Chapter Summaries

Xiao Feng confronted Bao Butong over the Murong Family’s plans for Restoration and tested his strength against the jianghu’s martial artists. He left Feng Bo'e badly wounded with a wind-blade technique after feigning defeat.

• Duan Yu became captivated by Wang Yuyan, while Qiao Feng mistook Xiao Feng for Murong Fu.
• Xiao Feng mocked Bao Butong and accused him of dragging Murong Fu down, then revealed the Murong Family’s plans for Restoration.
• Bao Butong attacked Xiao Feng, who met his punch with a palm strike and used the clash to gauge the strength of martial artists in this world.
• Feng Bo'e charged at Xiao Feng and appeared to split him in two, but Xiao Feng’s body burst into wind blades that wounded Feng Bo'e.
• Xiao Feng summoned a half-meter-long green wind blade and sent it toward Feng Bo'e.

Xiao Feng exposed a plot by Kang Min and Quan Guanqing to overthrow Qiao Feng and frame Murong Fu for Ma Dayuan’s death. Qiao Feng began to believe him after Duan Yu faltered under Wang Yuyan’s beauty, but still asked why Kang Min wanted to harm him.

• Qiao Feng stopped Xiao Feng from killing Feng Bo'e and questioned his warning about the Murong Family.
• Xiao Feng revealed that Quan Guanqing and the Four Great Elders planned to seize Qiao Feng’s position as chief.
• Xiao Feng said Kang Min had drugged Ma Dayuan and Bai Shijing had crushed his neck to frame Murong Fu.
• Xiao Feng used Duan Yu’s inability to refuse a hypothetical request from Wang Yuyan to demonstrate the power of a beauty trap.
• Qiao Feng began to believe Bai Shijing had been manipulated by Kang Min and asked why she wanted to harm him.

Xiao Feng exposed Kang Min’s plot to use the Beggar Gang against Duan Zhengchun, and the gang turned on the conspirators. After Bai Shijing died by suicide, urgent intelligence from Western Xia arrived, but Elder Xu interrupted Qiao Feng before he could read it.

• Xiao Feng explained that Kang Min had conspired with Bai Shijing and Quan Guanqing to gain control of the Beggar Gang and take revenge on Duan Zhengchun.
• The Four Great Elders ordered the Beggar Gang disciples to seize Quan Guanqing, and Elder Song kicked him in the crotch.
• Elder Song accused Bai Shijing of adultery with Kang Min and murdering Ma Dayuan, and Bai Shijing admitted his guilt before killing himself.
• A Beggar Gang messenger delivered a sealed wax letter containing urgent military intelligence from Western Xia to Qiao Feng.
• As Qiao Feng opened the letter, Elder Xu arrived and stopped him from reading it.

Qiao Feng exposed Kang Min’s role in Ma Dayuan’s murder, but she revealed a letter showing that Wang Jiantong had ordered the Beggar Gang to kill Qiao Feng if he betrayed Great Song. Qiao Feng broke down after recognizing his master’s handwriting, just as an imposing gray-robed monk appeared.

• Xiao Feng accused Elder Xu of being Kang Min’s lover, and Qiao Feng explained to the assembled martial artists how Kang Min had manipulated Bai Shijing and Quan Guanqing and arranged Ma Dayuan’s murder.
• Kang Min emerged from her sedan chair, admitted she had used her lovers to undermine Qiao Feng, and claimed Ma Dayuan had died because he would not expose Qiao Feng’s Khitan heritage.
• Kang Min produced a letter in Wang Jiantong’s handwriting, and Qiao Feng used the Dragon Capture Skill to retrieve it.
• Qiao Feng read Wang Jiantong’s order authorizing the Beggar Gang elders to kill him if he aided the Khitan against Great Song, and he wept in sorrow.
• An imposing elderly monk in gray robes emerged from the nearby woods.

Xiao Feng revealed the truth about Qiao Feng’s father and the ambush at Yanmen Pass, while Master Zhiguang admitted his part in the tragedy but refused to name its leader. Xiao Feng then exposed the leader as Shaolin’s Abbot Xuanci, leaving Master Zhiguang reeling and Qiao Feng with the answer he sought.

• Master Zhiguang confirmed that Xiao Yuanshan had been ambushed at Yanmen Pass by Central Plains experts, including himself and Wang Jiantong, after they mistakenly believed Khitan warriors planned to raid Shaolin Temple.
• Qiao Feng learned that his father had been devoted to peace between Song and Liao and had spared the men who attacked him until they killed his wife and child.
• Master Zhiguang refused to identify the ambush’s leader, and Qiao Feng could not bring himself to strike the monk.
• Xiao Feng revealed that the leader had secretly fathered a son with Ye Erniang, shocking Master Zhiguang.
• Xiao Feng named the leader as Abbot Xuanci of Shaolin Temple.

Xiao Feng exposed Abbot Xuanci as Ye Erniang’s former lover and revealed that their son was still alive, drawing Ye Erniang and the other Great Evils out of hiding. He used knowledge of their children to set the Four Great Evils against one another, and Duan Yanqing killed Yue Lao San after learning he had a son.

• Xiao Feng named Abbot Xuanci as the lead brother and explained that Xiao Yuanshan had taken Xuanci and Ye Erniang’s infant son.
• Xiao Feng summoned Ye Erniang by promising to tell her where her son was, then called out the other three Great Evils.
• Xiao Feng ordered Ye Erniang to kill Yun Zhonghe in exchange for her son’s whereabouts, and she attacked him.
• Xiao Feng revealed that Long-Haired Guanyin had borne Duan Yanqing a son and offered to reveal their whereabouts if Duan Yanqing killed Yue Lao San.
• Duan Yanqing pierced Yue Lao San through the chest, leaving him dying in disbelief.

Xiao Feng revealed the Four Great Evils’ hidden connections and exposed the whereabouts of Ye Erniang’s son, Xu Zhu, before Qiao Feng killed her. He then began unveiling Duan Zhengchun’s illegitimate children, leaving Duan Yu stunned and Murong Fu eyeing A Zhu as a route to the Dali throne.

• Duan Yanqing crippled Yun Zhonghe with his One Finger Divine Skill, allowing Ye Erniang to kill him and demand news of her son from Xiao Feng.
• Xiao Feng told Ye Erniang that Xiao Yuanshan had taken her newborn son and left him at Shaolin Temple, where he was now Xu Zhu.
• As Ye Erniang hurried to find Xu Zhu, Qiao Feng killed her with a palm strike, then went to hear Duan Yanqing’s answer.
• Xiao Feng revealed that Duan Zhengchun had fathered Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing, and told Duan Yu that two of the three women nearby were also his sisters.
• Xiao Feng identified A Zhu as Duan Zhengchun and Ruan Xingzhu’s daughter, and explained the birthmarks and matching gold lock pendants that confirmed her identity.
• Murong Fu realized A Zhu’s royal lineage could help him claim the Dali throne, while Xiao Feng turned toward Wang Yuyan with an unsettling smile.

Xiao Feng revealed that Wang Yuyan was Duan Zhengchun’s daughter and that Duan Yu was Duan Yanqing’s son, while also exposing Murong Bo’s role in Qiao Feng’s family tragedy. As Western Xia’s First Rank Hall used the Grief-Numbing Breeze to incapacitate the gathering, Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Duan Yanqing remained unaffected.

• Xiao Feng told Wang Yuyan that she was Duan Zhengchun’s daughter and explained that her mother, Li Qingluo, was the daughter of Li Qiushui, linking her to Western Xia’s royal family.
• Xiao Feng revealed that Murong Bo had deceived Xuan Ci into arranging the ambush that destroyed Xiao Yuanshan’s family, and Qiao Feng vowed to kill the Murong family.
• Xiao Feng explained that Dao Baifeng had borne Duan Yanqing’s son, and Duan Yanqing confirmed Duan Yu’s birth details on his Small Gold Plate.
• Duan Yanqing recognized Duan Yu as his biological son and celebrated that his son had become heir to the Dali throne.
• Helian Tieshu and Western Xia’s First Rank Hall emerged after the Grief-Numbing Breeze disabled nearly everyone, while Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Duan Yanqing remained unaffected.

Xiao Feng exposed Duan Yanqing’s secrets in the simulation, but Duan Yanqing killed him before dying himself. Back in the cave, Xiao Feng reviewed the rewards and absorbed A Zhu’s disguise technique experience.

• Xiao Feng resisted Grief-Numbing Breeze with an antidote pill and watched Western Xia warriors capture the Beggar Gang members.
• Xiao Feng told Duan Yanqing to die to protect Duan Yu’s future, but Duan Yanqing pierced Xiao Feng’s forehead with the One Finger Divine Skill.
• Xiao Feng returned to the cave and realized he had underestimated Duan Yanqing and the people in the Projection World.
• Xiao Feng completed the “Save A Zhu” quest and received two lottery chances for the simulation rewards.
• Xiao Feng bought eight of the ten rewards, including A Zhu’s Disguise Technique Experience, and absorbed its golden orb.

Xiao Feng absorbed A Zhu’s disguise skills, Qiao Feng’s Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms experience, and Duan Yu’s limited poison immunity, then searched the Monster Mountain Range and found a hidden treasure cave. He opened the cave and gathered its valuables and herbs, leaving three locked stone boxes unopened.

• Xiao Feng used his remaining lottery chances to gain Qiao Feng’s Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms experience and Duan Yu’s Hundred Poisons Immunity Body.
• Xiao Feng broke through to Three Star Dou Zhe and destroyed an attacking Rock Snake with the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms.
• Xiao Feng found a cave entrance, discovered a hidden mechanism, and opened a heavy stone door.
• Xiao Feng entered a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, treasure, and spiritual herbs.
• Xiao Feng collected the treasure and herbs, then noticed three keys hanging from the skeleton’s right arm.

Xiao Feng claimed the inheritance in the stone chamber, collected three valuable manuals and skills, and buried the skeleton with thanks. Elsewhere, Xiao Yi Xian traveled with the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion’s herb-gathering party, accompanied by Mu Li as the mercenaries entered the Monster Mountain Range.

• Xiao Feng recovered the Fragment Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and opened the three stone boxes, finding the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, Purple Cloud Wings, and Furious Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Feng decided to study the poison manual, postpone refining Purple Cloud Wings until he became a Dou Master, and bring the spear technique back for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Feng buried the skeleton, poured wine at its grave, bowed in thanks, and left the stone chamber.
• Xiao Yi Xian traveled with the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion’s herb-gathering team as its mercenaries guarded the group through the Monster Mountain Range.
• Mu Li offered to carry the tired Xiao Yi Xian, but she politely refused; he stayed beside her, while other mercenaries grumbled about his privileged position.

Xiao Feng joined Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after emerging from the forest with a slain Black Lion Scorpion. Mu Li concealed his greed and probed Xiao Feng’s strength and background, while Xiao Yi Xian judged Xiao Feng dangerously naïve.

• A Black Lion Scorpion flew out of the forest and died at the mercenaries’ feet after a dragon’s roar.
• Xiao Feng emerged alive, stored the beast’s corpse in his Storage Ring, and caught Mu Li’s eye.
• Mu Li invited Xiao Feng to travel with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Xiao Feng accepted, recognizing the group’s ill intentions.
• Mu Li questioned Xiao Feng about his identity and abilities, and Xiao Feng modestly explained his duel with Nalan Yanran and his talent for fleeing danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Feng reveal information to Mu Li and worried that his naïveté would put him in danger.

Xiao Feng treated injured mercenaries on the journey to the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion’s herb-gathering area, earning Merit Points while others mistook him for a selfless philanthropist. As the group camped for the night, Xiao Yi Xian kept him close to protect him, while Mu Li looked for a chance to separate them and take Xiao Feng’s treasures.

• Xiao Feng gave two mercenaries First Grade Detoxification Pills after Red Ice Serpents poisoned them, curing them and earning Merit Points.
• Xiao Feng treated more than a dozen injured mercenaries on the journey, winning their gratitude and respect while Mu Li resented the medicine he spent.
• The Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion’s steward led the group to the herb-gathering area, where Xiao Yi Xian kept Xiao Feng beside her and Mu Li sought a way to separate them.
• After the group finished gathering herbs and settled around campfires for dinner, Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Feng a Meat Filling Rice Ball she had made.
• Xiao Feng tasted the rice ball and praised its flavor.

Xiao Feng used poison to kill Mu Li and his four men after they lured him into the woods. He returned safely to camp, leaving Xiao Yi Xian surprised and confused.

• Mu Li's maid secretly put laxative in the meat-filled rice balls, but Xiao Yi Xian enjoyed the altered taste and showed no sign of poisoning.
• Xiao Yi Xian left with her maid to relieve herself, and Xiao Feng and Mu Li both used the opportunity to slip into the woods.
• Xiao Feng waited in a tree with a bottle of Grief-Numbing Breeze, then poisoned Mu Li and his four trusted men when they attacked.
• Xiao Feng killed all five men with Green Wind Blades, while Xiao Yi Xian returned to camp and worried that Mu Li had killed him.
• Xiao Feng emerged safely from the bushes and claimed he had only gone to relieve himself, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.

Xiao Feng returned to Green Mountain Town with the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion herb-gathering team and was accused by Mu She of killing Mu Li. He admitted killing Mu Li and his men, then Mu She was suddenly struck by painful eyes and violent coughing.

• After mercenaries found Mu Li and his men dead with almost no signs of battle, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group fled the forest and spent the night in fear.
• The next morning, the group returned to Green Mountain Town, where Mu She confronted Xiao Feng and accused him of killing Mu Li.
• Xiao Yi Xian defended Xiao Feng, but Mister Yao refused to risk a conflict with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and told her not to interfere.
• Xiao Feng told Mu She that he had killed Mu Li and his men in self-defense.
• As Mu She questioned how Xiao Feng could have defeated his son, his eyes began to hurt and water, and he started coughing violently.

Xiao Feng poisoned the crowd at Green Mountain Town, killed Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members, and carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian into the Monster Mountain Range. In a cave, he used Merit points to obtain the Colossal Titan Power and considered how its abilities might threaten a Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Feng used Grief-Numbing Breeze to incapacitate the crowd and killed Mu She when Mu She confronted him.
• Xiao Feng beheaded the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members, earning enough Merit to buy the Colossal Titan Power.
• Xiao Feng carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian away from Green Mountain Town and hid with her in an empty cave in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Feng spent five thousand Merit points to purchase the Colossal Titan Power and absorbed it.
• Xiao Feng assessed the Colossal Titan’s transformation explosion, steam, and vulnerability at the nape of its neck.

Xiao Feng explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Misfortune Poison Body and reassured her that he would help find a solution. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to travel and study poison arts with him, and they shared a meal of poisonous roasted chicken wings.

• Xiao Yi Xian awoke in a cave and remembered only the confrontation with Mu She before falling unconscious.
• Xiao Feng told Xiao Yi Xian that she had awakened the Misfortune Poison Body and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Manual to read.
• Xiao Feng promised to help resolve the constitution’s dangers and invited Xiao Yi Xian to train and study poison arts with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Feng’s offer, then ate roasted chicken wings seasoned with powdered Intestine Severing Grass.
• Xiao Feng revealed that he had made the poisonous food to help Xiao Yi Xian feel less afraid of her constitution.

Xiao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian traveled from Black Rock City to Mo City by Thick-Winged Bird, where they rested and prepared to continue toward Stone Desert City. Xiao Yi Xian tried on new desert clothes for Xiao Feng, and he admired her figure.

• Xiao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian bought poison-making ingredients in Black Rock City and boarded a Thick-Winged Bird for Mo City.
• During the more than twenty-day journey, Xiao Feng advanced to Four-Star Dou Zhe while Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Qi Stage Nine.
• After arriving in Mo City, Xiao Feng decided they would rest before traveling to Stone Desert City the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Xiao Feng to a clothing store and bought light outfits suited to the desert heat.
• Xiao Yi Xian modeled several outfits for Xiao Feng and stored her purchases in the Storage Ring he had given her.

Xiao Feng bought a desert map from Hai Bodong and later began his third simulation, which placed him in the world of Embroidered Spring Blade. The simulation ended with Shen Lian killing him after years spent begging and becoming a small landowner.

• Xiao Feng bought the best Tagor Desert map from Hai Bodong’s shop and left without trying to take the hidden map fragments.
• Xiao Feng returned to the inn with Xiao Yi Xian, and they went to their rooms for the night.
• Xiao Feng chose a free Text Projection Simulation after the system selected Embroidered Spring Blade as the simulation world.
• Xiao Feng’s simulated self became a beggar, learned to scam passersby, and accumulated enough money to become a small landowner.
• Shen Lian burst into the Imperial Music Bureau and beheaded Xiao Feng’s simulated self, ending the simulation.

After drawing Zhou Miaotong’s douduo as a simulation reward, Xiao Feng traveled with Xiao Yi Xian through the harsh Tagor Desert, using its conditions to train his body. They reached Stone Desert City after Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation rose to Two-Star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Feng led her to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group headquarters.

• Xiao Feng drew Zhou Miaotong’s douduo from the simulation rewards and stored it in the System Space.
• Xiao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian set off for Stone Desert City, and Xiao Feng endured the desert’s heat and sandstorms to temper his body.
• Xiao Feng killed a Poison Demon Scorpion that ambushed Xiao Yi Xian, and she collected its venom.
• Xiao Yi Xian fell into deep sleeps twice after consuming potent poison, waking each time with a cultivation breakthrough to One-Star and then Two-Star Dou Zhe.
• After more than half a month of travel, Xiao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Stone Desert City, and Xiao Feng led her toward the Mo Tie Mercenary Group headquarters.