Chapter Summaries

Lin Taichu rescued Chen Feng from a group of attackers, then brought him back to Nanyang City, where Chen Feng warned him that he was on the underground world's wanted list. The next morning, the two visited the city square, where Lin Taichu approached a vendor selling spirit medicine.

• Lin Taichu intervened when the leading man and his men beat Chen Feng, knocking the leader unconscious and driving the others away.
• Lin Taichu learned Chen Feng's name and invited him to return to Nanyang City with him.
• Lin Taichu treated Chen Feng's injuries, and the two shared a meal at an inn, where Chen Feng warned Lin Taichu about the underground world's wanted list.
• Lin Taichu and Chen Feng visited Nanyang City's central square the next morning, and Lin Taichu asked a middle-aged vendor what spirit medicines he had for sale.

Lin Taichu bought a five-hundred-year-old Purple Ginseng after Chen Feng vouched for it, then suffered a violent reaction from the Gu Worms in his body. Back at the hotel, he discovered Chen Feng had poisoned him and later planned to confront him after finding that Chen Feng kept recommending harmful medicines.

• Lin Taichu bought the Purple Ginseng for five hundred thousand after Chen Feng confirmed its quality.
• As Lin Taichu and Chen Feng prepared to leave the plaza, Lin Taichu's true essence turned violent and he coughed up blood; Chen Feng used spiritual energy to protect him.
• Lin Taichu returned to the hotel and discovered that Chen Feng seemed to have poisoned him, but chose to watch him secretly.
• Over the next several days, Lin Taichu traveled around Nanyang City with Chen Feng and grew wary of the harmful ingredients in the medicines Chen Feng recommended.
• Lin Taichu left the hotel late one night and went to Chen Feng's room to expose his true identity.

Lin Taichu discovered that Chen Feng had approached him to claim the bounty on his head and attacked him. A woman in black arrived, wounded Lin Taichu with a short arrow, and said he was paying for offending her Junior Brother.

• Lin Taichu confronted Chen Feng about the harmful spirit medicines and learned that Chen Feng wanted the bounty on his head.
• Lin Taichu overwhelmed Chen Feng and left him near death, but a woman in black interrupted before he could finish him off.
• The woman in black attacked Lin Taichu at close range, and he blocked her hand blade before they exchanged further strikes.
• Lin Taichu launched sword qi at the woman in black, but it failed to harm her.
• The woman in black shot Lin Taichu in the chest with a short arrow and said he deserved to die for offending her Junior Brother.

Lin Taichu was captured by the Ironclad Sect and brought before its Sect Master, Tie Wuji, who revealed that he wanted to recruit Lin Taichu or eliminate him. Imprisoned in the Dungeon, Lin Taichu found and widened a rat hole, creating a possible escape route.

• The woman in black forced Lin Taichu to surrender and led him to the Ironclad Sect's manor.
• Tie Wuji identified himself as the Ironclad Sect's Sect Master and said he would use Lin Taichu if possible, but otherwise eliminate him.
• Tie Wuji ordered Ironclad Sect Disciples to lock Lin Taichu in the Dungeon.
• Lin Taichu recovered some strength and shattered the rat hole in his cell with a palm strike.

Lin Taichu escaped through a tunnel and discovered the Ironclad Sect’s headquarters, where he confronted Tie Wuji. After surviving Tie Wuji’s trap and catching up with him, Lin Taichu struck him hard enough to leave him disbelieving his defeat.

• Lin Taichu crawled through a narrow passage and emerged in an abandoned courtyard, realizing he had found the Ironclad Sect’s headquarters.
• Lin Taichu hid when he heard footsteps, then sprang at the approaching man and discovered it was Tie Wuji.
• Tie Wuji mocked Lin Taichu and attacked with a brick that changed direction in midair, collapsing a fake wall and injuring him.
• Lin Taichu escaped the trap and chased Tie Wuji toward the southwest, catching up after Tie Wuji’s speed slowed.
• Lin Taichu smashed Tie Wuji’s brick, grabbed him, and punched him back, leaving Tie Wuji shocked that he had lost.

Lin Taichu defeated Tie Wuji, but a Silver Needle left him with a serious wound. After being turned away from Tianqi Academy, he was allowed inside by his former mentor Yun Mengyao, and said he intended to challenge the sixth floor of the Martial Arts Tower.

• Lin Taichu knocked Tie Wuji unconscious and prepared to kill him, but Tie Wuji used a Silver Needle to wound Lin Taichu and escape.
• Lin Taichu caught up with Tie Wuji, who collapsed and died after his throat wound worsened, and dragged away his corpse.
• Lin Taichu went to Tianqi Academy to recover, but the guards refused him entry because he had been expelled.
• Yun Mengyao intervened and brought Lin Taichu to a quiet courtyard where he could recuperate.
• Lin Taichu told Yun Mengyao that he also intended to challenge the sixth floor of the Martial Arts Tower, and she asked if he was sure.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Taichu returned to Tianqi Academy and challenged Heifeng on the Martial Arts Tower’s sixth floor. He gained the upper hand, but after Heifeng unleashed his hidden strength, their fierce fight left Heifeng wounded and its outcome unresolved.

• Yun Mengyao agreed to support Lin Taichu’s challenge after he promised to recover fully first.
• A month later, Lin Taichu returned to the Martial Arts Tower, where Xiao Qingwu encouraged him to win.
• Lin Taichu and Heifeng exchanged powerful attacks, and Lin Taichu gradually drove Heifeng back.
• Heifeng unleashed his concealed strength and forced Lin Taichu to stumble back more than ten steps.
• After over three hundred exchanges, Lin Taichu struck Heifeng in the chest with his palm, leaving him bleeding.

Lin Taichu defeated Heifeng, but Heifeng used a once-daily technique to recover and renew their fight. Lin Taichu unleashed the Nine Yang Divine Fist and regained the upper hand, leaving both fighters thrown back after their latest clash.

• Lin Taichu struck Heifeng off the arena, but Heifeng restored his injuries and stamina with his cultivation technique.
• Lin Taichu and Heifeng resumed their fight, and Heifeng overpowered Lin Taichu with a punch that left him badly injured and unable to rise.
• As Heifeng moved to kill him, Lin Taichu shouted the Nine Yang Divine Fist and struck Heifeng's right shoulder, sending him flying.
• Heifeng healed himself and accused Lin Taichu of using a forbidden technique, while Lin Taichu declared his eagerness to test the Outer Disciples.
• Heifeng charged Lin Taichu with his claws, and their collision sent them both backward; Lin Taichu remained unharmed while Heifeng staggered and left deep craters with his steps.

Lin Taichu defeated Heifeng in the arena and accepted him as a disciple, teaching him cultivation methods and martial skills. As Lin Taichu prepared to enter seclusion and break through to the second level, dark clouds rolled in and a torrential rain began.

• Lin Taichu used his movement technique to overwhelm Heifeng and force him into a corner of the arena.
• Heifeng attacked with his blade, but Lin Taichu gained the upper hand and brought a sword to Heifeng's forehead.
• Heifeng admitted defeat, and Lin Taichu reminded him of his promise to teach him a powerful cultivation technique and martial skill if he survived three hundred exchanges.
• Heifeng accepted Lin Taichu as his master, then quickly learned the breathing method and began practicing the martial skills Lin Taichu taught him.
• Lin Taichu told Heifeng he would enter seclusion to break through to the second level, but dark clouds gathered and torrential rain swept over the land.

Lin Taichu refined the Mysterious Yellow Hegemonic Body and developed the Chaos Overlord Body Cultivation Method while studying its attached sword technique. After a month in seclusion, he mastered a Kunpeng Divine Ability, though he judged the new method weaker than the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique.

• Lin Taichu absorbed a heavenly stream of light into the Mysterious Yellow Hegemonic Body, strengthening his physique and gaining the Profound Yellow Sword Technique.
• Lin Taichu identified flaws in the Profound Yellow Sword Technique and wrote the Chaos Overlord Body Cultivation Method.
• Lin Taichu practiced the new method in seclusion for a month as spiritual energy gathered around him.
• A golden Kunpeng appeared behind Lin Taichu, and he declared that he had mastered the Divine Ability.
• Lin Taichu celebrated his success and noted that the method was still inferior to the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique.

After creating the Chaos Overlord Body Cultivation Method, Lin Taichu became an Honorary Elder of Tianqi Academy and spent a year cultivating and guiding Disciples. When rival academies prepared to challenge Tianqi Academy and lure away its students, Lin Taichu proposed training the academy’s promising Disciples before their arrival.

• Lin Taichu emerged from seclusion, told the Dean about his cultivation method, and accepted the position of Honorary Elder.
• Lin Taichu guided Tianqi Academy’s Disciples and continued improving his cultivation and martial skills over the following year.
• The Dean told Lin Taichu that experts from other academies would arrive in three days to challenge Tianqi Academy’s Disciples and recruit them.
• Lin Taichu proposed intensifying training and improving the Core Disciples’ practical combat abilities.

Lin Taichu faced challengers from Chenfeng Academy after three days of intensive training for Tianqi Academy's Core Disciples. He defeated their young disciple with ease, but the battle against a middle-aged challenger grew fierce, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Lin Taichu and the elders spent three days training Tianqi Academy's Core Disciples in martial skills and practical combat.
• A delegation from Chenfeng Academy arrived and challenged Tianqi Academy's disciples, prompting the Dean to send Lin Taichu to fight.
• Lin Taichu effortlessly defended against a young Chenfeng Academy disciple until the exhausted youth could no longer continue.
• A middle-aged challenger stepped forward, and his fierce attacks gradually forced Lin Taichu onto the defensive.
• The middle-aged man revealed his hidden strength and struck Lin Taichu back more than ten steps before both men resumed their brutal fight.

Lin Taichu fought the middle-aged man, relying on his resilience and the opponent’s dwindling energy to keep the battle close. The man drew the Dragon Slaying Saber, and Lin Taichu eventually collapsed, still refusing to surrender.

• After restoring his stamina with a once-daily technique, the middle-aged man resumed his fight with Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu survived several powerful clashes and pointed out that the middle-aged man would have to fight two more battles after him.
• The middle-aged man drew the Dragon Slaying Saber and attacked Lin Taichu with a fierce blade aura.
• As Lin Taichu’s wounds worsened and his spiritual energy ran low, the middle-aged man urged him to surrender.
• Lin Taichu refused to give up, but after dozens of further clashes, he dropped heavily to the ground.

Lin Taichu defeated the middle-aged man from Chenfeng Academy after using poison and draining his vitality and true essence. With no students willing to challenge him, he declared victory and told the Dean he wanted to return home to rest.

• Lin Taichu drank several bottles of Healing Medicine and meditated while the middle-aged man attacked him.
• Lin Taichu’s poisoned strike wounded the middle-aged man, who then attacked with the Dragon Slaying Saber and knocked Lin Taichu back.
• Lin Taichu evaded another saber slash and tried to take the Dragon Slaying Saber, but the middle-aged man kept hold of it.
• Lin Taichu struck the middle-aged man from behind and drained most of his true essence and life Origin Energy, killing him and making him drop the saber.
• The Chenfeng Academy students stopped challenging Lin Taichu, and he returned to the Dean and asked to go home for a rest.

After returning to Qingyang City, Lin Taichu met Yang Ming, who asked him to help manage New Company. Unsure whether to return to business, Lin Taichu decided to visit his teacher Li Xiuwen for advice and drove to Li Xiuwen's mountain residence the next morning.

• Lin Taichu checked into a hotel after returning to Qingyang City, where Yang Ming arrived and introduced himself as the CEO of New Company.
• Yang Ming explained that New Company needed an experienced manager and asked Lin Taichu to help for half a month; Lin Taichu said he would think about it.
• After Yang Ming left, Lin Taichu considered whether to return to business and remembered his teacher Li Xiuwen's advice about finding suitable partners.
• Lin Taichu decided to seek Li Xiuwen's opinion and drove to his residence on a mountain outside Qingyang City the next morning.

Lin Taichu accepted Yang Ming’s invitation to return to the business world, then faced a blackmailer demanding thirty percent of his company’s shares. At a secret meeting with the powerful figures behind the scheme, he threatened to detonate a timed bomb unless they agreed to his terms.

• Lin Taichu sought Li Xiuwen’s advice, and Li Xiuwen urged him to act with the morals and principles of a martial artist.
• Lin Taichu accepted Yang Ming’s invitation and began helping the company improve its performance.
• An unknown caller threatened Lin Taichu and his company, then demanded that he meet at the downtown square.
• A man in a black trench coat showed Lin Taichu confidential company documents and demanded thirty percent of the company’s shares within three days.
• Lin Taichu insisted on meeting the people behind the blackmailer, and they gathered with him at a secret location.
• Lin Taichu raised a remote control and claimed it would detonate a timed bomb unless the group agreed to his terms.

Lin Taichu forced business leaders to surrender control of his company, while two Old Men in Yanjing City watched for a chance to deal with him. Later, police questioned Lin Taichu about the disappearance of Lin Qingxue, and her relative accused him of knowing more than he admitted.

• Lin Taichu threatened the business leaders with a remote-controlled bomb and made them relinquish control of the company and promise not to interfere.
• Two Old Men discussed Lin Taichu's weapon and decided to wait for an opportunity to strike.
• Wang Hai summoned Lin Taichu to the police station to assist with an investigation into Lin Qingxue's disappearance.
• Lin Taichu recognized Lin Qingxue in a photo and told Wang Hai that she was his friend and a former designer at his company.
• Li Dongyang arrived and accused Lin Taichu of knowing something because he had been the last person to contact Lin Qingxue.

After Lin Taichu was threatened over Lin Qingxue’s disappearance, he secretly continued searching with help from his teacher, Li Xiuwen. They traced a strange energy fluctuation to an abandoned factory, where a group of Masked Men attacked them.

• Lin Taichu cooperated with Wang Hai’s investigation into Lin Qingxue’s disappearance, but the police could not determine her cause of death.
• An unknown caller warned Lin Taichu to stop investigating, and Lin Taichu pretended to agree before secretly searching for clues.
• Li Xiuwen told Lin Taichu that he had sensed an unusual energy fluctuation and invited him to help locate its source.
• Li Xiuwen used an energy detector to trace the fluctuation to the northwest of the city, and he and Lin Taichu drove there.
• Lin Taichu and Li Xiuwen entered an abandoned factory and were attacked by a group of Masked Men.

Lin Taichu and Li Xiuwen fought the black-clothed men who had kidnapped Lin Qingxue, but Lin Taichu later found himself ambushed by another powerful group. A mysterious power protected him from their fatal attacks, and he went to check on the wounded Old Seven.

• Lin Taichu and Li Xiuwen attacked the black-clothed men, and Lin Taichu rescued Li Xiuwen after he was wounded and surrounded.
• Lin Taichu uncovered clues about the men and found Lin Qingxue's body, then headed back to the hotel to investigate.
• Several masked Men in Black ambushed Lin Taichu on the way and overwhelmed him with their strength and chains.
• The attackers stabbed Lin Taichu, but a mysterious power shielded him from their fatal blows.
• Lin Taichu heard Old Seven cough, saw him lying wounded, and rushed to press a hand against his chest.

Lin Taichu met Chen Fei'er after she contacted him about what happened that night, and discovered she was responsible for a room full of corpses. Chen Fei'er admitted hiring assassins to kill him and asked why the police had arrested her and sealed her father's company.

• Lin Taichu broke the man's fist after the man attacked him, and the man called his master before ordering Lin Taichu taken to Fei'er.
• Lin Taichu received a message asking whether he wanted to know what had happened that night and agreed to meet the sender if no innocents were harmed.
• A woman invited Lin Taichu to a city-center café and told him to wear a suit.
• Lin Taichu found Chen Fei'er in a private room filled with corpses, and she admitted killing the people there.
• Chen Fei'er revealed that she had hired the assassins to kill Lin Taichu, then asked why police had arrested her and sealed her father's company.