Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan learned that the Guardian Alliance collected strange stones from the Yadan Plains tribes and discovered that one contained immense energy he could absorb. After securing the stone, he left the Wuganmole Tribe chief with instructions to free Tak and Will and return their medicine.

• Jiang Fan questioned the Wuganmole Tribe chief about the tribes' annual tribute to the Guardian Alliance.
• The chief explained that the alliance now required each tribe to provide a quota of stones in exchange for protection and supplies.
• The chief showed Jiang Fan a strange stone, and Jiang Fan absorbed its energy with the Innate Qi Absorption and Guidance Technique.
• Jiang Fan concluded that the stone was like those collected by the Nine Supreme Beings and asked the chief to give it to him.
• Jiang Fan ordered the chief to let Tak and Will leave for the alliance and make the long-haired boy return their medicine.
• The chief agreed, but Jiang Fan vanished before he could make arrangements.

Tak recovered the medicine for his mother after the chief suddenly ordered Zachary to return it, then brought Will home. Tak could not explain the chief’s change of heart, while Jiang Fan remained silent about where he had gone.

• Tak challenged Zachary to a new duel for the medicine, but Zachary objected that Tak was a higher-level Martial Artist.
• After Tak and Zachary called for a ruling, the chief ordered Zachary to return the medicine to Tak and Will and told Tak to come back for more if needed.
• Tak took the medicine, helped Will leave, and brought him home.
• Jiang Fan reassured Elisa that Will was safe and told her to prepare a second dose of medicine for their mother.
• Tak recounted the events to Elisa, Will, and Jiang Fan, then wondered why the chief’s attitude had changed.

Jiang Fan traveled with Tak and his siblings to the Guardian Alliance after Tak’s mother recovered. Once they reached the city, Jiang Fan parted ways with them and began investigating the Alliance, eventually locating its central headquarters.

• Tak thanked Jiang Fan for helping his mother and said that he and his siblings would take her to the Guardian Alliance once she recovered; Jiang Fan said he was heading there too.
• Tak’s mother regained consciousness the next day, got out of bed two days later, and fully recovered on the third day.
• Tak, Will, Elisa, and Jiang Fan traveled west for two days, with Tak explaining the tribes of the Yadan Plains along the way.
• The group arrived at the Guardian Alliance city, where Tak and his siblings marveled at its size and hoped to pass the Alliance assessment.
• Jiang Fan parted ways with Tak and his siblings, entered the city, and searched for information about the Alliance and Jiang Qinian.
• Two days later, Jiang Fan identified a distant high-rise as the Alliance’s core and vanished from the restaurant to go there.

Jiang Fan confronted Guardian Alliance vice leader Sharp to learn whether the alliance leader was Jiang Qinian. Sharp revealed that the leader was named Jiang Xinglan and had been away for more than a week, so Jiang Fan decided to wait and use the alliance’s cultivation rooms in the meantime.

• Jiang Fan appeared in Sharp’s office and asked who led the Guardian Alliance and whether Sharp knew Jiang Qinian.
• Sharp denied knowing that name, but Jiang Fan pressured him with overwhelming force and threatened to use a Spiritual Illusion.
• Sharp said the leader was named Jiang Xinglan and explained that Jiang Qinian’s surname had made him suspect they might be the same person.
• Sharp told Jiang Fan that Jiang Xinglan had left to handle matters and was expected to return within half a month; Jiang Fan decided to seek him out again in a few days.
• Jiang Fan agreed to use a cultivation room with unrestricted Blood Energy Testers, while Sharp resolved to monitor him and focus on stabilizing the alliance as Fred’s forces stirred.

Jiang Fan measured his Blood Energy at 91,881 and hunted mutated beasts in the mountains to reach the Level 9 standard. When he returned toward the Guardian Alliance, the alliance leader recognized that Fred had been waiting ahead of them.

• Jiang Fan tested his Blood Energy, found he was still below the Level 9 threshold, and decided to hunt more mutated beasts while waiting for the alliance leader.
• Jiang Fan sensed Tak, Will, Elisa, and their companions celebrating their acceptance into the alliance, then left to hunt in the mountains.
• Jiang Fan slaughtered mutated beasts in the mountain range for several days and believed he had gained enough Life Energy to reach the Level 9 standard.
• The alliance leader and his companions drove back toward the city after a failed half-month journey, and the leader ordered the driver to stop when he sensed Fred waiting ahead.
• The bald man asked whether Fred was ambushing them or planning a rebellion.

Jiang Qinian survived Fred’s ambush and a horde of beasts, then set off for the Alliance city to suppress the rebellion. He suspected Fred had help from a traitor inside the Alliance’s core circle.

• Jiang Qinian and his companions escaped their vehicle before it exploded, and Jiang Qinian killed the armed ambushers.
• Jiang Qinian realized Fred had lured a horde of beasts to attack them and fought the beasts alongside his bald assistant and the driver.
• After the battle left his companions badly injured, Jiang Qinian ordered them to seek shelter at the Bodo Tribe while he returned to the Alliance.
• Jiang Qinian flew toward the Alliance city and wondered how Fred had organized the ambush without Sharp and the others discovering it.
• Jiang Qinian suspected another traitor had helped Fred, but trusted his Level 7 strength to defeat the rebellion.

Jiang Qinian fought his way past Guardian Alliance commanders who had sided with Fred, then arrived at the city and heard Fred publicly accuse him of corruption. The chapter ended with Jiang Qinian recognizing Fred’s attempt to sway public opinion before taking power.

• Jiang Qinian confronted Waliana and twelve other Guardian Alliance leaders, who said they wanted to replace him and criticized his policies.
• Jiang Qinian defeated the thirteen Alliance members after a fierce battle and continued toward the city, while they followed, expecting Fred to defeat him.
• Fred addressed the city, accusing Jiang Xinglan of corruption and declaring that he would capture and judge him.
• Jiang Qinian realized Fred had fabricated evidence and shaped public opinion, but questioned whether Fred could really defeat him.

Fred’s rebellion escalated into a confrontation with Sharp and Jiang Qinian as the alliance’s core members took sides. Fred revealed that he had reached Level 7 and attacked Jiang Qinian, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Sharp confronted Fred on the city wall, defended Jiang Qinian, and accused Fred of seeking power through fabricated charges.
• Waliana and other alliance higher-ups arrived behind Jiang Qinian and declared they shared Fred’s goal of purging the alliance’s supposed internal vermin.
• Sharp and the core members moved to attack the rebels, but Fred knocked Sharp from the wall and charged at Jiang Qinian.
• Jiang Qinian met Fred’s punch, then asked Sharp and the others to handle Waliana’s group while he faced Fred himself.
• Fred admitted he had become a Level 7 Great Grandmaster and formed Heaven and Earth Energy into a flaming sword aimed at Jiang Qinian.

Jiang Qinian defeated Fred but was trapped by Udi, a powerful White Elephant fighter, until Jiang Fan intervened and crushed both attackers with a vast palm. Elisa recognized Jiang Fan as he approached.

• Jiang Qinian overpowered Fred, who revealed his alliance with White Elephant and retreated to the city wall.
• Udi attacked Jiang Qinian with Water Element arrows, then trapped him in a water prison as Fred and the others watched.
• Jiang Fan destroyed the prison and struck Udi and Fred with a gigantic palm, leaving them broken in a pit.
• Jiang Fan walked toward the crowd, his pressure forcing advanced Martial Artists to the ground.
• Elisa glimpsed Jiang Fan's face and recognized him.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Guardian Alliance and rescued Jiang Qinian by crushing the rebels and their allies with his overwhelming power. After killing Udi and Fred, he introduced himself to Jiang Qinian, who recognized his familiar face and wondered why he had come for him.

• Tak and Will saw Jiang Fan arrive, and Elisa excitedly told them he had really walked out of the eight-hundred-li mountain range.
• Jiang Fan pinned the experts to the ground with his pressure, while Jiang Qinian remained unaffected and wondered whether Lord Lingxi had sent him.
• Udi apologized and tried to use his position as White Elephant Country’s Martial Arts Alliance leader to persuade Jiang Fan to spare him, but Jiang Fan crushed his bones and killed him.
• Fred warned Jiang Fan that White Elephant Country would retaliate, but Jiang Fan killed Udi anyway, then sentenced Fred to death and exploded his head.
• Jiang Fan left Fred’s surviving followers to Sharp, and Sharp told Jiang Qinian that Jiang Fan had been looking for him.
• Jiang Fan walked toward Jiang Qinian and introduced himself by name.

Jiang Fan reunited with his father, Jiang Qinian, after helping him crush a rebellion in the Guardian Alliance. As they caught up on their lives and Jiang Qinian explained why he had left Huaxia, Jiang Fan asked about the Supreme and the Strange Stones, leaving Jiang Qinian’s answer unknown.

• Jiang Qinian recognized Jiang Fan, arranged for his subordinates to handle the rebellion’s aftermath, and took Jiang Fan to his office.
• Jiang Fan and Jiang Qinian vanished from the scene, while Sharp and the other officials speculated about their relationship and returned to work.
• Jiang Fan spent three hours recounting his life and his family’s hardships to Jiang Qinian.
• Jiang Qinian explained that he had left Taiping Pass to survive, clear his name, and pursue a chance to stop an impossible threat.
• Jiang Qinian said his investigation into Fang Polu’s treason led him from the Strange Stones to the Supreme, and Jiang Fan asked which Supreme he had sought and what had happened.

Jiang Fan learned that Lingxi had accepted Jiang Qinian’s Strange Stones but refused to help with his old case, while the other Supreme Beings tolerated Huan Shan’s dealings for their own interests. Jiang Qinian revealed the conditions for becoming a Level 9 Supreme, leading Jiang Fan to realize he might already qualify.

• Jiang Qinian explained that Lingxi was one of Huaxia’s four Supreme Beings and had refused to intervene in his case despite accepting all the Strange Stones he had collected.
• Jiang Fan told Jiang Qinian that Huan Shan had directed Fang Polu to trade Huaxia’s intelligence to Fusang for Strange Stones, and that the other Supreme Beings had chosen not to stop him.
• Jiang Qinian realized the Supreme Beings had known about the dealings and said Lingxi had shown interest only when he presented the Strange Stones.
• Jiang Qinian revealed that ancient texts listed two requirements for becoming a Level 9 Supreme: vital energy and blood exceeding 100,000, and mastery of a temporal or spatial divine ability, or an ability that could defeat opponents of the same level.
• Jiang Fan confirmed his vital energy and blood had exceeded 100,000 and realized he might already meet both requirements.

Jiang Fan demonstrated his Time Field to Jiang Qinian and admitted that he had crossed the threshold of Level 9, but agreed to postpone confronting Lingxi. Jiang Qinian chose to remain on the Yadan Plains to gather Strange Stones for Jiang Fan, while Jiang Fan stayed to cultivate and keep the White Elephant Country in check.

• Jiang Fan showed Jiang Qinian how his Time Field slowed a Rockfall Crawler and Jiang Qinian concluded that Jiang Fan had reached Level 9.
• Jiang Fan considered demanding an explanation from Lingxi for taking Jiang Qinian's Strange Stones, but agreed to let the matter rest for now.
• Jiang Fan asked Jiang Qinian to hand over control of the Guardian Alliance and return to Huaxia, but Jiang Qinian said he wanted to stay on the Yadan Plains.
• Jiang Qinian explained that he intended to use the Guardian Alliance to collect Strange Stones for Jiang Fan, and Jiang Fan accepted his decision if Qiu Ling agreed.
• Jiang Fan decided to remain on the Yadan Plains to cultivate and watch for moves from the White Elephant Country.

After the Guardian Alliance subdued Fred’s rebellion, Jiang Qinian brought Jiang Fan into his home and addressed security concerns, including White Elephant Country’s possible involvement. A week later, Jiang Fan hunted in the mountains near the Yadan Plains and estimated his qi and blood value at 150,000.

• Jiang Qinian assigned Gerard to show Jiang Fan around his residence and told the Alliance’s core members that Jiang Fan was his blood relative.
• Jiang Qinian heard the Alliance members’ reports, ordered Sharp to improve the Alliance’s systems, and decided to handle the White Elephant Country issue himself.
• Jiang Fan spent the following days hunting mutant beasts while Jiang Qinian focused on Alliance affairs.
• A week later, Jiang Fan observed that mutant beasts in the mountains near the Yadan Plains had become scarce and estimated his qi and blood value at about 150,000.

Jiang Fan prepared to return to Huaxia with Jiang Qinian, but a White Elephant envoy arrived to punish the Guardian Alliance for killing Udi. Jiang Fan revealed himself as Udi’s killer and killed the envoy instantly, leaving the alliance stunned.

• Jiang Fan tested his growing blood-qi and reviewed how his combined spatial, time, and gravity domains could help him fight Supremes.
• Jiang Fan decided to urge Jiang Qinian to return to Huaxia with him after more than a week of waiting for White Elephant to respond to Udi’s death.
• Cas Salma arrived at the Guardian Alliance, destroyed its repaired city gate, and demanded Udi’s killer and the alliance’s leader accept punishment.
• Sharp explained that Udi had conspired to seize power, but Cas insisted that only the Salma Family had the right to judge its attendant.
• Jiang Fan admitted that he had killed Udi and twisted Cas’s neck with his power, killing him in front of the stunned alliance members.

After Jiang Fan killed Kaisi, he and Jiang Qinian remained unconcerned about White Elephant Country’s likely retaliation, while Sharp and the Guardian Alliance’s leaders prepared for trouble. White Elephant Country sent increasingly powerful envoys to demand justice, and Jiang Fan killed each one, leaving the alliance fearing an all-out war.

• Jiang Fan ordered Kaisi’s body disposed of and dismissed Sharp’s concerns about provoking White Elephant Country.
• Sharp arranged to conceal Kaisi’s death and tighten security, then reported the incident to Jiang Qinian.
• Jiang Qinian praised Sharp’s preparations and privately revealed that Jiang Fan had become a Level 9 Supreme.
• One day later, Jiang Fan killed two White Elephant Country envoys who demanded that the Guardian Alliance hand over the culprit.
• Three days later, Jiang Fan crushed a high-ranking Sarma Family military officer who threatened to slaughter the city, leaving Sharp and the others fearing war.

Jiang Fan decided to end the Guardian Alliance’s repeated clashes with the White Elephant Country by going after the Sarma Family. As he arrived in White Elephant Country, he encountered Yiyi and her grandfather preparing to confront the powerful families over her father’s death.

• Sharp urged Jiang Qinian and Jiang Fan to prepare for war after a Sarma Family military leader died, but Jiang Fan said he would resolve the problem at its source and vanished.
• Jiang Qinian explained that Jiang Fan intended to deal with the Sarma Family to stop the attacks on the Guardian Alliance.
• At Quade Sarma’s wedding, Bru learned that the Sarma Family’s dispatched Martial Artist had also been killed and vowed to retaliate after the celebration.
• Yiyi and her frail grandfather prepared to seek justice for her father at the Sarma Family estate, despite her fears that the powerful families would kill them.
• A tall young man appeared before Yiyi and her grandfather.

Jiang Fan met Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi in White Elephant Country as Sang Bo prepared to confront the Sarma Family over his son’s death. After explaining why his plan to expose Quade at the wedding would fail, Jiang Fan left Sang Bo asking how he could get justice.

• Jiang Fan encountered Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi and learned they were Huaxian people living in White Elephant Country.
• Sang Yiyi asked Jiang Fan to stop her grandfather from going to the Sarma Family estate, where he planned to make trouble.
• Sang Bo explained that the Sarma Family’s Quade had harassed Sang Yiyi, and that her father, Sang Jie, had died after resisting him.
• Sang Bo revealed he planned to expose Quade at his wedding to seek justice for Sang Jie and disrupt the Sarma Family’s alliance with the Josie Family.
• Jiang Fan warned Sang Bo that the wedding guests would not uphold justice and that his protest would only make him a joke.
• Sang Bo asked Jiang Fan what he should do and whether his son was supposed to have died for nothing.

Jiang Fan told Sang Bo that he had already come to confront the Sarma Family and brought Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi to the family estate. He killed Quade and repelled the Sarma Family’s attackers, leaving Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi stunned by his strength and abrupt violence.

• Jiang Fan told Sang Bo that he planned to cause trouble for the Sarma Family regardless and called them allies.
• Jiang Fan transported Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi into the air above the Sarma Family estate and released his pressure over the area.
• Jiang Fan identified himself as part of the Guardian Alliance when Bru Sarma challenged him at the wedding.
• Quade insulted Sang Bo and Sang Yiyi, and Jiang Fan killed him instantly.
• Bru ordered the Martial Artists at the estate to attack, but Jiang Fan turned their weapons back on them and inflicted many casualties.

Jiang Fan crushed Bru Sarma’s attack and announced that the Guardian Alliance would destroy the White Elephant Country if it provoked them again. When Old Patriarch Sami arrived and threatened Jiang Fan’s family, Jiang Fan killed Bru Sarma and faced Sami.

• Jiang Fan killed the Martial Artists who attacked him, and Bru Sarma charged at him in rage.
• Jiang Fan stopped Bru Sarma’s punch with a finger and sent him crashing through buildings into a rockery.
• Jiang Fan pulled the injured Bru Sarma into the air and warned the Sarma Family and the White Elephant Country not to provoke the Guardian Alliance.
• Old Patriarch Sami arrived, demanded that Jiang Fan release Bru Sarma and kill himself, and threatened to destroy Jiang Fan’s lineage.
• Jiang Fan snapped Bru Sarma’s neck, threw his corpse beside Quade’s, and calmly challenged Sami.