Recaps

Chu Fan joined the Seven Star Gang and used the Mountains and Rivers Map to rapidly advance his martial skills and strength. After Liu Da’s men destroyed his home, Chu Fan killed them and others involved in the plot to seize his family house, then faced questioning by the constables.

• Chu Fan awakened in Qingyang County, discovered that the Mountains and Rivers Map recorded his saber practice, and decided to seek martial training with the Seven Star Gang.
• Chu Fan impressed Cao Feng with his Chopping Wood Saber Technique and joined the gang, where he studied Twelve Forms Boxing and befriended Zhao Tianxing.
• Chu Fan rapidly advanced his boxing through practice and medicinal nourishment, earned Cao Feng’s attention, and broke the limit of his saber technique to gain Knife Fast as the Wind.
• Chu Fan learned that the Seven Star Gang was divided by competing interests, while Zhao Tianxing secretly condensed his first strand of Qi and Blood Force.
• Chu Fan reached Major Accomplishment in Twelve Forms Boxing, returned home to find it wrecked by Liu Da’s men, and resolved to respond carefully.
• Chu Fan defeated Liu Da’s group at his courtyard, then killed Scarface, Fourth Brother, Liu Da, the short vagrant, and two people conspiring to take his family house.
• Chu Fan hid his family’s House Deed and his money, formed his first strand of Qi and Blood Force through overnight practice, and was summoned with Zhao Hu to the Liu Family home for questioning.

Chu Fan discovered the Demon Suppression Stele, strengthened his cultivation and martial arts, and became entangled in the Moon Worshipping Sect’s search and the Huang Family’s schemes. After killing two Huang Family men, he learned Huang Yu remained hidden at the Blood Saber Sect and planned to buy ingredients for medicinal baths.

• Lu Tao sensed Chu Fan’s strong Blood Qi after questioning him about Liu Da’s attack, then let him go, and Chu Fan found a hidden passage in his parents’ room that led to the Demon Suppression Stele.
• Chu Fan learned the stele could yield the Demon Dragon Celestial Gang Scripture, but he lacked the Spiritual Essence to refine it, and he began investigating the Chu Family’s past while planning against Huang Yu.
• Chu Fan trained with Zhao Tianxing under Cao Feng, mastered Saber Force, condensed three strands of Qi and Blood Force, and broke through to the Blood Nourishment realm.
• Chu Fan won a series of sparring matches against Jiang Yuanfan, reached Perfection in Twelve Forms Boxing, and improved his Running Technique and Chopping Wood Saber Technique.
• Chu Fan followed the Moon Worshipping Sect’s White-robed leader, escaped detection, then killed Huang Shouliang’s ruffians and the servants who had followed the sect, leaving their bodies together by the river.
• Cao Feng gave Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing Blood Refining Pills and taught them the method of Blood Refining, while warning them to avoid the depths of the Misty Swamp and not provoke the Moon Worshipping Sect.
• Chu Fan overheard Huang Shouliang’s plan to take the Chu Family Ancestral Mansion and kill Chu Fan and Zhao Hu’s family, then ambushed and killed the steward and Master Wang.
• Chu Fan learned the authorities accepted the Huang Family’s claim that the steward and Master Wang had killed each other, found Huang Yu still hidden at the Blood Saber Sect, and planned to buy ingredients for three medicinal baths.

Chu Fan killed Huang Yu and destroyed the Huang Family, drawing the attention of the Blood Saber Sect and the Moon Worshipping Sect while strengthening his ties to the Seven Star Gang. He registered as a disciple, expanded his skills, and ended the arc by breaking through to the Tempering Blood Realm.

• Chu Fan killed Huang Yu, took his belongings, and delivered his severed head to the Huang Family, then returned to kill Huang Shouliang, Huang Lin, Scarface, and a Blood Saber Sect member.
• After Zhao Tianxing shared his Wild Ginseng with him, Chu Fan recovered from forcing the Fifthfold Saber Force and dug up a chest filled with gold and silver.
• Chu Fan defeated Blood Saber Sect members who were harassing Zhao Hu, then beat Ling Feng in a spar before Li Qingxue stopped Zhou Ye from attacking him.
• Cao Feng revealed that Chu Fan had destroyed the Huang Family and explained that Tang Xiao’s men had killed the surviving servants, then warned Chu Fan to stay away from the Moon Worshipping Sect’s search for a key.
• Chu Fan killed two Blood Saber Sect men sent to investigate the Huang Family’s hidden secrets and began learning the Blood Soul Nine Swords, while discovering that his Pollution Level had risen.
• Chu Fan learned archery from Zhao Tianxing, practiced saber techniques under Cao Feng, and learned about Primordial Qi, Transformation into Quality, and the risks of Pollution.
• Chu Fan registered as a Blood Nourishment Realm disciple of the Seven Star Gang, returned home, and fused his Blood Qi strands to break through to the Tempering Blood Realm.

Chu Fan strengthened his martial arts, entered the Tendon Tempering Realm, and exploited the Blood Saber Sect’s weakness by raiding its Fishing Dock with Zhao Tianxing. As fighting spread through Qingyang, Chu Fan joined Fang Qingqing’s assault on the Blood Saber Sect’s Herb Garden.

• Chu Fan broke the limits of Twelve Forms Boxing and Chopping Wood Saber Technique, gained new traits, and turned down Xia Huanhuan’s offer to join Zhou Ye’s faction.
• Chu Fan secretly witnessed Zhou Ye and Xia Huanhuan interrogate Blood Saber Sect guards about the Moon Worshipping Sect’s search for a key, then helped Fang Qingqing escape a battle with White-robed and Gray-robed opponents.
• Chu Fan joined the Seven Star Gang under Zhou Ye’s command, received cultivation supplies from Zhou Tianci, and accepted Cao Feng’s guidance on Tendon Tempering.
• After a scaled monster devastated the Blood Saber Sect, Chu Fan assessed its weakened position, bought a bow and arrows, and broke through to the Tendon Tempering Realm.
• Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing attacked the Blood Saber Sect’s Fishing Dock before dawn, killed its defenders, and took the sect’s gold, silver, and banknotes.
• Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing divided the loot as fighting spread through Qingyang, while Chu Fan perfected his archery and gained the Tracking trait.
• Chu Fan settled Master Hong’s family’s debt, gave Zhao Hu’s family money to move to the Inner City, and went with Zhao Tianxing to watch the Blood Saber Sect’s Herb Garden.
• Chu Fan recognized Fang Qingqing among the attackers at the Herb Garden, killed several Blood Saber Sect disciples with his bow, and aimed Moon Eclipse · Piercing Kill at the hall master as Fang Qingqing restrained him.