Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan exposed Duan Changfeng’s alleged collusion with Fusang and, acting under orders from the Military Commission, arrested him and ordered the arrest of the Duan Family. As the family’s members were pinned down, disciplined marching footsteps approached the gates.

• Duan Changfeng tried to end the conflict with Jiang Fan by proposing cooperation between the Duan Family and the Hu Family.
• Jiang Fan rejected the proposal and confronted Duan Changfeng about the Duan Family’s cooperation with Fusang.
• Jiang Fan used a force field and military restraints to capture Duan Changfeng, then revealed he had been appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of the Military Supervision Department.
• Jiang Fan announced that the Duan Family had betrayed Huaxia by stealing military secrets and selling them to Fusang and other nations, and ordered its members arrested.
• An immense pressure pinned the Duan Family members to the ground as marching footsteps approached from outside the gates.

Jiang Fan defeated Duan Changfeng and led the Military Supervision Department in arresting members of the Duan Family for treason. As the family faced investigation, the Hu Family wondered whether the arrests could clear Jiang Qinian’s name and bring Hu Qiuling back.

• Liang Yonghuai arrived with Peng City’s military supervisors and soldiers, who sealed off the Duan Family residence.
• Jiang Fan ordered Liang Yonghuai to arrest everyone on the Military Commission’s list, detain connected suspects, and release those cleared of wrongdoing.
• Jiang Fan said he would personally escort Duan Changfeng to the capital for trial.
• The Hu Family realized Jiang Fan had surpassed Level 8 and speculated that the Duan Family’s case was connected to Jiang Qinian’s old case.
• Peng City experts learned of the military operation and predicted the Duan Family’s downfall and the Hu Family’s return to prominence.

Jiang Fan rushed back toward Kyoto with Duan Changfeng after learning the Duan Family had colluded with Fusang and other noble families in selling national secrets. When ordinary flight proved too slow, he adapted a spatial formation to his Spatial Flash and reached Kyoto in under a minute, leaving Duan Changfeng stunned.

• Jiang Fan told Hu Qiuzhi that he had to return to Kyoto to handle the arrests and asked him to protect the elderly couple, Hu Lin, and Hu Hao.
• Jiang Fan instructed Liang Yonghuai to guard the Hu Family against possible retaliation while the Duan Family arrests continued.
• Jiang Fan promised the elderly couple he would bring her out after the old case was resolved, then flew toward Kyoto with Duan Changfeng.
• Jiang Fan realized the Si Kong Family and Zhuang Family might hide their personnel if they learned of the arrests, and sought a faster way to travel while carrying Duan Changfeng.
• Jiang Fan combined a stable spatial formation with his Spatial Flash, successfully transporting himself and Duan Changfeng through space.
• Jiang Fan flashed repeatedly and arrived above Kyoto in less than a minute, astonishing Duan Changfeng.

After capturing Duan Changfeng, Jiang Fan went to Hei City to arrange protection for Hu Qiuling and the other families tied to the old Jiang Qinian case before moving against the Si Kong Family. He arrived in moments and found the families gathered at the base, where Wu Kun greeted them warmly.

• Jiang Fan brought Duan Changfeng to the Military Supervision Department and ordered him taken into custody.
• Jiang Fan briefed Xing Zhiyi and Fei Ruoyun, then sent Fei Ruoyun to arrest members of the Kyoto City Zhuang Family while he headed to Hei City.
• Jiang Fan used Space Power to reach Hei City in several flashes and contacted Commander Wu Kun about gathering the families connected to the old Jiang Qinian case.
• Hu Qiuling reassured the families at Hei City Base, and Dou Ruoxia suggested their clues might have helped reopen the old case.
• A military officer assembled the families, and Wu Kun rebuked him for his harsh attitude before asking Hu Qiuling and the others whether they had been comfortable at the base.

Jiang Fan brought Hu Qiuling and the other families involved in Jiang Qinian’s case news that the case had been overturned and arranged protection for them. After taking Hu Qiuling to the capital and making preparations, he attacked the Si Kong Family’s estate and demanded that Si Kongnan Tian come out.

• Wu Kun told the families that they were free and that Vice Chief Jiang would arrange their next steps.
• Jiang Fan arrived, revealed that Jiang Qinian had been framed, and said official documents confirming the verdict would soon be issued.
• Jiang Fan placed the other families under Military Supervision Department protection and took Hu Qiuling to the capital, promising to bring her to Peng City to see her grandparents.
• Jiang Fan returned to the capital, made preparations with Hu Qiuling, Ma Jiang, and the others, then flew to the Si Kong Family’s estate.
• Jiang Fan smashed the Si Kong Family’s gate with a punch and called for Si Kongnan Tian.

Jiang Fan attacked the Si Kong Family and defeated Si Kongnan Tian, then revealed that he had come under orders from the Military Commission to arrest the family for colluding with the enemy and betraying the nation. Si Kongnan Tian collapsed after Jiang Fan told him that Fang Polu had been brought to justice.

• Jiang Fan used his Gravity Field to pin the Si Kong Family members to the ground.
• Si Kongnan Tian confronted Jiang Fan and attacked him, but Jiang Fan evaded his strike and restrained him with successive skills.
• Jiang Fan beat Si Kongnan Tian for several minutes and slammed him into a pit.
• Si Kongnan Tian asked why Jiang Fan could slow his movements, and Jiang Fan said others could use the same skill.
• Jiang Fan told Si Kongnan Tian that he had come under orders from the Military Commission to arrest the Si Kong Family for colluding with the enemy and betraying the nation.
• Jiang Fan said Fang Polu had been brought to justice, and Si Kongnan Tian collapsed in shock.

After the three great families and military collaborators were purged, Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun went with Xing Zhiyi to the Military Commission’s underground base to meet Fang Polu. The door to Fang Polu’s holding room opened just as they arrived.

• Jiang Fan restrained Si Kongnan Tian and handed him over to the Military Supervision Department, which began screening the Si Kong Family.
• Fei Ruoyun arrested Zhuang Hanwen, and authorities captured the heads and guilty members of the three great families.
• Xing Zhiyi told Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun that the military purge had exposed more conspirators and that Fang Polu was being held by the Military Commission.
• Xing Zhiyi explained that Commander wanted Fang Polu interrogated about his motives and the intelligence he had shared with Fusang.
• Xing Zhiyi led Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun through the underground base to Fang Polu’s room, where the heavy door opened from the inside.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun joined Qin Zhongshan and Xing Zhiyi to question Fang Polu about his betrayal of Huaxia, but he refused to explain himself. Jiang Fan then suspected Fang Polu had a powerful backer because he said he had no choice but to act, leaving the group unsure who might be behind him.

• Qin Zhongshan welcomed Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun, then joined Xing Zhiyi in questioning Fang Polu about why he betrayed Huaxia.
• Fang Polu dismissed Qin Zhongshan's accusations as the victor's version of events and gave no explanation for his actions.
• After the interrogation stalled, Qin Zhongshan asked Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun to question Fang Polu on their own.
• Fang Polu again provided no useful information, but Jiang Fan reported that he might have acted under someone else's orders.
• Jiang Fan explained that Fang Polu had said he had no choice but to do what he did.

Jiang Fan and Qin Zhongshan decided to use a Spiritual Illusion to investigate Fang Polu’s treason, despite the risks of probing a Level 8 general. After hours of searching his memories, Jiang Fan found a scene with a mysterious man in an ancient white robe, whose gaze shattered the illusion and injured him.

• Qin Zhongshan agreed to continue interrogating Fang Polu after Jiang Fan argued that the possible threat to Huaxia outweighed concerns about preserving Fang Polu’s dignity.
• Jiang Fan requested help from Elder Xue, Ye Qiubai, and other powerful Psychics to create a Spiritual Illusion capable of trapping Fang Polu.
• Jiang Fan and the Psychics entered Fang Polu’s memories and searched through scenes from his past for the core information.
• After four hours, Jiang Fan chose to examine one final memory scene, where Fang Polu knelt on a glacier-covered mountain before a man in an ancient white robe.
• The robed man sensed Jiang Fan spying on him, struck him with his gaze, and caused the Spiritual Illusion to collapse as Jiang Fan spat out blood.

Jiang Fan’s Spiritual Illusion revealed that a Level 9 Supreme was connected to Fang Polu, but the mysterious expert disrupted Jiang Fan’s memories and appeared at the base. The chapter ended with the Supreme confronting Jiang Fan and knocking him to the ground with his voice.

• Jiang Fan’s Spiritual Illusion was shattered by an unknown expert, leaving him badly injured and unable to remember the man’s face.
• Fang Polu warned Jiang Fan and the others to stop investigating, while Qin Zhongshan concluded the hidden expert was likely a Level 9 Supreme.
• Qin Zhongshan insisted they had to uncover the truth, but a powerful voice interrupted him and a white-robed man appeared in the room.
• The white-robed man accused Jiang Fan of spying on him through the Mental World and struck him down with his voice.

Huan Shan admitted that Fang Polu had acted under his orders and challenged the military to hold him accountable. Fei Ming arrived to stop Huan Shan from interfering in military affairs, but Huan Shan agreed only on the condition that he could deal with Jiang Fan.

• Qin Zhongshan tried to explain that Jiang Fan had interrogated Fang Polu while carrying out military orders, but Huan Shan revealed Fang Polu was his subordinate and claimed the interrogation had offended him.
• Jiang Fan accused Huan Shan of allowing Fang Polu to sell Huaxia's military intelligence to Fusang, and Fei Ruoyun supported him.
• Huan Shan used his mental power to lift Fei Ruoyun into the air, but Fei Ming intervened and freed her.
• Fei Ming demanded that Huan Shan stop interfering in military affairs and leave Fang Polu to the military, and Huan Shan agreed.
• Huan Shan said Fei Ming could discipline Fei Ruoyun but insisted that he would deal with Jiang Fan himself.

Jiang Fan rejected Fei Ming’s offer to become his disciple and was left facing Huan Shan’s punishment after Fei Ming departed with Fei Ruoyun. Xiao Longyuan then arrived and invoked Jiang Fan’s service to the military and the Level 9 Supremes’ pact to keep Huan Shan from harming him.

• Fei Ming agreed to Huan Shan’s conditions, then offered to mediate if Jiang Fan became his disciple.
• Jiang Fan refused Fei Ming’s offer because he distrusted the Supremes’ indifference to Huaxia’s military and civilians.
• Fei Ming left with Fei Ruoyun, leaving Qin Zhongshan and the others unable to protect Jiang Fan from Huan Shan.
• Xiao Longyuan arrived and defended Jiang Fan as a decorated military asset whom the military could not allow Huan Shan to harm.
• Xiao Longyuan cited the agreement among the four Level 9 Supremes not to interfere in worldly affairs and warned Huan Shan against damaging relations with the military.

After Huan Shan injured Jiang Fan and left, Xiao Longyuan explained that Level 9 Supremes had grown indifferent to ordinary people and Huaxia. He ended by asking Jiang Fan and Qin Zhongshan whether they knew what price Huaxia had paid to secure the Supremes’ protection.

• Huan Shan spared Jiang Fan’s life at Xiao Longyuan’s insistence but pierced his chest as punishment, warning that he would kill him if it happened again.
• Xiao Longyuan praised Jiang Fan and the Fei Family girl for rooting out opposition in the military, then told Jiang Fan to recover before they spoke further.
• The Military Commission canceled Fang Polu’s interrogation, returned him to custody, and prepared for his trial while the injured were treated.
• The next day, Jiang Fan and Qin Zhongshan met Xiao Longyuan, who asked what impression the two Level 9 Supremes had left on Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan said Huan Shan and Fei Ming seemed unconcerned about Huaxia’s people, and Xiao Longyuan explained that Supremes had come to see everyone below Level 9 as ants.
• Xiao Longyuan said the Supremes had once cared about Huaxia but now only honored their old agreement, then asked what Huaxia had paid for their help.

Xiao Longyuan explained that Huan Shan backed Fang Polu’s faction to obtain rare stones needed by the Supremes, and revealed why the Supremes feared Huaxia’s military. He told Jiang Fan that his extraordinary rise made him Huaxia’s clear choice for a future core figure.

• Jiang Fan learned that Huaxia collected rare, energy-filled stones for the Supremes and that Huan Shan had traded intelligence with Fusang to secure more.
• Xiao Longyuan explained that Huaxia’s military could still threaten the Supremes because Xiao Longyuan’s grandfather had been a hidden fifth Supreme and left something capable of endangering them.
• Xiao Longyuan revealed that he had not reached Level 9 and had been stuck behind a breakthrough barrier for more than ten years.
• Jiang Fan worried that he might face the same Level 9 bottleneck and be unable to challenge Huan Shan or stop the Supremes’ abuses.
• Xiao Longyuan told Jiang Fan that his rise to Level 8 Martial Saint in just over a year made him Huaxia’s unquestionable choice as a future core figure.

Xiao Longyuan offered Jiang Fan a chance to inherit his position and gave him a book of Supreme Realm insights, while Jiang Fan planned to search for his missing father, Jiang Qinian, beyond the Ten Thousand Beasts Border Defense Great Wall. After settling family matters, Jiang Fan prepared to leave despite his aunt's worries.

• Xiao Longyuan told Jiang Fan he considered him a potential successor and gave him an ancient book containing his grandfather's Supreme Realm inheritance and insights.
• Jiang Fan accepted the book but had not yet decided whether to accept Xiao Longyuan's conditions.
• Jiang Fan told Xiao Longyuan he planned to search for Jiang Qinian beyond the Ten Thousand Beasts Border Defense Great Wall, and Xiao Longyuan warned him about the danger there.
• Jiang Fan sent Hu Qiuling to Peng City, helped the Hu Family take over Duan Family assets, celebrated the Jiang Family's exoneration, and handled other family affairs over the following week.
• Jiang Fan prepared to depart for the Ten Thousand Beasts Border Defense Great Wall, while his aunt urged him not to go and he promised to be careful.

Jiang Fan received a General’s rank and military appointment before traveling to Taiping Pass, where he sought shelter from a severe sandstorm at Taiping Inn. The chapter ended as he entered and asked the landlady whether she had a vacant room.

• Su Qingwan warned Jiang Fan to retreat if he encountered danger, and he agreed to be careful.
• The Military Commission appointed Jiang Fan a General and Chief Strategic Security Adviser, granting him access to military resources.
• Jiang Fan flew to Taiping Town and decided to rest at Taiping Inn before continuing beyond the Border Defense Great Wall.
• At the inn, the landlady and her regular customers joked while a sandstorm battered the windows and door.
• Jiang Fan entered the inn and asked the landlady if she had any vacant rooms.

Jiang Fan checked into Taiping Inn despite its shabby rooms and the hostility of the adventurers staying there. After the landlady warned him about the dangers of the borderland, he ordered an entire Glazed Phoenix Chicken, astonishing everyone with his apparent wealth.

• Jiang Fan accepted the landlady’s offer of the inn’s last superior room after deciding not to search for another place in the sandstorm.
• The landlady led Jiang Fan upstairs, learned he had come to Taiping Town to take care of something, and privately judged him a naive outsider.
• Jiang Fan paid 2,000 Blue Star Coins for one night in the room, and the landlady warned him to avoid trusting the rough adventurers downstairs.
• Jiang Fan asked about the inn’s food and ordered one whole Glazed Phoenix Chicken after hearing it was a large, tasty mutated beast.
• Jiang Fan offered the landlady a purple banknote for the chicken, leaving her and everyone in the hall staring at him.

After Jiang Fan accidentally revealed that he carried several million Blue Star Coins, adventurers in the inn considered robbing him. The landlady tried to warn them off, but A Hai decided to kill Jiang Fan and take the money, leaving her threatened and unable to stop him.

• The landlady urged Jiang Fan to hide his violet banknotes after realizing they were worth several million Blue Star Coins, and Jiang Fan returned to his room after noticing the adventurers' attention.
• The landlady warned the adventurers not to target Jiang Fan, but they mocked her until she pointed out that his wealth suggested powerful backers.
• A Hai dismissed the landlady's warning and proposed that they carry out the robbery cleanly by leaving no witnesses.
• When the other adventurers refused to join him, A Hai led three men upstairs and promised the soldiers in the corner a share.
• The landlady tried to stop A Hai, but a blade flashed against her neck.

Jiang Fan studied Xiao Longyuan’s ancient book, which contained advanced insights into space and time, before A Hai and two accomplices attacked him at the inn. Jiang Fan killed all three with a single gesture, and the stunned diners discovered A Hai was dead.

• Jiang Fan read Xiao Longyuan’s ancient book and learned about spatial attacks and theories for stopping or accelerating time.
• A Hai knocked on Jiang Fan’s door and offered his gang’s help, but Jiang Fan refused and told them to leave.
• A Hai and two men kicked open the door and threatened Jiang Fan over his money.
• Jiang Fan pierced the three men’s foreheads and hurled their bodies through the doorway and down into the hall.
• The diners gathered around the fallen men, and the proprietress discovered a bloody hole in A Hai’s forehead and realized he was dead.

Jiang Fan killed A Hai, prompting Taiping Inn’s staff to prepare the bodies for burial until military officers intervened, claiming authority over the case. The captain sent two soldiers upstairs to seize Jiang Fan, but they came crashing back down through the railing.

• After A Hai’s death, Boss Lady ordered Xiao Wei and the other servants to carry the bodies to the mass burial ground.
• A group of soldiers stopped the servants and accused Boss Lady of failing to report the deaths under the Laws.
• The captain declared that the military would take charge and ordered two soldiers to bring Jiang Fan downstairs, allowing them to kill him if he resisted.
• The captain assured the inn’s patrons that Jiang Fan would be detained and tried, while they hid their resentment and praised the officers.
• Two figures crashed through the upstairs railing and landed beside the bodies, and the captain shattered his wine cup in anger.