Chapter Summaries

Lin Taichu absorbed the Blood Shadow Ancestor’s Nine Yin Profound Art and found Chen Fei'er in a cave. After he defeated her in their confrontation, she resisted his demand to leave, and he launched another attack.

• Lin Taichu received the Nine Yin Profound Art inheritance and began using it to strengthen his body and cultivation.
• Chen Fei'er waited for the Blood Shadow Ancestor, then sensed spiritual energy and searched deeper into the cave.
• Lin Taichu told Chen Fei'er that he had defeated the Blood Shadow Ancestor and claimed his inheritance.
• Chen Fei'er unleashed the Purple Haze Sacred Body and charged Lin Taichu, but he struck her down with a palm.
• Lin Taichu offered to spare Chen Fei'er if she left, but she refused, so he attacked her again and she raised her palm to defend herself.

Lin Taichu defeated Chen Fei'er, crippled her cultivation, and took her to the police station to face judgment. While vacationing in Water City, he sensed danger outside a hotel and confronted an armed attacker, but the passage ended with no further attack during dinner.

• Lin Taichu overpowered Chen Fei'er despite her Purple Haze Sacred Body and lightning techniques, then knocked her unconscious.
• Lin Taichu crippled Chen Fe'er's cultivation and took her to the police station to face judgment.
• Lin Taichu traveled alone to Water City to rest and enjoy the scenery.
• Lin Taichu sensed danger near a hotel, dodged a gunshot, and grabbed one of two men aiming handguns at him as the other fled.
• Lin Taichu ate at the hotel restaurant while watching for another attack, but nothing else happened.

Lin Taichu was ambushed and warned that the celebration he was attending would be dangerous. After the host announced him as the inventor of the company’s new technology, armed attackers stormed the banquet hall, and Lin Taichu searched for an escape route.

• A masked man attacked Lin Taichu with a dagger, kicked him down, and escaped before Lin Taichu could stop him.
• The next morning, the attacker appeared in Lin Taichu’s room, summoned him to an important event, and vanished as smoke.
• An unknown caller warned Lin Taichu that the attack was only the beginning and urged him to trust no one at the event.
• At the celebration, organizer Li Qiang welcomed Lin Taichu, and the host announced that Lin Taichu had invented the company’s new technology.
• Black-clothed attackers burst into the banquet hall, and Lin Taichu dodged behind a table before spotting a possible escape route.

Lin Taichu defeated a group of Black-clothed Men and learned their employers wanted technology from his new-energy research project. After the Security Department contacted him about a possible international criminal organization, a sniper attacked him as he left the alley.

• Lin Taichu fought off the Black-clothed Men, crushed their bullets, and forced two survivors to serve him.
• Lin Taichu questioned the survivors and learned their employers had sought important technology, possibly connected to his new-energy research project.
• Lin Taichu spared the two men for now so they could help him find the mastermind behind the attack.
• A caller claiming to represent the Security Department said the attack might involve an international criminal organization and asked Lin Taichu to help with the investigation.
• A man in a black tracksuit shot at Lin Taichu with a sniper rifle, and Lin Taichu pulled a Black-clothed Man in front of him; the bullet killed the man.

After escaping an apparent attack at his hotel, Lin Taichu met with Qin Guoping of the Security Department and learned that the case might be connected to the disappearance of businessman Li Dongsheng three years earlier. Lin agreed to cooperate as Qin’s team investigated the conspiracy, but the identity of the mastermind remained unknown.

• Lin Taichu searched for links between recent terrorist attacks, then agreed to meet the Security Department after they called.
• When armed men appeared outside his hotel room, Lin Taichu escaped through the window and fled to a black sedan sent to collect him.
• Zhao Hai drove Lin Taichu to a guarded villa, where Qin Guoping introduced himself as the Security Department’s person in charge.
• Qin Guoping assured Lin Taichu that the department did not suspect him, and Lin agreed to cooperate in uncovering the case.
• Qin Guoping told Lin Taichu that Li Dongsheng, an influential business genius, had disappeared three years earlier and was suspected to have been murdered.

Lin Taichu investigated Li Dongsheng’s disappearance and suspected it was tied to a powerful criminal group seeking control of the New Energy Project. After Chen Fei'er offered to help against the group, two men she sent arrived at Lin Taichu’s hotel room.

• Lin Taichu asked Qin Guoping for more information about Li Dongsheng and left the Security Department headquarters under warning that the attack might be only the beginning.
• Lin Taichu found that Li Dongsheng had worked on the New Energy Project and suspected it was connected to the attack.
• Zhao Hai and Xiao Li told Lin Taichu that Li Dongsheng had contacted the Vortex Gang, which might have used him to gain control of the project, and asked Lin Taichu to infiltrate the group.
• Lin Taichu agreed to help investigate the Vortex Gang and returned to his hotel to search for information about it.
• Chen Fei'er called Lin Taichu, said the Vortex Gang was her enemy too, and offered to help him.
• Two men in black suits arrived at Lin Taichu’s hotel room and said Chen Fei'er had sent them.

Lin Taichu and Chen Fei'er’s men infiltrated a Vortex Gang base and found evidence linking the gang to the New Energy Project. After Zhao Hai reported that the gang was assembling a 20,000-person army to seize the project, Lin Taichu realized the threat was far greater than he had expected.

• Lin Taichu learned that Chen Fei'er’s men had located a Vortex Gang base in an abandoned factory and prepared to investigate it.
• Lin Taichu and the two men infiltrated the factory, where he found hidden research facilities and searched a computer for information about the New Energy Project.
• When guards approached, Lin Taichu’s companions signaled him to withdraw; he subdued one guard and escaped with downloaded files about the project.
• Lin Taichu learned the Vortex Gang could gain control of eighty percent of the world’s energy if the project succeeded, then asked Chen Fei'er’s men to investigate other bases.
• Lin Taichu contacted Zhao Hai, who later reported that the Vortex Gang was assembling a well-equipped secret army of 20,000 people to seize the New Energy Project.

Lin Taichu confronted Vortex Gang boss Wang Zhiqiang over the New Energy Project, but the meeting turned into a fight and a desperate escape. Reinforcements arrived, and after a deadly blast disrupted the pursuit, both Lin Taichu and Wang Zhiqiang withdrew.

• Lin Taichu told Zhao Hai to pass on information and secure the Vortex Gang's cooperation, then met Wang Zhiqiang and claimed the gang had already lost its chance at the New Energy Project.
• Wang Zhiqiang ordered his bodyguards to attack, and Lin Taichu overturned the desk, hurled a laptop at one guard, and escaped through the window.
• Wang Zhiqiang and his men pursued Lin Taichu into a narrow street and blocked the exits, leaving Lin Taichu surrounded.
• Lin Taichu fought the Vortex Gang members until explosions and the arrival of armed reinforcements made Wang Zhiqiang order a retreat.
• The bodyguards opened fire as Lin Taichu pursued them, and one was killed by a high-explosive round while shielding Lin Taichu from the blast.
• Wang Zhiqiang's bodyguards fled, and Lin Taichu escaped into an alley across the street.

After escaping the Vortex Gang’s manhunt, Lin Taichu uncovered evidence of its secret weapons program and a powerful force behind it. Chen Fei'er arrived claiming she would help him escape, but her soldiers pursued him, and he faced off against her operative Tiger Shark.

• Wang Zhiqiang called for reinforcements, and Liu Ming arrived with Vortex Gang special forces soldiers.
• Lin Taichu evaded the Vortex Gang while Zhao Hai mobilized Security Department support and Chen Fei'er decided to set aside their feud.
• Lin Taichu examined materials from the Vortex Gang’s secret base and discovered its plans to develop new energy technology, build a private army, and serve a hidden power.
• Chen Fei'er found Lin Taichu and offered to help him escape, but he attacked her in an attempt to take her hostage.
• Chen Fei'er ordered her soldiers to capture Lin Taichu, who broke away and ran into Tiger Shark.
• Tiger Shark blocked Lin Taichu, but his whip kick knocked her dagger away and forced her to stagger back.

Lin Taichu and Chen Fei'er escaped the building as Security Department reinforcements arrived, but Wang Zhiqiang fled and rallied more fighters against Lin. Wounded and surrounded by two skilled swordsmen, Lin launched a desperate attack.

• Chen Fei'er ordered her soldiers to protect Lin Taichu and said they were not with the Vortex Gang, then led him outside when the gang's reinforcements arrived.
• Lin Taichu and Chen Fei'er found Wang Zhiqiang's men surrounding them, but helicopters from the Security Department arrived and Zhao Hai ordered the gang to surrender.
• Wang Zhiqiang tried to flee, but Lin Taichu caught up and knocked him down after Wang swallowed a secret drug and attacked.
• Wang Zhiqiang called more subordinates to attack Lin, who fought through the men and tried to escape before two sword-wielding fighters intercepted him.
• Lin Taichu battled the swordsmen, suffered worsening injuries, and lunged at both, but one dodged and swung his sword at Lin's waist.

Lin Taichu killed Wang Zhiqiang’s men, defeated Wang Zhiqiang with the Nine Star Needles, and learned that Huang Long had come on behalf of the Assassin Organization. He refused the Cult Master’s invitation and faced Huang Long, who had been sent to recruit him.

• Lin Taichu killed the remaining sword-wielding men and pursued Wang Zhiqiang, throwing him into the armed group surrounding the fight.
• Wang Zhiqiang fought Lin Taichu with a sudden increase in speed, but Lin Taichu broke his spine and used the Nine Star Needles to burn him nearly to death.
• Lin Taichu called out a hidden observer, and Huang Long appeared and invited him to a banquet on behalf of the Cult Master.
• Huang Long explained that the Assassin Organization trained martial arts experts to serve the country and that its Cult Master had wanted Lin Taichu to become its Guardian Dharma King.
• Lin Taichu rejected the organization and insulted Huang Long.

Lin Taichu defeated Huang Long and crippled him after Huang Long threatened to kill him for refusing to rejoin the Assassin Organization. As Lin Taichu carried Huang Long away, a masked fighter confronted him and launched a dangerous attack.

• Huang Long warned Lin Taichu that the Assassin Organization would kill him unless he returned, then attacked him with his saber.
• Lin Taichu exposed three assassins hiding in a nearby house and defeated Huang Long, breaking his leg and crippling him.
• Lin Taichu knocked Huang Long unconscious with a silver needle, carried him from the courtyard, and encountered a masked man in the alley.
• The masked man attacked Lin Taichu with powerful Internal Strength and an unorthodox claw technique, and Lin Taichu braced himself to fight back.

Lin Taichu fought a masked assassin who initially gained the upper hand with powerful attacks and a mysterious black-mist sword. Lin used a grenade and iron rod to counter him, leaving the assassin’s arms dislocated and the fight unresolved.

• Lin Taichu dodged the masked man's attacks until the assassin adapted, struck him in the stomach, and shattered his kneecap.
• Lin Taichu got back up and thrust a dagger at the masked man, who formed a short sword from black mist and clashed with him.
• Lin Taichu asked who had ordered the attack, but the masked man refused to reveal the client's identity and resumed his assault.
• The masked man blocked Lin Taichu's anesthetic steel ball, so Lin threw a grenade and used the smoke as cover.
• Lin Taichu thrust an iron rod through the smoke, dislocated the masked man's arms, and struck him twice more.

Lin Taichu defeated the masked assassin Zhao Tiezhu and learned about the Vortex Gang's turmoil and its contacts with foreign forces. As Lin Taichu, Chen Fei'er, and Zhao Hai tracked the gang, a mysterious figure offered intelligence and a map to help destroy one of its bases.

• Lin Taichu wounded the masked man, who begged for his life and agreed to serve him.
• Zhao Tiezhu revealed that he worked for an assassin organization under the Vortex Gang and that Wang Zhiqiang had contacted foreign forces before his death.
• Lin Taichu took Zhao Tiezhu to his hideout and informed Chen Fei'er and Zhao Hai, who agreed to help monitor the Vortex Gang.
• Lin Taichu, Chen Fei'er, and Zhao Hai discovered that factions within the Vortex Gang were fighting over power while foreign forces sought control of its resources.
• A mysterious masked figure gave Lin Taichu a detailed map of a Vortex Gang base and offered to help destroy it, claiming the gang threatened the world's safety.

Lin Taichu and his allies gathered intelligence on the Vortex Gang and launched an attack on its headquarters, where he tried to assassinate the Hall Master Duke. As Lin Taichu fought Duke, Chen Fei'er reported that her team had run into trouble and needed support.

• Lin Taichu and his allies infiltrated a laboratory, dismantled the biological weapons, and forced Zhao Tiezhu to document what he knew.
• After completing their reconnaissance, Lin Taichu and his allies learned that the Vortex Gang had several hundred core members, guarded strongholds, and a heavily defended headquarters with biological weapons.
• Lin Taichu and his team split up to attack the Vortex Gang's core area, and Lin planted explosives at the main hall before escaping an incoming missile.
• Lin Taichu shot at Hall Master Duke, but his first bullet grazed Duke's forehead and Duke discovered that his own gun had been loaded with blanks.
• Lin Taichu wounded Duke again and pursued him through the headquarters while gang members searched for the attacker.
• Chen Fei'er messaged that her team needed support, so Lin Taichu confronted Duke and fought him at close quarters.

Lin Taichu learned the location of the Vortex Gang’s biochemical research base from Duke and went there to plant explosives. Wang Hao confronted him, but Lin Taichu used Soul Devouring Finger to stop Wang Hao from killing him.

• Lin Taichu subdued Duke and used a truth-inducing drug to learn where the Vortex Gang’s biochemical research base was.
• Lin Taichu coordinated with Chen Fei'er and Zhao Hai, then went alone to the base while they kept the enemy occupied.
• Lin Taichu avoided the base’s guards, entered its core area, and planted explosives among the researchers’ facilities.
• Wang Hao surprised Lin Taichu and overpowered him in a fight, then began beating him and threatened to kill him.
• Lin Taichu used Soul Devouring Finger, causing Wang Hao to halt his dagger just before it reached Lin Taichu’s throat.
• Lin Taichu explained the technique’s name, and Wang Hao recognized its power.

Wang Hao defeated Lin Taichu’s armed allies and confronted Lin Taichu’s older brother, a member of the Undead Mercenary Group. After disabling the man, Wang Hao discovered that his dagger absorbed blood and grew sharper, confirming it could increase his strength.

• Wang Hao overpowered Lin Taichu and was about to kill him when he spotted armed men hiding nearby.
• Wang Hao evaded the men’s gunfire, used their weapons against them, and then dodged a barrage of arrows from additional attackers.
• Wang Hao identified the attackers by the Undead Mercenary Group skull tattoos and faced a burly man who claimed Lin Taichu as his younger brother.
• Wang Hao shattered the man’s bullet with a kick, wounded him, and severed his tendons before torturing him with a dagger.
• Wang Hao licked blood from the dagger and watched it absorb the man’s blood and grow sharper.

Lin Taichu blew up the Vortex Gang’s core research laboratory while fighting Wang Hao, then escaped through a prepared passage. As Wang Hao rushed back to defend the gang’s other bases, Chen Fei’er and Zhao Hai continued their assault to free hostages and destroy illegal facilities.

• Wang Hao killed the Undead Mercenary Group members and searched for Lin Taichu, who slipped into a secret passage leading to the Vortex Gang’s research area.
• Lin Taichu planted explosives in the laboratory, fought Wang Hao, then detonated them and held Wang Hao back as the facility exploded.
• Chen Fei’er and Zhao Hai felt the blast and intensified their attack while Wang Hao survived the explosion and received word that the Vortex Gang’s other bases were under attack.
• Wang Hao ordered the gang to hold its positions and hurried to headquarters, while Lin Taichu escaped through a concealed passage.
• Chen Fei’er and Zhao Hai led their teams against the Vortex Gang to rescue hostages and destroy illegal facilities as the battle continued through the night.
• Wang Hao returned to headquarters, learned the situation, and began making arrangements.

Li Dongsheng arrived with powerful reinforcements to attack the Vortex Gang and seek justice from Wang Hao’s father, while Lin Taichu used the chaos to challenge Wang Hao. As Li Dongsheng’s men withdrew, Wang Hao launched a fierce punch at Lin Taichu.

• Wang Hao ordered the Vortex Gang to counterattack as Li Dongsheng appeared and revealed his grudge against the gang.
• Li Dongsheng summoned a group of Black-clothed Men, and Lin Taichu watched from another battlefield, preparing to destroy the Vortex Gang.
• Lin Taichu entered the battle and fought Wang Hao, who drew a handgun and fired at him, but a stone blocked the bullet.
• Li Dongsheng’s forces joined the fight, then withdrew after suffering casualties, leaving Wang Hao and Lin Taichu facing each other.
• Wang Hao charged Lin Taichu with a powerful straight punch.

Wang Hao fought Lin Taichu and Li Dongsheng at the Vortex Gang headquarters, then battled a massive force of armed men despite his injuries. Lin Taichu captured Wang Hao alive and took him away, denying Li Dongsheng the chance to question him.

• Wang Hao held his own against Lin Taichu and Li Dongsheng, then used a grenade to stall Lin Taichu and escape the fight.
• Wang Hao fought his way through the Vortex Gang headquarters as police patrol cars approached.
• Wang Hao encountered hundreds of armed men in black and charged into battle, sustaining severe injuries.
• Lin Taichu stabbed Wang Hao with the Iron Sword, but Wang Hao dislocated Lin Taichu's arm and kicked him down.
• Lin Taichu realized Li Dongsheng had secretly arranged to take advantage of the battle, then captured Wang Hao alive and took him away.