Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan used Spiritual Illusion to probe Blood Owl’s memories and learned that the Blood Butcher Organization was secretly stockpiling strategic minerals to manufacture powerful weapons and prepare for rebellion. Blood Owl did not know who inside the Federal Arbitration Office was collaborating with the organization, and he awoke as Jiang Fan finished probing.

• Jiang Fan questioned Blood Owl about the organization’s expansion and its intelligence on the Purifier Squad, but Blood Owl refused to answer and threatened him.
• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Illusion to search Blood Owl’s memories and discovered the organization was seizing Ash Star Iron and other regulated minerals to build weapons and war machines.
• Jiang Fan learned the organization had expanded its operations across the Qiyuan Star Domain’s border regions and suspected it was preparing to rebel against the Federal Government.
• Jiang Fan probed Blood Owl’s memories further and learned the organization’s president had abruptly urged its members to oppose the Federal Government on the night before its planned dissolution.
• Jiang Fan suspected the Federal Arbitration Office’s traitors had influenced the president’s change of heart, but Blood Owl’s memories did not reveal the collaborator’s identity.
• Blood Owl awoke from the illusion after Jiang Fan withdrew his Spiritual Energy.

Jiang Fan killed Blood Owl and the Yellow Sand Cult’s leaders after extracting Blood Butcher Organization intelligence from Blood Owl’s memories. He left Gray Rock Star to reassess his plan, deciding to investigate the organization’s president before launching an attack.

• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Illusion to read Blood Owl’s memories, then killed him after Blood Owl refused to cooperate.
• The Yellow Sand Cult’s leaders begged Jiang Fan for mercy and offered information, but he said he already knew everything from Blood Owl and killed them.
• Jiang Fan left Gray Rock Star after wiping out the Yellow Sand Cult’s key figures.
• Jiang Fan compared Blood Owl’s memories with Old Smoker’s intelligence and learned that the Blood Butcher Organization had powerful leaders and forces, while its president’s strength remained unknown.
• Jiang Fan abandoned his plan to attack the Blood Butcher camp immediately and decided to probe the president’s true strength first.

Jiang Fan traveled to Lan Sha Reef to infiltrate the Blood Butcher Organization’s upcoming Scarlet Meeting and gather information about its leadership. He located the meeting site three days before the event and began planning how to get inside.

• Jiang Fan recalled that Blood Ancestor had ordered the Scarlet Blade Generals to attend the Scarlet Meeting and decided to disguise himself as venue staff.
• Jiang Fan traveled to Qiyuan Star Domain, cultivating on the way until his qi and blood reached 68 million.
• Jiang Fan entered the Dust Belt near Lan Sha Reef, concealed his aircraft, and continued alone to avoid surveillance.
• Jiang Fan arrived at Lan Sha Reef and used his consciousness to survey the island and locate the Blood Butcher Organization’s meeting site.
• Jiang Fan noted that the meeting was three days away and prepared to investigate how to sneak inside.

Jiang Fan infiltrated the Scarlet Meeting as a server and watched the Blood Butcher Organization discover that Vice President Blood Owl had gone missing. The meeting continued, and Blood Ancestor introduced Councilor Ace, the representative of the Endless Armament, whom Jiang Fan recognized.

• After sensing that someone had watched him, Jiang Fan grew cautious and had the organizers add his name to the Scarlet Meeting's service staff list.
• Jiang Fan entered the meeting hall in a server's uniform and identified the Blood Butcher Organization's leaders, councilors, and combat force.
• Blood Ancestor demanded to know why Blood Owl had not arrived, and Blood Nightmare failed to reach him or the affiliated forces on Gray Rock Star.
• The attendees realized Blood Owl had not been heard from in about a month, and Blood Ancestor ordered Blood Nightmare to investigate after the meeting.
• Blood Ancestor resumed the meeting and introduced Councilor Ace as the representative of the Endless Armament, prompting Jiang Fan to recognize him.

Jiang Fan learned that the Blood Butcher Organization was working with Endless Armament to manufacture Starry Sky Weapons and suspected the group was colluding with insiders at the Federal Arbitration Office. After Blood Ancestor ordered all unrelated personnel killed, Jiang Fan was trapped in the hall as panicked staff tried to flee.

• Blood Nightmare presented the Blood Butcher Organization’s Starry Sky Armament goals and progress, estimating that production could be completed in about half a year if resources arrived on schedule.
• Ace assured Blood Ancestor that Endless Armament could meet the production schedule, but warned that a shortage of Ash Star Iron from Gray Rock Star threatened the plan.
• Blood Ancestor promised that Blood Nightmare would investigate Gray Rock Star and said he would intervene if necessary, while Ace offered to advance production stages that did not require Ash Star Iron.
• Jiang Fan listened to the meeting and concluded that the Blood Butcher Organization’s operations were linked to corrupt officials inside the Federal Arbitration Office, but decided he still needed to probe Blood Ancestor.
• Blood Ancestor ended the meeting and ordered the unrelated personnel killed, prompting Jiang Fan and the other staff to realize they were being silenced as people screamed and rushed for the exit.

Jiang Fan was discovered spying on the Scarlet Meeting and tried to escape, but Blood Ancestor blocked his Spatial Ability. Blood Ancestor revealed that the Blood Butcher Organization planned to kill everyone at the gathering, leaving Jiang Fan surrounded by powerful enemies.

• A General in the Scarlet Blade and the other Generals killed several fleeing service staff.
• Jiang Fan deflected a General’s attack, killing him, then opened a Space Channel to escape.
• Blood Ancestor stopped Jiang Fan from traveling through space, forcing him to withdraw from the Space Channel.
• Blood Ancestor explained that he had detected Jiang Fan’s unusual mental perception and had seen through his disguise.
• Jiang Fan realized the service staff had died because of him, but Blood Ancestor said the Blood Butcher Organization would have killed everyone at the Scarlet Meeting anyway.

Jiang Fan pretended to struggle against the Blood Butcher Organization while using his Spatial Ability to evade its attacks. As the attackers tightened their formation and wounded him, they believed they were wearing him down, while Jiang Fan continued to conceal his true intentions.

• Jiang Fan decided to feign weakness so he could strike the attackers without giving the Blood Ancestor time to intervene.
• The Blood Butcher Organization's councilors and Generals attacked Jiang Fan, but he escaped their barrage unharmed using Spatial Ability.
• The Blood Ancestor revealed that he had sealed the area within a one-kilometer radius, and the attackers spread out to anticipate Jiang Fan's appearances.
• Jiang Fan used Spatial Shuttle to strike a General, then dodged the group's attacks as they closed off escape routes.
• The attackers coordinated their attacks and inflicted several wounds on Jiang Fan, believing his repeated Spatial Shuttles were exhausting him.
• Jiang Fan continued to appear increasingly injured and sluggish as the Blood Butcher Organization intensified its assault.

Jiang Fan lured the Blood Butcher Organization’s core forces into a trap and annihilated them, but Blood Ancestor badly injured him and moved to finish him off. Councilor Ace intervened, revealed his strength, and declared that he was protecting Jiang Fan as a member of the Federal Deep Scar Division.

• The Blood Butcher Organization’s experts converged on Jiang Fan, but he revealed his trap and destroyed dozens of them with a burst of five-element energy.
• Blood Ancestor struck Jiang Fan and sealed the Space Channels, leaving him severely injured and unable to escape.
• Blood Ancestor unleashed another powerful palm attack, and Jiang Fan’s giant sword shattered against it.
• Councilor Ace stopped Blood Ancestor’s attack and drove off Blood Nightmare and Blood Scholar when they tried to interfere.
• Councilor Ace told Blood Ancestor he was protecting Jiang Fan and identified himself as a member of the Federal Deep Scar Division.

Ace revealed that he was a member of the Federal Deep Scar Division and explained that the Blood Butcher Organization had been a target because of its ties to the Endless Armament. Blood Ancestor attacked Ace and Jiang Fan, but Ace protected Jiang Fan and countered his techniques; Blood Ancestor then began a desperate escalation.

• Ace told Blood Ancestor that the Federation had monitored the Endless Armament and viewed the Blood Butcher Organization as a way to take it down.
• Blood Ancestor, enraged by Ace’s contempt, attacked Ace and Jiang Fan with a palm strike.
• Ace teleported Jiang Fan to safety and matched Blood Ancestor’s attack with a punch.
• Blood Ancestor unleashed his Blood Sea Filling the Sky, but Ace summoned a mechanical eye that erased the blood waves.
• Ace urged Blood Ancestor to surrender and reveal his accomplices, but Blood Ancestor refused and sprayed his natal blood essence onto his chest.

Ace defeated Blood Ancestor by finding and striking the core of his Crimson Purgatory, then took him alive to investigate Endless Armament. He told Jiang Fan to return and promised an answer about the Federal Arbitration Office after dealing with Endless Armament.

• Blood Ancestor unleashed his Level 14 innate domain, Crimson Purgatory, and tried to trap and refine Ace.
• Ace let Blood Ancestor believe the domain had caught him, then revealed its attacks passed through him because he had found a flaw.
• Ace struck Crimson Purgatory’s core, destroying the domain and knocking Blood Ancestor into a pit.
• Ace stabilized Blood Ancestor’s injuries and kept him alive because he knew about Endless Armament.
• Ace told Jiang Fan to return and promised to answer his questions about the Federal Arbitration Office after dealing with Endless Armament, then left with Blood Ancestor.

Jiang Fan returned to the Federal Arbitration Office after Ace took Blood Ancestor away and the Blood Butcher Organization’s leaders were wiped out. He told Xu Shoushan that someone else had captured Blood Ancestor, and Xu asked him to explain what happened.

• Jiang Fan reflected that Ace’s intervention had kept him from capturing Blood Ancestor, and learned about the secretive Federal Deep Scar Division and its power.
• Jiang Fan killed the two surviving Blood Butcher vice presidents, then set his aircraft for the Federal Arbitration Office headquarters and recovered during the journey.
• Two months later, Jiang Fan arrived at headquarters with his strength restored and his qi and blood increased to seventy-eight million.
• Xu Shoushan told Jiang Fan that the Federal Arbitration Office had sent forces to destroy the Blood Butcher Organization, but they turned back after hearing its leaders had already been wiped out at Lan Sha Reef.
• Jiang Fan clarified that he had not destroyed the organization and that someone else had captured the Level 14 Blood Ancestor, prompting Xu Shoushan to ask who it was.

Jiang Fan reported his discoveries about the Blood Butcher Organization, the Federal Deep Scar Division, and Ace to Xu Shoushan, who praised his accomplishments and invited him to meet the Federal Arbitration Office's President. Three days later, the Purifier Squad joined Xu Shoushan at the Ring of Judgment and was teleported to a secluded courtyard where the President was expected to receive them.

• Jiang Fan told Xu Shoushan how he defeated the Blood Butcher Organization's forces and learned about the Federal Deep Scar Division and Ace.
• Xu Shoushan said his investigation into a traitor within the Federal Arbitration Office had found no evidence, and he expected Ace to help resolve the matter.
• Xu Shoushan told Jiang Fan that the President would emerge from seclusion in three days and invited him to meet the President.
• Three days later, the Purifier Squad gathered at the Ring of Judgment to attend the President's commendation.
• Xu Shoushan led the Purifier Squad through a teleportation gate and into a secluded mountain courtyard.

Xu Shoushan held a commendation ceremony to close the Purifier mission and announced medals, promotions, and Spirit Liquid rewards for the squad. The three team captains received Second Class Medals and larger rewards, while the other members received Third Class Medals and smaller rewards.

• Xu Shoushan brought the thirty members of the Purifier Squad to the President’s secluded residence and announced the commendation ceremony.
• Xu Shoushan reviewed the Purifier mission and explained that the ceremony would recognize the squad’s collective efforts.
• Xu Shoushan awarded Yu Lancuan a Second Class Medal, a promotion, entry into the reserve talent pool, and fifty thousand bottles of Spirit Liquid.
• Xu Shoushan gave Hu Sheng the same medal, promotion, reserve talent pool entry, and Spirit Liquid reward.
• Xu Shoushan recognized Jia Sanming and the remaining squad members, who received Third Class Medals, one-level promotions, and twenty thousand bottles of Spirit Liquid each.

The President praised Jiang Fan’s achievements and offered him prestigious rewards and personal cultivation guidance, but Jiang Fan said he planned to leave the Federal Arbitration Office. The President mistook his refusal for disillusionment over the leaked mission information and vowed to purge the traitors, leaving Jiang Fan curious about how he would act.

• The President summoned Jiang Fan’s record of victories and offered him the Federal Arbitration Office’s First-Class Medal, a three-level promotion, and one hundred thousand bottles of Spirit Liquid.
• The President offered to personally guide Jiang Fan’s cultivation, but Jiang Fan declined and said he expected to resign and leave soon.
• Xu Shoushan urged Jiang Fan to reconsider, while the elders stared in disbelief at his refusal.
• The President said he understood Jiang Fan’s disappointment over the mission information leak and asked him to wait before deciding to leave.
• The President announced that he would personally purge the traitors within the Federal Arbitration Office, and Jiang Fan wondered what information he had uncovered.

President Wan Xie exposed the Grand Elder and several Elders for betraying Purifier Squads and colluding with the Blood Butcher Organization. The Grand Elder confessed that he had pursued power and revenge after believing the presidency should have been his.

• President Wan Xie accused the Grand Elder, Shi Bin, Ji Xin, and other Elders of orchestrating Purifier Squad disasters and named their crimes.
• The unaccused Elders realized that an insider had caused the Purifier Squads' high casualties, while Xu Shoushan accused the Grand Elder of arranging the ambush in the Shattered Corridor.
• Wan Xie produced evidence from his investigation and demanded that the Grand Elder explain his actions.
• The Grand Elder confessed that he had joined forces with the Blood Butcher Organization because he believed the presidency was rightfully his, and he had sought to weaken the Federal Arbitration Office and build a Starry Sky Weapon.

The Grand Elder led eight elders in a rebellion against the President, but the President crushed them with overwhelming strength and had them arrested. After learning Jiang Fan had about 78 million vitality, the President again asked to guide him, until a familiar voice called him out for trying to take someone else’s person.

• The Grand Elder revealed that he had reached Level 14 and rallied eight elders to fight the President and seize control of the Federal Arbitration Office.
• The President overwhelmed the rebels, but the Grand Elder broke free and attacked Jiang Fan to use him as leverage.
• Jiang Fan met the Grand Elder’s claw with a punch and fought him to a standstill before the President struck him down.
• Xu Shoushan and the others restrained the Grand Elder and the other seven rebels, and the President ordered them imprisoned pending execution.
• The President praised Jiang Fan’s strength, learned that his vitality was around 78 million, and asked to guide him.
• A familiar voice called from the sky, accusing Wan Xie of trying to steal Jiang Fan after using the speaker’s evidence.

Ace confronted President Wan Xie over trying to keep Jiang Fan in the Federal Arbitration Office, and the two asked Jiang Fan to choose between their factions. Jiang Fan said he intended to leave the office and join no faction because duties and restrictions would hinder his cultivation, leaving Ace and Wan Xie to reconsider his reasons.

• Ace arrived at the Federal Arbitration Office and challenged President Wan Xie about what he had promised when Ace supplied evidence against the Grand Elder.
• President Wan Xie dismissed the elders but told Jiang Fan to stay, then moved the three of them to a lakeside setting with his World Change.
• Ace accused Wan Xie of trying to keep Jiang Fan in the office, and Wan Xie argued that Jiang Fan should decide for himself.
• Jiang Fan said he planned to resign from the Federal Arbitration Office and had no intention of joining another faction.
• Jiang Fan explained that strict duties, frequent missions, and his heavy resource needs would leave him less time and resources to cultivate, and Ace and Wan Xie understood.

Jiang Fan agreed to meet Ace’s mysterious master after learning the powerful figure might offer him guidance and cultivation resources without restricting his freedom. Ace took Jiang Fan to a vast mountain range, where they began the journey to the summit.

• The President and Ace argued over the benefits of Jiang Fan joining their respective organizations before Ace revealed that his master wanted to meet Jiang Fan.
• The President urged Jiang Fan to seize the rare opportunity to meet a powerful figure who could potentially take him as a disciple.
• Ace assured Jiang Fan that his master would respect his choices and provide resources, and Jiang Fan agreed to meet him.
• Ace arranged to take Jiang Fan to meet his master at noon the next day.
• Ace arrived the following morning and brought Jiang Fan to a towering mountain range, explaining that they would have to climb to the summit on foot.

Jiang Fan and Ace climbed Kunlun Divine Mountain on foot to visit Ace’s master at the Heavenly Palace. After reaching the summit, Jiang Fan took in the vast mountain ranges as Ace reassured him that even Martial Artists could be moved by the view.

• Ace explained that he and his five junior brothers climbed the mountain on foot to show respect for their master.
• Jiang Fan and Ace climbed the steep, dangerous mountainside while discussing their first meeting at Lan Sha Reef and their cultivation paths.
• After more than two hours, Jiang Fan and Ace reached the summit.
• Jiang Fan gazed over the immense mountain ranges, and Ace told him that feeling small before the scenery was perfectly normal.

Jiang Fan met Ace’s master, Huai Zhen, who praised his courage and strength and offered to take him as his final disciple. Jiang Fan accepted, becoming Huai Zhen’s seventh disciple and learning that his master was the Lord of the Scar Division.

• Ace told Jiang Fan about his master’s habits and offered to teach him a sound-transmission technique after he reached Entry Level.
• Huai Zhen returned from gathering herbs and met Jiang Fan, who was surprised by his youthful appearance despite his age of over two hundred years.
• Huai Zhen praised Jiang Fan’s actions at Lan Sha Reef and revealed five of his other disciples, alongside Ace.
• Huai Zhen offered to take Jiang Fan as his seventh and final disciple, asking him to help protect the Qiyuan Star Domain if it faced danger.
• Jiang Fan accepted Huai Zhen as his master, and Huai Zhen introduced himself as the Lord of the Scar Division.