Jiang Fa endured poverty, dangerous debts, and demanding training to break through to Ming Jin and enter the inner courtyard. After returning home, he protected his family from local debt collectors, killed Liu Laizi, and began preparing to strengthen himself for the dangers and costs of inner-courtyard life.
Jiang Fa hunted Black Wind Ridge for money and medicine, repaid the Black Tiger Gang, and advanced to An Jin while improving his martial arts. After standing up to Xie Tan and accepting work with the Lin Lineage, he joined an escort to Lin County and helped repel a bandit attack.
Jiang Fa survived an ambush on the Lin Lineage caravan, returned home, and was drawn into a proposed marriage meeting with Tang Jin'er. When Tang Jin'er's scheme to escape with Meng Chang turned violent, Jiang Fa intervened and killed the attackers, leaving Meng Chang's fate to the Tang family.
Jiang Fa returned to Qingshan County, concealed his growing strength, and acquired new cultivation arts while trying to uncover who had targeted him. He killed more gang members and another assassin, leaving Constable Fang to connect the deaths as the threat against him remained unresolved.
Jiang Fa prepared for the Qingshan Martial Meet while threats from Ding Wanshan and rival fighters gathered around him. He won three bouts with his footwork and hidden strength, while Li Kunlun was ordered to kill him and Qin Xuan faced a dangerous opponent.
Jiang Fa and Qin Xuan fought their way into the top seven at the martial meet, where Jiang Fa revealed the full extent of his saber skill. Qin Xuan was badly injured by Li Kunlun, and Lin Feng warned Jiang Fa that a conspiracy might be behind the attack on the secret vein and several earlier incidents.
Jiang Fa won the Qingshan Martial Meet after killing Li Kunlun and Lu Jiu, then advanced his martial arts and reached Peak An Jin with an Essence-Concentrating Pill. Ding Wanshan vowed to avenge Lang Jiu by targeting Jiang Fa’s family.
After destroying the Blood Wolf Gang, Jiang Fa joined the Lin Lineage’s ambush against the Li Clan at Black Wind Ridge. The battle widened into a struggle over the ore vein, and Jiang Fa killed Li Canghai before an unknown figure challenged Shi Chongshan.
Jiang Fa rescued Lu Pingping and survived the abyss by mastering the Scarlet Flame Vermilion Fruits, while she revealed the Heavenly Demon Sect’s plan to make a Blood God Pill. They separated to seek help and check on their allies, leaving Jiang Fa to enter a tightly controlled Qingshan County.
Jiang Fa infiltrated the Wang Family estate and freed the prisoners before the Heavenly Demon Sect could refine their blood essence into Blood God Pills. The survivors escaped the dungeon and their allies joined the battle, but Wang Chengde summoned reinforcements and ordered everyone killed.
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