Chapter Summaries

Ye Weiming defeated Bujie in the final stage of the second mission phase and was teleported to the Bodhi Courtyard, where rival factions had gathered for the next challenge. He saw that the Shaolin-led righteous side vastly outmatched Linghu Chong’s group and decided the imbalance was none of his concern.

• Ye Weiming recognized Bujie as a powerful, Niu Zhichun-like monk and defeated him after about fifteen minutes of fighting.
• The system awarded Ye Weiming 1,600 mission points, bringing his total to 3,200, and announced that the second phase was complete.
• Ye Weiming left the instance and appeared in the Bodhi Courtyard, where players and NPCs from two opposing camps had gathered.
• Ye Weiming recognized Fang Zheng and other righteous representatives, as well as Linghu Chong and the jianghu rabble on the opposing side.
• Ye Weiming noted that Ren Woxing’s death had weakened Linghu Chong’s group, while Daoist Lin Pingzi’s presence strengthened the righteous side, and he stayed out of the conflict.

The second-stage challenge ended with Ye Weiming and Niu Zhichun qualifying for the next stage, while Liuyun withdrew to claim his rewards. Fang Zheng negotiated a best-of-five contest between the factions, then privately gave Ye Weiming a brocade box worth 10,000 points as the next challenge loomed.

• The second-stage challenge ended, and Ye Weiming ranked first while Niu Zhichun qualified fourth; Liuyun did not make the cut and exchanged his points for rewards.
• Fang Zheng proposed that each faction choose a representative, but Zuo Lengchan stepped forward to offer himself instead.
• Yue Buqun challenged Linghu Chong to reconsider his allegiance, and Ye Weiming explained that Yue wanted to publicly sever ties with him.
• Lan Fenghuang threatened to release poison around Shaolin Temple if Yue Buqun tried to stop Linghu Chong, prompting Fang Zheng to propose a best-of-five contest.
• The system announced that each victory would earn 3,000 quest points, and Fang Zheng told Ye Weiming the outcome might depend on him before handing him a brocade box worth 10,000 points.

Ye Weiming accepted five Great Returning Pills from Fang Zheng in exchange for throwing his match, then watched Duan Xiyang Wuyu summon Duan Siping with the divine sword Foot of Cangshan Mountain. Duan Siping took the sword to fight Qing Shaofu, while Duan Xiyang Wuyu lost ownership of the weapon.

• Ye Weiming exchanged promises with Fang Zheng and secretly agreed to lose his match in return for five Great Returning Pills.
• Ye Weiming watched Qing Shaofu overwhelm Duan Xiyang Wuyu with his palm technique, leaving Duan Xiyang Wuyu badly injured.
• Duan Xiyang Wuyu summoned the Dali patriarch Duan Siping by presenting him with Foot of Cangshan Mountain.
• Duan Siping took the sword and challenged Qing Shaofu, and Dai Qiu Shang Lan explained that the sword would no longer belong to Duan Xiyang Wuyu after the summon.

Dai Qiu Shang Lan explained why Sunset had summoned Duan Siping, whose appearance gave Duan Xiyang Wuyu a powerful ally against Qing Shaofu. Duan Siping defeated Qing Shaofu’s combined Shaolin techniques with one controlled strike, then urged him to withdraw as Duan Xiyang Wuyu gloated.

• Dai Qiu Shang Lan told Gui Xinying that Sunset had spent a precious relic to summon Duan Siping because winning the battle would earn enough points for the Great Law of Star Absorption manual.
• Duan Siping appeared and politely praised Duan Xiyang Wuyu for serving the Dali Duan Clan, then warned him to stay humble and respectful.
• Duan Siping challenged Qing Shaofu, who tried to delay and then attacked with the Vajra Zen Lion's Roar and Thousand-Hand Tathagata Palm.
• Duan Siping dispelled Qing Shaofu’s roar and palm assault with a single Invisible Sword Qi strike that sent him flying but did not kill him.
• Duan Siping urged Qing Shaofu to withdraw, while Duan Xiyang Wuyu mocked him and demanded that he admit defeat.

Duan Siping abandoned Duan Xiyang Wuyu during his match with Qing Shaofu, leaving Duan Xiyang Wuyu to lose. Ye Weiming then seized an opportunity to forfeit his match against Gui Xinying and pursue a fugitive who escaped from behind the Buddha statue.

• Duan Siping rebuked Duan Xiyang Wuyu for his conduct and left, taking Duan Xiyang Wuyu's sword with him.
• Qing Shaofu resumed his match with Duan Xiyang Wuyu and defeated him, giving the righteous faction team a one-to-zero lead.
• Gui Xinying challenged Ye Weiming, who struggled to find a way to lose their match without raising suspicion.
• Immortal Yunhua spotted someone behind the Buddha statue, and the fugitive blasted through the Bodhi Courtyard wall as Xuan Ci, Xuan Nan, and Xuan Ji gave chase.
• Ye Weiming forfeited his match to pursue the fugitive, briefly returned to trade quest points with Fang Sheng for a Great Returning Pill and Cultivation Points, then followed through the hole again.

Ye Weiming tracked Xiao Feng and the injured A Zhu after they escaped Shaolin, finding them in a valley. He offered to help them, leaving Xiao Feng guarding A Zhu and facing Ye Weiming.

• Xiao Feng was exposed hiding behind a Buddha statue because A Zhu's nervous breathing drew the Three Xuans' attention.
• Xuan Ji exchanged a palm strike with Xiao Feng, and the force injured A Zhu; Xiao Feng smashed an incense burner and escaped with her in the smoke.
• Ye Weiming told Xuan Ci he had moved the martial-arts-less Xuan Ku to the Scripture Repository, then slipped away and used Ah Huang to track Xiao Feng's blood trail.
• After more than half an hour, Ye Weiming found Xiao Feng and A Zhu in a valley a hundred li from Shaolin Temple.
• Xiao Feng covered A Zhu with his robe and confronted Ye Weiming, who offered to help them.

Ye Weiming examined A Zhu and discovered that her severe internal injuries could not be healed by medicine alone, so he offered to treat her using his healing techniques. He sent Xiao Feng to find a secluded place and rushed to buy herbs, unaware that a Man in Black was watching him.

• A Zhu asked Xiao Feng to finish applying her medicine, while Ye Weiming explained that her injuries required more than topical treatment.
• Xiao Feng carried A Zhu to Ye Weiming, who examined her and said his level 9 Medical Skill could only suppress her injuries.
• Ye Weiming revealed that his healing cultivation methods, combined with medicine, could treat A Zhu, and asked Xiao Feng to take her somewhere quiet.
• Ye Weiming broke into a pharmacy after closing, showed his constable token, and paid fifty gold for the herbs he needed.
• A Man in Black watched Ye Weiming's actions from a nearby rooftop.

Ye Weiming began treating A Zhu’s severe injuries with the Divine Illumination Scripture, expecting the process to take less than a day. After nearly six hours, a large group of armed martial artists and players entered the cave before he could finish.

• Ye Weiming found Xiao Feng and A Zhu in a mountain cave and prepared a meal and medicinal decoction for her.
• Ye Weiming explained that he would heal A Zhu by circulating internal energy with her while Xiao Feng stood guard.
• After A Zhu drank the medicine, Ye Weiming began treating her with the Healing Chapter and Divine Illumination Scripture, quickly easing her pain.
• Nearly six hours into the treatment, Ah Huang barked at the cave entrance, and Xiao Feng saw more than two hundred martial artists and players enter.
• Ye Weiming recognized the newcomers’ organized formation and worried that trouble had interrupted A Zhu’s treatment.

Ye Weiming tried to determine whether the system would let him change Xiao Feng’s tragic fate while healing A Zhu. As the martial artists gathered to kill Xiao Feng, Ye Weiming challenged their accusations and exposed their reluctance to fight Khitans on the frontier.

• Ye Weiming continued healing A Zhu and questioned Xuan Ji about whether Xiao Feng had attacked Xuan Ku, pointing out that the masked attacker used Shaolin arts Xiao Feng had never learned.
• Ye Weiming challenged the evidence against Xiao Feng for killing Qiao Sanhuai and his wife, then rebuked a martial artist who claimed Khitans deserved death without proof.
• Xiang Wanghai declared that he would fight Khitans, and Ye Weiming carved his name and residence into the cave wall with the Blood-Draining Sunset Sword.
• You Ju and other martial artists announced their names and homes after Ye Weiming asked who shared Xiang Wanghai’s resolve.
• Ye Weiming said he would send their names to Wei Xiaobao so they could be conscripted and stationed at Yanmen Pass to fight Khitan raiders.

Ye Weiming tried to prevent Xiao Feng from being driven into a massacre, but a chaotic battle broke out when players and martial artists attacked him. Ye Weiming let Immortal Yunhua stab him to create an opening for a counterattack, then killed him with a devastating critical hit.

• Ye Weiming argued that the martial artists should fight the Liao soldiers instead of condemning Xiao Feng, but players urged the crowd to attack.
• Xiao Feng blasted the charging players backward, and the NPCs joined the fight, leaving him besieged by a hundred enemies.
• Ye Weiming worried that Xiao Feng would kill many people while he was occupied treating A Zhu’s injuries.
• Immortal Yunhua slipped through the melee and stabbed Ye Weiming in the back.
• Ye Weiming deliberately took the wound and then struck Immortal Yunhua with a critical hit that killed him.

Ye Weiming’s interrupted treatment left A Zhu badly injured, and the players’ attack drove Xiao Feng into a rage. Ye Weiming stabilized A Zhu and persuaded Xiao Feng to clear a path so they could escape and continue her treatment.

• Ye Weiming killed Immortal Yunhua, but the interrupted Healing Chapter caused the Divine Illumination True Qi in A Zhu to backlash and worsen her injuries.
• Players rushed Ye Weiming while he treated A Zhu, and Ah Huang killed one attacker with a single paw strike, making him drop a treasured saber.
• Xiao Feng erupted in anger over the attack on A Zhu, using his dragon roar and Shocking the Hundred Li to injure the gathered fighters.
• Ye Weiming stabilized A Zhu, carried her, and told Xiao Feng that a second treatment plan could still save her if they found a quiet place.
• Xiao Feng agreed to lead them out, but when a player attacked Ye Weiming, Ye Weiming killed him with an invisible Sword Light.

Ye Weiming and Xiao Feng escaped the cave with the injured A Zhu, but a gray-clad man blocked their way and demanded the Yi Jin Jing. Xiao Feng recognized Shaolin techniques in the stranger’s attacks and suspected he was the villain who killed his parents and wounded his master.

• Ye Weiming and Xiao Feng drove off the pursuing jianghu heroes and escaped the cave with A Zhu and Ah Huang.
• After running more than ten li, Ye Weiming summoned Ah Hong and the Two-Person Flying Chair to carry A Zhu through the air.
• A gray-clad man appeared and demanded the scripture hidden in A Zhu’s bosom in exchange for letting them treat her.
• Xiao Feng refused to hand over the Yi Jin Jing, and the gray-clad man attacked A Zhu before Xiao Feng intercepted him.
• After exchanging more than ten moves, Xiao Feng recognized Shaolin techniques and demanded to know whether the stranger had killed his parents and ambushed Xuan Ku.

Ye Weiming took the injured A Zhu away from Xiao Feng’s fight with Murong Bo and brought her to Duke Lu Ding’s Manor for treatment. He began a faster healing method that would damage his own cultivation, while Xiao Feng stayed behind to battle Murong Bo.

• Ye Weiming recognized Murong Bo but let Xiao Feng continue mistaking him for the man who had attacked Xuan Ku, then decided to leave with A Zhu so Xiao Feng could fight without distractions.
• Murong Bo tried to stop Ye Weiming with a finger strike, but Ye Weiming deflected it as Xiao Feng forced Murong Bo back with three Soaring Dragon, Regret palms.
• Ye Weiming flew away with A Zhu on Ah Hong and promised Xiao Feng he would return her safely after treating her injuries.
• Ye Weiming teleported with A Zhu to Bianjing City and went to Duke Lu Ding’s Manor, where Wei Xiaobao welcomed them and offered a quiet room.
• Ye Weiming warned A Zhu that the rapid treatment would cause pain and damage his cultivation, then began channeling internal energy into her Baihui point.

Ye Weiming healed A Zhu with One Yang Finger, then agreed to help her find Xiao Feng, hoping the quest would earn him the Yi Jin Jing. He also persuaded Wei Xiaobao to recruit the martial artists who had volunteered to fight Khitans into a special unit, which Ye Weiming named the Howling Commando Unit.

• One Yang Finger healed A Zhu, but the system sealed Ye Weiming's internal energy for ten days and permanently reduced his Internal Energy Limit by 2,000 points.
• A Zhu thanked Ye Weiming for saving her and asked him to help find Chief Qiao, so he agreed and prepared to set out with her.
• Ye Weiming told Wei Xiaobao about Xiao Feng's heroic deeds, then gave him a list of martial artists who had volunteered to fight Khitans.
• Ye Weiming proposed that Wei Xiaobao recruit the martial artists into a special action squad under a commanding officer.
• Wei Xiaobao accepted the plan and asked Ye Weiming to name the squad, and Ye Weiming suggested the Howling Commando Unit.

Fei Yu and Sanyue delivered Wei Xiaobao the Martial Arts Manual he had won from Wang Yuyan, and Ye Weiming learned how they rescued Wang Yuyan and Duan Yu. After leaving Duke Lu Ding's Manor, Ye Weiming told the lovesick Duan Yu that A Zhu was his sister too.

• A servant announced that Fei Yu and Sanyue had arrived at Duke Lu Ding's Manor with Duan Yu.
• Sanyue explained that she and Fei Yu had rescued Wang Yuyan and Duan Yu, defeated Murong Fu in disguise, and escorted Duan Yu toward Dali.
• Ye Weiming identified the manual as Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand, and Wei Xiaobao planned to have Shuang'er learn it for him.
• Duan Yu envied Xiao Feng for having A Zhu, and Ye Weiming whispered that A Zhu was Duan Yu's sister too.

Ye Weiming reunited A Zhu with Xiao Feng and received a divine artifact from him before Xiao Feng and A Zhu set out for Yanmen Pass. Ye Weiming then received an emergency quest from You Jin and prepared to return immediately.

• Ye Weiming brought the healed A Zhu back to Xiao Feng, who had waited for them after failing to catch Murong Bo.
• Ye Weiming apologized for delaying A Zhu's treatment, and Xiao Feng thanked him for his help and offered him a rough cloth hat.
• Ye Weiming discovered the hat was the divine artifact Crown of Sound and Image and equipped it in place of the Blood Feather Crown.
• Xiao Feng and A Zhu left to investigate the inscription at Yanmen Pass and continue seeking the truth about the past.
• Ye Weiming received an emergency quest from You Jin ordering him to return immediately.

Ye Weiming learned that his successful Infernal Affairs mission had promoted him to fourth-rank constable and rewarded him with three Nine Yin Manual techniques. You Jin assigned him to investigate repeated food thefts at the imperial secondary palace in Hangzhou.

• You Jin told Ye Weiming that a solo mission was reserved for him because his Imperial Sword and special status would let him enter its target location.
• Ye Weiming discovered that completing Infernal Affairs had promoted him to fourth-rank constable and granted him the Nine Yin Manual General Outline, Acupoint Sealing Chapter, and Acupoint Releasing Chapter.
• Ye Weiming admired his new official uniform, which resembled Zhan Zhao's, and examined the effects of his new manuals.
• You Jin ordered Ye Weiming to investigate prepared dishes disappearing from the Imperial Kitchen at the Hangzhou secondary palace, where the thefts had sparked rumors of haunting.

Ye Weiming accepted a punitive mission to investigate strange happenings at Hangzhou Palace, then studied the Nine Yin Manual and merged several skills into it. After discovering how its techniques strengthened his martial arts, he set off for Bianjing, wondering how much of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms he could obtain during the mission.

• Ye Weiming accepted the six-star Haunted Palace mission after You Jin delivered his reward for the Infernal Affairs mission.
• Ye Weiming studied the Nine Yin Manual General Outline and gained the Nine Yin Manual skill, merging his Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter and Healing Chapter into it.
• Ye Weiming read the Acupoint Sealing Chapter and Acupoint Releasing Chapter and found that the General Outline greatly enhanced their effects.
• Ye Weiming realized the acupoint techniques could strengthen One Yang Finger and make its Heaven Reversal healing technique more efficient.
• Ye Weiming flew toward the Bianjing City post station, thinking about obtaining more forms of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms during the mission.

Ye Weiming met Yin Bukui in Hangzhou and agreed to let him join his solo quest to catch the thief stealing food from the Imperial Kitchen. After Xiao Qiao sent him an Eight-Rooted Snow Ginseng, Ye Weiming entered Hangzhou Palace with Yin Bukui, Xiao Qiao, Dao Mei, and Youyou, but the kitchen had no beams for the plan to catch Hong Qigong and Old Urchin.

• Ye Weiming met Yin Bukui in Hangzhou, where Yin Bukui asked to join his quest to find the Imperial Kitchen thief.
• Ye Weiming received an Eight-Rooted Snow Ginseng from Xiao Qiao, who explained that she, Dao Mei, and Youyou had driven away a powerful monster at Heavenly Lake.
• Ye Weiming agreed to bring Yin Bukui along, and Xiao Qiao, Dao Mei, and Youyou joined them outside Hangzhou Palace.
• Ye Weiming showed his Imperial Sword and led the group into the palace residence.
• Yin Bukui proposed catching Hong Qigong and Old Urchin from the kitchen beams, but the group found only a flat ceiling with no beams.

Ye Weiming investigated a thief who had been stealing food from the Imperial Kitchen and found an expert’s clue on a window. With Ah Huang leading the group to the likely suspect’s trail, they arrived at the Emperor’s sleeping quarters, where guards blocked their way.

• Ye Weiming learned that the Imperial Kitchen’s staff had washed and discarded the thief’s leftover bones, dishes, and food boxes, so he told them to preserve evidence if the thief struck again.
• Ye Weiming rejected Dao Mei’s suggestion to bring Fei Yu and searched the kitchen’s windows instead.
• Ye Weiming and the others recognized that a neat hole in the window paper had been made by an expert who had moistened a finger with saliva.
• Ye Weiming summoned Ah Huang, which sniffed the window and led the group to the Emperor’s sleeping quarters.
• Four guards barred the way to the pavilion, and someone shouted a cry of loyalty to the Emperor.