Chapter Summaries

Fang Han completed the Wind Splitting Sword Technique and rose to rank 105 on the General Ranking, drawing wary attention because of his conflict with Chu Feng. He then focused on advancing his cultivation, and the chapter ended as he attacked the bottleneck to reach the middle stage of Seventh Rank.

• Fang Han completed the Wind Splitting Sword Technique, increasing his command of Wind Momentum to ten percent.
• Fang Han tested his strength at the Martial Dao Stele and climbed from rank 119 to rank 105, five places short of the top hundred.
• Disciples backed away from Fang Han after hearing he had offended Senior Brother Chu Feng, while Chen Ying watched and began to doubt his decision to side with Song Xiang and Chu Feng.
• Fang Han spent the following days cultivating the Wind-Following Art, and his Internal Qi filled the Laogong acupoint.
• Fang Han's Internal Qi surged against the barrier to the Fengshi Acupoint, and cracks began spreading through the bottleneck to the middle stage of Seventh Rank.

Fang Han broke through to the Seventh Rank mid-stage and rose to 95th on the General Ranking, securing a place among the top hundred. His achievement drew attention but also made disciples wary because of his conflict with Chu Feng, while Elder Chen Xuan celebrated his rapid progress.

• Fang Han opened his Fengshi Acupoint, advanced to the Seventh Rank mid-stage, and awakened the Divine Treasury ability Light as a Swallow.
• Fang Han tested his strength at the General Ranking Martial Dao Stele and rose from 105th to 95th place.
• The disciples at the plaza reacted with shock, then kept their distance after learning Fang Han had offended Chu Feng.
• Fang Han left the plaza anticipating the contribution points awarded to top-hundred disciples.
• Elder Chen Xuan received the report of Fang Han's ranking and praised his rapid progress.

Chu Feng learned that Fang Han had reached ninety-fifth on the General Ranking and began planning to use a Law Enforcement Hall matter against him. At the Instruction Hall, Fang Han received a large ranking reward and learned that five Zi Courtyard disciples had died on a sect mission.

• Song Xiang told Chu Feng that Fang Han had reached ninety-fifth on the General Ranking, and Chu Feng resolved to target him using news from the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Fang Han heard from Xiao Chen that five Zi Courtyard disciples were overdue after investigating a destroyed village.
• Steward Wu Hao gave Fang Han his monthly rewards, and Fang Han discovered his contribution balance had risen to 1,540 points.
• Elder Chen Xuan confirmed that Sun Hai, Sun Li, Li Mo, Zhou Bin, and Wang Yuan had been killed by the village’s culprits.
• Elder Chen Xuan warned the disciples to choose missions cautiously, and Fang Han reflected on the dangers beyond the sect.

After the tense mission briefing, Fang Han used his contribution points to obtain the Wind Shadow Fatal Sword manual. He returned to Room C-7 and comprehended all twelve forms, leaving him ready to begin practicing the technique.

• Fang Han left the Instruction Hall and headed to the Library Pavilion, where other disciples whispered about his rise to the General Ranking's top hundred and his conflict with Chu Feng.
• Fang Han met Elder Mo on the fourth floor and asked to exchange for a high-grade wind-aspect sword technique.
• Elder Mo recommended the Wind Shadow Fatal Sword, and Fang Han spent 1,100 contribution points to borrow its manual for half a month.
• Fang Han returned to Room C-7, opened the manual, and studied its twelve forms and the cultivation insights in its appendix.
• Fang Han used his sword art talent to understand and memorize the entire technique after about an hour.

Fang Han quickly reached the Beginner stage of the Wind Shadow Fatal Sword and continued cultivating while learning about the new disciples entering Azure Profound Sect. Meanwhile, the elders assigned him to investigate the deaths of five Zi Courtyard disciples, despite Chen Xuan’s objections.

• Fang Han reached the Beginner stage of the Wind Shadow Fatal Sword after a few hours of practice in the Forest Clearing.
• Xiao Chen told Fang Han that Azure Profound Sect was holding its new disciple entrance assessment, but Fang Han chose to keep cultivating.
• Xiao Chen reported that eight new disciples, including Zhao Lie and Lin Xue, had reached Ninth-rank late stage cultivation.
• Fang Han asked about the newcomers, then returned to the Forest Clearing to cultivate Wind Shadow Step.
• Tu Baichuan proposed that Fang Han investigate the deaths of five Zi Courtyard disciples, and several elders supported the proposal.
• Chen Xuan objected that Fang Han lacked experience and faced danger, but the elders settled on assigning him the investigation.

Fang Han learned that Tu Baichuan had arranged for him to track the killer of five disciples, a dangerous task connected to Chu Feng. After Elder Chen Xuan advised him to prepare carefully and protect his life, Fang Han went to the Library Pavilion to choose a tracking technique and studied the risks of the available methods.

• Elder Chen Xuan told Fang Han that Tu Baichuan’s proposal to assign him the investigation had passed, despite Chen Xuan’s objection.
• Fang Han learned that Tu Baichuan was close to Chu Feng and suspected the task was meant to hinder or endanger him.
• Elder Chen Xuan advised Fang Han to prepare by studying a Tracking Secret Technique and to put his survival first if the task became too dangerous.
• Fang Han decided to seek a lower-grade technique that he could master quickly rather than risk struggling with a more difficult medium-grade one.
• At the Library Pavilion, Fang Han read about techniques that sharpened eyesight or smell and considered their limits and risks of permanent harm.

Fang Han chose the Spirit Nose Technique and used his talent-amplification system to improve his secret art aptitude, then carefully began cultivating it. After hours of effort, he reached the Beginner stage without damaging his sense of smell and went to sleep.

• Fang Han exchanged 40 contribution points for the Spirit Nose Technique manual and returned to Room C-7 to study it.
• After reading the manual, Fang Han activated Secret Art Talent Amplification up to eightfold, spending 1,110 silver.
• Fang Han reread the manual, understood its principles, and began guiding Internal Qi toward the tiny meridians near his nasal cavity.
• Fang Han repeatedly adjusted his Internal Qi until he stimulated the key meridian node and sensed scents with dramatically increased clarity.
• Fang Han reached the Beginner stage of the Spirit Nose Technique without harming his sense of smell, then stopped cultivating and fell asleep.

Fang Han prepared for the investigation into the Yellow Stone Village massacre, spent his remaining wealth to raise his secret technique talent amplification to sixteenfold, and practiced the Spirit Nose Technique on his journey. He reached the silent village and met Zhao Gan’s Law Enforcement Hall team, who doubted his ability to help after learning he had only begun studying tracking the day before.

• Fang Han returned the Spirit Nose Technique manual, bought pills, collected his appointment letter, and exchanged silver notes for gold in Azure Profound City.
• Fang Han deposited the gold into the System Panel and raised his secret technique talent amplification from eightfold to sixteenfold.
• Fang Han traveled toward Yellow Stone Village while practicing the Spirit Nose Technique and improving his ability to distinguish scents.
• Fang Han reached Yellow Stone Village and detected a faint trace of blood in its deathly silent surroundings.
• Zhao Gan and six Law Enforcement Hall disciples stopped Fang Han at the village entrance and verified his appointment letter.
• Fang Han told Zhao Gan that he had only started learning a tracking secret technique the previous day, disappointing the investigation team.

Fang Han joined Zhao Gan and the other Law Enforcement Hall disciples to investigate the massacre at Yellow Stone Village, but the killer had left few clues and concealed their scent. After days of questioning suspects with little progress, Fang Han remained isolated from the group, whose doubts about his ability grew.

• Zhao Gan explained that all 183 villagers and five Zi Courtyard disciples had been killed with blades, and that 37 suspects fit the investigators’ limited description of the culprit.
• Fang Han proposed using scent and wound analysis to identify the killer, but Zhao Gan and Zhang Yuan explained that medicinal powder and their lack of expertise had thwarted those methods.
• Fang Han searched the village with his Beginner-stage Spirit Nose Technique, then cultivated it until it reached Minor Mastery, but still could not detect the killer’s scent.
• Fang Han accompanied Zhao Gan’s group as they visited the 37 suspects across nearby towns, but questioning more than ten people yielded little progress.
• Fang Han mostly watched in silence while the investigation stalled, and Zhao Gan’s group increasingly treated him with distance and concealed disdain.

Fang Han mastered the Spirit Nose Technique and returned to Yellow Stone Village, where he detected the killer’s scent at several crime scenes. He recognized it as Zhou Tong’s and hurried toward Yellow Leaf City to confront him.

• Fang Han advanced the Spirit Nose Technique to mastery while staying in Black Stone Town.
• He left Zhao Gan’s group despite their objections and returned alone to Yellow Stone Village.
• Fang Han detected the same faint, medicinal, rust-like scent at several places where villagers had been killed.
• He recognized the scent from Zhou Tong, whom the group had questioned at Zhou Mansion.
• Fang Han identified Zhou Tong as the murderer and rushed toward Yellow Leaf City.

Fang Han confronted Zhou Tong at the Zhou Mansion and exposed him as the killer of Yellow Stone Village’s residents and five Azure Profound Sect disciples. Zhou Tong admitted his crimes and attacked, but Fang Han gained the upper hand in the ensuing duel.

• Fang Han returned to the Zhou Mansion and asked to see Zhou Tong.
• Fang Han accused Zhou Tong of killing 183 people from Yellow Stone Village and five Azure Profound Sect disciples, then revealed that his proficient Spirit Nose Technique had detected Zhou Tong’s scent.
• Zhou Tong admitted he killed the five disciples because they had become suspicious after encountering him retrieving an item from the village.
• Zhou Tong drew his saber and launched a surprise attack, but Fang Han evaded it and parried with the Azure Edge Sword.
• Fang Han and Zhou Tong fought in the hall, where Fang Han’s perfected Wind Splitting Sword Technique overcame Zhou Tong’s greater cultivation and wounded him repeatedly.

Fang Han defeated Zhou Tong and exposed him as the man behind the Yellow Stone Village massacre and the deaths of five Azure Profound Sect disciples. When Zhou Tianxiong and the elders tried to shield Zhou Tong by invoking Chu Feng’s name, Fang Han demanded their surrender, and they attacked him instead.

• Fang Han killed Zhou Tong’s deathsworn warriors and wounded Zhou Tong as he tried to flee.
• Zhou Tianxiong arrived with five elders and demanded to know why Fang Han had attacked Zhou Tong.
• Fang Han identified himself and accused Zhou Tong of murdering the villagers and Azure Profound Sect disciples, citing Zhou Tong’s own admission.
• Zhou Tianxiong tried to use Chu Feng’s name to persuade Fang Han to show mercy, but Fang Han refused and demanded that the Zhou Clan leaders return with him for investigation.
• Zhou Tianxiong decided the Zhou Clan had to silence Fang Han and led the five elders in a coordinated attack.

Fang Han exterminated the Zhou Clan’s core fighters after they resisted him, then subdued Zhou Tong and forced the clan members to gather for judgment. He began searching for the clan treasury and learned it was hidden behind a mechanism in a study.

• Fang Han defeated the six Zhou Clan fighters surrounding him, killing Zhou Tianxiong, the elders, and the other core members.
• Zhou Tong launched a desperate attack, but Fang Han broke his wrist and bound him.
• Fang Han ordered the Zhou Clan servants and guards to gather the clan members in the courtyard and warned them not to resist or send for help.
• Fang Han questioned the gathered clan members about the treasury, but most claimed they did not know its location.
• A frightened young man told Fang Han that the treasury was in his father’s study, behind a bookshelf with a hidden mechanism.

Fang Han found the Zhou Clan’s hidden treasury, took only part of its wealth, and concealed his actions before the Law Enforcement Hall disciples learned he had solved the case. After they reached Yellow Leaf City and saw Zhou Tong captured, they apologized to Fang Han for underestimating him.

• Fang Han opened the Zhou Clan’s secret treasury and recharged about half its valuables, raising his possessed wealth to 637,000 silver.
• Fang Han resisted taking the remaining treasure, fearing the sect’s investigation and retaliation from Chu Feng, then hid the signs that he had handled the chests.
• Zhao Gan and the other Law Enforcement Hall disciples received Fang Han’s message that Zhou Tong had been captured and hurried to the Zhou Mansion.
• The seven disciples found Zhou Tong bound and heard Fang Han explain how he had uncovered the case and defeated Zhou Tianxiong and five others.
• Zhao Gan and the others apologized for their prejudice, and Fang Han accepted their apology and let the misunderstanding pass.

Fang Han used his new wealth to amplify his footwork talent and advanced the Wind Shadow Step to Perfection Realm. Afterward, Zhao Gan told him that Zhou Tong had slaughtered Yellow Stone Village to cultivate a forbidden demonic technique supplied by a mysterious person.

• Fang Han left Zhou Tong’s interrogation and spent 100,000 silver to raise his Footwork Talent Amplification to thirty-twofold.
• Fang Han practiced the Wind Shadow Step in Zhou Mansion’s courtyard and broke through to Perfection Realm, greatly improving his speed and combat ability.
• That night, Zhao Gan and the other six reported that Zhou Tong had killed all 183 people in Yellow Stone Village to cultivate a demonic technique.
• Zhao Gan said Zhou Tong had been stuck at the late stage of Seventh Rank for nearly ten years before a mysterious person gave him the Blood Demon Technique several months earlier.
• Fang Han asked who the mysterious person was and what cultivation they had.

Fang Han returned to Azure Profound Sect with Zhou Tong and reported the demonic art and its mysterious source to Elder Yan Lu, earning a large reward. Chu Feng learned that the Zhou Clan had fallen and that Zhou Tong was the culprit, while Fang Han remained determined to deal with him in the future.

• Fang Han and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples escorted Zhou Tong safely back to Azure Profound Sect after an anxious three-day journey.
• Fang Han and Zhao Gan reported Zhou Tong’s demonic art and the mysterious man behind him to Elder Yan Lu, who ordered the matter kept secret.
• Elder Yan Lu awarded Fang Han 1,000 contribution points and Zhao Gan’s group 300 points each for their work.
• Fang Han reflected that Chu Feng’s attempt to hinder him had instead brought him rewards and cost Chu Feng the Zhou Clan, though Zhou Tong had not implicated Chu Feng.
• Chu Feng told Song Xiang that the Zhou Clan was finished and revealed that Zhou Tong had committed the village massacre and killed five Zi Courtyard disciples.

Chu Feng and Song Xiang learned that Fang Han had destroyed the Zhou Clan’s core, and Chu Feng resolved to eliminate him. Meanwhile, Fang Han exchanged for the High Grade movement technique Flowing Wind Shadowless Step and left the Library Pavilion with its manual.

• Chu Feng told Song Xiang that Zhou Tong had confessed to cultivating demonic arts and that Fang Han had killed Zhou Tianxiong and the Zhou Clan’s five core elders after they attacked him.
• Song Xiang lamented the Zhou Clan’s destruction, while Chu Feng ordered him to drop the matter and declared that Fang Han must be eliminated.
• Fang Han cultivated his Internal Qi, then went to the Library Pavilion to seek a High Grade wind-attribute Body Movement technique.
• Fang Han told Elder Mo that he had perfected Wind Shadow Step, impressing the elder with his rapid progress.
• Elder Mo recommended Flowing Wind Shadowless Step, and Fang Han exchanged 1,050 contribution points for its manual.

Fang Han rapidly advanced his new movement art, sword art, and Internal Qi cultivation while enjoying a peaceful stretch at the sect. The chapter ended with Elder Fang Yuan delivering him three hundred thousand taels from the sale of the Lin Family’s properties on the Clan Head’s orders.

• Fang Han read and comprehended Flowing Wind Shadowless Step, then cultivated it to the Beginner stage in the Forest Clearing.
• Fang Han resumed practicing Wind Shadow Fatal Sword and followed a regular routine of training his movement, sword art, and Internal Qi without further interference.
• Fang Han advanced Wind Shadow Fatal Sword to Lesser Accomplishment and reached more than ninety percent Internal Qi capacity in his Fengshi Acupoint.
• A servant disciple told Fang Han that someone was waiting for him at the mountain gate, and Fang Han rewarded the messenger before heading there.
• Elder Fang Yuan praised Fang Han’s sect rankings and delivered three hundred thousand taels from the Lin Family property sales on the Clan Head’s orders.

Fang Han converted the Fang Clan’s 300,000 taels of support into wealth for his System Panel and considered raiding Chu Feng’s affiliated forces to earn the silver needed for a talent upgrade. He chose the Myriad Transformation Breath Concealment Technique as preparation and began studying it in his room.

• Elder Fang Yuan gave Fang Han 300,000 taels from the Fang Clan and hurried back to Liangshui City to manage the Lineage’s affairs.
• Fang Han exchanged the banknotes for gold and recharged the System Panel, raising his wealth to 837,000 silver.
• Fang Han rejected earning the remaining 160,000 silver through sect missions and considered taking wealth from forces under Chu Feng, while resolving to learn a technique that concealed his traces.
• Fang Han went to the Library Pavilion and exchanged 120 contribution points for the Myriad Transformation Breath Concealment Technique.
• Fang Han studied the manual in Room C-7 until he understood its basics, then began his first cultivation attempt.

Fang Han advanced the Myriad Transformation Breath Concealment Technique by raising his Secret Art Talent Amplification to 32x, then broke through to the Seventh-rank late stage. He headed to the General Ranking Martial Dao Stele on the month’s final day to compete for the next month’s contribution rewards.

• Fang Han cultivated the Myriad Transformation Breath Concealment Technique for hours and reached the Beginner stage, but judged that its concealment was not yet sufficient to evade skilled trackers.
• Fang Han spent 100,000 taels of silver to increase his Secret Art Talent Amplification from 16x to 32x and resumed cultivating the technique.
• Fang Han added the concealment technique to his packed daily routine alongside his Internal Qi, footwork, and sword cultivation.
• Fang Han filled the Fengshi Acupoint, broke through the Seventh-rank late stage bottleneck, and opened the Dazhui Acupoint and its Internal Qi Recovery Divine Treasury.
• Fang Han picked up the Azure Edge Sword and headed to the General Ranking Martial Dao Stele for the end-of-month rankings.