Chapter Summaries

Lin Fei rejected Ye Xuyang's offer to become his disciple but accepted invitations to a calligraphy exhibition in Jinling. After arriving, he reunited with Chen Xiangyu and gave her Qi Gathering Pills, revealing that he had already made a whole batch of Grandmasters.

• Lin Fei criticized Wang Yong's calligraphy and suggested his fixation might be tied to Ye Ling, angering Wang Yong.
• Ye Xuyang asked Lin Fei to become his disciple, but Lin Fei refused and accepted two invitations to Ye Xuyang's calligraphy exhibition after hearing it included a Qinhuai River cruise.
• On the train to Jinling, Lin Fei said he planned to visit the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove.
• After separating from Ye Ling, Ye Xuyang, and Wang Yong, Lin Fei called Chen Xiangyu, who drove to pick him up.
• Lin Fei noticed Chen Xiangyu had reached the late Body Tempering stage, gave her Qi Gathering Pills, and said he had made a whole batch of Grandmasters.

Lin Fei took Chen Xiangyu to the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove and revealed its ancient connection to Yinglong, who had given him a peach branch and named him Heavenly Emperor Lin. He said Yinglong died after refusing to return to Donghuang Taiyi, then used his power to make the grove bloom for Chen Xiangyu.

• Lin Fei asked Chen Xiangyu to guide him to the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove instead of Jinling's major scenic attractions.
• Lin Fei told Chen Xiangyu that Yinglong had planted the peach branch that created the grove, then showed her a vision of the past.
• In the vision, Yinglong presented Lin Fei with a peach branch, and he explained that planting it would leave a legacy for future generations.
• Yinglong carved a dedication naming the place Peach and Plum Blossom Grove and commemorating her gift to Heavenly Emperor Lin.
• Lin Fei told Chen Xiangyu that Yinglong died after choosing to remain in the mortal world rather than return to Donghuang Taiyi.
• Lin Fei made peach and plum blossoms bloom across the grove, and Chen Xiangyu gazed at the transformed scene.

Lin Fei stayed at the Chen Family’s home in Jinling, where Chen Xiangyu’s parents welcomed him and Liu Jingyun tried to encourage a romance between him and her daughter. The next morning, news of dried corpses and a village massacre led Lin Fei to suspect the Blood Refining Technique.

• A passerby filmed the peach and plum grove blooming out of season and uploaded the video to Douyin.
• Chen Xiangyu invited Lin Fei to stay at her family’s home in Jinling, where Chen Zhengrong and Liu Jingyun welcomed him warmly.
• At dinner, Lin Fei said he had no girlfriend but had someone in his heart in Rongcheng, and Chen Xiangyu dropped her chopsticks and hid her tears.
• The next morning, Lin Fei heard servants discussing dried corpses on a barren mountain and a massacre in a village in Jiangnan Province.
• Lin Fei examined photos of the corpses on a servant’s phone and recognized the Blood Refining Technique.

Lin Fei went to investigate the sealed mountain crime scene and forced his way past Dragon Hidden guards. Hawkeye recognized him as Senior Lin, leaving Flying Tiger stunned after being ordered to apologize.

• Lin Fei set out to investigate the barren mountain where the incident had occurred.
• Lin Fei ignored the Dragon Hidden guards' warnings and swept past the cordon with a fierce gust of wind.
• Hawkeye ordered his men to stop the intruder and fired at Lin Fei when he appeared behind him.
• Lin Fei caught Hawkeye's bullet between two fingers, and Hawkeye greeted him as Senior Lin.
• Flying Tiger arrived and identified Lin Fei, but Hawkeye rebuked him and ordered him to apologize to Senior Lin.

Lin Fei and the Dragon Hidden members discovered that Lin Xinyu had used Heavenly Punishment to slaughter the Dark Night Organization and grow stronger. Hawkeye planned to rally Jiangnan’s ancient martial arts forces to find her, while Lin Fei revealed that he intended to eliminate the Wu Family after making use of its influence.

• Flying Tiger learned that Lin Fei was the Dragon King's master and apologized for his earlier conduct.
• Lin Fei identified Heavenly Punishment at the massacre site and reconstructed Lin Xinyu slaughtering the Dark Night Organization members with the demonic weapon.
• Hawkeye wanted to kill Lin Xinyu, but Lin Fei warned that she was too strong and said she would need time to refine the life essence she had absorbed.
• Hawkeye agreed to enlist Jiangnan’s five foremost ancient martial arts forces to search for Lin Xinyu, especially Douque Palace and the Wu Family.
• Lin Fei said the Wu Family should live a few more days because its influence was still useful, alarming the Dragon Hidden members.

After helping Dragon Hidden uncover a major lead, Lin Fei went sightseeing with Chen Xiangyu and agreed to attend a car race at Zhong Mountain. Meanwhile, Hawkeye traveled to Douque Palace to deliver an important message and learned that its princess and two supreme elders were in seclusion.

• Lin Fei left the police cordon unharmed as Dragon Hidden members respectfully called him Senior, while the onlookers watched in shock.
• Chen Xiangyu worried about problems with her family business and nearly crashed her Maserati, so Lin Fei took over driving.
• Chen Xiangyu suggested a car race at Zhong Mountain Golf Course, and Lin Fei decided they would go.
• Hawkeye flew to Douque Palace, where an outer disciple told him the princess and two supreme elders were in seclusion and the eldest senior brother was handling palace affairs.
• Hong Xiaowei, Douque Palace's eldest senior brother known as Loyalty Reaching Yuntian, came to receive Hawkeye.

Hong Xiaowei rallied Douque Palace and Jiangnan’s other major powers to help Dragon Hidden hunt Lin Xinyu, while Lin Fei took Chen Xiangyu to a racetrack and confronted Wu Yun when he threatened her. Wu Yun backed down after Lin Fei released his wrist, unaware that he had narrowly escaped disaster.

• Hong Xiaowei agreed to help Hawkeye find Lin Xinyu, then ordered Douque Palace’s disciples to investigate her whereabouts while sending three junior disciples to bring Ji Yaoguang back.
• The other four major powers of Jiangnan’s ancient martial arts world pledged to support Dragon Hidden against Lin Xinyu.
• Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu arrived at Zhong Mountain’s racetrack, where Wu Yun recognized Chen Xiangyu and approached them.
• Wu Yun insulted Lin Fei, threatened Chen Xiangyu, and tried to touch her cheek, so Lin Fei caught his wrist and warned him not to lay a finger on her.
• The organizer’s person in charge and Chen Xiangyu urged Lin Fei to let Wu Yun go, and Lin Fei released him.
• Wu Yun arrogantly claimed he was sparing Lin Fei for Little Liu’s sake, while the person in charge mistakenly believed his intervention had prevented a disaster.

Wu Yun challenged Lin Fei to a race, wagering that the loser would suffer a humiliating forfeit, and the two began racing on the track. Lin Fei drove his Maserati into a high-speed drift around the first turn, scraping the guardrail and showering sparks as Wu Yun followed.

• Wu Yun challenged Lin Fei to race, hoping to injure him in a track accident.
• Lin Fei accepted and wagered that Wu Yun would have to kowtow and admit defeat if he lost; Wu Yun countered that Lin Fei would crawl between his legs and call him Grandpa Wu if he lost.
• The crowd mocked Lin Fei as he and Wu Yun lined up in a Maserati and a Bugatti Veyron.
• The two cars launched from the starting line, and Wu Yun stayed behind Lin Fei, planning to use his Bugatti's speed to smash the Maserati.
• Lin Fei reached the first turn at 280 kilometers per hour and drifted without slowing, scraping the guardrail and sending sparks flying.

Lin Fei defeated Wu Yun in a race and then overpowered him and his bodyguards after Wu Yun refused to honor their bet. Wu Yun finally knelt and agreed to the wager, while the crowd stared in shock at the Wu Family heir’s defeat.

• Wu Yun accelerated his Bugatti toward Lin Fei, but Lin Fei’s Maserati spun around and an invisible barrier sent the Bugatti crashing into the track barrier.
• Wu Yun crawled from the wreckage and accused Lin Fei of crashing into him, but Lin Fei demanded that he honor their bet.
• Wu Yun refused and ordered two bodyguards to attack Lin Fei, who sent them flying with a single slap.
• Wu Yun recognized Lin Fei as a Grandmaster and boasted about the Wu Family, but Lin Fei slapped him and broke his arm and foot.
• Wu Yun screamed, agreed to honor the bet, and dropped to his knees as the onlookers watched in disbelief.

Wu Yun learned that Lin Fei was a Great Grandmaster after ordering an attempt to eliminate him, while Lin Fei left the racetrack with Chen Xiangyu. In Yundian Province, members of the Corpse Refining Sect unearthed a century-old jiangshi before a mysterious Illusion Sect member offered them a far more powerful corpse to refine.

• Wu Yun admitted defeat to Lin Fei, who drove away from the racetrack with Chen Xiangyu.
• Wu Yun ordered his followers to have Wu Yang eliminate Lin Fei, but Wu Yang revealed that Lin Fei was a Great Grandmaster and warned Wu Yun to stay home.
• In a burial ground in Yundian Province, Guo Zhiqiang unearthed a jiangshi, and Li Gang restrained it with a black talisman.
• A mysterious member of the Illusion Sect appeared behind the Corpse Refining Sect members and offered to help them refine the Black Flame Fire Phoenix buried in Black Bamboo Valley.

A mysterious Illusion Sect man persuaded Li Gang to ally with the Demon Sect and obtain the Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s corpse to kill Ji Yaoguang, revealing a plan involving the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Lin Xinyu and Datura were hunted across Jiangnan, and Lin Xinyu refused Wangliang’s demand to control her body as a powerful enemy approached.

• The Illusion Sect man offered Li Gang the Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s corpse in exchange for helping kill Ji Yaoguang, and Li Gang agreed.
• The black-robed man transformed into crows, then revealed a six-sided object marked with the Six Paths and said the Demon Venerable could return only through reincarnation.
• Lin Xinyu and Datura discussed how her identity had been exposed as the Jiangnan martial world pursued them.
• Wangliang warned Lin Xinyu that a Grandmaster Twelfth Layer expert with an extraordinary weapon was coming and demanded control of her body.
• Lin Xinyu refused Wangliang’s demand and threatened to die alongside him rather than surrender control or accept his terms.

Wangliang taught Lin Xinyu and Datura Shadow Escape as Hong Xiaowei pursued them through the woods. Lin Xinyu escaped his freezing attack by burning Wangliang’s Life-Origin Divine Fire, leaving him furious over the loss.

• Wangliang passed the Shadow Escape technique to Lin Xinyu, who demanded he save the wounded Datura after Datura revealed he had a lead on the other half of Heavenly Punishment's blade.
• Wangliang taught Shadow Escape to Datura, and Hong Xiaowei arrived just as Lin Xinyu and Datura vanished.
• Hong Xiaowei tracked their footsteps and attacked Lin Xinyu with a blade of ice, cutting her waist as she dodged into a tree.
• Lin Xinyu's visible blood revealed her hiding place, and Hong Xiaowei sent freezing air over the woods to capture her.
• Lin Xinyu used Wangliang's Life-Origin Divine Fire to dispel the freezing air and flee, prompting Wangliang to curse at her over the loss.

Lin Xinyu escaped Hong Xiaowei with Wangliang’s help, but his remnant soul exhausted its strength and fell silent. The next day, the Wu Family announced that its old patriarch had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and sent Chen Zhengrong an invitation to celebrate.

• Wangliang taught Lin Xinyu Swift Flash and Shift Form and Swap Shadow, allowing her to counterattack Hong Xiaowei before escaping with Earth Travel.
• Lin Xinyu fled downstream and collapsed, while Wangliang said he had spent his remaining strength and urged her to gather life essence and contact Datura for Heavenly Punishment’s other half.
• Wangliang’s voice faded until he fell silent, and Lin Xinyu gripped Heavenly Punishment with killing intent toward the middle-aged swordsman.
• The Wu Family announced that its old patriarch had broken through to the Great Grandmaster Realm and prepared a banquet for guests across Jinling and Jiangnan.
• Chen Zhengrong dropped and shattered a porcelain cup when he heard the news, then learned that a Wu Family messenger had brought him an invitation.

Wu Yang forced his way into the Chen Family home to deliver an invitation, humiliating Chen Zhengrong and injuring Wang Long. Lin Fei arrived with Chen Xiangyu, struck Wu Yang through a courtyard wall, and told him to warn Old Master Wu that he would turn the celebration banquet into a birthday banquet.

• Wu Yang forced his way into the Chen Family home, injured its people, and demanded that Chen Zhengrong pick up his invitation.
• Wu Yang kicked Wang Long down and crushed his hand when he tried to retrieve the invitation.
• Chen Zhengrong prepared to fight, but Wu Yang threatened his family and forced him to back down.
• Chen Xiangyu returned with Lin Fei, and Wu Yang froze when he saw the Grandmaster.
• Wu Yang boasted that Old Master Wu had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and possessed a powerful bronze oil lamp, but Lin Fei slapped him through the courtyard wall.
• Lin Fei told Wu Yang to warn Old Master Wu that he would turn the celebration banquet into a birthday banquet.

Lin Fei healed the Chen Family and accepted the Wu Family’s invitation despite Chen Zhengrong’s warnings. Meanwhile, Chen Longxiang withdrew from the South China Sea and agreed to attend Wu Tao’s banquet, where Wu Tao planned to use him to kill Lin Fei.

• Wu Yang fled after Lin Fei threatened the Wu Family, and Lin Fei told Chen Zhengrong that his dispute with the family was an old score.
• Chen Zhengrong warned Lin Fei that Wu Tao had ties to the Saber Sect and that the Wu Family possessed a dangerous oil lamp, but Lin Fei dismissed the danger and accepted the invitation bearing his name.
• Lin Fei healed the injured Chen Family members and realized the Wu Family might be using the banquet to target him and the Chens.
• Chen Longxiang ordered Dragon Hidden to withdraw from the South China Sea after learning the underwater phenomenon lay beyond Huaxia’s territorial waters, but instructed them to keep monitoring it.
• Chen Longxiang agreed to attend Wu Tao’s banquet while traveling to Jiangnan Province to deal with Heavenly Punishment.
• Wu Tao told Wu Yang that Chen Longxiang would attend and vowed to ensure Lin Fei came to the banquet but never left.

Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu headed to Ye Xuyang's calligraphy exhibition on the Qinhuai River after Lin Fei revealed he had two handwritten invitations. At the entrance, guards questioned the invitations, and Wu Qing arrived to mock Chen Xiangyu before Lin Fei insulted her.

• Lin Fei showed Chen Xiangyu two handwritten invitations from Ye Xuyang, and she explained their extraordinary value.
• Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu reached the exhibition boat, where security guards doubted that their invitations were genuine.
• Wu Qing mocked Chen Xiangyu for apparently lacking an invitation and recognized Lin Fei as Senior Lin.
• Wu Qing flirted with Lin Fei and asked what kind of air he thought she had, and Lin Fei called it the air of a dumbass.

Lin Fei defended Chen Xiangyu after Wu Qing and the guests mocked her for presenting supposedly forged invitations to Ye Xuyang’s calligraphy exhibition. Ye Ling confirmed that the invitations were genuine, leaving the crowd and a man who had confidently denounced them in awkward silence.

• Lin Fei insulted Wu Qing’s family, and Wu Qing stopped her two companions from challenging him because she feared his retaliation.
• Wu Qing waited for Chen Xiangyu to be embarrassed while arriving guests mocked the Chen Family and claimed her invitations were fake.
• Lin Fei told the security guards to take the invitations to Ye Xuyang for verification, as onlookers continued to dismiss them as forgeries.
• Ye Ling called to Lin Fei from the pleasure boat and said her father had been waiting for him, revealing that the invitations were genuine.
• The crowd turned toward the middle-aged man who had pronounced the invitations fake, and his confident expression froze.

Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu boarded the pleasure boat for the calligraphy exhibition after the crowd learned Lin Fei’s invitations were genuine. Inside, Lin Fei pointed out that three guests had been praising Ye Ling’s works as Ye Xuyang’s, leaving them scrambling to cover their mistake.

• The crowd mocked a man who had called the invitations fake, and the security guards apologized to Lin Fei for turning him away.
• Wu Qing slapped her companion when he suggested leaving and vowed to wait for her grandfather to confront Lin Fei.
• On the boat, Chen Xiangyu asked how Lin Fei had received the invitations, and he explained that he had met Ye Xuyang on a high-speed train and commented on his disciples’ calligraphy.
• Ye Ling greeted Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu before leaving them to explore the exhibition hall.
• Lin Fei told three members of the Jiangnan Province Calligraphy Association that the works they had praised as Ye Xuyang’s were actually Ye Ling’s, and they tried to excuse their error.

At Ye Xuyang’s calligraphy exhibition, Lin Fei offered to write Chen Xiangyu a piece, but she hoped to obtain one from Ye Xuyang himself. Ye Xuyang refused her request because she was from the Chen Family, then agreed to give Wu Tao a piece, leaving the crowd to mock the stark difference in treatment.

• Gou Fang challenged Lin Fei’s reaction to the calligraphy, but Lin Fei waved off the three Calligraphy Association members.
• Wu Qing arrived with her grandfather, Wu Tao, hoping Lin Fei would attack first and give Wu Tao an excuse to kill him.
• Chen Xiangyu admired Ye Xuyang’s calligraphy, and Lin Fei promised to write her a piece better than Ye Xuyang’s work.
• Ye Xuyang arrived, greeted Wu Tao, and then warmly approached Lin Fei.
• Lin Fei asked Ye Xuyang to give Chen Xiangyu a piece of calligraphy, but Ye Xuyang refused after Wang Yong reminded him she was from the Chen Family.
• Wu Tao asked Ye Xuyang for a piece, and Ye Xuyang agreed to give him one, prompting mockery from the crowd.

Lin Fei rejected Ye Xuyang’s offer to become his disciple and criticized the Calligraphy Sage’s work as ordinary. After the crowd challenged him to demonstrate his own skill, Lin Fei agreed to do so.

• Ye Xuyang offered to give Wu Tao a piece of calligraphy for free after refusing Chen Xiangyu, and Lin Fei told Chen Xiangyu he would give her works by Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi.
• The crowd mocked Lin Fei’s claim that he owned calligraphy by both ancient masters, while Ye Xuyang again asked him to become his disciple.
• Lin Fei declined Ye Xuyang’s offer and described his calligraphy as technically proficient but lacking spirit and far too ordinary.
• Ye Xuyang challenged Lin Fei to show his skill, and Lin Fei agreed, saying he would oblige if Ye Xuyang wanted to humiliate himself.