Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan stopped beating Nie Qian, learned that Nie was suspected of withholding supplies from Liao City Base, and promised to resolve the shortage within three days. After Jiang Fan had Nie Qian and the others taken away, Yang Zhigang told Jiang Yunxin and Jiang Sichen about Jiang Fan’s recent promotion, leaving them stunned.

• Jiang Fan spared Nie Qian for now, while Yang Zhigang warned him that Nie might have a powerful backer.
• Yang Zhigang offered to cover for Jiang Fan and asked him to help with Liao City Base’s month-long shortage of military supplies.
• Jiang Fan condemned Nie Qian and promised Yang Zhigang he would resolve the supply problem within three days.
• Jiang Fan ordered his people to take Nie Qian and the two subdued colonels away, startling Yang Zhigang.
• Jiang Sichen told Yang Zhigang that Jiang Fan was a member of the Jiang Family and Jiang Yunxin’s younger brother.
• Yang Zhigang explained that Jiang Fan had become the year’s strongest general star, earned the rank of Lieutenant General, and been appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of the Military Supervision Department, leaving Jiang Yunxin and Jiang Sichen stunned.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun investigated possible ties between Nie Qian and Military Commission Chief Fang Polu after identifying him as a potential mastermind. Their findings showed Fang and Nie had almost no contact after Nie saved Fang’s life, leaving Jiang Fan convinced their relationship concealed something.

• Yang Zhigang told Jiang Yunxin and Jiang Sichen that Jiang Fan’s rank and influence could help their military careers, then revealed Jiang Fan had reached Mid Level 7.
• Jiang Fan placed Nie Qian and his associates in temporary custody and decided to delay interrogation while searching for the mastermind behind the intelligence transfers.
• Jiang Fan combined rumors about Nie Qian’s time at the Cadre Advanced Study Academy and identified Fang Polu as a possible suspect, though he had no evidence.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun spent three days investigating Nie Qian and Fang Polu’s connections and found that Nie had once saved Fang but barely contacted him afterward.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun judged the lack of contact between Nie Qian and Fang Polu suspicious and planned to investigate further before questioning them.

Jiang Fan interrogated Nie Qian about stealing Northern War Zone intelligence through the Si Kong Family, but Nie Qian confessed only to acting alone. Jiang Fan found no memory of Nie Qian contacting Fang Polu and remained suspicious, so he ordered Nie Qian detained and set out to arrest the Si Kong Family.

• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun agreed that Nie Qian and Fang Polu were suspicious and decided to interrogate Nie Qian.
• Jiang Fan confronted Nie Qian with evidence that he had smuggled Northern War Zone intelligence through the Si Kong Family's delivery channels.
• Nie Qian confessed to the espionage but claimed he had acted alone and refused to implicate Fang Polu.
• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Energy to inspect Nie Qian's memories but found no scene of him contacting Fang Polu.
• Jiang Fan ordered Nie Qian kept in detention and told Fei Ruoyun they would go arrest the Si Kong Family.

Jiang Fan decided that secrecy was no longer useful and split up with Fei Ruoyun, heading to arrest Si Kong Lingxiao at the Si Kong Family estate. As the Military Supervision Department closed in on the ancestral hall, Si Kongnan Tian privately asked Lingxiao whether he would step forward if the family faced trouble.

• Jiang Fan told Fei Ruoyun that the investigation had exposed the network around Nie Qian and Si Kong Lingxiao, and said they should split up.
• Jiang Fan arrived at the Si Kong Family estate with Military Supervision Department soldiers to arrest Si Kong Lingxiao for leaking state secrets.
• A Steward tried to conceal where the ancestral hall was, but a major used the estate map to lead the soldiers there.
• After the family’s ancestral rites, Si Kongnan Tian asked Si Kong Lingxiao to remain behind and praised his dedication to the family.
• Si Kongnan Tian asked Si Kong Lingxiao whether he was willing to step forward if the family encountered trouble.

Si Kongnan Tian told Si Kong Lingxiao that his collusion with enemy agents had been exposed and pressured him to take sole responsibility to protect the Si Kong Family. Jiang Fan then arrived with soldiers and an arrest warrant for Si Kong Lingxiao, leaving both men stunned.

• Si Kongnan Tian revealed that Si Kong Lingxiao’s dealings with Nie Qian had been exposed and that Nie Qian and Major Sun had been arrested.
• Si Kongnan Tian urged Si Kong Lingxiao to shoulder the blame alone, offering rewards for his relatives while reminding him that the family could affect their lives.
• Si Kong Lingxiao agreed to follow Si Kongnan Tian’s arrangements and take responsibility for the family.
• Jiang Fan arrived at the Si Kong Family ancestral hall with armed soldiers and rejected Si Kongnan Tian’s accusation that he was abusing his authority.
• Jiang Fan presented an arrest authorization from the Military Supervision Department and ordered Si Kong Lingxiao to come with him.

Jiang Fan tried to arrest Si Kong Lingxiao, who realized the Si Kong Family intended to sacrifice him to avoid suspicion. Jiang Fan subdued him and tried to take him away, but Si Kongnan Tian attacked, leaving Jiang Fan at a disadvantage.

• Si Kongnan Tian demanded evidence before allowing Jiang Fan to take Si Kong Lingxiao, while Jiang Fan ordered his soldiers to arrest him.
• Si Kong Lingxiao resisted the soldiers and understood that his death would help sever the Si Kong Family's ties to the case.
• Jiang Fan and Si Kong Lingxiao fought, and Jiang Fan subdued him with Spiritual Energy and carried him into the air.
• Si Kongnan Tian attacked as Jiang Fan tried to return with Si Kong Lingxiao, and Jiang Fan shoved Si Kong Lingxiao toward his troops before clashing with Si Kongnan Tian.
• Si Kongnan Tian stood firm while Jiang Fan staggered backward from their first direct clash.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun fought Si Kongnan Tian to protect Si Kong Lingxiao and help the Military Supervision Department escort him away. Jiang Fan left after warning Si Kongnan Tian that he would return to destroy the Si Kong Family.

• Si Kongnan Tian attacked the Military Supervision Department formation, but Jiang Fan blocked his Sky-Supporting Hand Seal.
• Jiang Fan used his Gravity Field to delay Si Kongnan Tian and ordered the soldiers to take Si Kong Lingxiao away.
• Si Kongnan Tian trapped the retreating soldiers in a shrinking cage, but Fei Ruoyun shattered it and freed them.
• Si Kongnan Tian attacked Jiang Fan, and Fei Ruoyun joined the fight; together they held him off until Si Kong Lingxiao reached the Military Supervision Department.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun withdrew, and Jiang Fan warned Si Kongnan Tian that he would return to wipe out the Si Kong Family.

Jiang Fan interrogated Si Kong Lingxiao and wagered that Si Kongnan Tian would send someone to threaten him with his family. Si Kongnan Tian arrived at the Military Supervision Department, seemingly proving Jiang Fan right.

• Si Kongnan Tian grew anxious that Si Kong Lingxiao might reveal the Lineage’s secrets, so he ordered Lingxiao’s family brought to the ancestral hall before leaving.
• Jiang Fan showed Si Kong Lingxiao the evidence and questioned him about his connection to Nie Qian and the secret military-intelligence channel, but Lingxiao stayed silent.
• Jiang Fan argued that the Si Kong Family might not protect Lingxiao’s family and wagered he would let Lingxiao go if Si Kongnan Tian did not send someone to threaten him.
• Si Kong Lingxiao accepted the wager, while Jiang Fan privately told Fei Ruoyun he had no intention of releasing the criminal even if he lost.
• A soldier announced that Si Kongnan Tian had arrived at the Military Supervision Department, and Jiang Fan said the good show was starting.

Jiang Fan let Si Kongnan Tian examine the evidence against Si Kong Lingxiao, then watched as the family head’s visit confirmed Lingxiao’s fear that the Si Kong Family intended to use him as a sacrificial pawn. Although Lingxiao recognized Jiang Fan had been right, he still refused to reveal what he knew.

• Jiang Fan allowed Si Kongnan Tian to review the evidence that Si Kong Lingxiao had sold Huaxia’s confidential intelligence to an enemy nation.
• Si Kongnan Tian demanded to see Lingxiao and berated him, then claimed he would protect Lingxiao’s family and said he had already brought them back to the Si Kong Family compound.
• Si Kong Lingxiao realized Si Kongnan Tian distrusted him and viewed him as a threat, despite Lingxiao having agreed to sacrifice himself for the family.
• After Si Kongnan Tian left, Jiang Fan reminded Lingxiao that he had been right and asked him to honor his promise to disclose what he knew.
• Si Kong Lingxiao admitted Jiang Fan was right but refused to tell him anything, darkening Jiang Fan’s expression.

Jiang Fan pressured Si Kong Lingxiao into confessing that much of the Si Kong Family had helped sell Huaxia’s secrets and that he had kept a ledger of their transactions. After learning it was hidden in the family ancestral hall, Jiang Fan planned to retrieve it secretly with Fei Ruoyun’s help.

• Jiang Fan showed Si Kong Lingxiao his Spiritual Energy and threatened to use a Spiritual Illusion to uncover his secrets.
• Jiang Fan reassured Si Kong Lingxiao that his family was under the Military Supervision Department’s protection, and Si Kong Lingxiao agreed to talk.
• Si Kong Lingxiao confessed that many core Si Kong Family members were involved and revealed he had preserved evidence of their transactions to protect himself.
• Jiang Fan learned the ledger was hidden beneath a spirit tablet in the Si Kong Family’s ancestral hall and decided to obtain it before the network could scatter.
• Jiang Fan asked Fei Ruoyun to watch for trouble and help him escape with the ledger if they were discovered.

Jiang Fan infiltrated the Si Kong Family ancestral hall and recovered the hidden account book, then met Fei Ruoyun to examine its links to the family and the military. The chapter ended when Jiang Fan found the name Fang Pojun and wondered how it connected to Fang Polu.

• Si Kongnan Tian worried that Si Kong Lingxiao had secretly moved his family or planned to betray the Lineage.
• Jiang Fan searched the ancestral hall, found a hidden compartment beneath the specified spirit tablet, and took the account book inside.
• A fire broke out in the Si Kong Family courtyard, drawing Si Kongnan Tian away; Jiang Fan escaped and damaged the Zhen Yue Ling Chen screen wall to cover Fei Ruoyun.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun met at the Military Supervision Department and spent over an hour studying the account book, finding evidence that implicated the Si Kong Family and the military.
• Jiang Fan spotted the name Fang Pojun in the account book and wondered about its connection to Fang Polu.

Jiang Fan recognized Fang Pojun as a figure from an old case involving Jiang Qinian and the Ten Thousand Beasts Border Defense Great Wall. Meanwhile, Si Kongnan Tian believed Si Kong Lingxiao’s reported suicide had removed a threat, while Jiang Fan used the false news to loosen the Si Kong Family’s scrutiny and received further records about Fang Pojun.

• Jiang Fan reviewed Fang Pojun’s service record and realized Fang Pojun had served as Jiang Qinian’s deputy staff officer at the Ten Thousand Beasts Border Defense Great Wall.
• Jiang Fan recalled that Jiang Qinian had killed Fang Pojun during the defense against exotic beasts and suspected Fang Pojun’s ties to the Si Kong Family had prompted it.
• Si Kongnan Tian learned the Military Supervision Department claimed Si Kong Lingxiao had committed suicide and assumed the family’s secret was safe.
• Si Kongnan Tian ordered his subordinate to search for Si Kong Lingxiao’s family and said he would handle them if they refused to return.
• Jiang Fan explained to Fei Ruoyun that the false report of Si Kong Lingxiao’s death would reassure the Si Kong Family and help them investigate the account books.
• Fei Ruoyun brought Jiang Fan detailed records about Fang Pojun and the old case for him to examine.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun investigated Jiang Qinian’s old treason case and identified his wife, Hu Qiuling, as a lead. They found her exiled to Dongshan Mine, where a mine stewardess threatened to disband her group for missing its ore quota.

• Jiang Fan read the military report that accused Jiang Qinian of dereliction and treason after he killed Fang Pojun and disappeared beyond the Great Wall.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun decided to investigate the case, hoping to uncover links between Fang Pojun, Fang Polu, and the force behind Si Kong Lingxiao’s ledger.
• They reviewed Jiang Qinian and Fang Pojun’s associates, discovering that Fang Polu was Fang Pojun’s brother and that Jiang Qinian’s wife was Hu Qiuling.
• Fei Ruoyun found that Hu Qiuling was at a military mine in Hei City Base, so she and Jiang Fan chose to investigate her.
• At Dongshan Mine, a burly stewardess threatened to disband Hu Qiuling’s group because it had missed its ore quota.

Hu Qiuling confronted Manager Bao after she kicked over the group’s food, insisting that her family was innocent and that Jiang Qinian had been framed. The conflict revealed that Director Wu was targeting Hu Qiuling after she rejected him, while the exiled families around her feared challenging the mine’s authorities.

• Manager Bao mocked Hu Qiuling and her group as traitors’ families, threatened to deny them food, and warned that Director Wu was giving Hu Qiuling one last chance to yield.
• Hu Qiuling’s companions stopped her from arguing and gave her two steamed buns, while Manager Bao left to eat meat.
• Hu Qiuling recalled that Director Wu had begun harassing her after she rejected him, and she refused to accept that no law remained.
• Hu Qiuling lamented that the once-proud families implicated in the Jiang Qinian Incident had been worn down by years of exile at Dongshan Mine.
• Dou Ruoxia warned Hu Qiuling that Jiang Qinian’s false conviction had destroyed their faith in the law.

Hu Qiuling tried to endure Manager Bao’s harassment, but Manager Bao framed her for stealing a necklace and destroyed the photograph of her infant son. The chapter left Hu Qiuling restrained and devastated as Manager Bao tore the photograph.

• Dou Ruoxia comforted Hu Qiuling, who resolved to endure her punishment while believing Jiang Qinian would return and clear his name.
• Manager Bao accused Hu Qiuling of stealing a necklace and ignored her alibi.
• Manager Bao’s men restrained Hu Qiuling and searched her bunk, where one of them planted the necklace as false evidence.
• Manager Bao ordered another search, and her men broke Hu Qiuling’s photo frame and scattered her belongings.
• Manager Bao mocked Hu Qiuling’s infant son as the child of a traitor and began tearing the photograph while Hu Qiuling cried out for her to stop.

Manager Bao had Hu Qiuling arrested after tearing up her treasured photograph and accusing her of stealing a necklace, then brought her to Director Wu’s office. Director Wu dismissed the other workers and invited Hu Qiuling and Manager Bao inside, leaving the workers fearing he had ulterior motives.

• Manager Bao tore Hu Qiuling’s photograph to pieces, prompting the workers to fight back until she offered rewards for capturing Hu Qiuling and her accomplices.
• Manager Bao’s group subdued Hu Qiuling and the workers, then escorted them toward Director Wu’s office as the camp whispered that Director Wu had framed Hu Qiuling after she rejected him.
• Director Wu questioned Manager Bao’s account and asked Hu Qiuling whether she had stolen the necklace; Hu Qiuling said Manager Bao had planted it on her bunk.
• Director Wu called the accusation a dispute, ordered everyone else to leave, and invited Hu Qiuling and Manager Bao into his office to explain what happened.

Director Wu ordered Hu Qiuling and the workers imprisoned after she defied him, but Jiang Fan and a young woman arrived and killed Manager Bao. Jiang Fan seized Director Wu and asked whether Hu Qiuling worked at the mine, and he and Hu Qiuling recognized each other in shock.

• Manager Bao threatened Hu Qiuling, who insulted Director Wu and refused to submit, so Manager Bao slapped her.
• Director Wu ordered the workers sent to the Small Dark Room and Hu Qiuling taken alone to his office.
• Jiang Fan and a young woman vaulted into the mine, and the woman killed Manager Bao when she charged at them.
• Jiang Fan grabbed Director Wu by the throat and asked whether Hu Qiuling worked at the mine.
• Jiang Fan and Hu Qiuling met each other's eyes and both trembled in disbelief.

Jiang Fan killed Wu Liuzhi and went to question Hu Qiuling, but a Great Rift opened at Dongshan Mine before they could speak. He rescued the stranded workers and faced the mutated beasts emerging from the rift, leaving the giant bird unable to escape his attack.

• Hu Qiuling recognized a resemblance between Jiang Fan and Jiang Qinian, then agreed to speak with Jiang Fan about a case.
• Jiang Fan crushed Wu Liuzhi’s throat, declared that he had carried out military justice, and spared the other workers.
• A Great Rift split the mine’s mountain, and Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun moved the people to safety.
• Mutated beasts poured out of the rift as Jiang Fan confronted them alone.
• Jiang Fan badly wounded the beasts and pointed at a fleeing giant bird, declaring that it could not escape.

Jiang Fan killed the giant bird and suppressed the mutated beasts emerging from the Great Rift while Fei Ruoyun coordinated with Hei City Base’s arriving forces. Wu Kun learned that both Fei Ruoyun and Jiang Fan were powerful military figures, and Hu Qiuling recognized Jiang Fan as the person she had met before.

• Jiang Fan killed the giant bird, then used Wind Blades and fire spears to attack the mutated beasts surging from the Great Rift.
• The miners watched Jiang Fan fight and speculated that he was a Level 6 Grandmaster.
• Wu Kun arrived with armed soldiers and questioned Fei Ruoyun about the situation and the person fighting above the rift.
• Fei Ruoyun identified herself as Chief Inspector Fei of the Military Supervision Department, and Wu Kun saluted her and asked for instructions.
• Fei Ruoyun told Wu Kun that the Great Rift was Hei City Base’s responsibility and identified the fighter as Jiang Fan.
• Wu Kun celebrated the presence of the two Level 7 Great Grandmasters, while Hu Qiuling recognized Jiang Fan and burst into tears.

Jiang Fan destroyed the Level 6 Exotic Beast and buried the Great Rift at Dongshan Mine, then ordered Hei City Base to establish defenses and investigate the miners. Hu Qiuling recognized him as the son she had lost, but had not yet confirmed it with him.

• Hu Qiuling recognized Jiang Fan as her son because he resembled her husband and she felt a blood connection, but Fei Ruoyun stopped her from rushing to him.
• A huge Level 6 Exotic Beast emerged from the Great Rift, and Fei Ruoyun and Wu Kun assured Hu Qiuling that Jiang Fan could defeat it.
• Jiang Fan killed the Exotic Beast with a giant hand, swept the surrounding mountainsides into the rift, and buried it while absorbing Life Energy.
• Jiang Fan warned Wu Kun that Exotic Beasts might remain inside and ordered Hei City Base to form a defensive line and plan a cleanup.
• Jiang Fan told Wu Kun that he had killed mine manager Wu Liuzhi and a subordinate for dereliction of duty, and said he would question the miners before taking them to Hei City Base.