Chapter Summaries

Fang Che reunited with Dongfang Sansan, who used seven pots of tea to explain the Guardians’ precarious position and teach him about the Sole True Sect’s leaders. Dongfang Sansan began assessing Yan Nan, Bi Changhong, and Chen Gu, leaving his lessons unfinished.

• Fang Che reunited with Dongfang Sansan, who welcomed him as an honored guest and served him Cloud Top Emerald tea.
• Dongfang Sansan explained that the Guardians were vastly outnumbered and had to keep winning because the people might accept Sole True Sect rule if the Guardians fell.
• Dongfang Sansan revealed that Sun Wutian had awakened and warned that the Sole True Sect was growing stronger as the Guardians’ strength dwindled.
• Dongfang Sansan praised the Soul-Stabilizing Yin-Yang Root Fang Che had brought back and said he had discreetly managed the supplies Fang Che delivered.
• Dongfang Sansan explained the Sole True Sect’s leadership and advised Fang Che to approach Yan Nan with loyalty and responsibility, avoid Bi Changhong when possible, and beware Chen Gu’s ruthless suspicion.

Dongfang Sansan used their private tea meeting to teach Fang Che about Sole True Sect leaders, warn him against overconfidence, and help him plan how to build connections at the Southeast Headquarters. As Fang Che recounted his discoveries in the Yin Yang Realm, Dongfang Sansan realized the divine war had left both sides gravely weakened; she then began preserving his memories of their long conversation before their meeting ended.

• Dongfang Sansan explained how Fang Che should approach the Sole True Sect’s leaders, including Chen Gu, Bai Jing, Wu Xiao, Yu Hanyan, Xiang Beidou, and Xiong Jiang, and warned him not to stir up conflict between Duan Xiyang and Sun Wutian.
• Dongfang Sansan cautioned Fang Che that his success against Yin Shen Gong depended on luck and would not work against the Sect’s Old Devils, then offered him Dust Heart Years tea; Fang Che drank one cup but chose to keep his painful memories.
• Fang Che told Dongfang Sansan about the Yin Yang Realm cemetery and its bear, snake, and centipede, prompting her to conclude that the divine war had devastated both sides and to order him to enter any future spatial trial.
• Dongfang Sansan advised Fang Che to build middle-level connections and trusted people at the Southeast Headquarters, and Fang Che agreed to develop relationships and produce results in both the One Heart Sect and the headquarters.
• Dongfang Sansan gave Fang Che Ice Snow Orchid Sprout tea and detailed information about the Sole True Sect’s ranked experts and promising younger generation.
• Dongfang Sansan brewed Eternal Great Cause Tea to preserve the conversation in Fang Che’s memory, while quietly considering whether to give him Heart-Clearing Ambrosia as she had given Yan Beihan.

Dongfang Sansan used seven pots of tea to counsel Fang Che on patience, his infiltration work, and the dangers surrounding his allies, then reasoned that Fang Che had awakened his former-life wisdom rather than replaced the original Fang Che. Their discussion of Fang Che’s father left Dongfang Sansan visibly shaken when Fang Che named him Fang Xiaoxiao.

• Dongfang Sansan warned Fang Che that defeating the Sole True Sect was only the beginning of a larger war against the Heavenly Centipede God and other gods, and urged him to stop acting impatiently and risking his life.
• Fang Che described his plans involving the All Under Heaven Escort Agency and Yan Beihan; Dongfang Sansan approved and began planning how to support her without alerting Yan Nan.
• Dongfang Sansan assigned Fang Che to inspect the Guardians' Southeast Headquarters and explained the history between An Ruoxing, An Ruochen, and Yin Shen Gong, stressing that Yin Shen Gong had to survive.
• Dongfang Sansan gave Fang Che a Space Ring, discussed Divine Metal and Night Dream’s danger, and warned him to delay worrying about distant problems until they became immediate.
• After Fang Che described his previous-life memories, Dongfang Sansan concluded that he was the original Fang Che awakened to his former wisdom and suspected Bi Changhong was Bi Tu reborn.
• Fang Che told Dongfang Sansan that his father's name was Fang Xiaoxiao, and Dongfang Sansan concealed her shock before ending their meeting.

Fang Che survived the Heart Questioning Path, received an appointment as an inspector at the Southeast Headquarters, and remained unconscious while his friends prepared for his transfer. As Yin Shen Gong celebrated his survival, Dong Yunyu flaunted his Continental Hero Medal until the Dong Clan fled from him.

• Dongfang Sansan sent Fang Che out of the Heart Questioning Path unconscious, and Yan Wuzui ordered him to report to the Southeast Headquarters as an inspector within a month.
• Song Yidao and Night Dream cared for Fang Che, while Supervisor Meng checked his condition and learned of his appointment; the Guardian Hall and White Cloud Martial Academy began planning farewell banquets.
• Yin Shen Gong told Yan Nan that Fang Che had passed the trial and been appointed an inspector, and Yan Nan warned him to protect Fang Che and avoid jeopardizing his future.
• Yin Shen Gong ordered a banquet and plans to absorb the scattered forces of the Night Demon Sect and Heavenly God Sect, then sent Fang Che a message praising him.
• Dong Yunyu received his own inspector appointment and paraded through the Dong Clan wearing his Continental Hero Medal, driving clan members and Old Ancestors into hiding.

Dong Yunyu’s Continental Hero Medal stirred the Dong Clan into pursuing merit, while Dongfang Sansan and Xue Fuxiao handled the fallout. After Fang Che awoke as a Martial Emperor, he prepared to leave for the southeast and began imposing his escort agency’s rules on its new recruits.

• Dong Yunyu showed off his appointment letter and Continental Hero Medal, prompting the Dong Clan to celebrate his job and then rally its members to earn glory of their own.
• Dong Yiming complained to Xue Fuxiao about the trouble Dong Yunyu’s medal caused, then asked Dongfang Sansan to send Dong Clan members out to gain merit; Dongfang Sansan agreed and warned that they could suffer casualties.
• Dongfang Sansan scolded Xue Fuxiao over leaking information about Jun Lin’s autobiography, then sent him to handle the Dong Clan’s arrangements and deal with Rui Qianshan.
• Fang Che woke after two days unconscious, broke through to Martial Emperor, and prepared to move to the southeast while keeping his house and storing his resources in a Space Ring.
• Qian Sanjiang brought a thousand One Heart Sect recruits to All Under Heaven Escort Agency, and Fang Che ordered the agency closed to new business while he trained them.
• Fang Che ordered the recruits to form ranks within ten counts and have the latecomers bound; when forty-five people openly refused, he invited anyone else who resisted to step forward.

Star Light Branch Leader brutally forced nine hundred and fifty One Heart Sect newcomers into submission, then Fang Che prepared to leave White Cloud Continent after honoring its dead. That night, Dongfang Sansan arrived at Feng Yunqi’s Heaven's Secret Peak with another uninvited guest.

• Star Light Branch Leader killed fifty newcomers who refused to submit, forced the survivors to memorize the escort agency’s rules, and ordered punishments for anyone who failed.
• The newcomers passed their examination, underwent forced cosmetic surgery, and were told that one hundred and thirty of them would be eliminated; within seven days, Zhao Wushang and Zheng Yunqi brought them into line.
• Fang Che used escort agency funds to aid the poor and secretly killed ruffians across White Cloud Continent, then lit incense for the Dream Demon’s victims and visited Ren Chang, Tang Zheng, and Zuo Guanglie’s graves.
• During a downpour, Dongfang Sansan and Xue Fuxiao arrived unexpectedly at Feng Yunqi’s Heaven's Secret Peak, startling Feng Yunqi and Fang Laoliu.

Fang Che prepared to leave White Cloud Continent after taking a new post as Chief Inspector, while his allies arranged the All Under Heaven Escort Agency’s expansion to East Lake Continent. He departed amid an emotional farewell and reached the Inspectorate Hall, where An Ruoxing awaited the newly assigned inspector.

• Dongfang Sansan secretly told Fang Laoliu important news, leaving him dazed and restless for days as he recovered his cultivation.
• Fang Che notified his contacts that he had become Chief Inspector of the One Heart Sect, then reported to Yin Shen Gong about settling the newcomers and killing seventy of them.
• Zhao Wushang led 318 people to East Lake Continent to establish a new escort agency branch, while Zheng Yunqi stayed to manage the White Cloud Continent agency.
• The Star Light Branch Leader left the White Cloud Continent agency in Zheng Yunqi’s care, and Fang Che broke through to the second grade of the Emperor level before departing with Night Dream.
• The people of White Cloud Continent gathered to see Fang Che off, and Li Changkong, Bing Shangxue, and the others watched his departure from the city walls.
• At the East Lake Continent Inspectorate Hall, An Ruoxing awaited the assigned newcomers, and the first arrival impressed her as a giant standing two and a half meters tall.

An Ruoxing welcomed a group of exceptionally powerful young recruits to the Southeast Headquarters and awaited Fang Che’s arrival, while the recruits prepared to compete for squad leader. After Fang Che arrived and registered, An Ruoxing suspected the higher-ups had assembled the eight geniuses to purge corruption across the southeast.

• Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, Qiu Yunshang, and Jing Shuanggao reported to An Ruoxing as Ninth Grade Peak Emperor-level cultivators and eagerly anticipated competing for squad leader—and facing Fang Che.
• Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren arrived at Seventh and Eighth Grade Emperor-level, respectively, and privately prepared to battle each other for the squad leader position.
• Dong Yunyu reported at First Grade Monarch-level and confidently declared that he would claim the captain position, while An Ruoxing considered him an ideal leader.
• Fang Che bought a sprawling, supposedly haunted former royal residence for Night Dream and paid an agency to expedite the paperwork.
• Fang Che registered with An Ruoxing, revealed that he had advanced to Second-grade Martial Emperor, and arranged to live with Night Dream rather than in the dormitory.
• An Ruoxing watched Fang Che leave and suspected the higher-ups had assembled the eight geniuses to sweep through unlawful activity across the southeast.

Fang Che reunited with his teammates, who eagerly competed for the captaincy in a martial contest scheduled for the next day. He left the group preparing for the contest and celebrating together, while An Ruoxing anticipated the spectacle and Zhao Shanhe acknowledged that their past misunderstandings had been cleared up.

• East Yunyu loudly challenged Fang Che, but Mo Ganyun, Rain Song, Qiu Yunshang, and Jing Shuanggao greeted Fang Che by piling onto him and crushing him beneath their reunion hug.
• Mo Ganyun announced that Fang Che would lose his status as boss after the next day's captaincy contest, and Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren arrived to declare their own ambitions.
• Fang Che persuaded the seven captain candidates to take turns hosting meals, then arranged for them to dine together at Heavenly Residence that evening.
• East Yunyu and Xue Wanren traded insults over the Xue family's Shit King, and the others restrained them until their promised contest the next day.
• An Ruoxing joined the dinner with Shen Zhixuan and Zhao Shanhe, who told Fang Che that their earlier misunderstandings had been cleared up.

Fang Che received Yin Shen Gong’s encouragement to compete for captain, while Yan Nan mistakenly viewed his new team as Dongfang Sansan’s secret training plan. At the Inspectorate Hall, the eight newcomers began their leadership contest, and Feng Xiangdong proposed that their matches also settle their ranking among the brothers.

• Zhao Shanhe and Old Man Shen drank together, buried their grievances, and were carried away drunk.
• Fang Che reported his doubts about the new inspection team and the upcoming captaincy contest to Yin Shen Gong, who forwarded the report to Yan Nan.
• Yan Nan concluded that the team was a secret talent-training plan and told Fang Che to give his all and try to become captain.
• At the Inspectorate Hall, the eight candidates arrived for the contest, and several placed bets on themselves; Fang Che wagered one thousand Top Grade Spirit Crystals on his own victory.
• The organizers matched Feng Xiangdong against Rain Song, and Feng Xiangdong proposed that the contest determine the brothers’ seniority as well as the captaincy.

Feng Xiangdong challenged Rain Song under the mistaken belief that he was stronger, but Rain Song defeated him with one punch and revealed that he had reached peak Rank-nine Emperor-level. Feng Xiangdong accepted the loss with dignity, though he and Xue Wanren were left to contemplate gaining several younger big brothers.

• Feng Xiangdong proposed that brotherly rankings be fixed according to everyone's current standing, then confidently challenged Rain Song to fight.
• Rain Song struck Feng Xiangdong with a probing punch, shattering his fist and breaking part of his forearm while sending him flying.
• Rain Song revealed that he was at peak Rank-nine Emperor-level, and Feng Xiangdong realized he had lost because he underestimated him and held back.
• Feng Xiangdong accepted the bet and called Rain Song his big brother, then despaired at the thought that the other Rank-nine Emperor-level fighters would also outrank him.
• Feng Xiangdong apologized to the spectators for their lost bets, and the crowd praised him for facing his defeat openly.

Fang Che led the others through a series of fights that left Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren facing a lifetime of calling their younger rivals Big Bro. The chapter ended with Fang Che revealing his overwhelming strength against Mo Ganyun, who struggled to land a counterattack.

• Fang Che rallied the crowd behind Feng Xiangdong, but Dong Yunyu defeated Xue Wanren after a grueling fight and made him call him Bro.
• Xue Wanren and Feng Xiangdong realized their own rules would force them to call several younger fighters Big Bro, then watched Jing Shuanggao defeat Qiu Yunshang.
• Mo Ganyun challenged Fang Che and wagered that Fang Che would wear a red headband if he lost, while Fang Che wagered that Mo Ganyun would furnish his new house if he lost.
• Fang Che abruptly unleashed a powerful aura and battered Mo Ganyun, who tried to trade blows but could not find an opening to attack head-on.

Fang Che dominated the squad competition and became captain after defeating Mo Ganyun, Jing Shuanggao, and Rain Song. The betting losses devastated Zhao Shanhe and the inspectors, while Mo Ganyun later claimed vice captain and Feng Xiangdong finished last.

• Fang Che overwhelmed Mo Ganyun in the arena, and Qiu Yunshang, Rain Song, and Jing Shuanggao quickly cheered for Fang Che instead.
• Fang Che defeated Jing Shuanggao, while Rain Song beat Dong Yunyu to advance to the final against Fang Che.
• Fang Che defeated Rain Song and became captain, leaving Zhao Shanhe and the inspectors facing enormous betting losses.
• Mo Ganyun beat Rain Song for vice captain, while Rain Song placed third, Dong Yunyu fourth, Jing Shuanggao fifth, and Qiu Yunshang sixth.
• Xue Wanren defeated Feng Xiangdong to take seventh place, leaving Feng Xiangdong in last place.

Fang Che became captain of the newly formed eight-man patrol squad after Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren lost their wagers, and he collected his winnings from Zhao Shanhe. He gathered the squad for its first meeting and began laying down rules for their work.

• Fang Che accepted his captain’s appointment, and the seven others paid him respect before teasing and beating one another during the brothers’ ceremony.
• Zhao Shanhe paid Fang Che 2,600 Top Grade Spirit Crystals and gave him a receipt for the remaining 6,400 after losing the betting pool.
• Fang Che met with the other captains to learn his squad’s responsibilities while the new brothers discussed their losses and old rivalries.
• Fang Che sent Mo Ganyun with Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren to collect the squad’s supplies, then summoned all eight members to their office.
• Fang Che opened the meeting by warning the squad to keep brotherly horseplay separate from work and duty.

Fang Che established his unit’s authority and brutal mission rules, then led his new brothers to inspect the enormous princely residence he had bought. The chapter ended with Mo Ganyun horrified to learn that he was expected to furnish and renovate it.

• Fang Che ordered the unit to obey him during work and explained that they would supervise officials and pursue injustice throughout the southeast.
• Fang Che presented the couplet written by Ninth Lord and gave each member a Life and Death Decree, declaring that their punishment for crimes would be death.
• Feng Xiangdong questioned the harsh rules, and Fang Che insisted that the unit would apply them without exception; the group then studied its Patrol Code.
• The brothers beat Dong Yunyu after Fang Che ended the meeting, then left together to see Fang Che’s newly purchased residence.
• Mo Ganyun discovered the residence covered two hundred mu and realized Fang Che expected him to handle its furnishing and renovations.

Fang Che and the other seven members of Sixth Squad pooled money to renovate their estate while Dongfang Sansan’s newly published Ruler of the World caused a continent-wide frenzy. An Ruoxing assigned Fang Che’s squad a mission to purge criminal forces, and the squad departed in two teams as their unusual authority and Fang Che’s influence became clear.

• Fang Che convinced the other seven to fund renovations for the prince's residence, and they cleared its grounds of harmful auras before eight teams began work on the Fang Wang Residence.
• Dongfang Sansan released Ruler of the World, prompting a continent-wide rush for copies; Snow Condensing Sword caught Si Kongdou stealing books, but Dongfang Sansan released him to run his bookstore.
• Fang Che read the autobiography, then An Ruoxing gave him records of unresolved cases and explained that Sixth Squad had authority to purge threats the Guardians and local governments could not handle.
• Feng Xiangdong and Xue Wanren collected the files, and Sixth Squad studied them before splitting up: Fang Che’s team headed to East Lake Continent while Mo Ganyun’s team went to White Elephant Continent.
• After the squad left without notifying him, Zhou Quanfu complained to An Ruoxing, who explained that Fang Che’s strength and the families behind his teammates made him exceptionally difficult to command.

Fang Che investigated three elusive gangs and asked Yin Shen Gong to seek help from the Sole True Sect, while Yan Nan praised Yan Beihan’s strategy and learned that Night Dream had inspired its starting point. The chapter left Yan Nan asking how much of the plan came from Night Dream and how much Yan Beihan had developed herself.

• An Ruoxing told Zhou Quanfu to accept blame when necessary because the team’s Life and Death Decree gave it extraordinary authority.
• Fang Che assigned Feng Xiangdong, Qiu Yunshang, and Dong Yunyu to investigate the Black Tiger Gang, Azure Dragon Gang, and Divine Ferret Sect, then reviewed their case files at the inn.
• Fang Che messaged Yin Shen Gong about the difficult assignments and asked whether the gangs were connected to the Sole True Sect, prompting Yin Shen Gong to forward the information to Yan Nan.
• Yan Nan praised Yan Beihan’s plan and advised her to consider contingencies and the wider strategic consequences of her actions.
• Yan Beihan revealed that Night Dream had suggested targeting the Secluded Mountain Gate, and Yan Nan asked whether she had developed the rest of the plan herself.

Yan Nan approved Yan Beihan’s plan and ordered an investigation into the mysterious Divine Ferret Sect, while a killer beheaded Kou Yifang in the Sole True Sect headquarters. Fang Che prioritized the unknown sect, gathered his team, and asked what they had discovered as they prepared to investigate the Black Tiger Gang and Azure Dragon Gang.

• Yan Nan praised Yan Beihan’s plan, approved her use of sect resources, and considered how Dongfang Sansan might respond to her rise.
• After reading Night Demon’s report, Yan Nan investigated the Divine Ferret Sect and learned that the Black Tiger Gang and Azure Dragon Gang had ties to the Sole True Sect’s Southeast Headquarters.
• Kou Yifang was beheaded at the headquarters, prompting Yan Nan to order a sweeping investigation and send Fang Che information and warnings about the gangs and the Divine Ferret Sect.
• Fang Che decided the Divine Ferret Sect was the greater priority, while Night Dream received the Shadow’s report about his activities and forwarded it.
• Fang Che met Dong Yunyu, learned that a Black Tiger Gang branch hall might be located in Liu Family Courtyard, then rushed back to get a Communication Jade and added his team members as contacts.
• Fang Che gathered Dong Yunyu, Feng Xiangdong, and Qiu Yunshang at Dinghu Residence Teahouse and asked them to report their findings.

Fang Che and An Ruoxing led a coordinated raid that destroyed the Black Tiger Gang and uncovered its vast underground brothel, along with evidence of Guardian complicity. The investigation expanded into a purge of East Lake Continent, while the planned operation against the Azure Dragon Gang was postponed, giving the gang a chance to flee.

• Fang Che presented detailed intelligence on the Black Tiger Gang and persuaded An Ruoxing to organize a simultaneous operation across East Lake Continent.
• An Ruoxing assembled more than seven thousand Guardians, who raided the Black Tiger Gang's strongholds and captured Zhao Sanhu after exposing his disguise.
• The Guardians discovered an underground brothel holding thousands of women and girls, and An Ruoxing learned that the gang had abducted missing women for years.
• Fang Che seized Guardians suspected of patronizing the brothel or trying to destroy its records, while An Ruoxing and Zhao Shanhe ordered a sweeping investigation and sealed off East Lake Continent.
• The raid on the Black Tiger Gang was halted before the planned strike on the Azure Dragon Gang, which Fang Che feared would now escape.

Fang Che uncovered a mass abduction and murder operation in East Lake Continent, exposing thousands of officials and Guardians who had participated or covered it up. After twenty-two Guardians were sentenced to death, Fang Che refused senior Guardians’ plea to preserve their honors, and the execution awaited.

• Dongfang Sansan sent Yan Wuzui and Bu Chou to East Lake Continent to support Zhao Shanhe and urged Fang Che’s team not to lose hope in the face of corruption.
• Fang Che and the other Guardians discovered a pit containing an estimated forty to fifty thousand murdered girls, and Fang Che vowed to restore justice before honoring their remains.
• Zhao Shanhe, Fang Che, and others interrogated suspects, traced victims’ families, and uncovered widespread involvement by officials and Guardians.
• After three days of hearings, investigators identified twenty-two Guardians and 1,321 officials involved; the Guardians were sentenced to death under Fang Che’s supervision.
• Three senior Guardians asked Fang Che to let the condemned die in Guardian Hall uniforms and retain their honors, but Fang Che refused and challenged them to secure approval from the enforcement team.