Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng defeated Song Dahu’s master with his superior Beast Hunting Fist and revealed that he had reached the Intent Realm. He declined the offer to become Sect Master but accepted the role of Guest Elder, then headed to the Scripture Pavilion to study the sect’s manuals.

• Lin Feng beat Song Dahu’s master in a sparring match, then showed that he had held back and accepted the elder’s respectful concession.
• The Sect Master recognized Lin Feng’s Intent Realm and invited him to join the Beast Fist Sect as its next Sect Master, but Lin Feng declined because he already had a master.
• Lin Feng accepted the position of Guest Elder after the Sect Master offered him access to the sect’s martial arts manuals and freedom to come and go.
• Song Dahu’s master praised Lin Feng’s techniques and told Song Dahu to learn from his new martial uncle.
• The Sect Master led Lin Feng and the others toward the Scripture Pavilion, while Song Dahu trailed behind, unsure whether he belonged among them.

Lin Feng learned the Beast Fist Sect's martial arts, became its sole Guest Elder, and recruited thirty disciples for the Mayi Guard. After leaving the sect with his new subordinates, he planned to wipe out the Iron Rod Gang.

• Lin Feng read and memorized all four Beast Fist Sect manuals after swearing not to pass them on, though Beast Shadow Movement required him to cultivate the other fist techniques first.
• The sect master appointed Lin Feng the Beast Fist Sect's sole Guest Elder, and Lin Feng offered thirty Mayi Guard positions to the disciples.
• Lin Feng explained the Mayi Guard's pay and benefits, prompting more than two hundred disciples to register with Song Dahu.
• Lin Feng selected ten disciples who kept small animals for reconnaissance and held martial contests to choose the remaining twenty recruits.
• Lin Feng gave the recruits' families one hundred taels each and donated five thousand taels to the Beast Fist Sect before departing with his new subordinates.
• Lin Feng set his sights on wiping out the Iron Rod Gang after returning.

Lin Feng recruited thirty young martial artists from the Beast Fist Sect and prepared to target the gangs colluding with Qinghe County’s officials. As the Mayi Guard trained its new members and Lin Feng strengthened his martial arts, the Iron Rod Gang’s leader grew uneasy and gathered martial arts experts for protection.

• Lin Feng brought the thirty Beast Fist Sect recruits back to the Mayi Guard, outfitted them, assigned them to teams, and welcomed them with a feast.
• Sun Yu reported that the Iron Rod Gang had grown to more than four hundred members and that the Hungry Wolf Gang had pledged allegiance to Zheng Tiejun’s City Lord’s Mansion.
• Lin Feng said the Mayi Guard would target the gangs despite the official warning, and planned to destroy the Iron Rod Gang before the Evil Wolf Gang.
• Zhang Xiaoyu, Sun Yu, Zhou Haitao, Lin Hu, and Song Dahu led the recruits around Qinghe County while Lin Feng perfected Hundred Beasts Fist and Thousand Beasts Fist.
• Jiang Tiesheng hosted martial arts experts, including a Bone Refining Realm senior, because he feared the Mayi Guard’s frequent trips outside the city.

Lin Feng led the Mayi Guard to attack the Iron Rod Gang, whose leader had been seeking allies and a powerful backer. After scouts found traps surrounding the gang’s headquarters, Lin Feng decided to force the gang to come out.

• Jiang Tiesheng discussed Lin Feng’s threat with his deputy and planned to rely on Great Hero Ma and seek support from the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Lin Feng assembled one hundred Mayi Guard members and ordered them to attack the Iron Rod Gang’s headquarters and eight strongholds, killing anyone who resisted.
• The Mayi Guard rode out of Qinghe County fully armed, and Lin Feng told Sun Yu they would drive off or kill the jianghu people at the gang’s headquarters.
• Lin Feng ordered Xiao Ming and the other pet handlers to scout ahead with their animals.
• Xiao Ming reported that pit traps with sharpened bamboo stakes blocked the approach, so Lin Feng stopped the force and decided to make the Iron Rod Gang come out.

Lin Feng and the Mayi Guard attacked the Iron Rod Gang’s headquarters, setting the town ablaze with Phosphorus Fire Arrows and trapping fleeing fighters. As Jiang Tiesheng led a desperate charge toward Lin Feng, Lin Feng cut down dozens with his bow and prepared hidden weapons while the surviving attackers advanced.

• Lin Feng ordered the Iron Rod Gang to surrender, but Jiang Tiesheng told the martial artists inside that the Mayi Guard was only a rival gang pretending to be officials.
• Lin Feng commanded the Mayi Guard to fire Phosphorus Fire Arrows, and the burning town sent people fleeing into Xiao Ming’s pit traps.
• Sun Yu ordered the fleeing survivors killed, while Zhang Xiaoyu and her squad shot those who escaped the town’s perimeter.
• Jiang Tiesheng led the Iron Rod Gang members and martial artists in a charge, deliberately staying behind them to seek a chance to attack Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng fired all fifteen arrows from his quiver, killing more than fifty attackers, then raised his hand with steel pellets as the remaining enemies charged.

Lin Feng wiped out the Iron Rod Gang and captured Jiang Tiesheng, then pursued Ma Chuanzhi after the bald martial artist killed two Mayi Guards. Lin Feng forced Ma Chuanzhi to defend against a barrage of hidden weapons, and Ma Chuanzhi prepared to stake everything on a desperate strike.

• Lin Feng killed the Iron Rod Gang's attackers with steel pellets and captured Jiang Tiesheng for a public execution.
• Ma Chuanzhi fled town after killing two Mayi Guards, and Lin Feng chased him while ordering the others to return to the battlefield.
• Ma Chuanzhi revealed his Sun Moon Primordial True Qi and deflected Lin Feng's Crimson Gold Glaze, then launched a powerful attack that Lin Feng dodged.
• Lin Feng relentlessly fired hidden weapons, forcing Ma Chuanzhi to expend his True Qi defending himself.
• As Ma Chuanzhi's True Qi began to flicker, he gritted his teeth and prepared a desperate strike.

Lin Feng survived Ma Chuanzhi’s Sun Moon Primordial True Qi, killed him, and took the secret manual. After his companions found him, Lin Feng ordered the Mayi Guard to publicly execute Jiang Tiesheng in three days.

• Ma Chuanzhi wounded Lin Feng with Sun Moon Primordial True Qi, but Lin Feng survived and revealed his extraordinary durability.
• Ma Chuanzhi knelt and offered to serve Lin Feng, but Lin Feng shot him dead and looted his money and secret manual.
• Lin Feng studied Sun Moon Primordial True Qi, recognized its similarities to the Purple Moon Heart Sutra and Yin Yang Swordplay, and considered combining the arts.
• Zhang Xiaoyu, Sun Yu, Xiao Ming, and the others found Lin Feng; they were shocked to learn he had killed the famed Ma Chuanzhi, and several vomited after seeing the body.
• Lin Feng ordered his companions to announce Jiang Tiesheng’s public beheading in three days, hoping to earn merit and advance toward the Bone Refining Realm.

Lin Feng led the Mayi Guard in destroying the Iron Rod Gang and publicly executing Jiang Tiesheng, earning the people’s support and fame across Longyuan County. After suppressing nearly every gang in Qinghe County, Lin Feng received word that an envoy from Mayi Guard headquarters had arrived with a reward.

• Lin Feng posted notices announcing Jiang Tiesheng’s execution, and Qinghe County’s people celebrated the Mayi Guard’s destruction of the Iron Rod Gang and distribution of its seized silver.
• Lin Feng led Jiang Tiesheng’s procession to the market entrance as the crowd praised the Mayi Guard, while Zheng Tiejun watched and resolved to kill Lin Feng before he grew stronger.
• Lin Feng warned that anyone collecting protection money would meet Jiang Tiesheng’s fate, and Xiao Ming beheaded Jiang Tiesheng as Lone Wolf Li Jingfeng fled in fear.
• Lin Feng sent his men against gangs across Qinghe County, nearly eliminating them all except the Hungry Wolf Gang and becoming famous throughout Longyuan County.
• Lin Feng led his men to greet an envoy from Mayi Guard headquarters who had arrived to reward him.

Lin Feng received three Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills from a Mayi Guard envoy and converted them into Breakthrough Points, then used his growing stock to master and fuse serpent-related martial arts. After raising Myriad Beasts Fist and Golden Serpent Divine Art, he broke through from the Copper Muscle stage.

• Lin Feng welcomed the envoy, refused to trade his Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills, and let the envoy depart the next day.
• Lin Feng exchanged the three pills for 180 Breakthrough Points, bringing his total to 210.
• Lin Feng perfected Serpent Control Technique and Serpentine Movement, learning how Tao Xingye benefited from his bond with the demon snake.
• Lin Feng fused Serpent Control Technique into Thousand Beasts Fist and Serpentine Movement into Flying Sword Cloud-Piercing Steps.
• Lin Feng spent Breakthrough Points to raise Myriad Beasts Fist and Golden Serpent Divine Art to the sixth level.
• Lin Feng's body shone with golden light, and he announced that he had finally broken through.

Lin Feng reached the Bone Refining Realm (Iron Bones), fused sword and saber techniques into a more versatile art, and returned home to tell Zhou Chunlan about his breakthrough. The next morning, he discovered that his Life attribute had dropped by two points and wondered if it was caused by excessive indulgence.

• Lin Feng spent Breakthrough Points to perfect Yin Yang Swordplay, which advanced him directly to the Bone Refining Realm (Iron Bones).
• Lin Feng fused Basic Swordplay and the Wind-Breaking Saber Technique into Yin Yang Swordplay, turning it into Yin Yang Swordplay—Saber and gaining the ultimate skill Wind-Breaking Slash.
• Lin Feng returned to his Inner City home with two Wild Boars, shared a fine meal with his family, and told Zhou Chunlan about his breakthrough.
• Lin Feng passed the Sun Moon Primordial True Qi to Zhou Chunlan and told her to cultivate it properly.
• Lin Feng woke the next morning to find his Life attribute had fallen by two points and wondered if excessive indulgence had caused it.

Lin Feng prepared to bring down the Hungry Wolf Gang, while City Lord Zheng Tiejun asked him to spare it in exchange for resources. Lin Feng refused, and Zheng Tiejun left threatening to challenge him on the Life and Death Arena.

• Lin Feng realized his declining Internal Energy had lowered his Life Attribute, so he roasted and stored snake meat to replenish it when needed.
• Lin Feng instructed the Mayi Guard to gather evidence of the Hungry Wolf Gang's crimes.
• Zheng Tiejun explained that he supported the Hungry Wolf Gang to gain cultivation resources and asked Lin Feng to spare it.
• Lin Feng challenged Zheng Tiejun's decision to exploit the common people and declared that the Hungry Wolf Gang had to be eliminated.
• Zheng Tiejun warned Lin Feng that they would meet on the Life and Death Arena and then left.

Zheng Tiejun publicly challenged Lin Feng, and the Mayi Guard’s envoy urged Lin Feng to accept, offering a pill to boost his strength and promising rewards depending on the outcome. Lin Feng recognized that the proposed terms were poor and prepared to negotiate for better ones.

• Zheng Tiejun sent a public challenge letter accusing Lin Feng of provoking the City Lord’s Mansion, and Lin Feng’s allies urged him not to accept.
• Sun Yu went to attack the Hungry Wolf Gang while Lin Feng explained that he had to accept the challenge to protect the Mayi Guard’s dignity.
• Zheng Tiejun spread the challenge throughout Qinghe County, while Lin Feng waited to see how the higher-ups would respond and hoped to gain cultivation resources.
• The provincial City Lord’s Mansion sent Zheng Tiejun resources, and rumors publicized his Bone Refining Realm strength and past victory over a Demonic Sect expert.
• A Mayi Guard envoy arrived and asked Lin Feng to accept, offering a Blood Burning Pill and outlining rewards if he won or died.
• Lin Feng judged the proposed reward unfavorable and decided he would need to revise the terms.

Lin Feng accepted Zheng Tiejun’s life-and-death challenge and exchanged his promised rare pills for Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills, which he valued more. With the duel three days away, Lin Feng reassured his family while weighing how to use the pills to improve his chances.

• Lin Feng accepted the Mayi Guard’s challenge and traded the Blood Burning Pill and Dragon Blood Heart-Nourishing Pill for Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills.
• The envoy arranged for Lin Feng to receive three pills immediately and promised six more if he won the duel.
• Sun Yu told Lin Feng that Master Zhu had opened a betting pool against him, so Lin Feng went to Drunken Moon Pavilion and publicly accepted Zheng Tiejun’s challenge.
• Lin Feng bet one hundred thousand taels on his own acceptance, then ordered Sun Yu and his men to collect the winnings and seize valuables when necessary.
• Zheng Tiejun prepared to enter seclusion for three days, while the Mayi Guard commander and his aide debated Lin Feng’s chances and decided to watch the duel.
• Lin Feng’s mother and wife worried about the fight, but he assured them he would win and considered how to spend his new Breakthrough Points.

With his duel against Zheng Tiejun approaching, Lin Feng spent Breakthrough Points strengthening and fusing his martial arts, then returned to Mayi Guard headquarters confident he could win. The chapter ended as sword light shot into the sky from the City Lord's Mansion.

• Zhang Xiaoyu told Yun Mengwu he would wait until after Lin Feng's duel before leaving with her, and she reassured him that Lin Feng might defeat Zheng Tiejun.
• Lin Feng spent Breakthrough Points to perfect the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and fuse it with other defensive martial arts, then perfected two sword arts and fused them into Yin Yang Swordplay.
• Lin Feng kept 65 Breakthrough Points in reserve and judged that his life attribute and perfected supreme arts gave him an advantage over Zheng Tiejun, though he remained wary of Zheng Tiejun's Divine Sword Style One.
• Sun Yu gave Lin Feng two hundred thousand taels in banknotes, but Lin Feng offered the Mayi Guards a share and they urged him to save the money for his family.
• Lin Feng returned to Mayi Guard headquarters and saw a streak of sword light rise from the City Lord's Mansion.

Lin Feng learned that Zheng Tiejun had mastered the Sword Sect’s swift Sword Three and was widely expected to lose their duel. He reassured his family that he would win, still planning to defeat Zheng Tiejun with a sword.

• Wu Jinlei arrived in Qinghe County and worried that Zheng Tiejun’s newly mastered Sword Three could make it impossible to save Lin Feng.
• Zheng Tiejun celebrated his Sword Three breakthrough with the envoy and nearby city lords, who expected him to win the duel.
• The Mayi Guard envoy warned Lin Feng to prepare his funeral, but Lin Feng asked for a greater reward if he won and secured one additional Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pill.
• Lin Feng’s children feared he would die in the duel, while he told them to stay home and promised to bring back food.
• Zhou Chunlan asked whether Lin Feng could win, and Lin Feng resolved to make his name known the next day.

Lin Feng prepared for his life-and-death duel with Zheng Tiejun and discovered that tens of thousands of commoners had gathered to support him. He opened the fight with a powerful strike that forced Zheng Tiejun back, though observers warned that Zheng Tiejun’s true qi still gave him a decisive advantage.

• Lin Feng rested for two hours at the Mayi Guard before leaving for the duel, where his comrades and crowds of commoners cheered him on.
• Lin Feng helped children who had kowtowed to him to their feet and thanked the commoners, while Zheng Tiejun set out for the arena with officials and guards.
• More than ten thousand people followed Lin Feng out of the city, and over thirty thousand gathered around the arena to shout their support.
• Zheng Tiejun mounted the arena, and Lin Feng refused an offered bowl of tea before joining him with his saber and sword.
• Zheng Tiejun struck first with Basic Swordplay, but Lin Feng countered with Wind-Breaking Slash and drove him back several steps.
• Wu Jinlei judged that Lin Feng had likely reached the Iron Muscle realm but warned that Zheng Tiejun’s true qi could still overwhelm him.

Lin Feng overwhelmed Zheng Tiejun with perfected Basic Swordplay and revealed his Bone Refining Realm cultivation by destroying Zheng Tiejun’s Jian Yi with a Wind-Breaking Slash. As the crowd cheered Lin Feng, Zheng Tiejun prepared to take the Blood Burning Pill and stake his life on Sword Three.

• Lin Feng used perfected Basic Swordplay to force Zheng Tiejun onto the defensive, astonishing the Sword Sect members and spectators.
• Zheng Tiejun used True Qi to keep the fight even, then unleashed Jian Yi as a giant Sword Qi blade.
• Lin Feng drew his precious saber and shattered Jian Yi with Wind-Breaking Slash, revealing that he had reached the Bone Refining Realm.
• The City Lord’s Mansion envoy considered killing Lin Feng, while the Mayi Guard envoy wanted to protect and recruit him; Commander Wu Jinlei sensed a hidden expert with killing intent in the crowd.
• The crowd shouted for Lin Feng to win as Zheng Tiejun, overwhelmed by anger and unwillingness, bit open the Blood Burning Pill and prepared to use Sword Three.

Lin Feng defeated Zheng Tiejun with his Yin Yang Sword Shield and spared him, turning their duel into a reconciliation while remaining wary of a hidden enemy. The Mayi Guard doubled Lin Feng’s promised reward, and its Commander and guard pursued the person who had threatened him.

• Zheng Tiejun attacked Lin Feng with Sword Three, but Lin Feng blocked most of the strike with his Yin Yang Sword Shield and endured the rest with his defensive skills.
• As Zheng Tiejun fell, Lin Feng sensed someone preventing him from killing Zheng and chose to spare him, telling him he had become fixated.
• Lin Feng and Zheng Tiejun made peace and walked off the arena together, leaving the crowd and their companions astonished.
• Lin Feng stayed alert for the hidden attacker and cautiously drank tea alongside Zheng Tiejun; the Mayi Guard Commander and his guard left to track the threat.
• The Mayi Guard envoy told Lin Feng his reward would be doubled, and Lin Feng confirmed that his seven promised pills would become fourteen.

After defeating Zheng Tiejun, Lin Feng won the commoners’ support by promising village protection and compensating them for their time. He returned home to reunite with his family, then went to Mayi Guard headquarters at dawn to collect his reward.

• Lin Feng sent Sun Yu and Zhang Xiaoyu to exchange banknotes and promised five hundred copper coins to each commoner who had come to support him.
• Lin Feng heard the villagers’ concerns, promised to station Mayi Guard personnel in every village, and secured commitments from the yamen and City Guards.
• Sun Yu, Zhang Xiaoyu, and the Mayi Guard returned with money, which they distributed to the commoners before escorting them home.
• Zheng Tiejun conceded defeat and told Lin Feng he planned to resign and return to the mountain.
• Lin Feng reunited with his five children, shared an evening with his family and friends, and spent the night with Zhou Chunlan.
• Lin Feng went to Mayi Guard headquarters early the next morning to claim his generous reward.

Lin Feng received fourteen Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills and an advance copy of Divine Sword Style One from Han Qianshan before the envoy left Mayi Guard. After arranging new patrols for Qinghe County, Lin Feng swallowed all fourteen pills and gained 840 Breakthrough Points.

• Lin Feng met Han Qianshan at Mayi Guard, where Han said he was leaving and gave Lin Feng a handwritten manual for Divine Sword Style One.
• Lin Feng memorized the manual, destroyed it, and received exactly fourteen Sixty-Year Power-Boosting Pills from Han Qianshan.
• Lin Feng escorted Han Qianshan out of the city, then assigned sixty-one people to patrol Qinghe County's villages and towns.
• Lin Feng sent Song Dahu to Beast Fist Sect to recruit forty people and planned to recruit twenty-one more locally.
• Lin Feng returned home and swallowed all fourteen pills, gaining 840 Breakthrough Points.