Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan created three Human Grade martial arts for the Dragon Guard youths and an improved fist art for Master Wu, then oversaw the youths’ painful training as several subordinates advanced. Five days later, Wang Cheng brought Lin Yuan an urgent request for investigative assistance from Qingshan Commandery.

• Lin Yuan simplified the Savage Bear Tyrant Body Art using ordinary bear blood, forged a saber art and movement technique, and improved Master Wu’s health-preserving fist.
• Lin Yuan gave Master Wu the new fist manual, then presented the Dragon Guard youths with the Tyrant Body Art, Life-Severing Wind-Listening Saber, and Flowing Cloud Wind-Chasing Steps.
• Lin Yuan warned the youths about the Tyrant Body Art’s painful bear-blood baths, and the youths began training without backing down.
• Over the next several days, Lin Yuan reached the early second rank force-gathering realm, while Lin Jiu, Wang Cheng, and the dark-skinned youth advanced in cultivation.
• Five days later, Wang Cheng brought Lin Yuan an urgent investigation request from Qingshan Commandery.

After the Blood Blade Sect master fled into Ping'an County and slaughtered an entire alley, Lin Yuan organized the county’s defenders and forced the four great Lineages to provide guards. The city was sealed off, and Heigou’s patrol encountered a lurking figure as night fell.

• Lin Yuan learned that the Blood Blade Sect master had fled south after using a demonic saber to break through the Dragon Guard’s blockade, so he ordered patrols throughout Ping'an County.
• Lin Yuan discovered that five constables and all 236 residents of Muddy Water Alley had been killed, confirming that the sect master had entered the city.
• Lin Yuan demanded 100 household guards from each of the four great Lineages, then beat Wang Chong and two Wang Clan Attendants when they resisted.
• The four Lineages surrendered 400 guards, and Lin Yuan deployed them to cover every part of Ping'an County.
• Heigou led a five-man patrol through an eastern alley as a dark figure watched them from beneath the eaves.