Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan discovered that Zen Heart Villa’s hidden mechanism blocked mental detection, while the Head Seat reported his suspicious arrival to the Divine Master. The Divine Master decided to meet Jiang Fan in three days and try to turn him into a spy against the Federal Agency; the Head Seat then returned from the hidden passage.

• Jiang Fan realized the pavilion’s mechanism had isolated his strand of mental will and prevented him from detecting the space beyond it.
• The Head Seat told the Divine Master that Jiang Fan had arrived alone, claimed a former follower had referred him, and knew details about the Nether Cult’s recruitment process.
• The Divine Master judged Jiang Fan suspicious but rejected the Head Seat’s suggestion to kill him, deciding to meet him personally during a lecture in three days.
• The Divine Master planned to recruit Jiang Fan and use him to infiltrate the Federal Agency.
• Jiang Fan saw the hidden doorway reappear, and the Head Seat emerged and returned through the rear mountain passage.

Jiang Fan waited to see what the Nether Cult’s Divine Master would do after the Head Seat apparently discovered him. At the Divine Master’s lecture, Jiang Fan saw Spiritual Power flowing from the man into the Cultivators and realized he was using external objects to control them.

• Jiang Fan suspected the Head Seat had discovered him, but decided to wait rather than attack the rear mountain.
• A Cultivator brought Jiang Fan a meal and told him the Divine Master would give a lecture in three days.
• Jiang Fan attended the lecture, where the Divine Master greeted him and began speaking to the assembled Cultivators.
• Jiang Fan saw the Cultivators grow dazed as the Divine Master’s voice affected them.
• Jiang Fan noticed wisps of Spiritual Power spreading from the Divine Master’s chest into the Cultivators’ glabellas and realized the man relied on external objects.

Jiang Fan resisted the Divine Master’s spiritual control and challenged his Nether Cult’s doctrine. When the Divine Master turned the believers against him, Jiang Fan subdued everyone in the hall with a single press of his hand.

• The Divine Master unleashed powerful Spiritual Power at Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan’s own Spiritual Power shattered it.
• Jiang Fan questioned whether people who surrendered their consciousness were still themselves, and the Divine Master defended the Nether Cult’s Eternal Pure Land.
• Jiang Fan denounced the Nether Cult and announced that he would wipe it out.
• The Divine Master ordered his armed disciples to attack Jiang Fan, hoping to test his background and use the believers as a shield.
• Jiang Fan pressed down with his right hand and pinned the disciples, the Divine Master, and the Head Seat to the ground.

Jiang Fan suppressed the Nether Cult’s Divine Master and over a hundred Martial Arts Masters with his domain, while the Divine Master tried to rally them by claiming Jiang Fan was only a Level 12 Low Rank. After they hesitated instead of attacking, Jiang Fan dragged them all into the main hall and pinned them down.

• Divine Master failed to resist Jiang Fan’s domain and realized Jiang Fan was a powerful Federation Prodigy.
• Divine Master played along with Jiang Fan’s taunts and claimed his guidance had brought peace to Cuiyu Star.
• Over a hundred Martial Arts Masters emerged from the underground palace, but Jiang Fan’s Gravity Crush stopped those who entered the main hall.
• Divine Master urged the Martial Arts Masters to attack together and warned that the Federal Government would hunt them if they fled.
• Jiang Fan asked whether they had finished discussing, then used a powerful suction force to pull everyone into the hall and pin them to the ground.

Jiang Fan defeated the Nether Cult’s Martial Arts Masters and refused the Divine Master’s offer to bargain, even after hearing that the cult could sow unrest across the Federation. The Divine Master activated a Spiritual Power signal to trigger chaos, but Jiang Fan’s response left the threat unresolved.

• The Divine Master realized Jiang Fan had effortlessly subdued the Nether Cult’s Martial Arts Masters and tried to save himself by threatening unrest through the cult’s followers and bases.
• The Divine Master offered Jiang Fan strongholds, a share of his position, and protection from the Federal Government, but Jiang Fan rejected his persuasion.
• Jiang Fan revealed that he had only listened to the Divine Master’s pitch to see how he would perform, then dared him to use his threat.
• The Divine Master hesitated until Jiang Fan pressed his foot onto his face and declared that he would die regardless.
• The Divine Master sent spiraling strands of Spiritual Power toward the door and boasted that the Federation’s 18th Province would fall into chaos, but his laughter abruptly stopped after Jiang Fan answered.

Jiang Fan stopped the Divine Master's plan, used Spiritual Illusion to uncover the Nether Cult's crimes and secrets, and killed everyone in the hall except the believers. After telling the rescued women to return to their families, he went to the ravine to explore the underground palace and prepare to destroy the Cult's remaining network.

• The Divine Master discovered that Jiang Fan had blocked his Spiritual Power and realized Jiang Fan was a Psychic who could use Spiritual Illusion.
• Jiang Fan searched the Divine Master's memories and learned that the Nether Cult ran gambling dens, enslaved people, trafficked children, and committed other crimes.
• Jiang Fan killed the Divine Master and the Nether Cult members in the hall, leaving the controlled believers alive.
• The freed women thanked Jiang Fan, and he told them to return home and reunite with their families.
• Jiang Fan used the secrets taken from the Divine Master to identify the underground palace as the site of the Nether Cult's records and network core, then appeared in the ravine behind the mountain.

Jiang Fan entered the Nether Cult's underground palace, seized the Divine Master's hidden treasures, and destroyed the servers powering the Cult's data network. Above Cuiyu Star, Yu Lancuan and the other Purifier Team captains considered forcing their way in, unaware of Jiang Fan's success.

• Jiang Fan entered the underground palace and found the Divine Master's luxurious bedchamber, where he opened a hidden room filled with treasure.
• Jiang Fan took eight million bottles of Spirit Liquid and collected the other valuables to turn over to the Federal Arbitration Office.
• Jiang Fan entered the network core, inspected its hundreds of servers, and destroyed them with a sphere of concentrated Heaven and Earth Energy, causing the underground palace to explode.
• Yu Lancuan learned that the technicians had failed to crack the Nether Cult's network after three days of work.
• Yu Lancuan and the other captains discussed changing their plan and forcing their way into the Nether Cult, while Yu Lancuan doubted that Jiang Fan had succeeded.

Jiang Fan’s squad discovered that the Nether Cult’s network core had collapsed, leaving them unsure how to find the organization’s headquarters. Jiang Fan appeared and revealed that he had destroyed the core and killed the Nether Cult’s leader, then ordered the squad to clear the Cult’s remaining strongholds.

• Technicians confirmed that the Nether Cult’s underlying data-network core had completely collapsed.
• Yu Lancuan and the squad leaders debated whether Jiang Fan had caused the collapse, then worried that they had no way to locate the Nether Cult’s headquarters.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the aircraft cabin and ordered Yu Lancuan, Hu Sheng, and Jia Sanming to organize the squad and purge the Nether Cult’s remnants.
• Jiang Fan told them that he had destroyed the core, slain the Nether Cult’s leader, and obtained the locations of sixty-eight strongholds for the squad to uproot.

Jiang Fan revealed that he had killed the Nether Cult's Divine Master and destroyed its headquarters, then gave the Purifier Squad intelligence on sixty-eight strongholds. The squad cleared them all without casualties, and Jiang Fan added the treasures he had seized from the underground palace to their haul.

• Jiang Fan told the Purifier Squad that he had killed the Nether Cult's leader and destroyed its headquarters, and the collapsed network core confirmed his claim.
• Jiang Fan showed the squad locations and intelligence for sixty-eight Nether Cult strongholds and ordered them to launch an immediate purge.
• Yu Lancuan organized the Purifier Squad into nine groups, and Jiang Fan warned them to act cautiously and retreat if they faced unexpected danger.
• The twenty-nine squad members cleared all sixty-eight strongholds in five days, killing 357 cult members, rescuing 5,923 believers, and suffering no casualties.
• Yu Lancuan reported the seized wealth, and Jiang Fan added the treasures he had taken from the underground palace beneath the headquarters.

Jiang Fan rewarded the Purifier Squad with Spirit Liquid seized from the Nether Cult, strengthening their trust in him before they departed for Jiao Yang Star. During the journey, he studied a miniature bull horn used by the Nether Cult’s Divine Master and discovered he could absorb the Spiritual Power inside it.

• Jiang Fan ordered four million bottles of Spirit Liquid removed from the inventory and distributed among the Purifier Squad as a reward.
• Yu Lancuan worried the Elder Council might object, but Jiang Fan took responsibility and assured the squad the distribution was permitted.
• The Purifier Squad rested and replenished supplies on Cuiyu Star before setting off for Jiao Yang Star, a journey expected to take nearly a month.
• Jiang Fan examined a miniature bull horn kept from the Nether Cult’s underground palace and recognized it as a tool for guiding Spiritual Power and controlling believers.
• Jiang Fan drew the Spiritual Power from the miniature bull horn into his Sea of Consciousness and discovered that it fused with his own.

Jiang Fan used the mini bull horns to cultivate for a month, improving his Spiritual Power and vital energy and blood as the squad approached Jiao Yang Star. He approved Yu Lancuan’s plan to launch a concentrated assault on the Backstab Army’s underground fortress.

• Jiang Fan decided to use nineteen thousand mini bull horns from the Nether Cult’s underground palace to cultivate his Spiritual Power.
• After a month, Jiang Fan achieved a breakthrough in Spiritual Power and raised his vital energy and blood value from fifty-five million to fifty-seven million.
• Yu Lancuan told the squad that they would reach Jiao Yang Star soon and proposed they prepare a battle plan for the Backstab Army’s underground fortress.
• Jiang Fan joined the tactical meeting and asked Yu Lancuan to lead the discussion.
• Yu Lancuan presented a plan to stealthily land on Jiao Yang Star at night and concentrate the squad’s firepower against the Backstab Army, and Jiang Fan approved it.

After the Purifier Squad wiped out the Backstab Army on Jiao Yang Star, it reached the Shadow Organization’s territory and discovered that the enemy’s base was concealed inside a Space Fold. Jiang Fan admitted that searching the vast region would take too long, then proposed waiting for the Shadow Organization to come to them.

• Jiang Fan led the Purifier Squad in annihilating the Backstab Army on Jiao Yang Star and controlling the battlefield throughout the attack.
• The squad found the Backstab Army’s meager Treasure Room, inventoried its supplies, and set off for the final target.
• Half a month later, the Purifier Squad arrived at the Shadow Organization’s coordinates but found only empty space around them.
• Jiang Fan explained that the Shadow Organization hid its base inside a Space Fold in the Shattered Corridor and used unstable spatial nodes to rob spacecraft.
• Jiang Fan said his Spatial Ability could locate the Space Fold, but searching the enormous region would take too long.
• Jiang Fan proposed that the Purifier Squad wait for the Shadow Organization to come to them.

Jiang Fan used his spacecraft as bait in the Shattered Corridor to lure the Shadow Organization into revealing itself. After nearly a day of cruising through the corridor’s core, his ship was surrounded by unidentified craft, and he prepared to face the attackers.

• Jiang Fan proposed disguising the team and waiting for the Shadow Organization to attack so they could capture its members and discover the location of its base.
• Jiang Fan sent Yu Lancuan and the others away from the corridor’s core while he piloted a second spacecraft as bait.
• Yu Lancuan offered to take Jiang Fan’s place, but Jiang Fan insisted that he could escape danger and the team followed his plan.
• Jiang Fan plotted a slow route through the corridor’s core, shut off the spacecraft’s stealth systems, and released its signals.
• After nearly a day, unidentified flying objects appeared around Jiang Fan’s spacecraft and surrounded it.
• Jiang Fan stood up smiling and announced that the Shadow Organization had finally made its move.

Jiang Fan let members of the Shadow Organization board his spacecraft, then revealed he had come on behalf of the Federal Arbitration Office to destroy their organization. He killed their leader with a single finger strike and immobilized the remaining members, leaving them unable to flee.

• Jiang Fan let the Shadow Organization’s spacecraft surround his ship and agreed to their invitation for tea.
• The Shadow Organization members boarded Jiang Fan’s spacecraft, expecting to rob an inexperienced rich young man.
• Jiang Fan identified them as members of the Shadow Organization and demanded the coordinates of their headquarters in the Space Fold.
• The leader attacked Jiang Fan, who pierced through his fist and killed him with a single finger strike.
• The remaining Shadow Organization members tried to retreat but found themselves unable to move.

Jiang Fan forced Shadow Organization members to reveal the locations and deployment of their headquarters and departments, then killed them despite their cooperation. He rendezvoused with the Purifier Squad and shared the intelligence so they could prepare a battle plan.

• Jiang Fan restrained the Shadow Organization members and made them compete to reveal the organization's locations and forces.
• The members cross-verified one another's accounts as they marked a complete deployment map on the Sky Screen.
• Jiang Fan refused to spare them, threw them out of the aircraft, and killed them in space.
• Jiang Fan contacted Yu Lancuan, Hu Sheng, and Jia Sanming with the Shadow Organization's coordinates and called them to rendezvous.
• Jiang Fan met the Purifier Squad an hour later, and Yu Lancuan and the others asked how he had obtained the intelligence so quickly.

Jiang Fan led the Purifier Squad in destroying the Shadow Organization and gave the confiscated Spirit Liquid to his teammates. After granting them a week of rest on White Willow Star, he faced a sinister stranger who appeared in the void and seemed to be targeting him.

• Jiang Fan explained how he had lured the Shadow Organization into a trap and confirmed the intelligence he had extracted from its members.
• Yu Lancuan and the Purifier Squad presented their plan to divide into eleven teams, destroy the outer bases, and then attack the core base, and Jiang Fan approved it.
• The Purifier Squad destroyed the Shadow Organization's outer forces and core base in about two hours, while Jiang Fan coordinated the operation.
• Yu Lancuan reported that the Shadow Organization had been eliminated and its assets sealed; Jiang Fan gave the two million bottles of confiscated Spirit Liquid to the squad.
• Jiang Fan granted the Purifier Squad a week of rest on White Willow Star, but a gaunt, green-eyed man appeared in space and drew his attention.

Jiang Fan confronted a powerful Blood Butcher Organization assassin seeking revenge for Roger, whom Jiang Fan had killed. After sending the Purifier Squad away, Jiang Fan chose to fight the Level 13 opponent alone, and their battle began with a clash that surprised the assassin.

• Jiang Fan identified the attacker as a member of the Blood Butcher Organization, who blamed him for Roger’s death and threatened to kill everyone aboard the Purifier Squad’s spacecraft.
• Jiang Fan ordered Yu Lancuan and the Purifier Squad to flee to the Federal Arbitration Office headquarters while he stayed behind.
• Yu Lancuan obeyed Jiang Fan’s order, and the spacecraft escaped as the assassin watched without intervening.
• Jiang Fan refused to run and challenged the assassin, who he believed was at most Level 13.
• Jiang Fan’s punch clashed with the assassin’s palm, sending both fighters backward and surprising the assassin with Jiang Fan’s powerful blood-and-energy strength.
• The assassin suddenly appeared beside Jiang Fan and thrust his sharp fingers toward Jiang Fan’s temple at tremendous speed.

Jiang Fan fought the emaciated middle-aged man, revealing Level 13 strength and overcoming the man’s Poison Domain with his Spiritual Power, Blood Qi, and power of time. As the man died, he warned that more members of the Blood Butcher Organization would soon come after the Federal Arbitration Office, leaving Jiang Fan alarmed.

• Jiang Fan used his Gravity Domain to pin down the emaciated middle-aged man and smash him into a meteorite.
• The man questioned Jiang Fan’s strength, and Jiang Fan revealed that he had advanced from Level 12 to Level 13 in the six months since killing Roger.
• Jiang Fan struck the man with Spiritual Power needles and a golden Blade Aura, but the man blocked the blade with his Bone-Corroding Poison Domain.
• The man spread poisonous mist across hundreds of miles, disrupting Jiang Fan’s Spatial Shuttle and making it difficult for him to breathe.
• Jiang Fan unleashed a Mental Storm and used the power of time to slow the man, then cleaved him in two with a massive sword strike.
• As he died, the man said more members of the Blood Butcher Organization would soon come for the Federal Arbitration Office, and Jiang Fan realized they had sent more people.

Jiang Fan hurried to rescue Yu Lancuan and the Purifier Squad after learning that the Blood Butcher Organization had targeted them. Yu Lancuan’s team was trapped and badly injured by three Level 12 Peak attackers, leaving them facing near-certain defeat.

• Jiang Fan failed to contact Yu Lancuan and ordered his spacecraft to reach the squad’s location at maximum speed.
• Three Blood Butcher Organization members intercepted Yu Lancuan and the Purifier Squad’s spacecraft outside the Shattered Corridor.
• Yu Lancuan identified the attackers and ordered the pilot to ram through their blockade, but their energy beams overwhelmed the ship’s shield.
• Yu Lancuan ordered the squad to abandon ship and scatter, but the attackers struck them and pulled them back together.
• The three attackers revealed their Level 12 Peak strength as Yu Lancuan and the injured squad prepared to face them.

The Purifier Squad used the Heavenly Dipper Formation against three Level 12 Peak Experts from the Blood Butcher Organization, but the elders broke it and left the squad gravely wounded. As one elder attacked Yu Lancuan, a terrifying pressure descended and an unknown voice shouted, “You're courting death!”

• Yu Lancuan ordered the Purifier Squad to surround the Blood Butcher Organization and fight together since their escape route was gone.
• The Purifier Squad formed the Heavenly Dipper Formation and unleashed a combined attack powerful enough to rival a Level 13 Great Expert.
• Two Blood Butcher Organization members repelled the formation's attack while the third disrupted it, causing the formation to collapse and its members to be badly injured.
• Yu Lancuan lamented that he could not fulfill his promise to bring the squad home safely, then challenged the elders to kill them and face the Federal Arbitration Office's wrath.
• A Blood Butcher Organization elder reached for Yu Lancuan's heart, but a cold voice rang out as an overwhelming pressure descended over the starry sky.