Recaps

Lu Li killed Green Snake, rescued Huang Rongyue, and refused her attempt to befriend him before leaving with Black Hawk. By morning, the Huang Family had survived the attack but lost half its elite fighters, and Huang He worried that the county magistrate would strike again.

• Huang Rongyue arrived in time to see Lu Li kill Green Snake with a single blow and thanked him for saving the Huang Family.
• Huang Rongyue asked Lu Li about her family and whether he would accept her, but he rejected her and said he had helped because he was an assassin.
• Black Hawk arrived, praised Lu Li, and left with him after Lu Li gave Huang Rongyue Detoxification Powder and urged her to help her father.
• Huang Rongyue recovered enough strength to return to the fight and vowed to keep trying to befriend Lu Li, whose identity seemed familiar to her.
• Lu Li and Black Hawk joked as they left, while Lu Li considered how to earn money and build his strength; he later returned to the medicine shop and went to bed.
• By dawn, the Huang Family had lost half its elite fighters despite surviving the attack, and Huang He feared the county magistrate would launch another assault.

Huang Rongyue appointed Lu Li to command the Outer City, while doubting that he was Blood Ghost. After ten days of training, Lu Li arrived at the Sky Wolf Gang to take charge, but its leader Lin Batian challenged his authority.

• Huang Rongyue questioned Lu Li about the battle at Huang Mansion and appointed him to manage the Outer City's businesses and gangs.
• Lu Li accepted the command and planned to use his new authority to gain wealth by raiding households.
• Over the next ten days, Lu Li trained the Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist until his proficiency reached 900/1800.
• Lu Li addressed the Sky Wolf Gang and asked its members for cooperation, but many showed disrespect and refused to accept him.
• Lin Batian confronted Lu Li and demanded that he fight to prove he deserved to command the gang.

Lu Li accepted the Outer City fighters’ challenge and easily defeated Lin Batian and Niu Kai, forcing the crowd to submit. Huang Rongyue recognized his exceptional talent and left intending to protect and recruit him, while Lu Li began investigating why the Huang Family was losing ground.

• Li Qing concluded that Lu Li lacked the strength and experience to command the Outer City fighters.
• Lu Li struck Lin Batian and a man cracking melon seeds through a wall, then knocked Niu Kai back when he challenged him.
• Lu Li dared anyone else to fight, and the subdued crowd praised his talent and speculated that he would join a sect.
• Huang Rongyue watched Lu Li’s victories, decided he was a Xiantian seed, and left planning to bring him to the Broken Mountain Sect and protect him from the shadows.
• Lu Li learned that the Huang Family was losing ground in the Outer City and asked Lin Batian about the rival faction’s strength.

Lu Li overruled Lin Batian’s objections and led the Sky Wolf Gang in an attack on the Black Tiger Gang. After killing One-Eyed Dragon with a single punch, he drove the enemy into a panicked retreat and moved on to the next target.

• Lin Batian warned Lu Li that the Sky Wolf Gang lacked the strength to attack, but Lu Li pledged to resign if the operation failed and insisted on going ahead.
• Lu Li led his men to Changliu Street and killed the Black Tiger Gang members occupying a tavern.
• One-Eyed Dragon challenged Lu Li, but Lu Li shattered his bones and killed him with one punch.
• The Black Tiger Gang members fled, and Lu Li ordered the Sky Wolf Gang to move on while Niu Kai worried that Lu Li might punish him for past offenses.

Lu Li led the fight against the Black Tiger Gang, killing its leader and defeating Wang Lang with a poison he had created. As the gangs crumbled, he noticed that the young lady had followed him.

• Huang Rongyue watched Lu Li’s victory over One-Eyed Dragon and decided to cultivate him as a future talent.
• Lu Li fought Wang Lang while the gangs clashed, then kicked him down after overwhelming him.
• Zhao Heihu wounded Lin Batian, but Lu Li rescued Lin Batian and crushed Zhao Heihu’s skull.
• Wang Lang began to break through to the Organ-Refining Realm, but Lu Li’s poison took effect and killed him.
• The Black Tiger Gang collapsed as its members fled or surrendered, and Lu Li noticed the young lady following him.

Lu Li led his men to raid the Black Tiger Gang, where he was ambushed by an Organ-Refining Realm martial artist. Huang Rongyue saved him and killed the attacker, then questioned Lu Li about his use of poison.

• Lu Li led his men toward the Black Tiger Gang while Huang Rongyue watched him and wrestled with her growing feelings for him.
• Lu Li stormed the Black Tiger Gang’s compound, and its disciples fled after learning Zhao Heihu was dead.
• An Organ-Refining Realm martial artist attacked Lu Li and demanded that he submit, but Lu Li declared his loyalty to the Huang Family and fought back.
• Huang Rongyue intervened when Lu Li was overpowered, crippled the attacker, and killed him before he could reveal the Huang Family’s conflict with the county magistrate.
• Huang Rongyue praised Lu Li’s ability to withstand the attack and asked how he had learned to use poison.

Huang Rongyue urged Lu Li to abandon poison and promised to take him to the Broken Mountain Sect, while Lu Li secretly remained committed to developing his poison art. After Lu Li handed over the Black Tiger Gang’s recovered fortune, Huang Rongyue gave him the money for his training and told him to come to her room that night.

• Lu Li explained that he wanted to study poison because enemies had poisoned him before, and Huang Rongyue warned him that poison was ineffective against martial artists with qi.
• Huang Rongyue praised Lu Li’s talent and said she would take him to the Broken Mountain Sect after her family’s affairs were settled.
• Huang Rongyue sent Lu Li and the county office staff to count the Black Tiger Gang’s spoils, and they found ten thousand taels in banknotes and several hundred taels in silver.
• Lu Li presented the recovered money to Huang Rongyue, who returned it to him and advised him to buy nourishing meat and take more pills.
• Huang Rongyue left after telling Lu Li to come to her room that night.

Lu Li accepted ten thousand taels from Huang Rongyue after destroying the Black Tiger Gang, while the Wang Family faced collapse and sought help from the county magistrate. The chapter ended with Zhang Siyuan demanding that Wang Buju explain what had happened.

• Lu Li accepted ten thousand taels from Huang Rongyue and gave his subordinates a few hundred taels to share.
• Wang Buju summoned the Wang Family's senior members after hearing that the Black Tiger Gang had been destroyed and their Outer City businesses had fallen.
• A Wang Family member explained that Lu Li had reached the Tendon-Refining Realm in a month and that Huang Rongyue had dealt with the gang's Organ-Refining Realm expert.
• Wang An persuaded Wang Huan and other Wang Family members to leave and preserve their bloodlines as the family neared ruin.
• Wang Buju went to see county magistrate Zhang Siyuan, told him the Wang Family was finished, and was ordered to explain what had happened.

Zhang Siyuan ordered Wang Buju to fund his plans to secure Changfeng County for the Rebel Army, then reflected on his rise and ambition. Meanwhile, Lu Li was welcomed by the Huang Family and arrived at Jingyue Residence, where Huang Rongyue had prepared a meal herself.

• Zhang Siyuan told Wang Buju that the Wang Family would have to empty its coffers to help him take control of Changfeng County.
• Zhang Siyuan recalled his harsh childhood, his rise to power, and his secret alliance with the Rebel Army.
• Huang He and the Huang Family elders praised Lu Li, and Huang He ordered the best medicine for the injured Huang Hao and Huang Haitao.
• Lu Li arrived at Jingyue Residence and found a lavish meal waiting for him.
• Huang Rongyue entered carrying a food box and sighed that Lu Li was too formal for her to make friends with.

Huang Rongyue treated Lu Li to medicinal cuisine and encouraged him to join the Broken Mountain Sect after the Huang and Wang families' conflict ended. Energized by the meal, Lu Li trained, advanced his Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist, and went into the mountains at night.

• Huang Rongyue introduced the demon-meat dishes and medicinal ingredients, then persuaded Lu Li to consider joining the Broken Mountain Sect.
• Lu Li accepted Huang Rongyue's invitation and enjoyed the wine and medicinal cuisine, which left him feeling vigorous.
• After leaving Huang Rongyue, Lu Li practiced Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist in the herb garden and raised its progress to 1400/1800.
• Lu Li reflected on the cost and benefits of medicinal cuisine, then left the pharmacy after nightfall and vaulted over the city wall toward the deep mountains.

Lu Li collected payment for his assassination mission, bought Dragon Essence Pills, and bargained for the Submerged Heart-Protecting Mirror at the Black Market. As he left wearing the breastplate, he sensed someone following him.

• Lu Li visited the Wind and Rain Pavilion, where the assassins gave way to him and Black Hawk explained that his reputation had grown after he killed Green Snake.
• Lu Li turned in twenty ears to Elder Qing and received six thousand taels of silver for his mission.
• Black Hawk told Elder Qing that he had reached the Blood-Exchange Realm and was one step closer to seeking revenge.
• Lu Li bought all fifteen Dragon Essence Pills in stock, then went to the Black Market to spend his remaining money.
• Lu Li rejected a fake Purple Sun Pill, bargained down the Submerged Heart-Protecting Mirror to two thousand taels, and put it on.
• Lu Li sensed someone following him as he left the Black Market.

Lu Li killed the Invisible Flying Knife with one punch, and the onlookers fled after recognizing him as the feared Blood Ghost. Back at his cave, he continued practicing the Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist, preparing to break through to the Blood-Exchange Realm before dawn.

• The Invisible Flying Knife attacked Lu Li with a hidden blade, but it shattered against his head, and Lu Li killed him with a single punch.
• The destruction exposed the people hiding nearby, who recognized Lu Li as the Blood Ghost and ran away in terror.
• Lu Li found the peddler’s fake Purple Sun Pills, identified ingredients he could use for Heart-Severing Gut-Breaking Powder, and returned to his cave with Hu Niu.
• Lu Li swallowed a Dragon Essence Pill and practiced until his Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist reached 1,650 progress, leaving him 150 points short of a breakthrough.
• Lu Li noticed he still had energy and time before dawn, swallowed another pill, and continued practicing.

Lu Li broke through to the Blood-Exchange Realm, then heard from Hu Niu about a powerful demon guarding a precious herb and went to confront it. The chapter ended with the Cloud-Turning Wolf waking in its cave and challenging Lu Li and Hu Niu.

• Lu Li completed his blood exchange, washed in a pond, and discovered that his dense Blood-Qi Wolf Smoke and punches had become immensely powerful.
• Lu Li returned to the cave, where Hu Niu told him a Blood-Exchange Realm demon had threatened her while guarding a precious medicinal herb.
• Lu Li promised to help Hu Niu settle the score, then spent the day overseeing the Outer District as the Huang Family prepared to attack the Wang Family.
• That night, Lu Li entered the deep mountains and found a huge Cloud-Turning Wolf asleep in a heated cave.
• The Cloud-Turning Wolf woke, recognized Hu Niu, and accused her of allying with a human.

Lu Li defeated the Cloud-Turning Wolf and used a Gu worm to bring him under Hu Niu’s control. He then found a Dragon-Sun Flower in the medicinal garden, but its dangerous potency required a high-level body-tempering technique to use safely.

• Hu Niu defended her bond with Lu Li, and the Cloud-Turning Wolf attacked him to punish what he saw as a disgrace to demons.
• Lu Li struck the Cloud-Turning Wolf, provoked him into a reckless charge, and beat him nearly to death.
• Lu Li implanted a controlling Gu worm in the Cloud-Turning Wolf and ordered him to obey Hu Niu.
• Hu Niu tested her new lackey by making the Cloud-Turning Wolf perform commands.
• Lu Li found a Dragon-Sun Flower and realized he needed a high-level body-tempering technique to refine its potent medicinal effects safely.

Lu Li considered searching the Huang Family treasury for a body-tempering technique and offered Hu Niu medicinal ingredients and the Cloud-Turning Wolf to help her reach the Blood-Exchange Realm. Meanwhile, Wang Buju tried to gather money to hire a Blood-Exchange killer, but the Wang Family elders resisted, and he called on Mr. Youbing to act.

• Lu Li decided to visit the Huang Family treasury to look for a body-tempering technique and gave Hu Niu medicinal ingredients to aid her breakthrough.
• Lu Li told Hu Niu she could eat the Cloud-Turning Wolf if the ingredients did not help her reach the Blood-Exchange Realm.
• Wang Buju told the Wang Family elders that his lord had found a Blood-Exchange killer and demanded the family’s one hundred thousand taels in cash to hire him.
• The Wang Family elders refused to surrender the money and accused Wang Buju of ruining the family and serving the county magistrate.
• Wang Buju told the elders to hand over their embezzled savings, then ordered Mr. Youbing to act.

Wang Buju and You Bing slaughtered the Wang Family elders who tried to flee, securing the family for county magistrate Zhang Siyuan. Zhang Siyuan and You Bing then prepared to destroy the Huang Family and seize control of Changfeng County.

• Wang Buju trapped the Wang Family members in the meeting hall and called on You Bing to kill them.
• You Bing used his Blood-Exchange strength to slaughter dozens of Wang Family members while Wang Buju stayed silent.
• You Bing warned Wang Buju to know his place, then left the hall after the massacre.
• You Bing reported to Zhang Siyuan, who praised him for eliminating the Wang Family’s threat and taking control of its assets.
• Zhang Siyuan ordered You Bing to destroy the Huang Family after the city was sealed, and You Bing boasted that he could defeat Huang Yuerong.
• Zhang Siyuan dismissed their search for the expert who had stolen their precious medicine and told You Bing to focus on Blood Ghost and Huang Yuerong.

Lu Li uncovered a coordinated attack on the Sky Wolf Gang and killed several attackers, discovering that military forces had sealed the city while the county magistrate pursued his scheme against the local families. As the gang members fell and the Huang Family faced danger, Lu Li decided to act, just as more killers approached.

• Zhang Siyuan warned You Bing that Lu Li could become a major threat and ordered him to keep watch.
• Lu Li handled Black Tiger Gang business, practiced the Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist, and set out to visit the Huang Family Armory.
• Lu Li sensed an assassin, killed him, and raised the alarm, prompting the Sky Wolf Gang to gather as attackers struck throughout the compound.
• Lu Li overheard two Organ-Refining attackers discuss their mission, then killed them after they discovered he was a Blood-Changing expert.
• Lu Li recognized that the attackers fought like military men and saw torches on the city walls, leading him to suspect the county magistrate had sealed the city and targeted the Huang Family.
• Lu Li weighed the risks of confronting the forces at the gates, resolved to act, and faced more killers approaching him.

Lu Li defeated a group of killers who recognized him as the Blood Ghost, then hurried to Huang Mansion and found Huang Rongyue and Huang He cornered by You Bing. Huang He tried to hold You Bing off so his daughter could escape, but two more killers blocked her and Huang He collapsed.

• Lu Li killed the assassins who ambushed him, but they died before he could learn whether they served the Rebel Army or the city defenders.
• Lu Li changed into the Blood Ghost's outfit and went to Huang Mansion, where he found the family slaughtered and the Second Patriarch dead.
• Lu Li saw You Bing pursuing Huang Rongyue and Huang He, and You Bing knocked Huang He down with one palm strike.
• You Bing ordered Huang Rongyue and Huang He to surrender and boasted that even the Blood Ghost could not save them.
• Huang He used a secret art and attacked You Bing to give Huang Rongyue time to flee, but two half-step Blood-Changing Realm killers blocked her.
• You Bing kept Huang He pinned down until Huang He lost consciousness and fell from the air.

Lu Li arrived to save Huang Rongyue and Huang He, then killed You Bing’s assassins and fought You Bing after revealing his Blood-Exchange Realm strength. The chapter ended with Lu Li overpowering You Bing and smashing him into the ground.

• Huang Rongyue caught her dying father, Huang He, then collapsed from her injuries.
• You Bing mocked Blood Ghost for staying away and complained that Huang Rongyue’s injuries had ruined the lord’s pleasure.
• Lu Li appeared, knocked out one assassin, and killed the rest of the attackers with his fists and Flying Swallow Step.
• You Bing recognized Lu Li’s Blood-Qi Wolf Smoke and challenged him, but Lu Li’s powerful punch badly injured his arm.
• Lu Li pressed his attack and forced You Bing backward until he crashed into the ground.

Lu Li defeated and captured You Bing, thwarting his suicide attempts and deducing that the county magistrate was likely behind the attack. After tending to the injured Huang Rongyue, Lu Li discovered she had removed his mask and learned that he was Blood Ghost.

• Lu Li beat You Bing, forced him to swallow medicine, and disabled his suicide mechanisms by pinning his tongue and breaking his limbs.
• Lu Li questioned You Bing and inferred that the county magistrate was the real mastermind, then knocked You Bing unconscious.
• Lu Li gave the injured Huang Rongyue a healing pill, but she suddenly woke and removed his mask.
• Huang Rongyue realized Blood Ghost was Lu Li, and Lu Li warned her that he spared her because he trusted her kindness.
• Lu Li reminded Huang Rongyue that they were friends, easing her fear and changing her expression.

Lu Li helped the Huang Family survive the attack, then gathered the Sky Wolf Gang to destroy the Wang Family. Wang Buju discovered that the Huang Family had been saved by Blood Ghost and that his own forces had been defeated.

• Lu Li and Huang Rongyue searched the Huang Family grounds, killed the remaining assassins, and decided to attack the Wang Family.
• Lu Li returned to the Outer District, where Li Qing reported that Gang Leader Lin Batian and three Tendon-Refining Realm fighters had died.
• Lu Li announced that the enemies in the Outer City were dead and led the furious survivors to the Wang Family.
• Wang Buju, convinced that Mr. Youbing had defeated Blood Ghost, fell asleep while planning to seek the county magistrate's protection.
• Lu Li and the Sky Wolf Gang captured the Wang Family members and confronted Wang Buju in his hall.
• Lu Li told Wang Buju that the Huang Family had survived and that Blood Ghost had reached the Blood-Exchange Realm, leaving Wang Buju stunned.

Lu Li killed Wang Buju, seized the Wang Family’s treasury, and searched its martial arts manuals for a horizontal-training method. The last, damaged manual turned out to contain movements from an apparently incomplete body-tempering technique.

• After learning the county magistrate had gone to the Huang Family, Wang Buju desperately attacked Lu Li, but Lu Li kicked him down and Wang Buju died crawling toward his patriarch’s seat.
• Lu Li ordered a Wang Family member to lead him to the treasury and counted the family’s silver and gold.
• Lu Li rejected most of the Wang Family’s martial arts manuals, finding none suitable for his goals.
• Lu Li examined a filthy manual that the Wang Family had used to prop up a cabinet and recognized its repeated movements as a horizontal-training method that tempered the body.
• After studying the movements, Lu Li realized the horizontal-training method was incomplete.

Lu Li studied the costly Metal-Stone Body manual, then returned after wiping out the Wang Family. The battered Huang Family took comfort in Mr. Blood Ghost’s support and promised Lu Li the Wang Family’s spoils, unaware that he was Blood Ghost.

• Lu Li learned that cultivating Metal-Stone Body required expensive ingredients and subsequent qi-refining methods, and saw that mastering it would take twenty years.
• Lu Li left men to keep the powerless Wang Family under control and returned with his men.
• Huang He and the Huang Family elders received reports of heavy casualties, while Huang Rongyue reassured them that Mr. Blood Ghost had supported the family against his own enemies.
• A servant announced that Lu Li had wiped out the Wang Family and returned, surprising Huang He and the elders.
• Huang He praised Lu Li and promised him the Wang Family’s gains, while Huang Rongyue privately knew that Lu Li was Blood Ghost.

Lu Li joined the Huang Family’s response to the county magistrate’s arrival, while Huang He pressured Zhang Siyuan to let the family execute You Bing rather than send him to prison. Zhang Siyuan yielded, and Huang He then handed him five more captured assassins while demanding they also be interrogated and executed.

• Huang He praised Lu Li and urged him to surpass Blood Ghost, while Huang Rongyue silently recognized Lu Li’s true identity.
• After the county magistrate arrived, Huang He presented the tortured You Bing as the captured assassin and demanded justice for the Huang Family.
• Zhang Siyuan asked to take You Bing to the county prison for interrogation, but Huang He rallied the gathered townspeople to demand his execution.
• Zhang Siyuan yielded to the pressure, and the Huang Family executed You Bing as the townspeople cheered.
• Huang He presented five more captured assassins to Zhang Siyuan and insisted they be interrogated, convicted, and executed.

Zhang Siyuan resolved to act soon, while Lu Li absorbed the Dragon-Sun Flower and advanced Metal-Stone Body to Solid Stone Body. The chapter ended with Li Qing telling Lu Li that the magistrate had summoned him.

• Zhang Siyuan blamed Blood Ghost for ruining his plans and decided to unite the city's factions and attack directly.
• Zhang Siyuan visited the five imprisoned assassins, comforted them, and promised to avenge them before having them executed the next day.
• Lu Li practiced Metal-Stone Body and absorbed the Dragon-Sun Flower's effects, advancing to Solid Stone Body.
• Lu Li tested his transformed body's defense and found that even a punch carrying five thousand jin barely affected him.
• Li Qing brought Lu Li word that the magistrate had summoned him.