Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng left Medicine God Valley with Princess Minmin and Zhou Zhiruo, heading for the imperial capital. On the road, they encountered a sinister group led by the Flower-Picking Monk, and Li Changfeng and Princess Minmin prepared to fight them.

• Princess Minmin celebrated Li Changfeng's admission that he had lost, and Li Changfeng praised Zhou Zhiruo before asking her to leave with him.
• Three days later, Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Tie Rushan visited Medicine God Valley, where they shared wine and teased Li Changfeng about marrying Princess Minmin and Zhou Zhiruo.
• Li Changfeng and his companions set out for the imperial capital, and seven days later they stopped to rest near a cave in the mountains.
• The Flower-Picking Monk and seven black-clad men emerged from the cave, and the monk attacked Li Changfeng's hidden group with a golden palm strike.
• The Black-Clad Leader identified Li Changfeng and assigned the Flower-Picking Monk to fight him, while Princess Minmin recognized the monk as a Grandmaster and volunteered to face the leader.
• Li Changfeng vowed to punish the monk for insulting the women, while Princess Minmin told Zhou Zhiruo, Xiao Qing, and Murong Zhan to stay behind her as battle loomed.

Li Changfeng fought the Flower-Picking Monk, whose formidable Thirteen Guardian Toughness Skill made him nearly impervious to Li Changfeng’s attacks. Li Changfeng’s second palm technique finally sent the monk crashing into a burning crater, but the chapter ended before revealing whether he was defeated.

• Li Changfeng and the Flower-Picking Monk exchanged palms and discovered that they were closely matched despite their difference in cultivation realms.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand, but the Flower-Picking Monk charged through the blazing palm imprints unharmed.
• The Flower-Picking Monk revealed that he had cultivated the twelfth level of Thirteen Guardian Toughness Skill through decades of abstinence and explained its extreme defensive power.
• Li Changfeng attacked with Thousand Leaf Sunset Hand, forming a sun-like mass of fiery palm imprints.
• The Flower-Picking Monk was blasted into a huge crater, which erupted with flames and destructive force.

Li Changfeng fought the Flower-Picking Monk, who ambushed him and then unleashed increasingly powerful Flame Sabers. The monk’s palm intent overwhelmed Li Changfeng’s counterattack, leaving him severely burned and injured as the battle continued.

• The Flower-Picking Monk burst from the ground and struck Li Changfeng from behind, shattering his Indestructible Body but failing to inflict severe injuries.
• The Flower-Picking Monk coughed up blood after the palm force Li Changfeng had previously dealt him took effect, then resolved to fight at full strength.
• The Flower-Picking Monk attacked with twelve layers of Inner Force and his Flame Saber technique, while Li Changfeng countered with Three Thousand Great Tathagatas; their attacks collided and wounded them both.
• The Flower-Picking Monk infused his Flame Sabers with palm intent and annihilated Li Changfeng’s palm imprints, burning his hands and blasting him across the ground.

Princess Minmin fought the Black-Clad Leader and his six subordinates while protecting Zhou Zhiruo, Murong Zhan, and Xiao Qing. After a fierce exchange of techniques, she was slightly injured by the Black-Clad Leader’s Ghost Refining Palm, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Li Changfeng lamented that a lecherous monk had caught him off guard and injured him.
• The Black-Clad Leader offered to let Princess Minmin leave if she abandoned the fight, but she refused and attacked him with Nine Yin Skeleton Claw.
• Princess Minmin destroyed the Black-Clad Leader’s Hungry Ghost Reincarnation attack, then broke through his attempts to keep her from helping the others.
• Princess Minmin struck the six black-clad men with her Silver Serpent Whip Technique, shattering their ghost formation and forcing them to retreat while they spat blood.
• The Black-Clad Leader attacked Princess Minmin with Ghost Refining Palm; she met him with her palm, and the collision sent them both flying back as blood appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Princess Minmin fought the Black-Clad Leader and his companions while hiding that she had been struck by ghostly qi. After turning his own attack back on him, she faced a combined assault with her Azure Dragon palm.

• Princess Minmin told Zhou Zhiruo and the others to stay behind her as the black-clad figures surrounded them.
• The Black-Clad Leader attacked with Crimson Fiend King, but Princess Minmin used Star Shift to reverse his claw imprint and send it back at him.
• The Black-Clad Leader’s barrier broke, and the returned ghostly qi made him spit black blood; Princess Minmin revealed that she had only pretended to be afflicted.
• The Black-Clad Leader joined four black-clad figures in attacking Princess Minmin with Vengeful Spirits Filling the Heavens and a skeletal fish monster.
• Princess Minmin countered with Star Constellation Four Symbols Palm: Azure Dragon, sending a powerful azure dragon palm toward their attacks.

Li Changfeng arrived to protect Princess Minmin and the gravely wounded Zhou Zhiruo, then unleashed the Great Subduing Demon Fist against the seven black-clad men. His attack killed five and left another near death, while the Black-Clad Leader survived badly injured.

• The black-clad man attacked Princess Minmin while she was recovering, and Zhou Zhiruo took his palm strike to save her.
• Princess Minmin treated Zhou Zhiruo and discovered that Yin energy was corroding her internal organs as the black-clad men threatened them.
• Li Changfeng struck the Flower-Picking Monk despite his own injuries and rushed to Princess Minmin's side.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Vajra Subdues Demons, the first move of the Great Subduing Demon Fist, against the seven black-clad men.
• Li Changfeng's golden fist seals shattered their attacks, killed five men, gravely wounded another, and seriously injured the Black-Clad Leader.

Li Changfeng stayed behind to hold off the Flower-Picking Monk and the Black-Clad Leader while Princess Minmin escaped with Zhou Zhiruo and the others. After Zhou Zhiruo’s elixir healed most of his injuries, Li Changfeng revealed his Sword Intent and fought the two Grandmasters, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Flower-Picking Monk ambushed Li Changfeng, but Li Changfeng met his attack and landed beside Princess Minmin.
• Princess Minmin told Li Changfeng that Zhou Zhiruo needed urgent treatment, and he insisted that she leave with the others while he held off their pursuers.
• Princess Minmin gave Li Changfeng an azure crystal necklace, and Zhou Zhiruo gave him a healing elixir before they departed.
• The Flower-Picking Monk attacked Li Changfeng with Golden Flame Sabers, but Li Changfeng swallowed Zhou Zhiruo’s elixir and evaded them.
• Li Changfeng drew the Yama Sword and used his hundred-zhang Sword Intent to break the Flower-Picking Monk’s attacks and then destroy the Black-Clad Leader’s claw seals.

Li Changfeng fought the Flower-Picking Monk, whose mastery of force let him withstand Li Changfeng’s Sword Intent and powerful techniques. The Flower-Picking Monk emerged unscathed from Li Changfeng’s latest attack and continued to threaten him.

• The Flower-Picking Monk gathered his Taibao Inner Force into a golden punch, which clashed with Li Changfeng’s Mountain-Splitting Strike and sent Li Changfeng staggering back.
• The Flower-Picking Monk struck Li Changfeng’s sword and blasted him backward, drawing blood from his hand.
• Li Changfeng used Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens to drive the Flower-Picking Monk back, but the monk remained nearly unharmed and criticized Li Changfeng’s use of force.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens, sending two golden azure dragons crashing into the Flower-Picking Monk.
• The Flower-Picking Monk emerged unscathed and mocked Li Changfeng for barely hurting him.

Li Changfeng fought the Flower-Picking Monk and the Black-Clad Leader, using powerful palm and sword techniques while struggling against their attacks. The Flower-Picking Monk charged again, and Li Changfeng unleashed a compressed crimson dragon-shaped palm strike as the battle continued.

• Li Changfeng struck the Flower-Picking Monk with three palms and then blasted him into the ground with Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use.
• Li Changfeng followed with Sweeping a Thousand Armies, but the Black-Clad Leader attacked him from behind while he was recovering.
• Li Changfeng and the Black-Clad Leader exchanged blows, both suffering injuries, and Li Changfeng used the Muscle/Tendon Change Classic to crush the Yin Qi in his body.
• The Flower-Picking Monk emerged with bloody wounds but unmarked bronze-colored bones, then interrupted Li Changfeng's sword move with a powerful ranged punch.
• Li Changfeng dodged the punch and unleashed Soaring Dragon Ascends, sending a massive crimson dragon-shaped palm seal at the Flower-Picking Monk.

Li Changfeng fought off the Flower-Picking Monk and the Black-Clad Leader, but the Flower-Picking Monk’s fiery attacks left him gravely injured. As Li Changfeng tried to escape, the pursuers caught up, and the Black-Clad Leader transformed into a terrifying ghost creature.

• Li Changfeng stopped the Flower-Picking Monk’s charge with repeated palms, but both fighters were injured and exhausted.
• The Black-Clad Leader ambushed Li Changfeng, but Li Changfeng burned his claws with the Demon Subduing Fist Force.
• The Flower-Picking Monk struck Li Changfeng with two flaming fist seals, shattering his Indestructible Vajra Body and leaving him badly burned with shattered ribs.
• Li Changfeng fled, and the Flower-Picking Monk chased him while persuading the Black-Clad Leader to continue with a Sharira.
• Li Changfeng took Zhou Zhiruo’s healing medicine, but the Black-Clad Leader caught up and transformed himself into a powerful ghost creature.

Li Changfeng battled the ghost creature and Flower-Picking Monk, then fled while the enraged creature pursued him. He wounded the creature with the Yama Sword and launched a powerful palm attack at both pursuers.

• Li Changfeng struck the ghost creature with Vajra Subdues Demons, but Flower-Picking Monk interrupted his follow-up and healed the creature's burned body.
• The ghost creature attacked Flower-Picking Monk and Li Changfeng, who fought it off before escaping; Flower-Picking Monk followed to try to restore its sanity.
• The ghost creature caught up with Li Changfeng, who dodged its claws and severed one of its arms with the Yama Sword.
• Flower-Picking Monk blocked Li Changfeng's next sword strike and used a Buddhist sound technique to try to awaken the ghost creature.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Repentance of the Soaring Dragon, sending three powerful True Qi dragons toward the ghost creature and Flower-Picking Monk.

Li Changfeng tried to escape across the East River while the ghostly creature and Flower-Picking Monk pursued him. He badly wounded the ghostly creature and caught both pursuers in a sword storm, then launched another attack as they began to recover.

• Li Changfeng fled after striking Flower-Picking Monk and the ghostly creature, but the ghostly creature tracked his aura and caught up with him.
• Li Changfeng raced toward the East River, turned to fight, and used five sword strikes to wound the ghostly creature and drive it into a crater.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Sweeping a Thousand Armies as Flower-Picking Monk arrived, engulfing both pursuers in a crimson sword qi storm.
• The ghostly creature suffered severe injuries and Flower-Picking Monk took superficial wounds, while both began healing.
• Li Changfeng followed with Thunderous Might, sending lightning-infused sword rays toward both enemies.

Li Changfeng fought the Flower-Picking Monk and the ghost creature while trying to flee, but their combined attacks wounded him and forced him into a desperate counterattack. After a clash sent all three flying, he immediately launched the Great Subduing Demon Fist at his pursuers.

• The Flower-Picking Monk blocked Li Changfeng's thunderous sword attack, then chased after him while the injured ghost creature followed.
• The ghost creature caught Li Changfeng and tore through his Indestructible Body, leaving deep wounds before the Flower-Picking Monk arrived.
• The Flower-Picking Monk and the ghost creature attacked Li Changfeng together, but he hurled trees and boulders at them and unleashed the fourth form of Heavy Sword, No Edge.
• Li Changfeng's blazing sword qi collided with the two pursuers' attacks, and the explosion sent all three flying as Li Changfeng swallowed a healing sacred medicine.
• Li Changfeng launched the first form of the Great Subduing Demon Fist at the Flower-Picking Monk and the ghost creature.

Li Changfeng tricked the Flower-Picking Monk into helping him kill the ghostly creature, then tried to flee toward East River. The Flower-Picking Monk’s Buddhist Lion’s Roar shattered Li Changfeng’s defenses and left him badly wounded just steps from the river, as the Monk approached to finish him.

• Li Changfeng feinted at the Flower-Picking Monk, then killed the ghostly creature with a Demon Subduing Fist Seal.
• The Flower-Picking Monk struck Li Changfeng from behind, breaking his bones, but Li Changfeng used a pill to recover and escape toward East River.
• Li Changfeng swallowed Qi Recovery Pills and accelerated, while the Flower-Picking Monk pursued him and prepared his final move.
• The Flower-Picking Monk unleashed the Buddhist Lion's Roar, shattering Li Changfeng's Indestructible Vajra Body and blasting him into the ground.
• Li Changfeng landed only a dozen or so steps from East River, and the Flower-Picking Monk walked toward him, claiming he was one move behind.

Li Changfeng killed the Flower-Picking Monk and the Black-Clad Leader, but suffered devastating injuries and fell into the East River. In a hidden cave, Princess Minmin used her necklace to confirm that he was alive but near death, and refused to let Zhou Zhiruo search for him in case it was a trap.

• Li Changfeng used Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending to burn the Flower-Picking Monk, then killed him with a double palm strike despite being grievously wounded.
• The Black-Clad Leader ambushed Li Changfeng and clamped his claws over his head, but Li Changfeng destroyed the leader’s head with a final punch.
• Li Changfeng swallowed pills to ease the pain from the yin qi in his brain, lost consciousness, and was swept away by the East River.
• Princess Minmin expelled the yin qi from Zhou Zhiruo’s body in a hidden mountain cave, and Zhou Zhiruo asked whether Li Changfeng had escaped.
• Princess Minmin saw that her necklace crystal had turned blood-red and explained that Li Changfeng was near death but still alive; she refused Zhou Zhiruo’s request to search for him, fearing a trap.

Princess Minmin returned to the Imperial City and persuaded Murong Longbo to send people to rescue Li Changfeng, while revealing that she considered him her husband. The Ghost King Sect ordered another assassination, and Minmin’s search party traced Li Changfeng to the East River, where they began searching the banks.

• Princess Minmin decided to return to the Imperial City with Zhou Zhiruo, Murong Zhan, and Xiao Qing to seek help finding Li Changfeng.
• Murong Longbo ordered Commander Lu and Grand Supervisor Cao to accompany Princess Minmin and bring Li Changfeng back safely.
• Princess Minmin told Murong Longbo that Li Changfeng was her husband because he had won the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage, and Murong Longbo approved their marriage.
• Murong Longzhan warned Murong Longbo that the Ghost King Sect was dangerous and joined the search for Li Changfeng.
• Elder Zhou reported that the assassination had failed, and the Ghost King Sect Master ordered Elder Gui to kill Li Changfeng.
• Princess Minmin and her companions found that the battle traces ended at the East River and began searching along its banks.

Princess Minmin, Commander Lu, and Grand Supervisor Cao found two corpses and concluded that Li Changfeng had likely killed two Grandmasters before falling into the East River. Old Ghost of the Ghost King Sect appeared to kill them, and his elusive movement technique left Commander Lu unable to land a hit.

• Commander Lu found bloodstains and two headless corpses, then determined that neither corpse was Li Changfeng.
• Princess Minmin concluded that Li Changfeng had fought and killed both Grandmasters before falling into the East River.
• Old Ghost revealed that he belonged to the Ghost King Sect and had come to kill Li Changfeng, then threatened the three investigators.
• Commander Lu attacked Old Ghost with Black Flash, but his slash struck only an illusion and carved a huge mark into the ground.
• Old Ghost appeared behind Commander Lu and vanished again as Commander Lu's counterattack missed.
• Grand Supervisor Cao warned Commander Lu that Old Ghost was in the air.

Grand Supervisor Cao and Commander Lu risked their lives to let Princess Minmin escape from Old Ghost, but he overwhelmed them and nearly killed them. Murong Longzhan arrived just in time, seized Old Ghost with astral qi, and revealed himself as a Connate Realm expert.

• Grand Supervisor Cao failed to stop Old Ghost's attack, then joined Commander Lu to hold him off while Princess Minmin fled to find help.
• Old Ghost revealed his early Acquired Realm strength and crushed Grand Supervisor Cao's and Commander Lu's strongest attacks with his Ghost Yama Finger.
• Commander Lu and Grand Supervisor Cao tried to self-destruct, but Old Ghost struck their meridians, stopped them, and blasted them to the ground.
• Old Ghost threatened to capture and humiliate Princess Minmin as the wounded men began freezing over.
• Murong Longzhan appeared, and Commander Lu and Grand Supervisor Cao recognized him as Princess Minmin's imperial uncle.
• Murong Longzhan seized Old Ghost with an astral claw, prompting Old Ghost to realize he was facing a Connate Realm expert.

Murong Longzhan killed Old Ghost after he refused to reveal the Ghost King Sect's headquarters, while the Sect Master postponed another attempt to assassinate Li Changfeng. In Eastern Zheng Province, villagers rescued Li Changfeng and Doctor Bai woke him from a month-long coma, but Li Changfeng could not remember his name.

• Old Ghost poisoned himself before Murong Longzhan could interrogate him, and Murong Longzhan crushed his body before freeing the two guards from the icy force.
• Murong Longzhan told the guards that Princess was safe and promised to take them to her.
• The Ghost King Sect's leader learned that the attempt to assassinate Li Changfeng had failed and ordered Elder Zhou to wait for another opportunity.
• Women from a village in Eastern Zheng Province found Li Changfeng by the river and brought him to Doctor Bai, who treated his grave injuries.
• After a month, Doctor Bai used acupuncture and pungent incense to wake Li Changfeng, who then discovered he could not remember his name.

After recovering enough to walk, Li Changfeng still could not remember his past or sense the condition of his body, so Doctor Bai sent him to work off his medical debt. The women who rescued him welcomed him into their village and named him Xiao Qiang, where his extraordinary strength startled the farmers as he began to till the hard mountain soil.

• After seven days of treatment, Li Changfeng could walk but still had amnesia and could not examine his injured meridians.
• Doctor Bai told Li Changfeng to rely on his own recovery and sent him to hoe land on the hill to repay his medical fees.
• Li Changfeng met Chen Xiaocui, Xiaohong, Cuihua, and Xiaoting, thanked them for saving him, and carried their things up the mountain.
• Li Changfeng told the women he had lost his memories, and they gave him the name Xiao Qiang and invited him to stay in the village.
• Li Changfeng split the hard ground three feet deep and snapped his hoe with one strike, then agreed to hoe a farmer's patch in exchange for borrowing another hoe.