Chapter Summaries

Fang Xing bought detailed information about Lance Knott and took a private lesson to experience the Extreme Emotion Sword’s artistic conception, then acquired a laser gun. He ambushed and killed Lance in the sewers, avenging himself.

• Fang Xing paid Zhang Jiarui for detailed information about Lance Knott and learned about his habits and suspected Superpower.
• Fang Xing took a trial lesson from Coach Ping, who explained the Extreme Emotion Sword and demonstrated its artistic conception.
• Fang Xing sold gold at the Black Market and bought a Swift Dragon-Class Laser Gun to use against Lance.
• Lance left the Blood Dance Bar and entered the sewers, where two rats alerted him to an ambusher.
• Fang Xing shot Lance with the laser gun, killing him and avenging himself.

After returning to Green Forest Market, Fang Xing learned that the Beast Tide had ended and heard about an upcoming Zheng Family Auction. While buying discounted demon pig meat, he encountered Hua Fei Yue struggling after falling out with the Black Tiger Gang and considered whether she might work for him.

• Fang Xing met his new neighbor Yu Xia, who told him that the Upper Sect and Ancestor Zheng had defeated the Beast Tide and that the Zheng Family would hold an Auction in two days.
• Fang Xing surveyed the market, considered hiring an agent, and bought a hundred jin of discounted demon pig meat.
• Fang Xing encountered Hua Fei Yue after she threw out a customer who had mistaken her for a streetwalker.
• Hua Fei Yue explained that she had offended the Black Tiger Gang and was nearly out of savings, so Fang Xing gave her ten jin of demon beast meat.
• Hua Fei Yue teasingly asked whether Fang Xing had taken a liking to her, saying she had no Spirit Stones.

Fang Xing sought Hua Fei Yue’s help to find a way into the Extreme Emotion Sword and made some progress with her Seven Emotions Art. He then attended the Zheng Family Auction, where the Danqing Sword caught his interest as a weapon he could use.

• Fang Xing told Hua Fei Yue that he could not stir intense emotions to begin cultivating the Extreme Emotion Sword, and she offered to use her Seven Emotions Art on him.
• Hua Fei Yue used the Joy and Rage forms of the Seven Emotions Art on Fang Xing, helping him find a possible path into the Extreme Emotion Sword.
• Two days later, Fang Xing entered the Zheng Family Auction in disguise and chose a seat in the main hall instead of renting a private room.
• Zheng Yuan'ao opened the Auction, and the Iron Feather Sword and Small Wind Fire Formation sold for thousands of Spirit Stones.
• After dozens of items were auctioned, Zheng Yuan'ao presented the Blood Refined Magic Item Danqing Sword, and Fang Xing considered bidding for it.

At the Zheng Family Auction, Fang Xing watched Chen Yi and Fu Qing clash over the Danqing Sword, then successfully bid on a Dragon Blood Pill to aid his martial cultivation. The auction’s finale began with the appearance of Qian Yuan Fire Fiend, a rare Foundation Establishment Spiritual Item, and left the cultivators poised to bid fiercely.

• Chen Yi openly bid for the Danqing Sword, and Fu Qing challenged him before Zheng Yuan'ao ended their quarrel and awarded the sword to a private-room bidder.
• Zheng Yuan'ao offered ten bottles of Dragon Blood Pills, and Fang Xing won one with a bid of sixty-seven Spirit Stones.
• Fang Xing watched a Storage Bag sell for six thousand eight hundred Spirit Stones and saw major powers compete for the Azure Cloud Shop deed.
• Ancestor Zheng's arrival and the auction's protective formation signaled the reveal of the final item, Qian Yuan Fire Fiend.
• Zheng Yuan'ao explained that Qian Yuan Fire Fiend could improve a fire cultivator's Foundation Establishment chances by five to ten percent and set its starting price at ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Fang Xing left the auction safely with a bottle of Dragon Blood Pills and continued training while the market grew more dangerous after the sale of Qian Yuan Fire Liquid. After testing a pill, he discovered that it greatly improved his Great Dragon Stance, leaving him hopeful about advancing his martial arts.

• Fang Xing left the auction hall, bought a bottle of Dragon Blood Pills for sixty-seven Spirit Stones, and returned home without trouble.
• Fang Xing hired Hua Fei Yue to help cultivate his Extreme Emotion Sword, then sent her to sell herbs and buy a Chaos Spirit Talisman.
• Fang Xing assessed his martial arts and weapons, practiced the Ghost God Blade, and saw no improvement in its proficiency.
• Fang Xing swallowed a tested Dragon Blood Pill and practiced the Great Dragon Stance as its heat coursed through his body.
• Fang Xing saw his Great Dragon Stance proficiency rise from 15 to 20 and considered using more pills to advance his martial arts.

Fang Xing improved his A-Rank martial arts by hunting in the Great Wilderness and killed an Innate Martial Artist who tried to claim his spoils. As school was about to start, he entrusted more market business to Hua Fei Yue and prepared for his eventual breakthrough to the Uncut Jade Realm.

• Fang Xing beheaded a First-Order Low-Grade Wild Boar Demon Beast and increased his Ghost God Blade proficiency through real combat.
• A young Innate Martial Artist demanded a share of Fang Xing’s spoils, but Fang Xing killed him with the Extreme Emotion Sword.
• Fang Xing searched the young man’s corpse, found little of value, and returned to the market.
• Fang Xing gave Hua Fei Yue herbs and Demon Beast materials and arranged to settle their Spirit Stones every three days while he attended school.
• Fang Xing reflected on how his A-Rank Martial Arts could protect him from mental attacks, then reviewed his assets and the Innate Pill he had bought for his future breakthrough.

Fang Xing returned to Yucai High School after a productive summer and impressed Xia Long with his rapid martial arts progress. Xia Long explained the higher realms of Federation martial arts, including the path to condensing a Martial Path Golden Core.

• Fang Xing met Jing Xia on his way to school and wondered whether the Federation agent had uncovered anything about him.
• Fang Xing reunited with his classmates and noticed Liu Wei had returned from summer break with a fierce, bloodstained aura.
• Xia Long assessed Fang Xing in the Training Room and was impressed by his Second Realm Tendon Refinement and highly proficient Bow Stance Cannon Fist.
• Xia Long arranged extra instruction for Fang Xing, Liu Wei, and Bai Lianyi, and told Fang Xing he could apply for a Special Scholarship.
• Xia Long outlined the martial realms from Skin and Flesh through Golden Core, explaining that mastering Great Dragon Stance and Subduing Tiger Stance could lead to a Dragon-Tiger Golden Core.

Fang Xing learned why the Subduing Tiger Stance mattered for pursuing a Martial Path Golden Core, revealed that he had already begun learning Ghost God Blade, and started training in the stance. The chapter ended with Gu Yun challenging him to a match and offering to recommend him for an off-campus internship if he proved his strength.

• Xia Long explained the importance of the Great Dragon Stance and Subduing Tiger Stance for forming a Dragon-Tiger Golden Core and revealed that he had reached the Outer Scene Realm.
• Fang Xing chose Ghost God Blade and surprised Xia Long by revealing that he had already reached beginner level after receiving Gu Yun's guidance and observing underground fights.
• Xia Long taught Fang Xing the Subduing Tiger Stance using a Black Nightmare Tiger projection, and Fang Xing reached beginner level by the end of school.
• Fang Xing began considering Tiger Demon materials and medicines to improve his Subduing Tiger Stance and pursue the Dragon-Tiger Artistic Conception.
• Gu Yun congratulated Fang Xing on his school results, challenged him to a match, and offered to recommend him for an off-campus internship if he satisfied her with his strength.

Fang Xing agreed to join Gu Yun for an off-campus internship after defeating her in a duel. He learned that the placement was a comfortable, well-paid role at the Federation’s Faith Theory Department, though he and Gu Yun were expected to do little more than menial tasks.

• Fang Xing decided to accept the internship to earn legitimate Star Dollars and build connections.
• Fang Xing and Gu Yun fought at her villa, where he revealed his beginner-level Ghost God Blade and defeated her, breaking her wooden blade.
• Gu Yun honored their agreement and invited Fang Xing to join the internship, assuring him that it would not involve dangerous work.
• Fang Xing received the internship details and discovered that the Faith Theory Department reviewed alien materials for signs of contamination.
• Gu Yun explained that her aunt had arranged a cushy placement where they would work two hours a day, do odd jobs, and receive a generous wage and school subsidy.

Fang Xing’s herb-selling business drew several groups of watchers, and he tracked them using his surveillance network. One visitor turned out to be Chen Yi, who claimed he had come to thank Fang Xing, but Fang Xing sensed that Chen Yi had become much more dangerous.

• Hua Fei Yue reported the latest herb sales, warned Fang Xing that people were watching her, and accepted a new batch of herbs to sell.
• Fang Xing reviewed his surveillance and identified three groups monitoring Hua Fei Yue, including one connected to the Black Tiger Gang.
• Fang Xing followed a Spirit Beast’s movements on the feeds and saw its master head to his residence.
• Chen Yi visited Fang Xing and said he regretted his past estrangement from his sworn brothers and wanted to thank Fang Xing for helping their family.
• Fang Xing sensed that Chen Yi was more dangerous than before and suspected he had advanced to Qi Refining Late Stage.

Fang Xing discovered that Chen Yi had come to use him as a shield, so he killed Chen Yi and eliminated the scouts watching his home. He warned Hua Fei Yue to hide and ordered her to spread a rumor about a great opportunity at Five Scorpion Valley, hoping to draw powerful forces into the conflict.

• Chen Yi gave Fang Xing the Ink Pattern Sword and asked him to look after Fei Yue, while Fang Xing's alarm revealed Chen Yi had secretly laid powder and formed a hand seal as pursuers followed him.
• Fang Xing shot Chen Yi with his Laser Gun, then took his Spell Robe, Storage Bag, Spirit Boots, and other belongings before hurriedly covering up the evidence.
• Fang Xing destroyed or relocated his equipment, left home, and used the Ink Pattern Sword to kill two scouts who had been watching him.
• Fang Xing went to Hua Fei Yue and told her that Chen Yi had tried to frame him and that he had killed Chen Yi.
• Fang Xing told Hua Fei Yue to hide and have Han Qingyun spread the rumor that Chen Yi and the Black Tiger Gang had fought over a great opportunity at Five Scorpion Valley.

Fang Xing assessed Chen Yi’s confiscated treasures, trained with Tiger Bone Wine and Tiger Marrow Pills, and continued developing his martial arts before starting an off-campus internship at the Prevention Bureau. The chapter ended as a stranger in the Bureau’s busy hall asked Gu Yun whether she was Gu Renwang’s daughter.

• Fang Xing examined Chen Yi’s High-Grade Magic Robe, Storage Bag, flying knife, and Ink Pattern Sword, deciding which items he could use and how to keep the sword’s origins hidden.
• Fang Xing drank Tiger Bone Wine and took a Tiger Marrow Pill, rapidly improving his Subduing Tiger Stance to Proficient.
• Fang Xing spent the following days studying and training, occasionally sparring with Gu Yun at Glory River Mansion.
• Fang Xing and Gu Yun arrived at the Prevention Bureau for their first day of off-campus internship, and Bai Ziling led them through its security archways.
• A stranger in the Bureau’s hall placed a hand on Gu Yun’s shoulder and asked if she was Gu Renwang’s daughter.

Fang Xing worked his first day as an intern in the Prevention Bureau, where he learned that the Faith Theory Department tightly guarded its dangerous materials. That night, a Heretic’s attempt to corrupt him through a dream failed when he cut down the imitation of an Evil God, and he woke ready to hunt the attacker.

• Jing Xia invited Gu Yun and Fang Xing to join her Action Department, but both declined, and Bai Ziling warned Fang Xing against Jing Xia.
• Bai Ziling assigned Fang Xing and Gu Yun to clean the Green Zone and manage its water dispensers, and Gu Yun explained that the department’s purified water helped stabilize the mind.
• After work, Fang Xing concluded that the Faith Theory Department’s security made it impossible to secretly access its restricted materials.
• A Black Robe Emissary, Liu Wei, and Guo Peipei watched Fang Xing, and Guo Peipei offered to use her Dream Ingress Technique to corrupt him.
• Guo Peipei attacked Fang Xing through a dream with an imitation of an Extraterrestrial Evil God, but Fang Xing used Slay Ghosts and Gods to shatter the vision.
• Fang Xing woke, recognized that Heretics had targeted him, and used a Qi Seeking Talisman to track the attacker’s lingering aura.

Fang Xing tracked down the cultists who had attacked him through a dream and killed two Divine Generals before Jing Xia and the Prevention Bureau arrived. Guo Peipei was captured, and Jing Xia promised to send Fang Xing information about the Gate School and a commendation.

• Guo Peipei realized Fang Xing had defeated her dream attack and decided to flee, but Fang Xing blasted through the apartment door and charged in.
• Fang Xing killed the two Divine Generals with the Ink Pattern Sword while Guo Peipei recovered from his sword's emotional effect.
• Jing Xia arrived with a winged Bully Dog, stunned Guo Peipei with electricity, and identified the dead cultists as Gate School Divine Generals.
• Jing Xia dismissed Fang Xing's questions about his sword, said the Prevention Bureau would handle the cultists, and promised him a commendation and information about the Gate School.

After reading Jing Xia’s report on several Evil God organizations, Fang Xing went to school and received a scholarship with three other promising students. The chapter ended with Principal Lu Guangming reporting that Liu Wei seemed suspicious and agreeing to keep watch on the students.

• Jing Xia told Fang Xing that Guo Peipei had been silenced during transport and sent him confidential information on numerous Evil God organizations.
• Fang Xing decided to avoid Green Forest Market while the area remained dangerous and went to school, where he met Liu Wei.
• Xia Long escorted Fang Xing, Liu Wei, Gu Yun, and Bai Lianyi to Principal Lu Guangming, who awarded each of them a Special Scholarship of one million Star Dollars per semester.
• After the students left, Lu Guangming told a Prevention Bureau projection that Liu Wei seemed the most suspicious and agreed to keep an eye on the students.
• Gu Yun offered Liu Wei work as her sparring partner, then reminded Fang Xing about their internship.

After finishing his internship, Fang Xing returned to his temporary camp and saw that Green Forest Market had descended into chaos. He intervened when the Black Abyss Three Tigers attacked Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu, killing Second Tiger and Third Tiger before their fight with him was resolved.

• Bai Ziling ended Fang Xing and Gu Yun’s internships, paid them, and gave both excellent evaluations.
• Fang Xing replaced the nearly spent House Protection Talisman at home, then used the Gate of Heavens to return to his temporary camp and review the surveillance footage of Green Forest Market.
• Fang Xing equipped his Nano Protective Suit and Ink Pattern Sword, noted his progress in martial arts, and watched Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu face the Black Abyss Three Tigers.
• Second Tiger and Third Tiger helped First Tiger break Ding Bushan’s defenses, leaving him injured and exposing Ding Hongxiu to Second Tiger.
• Fang Xing struck with the Ink Pattern Sword, pierced Second Tiger’s throat, then used a blade to cut open Third Tiger’s throat as Third Tiger called for First Tiger to save him.

Fang Xing saved Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu from the Black Abyss Three Tigers, defeating First Tiger with his Laser Gun after testing his swordsmanship. He asked Ding Bushan about Green Forest Market and learned that robber cultivators had become more common amid chaos caused by a newly appeared Secret Realm.

• Fang Xing appeared beside Third Tiger's corpse and reunited with Ding Hongxiu, who recognized him from their time running a stall together.
• First Tiger offered Fang Xing a place among the Black Abyss Three Tigers, but Fang Xing refused and prepared to fight him.
• Fang Xing's blade and sword broke through First Tiger's attacks and damaged his defenses, though First Tiger broke Fang Xing's steel blade and claimed he could not be killed by the swordsman.
• First Tiger put on Magic Item Fist Gloves and drew a Demonic Path Magic Item, but Fang Xing shot him in the head with a Laser Gun and killed him.
• Ding Bushan thanked Fang Xing for saving him and Ding Hongxiu, then explained that Green Forest Market had grown chaotic as the Secret Realm drew Qingxuan Sect's Law Enforcement Team away and robber cultivators multiplied.

Fang Xing learned that Qingxuan Sect had opened the dangerous Secret Realm to Rogue Cultivators, then left Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu and returned to Green Forest Market. The Qingxuan Sect Grand Elder arrived, displayed the executed Black Tiger Gang Leader, and left Ding Bushan fearing that the Secret Realm’s opportunity was far beyond their reach.

• Ding Bushan explained that Qingxuan Sect had claimed Five Scorpion Valley and opened its Secret Realm to Rogue Cultivators after suffering casualties and clashing with the Black Tiger Gang.
• Fang Xing collected the Black Abyss Three Tigers’ Magic Items and Spirit Stones, then decided not to ask Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu to search the Storage Bags.
• Fang Xing departed, and Ding Bushan and Ding Hongxiu returned to Green Forest Market while bickering about Fang Xing.
• A Qingxuan Sect Grand Elder arrived with overwhelming pressure and announced that the Black Tiger Gang Leader had been executed, then hung his corpse at the market archway.
• Ding Bushan realized that even a Golden Core True Person was involved in the Secret Realm and regretted considering an expedition.

Fang Xing broke through to Dragon Artistic Conception while practicing the Great Dragon Stance, then went to the Black Market to buy equipment and investigate unusual goods. He ended the chapter considering a refurbished Sense God Gate offered by a suspicious shopkeeper.

• Fang Xing reached the Great Dragon Stance’s Grandmaster level and comprehended Dragon Artistic Conception, though his Niwan Palace was not ready to open.
• Fang Xing decided to restrain his newly awakened Dragon Might and use time off school to visit the Black Market.
• Fang Xing exchanged a backpack of gold for nearly 13 million Star Dollars and bought a secondhand Metal Detection Spectrometer.
• Fang Xing entered a general store known for selling unusual goods and showed its old shopkeeper a list of items used to detect Evil God auras.
• The old shopkeeper offered Fang Xing a refurbished Sense God Gate retired by the Prevention Bureau for ten million Star Dollars.

Fang Xing discovered a hidden Command Token inside Chen Yi’s Ink Pattern Sword and confirmed the sword had no Evil God Contamination. Later, he joined Liu Wei and Bai Lianyi in confronting Star City High School students, and Liu Wei began a match against Ming Yixin.

• Fang Xing scanned the Ink Pattern Sword with the Giant Wave RDT93 and discovered a hidden Command Token in its hilt.
• Fang Xing treated the sword with Bai Ze Liquid, confirmed it contained no Evil God Contamination, and planned to report planted cultivation items to the Prevention Bureau.
• Jing Xia told Fang Xing that the Prevention Bureau had cleared more than half of the Gate School’s forces in Maple Leaf City.
• Xia Long summoned Fang Xing, Liu Wei, and Bai Lianyi to challenge a visiting group from Star City High School.
• Liu Wei faced Ming Yixin, who lunged at him with the A-Rank Soul Searching Dragon Claw Hand.