Chapter Summaries

Great Xuan’s forces faced four Fusang Martial Saints at Kuaiji, and Su Fei’s side accepted their challenges to single combat. Pang Junhao fought Hojo Yasumasa while Su Fei effortlessly burned away Hojo Tetsuji’s powerful sword strike, leaving Tetsuji shocked.

• Pang Junhao assessed the enemy’s four Martial Saints and warned Su Fei and Fang Xiongfei that Great Xuan was outnumbered.
• Takeda Shingo persuaded Hojo Yasumasa to challenge Great Xuan’s Martial Saints to single combat, and Hojo Yasumasa engaged Pang Junhao in the air.
• Hojo Tetsuji taunted Su Fei and challenged him, then attacked with a powerful black blade aura.
• Su Fei formed a Perfection Realm Flame Blade and instantly melted Hojo Tetsuji’s attack, stunning him.

Su Fei killed Hojo Tetsuji, then defeated Takeda Shingo and Takeda Hidehiro when they attacked him together. Their deaths left the Wa Kingdom's forces terrified and Great Xuan's soldiers emboldened.

• Su Fei burned Hojo Tetsuji to ashes with his crimson saber energy.
• Hojo Yasumasa lost focus after witnessing Hojo Tetsuji's death, allowing Pang Junhao to wound him.
• Fang Xiongfei rallied the Great Xuan soldiers, who cheered for Su Fei and called for the pirates' defeat.
• Takeda Shingo and Takeda Hidehiro joined forces and attacked Su Fei with their saber techniques.
• Su Fei drew the Crimson Firmament Sword and cut through both attacks, killing Takeda Shingo and Takeda Hidehiro.
• The Japanese pirate soldiers fell silent as the three slain Martial Saints' deaths shattered their hopes.

Su Fei and Pang Junhao defeated the Fusang forces at Yuezhou, killing their four Martial Saints and routing their army. The Great Xuan Army won with few casualties, while Hojo Ogi and Takeda Nobuo were captured.

• Pang Junhao wounded Hojo Yasumasa and brought him down, and Su Fei executed him despite his surrender.
• After the four Martial Saints died, Su Fei ordered the Great Xuan Army to kill the Japanese pirates, whose ranks broke into chaos.
• Hojo Ogi was captured by Palace Guard soldiers, and Fang Xiongfei captured Takeda Nobuo.
• The Great Xuan Army slaughtered or pursued the fleeing Japanese pirates, while Pang Junhao killed Grandmasters who tried to resist.
• After several hours, the battle ended in a decisive Great Xuan victory, with only a few dozen soldiers wounded and the two commanders captured.
• Fang Xiongfei thanked Su Fei on behalf of the Yuezhou Army and people of Yuezhou, then kowtowed until his forehead bled.

After Su Fei defeated the Japanese pirates in Yuezhou, news of his victory spread across Great Xuan and alarmed his political rivals. Crown Prince Zhao Yan resented Su Fei’s growing influence, while the Southern Commandery Investigation Department celebrated his achievement and the barbarian khan reconsidered plans to attack Great Xuan.

• Su Fei ordered the captured Japanese commanders Hojo Ogi and Takeda Nobuo taken to the imperial city, then directed Fang Xiongfei to clear the battlefield and reassure Yuezhou’s people.
• Reports of Su Fei’s victory, including the deaths of four Martial Saints and the capture of two Japanese commanders, reached the imperial city.
• Crown Prince Zhao Yan grew angry over Su Fei’s success and demanded that his advisers find a way to restrain him, then smashed his jade ruyi scepter in frustration.
• Lei Chongxiao and the Southern Commandery Investigation Department’s officers praised Su Fei’s victory, and Lei Chongxiao resolved to petition the court to reward him.
• Batu and the high priest discussed Su Fei’s strength and questioned whether the barbarians could risk attacking Wild Goose Pass.

Batu withdrew the barbarian army from Wild Goose Pass, while Fusang suspended its military operations after Su Fei annihilated its invading force. Su Fei reviewed Yuezhou’s recovery efforts, leaving the region rebuilding and better prepared for future pirate raids.

• Batu accepted the high priest’s advice, ordered the barbarian army to withdraw to Black Stone Mountain Pasture, and barred troops from approaching Wild Goose Pass without his command.
• The defenders of Wild Goose Pass celebrated the retreat, and their commander ordered patrols increased and the withdrawal reported to the imperial capital.
• The emperor of Fusang learned that Su Fei had destroyed the invading force and captured Hojo Ogi and Takeda Nobuo, then struck his sister when she demanded another expedition to avenge Masahito.
• The emperor of Fusang suspended military operations against Great Xuan and ordered officials to monitor Su Fei and gather information about him.
• Su Fei reviewed Fang Xiongfei’s postwar arrangements in Kuaiji Commandery, including replenished granaries, repaired embankments, aid for civilians, and new coastal watchtowers.

Su Fei returned to the Great Xuan Imperial City after defeating the Fusang Kingdom’s forces in Yuezhou and was promoted to Marquis of Martial Peace. Emperor Xuan then had Tang Baolun arrested for advocating surrender and ordering Su Fei handed over to the enemy.

• Fang Xiongfei and the people of Yuezhou toasted Su Fei and Pang Junhao as their troops departed with Hojo Ogi and Takeda Nobuo in prison carts.
• Su Fei led the Palace Guard back to the Great Xuan Imperial City, where Emperor Xuan and officials welcomed him and Pang Junhao.
• Emperor Xuan promoted Su Fei to Marquis of Martial Peace and made Pang Junhao commander of the Imperial Palace Guard, rewarding both for their service.
• Emperor Xuan ordered Palace Guards to seize Tang Baolun and sent him to the Heavenly Prison for investigation over his proposal to negotiate with the Japanese pirates.

After defeating the Japanese pirates, Su Fei received Emperor Xuan’s favor and attended a victory banquet where officials sought to arrange a marriage for him. Riding home after the banquet, he came upon four attackers fighting an old man and a young man.

• Emperor Xuan ordered Tang Baolun stripped and taken away, and sent Hojo Ogi and Takeda Nobuo to the Heavenly Prison for public execution.
• Su Fei received a system reward of Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and 280 years of cultivation, then attended Emperor Xuan’s victory banquet with Pang Junhao.
• Officials crowded around Su Fei to offer toasts and propose marriage matches, while Crown Prince Zhao Yan watched resentfully.
• Su Fei left the palace after midnight and rode toward his residence.
• Su Fei rounded a street corner and saw four people in black attacking a wounded blue-robed old man and a young man with a longsword.

Su Fei received an ancient bronze key from a poisoned old man and killed the White Lotus Sect followers pursuing it. The old man explained that the key was a sacred relic of the sect, though he did not know what it was used for.

• The blue-robed old man threw Su Fei an ancient bronze key and warned him not to let the attackers take it.
• Fourth attacked Su Fei, who killed him with a single strike of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Su Fei revealed that he was with the Imperial Guard, then killed the remaining three men in black with a sword-light technique.
• The old man thanked Su Fei and told him that his grandson had obtained the White Lotus Sect's sacred relic by chance.

Su Fei punished a blue-robed old man and his grandson after they tried to use him to escape trouble, then claimed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and used his cultivation to master it. He ended the chapter having brought the sword art to Perfection.

• Su Fei accused the old man of shifting trouble onto him and refused to forgive his scheme, even after the old man offered the White Lotus Sect’s secret vault.
• Su Fei demanded that only one of the old man and the boy could survive, and the boy killed his own grandfather to save himself.
• Su Fei killed the boy with Flame Blade qi, then rode home with the ancient bronze key.
• Su Fei put the key in his Personal Space and claimed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and two hundred and eighty years of cultivation.
• Su Fei used the system to cultivate the sword art, advancing it through Minor Accomplishment and Major Accomplishment to Perfection.

Su Fei perfected Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and advanced to the fifth level of the Martial Saint Realm. After returning to work and settling into a calm routine, he learned that Tang Baolun and two Japanese pirate leaders would be executed.

• Su Fei tested his perfected Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source, demonstrating sword qi powerful enough to destroy the courtyard's stone table and stools.
• Su Fei used the system to cultivate the Sacred Heart Formula to its third layer, advancing to the fifth level of the Martial Saint Realm and increasing his lifespan to eight hundred years.
• An imperial envoy delivered three thousand taels of gold and five thousand bolts of brocade to Su Fei, who stored them in his Personal Space before reporting for work.
• Su Fei spent the next few days completing his duties and socializing with Lei Chongxiao and other commanders.
• Zhang Lie told Su Fei that Tang Baolun, Hojo Ogi, and Takeda Nobuo would be executed, and explained that Tang had confessed to selling official posts for bribes.

Su Fei watched Tang Baolun, Hojo Ogi, and Takeda Nobuo executed, then returned to the Pacification Office. The ninth prince visited Su Fei and began to explain why he had come.

• Su Fei took twenty Imperial Guards to the South Market Execution Ground, where the crowd jeered at Tang Baolun, Hojo Ogi, and Takeda Nobuo.
• At noon, the executioners beheaded Tang Baolun, Hojo Ogi, and Takeda Nobuo as the crowd cheered.
• Su Fei and Zhang Lie returned to the Pacification Office, where Lei Chongxiao invited Su Fei to celebrate after work.
• A clerk told Su Fei that the ninth prince was waiting to see him, and Su Fei went out to receive him.
• The ninth prince praised Su Fei and, after Su Fei asked him to speak plainly, said he would not beat around the bush.

The Ninth Prince tried to recruit Su Fei against the Crown Prince, but Su Fei rejected him and refused to join the succession struggle. Later, at the Purple Beauty Pavilion with Lei Chongxiao, Su Fei overheard news that Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s tomb had been discovered in Cloud Province.

• The Ninth Prince offered Su Fei help against the Crown Prince and promised to make him Grand General Who Guards the Nation if he gained power.
• Su Fei refused to take sides in the imperial succession struggle, and the Ninth Prince left in anger.
• Lei Chongxiao met Su Fei after work and took him to the Purple Beauty Pavilion for drinks and entertainment.
• Su Fei overheard three martial artists discuss Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s tomb in the Cloudsky Mountain Range and their plan to seek its treasures.
• Su Fei told Lei Chongxiao about the rumor, and Lei Chongxiao dismissed the tomb hunt as dangerous and likely fruitless.

As Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s tomb drew martial artists to Cloud Province, violence and disorder spread, and an Imperial Guard officer was killed while a commander was badly injured. When the Imperial Guard’s commanders refused to take the dangerous assignment, Su Fei volunteered to investigate the murders and the tomb.

• News of Martial Saint Azure’s tomb spread across Great Xuan, drawing martial artists to Cloud Province and fueling crime and fighting.
• A Hundred Households Officer and four Minor Banner Officers were killed while investigating a murder, and the Cloud Province Thousand Households Commander was severely injured by a powerful martial artist.
• Lei Chongxiao called a council meeting and ordered the Imperial Guard to investigate the officer’s killing and examine Martial Saint Azure’s tomb.
• The commanders each gave reasons to avoid going to Cloud Province, citing its dangers, powerful martial artists, and the White Lotus Sect.
• Su Fei volunteered for the assignment, hoping to uncover the secret of his White Lotus Sect key and receive a system mission.

Su Fei accepted a mission to investigate the murder of an Imperial Guard officer and the mystery surrounding Martial Saint Azure Cloud's tomb in Cloud Province. He arrived with an elite squad, saw martial artists running rampant in the city, and went to meet the wounded Thousand Households Commander, Fang Pengfei.

• Su Fei volunteered to lead Imperial Guards to Cloud Province, and Lei Chongxiao assigned him fifty Xiantian Realm guards, twenty in the Mortal Transformation Realm, and two Grandmasters.
• The system issued Su Fei a mission to solve the officer's murder, uncover the truth about Martial Saint Azure Cloud's tomb, and capture or kill the mastermind, rewarding him with Threefold Origin-Returning Energy and three hundred years of cultivation.
• Su Fei departed with the squad and reached Cloud Province City on the eleventh day, where Li Si stopped martial artists from beating a peddler at the gate.
• Su Fei saw martial artists harassing townspeople and terrorizing local businesses before he entered the Cloud Province Thousand Households Office.
• The Imperial Guards asked Su Fei to avenge their dead officers, and he promised to investigate before going to see the bedridden Fang Pengfei.

Su Fei healed Fang Pengfei and learned that masked martial artists had killed Imperial Guards and warned them to stop investigating, amid rumors of Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s tomb. He ordered notices posted to restore order in Cloud Province City, but martial artists openly mocked his authority the next morning.

• Su Fei used Nine Yang True Essence to treat Fang Pengfei’s injuries and asked about the attack.
• Fang Pengfei described the killing of Song and four squad leaders, then recounted how a masked man with triangular eyes and a cold, sinister palm technique had injured him and warned him to stop investigating.
• Fang Pengfei told Su Fei that a manual for Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s Azure Cloud Palm had been found in Black Wind Valley, drawing martial artists to Cloud Province.
• Su Fei put restoring order in Cloud Province City ahead of investigating the deaths and ordered Zhang San and Li Si to post notices threatening punishment for crimes and disorder.
• Zhang San and Li Si posted the notices throughout the city overnight, but martial artists gathered around them the next morning and mocked Su Fei’s authority.

Su Fei waited for martial artists to defy his notices, then ordered the arrest of Shangguan Hao for harassing a woman. Shangguan Xiong and two allied Martial Saints marched on the Cloud Province Thousand Households Office to confront Su Fei.

• Martial artists mocked Su Fei’s notices, and Li Si and Zhang San urged him to respond, but Su Fei told them to wait half a day.
• Li Si reported further offenses, and Zhang San identified Shangguan Hao as a powerful offender backed by his uncle, Shangguan Xiong.
• Su Fei ordered Shangguan Hao arrested, and Zhang San seized him while he was harassing a girl on east street.
• Shangguan Hao’s lackeys informed Shangguan Xiong, who gathered allies from the Blazing Fire School and Green Bamboo Sect and set off for the Thousand Households Office.

Su Fei confronted Shangguan Xiong and the Mystic Sword Sect outside the Thousand Households Office over Shangguan Hao’s crimes. After publicly punishing Shangguan Hao, Su Fei killed Shangguan Xiong with overwhelming swordsmanship, leaving the other sect leaders frightened.

• Shangguan Xiong gathered martial artists outside the Thousand Households Office and demanded that Su Fei release Shangguan Hao and apologize.
• Su Fei revealed his Martial Saint realm fifth level cultivation and announced Shangguan Hao’s punishment for harassing and raping women.
• Imperial Guards publicly beat Shangguan Hao with one hundred military cudgel blows and sentenced him to exile three thousand li.
• Shangguan Xiong attacked Su Fei with the Mystic Sword Life-Manifesting Stance, but Su Fei countered with hundreds of azure Sword Qi streams.
• Su Fei’s Sword Qi shattered Shangguan Xiong’s attack and killed him, while the master of the Blazing Fire School regretted coming and the leader of the Green Bamboo Sect edged away.

Su Fei killed Shangguan Xiong and forced Cloud Province’s martial artists to obey his rules, restoring order in the city. He then investigated Hundred Households Officer Song’s murder at the Mountain God Temple, where his Insight Technique revealed two heavy black cloth-boot prints but no clear trail.

• Su Fei challenged the martial artists to defy him, and the leaders of the Green Bamboo Sect and Blazing Fire School pledged to follow his rules.
• The martial artists promised to obey, and Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to restore order while vowing to avenge Hundred Households Officer Song.
• Su Fei rode through the newly peaceful city with Zhang San and Li Si, then reached the Mountain God Temple to investigate the murder.
• Zhang San and Li Si found Song’s clothing and many muddled footprints but no clear evidence identifying the killer.
• Su Fei used the God-tier Insight Technique to identify two sets of heavy black cloth-boot prints with dark red soil, but he could not determine their direction.

Su Fei investigated the ambush that killed Hundred Households Officer Song and identified Watermoon Manor as a possible source of the attack. He arrived at the manor with Zhang San and Li Si and demanded that its masters come out to meet him.

• Su Fei returned from the Mountain God Temple without finding direct clues and promised Fang Pengfei he would avenge Hundred Households Officer Song.
• Su Fei learned that three masked Grandmasters had confronted Fang Pengfei and asked which nearby forces could field several Grandmasters.
• Fang Pengfei named Pure Emptiness Temple and Watermoon Manor, describing Watermoon Manor’s five Grandmaster masters as recent arrivals who kept to themselves.
• Su Fei decided to visit Watermoon Manor and traveled there with Zhang San and Li Si.
• Two servants barred the group from entering, so Li Si showed his Imperial Guard token and announced Su Fei’s visit.

Su Fei visited Watermoon Manor to question the Five Heroes of Watermoon about the attack on Imperial Guard officers, but their guarded answers deepened his suspicions. He accepted their offer to stay the night and learned that Zhou Cang planned to drug him and hand him over to the Water Division’s Dharma King.

• Su Fei inspected the Five Heroes of Watermoon and noticed that Zhou Jiang matched Fang Pengfei’s description of the masked Grandmaster.
• Su Fei questioned the brothers about the slain Hundred Households Officer and wounded Thousand Households Officer, but they denied knowing anything and promised to investigate.
• Zhou Cang invited Su Fei, Zhang San, and Li Si to stay overnight, and Su Fei accepted despite his companions’ suspicions.
• At dinner, the five brothers probed Su Fei about his strength and the Imperial Guard’s interest in Martial Saint Azure Cloud’s tomb, while Su Fei revealed little.
• Su Fei told Zhang San and Li Si to stay awake and watch for anyone approaching, then cultivated in the reception room.
• Zhou Cang told his brothers they would use Seven Severances Powder to incapacitate Su Fei after midnight and deliver him to their Water Division’s Dharma King, while killing Zhang San and Li Si.