Chapter Summaries

After completing his quest, Li Changfeng used a system reward to obtain Snow Treading Without Trace and Cloud Stepping Boots, then mastered the movement technique while traveling toward Shaolin Temple. He stopped in a cave for the night, where a massive Viper appeared and he prepared to make it dinner.

• Murong Longzhan and Murong Longbo discussed Li Changfeng's talent, their plans for Shaolin Temple, and Murong Longzhan's coming breakthrough.
• Li Changfeng reached North City in disguise, completed his main quest, and spent 100 Cultivation Points on a five-draw pull that awarded him Snow Treading Without Trace and Cloud Stepping Boots.
• Li Changfeng practiced Snow Treading Without Trace for half a month, then spent 20,000 Experience Points to raise it to mastery and learned to move without leaving tracks.
• Li Changfeng continued toward Shaolin Temple and chose to wait for a safe place before attempting to max out Draconic Elephant Prajna.
• Li Changfeng ate dried rations in a cave at night, then spotted a huge Viper entering and announced that he would cook it.

Li Changfeng fought a great Viper whose venom, scales, and brute strength made it a formidable opponent. After wounding it in a clash, he watched it retreat and was left injured without dinner.

• The great Viper attacked Li Changfeng, but he evaded its venomous strike and then dodged its sweeping tail.
• Li Changfeng used Myriad Mountains Pay Homage, but his sword qi could not penetrate the Viper's scales.
• The Viper struck Li Changfeng through his Indestructible Vajra Body and hurled him out of the cave into a tree.
• Li Changfeng met the Viper's next assault with Great Skill is No Skill, and their clash cracked scales around its mouth while injuring his hands.
• The great Viper retreated, and Li Changfeng sighed with relief, lamenting that he had gained injuries instead of dinner.

Li Changfeng continued toward Shaolin Temple, killed three bandits who tried to rob him, and drew the attention of black-clad pursuers. Nearing the temple, he was surrounded and realized they had identified him and followed him from the imperial capital.

• Li Changfeng stopped at a tea stall, where three rough men stole his silver and set off to rob him.
• Li Changfeng noticed the three men following him and killed them by hurling stones through their heads.
• Black-clad men discussed their failed plan to assassinate Li Changfeng and traced his immense strength to the nearby trees he had pierced with a stone.
• The black-clad men found the three dead bandits and concluded Li Changfeng was heading back to Shaolin Temple.
• With only three li left to Shaolin, Li Changfeng was surrounded by black-clad pursuers and asked how they had discovered his identity.

Li Changfeng fought a group of black-clad assassins who revealed that they had come to avenge Hei Long. He killed most of them with his martial arts, leaving the battle against Leader Wu unresolved.

• Two black-clad men tried to stab Li Changfeng from behind, but he dodged and killed them with his Vajra Palm of Immense Strength.
• Leader Wu attacked Li Changfeng with the Netherworld Ghost Sabre, but Li Changfeng countered with his Azure Rainbow Sword.
• The black-clad men attacked together, and Li Changfeng used the Indestructible Divine Skill to withstand their strikes.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Myriad Mountains Pay Homage, killing several assassins before Leader Wu shattered the sword qi with Ghostly Wail.
• Li Changfeng used Eternal Human Dragon to cut down the remaining black-clad men.

Li Changfeng fought Leader Wu, a Ghost King Sect assassin, and overcame his sinister techniques with powerful martial arts. After wounding Leader Wu, Li Changfeng demanded to know where the sect’s headquarters was and how it had discovered his identity, but Leader Wu said it was too late.

• Leader Wu ambushed Li Changfeng from behind with a resentful palm strike, but Li Changfeng’s Indestructible Divine Skill protected him from the yin qi.
• Li Changfeng identified Leader Wu as a member of the Ghost King Sect, and Leader Wu attacked with Vengeful Spirits Fill the Heavens.
• Li Changfeng countered with Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens, and the two fighters were forced back by the clash.
• Li Changfeng combined Vajra Body Empowerment with Draconic Elephant Prajna to strike Leader Wu, who answered with Netherflame Slash; both men were injured.
• Li Changfeng struck Leader Wu’s shoulder with Mountain-Splitting Strike and demanded the Ghost King Sect’s location and how it had learned his identity.
• Leader Wu replied that it was too late.

Li Changfeng escaped the poisoned explosion that killed Leader Wu and returned to Shaolin Temple, where he learned the Southern Emperor had agreed to limit the coming conflict. Meanwhile, the Ghost King Sect placed a red bounty on Jue Kong, and Li Changfeng wondered what secret lay behind Shaolin Temple’s resistance.

• Leader Wu exploded in a cloud of corrosive poison, and Li Changfeng escaped the blast.
• Elder Zhou learned that Deacon Wu and his subordinates had died, then ordered a red bounty on Li Changfeng, identified on the notice as Jue Kong.
• Wu Zhuang, Feng Gui, Smiling Tiger, and other Ghost King Sect disciples reacted to the bounty, while some considered joining the hunt despite learning Jue Kong ranked sixth on the Human Rankings.
• Li Changfeng returned to Shaolin Temple and told the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger that the mission had nearly cost him his life.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger explained that the Southern Emperor had agreed to limit the fighting to the upper ranks, and Li Changfeng resolved to grow stronger as he questioned Shaolin’s reason for resisting.

After Li Changfeng discussed the evil-path ambush with the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger, he learned that he had been made the chief disciple of Subduing Dragon Hall. He received his robes, token, Buddhist Beads, and the right to claim two Superior Martial Skills.

• Li Changfeng and the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger concluded that bandits he had killed might have left a trail that let the evil path track him, so Li Changfeng promised to stay disguised and cover his tracks.
• Golden Arhat and Dong Tianbao told Li Changfeng that he had already joined Subduing Dragon Hall and brought him to meet its Hall Master.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon gave Li Changfeng robes and a token marking him as the hall's chief disciple, saying Juehai had entered seclusion and was no longer his match.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon gave Li Changfeng Buddhist Beads from the Abbot, which could ward off inner demons and steady his mind.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon told Li Changfeng that he could exchange for one Superior Martial Skill and would receive another as chief disciple.

Li Changfeng joined the Subduing Dragon Hall, chose two offensive martial skills, and advanced his Draconic Elephant Prajna to the point where he reached a bottleneck before the Grandmaster realm. After the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon explained the breakthrough, he decided to ask Li Changfeng to become his disciple.

• Li Changfeng exchanged for the Bodhidharma Divine Sword and the Burning Wood Saber Technique from Abbot Hongchen.
• Li Changfeng spent eighty thousand Experience Points to max out the seventh level of Draconic Elephant Prajna, opening his ninth meridian but failing to break through the tenth.
• Li Changfeng sought advice from the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon after learning that the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger had entered seclusion.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon explained that reaching the Grandmaster realm required overcoming inner demons and accumulating enough Inner Force to break the bottleneck.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon decided to take Li Changfeng as his final disciple and asked him to become his master.

Li Changfeng accepted Hall Master of Subduing Dragon as another master and learned that his powerful palm technique was full of flaws because he had not mastered controlling and condensing True Qi. He practiced through the night, making a little progress, while Hall Master of Subduing Dragon watched approvingly.

• Li Changfeng agreed to become Hall Master of Subduing Dragon’s disciple, and they went to the rear mountain to test his True Qi.
• Li Changfeng unleashed his Vajra Palm of Immense Strength, but Hall Master of Subduing Dragon shattered it with a single finger and criticized its weak control and condensation.
• Hall Master of Subduing Dragon demonstrated how compressing True Qi made it more powerful and told Li Changfeng to practice reducing his palm force from a hundred zhang to fifty.
• Li Changfeng struggled to condense his True Qi, then focused on controlling its flow bit by bit and continued training through the night.
• Hall Master of Subduing Dragon watched Li Changfeng’s effort and praised his perseverance.

After nearly deviating into madness while training, Li Changfeng learned that his perfected Shaolin martial skills and Draconic Elephant Prajna had filled him with murderous qi because he had neglected Buddhist teachings. Abbot Hongchen discovered the danger had reached his vital acupoints and took him somewhere to treat it.

• Li Changfeng spent three months training after compressing his palm force to eighty zhang, then grew frustrated when he made no further progress and nearly deviated into madness.
• Li Changfeng went to the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon, who learned he had perfected four Shaolin martial skills without studying Buddhist teachings and ordered him to stop using true qi and seek Abbot Hongchen.
• Li Changfeng told Abbot Hongchen about his training and near-madness, and Abbot Hongchen tested him by touching several of his acupoints.
• Abbot Hongchen found murderous aura in Li Changfeng's vital acupoints and warned that he would die within three days if it erupted, then took him somewhere.

Li Changfeng spent three years reciting the Diamond Sutra under Abbot Hongchen’s guidance to clear the baleful aura and control his inner demons. He finally overcame the trial, while Abbot Hongchen also deepened his Buddhist understanding.

• Abbot Hongchen ordered Li Changfeng to recite the Diamond Sutra daily and helped suppress the inner demons that erupted as he chanted.
• Li Changfeng discovered that the Buddhist Beads blessed by Senior Abbot eased his pain and helped him endure longer recitations.
• Over the next year, Li Changfeng increased his recitation time and gained greater composure and control over his true qi, while Abbot Hongchen deepened his Buddhist teachings.
• The system gave Li Changfeng a three-year quest to compress his true qi to fifty zhang in preparation for an approaching ordeal.
• After three years, Li Changfeng cleared all the baleful aura and could recite for six hours without Abbot Hongchen’s help; Abbot Hongchen praised him for overcoming the trial.

Li Changfeng completed his training at Shaolin Temple and learned that he had to avoid killing for a year, while a new quest warned of an approaching crisis. After nearly four years in seclusion, the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger returned and clashed with the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon over Jue Kong.

• Abbot Hongchen warned Li Changfeng not to kill for a year, and Li Changfeng agreed to stay at Shaolin Temple.
• Li Changfeng shattered a mountain wall with his strengthened Vajra Palm, completed his main quest, and received a new quest to weather a crisis at Shaolin Temple.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger left seclusion after breaking through to Grandmaster Perfection and headed to Subduing Dragon Hall to find Jue Kong.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon told the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger that Jue Kong had nearly suffered qi deviation and revealed that he had also taken Jue Kong as his master.
• Furious that the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon had made Jue Kong his disciple, the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger attacked him, and the two exchanged palm strikes.

The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon fought fiercely, drawing a crowd of Shaolin disciples and elders. After neither gained the upper hand, they argued over Jue Kong, and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon refused to end their master-disciple relationship.

• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger attacked the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon with Dragon Grasp Hand, and the two clashed for hundreds of exchanges.
• The Prajna Hall Chief and the Arhat Hall Leader arrived and reminisced about the pair's past fights.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon used Vajra Leg of Immense Power against the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger's Great Vehicle Vajra Palm, but neither defeated the other.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger asked the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon to sever his master-disciple relationship with Jue Kong, citing their rivalry over disciples.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon refused and demanded that the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger defeat him first.

Hall Master of Subduing Tiger and Hall Master of Subduing Dragon fought after learning they had both taken Li Changfeng as a disciple. Their battle left both injured, and they paused to face each other cautiously.

• Li Changfeng arrived and learned his dual discipleship had caused the two hall masters to fight, but Arhat Hall Leader and Prajna Hall Chief stopped him from intervening.
• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger attacked with the Burning Wood Saber Technique, and Hall Master of Subduing Dragon countered with the Bodhidharma Divine Sword.
• The two hall masters traded attacks with flame sabers and golden lightning sword fingers, narrowly dodging each other’s strikes.
• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger suffered a lightning wound to his left shoulder, while Hall Master of Subduing Dragon received a scorched gash across his chest.
• Both hall masters suppressed the power inside their wounds and paused, watching each other warily.

Hall Master of Subduing Tiger and Hall Master of Subduing Dragon fought an evenly matched battle with their fire and lightning techniques. Hall Master of Subduing Tiger eventually broke through Hall Master of Subduing Dragon’s defenses and left after forcing him to block a powerful strike.

• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger attacked with Blazing Fire, and Hall Master of Subduing Dragon countered with Golden Summit Buddha Sword, creating a vast region of thunder and fire.
• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger and Hall Master of Subduing Dragon exchanged more than a hundred moves, with their attacks repeatedly colliding as neither gained the upper hand.
• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger seized an opening and unleashed a stronger flaming saber, which Hall Master of Subduing Dragon countered with a lightning pillar.
• Hall Master of Subduing Tiger burst from the thunder-fire cloud and attacked with Flame Saber, forcing Hall Master of Subduing Dragon to block with the Bodhidharma Divine Mirror.
• Hall Master of Subduing Dragon absorbed the flame sabers but burned his hands; Hall Master of Subduing Tiger knocked the mirror aside and left, and the mirror exploded moments later.

The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon and the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger continued their duel, trading powerful sword and staff techniques until the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon prevailed. The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger conceded, and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon credited his victory to having deeper, stronger true qi rather than a superior staff technique.

• The Hall Master of Subduing Dragon struck the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger with Buddha Shakes Mountains and Rivers, breaking his kasaya and injuring him, though the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon also burned his arms.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon drew their iron staffs and clashed their first staff techniques, forcing the watching disciples back with the impact.
• Li Changfeng withstood the clash with his physical body, astonishing the Arhat Hall Leader, while the Prajna Hall Chief and the Arhat Hall Leader moved weaker disciples to safety.
• The two hall masters attacked again with their second staff techniques, and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon broke through the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger's defense, blasting him away.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger admitted defeat, and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon said his deeper, stronger true qi had decided the match.

After the Hall Masters of Subduing Tiger and Subduing Dragon ended their fight, Li Changfeng reunited with his master and shared a meal with Shaolin's senior monks. They discovered that he had mastered the Indestructible Divine Skill and discussed exchanging it for a demonic-suppressing artifact.

• The Hall Masters of Subduing Tiger and Subduing Dragon made peace, and the Arhat Hall Leader and Prajna Hall Chief teased them about their fights.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger called Li Changfeng over, playfully scolded him, and asked how he had been.
• At Shaolin's back mountain, the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger apologized for not guiding Li Changfeng when he suffered qi deviation, and the two drank a toast.
• The Arhat Hall Leader asked about Li Changfeng's Toughness Cultivation Method and guessed that he had mastered the Indestructible Divine Skill.
• Li Changfeng claimed he had inherited the technique along with cultivating pills, and the four monks proposed exchanging it for items of equal value.
• Li Changfeng asked to trade the technique for a demonic-suppressing artifact like Buddhist Beads, and the Hall Master of Subduing Dragon said a lower-grade one could be arranged.

Imprisoned beneath Shaolin's cliff, Li Wuyai bargained with Qu Qingsheng for a Blood Spirit Fruit in exchange for the Northern Darkness Divine Art. After Qu began learning the art, both men continued secretly preparing to kill each other.

• Qu Qingsheng removed Li Wuyai's chains after Li agreed to trade the Northern Darkness Divine Art for a Blood Spirit Fruit.
• Li Wuyai swallowed the fruit to restore his damaged body, then gave Qu Qingsheng the first level of the art while withholding the rest.
• Li Wuyai began cultivating the Thousand Spider Venomous Hand and resolved to poison Qu before Qu could kill him.
• A month later, Qu mastered the first level and obtained the second level from Li Wuyai.
• Li Wuyai endured a swarm of venomous creatures to absorb their toxins and vowed to accelerate his cultivation.

Qu Qingsheng forced Li Wuyai to accompany him to the Ghost Doctor, then arranged for the doctor to help him with a secret plan. At Shaolin Temple, Li Changfeng demonstrated his staff technique, but the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger easily countered it.

• Qu Qingsheng demanded the incomplete fourth level of the Northern Darkness Divine Art from Li Wuyai and compelled him to come along.
• Qu Qingsheng brought Li Wuyai to the Ghost Doctor, knocked him unconscious, and offered Blood Spirit Fruit leaves for the doctor's help.
• The Ghost Doctor agreed to Qu Qingsheng's request in exchange for one Blood Spirit Fruit and had Li Wuyai carried inside.
• At Shaolin Temple, Li Changfeng showed the Hall Master of Subduing Tiger his Subduing Tiger Coiling Dragon Staff technique.
• The Hall Master of Subduing Tiger caught Li Changfeng's staff strike, pulled him aside, and slammed him into the ground.

Li Changfeng tested his staff technique against Hall Master of Subduing Dragon, and both masters recognized the force of his strength. In the Imperial City, Princess Minmin was assigned to seek the submission of Shaolin and Emei, while Murong Longbo suspected Xuan Nan had another plan.

• Li Changfeng attacked Hall Master of Subduing Dragon with Dragon Travels the World, but his master crushed the golden dragon and sent him flying.
• Hall Master of Subduing Dragon and Hall Master of Subduing Tiger ended the practice and told Li Changfeng to train humbly and recite scriptures with Abbot Hongchen every day.
• Commander Lu told Murong Longbo that most Southern Territory sects had submitted, while Shaolin Temple, the Emei Sect, the Kongtong Sect, and the Diancang Sect remained unwilling to do so.
• Princess Minmin persuaded Murong Longbo to let her lead a mission to reconcile with the sects and requested Yuhuatian as her escort.
• Murong Longbo asked his imperial brother to protect Princess Minmin, then wondered what Xuan Nan was planning and decided to investigate.