Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng improved his strength control by tilling the farmers’ fields, then faced a pack of wolves sent to attack them. He slaughtered many wolves, but the pack’s assault was still underway.

• Li Changfeng learned to channel his strength through his muscles and bones while hoeing the fields, eventually gathering thirty percent of his strength into a burst.
• Lie Ya, Lie Xiaolang, and Lie Xiaohu accepted payment from a wealthy man and agreed to lure wild wolves into attacking the farmers.
• After Li Changfeng finished tilling the land, dozens of wolves rushed out of the forest and threatened the farmers.
• Li Changfeng charged the wolves, killed several with a punch, and continued fighting after the pack bit his limbs without breaking his skin.

Li Changfeng saved East River Village’s farmers from wolves, then joined them for a celebratory feast. Warden Huang ordered Mo Gu to ambush the villagers, but Li Changfeng slaughtered the guards and charged at Mo Gu, who launched a saber strike.

• Li Changfeng killed the wolves and escorted the farmers safely back to East River Village, while three men hiding in the forest fled in fear.
• The villagers held a feast to thank Li Changfeng, while Warden Huang ordered Mo Gu to disguise estate guards as bandits and attack the farmers the next day.
• Mo Gu’s guards ambushed the farmers on the mountain, and Li Changfeng suspected the attack was connected to the wolves before charging at them.
• Li Changfeng crushed two guards’ sabers with his bare hands, killed them, then brought down the other mounted guards and slaughtered them.
• Mo Gu tried to keep his distance, but his horse knelt in fear; he killed it, leaped into the air, and slashed at Li Changfeng with a blade arc.

Li Changfeng learned that Warden Huang had ordered the attack on East River Village and went to the Huang Residence that night to kill him. After killing Huang and the guards, Li Changfeng vanished, leaving the conflict behind him unresolved.

• Li Changfeng defeated Mo Gu, who named Warden Huang as the man behind the attack before dying.
• The villagers returned to the temple hall, where the village chief decided they would deny knowing who killed Huang's men.
• Li Changfeng resolved to visit Tianji Prefecture and later slipped into town under cover of night.
• Li Changfeng entered the Huang Residence and overheard Warden Huang worrying that his men had not returned.
• Li Changfeng killed Warden Huang and the guards with pebbles, then left without a trace.

Six Doors investigated Warden Huang’s murder but classified the case as low priority and abandoned it, leaving Li Changfeng unpursued. Meanwhile, Li Changfeng agreed to collect a Violet Glow Herb for Doctor Bai and climbed a perilous cliff at night, where he began searching for it.

• Detective Peng examined Warden Huang’s wounds, suspected a Grandmaster-level killer, and sent the case details to the Divine Arrest Bureau.
• The Divine Arrest Bureau classified Warden Huang’s murder as Grade D and dropped the investigation, leaving Li Changfeng free of pursuit.
• Doctor Bai asked Li Changfeng to gather a Violet Glow Herb from a hundred-zhang cliff, and Li Changfeng agreed in exchange for canceling his debt.
• Li Changfeng borrowed a rope from Xiao Cui’s family and used it to climb the cliff at night.
• Li Changfeng reached the cliff and searched for the Violet Glow Herb but could not find it.

Li Changfeng found the Violet Glow Herb for Doctor Bai, then jumped from a waterfall, caught fish, and agreed to hunt game in exchange for Doctor Bai’s cooking. Seven days later, Warden Huang’s lands went to the farmers, while Li Changfeng settled into a routine of mountain training, hunting, and sharing food with the village.

• Li Changfeng climbed the mountain to retrieve the Violet Glow Herb, watched the sunrise from the summit, and jumped from a waterfall into a lake below.
• Li Changfeng brought the herb and several Bai River Carp to Doctor Bai, who confirmed the herb and cooked fish soup for them.
• Doctor Bai proposed that Li Changfeng hunt game while he prepared meals, and Li Changfeng accepted the deal.
• After seven days without anyone investigating Warden Huang’s affairs, Six Doors announced that Warden Huang had been killed by an enemy and distributed his lands among the farmers.
• The villagers held a feast and did not suspect Li Changfeng, though the village chief looked at him knowingly without saying anything.
• Li Changfeng began watching the sunrise daily, catching fish and hunting in the mountains, and shared much of his food with the grateful villagers.

Li Changfeng trained beneath the Great Waterfall to improve his explosive power, discovering that speed and force had to combine in an instant. After a year of daily practice, he reached forty percent concentrated explosive power and resolved to make every punch erupt instantly.

• Li Changfeng tested his strength against the waterfall and learned that flowing force from his tendons and bones let him unleash thirty percent of his power in concentrated bursts.
• Li Changfeng hunted a Black Bear, returned to training, and realized he needed to increase his speed while his tendons and bones erupted with force.
• Li Changfeng improved his speed and power together, then returned to East River Village with bear meat and asked Doctor Bai to cook for him.
• Li Changfeng trained at the waterfall every day for a year and broke through to forty percent concentrated explosive power by making his punches arrive instantly.
• Li Changfeng punched a disk-sized hole through the waterfall that stayed open for two seconds, then resolved to train until every punch erupted instantly.

Li Changfeng found the aftermath of a bandit attack in the mountains and killed three men from Blackwind Stronghold after they tried to steal his deer. Blackwind Stronghold’s leader and his son Chou discovered the bodies and planned to track Li Changfeng to his home and kill him the next day.

• Li Changfeng found a blood-soaked clearing with dead caravan guards and beasts, then continued hunting and killed a deer with a stone.
• Three bloodied bandits tried to take Li Changfeng’s deer, but he killed two with a hand strike and a broken saber, then killed their leader after he attempted a sneak attack.
• The dying leader warned Li Changfeng that Blackwind Stronghold would not let him go, but Li Changfeng took the deer and returned toward the village.
• A group from Blackwind Stronghold arrived, and the scarred leader raged over the deaths while his son Chou assessed the scene.
• Chou advised sending two scouts to follow Li Changfeng from a distance and finding where he lived so Blackwind Stronghold could kill him the next day.

Chou Sen helped Blackwind Stronghold rob a shipment and the Great Chieftain led bandits to East River Village, searching for the man who had killed their comrades. Li Changfeng returned to find the village ravaged and its people bound, and confronted the bandits in a fury.

• Chou Sen warned the Great Chieftain to keep a low profile after the robbery, while the scouts reported that Li Changfeng’s trail led to East River Village.
• Li Changfeng took his daily Violet Glow Herb pill and trained beneath the waterfall as Blackwind Stronghold’s bandits attacked East River Village.
• Zheng Biesan identified Xiao Qiang as the likely killer, and the Great Chieftain killed a villager who protested.
• The bandits forced the villagers to serve them, assaulted the young women, and killed those who resisted.
• Uneasy about the village, Li Changfeng hurried back and found its people tied up and the bandits surrounding him, then demanded to know why they had attacked.

Li Changfeng confronted Chou WanSha and the Blackwind Stronghold bandits, who had tracked him to the village to avenge their dead men. He slaughtered the attackers and killed Chou WanSha as he fled.

• Chou WanSha revealed that he was the chief of Blackwind Stronghold and ordered Li Changfeng and the villagers killed.
• Chou WanSha’s throwing knife bounced off Li Changfeng’s forehead, and he ordered his bandits to attack after recognizing Li Changfeng’s powerful Toughness Cultivation Method.
• Li Changfeng crushed the charging bandits and their horses, then cut down more of the attackers with a saber.
• Chou WanSha and ten core members attacked Li Changfeng with blade radiance, but he shattered their strikes and kicked the ten men into bloody mist.
• Chou WanSha fled on his horse, but Li Changfeng hurled a blade shard through his head and killed him.

After Li Changfeng killed the Blackwind Stronghold bandits, the villagers dealt with Zheng Biesan, and Six Doors constables arrived to investigate. Detective Peng recognized Li Changfeng but withheld his identity for a private conversation, while Chou WanSha’s son, Detective Chou Sen, secretly vowed revenge; Li Changfeng then gave his reward to the villagers and left with Detective Peng.

• The widows beat Zheng Biesan to death, and the village chief arranged for the dead to be buried and Six Doors to be notified.
• Doctor Bai urged Li Changfeng to leave East River Village, but Li Changfeng said he had no memories and did not know where to go.
• Six Doors constables identified Chou WanSha as the chief of Blackwind Stronghold and learned that Li Changfeng had killed him with one strike.
• Detective Peng recognized Li Changfeng, but privately promised to explain his identity later to avoid alerting possible enemies.
• Detective Chou Sen, secretly Chou WanSha’s son, recognized his father’s killer and vowed to avenge him.
• Li Changfeng asked Detective Peng to use his reward to buy farmland and compensate the villagers, then left with him.

Li Changfeng learned that he had been a Shaolin disciple from Southern Emperor Province and sought a way to find people who knew his past. Detective Peng recommended that he join the Six Doors, but Yuan Tiezheng and Chou Sen soon questioned Li Changfeng’s identity and his possible role in Warden Huang’s death.

• Detective Peng told Li Changfeng his name, origins, and Shaolin background, and suggested he seek out figures from the Human Rankings for more information.
• Detective Peng proposed that Li Changfeng join the Six Doors as a path toward the Divine Arrest Bureau, and introduced him to Yuan Tiezheng.
• Yuan Tiezheng summoned Detective Peng and Chou Sen to review a dossier on Li Changfeng.
• Chou Sen suspected Li Changfeng had been behind Warden Huang’s affair and opposed his recruitment, while Detective Peng defended him.
• Yuan Tiezheng angrily stopped Detective Peng and Chou Sen’s argument.

Yuan Tiezheng approved Detective Peng’s recommendation to recruit Li Changfeng, despite Chou Sen’s objections, because the Six Doors needed strong investigators. Li Changfeng joined under the name Li Jiajin, impressed Yuan Tiezheng with his strength, and received a saber manual suited to his lack of usable true qi.

• Yuan Tiezheng decided Li Changfeng could join the Six Doors, citing the need to investigate a violent faction in Eastern Zheng Province.
• Yuan Tiezheng warned Detective Peng to keep watch over Li Changfeng and hold him responsible if anything went wrong.
• Detective Peng brought Li Changfeng to the Six Doors the next morning, where Li used the new name Li Jiajin.
• Yuan Tiezheng tested Li Jiajin with a palm strike, and Li met it using thirty percent of his strength, forcing them both back.
• Li Jiajin explained that he could not use true qi and relied on physical training, so Yuan Tiezheng gave him the Wind Listening Saber Technique.

Li Changfeng joined Six Doors and began working under Detective Peng, who took him out for a celebratory meal. The meal ended with Chou Sen testing Li Changfeng’s strength, and Li left suspecting Chou Sen had some hidden motive.

• Yuan Tiezheng gave Li Changfeng a command token and assigned him to handle cases with Detective Peng.
• Li Changfeng collected his uniform and joined Detective Peng for drinks, learning that he would work on cases or patrol the streets.
• Chou Sen and several constables barged into the room and traded barbs with Detective Peng and Li Changfeng.
• Heizi attacked Li Changfeng, but Li shook him off and dislocated his arm with his strength.
• Chou Sen left after seeing Li’s strength, and Detective Peng speculated that Chou Sen feared Li would threaten his position.

Li Changfeng mastered two moves of the Wind Listening Saber Technique and stunned Heizi and Detective Chou with his power. Three days later, Detective Peng led Li Changfeng and the constables to Nanxia Village, where they found its villagers massacred and the Ma and Chen families fighting over a hidden treasure.

• Li Changfeng tested Wind Rises, Blade Falls and Force to Light on iron towers, realizing the techniques suited his strength control.
• Heizi reported Li Changfeng's power to Detective Chou, who inspected the damage, paid Heizi to keep quiet, and then resolved to kill him.
• Detective Peng received a message calling the constables to Nanxia Village, and his team rode there three days later.
• Peng Haodang and his men found the villagers dead and the Ma and Chen families battling over a treasure.
• Peng Haodang identified himself as a Six Doors detective and ordered both families to stop fighting.

Li Changfeng stopped the Ma Family and Chen Family from attacking Detective Peng, then learned that a hidden force had driven them to madness with the promise of treasure. After blood worms burst from the families and attacked, Li Changfeng protected his companions and confronted the Blood Demon Sect members who emerged from hiding.

• The Ma Family and Chen Family attacked Detective Peng, then turned on Li Changfeng when he asked about their supposed treasure.
• Li Changfeng shattered their attack with his sheathed Tang Blade and knocked them all to the ground.
• The families admitted they had never seen the treasure and said someone’s information had made them irritable and murderous; Detective Peng suspected the Blood Demon Sect.
• The families died as blood worms emerged from their bodies and attacked, but Li Changfeng and Detective Peng fought off the worms and saved Tietou and Lao Chen.
• Li Changfeng sensed enemies nearby, and the Bloodclad Leader and other Blood Demon Sect members appeared and ordered an attack on him.

Li Changfeng fought the blood-clad leader and his men while protecting Detective Peng and two wounded Six Doors companions. After Detective Peng fled to seek reinforcements, Li Changfeng faced the remaining attackers alone, cutting down several as the fight continued.

• Li Changfeng killed more than twenty blood-clad men with Wind Rises, Blade Falls, then split the leader’s bloody palm strike with his Tang Blade.
• The blood-clad leader attacked Li Changfeng, who held his own while rushing to save Detective Peng and the two wounded men from the surrounding attackers.
• Li Changfeng told Detective Peng to take the injured men and escape, and Detective Peng left on horseback to find reinforcements.
• Li Changfeng blocked the blood-clad men from pursuing Detective Peng and knocked several away by driving his Tang Blade into the ground.
• The blood-clad leader ordered his men to attack Li Changfeng together, and Li Changfeng’s Wind Rises, Blade Falls cut down the men who failed to retreat in time.

Li Changfeng fought the Bloodclad Leader, endured attacks from his men, and killed the bloodclad subordinates by baiting their leader into leaving them exposed. Injured but still standing, Li Changfeng faced the leader’s second Blood Demon Eagle Claw move as it charged toward his heart.

• The Bloodclad Leader attacked Li Changfeng with Eagle Strikes the Sky, but Li Changfeng’s Force to Light severed the bloody claw and wounded his palm.
• The Bloodclad Leader sent a blood claw after Li Changfeng, who shattered it before the bloodclad men’s long-range attacks struck and blasted him into the ground.
• Seven or eight bloodclad men approached Li Changfeng, but he emerged unharmed and killed them with invisible blade lights while the Bloodclad Leader attacked him.
• Li Changfeng endured the remaining bloody eagle claws, crawled from the pit with wounds that began to heal, and taunted the Bloodclad Leader.
• The Bloodclad Leader unleashed Blood Claw Pierces the Heart and charged at Li Changfeng with a blood-colored demonic eagle behind him.

Li Changfeng wounded the Bloodclad Leader with his Wind Listening Saber Technique, but the leader transformed into a demonic eagle and inflicted grave injuries on him. As the Bloodclad Leader attacked again, Li Changfeng launched his strongest Force to Light strike, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Li Changfeng used Force to Light to drive the Bloodclad Leader out of the void and slash open his chest.
• The Bloodclad Leader unleashed the Demon God Transformation, grew wings and claws, and struck Li Changfeng with a claw that tore open his chest and sent him crashing into prefabricated houses.
• Li Changfeng rose from the rubble and used Wind Rises, Blade Falls to force the Bloodclad Leader out of the void and wound him across his body.
• The Bloodclad Leader attacked with Eagle Strikes the Sky as Li Changfeng struggled to stand, but Li Changfeng countered with his strongest Force to Light strike.

Li Changfeng battled the Bloodclad Leader, survived his desperate attacks, and killed him before he could reveal Li Changfeng’s identity. Yuan Tiezheng arrived too late to question the man and recognized him as a Blood Demon Sect deacon.

• Li Changfeng wounded the Bloodclad Leader with a blade aura, but the leader survived and attacked with nine demonic eagle phantoms.
• With his life in danger, Li Changfeng recalled fragments of memory and used Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens to break through the attack and injure the leader.
• The Bloodclad Leader sacrificed his life force to heal, but Li Changfeng struck him with Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens and crushed his body.
• As the dying leader began to identify Li Changfeng, Li Changfeng cut off his head despite someone calling for him to wait.
• Yuan Tiezheng arrived with Six Doors constables, said they had wanted to question the leader, and recognized him as a Blood Demon Sect deacon.

After Li Changfeng killed a Blood Demon Sect deacon, Yuan Tiezheng praised his strength and promised him a promotion to head constable. The group returned to Six Doors, where the badly injured Chou Sen reported an ambush, leaving Li Changfeng uneasy about him.

• Yuan Tiezheng explained that the Blood Demon Sect deacon had used Berserk Transformation and realized Li Changfeng had defeated him despite the technique’s power.
• Li Changfeng said the deacon had attacked him because of his unusually strong blood vitality, and Yuan Tiezheng promised to arrange his promotion to head constable.
• The Six Doors constables supported Li Changfeng’s promotion, and Yuan Tiezheng invited everyone to celebrate over food and wine.
• The group returned to Six Doors and found Chou Sen severely injured; after Yuan Tiezheng revived him, Chou Sen said the Blood Demon Sect had killed his subordinates.
• Chou Sen thanked Li Changfeng for killing other Blood Demon Sect members, but Li Changfeng sensed something false about him.
• Yuan Tiezheng decided the group would still go drinking to reward their merit.