central War Zone headquarters, Lu Zhenguo argued that Jiang Fan’s rapid growth made him exceptional, but the commander remained hesitant about recruiting him.

• Jiang Fan revealed that Lu Zhenguo had invited him to join the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, then said he had refused because he belonged to the Eastern War Zone.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad felt relieved that Jiang Fan had chosen to stay with them.
• The Central War Zone commander questioned Lu Zhenguo about Jiang Fan’s background and dismissed the idea of making special allowances to recruit him.
• Lu Zhenguo told the commander that Jiang Fan had risen from level three to level six in half a year, a change he and Bai Qiu had witnessed.
• The commander acknowledged Jiang Fan’s potential but remained concerned that poaching him from the Eastern War Zone would be improper.

Lu Zhenguo learned that the Central War Zone had chosen Fei Ruoyun, leaving no place for Jiang Fan among its rising stars. Jiang Fan reported to Wang Zhen, received a promotion to Colonel, and flew home to River City after six months away.

• Xu Tongzhi told Lu Zhenguo that the Central War Zone had committed to cultivating nineteen-year-old Fei Ruoyun as its rising star, so it would not recruit Jiang Fan.
• Lu Zhenguo realized Fei Ruoyun was connected to Emperor Fei and concluded that Jiang Fan would not join the Central War Zone.
• Jiang Fan reunited with the Thunder Special Operations Squad, told them to arrange their time freely, and planned to visit family before reporting to the corps commander.
• Jiang Fan met Wang Zhen at the Eastern War Zone Headquarters, where Wang approved his plans and told him he had earned the rank of Colonel.
• Jiang Fan collected his military merits and Colonel insignia, then flew to River City and thought about his family and the six months he had been away.

Jiang Fan returned to River City and reunited with Su Qingwan and Ma Jiang, reassuring them about his past six months in Kyoto. After he went to pick up Ma Ning, he found her confronting Bao Hui, who claimed Jiang Fan had been expelled from the Ninth Martial Arts University.

• Jiang Fan returned to the villa compound and happily reunited with Su Qingwan and Ma Jiang.
• Su Qingwan cooked a huge meal, and Jiang Fan recounted his experiences in Kyoto while reassuring her about joining the army.
• Su Qingwan told Jiang Fan that Old Yu had visited several times that month looking for news about him, and Jiang Fan planned to see him the next day.
• Jiang Fan left to pick up Ma Ning from school.
• Bao Hui told Ma Ning that Jiang Fan had been expelled, claiming his cousin at Kyoto Fourth Martial Arts University had confirmed the news, and Ma Ning turned pale.

At a First High School reunion, Bao Hui used Zhu Yutao’s vague remark to claim that Jiang Fan had been expelled from Ninth Martial Arts University, upsetting Ma Ning. Zhu Yutao realized Jiang Fan was nearby just as he tried to correct the rumor.

• A Zhen and Shuyi defended Ma Ning from Bao Hui, and Shuyi mocked him for threatening to use force when he was only Level 1.
• Zhu Yutao arrived for the reunion, and Bao Hui pressured him to confirm that Jiang Fan had been expelled from Ninth Martial Arts University.
• Zhu Yutao said he had only heard that Jiang Fan was no longer at the university, but Bao Hui presented this as proof and demanded an apology from Shuyi.
• Shuyi reassured Ma Ning, who said she believed Jiang Fan had not been expelled.
• Zhu Yutao learned that Ma Ning was Jiang Fan’s cousin and panicked, then heard Jiang Fan call out to Ma Ning from behind them.

Jiang Fan reunited with Ma Ning and learned that Zhu Yutao and Bao Hui had spread a rumor that he was expelled from school. After letting them off once, he revealed to Ma Ning that he had reached Level 6, then sensed several figures lurking nearby as they headed home.

• Jiang Fan arrived and comforted Ma Ning, who explained she had worried because she heard he was expelled.
• Shuyi told Jiang Fan that Bao Hui and Zhu Yutao had spread the rumor, and Zhu Yutao and Bao Hui apologized.
• Wang Ying clarified to the crowd that Jiang Fan had graduated early after reaching the graduation standard and had enlisted in the military.
• Jiang Fan agreed to let Zhu Yutao and Bao Hui off this once after Ma Ning asked him to.
• On the way home, Jiang Fan told Ma Ning that he was already Level 6.
• Jiang Fan sensed several figures lurking nearby but told Ma Ning to keep going home.

Jiang Fan confronted men following his family and learned they were Jiang Family bodyguards sent by Jiang Liye to protect them from the Si Kong Family. Troubled by the Si Kong Family’s unexplained absence and unsure where his family would be safest, Jiang Fan later headed to Anshi Hall to investigate Yu Jun’s repeated, anxious visits.

• Jiang Fan confronted five men near the villa district and initially suspected they were agents of the Si Kong Family.
• The men identified themselves as Jiang Family bodyguards from the Hidden Dragon Society, assigned by Jiang Liye to protect Jiang Fan’s family; they said three more guarded Jiang Zhihe’s home.
• Jiang Fan learned the bodyguards had seen no suspicious activity in River City, though Yu Jun from Anshi Hall had visited several times, and thanked them before leaving.
• Jiang Fan considered moving Ma Ning’s family to Kyoto but could not find a suitable safe place, then reassured Ma Ning, Ma Jiang, and Su Qingwan that nothing was wrong.
• The next morning, Jiang Fan took Ma Ning to school and then went to Anshi Hall, suspecting its business had run into trouble and wondering whether the Si Kong Family was responsible.

Jiang Fan returned to Anshi Hall after hearing Yu Jun was looking for him, but Yu Baiwei urgently pulled him away before explaining what had happened. Meanwhile, Young Master Ye pressured Yu Jun and Xia Chengyang to give him half the shares in Anshi Hall’s fourth-generation medicine, then suggested removing the formula’s other shareholder.

• Jiang Fan arrived at Anshi Hall and found customers lining up to buy its fourth-generation medicine.
• Yu Baiwei recognized Jiang Fan and hurriedly took him downstairs, saying the situation was urgent.
• Young Master Ye offered to fund Anshi Hall’s expansion in exchange for fifty percent of the fourth-generation product’s shares.
• Yu Jun told Young Master Ye that the medicine’s formula belonged to other shareholders too and required their consent.
• Xia Chengyang confirmed that the product was a collaboration, while fearing that the Ye Family’s backing would ruin Zhenyao Workshop.
• Young Master Ye suggested that they simply kick out the formula’s other shareholder.

Ye Yufan threatened Yu Jun into handing over Anshi Hall’s formula, but Jiang Fan arrived and refused to withdraw from the fourth-generation product. Ye Yufan attacked Jiang Fan, who warned that he might die.

• Ye Yufan demanded that Yu Jun surrender the formula and threatened his life when Yu Jun refused.
• Yu Jun knelt to beg Ye Yufan to spare Anshi Hall, but Jiang Fan and Yu Baiwei arrived and helped him up.
• Jiang Fan learned that Ye Yufan and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce wanted to take over Anshi Hall’s fourth-generation product.
• Jiang Fan refused to withdraw and warned Ye Yufan to abandon his plans for the product.
• Ye Yufan attacked Jiang Fan with a fire-infused punch, and Jiang Fan said Ye Yufan seemed to want to die.

Jiang Fan beat Ye Yufan after he tried to seize Anshi Hall, then gave him half a day to summon the Ye Family. Yu Jun feared the clan’s retaliation, but Jiang Fan stayed, confident the Ye Family would settle the matter fairly.

• Ye Yufan attacked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan revealed he was Level 4 and overpowered him.
• Jiang Fan repeatedly smashed Ye Yufan’s head against the desk until Yu Jun and the others persuaded him to stop.
• Jiang Fan refused to leave and told Ye Yufan to call the Ye Family, naming Ye Zitao, Ye Zilin, and Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Yufan contacted the Ye Family while Jiang Fan promised to wait until noon and face whoever arrived.
• Yu Jun urged Jiang Fan to avoid a confrontation, but Jiang Fan said the grudge was already formed and insisted the Ye Family would act fairly.

Ye Yufan’s Fourth Uncle arrived at Sihai Building and attacked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan easily defeated him and the Ye Family’s people. Jiang Fan then called on his teacher to end the confrontation, and a voice from the doorway answered.

• Ye Yufan’s Fourth Uncle arrived with a doctor, learned Ye Yufan was seriously injured, and ordered him to receive treatment.
• Ye Yufan’s Fourth Uncle demanded that Jiang Fan kneel, apologize, and cripple himself or face death, and Jiang Fan chose the second option.
• Jiang Fan defeated Ye Yufan’s Fourth Uncle and sent the Ye Family’s attackers flying with a burst of energy.
• Ye Yufan’s Fourth Uncle realized Jiang Fan was a Level 5 Martial Artist and warned him about what he would face next.
• Jiang Fan called to his teacher to stop watching, and a voice from the doorway complained that Jiang Fan had interrupted him.

Ye Qiubai stopped Ye Yufan and a middle-aged Ye Family member from using the family’s influence against Jiang Fan, revealing that he was her disciple and warning them of his achievements. After she disciplined the pair, Jiang Fan thanked her for resolving the dispute, and she left to address corruption within the Ye Family.

• Ye Qiubai arrived at Sihai Building and scolded the middle-aged man and Ye Yufan for misusing the Ye Family’s name and trying to deceive her.
• Ye Qiubai declared that Jiang Fan was her disciple, like Song Xixi, and listed his martial arts achievements and military rank.
• Ye Qiubai ordered the Sihai Chamber of Commerce to stop coveting Anshi Hall’s fourth-generation products and dismissed Ye Yufan and the middle-aged man from their positions.
• After the dispute ended, Ye Qiubai thanked Jiang Fan and said she would report the Ye Family’s wider misconduct.
• Ye Qiubai asked about Jiang Fan’s spiritual telekinesis training before leaving, and Yu Jun and the others thanked Jiang Fan for his help.

After helping stabilize River City's pharmaceutical groups, Jiang Fan returned to the Jiang Family home to confirm what he had learned about his background and discuss the Si Kong Family's threat. His questions to Su Xin revealed that Jiang Liye had threatened Jiang Zhihe, Su Xin, and another person over the secret, leaving Jiang Fan uncertain what danger the secret concealed.

• Yu Jun and Xia Chengyang invited Jiang Fan to celebrate, but Jiang Fan declined and said he would visit them another day.
• Xia Chengyang praised Yu Jun for partnering with Jiang Fan early, and Yu Jun said his decision had been a stroke of luck.
• Jiang Fan went to Jiang Zhihe's home to confirm information about his background and seek his family's view on a solution to the Si Kong Family's threat.
• Su Xin answered the door, but Jiang Fan avoided her attempt to take his arm and prepared to leave when she said Jiang Zhihe was away.
• Jiang Fan asked Su Xin whether she knew Jiang Qinian, and she panicked before admitting that Jiang Liye had threatened them with punishment if Jiang Fan's background was exposed.
• Su Xin wondered whether Jiang Liye would punish the three of them after telling Jiang Fan the secret himself, leaving Jiang Fan puzzled about what Jiang Liye was guarding against.

Jiang Fan confirmed with Jiang Zhihe why the Kyoto Jiang Family had concealed his identity and learned that Jiang Qinian’s many enemies had prompted the gag order. After thanking Jiang Zhihe for raising him, Jiang Fan asked him to take Su Xin’s family to Kyoto for safety from the Si Kong Family.

• Su Xin told Jiang Fan what had happened in Kyoto, confirming Jiang Zhihe’s account of the past.
• Jiang Zhihe admitted that the Kyoto Jiang Family had ordered his family to conceal Jiang Fan’s identity because Jiang Qinian’s enemies might target him.
• Jiang Fan apologized for past grievances and thanked Jiang Zhihe for raising him.
• Jiang Fan explained that his conflict with the Si Kong Family might endanger River City and proposed that Su Xin’s family seek refuge with the Kyoto Jiang Family.
• Jiang Fan asked Jiang Zhihe whether he was willing to go with them, leaving Jiang Zhihe stunned by the chance to return to Kyoto.

Jiang Fan arranged for Jiang Zhihe’s family and Ma Jiang’s family to move to Kyoto, while reassuring them that the Si Kong Family would no longer threaten them there. After a week of preparations and farewells, he left to return to the military front line.

• Jiang Fan asked Jiang Zhihe to return to Kyoto, and Jiang Zhihe agreed despite worrying that the Jiang Family might reject him.
• Jiang Fan revealed Wei Kang, a Level 4 Martial Artist sent by Jiang Liye to protect Jiang Zhihe’s family, and Jiang Zhihe realized the Jiang Family still acknowledged him.
• Jiang Fan left Jiang Zhihe and Su Xin Genetic Serums and blood-replenishing medicine, while they concluded that he was repaying them but would likely remain distant.
• Jiang Fan secured Jiang Liye’s approval to move Ma Jiang’s family to Kyoto, and Ma Jiang’s family agreed to go.
• After a week of meetings and preparations, Jiang Fan bid farewell to Su Qingwan and left for the military, promising that the family would soon be brought to Kyoto.

Jiang Fan left his Thunder Special Operations Squad temporarily to compete in the Eastern War Zone’s Star General Competition. After arriving at headquarters, he learned that powerful candidates from the military’s cultivation program would be among his rivals, while Wang Ye and his companions dismissed him as a participant who had gotten in through connections.

• Jiang Fan kept leading missions despite complaints that his squad was taking work from other units, and he told his teammates not to be swayed by outside opinions.
• Five months later, Jiang Fan received approval to enter the Star General Competition and told the Thunder Special Operations Squad he would be away temporarily.
• Jiang Fan arrived at the Eastern War Zone headquarters in Nandu on May 19, where Yue Chuan and General Cheng welcomed him and explained that he would spend a month in the General Star Training Camp.
• Yue Chuan and General Cheng warned Jiang Fan that several Star General Candidates might have reached Level 6, and Yue Chuan urged him to assess his strength before the competition.
• Wang Ye noticed Jiang Fan in the headquarters corridor and told his companions that Jiang Fan was competing, prompting them to mock him and say they would not hold back if they met him.

Jiang Fan completed his Star General Competition registration and tested his strength, finding that his qi and blood were just short of Level 7 while his combat power already exceeded Level 7. He entered the Martial Arts Space to challenge its sixth stage for additional rewards before the competition.

• Wang Ye's companions condemned Jiang Fan as a possible beneficiary of favoritism, while Wang Ye argued that Jiang Fan might have earned his place through military merit.
• Jiang Fan noticed the young candidates watching him, and General Cheng explained that they were likely Star General Cultivation Plan participants and future competitors.
• Yue Chuan and General Cheng completed Jiang Fan's registration and told him to rest and prepare before entering camp the next day.
• Jiang Fan tested his qi and blood at 9,876, placing him at Level 6 Advanced and close to Level 7.
• Jiang Fan measured over 1.2 million combat power normally and over 1.6 million with qi enhancement, then entered the Martial Arts Space to challenge the sixth stage.
• A scholar-like swordsman appeared as Jiang Fan began the challenge.