Chapter Summaries

After the Mysterious Cloud Temple went bankrupt, Jiang Tian’s master sent him down the mountain and died shortly after he left. Jiang Tian returned to his family home in Yunzhou City and found his sister Jiang Wan'er being attacked, so he rushed in to stop it.

• Jiang Tian's master told him the Mysterious Cloud Temple had gone bust and gave him permission to leave the mountain.
• Jiang Tian accepted his master's bundle, said goodbye, and discovered that the old Daoist had died.
• Jiang Tian buried his master, then flew by sword to his family home outside Yunzhou City.
• Jiang Tian heard Lame Yang threaten and assault Jiang Wan'er inside the house.
• Jiang Tian kicked open the door and vowed to kill anyone who harmed his sister.

Jiang Tian returned home and rescued his younger sister Jiang Wan'er from Lame Yang, then reunited with her after ten years apart. As Jiang Wan'er told him their parents were working in the city, she revealed that their lives had been badly affected while they searched for him.

• Lame Yang attacked Jiang Wan'er, but Jiang Tian burst into the room and killed him with a powerful slap.
• Jiang Tian awakened Jiang Wan'er and reassured her that he was her brother and would protect her.
• Jiang Wan'er recognized Jiang Tian, embraced him, and cried with relief; he concealed Lame Yang's death by saying he had chased him off.
• Jiang Wan'er cooked noodles for Jiang Tian, and he asked why she was alone and where their parents were.
• Jiang Wan'er explained that their parents worked in the city and described how their search for Jiang Tian had left their father disabled and their mother ill and nearly blind.

Jiang Tian reunited with his sister Jiang Wan'er and told her about his ten years cultivating on Azure Cloud Mountain, though she still thought he was mentally ill. After cultivating through the night, he decided to visit his parents in the city center.

• Jiang Tian blamed himself for his family's hardships, and Jiang Wan'er stopped him from hurting himself and asked where he had been.
• Jiang Tian told Jiang Wan'er about studying the Dao for ten years, but she mistook his story for delusion and promised to get him medical help.
• Jiang Wan'er gave Jiang Tian a quilt and hugged him after asking whether his return was real, while Jiang Tian vowed not to leave his family again.
• Jiang Tian meditated with the Great Dao Scripture and reflected on his Nascent Soul cultivation and the difficulty of advancing in an age with little spiritual energy.
• Jiang Tian found Jiang Wan'er's breakfast note the next morning, ate the food she had left, and decided to visit his parents.

Jiang Tian found his mother, Wu Xiuli, working as a housekeeper in an affluent villa and arrived just as the homeowner tried to assault her. The chapter ended with Jiang Tian kicking open the door and threatening the man.

• Jiang Tian used his spiritual sense to locate his parents in Yunzhou City and hurried to the villa where his mother worked.
• Wu Xiuli endured the mistress's insults and kept cleaning despite her painful back injury.
• The homeowner helped Wu Xiuli to the sofa, then grabbed her and offered her money to sleep with him.
• Wu Xiuli refused and tried to escape, but the homeowner threw her onto the sofa and attacked her.
• Jiang Tian kicked open the front door and threatened the homeowner for touching his mother.

Jiang Tian reunited with his mother, Wu Xiuli, and rescued her from her employer's attempted assault and false accusations. He took her away, secretly striking the middle-aged man with energy that would kill him within half a day.

• Jiang Tian burst in, threw the middle-aged man aside, and embraced Wu Xiuli after she recognized him as her son.
• Jiang Tian smashed the middle-aged man through a glass coffee table and knocked the plump woman down when she attacked him.
• The plump woman blamed Wu Xiuli and accused her of seducing her husband, then lunged at her.
• Jiang Tian lifted the plump woman by the throat but released her after Wu Xiuli begged him not to kill anyone.
• Jiang Tian told Wu Xiuli to quit and leave with him, then secretly sent a lethal surge of energy into the middle-aged man's chest.

Jiang Tian reunited with Wu Xiuli and took her to pick up his father, Jiang Chenglin, whose coworkers were bullying him over money. The chapter ended with Jiang Chenglin biting Yang Bin and taking back the cash as Yang Bin ordered the other guards to beat him.

• Jiang Tian reassured Wu Xiuli that he had returned for good and said he would explain where he had been after they picked up Jiang Chenglin.
• Jiang Tian took Wu Xiuli by bus to the company where Jiang Chenglin worked as a security guard.
• Jiang Chenglin asked Yang Bin to repay the money he owed, but Yang Bin instead demanded another five thousand yuan.
• Yang Bin and the other guards pressured Jiang Chenglin, then Xiaolong and Xiaohu pinned him down while Yang Bin took the cash from his pocket.
• Jiang Chenglin broke free, bit Yang Bin’s hand, and snatched back the money, prompting Yang Bin to order Xiaolong and Xiaohu to beat him.

Jiang Tian found his father, Jiang Chenglin, being beaten at the Su Group and killed the three men responsible before restoring his father with spiritual energy. After Jiang Chenglin reunited with his son and worried about the killings, a young man arrived looking for the dead men, and Jiang Tian admitted he had killed them.

• Jiang Tian and Wu Xiuli arrived at the Su Group to visit Jiang Chenglin, but Jiang Tian found him being beaten in the security office.
• Jiang Tian killed Liu Bin, Little Dragon, and Little Tiger with a single slap, then used spiritual energy to revive Jiang Chenglin.
• Jiang Chenglin recognized Jiang Tian, and father and son tearfully reunited while Wu Xiuli watched.
• Jiang Chenglin and Wu Xiuli warned Jiang Tian that killing the men could send him to prison, but he refused to turn himself in.
• A young man arrived asking Jiang Chenglin where Yang Bin and the others were, and Jiang Tian told him he had already killed them.

Jiang Tian admitted to killing three security guards, and surveillance footage confirmed his supernatural power as he left with his worried parents. A woman named Su recognized his face and name as those of someone missing for ten years, while Jiang Tian told his parents he had trained under a mountain master and offered to heal his father's leg.

• Jiang Tian told the guards he had killed Yang Bin and two others, and surveillance footage showed them vanishing after he raised his hand.
• Jiang Tian left with his parents and reassured them that they would face no consequences.
• Su spotted Jiang Tian as he walked away, then watched the guardroom footage and recognized him when Zhou Yang said his name was Jiang Tian.
• Jiang Tian returned home with his parents and told them he had spent ten years training on a mountain under a master.
• Jiang Tian rolled up his father's trouser leg and said he could heal the injury in one minute.

Jiang Tian healed his father Jiang Chenglin’s crippled leg with medicine and spiritual energy, bringing joy and renewed hope to his family. He and Jiang Wan'er went shopping for a celebratory dinner, laughing together in the sunset.

• Jiang Tian gave Jiang Chenglin powdered Bone Regrowth Pill mixed with water, then used spiritual energy to restore his leg and erase its scar.
• Jiang Chenglin stood and walked without pain, while Wu Xiuli cried with happiness at his recovery.
• Jiang Tian promised Jiang Chenglin and Wu Xiuli that he would give them a good life, and Jiang Wan'er thanked him for healing their father.
• Jiang Chenglin asked Wu Xiuli to buy groceries for a family celebration, but Jiang Tian and Jiang Wan'er went to the market instead.
• Jiang Tian and Jiang Wan'er teased each other while shopping, then laughed together as they headed through the sunset.

Jiang Tian celebrated his return with his family, then went out alone to revisit places from his childhood. At Yan Pass Lake, he encountered a fleeing man in black, who attacked him with a dagger and was sent flying by Jiang Tian.

• Jiang Chenglin worried that Jiang Tian could face legal consequences for the people who had died, but Jiang Tian assured him he would be fine.
• Jiang Tian shared a joyful family meal with Jiang Chenglin, Wu Xiuli, and Jiang Wan'er, and thanked his parents for everything they had done.
• After dinner, Jiang Tian left to get toiletries and walked through the neglected neighborhood to Yan Pass Lake.
• Jiang Tian reminisced about his childhood by the lake before hearing pursuers and seeing a man in black run toward him.
• The man in black mistook Jiang Tian for one of his pursuers, threatened him, and stabbed at him with a dagger.
• Jiang Tian swept his hand through the air, struck the man in the chest, and sent him flying backward.

Jiang Tian discovered that the attacker was Saburo Kageyama, a Fusang spy carrying stolen state secrets, and watched him battle the Special Security Bureau agents. When Saburo nearly killed Jiang Chenglong, Jiang Tian intervened and sent him flying.

• Saburo Kageyama attacked Jiang Tian, but Jiang Chenglong arrived and identified him as a spy who had stolen state secrets.
• Saburo Kageyama revealed his identity and defeated several Special Security Bureau agents with his internal-force martial arts.
• Jiang Chenglong confronted Saburo Kageyama, but Saburo outmatched him and slashed his thigh.
• Saburo Kageyama thrust his blade toward Jiang Chenglong's heart, and Jiang Tian appeared to stop the attack.
• Jiang Tian struck Saburo Kageyama and sent him flying dozens of meters, leaving his fate unknown.

Jiang Tian defeated the Fusang spy Saburo Kageyama and returned home, where he resolved to improve his family’s living conditions by earning money. The next morning, as he set out to find work, people from the South City Police Bureau knocked at his door.

• Jiang Tian subdued Saburo Kageyama with one move, and Jiang Chenglong arranged to take the spy back to headquarters while ordering an investigation into Jiang Tian.
• Jiang Tian returned home and helped Wu Xiuli and Jiang Wan'er cover a drafty wall, then promised his family he would give them a better life.
• Jiang Tian spent the night on the living-room sofa and decided he needed to find a way to earn enough money for a new house.
• Jiang Tian bought breakfast for his family, then left to look for work after Jiang Wan'er went to school.
• Someone outside Jiang Tian's home announced that they were from the South City Police Bureau and ordered him to open the door.

Jiang Tian refused to flee or submit to the police’s arrest, then overwhelmed the officers who tried to restrain him. He spared them at Wu Xiuli’s plea and demanded that their highest-ranking official come to his home within ten minutes.

• Wu Xiuli and Jiang Chenglin feared the police had come to arrest Jiang Tian, but Jiang Tian calmly went to answer the door.
• The armed officers identified Jiang Tian as a murder suspect and attempted to handcuff him despite his parents’ protests.
• Jiang Tian refused handcuffs and ordered the officers to put away their guns; when they tried to seize him, he knocked them down and sent them flying into a police car.
• Jiang Tian used spiritual energy to bring the other officers to the ground and prepared to attack further, but Wu Xiuli stopped him from killing them.
• Jiang Tian warned the officers, displayed his power by carving a trench in the ground, and sent his parents inside.
• Jiang Tian demanded that the police chief arrive within ten minutes, and the officer in charge called his superior for help.

Jiang Tian confronted Chief Yang and the armed reinforcements after admitting he had killed three people, while his parents tried to shield him from execution. As the officers prepared to shoot, Jiang Chenglong of Special Security Bureau Group Seven arrived and ordered them to lower their weapons.

• Yang Shengli arrived with Special Operations Soldiers, heard Wang's account, and ordered Jiang Tian to surrender or be shot.
• Jiang Tian seized Yang Shengli and flattened a Special Operations Riot Vehicle with a palm strike, warning that no one could stop him.
• Yang Shengli ordered the soldiers and snipers to open fire after Jiang Tian admitted killing three people.
• Jiang Chenglin and Wu Xiuli rushed outside to plead for their son's life, and Yang Shengli ordered them pulled away before the shooting.
• Jiang Tian released a visible field of energy as the soldiers prepared to fire, but Jiang Chenglong arrived and identified himself as leader of Special Security Bureau Group Seven, ordering the officers to lower their weapons.

Jiang Chenglong arrived with proof of Jiang Tian’s national service, stopping Yang Shengli’s attempt to arrest him and presenting him with the Guardian of the Nation honor. He then tried to recruit Jiang Tian into the Special Security Bureau, but Jiang Tian refused and went back into his courtyard.

• Yang Shengli recognized Jiang Chenglong’s Special Security Bureau credentials and ordered his soldiers to lower their guns.
• Jiang Chenglong presented Jiang Tian with a banner naming him Guardian of the Nation for capturing a Fusang spy who had stolen military secrets.
• Jiang Chenglong reprimanded Yang Shengli for trying to arrest and execute Jiang Tian, then ordered him to resign; Yang Shengli collapsed and pleaded for forgiveness.
• Jiang Tian explained why Yang Shengli had come after him, and Jiang Chenglong promised to handle the matter and gave him a medal.
• Jiang Tian dismissed the medal as empty ceremony and refused Jiang Chenglong’s offer to join the Special Security Bureau.
• Jiang Tian supported his parents and returned to his courtyard while Jiang Chenglong hurried after him, still pitching the job.

After the Special Security Bureau thanked Jiang Tian for helping capture a spy, he rejected its offer to join and went to South City to look for work. As he considered selling his medicinal pills for money, he heard a nearby vendor claiming to be Hua Tuo’s successor.

• Jiang Tian reassured his parents that he was safe, and Jiang Chenglong explained that he had helped capture a spy and earned the Guardian of the Nation Medal.
• Jiang Chenglong tried to persuade Jiang Tian to join the Special Security Bureau, but fled when Jiang Tian threatened to confront him.
• Wu Xiuli urged Jiang Tian to take the job until he explained its deadly risks, and Jiang Chenglin reminded him to obey the law and make his own choices.
• Jiang Tian left to seek work in South City, rejected the low-paying openings, and considered selling his medicinal pills.
• Jiang Tian heard a nearby vendor advertise a miraculous medicine as a thirty-seventh-generation Hua Tuo successor and realized someone had already tried his money-making idea.

Jiang Tian watched a roadside doctor claiming to be Hua Tuo’s successor sell pills that genuinely relieved people’s ailments. As the stall drew a long line, a woman in a Cullinan wondered whether the doctor could treat her grandfather’s injury.

• An old doctor claimed to be Hua Tuo’s thirty-seventh-generation successor and offered to cure people without charge if his treatments failed.
• The doctor diagnosed a young man with weak kidneys and gave him a pill, which quickly restored his sexual potency; the young man paid ten thousand for it.
• A bald man bought a pill for the same problem, and other customers lined up as their symptoms disappeared after taking the doctor’s medicine.
• Jiang Tian recognized the pill as a simplified Minor Restoration Pill and considered how much he could charge for his own medicine.
• A woman wearing sunglasses watched from a Cullinan and wondered whether the doctor could treat her grandfather’s injury.

A wealthy woman tested the old miracle doctor's pill and, impressed by its effect, offered him one million yuan to examine her ailing grandfather. The old miracle doctor agreed to go with her, while Jiang Tian watched the exchange.

• The woman and Uncle Ming arrived at the stall, where the old miracle doctor was selling pills to a crowd.
• The old miracle doctor identified the woman's symptoms and offered her a pill, which she swallowed despite Uncle Ming's warning.
• The woman felt refreshed after taking the pill and asked the old miracle doctor to examine her grandfather.
• The woman offered him one million yuan regardless of the outcome, and the old miracle doctor agreed to accompany her.

Jiang Tian challenged a self-proclaimed Hua Tuo successor and was taken with him to treat a woman’s grandfather. The journey ended at the Ning Prince’s Mansion, whose name startled Jiang Tian.

• Jiang Tian offered to examine the woman’s grandfather and challenged the elderly miracle doctor’s credentials.
• Jiang Tian exposed the doctor’s false claim to be Hua Tuo’s thirty-seventh-generation successor, and the crowd demanded refunds.
• The woman acknowledged that the doctor’s pill had helped her, then invited both men to treat her grandfather and warned them not to deceive the Ning Family.
• Uncle Ming forced the frightened elderly miracle doctor into the car, and the group traveled to the Ning family residence.
• Jiang Tian saw the plaque reading “Ning Prince’s Mansion” and was startled.

Jiang Tian and a nervous old charlatan were brought to the Ning Family’s estate to examine the ailing Ning Rulong, the celebrated Great General Who Guards the South. Ning Rulong asked the charlatan to begin treating him, leaving Jiang Tian to watch.

• Ning Hongzhuang led Jiang Tian and the old charlatan into the Ning Family estate and warned them to keep quiet near her grandfather.
• The old charlatan revealed that Ning Hongzhuang was the head of the Ning Corporation and complained that Jiang Tian had dragged him into danger.
• Jiang Tian and the old charlatan met the frail Ning Rulong, whom the old charlatan recognized as the Great General Who Guards the South.
• Jiang Tian said he was neither the charlatan’s apprentice nor his student, then introduced himself to Ning Rulong.
• Jiang Tian mocked the old charlatan for claiming to be Hua Tuo’s successor, and Ning Rulong asked him to examine his condition.