Chapter Summaries

Chou Sen told the Blood-Clad Woman that Li Jiajin had killed a Blood Demon Sect steward and helped her plan to capture Detective Peng. That night, Detective Peng got drunk while celebrating Li Jiajin’s achievement, leaving Li Changfeng to help him home.

• Chou Sen met the Blood-Clad Woman, who questioned him about the Blood Demon Sect steward killed by Six Doors.
• Chou Sen identified Li Jiajin as the killer and described his mysterious background and connection to Detective Peng.
• The Blood-Clad Woman ordered Chou Sen to lure Li Jiajin out, and Chou Sen suggested capturing Detective Peng while he was drunk at the celebration.
• The Blood-Clad Woman agreed to the plan, gave Chou Sen healing medicine, and vanished.
• Detective Peng left the restaurant drunk after celebrating Li Jiajin’s achievement, and Li Changfeng prepared to take him home.

The Blood-Clad Woman tried to kidnap Detective Peng, but Li Changfeng stopped her and was mistaken for Li Jiajin. As Detective Peng fled to report to Lord Yuan, Li Changfeng fought the Blood-Clad Woman and resolved to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

• The Blood-Clad Woman carried the sleeping Detective Peng away in a sack, but Li Changfeng noticed his snoring had stopped and confronted her.
• The Blood-Clad Woman attacked Li Changfeng with plum blossom darts, but he deflected them and forced her to drop Detective Peng.
• Detective Peng broke out of the sack as the Blood-Clad Woman recognized Li Changfeng’s concealed blood energy and suspected he was Li Jiajin.
• Li Changfeng told Detective Peng to report to Lord Yuan while he held off the Blood-Clad Woman, and Detective Peng hurried toward Six Doors.
• The Blood-Clad Woman attacked Li Changfeng at close range, but he countered her strikes and unleashed the first form of the Wind Listening Saber Technique.
• The Blood-Clad Woman dodged every invisible saber beam, and Li Changfeng realized he needed to hold on until reinforcements arrived.

After the Blood-Clad Woman escaped, Li Changfeng deduced that the Blood Demon Sect had targeted Detective Peng to learn about him and identified Chou Sen as a mole within Six Doors. Li Changfeng proposed using Chou Sen to feed the sect information and himself as bait, leaving Yuan Tiezheng to alert Tianji Prefecture and prepare to lure the sect out.

• The Blood-Clad Woman escaped before Li Changfeng could catch her, and Yuan Tiezheng arrived with Six Doors constables.
• Li Changfeng privately discussed the attack with Yuan Tiezheng and Detective Peng, reasoning that the Blood Demon Sect had targeted Peng to investigate Li Changfeng.
• Yuan Tiezheng concluded that Chou Sen was the mole, since he was the only person besides Detective Peng who could have known the relevant information.
• Li Changfeng stopped Yuan Tiezheng from arresting Chou Sen, proposing that they use the mole to pass information and lure the Blood Demon Sect out.
• Li Changfeng offered to act as bait while Yuan Tiezheng contacted Tianji Prefecture, and Yuan Tiezheng approved the plan.

The Blood Demon Sect identified Li Jiajin as Li Changfeng and decided to report his strength to headquarters rather than confront him. Half a month later, Unfeeling arrived at the Six Doors to help Li Changfeng eliminate the sect’s followers, alongside Rank Three Constable Tie Jiancheng.

• Red Ying, the Executor, reported that Li Jiajin had killed Blood Eagle Executor and described his immense strength to the Skull High Priest.
• Red Ying drew Li Changfeng’s face, and the Skull High Priest recognized him as the sect’s long-wanted enemy and warned against attacking him.
• The Skull High Priest decided to report Li Changfeng to headquarters, while Red Ying felt relieved that she had escaped him.
• Half a month later, Detective Peng told Li Changfeng that the person they had been waiting for had arrived and led him into a secret chamber at the Six Doors.
• Unfeeling agreed to help Li Changfeng eliminate the Blood Demon Sect’s followers and urged the group not to underestimate them.
• Tie Jiancheng introduced himself as a Rank Three Constable.

Li Changfeng learned that his severe injuries and memory loss would heal on their own, but Wuqing offered a painful treatment to speed his recovery. After Wuqing used acupuncture to draw out some of the black and turbid qi, Li Changfeng rested while Tie Jiancheng questioned Wuqing’s concern for him.

• Li Changfeng met Tie Jiancheng and learned Wuqing had summoned him as a precaution against the Blood Demon Sect.
• Wuqing examined Li Changfeng and found his body and mind gravely injured, though a force within him was slowly helping him recover.
• Wuqing told Li Changfeng his injuries and lost memories would heal within two years, then offered to accelerate the process with painful treatment.
• Lord Yuan led Li Changfeng and Wuqing to a bedroom, where Wuqing inserted silver needles into Li Changfeng’s acupoints and drew out some of the black and turbid qi.
• Wuqing stopped the treatment after half an hour and advised Li Changfeng to repeat it once every seven days.
• Tie Jiancheng asked Wuqing why he was helping Li Changfeng so much, and Wuqing replied that he had his reasons.

Li Changfeng recovered and helped the Six Doors set a trap to draw out the Blood Demon Sect by attacking a bandit stronghold. He led the constables into battle, exposed Chou Sen’s cowardice and Detective Peng’s bravery, then wiped out the bandits with a single saber technique.

• Wuqing persuaded Tie Jiancheng that saving Li Changfeng would strengthen their fight against the Blood Demon Sect because Li Changfeng possessed both formidable physical strength and true qi.
• After recovering, Li Changfeng agreed with the others to lure out their enemies, then led Detective Peng, Chou Sen, and their constable squads out of town.
• Chou Sen secretly left a signal tube at a roadside stall, but Li Changfeng noticed and continued the plan to draw out the Blood Demon Sect.
• Li Changfeng’s constables fought several hundred bandits; Detective Peng protected his men, while Chou Sen abandoned his subordinates and fled toward Li Changfeng.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Wind Rises, Blade Falls, killing the bandits in an instant and leaving the constables stunned.

Li Changfeng and his allies waited for the Blood Demon Sect to act while keeping Chou Sen under surveillance. Half a month later, Blood Lion arrived at the sect’s ritual grounds and prepared to hunt Li Changfeng personally.

• Li Changfeng killed the fleeing bandits with one strike, then returned with the Six Doors members while Chou Sen secretly worried that the Blood Demon Sect had not responded to his information.
• Wuqing and Tie Jiancheng wondered whether the Blood Demon Sect had discovered their scheme, while the Skull High Priest crushed the message tube and postponed action until reinforcements arrived.
• Li Changfeng, Wuqing, and Tie Jiancheng decided to leave Chou Sen in place as bait and watch for an assassination attempt.
• For half a month, Chou Sen continued sending information, and Wuqing and the others concluded that the Blood Demon Sect had been delayed rather than abandoning him.
• Blood Lion arrived at the ritual grounds, confirmed that Li Changfeng was in Tianji Prefecture, and ordered the Skull High Priest to find him so he could attack personally.
• The Skull High Priest told Red Ying, the Executor that Li Changfeng had killed two Grandmasters who attacked him together, shocking her.

Li Changfeng used Chou Sen as bait to draw out the Blood Demon Sect, then revealed that the Divine Arrest Bureau and Six Doors had surrounded them. As the two sides prepared to fight, Li Changfeng and Unfeeling wagered on who would defeat their opponent first.

• Li Changfeng killed wanted criminal Kou Pengchi before he could use a Thunder Needles weapon, which Detective Peng took as spoils.
• Blood Lion arrived with the Blood Demon Sect, and Li Changfeng revealed that Chou Sen had been bait to lure them out.
• Chou Sen attacked Li Changfeng with a dagger, but it broke against Li Changfeng's defenses; Li Changfeng recognized him as the Blackwind Stronghold chief's son and killed him.
• Blood Lion spotted the Divine Arrest Bureau forces, and Lord Yuan arrived with Six Doors constables to surround the Blood Demon Sect.
• Unfeeling offered to fight the Skull High Priest while Li Changfeng faced the deacon, and the two wagered on who would win first.

Li Changfeng fought Red Ying, the Executor, and Blood Sword after the battle between the two sides began. He wounded both with his Wind Listening Saber Technique and launched a powerful follow-up slash at them.

• Tie Jiancheng and Blood Lion exchanged palm strikes as Li Changfeng and his allies charged the Blood Demon Sect.
• Li Changfeng cut down the Blood Demon Sect members at the front, then faced a sneak attack from Red Ying, the Executor, and Blood Sword.
• Li Changfeng blocked Red Ying's claws and Blood Sword's surprise strike, then blasted Blood Sword backward with a palm strike.
• Red Ying and Blood Sword attacked Li Changfeng together with their Blood Demon Leopard Claw and Blood Demon Sword Art, but his Wind Listening Saber Technique shattered their attacks and wounded them.
• Li Changfeng seized the opening and unleashed the second move, Force to Light, sending a hundred-zhang blade light toward Red Ying and Blood Sword.

Li Changfeng battled Hong Ying and Blood Sword, whose Demon God Transformations let them unleash powerful attacks and rapidly heal. He broke through their assault and inflicted devastating injuries, but they prepared to risk everything as he continued pressing them.

• Hong Ying and Blood Sword transformed and shattered Li Changfeng's hundred-zhang blade radiance with their combined attacks.
• Hong Ying used “Blood Shadow Leopard” and Blood Sword used “Blood Eagle Three Swords,” but Li Changfeng blocked them with “Wind Rises, Blade Falls.”
• Li Changfeng used “Force to Light” to cleave apart their attacks and wound them, then smashed both of their chests with his fists.
• Hong Ying and Blood Sword recovered from their earlier wounds, counterattacked, and were forced back by Li Changfeng's blade qi.
• Hong Ying and Blood Sword agreed to go all out rather than let Li Changfeng wear them down.

Li Changfeng fought Hong Ying and Blood Sword, first smashing their joint attacks and then trading brutal blows with them as all three repeatedly healed their injuries. After they recovered, Hong Ying and Blood Sword unleashed their third techniques and charged at Li Changfeng with renewed force.

• Hong Ying and Blood Sword launched a pincer attack with their second techniques, but Li Changfeng shattered their blood leopard and blood tiger phantoms with Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens, severely wounding them.
• Li Changfeng battered the injured pair with a barrage of kicks, but Hong Ying slashed his chest while Blood Sword pierced his shoulder with a sword thrust.
• Li Changfeng broke free, injured Hong Ying and Blood Sword with counterattacks, then applied healing ointment as his wounds began to recover.
• After a quarter of an hour, all three recovered, and Hong Ying attacked with Demon Leopard Blood Shadow Kill while Blood Sword transformed himself into a crimson sword using Body as Sword Sacrifice.

Li Changfeng survived a desperate battle with two Blood Demon Sect fighters after their life-draining berserk technique abruptly killed them. Meanwhile, Unfeeling exposed the Skull High Priest's use of a Human-faced Gu and vowed to kill him for murdering infants.

• Li Changfeng and the two men exchanged devastating attacks, leaving all three severely injured.
• The two men recovered by consuming their vitality, but their strength soon ran out and they died before they could attack Li Changfeng again.
• Lord Yuan and the Six Doors constables wiped out the Blood Demon Sect subordinates while Unfeeling fought the Skull High Priest to a standstill.
• Unfeeling struck the Skull High Priest's mask with flying needles, exposing his grotesquely rotted face.
• Unfeeling identified the Skull High Priest's Human-faced Gu, and the Skull High Priest admitted to killing a hundred infants to feed it.
• Unfeeling swore to kill the Skull High Priest and avenge the infants.

Wuqing battled the Skull High Priest with his wheelchair’s hidden weapons and Yin Softness palm force, badly injuring him. When the Skull High Priest tried to use berserk transformation, Wuqing interrupted him, and Yuan Tiezheng and Li Changfeng joined the fight, leaving the Skull High Priest surrounded.

• Wuqing pierced the Skull High Priest’s blood-red barrier with chained spearheads and cut his neck with a hidden blade.
• The Skull High Priest attacked Wuqing in midair, but Wuqing evaded him and struck his internal organs with Yin Softness, sending him crashing into the ground.
• The Skull High Priest decided to use berserk transformation, but Wuqing interrupted him with silver needles and continued denying him a chance to activate it.
• Yuan Tiezheng attacked the Skull High Priest, but the High Priest shattered his palm strike and sent him flying.
• Li Changfeng recovered enough to charge in, joining Wuqing and Yuan Tiezheng as they surrounded the Skull High Priest.

Li Changfeng, Wuqing, and Yuan Tiezheng fought the Skull High Priest, who exploited Li Changfeng’s injuries and turned the battle against his allies. After Li Changfeng’s powerful kicks wounded him, the Skull High Priest activated Demon God Transformation and unleashed poisonous claws, leaving Li Changfeng facing a new threat.

• The Skull High Priest guessed that Li Changfeng had not recovered from his injuries and attacked him, but Li Changfeng blasted him back with concentrated physical strength.
• Wuqing struck at the Skull High Priest’s vital acupoints, but the acupoints had shifted; the Skull High Priest counterattacked and sent Wuqing flying as Yuan Tiezheng rushed to intervene.
• Yuan Tiezheng attacked with a succession of palm strikes, but the Skull High Priest shattered them and struck Yuan Tiezheng down with a blow to the chest.
• Li Changfeng attacked from above with a barrage of kicks, breaking the Skull High Priest’s breastbone and sending him flying.
• The Skull High Priest used Demon God Transformation, grew over twenty feet tall, and endured Li Changfeng’s next kicks behind his scales before sweeping poisonous claw marks toward him.

Li Changfeng fought the Skull High Priest, whose berserk technique made him faster and stronger, while Wuqing tried to restrain him. After the Skull High Priest poisoned Li Changfeng with a serpent bite, Li’s body expelled the venom, leaving the furious High Priest preparing to attack again.

• The Skull High Priest attacked Li Changfeng at high speed, but Li used Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens to blast him into a crater.
• The Skull High Priest healed his wounds, then Wuqing pierced his shoulders with chained spears and tried to bind him.
• Li Changfeng used Force to Light to attack the Skull High Priest, who countered with Blood Serpent Lurking Shadow and overwhelmed him with blood-red serpents.
• One serpent bit Li Changfeng’s shoulder and fractured his bone, but his body stopped and expelled the Serpent Venom.
• The Skull High Priest reacted in disbelief to Li Changfeng’s recovery and readied another attack.

Li Changfeng and Wuqing joined forces to defeat the Skull High Priest, though both were injured in the fight. Blood Lion then broke off his battle with Tie Jiancheng and fled, leaving the outcome of the confrontation unresolved.

• The Skull High Priest attacked Li Changfeng and Wuqing with a poisonous blood mist, forcing them to retreat.
• Li Changfeng scattered the mist with Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens, but the Skull High Priest transformed into a serpent and lunged at him through the dust.
• Wuqing used the mark he had left on the Skull High Priest to pin him with his chained spears and drag him into view.
• Li Changfeng struck the restrained Skull High Priest with Azure Dragon Shakes the Heavens, killing him, while Li Changfeng and Wuqing both suffered their injuries flaring up.
• Blood Lion drove Tie Jiancheng back and fled; Tie Jiancheng chose not to pursue him because his men were injured and he could not kill Blood Lion.

After the victory over the Blood Demon Sect, Li Changfeng received generous rewards and a promotion, then joined Wuqing’s group on the journey to Tianji Prefecture. There, he waited in the main hall for the Elder of Assignments to issue his rank token and uniform.

• Wuqing thanked Li Changfeng for his help and invited him to join the Divine Arrest Bureau, promising to arrange a meeting with Leng Xue.
• Tie Jiancheng awarded all Six Doors personnel pills and a chance to choose a first-rate martial skill, then granted Yuan Tiezheng 5,000 merit points and a Superior Martial Skill.
• Tie Jiancheng awarded Li Changfeng 15,000 merit points, a Superior Martial Skill, and a promotion to Rank Five Constable.
• Detective Peng and the other constables said they would visit Li Changfeng in Tianji Prefecture, and Li Changfeng agreed to treat them to drinks.
• Li Changfeng traveled to Tianji Prefecture with Wuqing and waited in the main hall while Wuqing went to fetch the Elder of Assignments.

Li Changfeng met three constables waiting for their appointments, and Yuan Jiamu's insults escalated into an attack. Li Changfeng effortlessly repelled him, leaving Fan Junming and Qi Gaofeng wary of his strength.

• Fan Junming, Qi Gaofeng, and Yuan Jiamu speculated about Li Changfeng and approached him to introduce themselves.
• Li Changfeng gave only his surname, prompting Yuan Jiamu to insult and threaten him.
• Li Changfeng ignored Yuan Jiamu and waited for the official in charge of appointments.
• Yuan Jiamu struck Li Changfeng's shoulder and tried to drive his Inner Force into him.
• Li Changfeng's power repelled Yuan Jiamu and sent him staggering back, while Fan Junming and Qi Gaofeng realized Li Changfeng was far stronger than they had expected.

Li Changfeng received his constable uniform and badge, then joined Wuqing and Leng Xue to discuss his lost memories and his suspected connection to the Blood Demon Sect. He chose to stay in Eastern Zheng Province and help destroy the sect, and the group set out to meet Zhuiming and Tieshou.

• The Elder of Organization gave Li Changfeng and the others their uniforms and badges, and assigned them cases to collect from the Elder of Records.
• Wuqing brought Li Changfeng to meet Leng Xue, who told him he had known Zhou Zhiruo and Princess Minmin.
• Li Changfeng said he vaguely believed the Blood Demon Sect was responsible for his severe injuries, and Wuqing connected the attack to Li Changfeng's past conflict with the Three Evil Sects.
• Li Changfeng decided to remain in Eastern Zheng Province and join Wuqing in destroying the Blood Demon Sect.
• Leng Xue offered to host a gathering with Zhuiming and Tieshou, and Wuqing led them to find the two men.

After waking from a drunken night with the Four Famous Arresters, Li Changfeng returned to Tianji Prefecture to discuss the Blood Demon Sect case with them. Rumors about their friendship spread through Tianji City, while Qi Gaofeng, Fan Junming, and Yuan Jiamu set out on their first mission.

• Li Changfeng woke among the Four Famous Arresters, and Wuqing left after discovering that Leng Xue had vomited on him.
• Li Changfeng and the Four Famous Arresters settled their bill and agreed to meet that evening to discuss the Blood Demon Sect case.
• News of Li Changfeng drinking with the Four Famous Arresters spread, and Qi Gaofeng and Fan Junming decided he was worth befriending while Yuan Jiamu dismissed him.
• Fan Junming, Qi Gaofeng, and Yuan Jiamu set out to capture an early-stage Grandmaster criminal on their first mission.
• Li Changfeng met Zhuiming at Tianji Prefecture and joined him in Wuqing's room, where Wuqing and Leng Xue had been waiting to discuss the case.