Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan killed a Black-Clad Man who ambushed him and suspected an aristocratic family behind the East Sea enemy agents might be involved. At the Si Kong Family, Si Kongnan Tian learned the assassin had died, then received new information that shocked him.

• Jiang Fan killed the Black-Clad Man, freed Ma Ning, and told her and the others that the attacker had ambushed them.
• Jiang Fan suspected either the Si Kong Family or the force behind the East Sea enemy agents had sent the assassin, and he planned to report the possibility of an aristocratic family’s involvement to the military.
• Jiang Liye explained that he had come to protect Jiang Fan after hearing rumors he had left the military, and they considered whether the Si Kong Family had learned the news too.
• A subordinate told Si Kongnan Tian that the Level 7 Great Grandmaster assassin had been found dead near Jiang Fan, the Ninth Martial Arts University, and the Jiang Family.
• Another subordinate whispered new information to Si Kongnan Tian, who demanded to know whether it was accurate.

Si Kongnan Tian learned that Jiang Fan had become a Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief Inspector, forcing him to postpone his revenge. Jiang Fan discussed investigating his parents’ past with Jiang Liye, then returned to the Ma Family, where Su Qingwan celebrated his promotion.

• Si Kongnan Tian heard of Jiang Fan’s new rank and appointment, reprimanded a subordinate for failing to report his movements, and ordered continued surveillance.
• Si Kongnan Tian decided not to target Jiang Fan for now, though he vowed the Si Kong Family would settle its grudge after its larger undertaking succeeded.
• Jiang Liye sent subordinates to investigate the assassin’s corpse and urged Jiang Fan to look into the military records concerning Jiang Qinian and his mother.
• Jiang Fan told Jiang Liye that Chief Number Two had mentioned Jiang Qinian, and agreed that his parents’ past needed an evidence-based explanation.
• Jiang Liye told Jiang Fan that Si Chen and Yunxin had enlisted in the Northern War Zone and congratulated him on his new post.
• Ma Ning brought Jiang Fan back to the Ma Family, where Su Qingwan celebrated his promotion and asked him to put on his military uniform.

Jiang Fan’s family learned that his position as Deputy Chief Inspector of the Military Commission and his Lieutenant General rank placed him above the commanders of the five war zones. After catching up with Hong Tiangan at the Ninth Martial Arts University, Jiang Fan was challenged to a match.

• Ma Jiang compared Jiang Fan’s rank to the commander of the River City Base, but Ma Ning corrected him and explained that Jiang Fan was a Lieutenant General responsible for supervising the military.
• Su Qingwan and Ma Jiang were stunned when Jiang Fan confirmed Ma Ning’s account, and Ma Ning teased them before Su Qingwan grabbed her ear.
• Jiang Fan asked Ma Ning why her family lived in their Kyoto villa, and she explained that Jiang Liye and the Dean had arranged the residence while Su Qingwan paid for it with her Anshi Hall dividends.
• Jiang Fan shared a lively meal with the family and visited Hong Tiangan at the Ninth Martial Arts University the next morning.
• Hong Tiangan heard about Jiang Fan’s rise to first place in the Eternal Sacred Monument and challenged him to a match.

Jiang Fan reluctantly agreed to spar with Hong Tiangan, who brought him to a secluded cultivation ground on Qingyan Mountain. Their fight began with Hong Tiangan striking first, but Jiang Fan’s five elemental abilities surprised his teacher.

• Hong Tiangan persuaded Jiang Fan to spar despite their difference in cultivation, and Jiang Fan agreed after Hong Tiangan insisted it was a test of his progress.
• Hong Tiangan transported Jiang Fan through a Space Channel to his secluded cultivation ground on Qingyan Mountain.
• Hong Tiangan attacked Jiang Fan without warning, and Jiang Fan dodged before unleashing his abilities.
• Jiang Fan used fire, earth, wind, wood, and metal abilities against Hong Tiangan, astonishing him with his mastery of five elements.

Jiang Fan fought Hong Tiangan on Qingyan Mountain, revealing mastery of multiple elements and Space Power before the two ended their battle. Back at Ninth Martial Arts University, Hong Tiangan concluded that Jiang Fan could already contend with an ordinary Level 8 Initial Stage expert.

• Hong Tiangan repelled Jiang Fan’s Five Element Abilities, but a hidden cyan-water attack pierced his defense and left a small scratch.
• Hong Tiangan summoned a Great Hand Seal, and Jiang Fan met it with a full-strength punch, injuring himself while cracking the seal.
• Jiang Fan formed a giant sword that Hong Tiangan’s restored Great Hand Seal shattered, then used Space Power to launch a surprise series of attacks.
• Jiang Fan and Hong Tiangan fought for more than half an hour, with Hong Tiangan ultimately suppressing him, before Hong Tiangan called a stop.
• Hong Tiangan and Jiang Fan returned to Ninth Martial Arts University, where Hong Tiangan said Jiang Fan could fight an ordinary Level 8 Initial Stage expert.

After their duel, Hong Tiangan praised Jiang Fan’s strength and learned how his Flash ability used spatial anchors to teleport. In return for Jiang Fan explaining the technique, Hong Tiangan shared his own understanding of Space Power, and he ended by owing Jiang Fan a favor.

• Hong Tiangan ended the duel and praised Jiang Fan for fighting him for nearly an hour and even injuring him.
• Hong Tiangan asked about the Space Power behind Jiang Fan’s Flash, and Jiang Fan explained how he placed anchors and teleported between them.
• Hong Tiangan admitted he wanted to learn the ability, and Jiang Fan offered to exchange insights about their different uses of Space Power.
• Jiang Fan explained Flash, and Hong Tiangan grasped its key principles but found his perception limited.
• Hong Tiangan said the ability could make him invincible among Level 8s and told Jiang Fan he owed him a favor.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun reported to the Military Commission and met Xing Zhiyi, Chief Inspector of the Military Supervision Department. Xing Zhiyi began explaining their new department and said he had requested them because of a series of recent incidents, but the chapter ended before he revealed their primary task.

• Jiang Fan rejected Hong Tiangan’s claim that Jiang Fan owed him a favor, and Hong Tiangan changed the subject to Jiang Fan’s upcoming Military Commission post.
• Jiang Fan taught Ma Ning martial arts and the Sky Dance Technique, warned her against reckless training, and gave her potions to share with Fan Qiaoqiao and Yu Ling’er.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun went to the Military Commission to report for duty and were escorted to the Military Supervision Department.
• Xing Zhiyi introduced himself as Chief Inspector and explained that recent military incidents had led him to request Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun’s assistance.
• Xing Zhiyi began to tell them their primary task, but the chapter ended before he stated it.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun took up their new roles in the Military Supervision Department and were assigned to investigate the theft of Huaxia’s East China Sea defense map. After learning that the case had stalled, Jiang Fan arranged for Old Xue to interrogate Zhuang Botao and prepared to travel to the Eastern War Zone.

• Xing Zhiyi explained that Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun would oversee discipline and duty investigations while he coordinated the Military Supervision Department.
• Xing Zhiyi assigned them to jointly investigate the stolen East China Sea defense map, and Jiang Fan explained that he had previously captured Zhuang Botao.
• After taking up their posts, Jiang Fan reviewed the case files and found that Zhuang Botao’s testimony had not changed and the investigation had made no progress.
• Jiang Fan ordered Xiang Hong to confirm Zhuang Botao’s interrogation records and arrange for Old Xue to return and question him.
• Xiang Hong reported that Old Xue would return within three days, and Jiang Fan asked Fei Ruoyun whether they could set out for the Eastern War Zone.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun traveled to the Eastern War Zone to oversee the investigation into the forces behind the incident and question Zhuang Botao. There, Old Xue arrived late and dismissed the oversight, but learned that Jiang Fan had helped extract information from Zhuang Botao.

• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun agreed that the enemy forces were powerful and warned each other to be wary of people around them.
• After Old Xue arrived in the Eastern War Zone, Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun set out with Xiang Hong and Ge Qing, choosing not to bring additional personnel.
• Zheng Guoqiang and the Eastern War Zone's Chief Number Two and Chief Number Three greeted Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun at the headquarters and escorted them to the interrogation room.
• Old Xue arrived late and complained that he had been recalled early to interrogate Zhuang Botao while the Military Commission's commanders watched.
• Chief Number Two told Old Xue that Jiang Fan had captured Zhuang Botao and used his insights into the Consciousness Trap to extract information, leaving Old Xue astonished.

Jiang Fan met Old Xue, who tested his Spiritual Power and discovered he was already a Level-Five Psychic. Old Xue then invited him to learn how to create Spiritual Illusions during Zhuang Botao’s interrogation, beginning a demonstration.

• Chief Number Two explained Jiang Fan’s accomplishments and rank to Old Xue, who asked how quickly Jiang Fan had understood his Consciousness Trap.
• Old Xue launched a sudden Spiritual attack at Jiang Fan, recognized his Level-Five Psychic ability, and withdrew when Chief Number Two rebuked him.
• Jiang Fan let the incident go, and Old Xue invited him to join the interrogation and learn his methods for creating Spiritual Illusions.
• Old Xue explained that Zhuang Botao’s weakened mental state would make him easier to deceive with an illusion, then began teaching Jiang Fan the technique.
• Old Xue sent Spiritual Energy into Zhuang Botao’s mind and explained that creating an illusion began with deceiving the human senses.

Jiang Fan and Old Xue used a Spiritual Illusion to examine Zhuang Botao’s memories, but uncovered no proof identifying his cautious superior beyond a guess that he belonged to an aristocratic family. After returning to the office with Fei Ruoyun, Jiang Fan said the case was probably connected to the Si Kong Family in Kyoto.

• Old Xue showed Jiang Fan how to recreate Zhuang Botao’s sensory perspective with a Spiritual Illusion.
• Jiang Fan and Old Xue observed Zhuang Botao meet a masked superior, who paid him ten million to transport a complicated blueprint from Kyoto to the East Sea without encoding it onto an antique.
• Jiang Fan and Old Xue reviewed Zhuang Botao’s memories and travel scenes, but found no identifying clues about his superior.
• Jiang Fan told Zheng Guoqiang that Zhuang Botao suspected his superior came from an aristocratic family, then ordered Zhuang Botao convicted and detained.
• Jiang Fan returned to the Military Commission’s office with Fei Ruoyun and said the case was probably related to the Si Kong Family in Kyoto.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun secretly investigated the Si Kong Family’s ties to the military after Jiang Fan linked the Black-Clad Man to the family. Their review revealed that Nie Qian repeatedly oversaw major contracts, giving them a new lead.

• Jiang Fan told Fei Ruoyun that the Black-Clad Man’s palm markings suggested he belonged to the Si Kong Family’s inner circle, and stopped her from rushing to arrest the family without proof.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun decided to secretly investigate the Si Kong Family’s connections and interests in the military.
• Their assistants gathered records showing that 252 Si Kong Family members had served in the military over thirty years, while only eight remained in service.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun found that the family had numerous military contracts, but the records appeared lawful until Fei Ruoyun noticed Nie Qian’s name on important agreements.
• Jiang Fan reviewed the contracts and asked who Nie Qian was.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun investigated Nie Qian’s ties to the Si Kong Family and decided to watch an upcoming delivery of laser electronic components. After Jiang Fan used Spiritual Power to take control of two delivery workers and enter the Northern War Zone, Major Sun noticed unfamiliar faces in the car.

• Jiang Fan reviewed Nie Qian’s record and found that the Si Kong Family had won every major project he handled, but chose to investigate him quietly because they lacked direct evidence linking him to the intelligence leak.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun spotted that the Si Kong Family was due to deliver laser electronic components the next day and went to intercept the shipment.
• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Power to stop the pickup truck, inspected the components, and sent two controlled workers to wait in their car while he and Fei Ruoyun took their places.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun entered the Northern War Zone with driver Old Li and the shipment, and Major Sun questioned the unfamiliar people in the car.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun observed Major Sun’s lax handling of the Si Kong Family’s electronic components and joined a lavish warehouse feast with the soldiers. Old Li hinted that the regular visits were for more than food and liquor, leaving Jiang Fan to wonder what the “local specialties” were.

• Fei Ruoyun prepared to subdue Major Sun, but Jiang Fan stopped her, and Old Li introduced them as junior members of the Si Kong Family.
• Major Sun’s soldiers unloaded the electronic components without inspecting them, then Major Sun invited Old Li and the others to stay for a meal and specially supplied liquor.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun suspected collusion between the Si Kong Family and the military and questioned how deeply Director Nie was involved.
• During the feast, Old Li bragged about the Si Kong Family’s influence, and Major Sun warned him to stop talking about promotions and military ties.
• Major Sun left the warehouse, and Old Li told Jiang Fan that they came for the local specialties, not merely the food and liquor.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun investigated the valuable “local specialties” Major Sun sent back through Old Li and uncovered hidden fighter-jet specifications on a crate. They confirmed a suspected enemy-agent operation involving That Person, Lord Lingxiao, and Nie Qian, and considered whether to make arrests.

• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Energy to question Old Li and learned that Major Sun’s “local specialties” were valuable gifts that Lord Lingxiao selected before distributing the remainder as rewards.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun suspected the gifts concealed more than ordinary procurement fraud and stopped the vehicle in the wilderness to inspect the cargo.
• Jiang Fan opened the sealed crate, but he and Fei Ruoyun initially found only sea-beast meat, liquor, and other valuable goods.
• Fei Ruoyun spotted a black stain on the thawing meat, and the pair discovered concealed markings inside the crate.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun identified the markings as specifications for the Northern War Zone’s newest fighter jet, Yulong, and linked the discovery to a suspected enemy-agent operation involving That Person, Lord Lingxiao, and Nie Qian.
• Fei Ruoyun asked Jiang Fan whether they should arrest the suspected conspirators.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun decided to secretly arrest Major Sun and Si Kong Lingxiao’s associates after finding conclusive evidence of military secrets being leaked. Major Sun initially denied knowing anything, but agreed to talk after Jiang Fan threatened to use Spiritual Illusion to interrogate him.

• Jiang Fan persuaded Fei Ruoyun that they should arrest the suspects before the evidence disappeared and use the move to draw out other conspirators.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun brought Old Li, the others, and the evidence box to the Northern War Zone’s stationed agency, then returned to the military supplies warehouse.
• Jiang Fan confronted Major Sun about helping the Si Kong Family leak military secrets, and Major Sun attacked before Jiang Fan subdued him.
• Jiang Fan secretly brought Major Sun to the Military Supervision Department’s agency and questioned him about Nie Qian and the other people involved.
• Major Sun claimed he had acted alone until Jiang Fan threatened to use Spiritual Illusion, after which Major Sun said he would talk.

Major Sun confessed to helping Nie Qian leak military intelligence, giving Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun grounds to move against both Nie Qian and Si Kong Lingxiao. At Liao City Base, Commander Yang Zhigang and his adjutants argued over the base’s withheld supplies just as Nie Qian arrived and overheard them.

• Major Sun told Jiang Fan that Nie Qian had recruited him into an enemy spy organization and used him to process and transport military intelligence.
• Major Sun said he knew the intelligence had been supplied to Si Kong Lingxiao but could not identify Nie Qian’s accomplices or sources.
• Jiang Fan told Fei Ruoyun that they should arrest Nie Qian first because his side still held unanswered questions.
• Yang Zhigang, Jiang Sichen, and Jiang Yunxin discussed Liao City Base’s shortage of weapons and accused the War Zone Logistics Office of withholding supplies.
• Yang Zhigang warned his adjutants not to complain about Nie Qian, but Nie Qian arrived and asked what they planned to complain about.

Yang Zhigang confronted Nie Qian over Liao City Base’s denied supply request after Nie questioned the base’s figures and threatened to verify them. The dispute ended with Yang threatening to report Nie to the War Zone and the Military Commission for deliberately withholding supplies.

• Nie Qian arrived at Liao City Base and questioned Jiang Sichen and Jiang Yunxin about their talk of filing a complaint.
• Yang Zhigang took Nie Qian on a tour of the base and presented the base’s statistics, but Nie dismissed the figures as paper records and said he would verify them.
• Yang Zhigang argued that the front-line troops urgently needed weapons and supplies, while Nie accused him of doubting Nie’s concern for the soldiers.
• Yang Zhigang demanded to know what it would take to approve the supplies, and Nie replied that policy—not his personal authority—determined approval.
• Yang Zhigang slammed the table, accused Nie of using his office to settle a private grudge, and threatened to take the complaint to the War Zone and the Military Commission.

Nie Qian used his authority as a Northern War Zone major general to deny Liao City Base special military supplies and have Jiang Yunxin slapped. Jiang Fan arrived, learned Nie Qian had ordered the attack, and struck him so hard he was sent crashing into a wall.

• Nie Qian declared that Liao City Base would receive only its regular military allotment unless it supplied documentation within a week.
• Jiang Yunxin called Nie Qian shameless, and he ordered his adjutant to slap her despite Yang Zhigang and Jiang Sichen trying to intervene.
• The lieutenant colonel slapped Jiang Yunxin, and Yang Zhigang withdrew rather than risk harming her and Jiang Sichen's futures in the military.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun arrived at the commander's office, where Jiang Fan saw the mark on Jiang Yunxin's face.
• Nie Qian admitted that he had ordered the slap, and Jiang Fan struck him across the room before identifying himself.

Jiang Fan arrived at Liao City Base and intervened when Nie Qian mistreated Jiang Yunxin, prompting the base’s officers to recognize his authority as a Deputy Chief Inspector. After Nie Qian protested that Jiang Fan was abusing his power, Jiang Fan attacked him again, leaving Yang Zhigang and the others stunned.

• Nie Qian realized Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun were Military Commission Deputy Chief Inspectors and apologized for what had happened to Jiang Yunxin.
• Yang Zhigang recognized the pair’s status and asked why they had come to Liao City Base.
• Jiang Fan checked that Jiang Yunxin was unharmed, told Yang Zhigang to watch, and said an apology could not settle Nie Qian’s matter.
• Nie Qian accused Jiang Fan of pursuing personal revenge and insisted he had punished Jiang Yunxin according to military regulations.
• Jiang Fan seized Nie Qian and beat him repeatedly, shocking Yang Zhigang and the others.