Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng stunned Professor Li Wen with a painting and left with An Jing and Su Cheng, then explained his painting practice to An Jing. Their conversation ended when Catherine appeared, kissed Chen Zheng, and accepted An Jing’s challenge.

• Chen Zheng gave Professor Li Wen his painting and left the lecture hall with An Jing and Su Cheng, while the students praised his skill and Li Wen regretted how he had treated An Jing.
• An Jing asked Chen Zheng about his painting ability, and he said he had practiced for a very long time using unusual materials.
• Catherine appeared on the garden path, clung to Chen Zheng, and kissed him in front of An Jing and Su Cheng.
• An Jing challenged Catherine by naming herself an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster of China, and Catherine answered with her identity as a Pureblood Vampire and future Countess.

Yu Canghai emerged from seclusion at the Su Family villa to face a Heavenly Tribulation, while Chen Zheng and the others watched. After lightning repeatedly struck Yu Canghai, he spat blood, leaving his survival uncertain.

• An Jing and Catherine fought to a stalemate, and Chen Zheng explained that an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster could not overwhelm a supernatural creature.
• Thunder revealed that Yu Canghai had drawn a Heavenly Tribulation while secluded at the Su Family villa, so Chen Zheng and Su Cheng hurried back.
• Yu Canghai emerged from seclusion and went into the courtyard to face the tribulation, with Chen Zheng standing guard.
• Lightning struck Yu Canghai repeatedly as the onlookers watched in fear.
• Yu Canghai spat blood amid the lightning, and Wen Tailai cried out while Catherine said he was finished.

Yu Canghai’s Heavenly Tribulation nearly overwhelmed him, but Chen Zheng intervened and effortlessly dispelled the lightning. Yu Canghai survived with his body beginning to transform, while everyone at the Su Family villa stood dumbstruck.

• Yu Canghai was struck down by repeated lightning, and Wen Tailai, An Jing, and Su Cheng begged Chen Zheng to help him.
• Chen Zheng entered the garden as another bolt descended and erased it with a casual swing of his palm.
• When three bolts targeted Chen Zheng, he blew toward them and made them vanish, then watched the thunderclouds disperse.
• Yu Canghai thanked Chen Zheng, who explained that he had only half-crossed the tribulation but had begun transforming toward the Terrestrial Immortal Realm.
• Yu Canghai swore loyalty to Chen Zheng, while the witnesses remained stunned by what they had seen.

Chen Zheng returned home after breaking Yu Canghai’s Heavenly Tribulation, then went to Qin Yi’s film set, where Zhang Fang interrupted filming and tried to have him attacked. Chen Zheng kicked Xu San into Zhang Fang and the wall, then asked Director Xu to resume filming.

• Chen Zheng and the three women left the Su Family villa, while Su Ziming and Wen Tailai marveled at his power.
• Chen Zheng unblocked An Jing at home, and Su Cheng decided she wanted him to do the same for her.
• Zhang Fang barged onto Qin Yi’s film set, insulted Chen Zheng for holding Yanran, and ordered Xu San to cripple him.
• Xu San lunged at Chen Zheng’s throat, but Chen Zheng kicked him into Zhang Fang and drove Zhang Fang into the wall.
• Chen Zheng told Director Xu that he had only kicked them because they interrupted filming, then asked to continue the shoot.

Chen Zheng drove off Young Master Zhang and Xu San, then filmed an intimate scene with Yanran while An Jing watched jealously. The filming ended with Director Xu hoping to cast Chen Zheng in an action film, while Yanran became more intrigued by him.

• Chen Zheng kicked Young Master Zhang into a wall and defeated Xu San, then told Director Xu to continue filming.
• Young Master Zhang’s companion fled with the unconscious Xu San after Chen Zheng warned him to leave.
• An Jing and Su Cheng arrived and watched Chen Zheng and Yanran film a kissing and bed scene; An Jing interrupted the first take before agreeing to stay calm.
• Chen Zheng and Yanran completed the scene, and An Jing left with Chen Zheng and Su Cheng.
• Director Xu decided to seek an action-film script for Chen Zheng, while Yanran watched Chen Zheng dreamily.

Zhang Nanguo learned that Zhang Fang had been crippled and ordered Qian Er to return to the Eagle Claw Sect and demand revenge against Chen Zheng. In Nan City, Jiang Rou used Chen Zheng as her boyfriend to reject Bai Ye, then shocked the crowd by kissing him in public.

• Zhang Nanguo slapped Qian Er for leaving Zhang Fang behind and learned that Zhang Fang could never practice martial arts again.
• Zhang Nanguo sent Qian Er back to the Eagle Claw Sect to tell Xu Hongfei that Chen Zheng had to suffer as badly as Zhang Fang.
• Chen Zhi warned Chen Zheng that Yanran belonged to the Red Dust Pavilion, while An Jing and Su Cheng discussed the hidden sect's reputation.
• Jiang Rou recognized that Bai Ye had followed her to Nan City with roses and asked Chen Zheng to pretend to be her boyfriend.
• Jiang Rou kissed Chen Zheng on the cheek, then French-kissed him in front of Bai Ye and the onlookers, declaring Chen Zheng the only man she would ever love.

At the South Wind Coffee House, Bai Ye threatened Chen Zheng after Jiang Rou rejected him, then attacked with the Bai family’s Divine Finger Flick. Chen Zheng turned the roses into deadly petals that wounded Bai Ye and left the onlookers facing a frightening display of his power.

• Jiang Rou dismissed Bai Ye and clung to Chen Zheng, while the onlookers laughed at Bai Ye’s threats.
• Bai Ye threatened Chen Zheng with money and violence, then launched rose petals at him with the Bai family’s Divine Finger Flick.
• Chen Zheng stopped the petals in midair and sent the 999 roses on the ground bursting into a shower of petals.
• Bai Ye demanded his sword, but the falling petals sliced him until he collapsed, bloodied.
• A gust swept bloodstained petals above the crowd, making the onlookers fear they could become lethal weapons.

Chen Zheng used a fake-filming story to send Bai Ye and Uncle Lin away, then went to Jasmine Bar with four women. There, An Jing and Jiang Rou competed for his attention while Yan Susu began to suspect his powerful family connections and wonder about his true identity.

• Chen Zheng convinced the bystanders that Bai Ye's beating was part of a production, and Uncle Lin took Bai Ye away in a Rolls-Royce.
• Chen Zheng told the curious crowd he was starring in an upcoming urban immortal cultivator story before entering a café with Jiang Rou.
• Chen Zheng arrived at Jasmine Bar with four women, and Yan Susu recognized Chen Zhi's likely connection to the Xining Chen Family.
• An Jing planned to get drunk so Chen Zheng would carry her home, while Jiang Rou said Chen Zheng would visit her and Chen Zhi that night.
• Chen Zheng suggested that An Jing and Jiang Rou be together with him, shocking Chen Zhi and intensifying Yan Susu's curiosity about his identity.

At Jasmine Bar, Yan Susu reflected on her feelings for Chen Zheng as the women discussed the sudden rise of China’s fourth Great Grandmaster. The sword-wielding girl arrived and fixed her attention on Chen Zheng, who recognized her Inner Charm Sword Technique, leaving Chen Zhi to ask how he knew the newcomer.

• Yan Susu considered her growing feelings for Chen Zheng and decided she would warn Xuefei to stay away from him.
• Chen Zhi and Jiang Rou told An Jing and Su Cheng that a young woman had become China’s fourth Great Grandmaster in less than half a month.
• A sword-wielding girl entered Jasmine Bar, and Yan Susu closed the bar and sent the customers and employees away.
• The women realized the newcomer was staring at Chen Zheng, who identified her Inner Charm Sword Technique as having reached great accomplishment.
• Chen Zhi asked Chen Zheng whether he knew the fourth Great Grandmaster.

Chen Zheng effortlessly defeated Hu Fei, an under-twenty Ancient Martial Grandmaster, and she recognized him as Ancestor Chen. Hu Fei revealed that her sect’s founder, Demon Consort Daji, had faked her death and gone to the Spirit Realm to search for Chen Zheng.

• Hu Fei attacked Chen Zheng with a sword strike at the pinnacle of ancient martial arts, and he sent her flying with a flick of his finger.
• Hu Fei rose, sheathed her sword, and bowed to Chen Zheng as the successor of the Inner Charm Sword, paying respects to Ancestor Chen.
• Su Cheng and Jiang Rou realized that Hu Fei’s sect descended from Demon Consort Daji, while Chen Zhi and Yan Susu were bewildered by the title.
• Chen Zheng asked whether Daji had left Earth, and Hu Fei said the sect records described how Daji faked her death after reaching the immortal dao realm and went to the Spirit Realm to search for him.

Chen Zheng reunited with Hu Fei, who recognized him as Ancestor Chen and pledged to obey him. When Jin Gou arrived at Jasmine Bar to kill Chen Zheng, Chen Zheng ordered Hu Fei to cut him down, and she killed him with one sword strike.

• Chen Zheng told Hu Fei that he might someday visit the Spirit Realm to see Her Ladyship, and Hu Fei explained that her sect had identified him as Ancestor Chen from its founder's portrait.
• Hu Fei pledged to obey Chen Zheng, while An Jing and Chen Zhi reacted with disbelief at the grandmaster's devotion.
• Jin Gou, master of the Eagle Claw Sect, barged into Jasmine Bar and threatened Chen Zheng for injuring his disciple and crippling Young Master Zhang.
• Jin Gou mocked Hu Fei and revealed that informants had tracked Chen Zheng through his girlfriend's conspicuous car.
• Chen Zheng told Hu Fei to kill Jin Gou, and Hu Fei drew her sword and cut him down.

After Hu Fei killed Jin Gou and the Eagle Claw Sect disciples, Chen Zheng said he would go to the Zhang Family himself to confront Zhang Nanguo. Zhang Nanguo learned Jin Gou was dead, then Chen Zheng arrived at the Zhang Family during a storm, untouched by the rain.

• An Eagle Claw Sect disciple revealed that Zhang Nanguo had hired Jin Gou to target Chen Zheng, and Chen Zhi and An Jing connected him to Chen Zheng's earlier fight with Zhang Nanguo's son.
• Hu Fei killed the remaining Eagle Claw Sect disciples and offered to go after Zhang Nanguo, but Chen Zheng said he would handle it himself.
• Chen Zheng declined to return to the Chen Family, while An Jing and Jiang Rou teased him about clearing their channels.
• Zhang Nanguo learned Jin Gou had died and suspected Chen Zheng had a powerful protector.
• Chen Zheng entered the Zhang Family courtyard through the pouring rain without getting wet, and Zhang Nanguo demanded to know who he was and why he had come.

Chen Zheng confronted Zhang Nanguo at the Zhang family villa, shrugged off a barrage of bullets, and crippled the Black List Grandmaster with one kick. He also defeated Zhang Nanguo’s Third Uncle, leaving both men alive but stripped of their martial arts.

• Chen Zheng revealed himself to Zhang Nanguo, who recognized him and fired, but the bullet stopped in front of Chen Zheng.
• Zhang Nanguo and his guards fired dozens of bullets, and Chen Zheng sent them back, leaving the guards wounded and Zhang Nanguo with a grazed cheek.
• Zhang Nanguo unleashed his Grandmaster-level Golden Bell Shield and attacked Chen Zheng, who broke it with one kick and severed Zhang Nanguo’s meridians.
• Zhang Nanguo accused Chen Zheng of using an evil martial art, but Chen Zheng dismissed his accusation and criticized his discernment.
• Zhang Nanguo’s Third Uncle ambushed Chen Zheng from the second floor, but Chen Zheng kicked him into the hall and crippled him as well.
• Zhang Nanguo’s Third Uncle condemned Chen Zheng for destroying their decades of cultivation, and Chen Zheng replied that he had spared their lives.

Chen Zheng crippled Zhang Nanguo and the Zhang Family’s hidden grandmaster, leaving them mentally broken, and the news sent China’s ancient martial arts world into turmoil. Chen Zhi hinted the mysterious expert was connected to the Chen Family before leaving for Nan City, while Qi Xiejia recognized the attacker and feared for his family; in Nan City, An Jing’s treatment ended in an awkward encounter with Chen Zheng.

• Chen Zheng crippled Zhang Nanguo and the Zhang Family elder, then used his power to leave them laughing like children with vacant minds.
• News of the two grandmasters’ defeat spread, and Chen Qian and the Chen Family elder speculated about the unknown expert while Chen Zhi hinted he was connected to their family and left for Nan City.
• Qi Xiejia recognized the attacker as someone he feared and repeatedly insisted that he knew nothing so the Qi family would be spared.
• Chen Zheng finished clearing An Jing’s blockages, and she teased him about finding her attractive.
• An Jing stood up without clothes, and Chen Zheng began reciting poetry before she covered herself and threw a pillow at him.

Su Cheng and Chen Zheng picked up Su Cheng's master, Zuo Qinghong, at Nanshi East Station after she fled people sent by her sect. Zuo Qinghong sought refuge and hoped to gain Hu Fei's protection, but she doubted Su Cheng's claim that Chen Zheng could arrange a meeting.

• An Jing warned Su Cheng to watch out for Chen Zheng after leaving the bedroom.
• Su Cheng told Chen Zheng that her beautiful master was coming to stay with her, and they agreed to pick her up at the station.
• Zuo Qinghong hurried into Su Cheng's car and said someone was watching her.
• Zuo Qinghong mistook Chen Zheng for Su Cheng's boyfriend, questioned his composure at seeing her beauty, and heard him introduce himself as Su Cheng's bodyguard.
• Zuo Qinghong told Su Cheng she had come to take refuge and seek Hu Fei's protection from people in her sect who wanted to marry her off.
• Su Cheng said Chen Zheng could arrange a meeting with Hu Fei, but Zuo Qinghong replied that she did not believe it.

At Wanhua Grand Restaurant, Chen Zheng cured Zuo Qinghong’s cultivation ailment and summoned Hu Fei, the fourth Great Grandmaster, to help protect her. Astonished by his abilities, Zuo Qinghong decided to follow Chen Zheng from then on.

• Zuo Qinghong worried that her sect’s pursuer would find her before the fourth Great Grandmaster arrived, while Su Cheng reassured her that the meeting was real.
• Chen Zheng examined Zuo Qinghong’s true qi and cleared the disrupted circulation with a touch.
• Hu Fei arrived and stood beside Chen Zheng after he asked her to look after Zuo Qinghong.
• Zuo Qinghong realized Hu Fei was the fourth Great Grandmaster and declared that she would follow Chen Zheng from then on.

Zuo Qinghong asked Chen Zheng for protection from the Sword Sect, and he agreed to face the disciple sent to capture her. When the Sword Sect disciple attacked Chen Zheng with sword qi, Zuo Qinghong warned him to watch out.

• Zuo Qinghong explained that she had fled the Sword Sect and feared being forced to marry a mountain scion, then asked Chen Zheng to shelter her.
• Hu Fei recognized Zuo Qinghong's connection to the Sword Sect, while Chen Zheng said he knew nothing about the sects that emerged after King Zhou of Shang.
• Chen Zheng spotted the Sword Sect disciple tracking Zuo Qinghong, and Su Cheng drove them to a secluded alley at his request.
• The disciple landed in front of the car, declared Zuo Qinghong a traitor, and drew his sword.
• Chen Zheng challenged the disciple to use all his sword moves within five minutes, and the disciple thrust sword qi at him as Zuo Qinghong cried out a warning.

Chen Zheng effortlessly neutralized Lin Muyun’s strongest sword techniques and crippled him with one kick. He left with Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong, while Lin Muyun realized he had been no more than a toy to Chen Zheng.

• Zuo Qinghong watched as Lin Muyun’s sword qi vanished against Chen Zheng without harming him.
• Lin Muyun’s Pure Yin Baleful Sword shattered on Chen Zheng’s clothes, and Chen Zheng urged him to use a stronger move.
• Lin Muyun unleashed his sword intent, Overturning Rain, Tilting Heaven, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed.
• Chen Zheng walked toward Lin Muyun and sent him flying with one kick, rupturing his meridians.
• Chen Zheng called Lin Muyun a toy, then left with Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong.

Zuo Qinghong experienced Chen Zheng’s miraculous true-qi unblocking technique and became convinced his power surpassed the ordinary martial world. Chen Zheng then vanished to help his maid, while Catherine faced a dangerous Taoist at Nan University.

• Zuo Qinghong questioned Chen Zheng’s strength, and Su Cheng explained that his unblocking technique had helped An Jing reach the Grandmaster Realm.
• Zuo Qinghong chose Chen Zheng’s high-end treatment and felt her meridians surge with power afterward.
• Zuo Qinghong guessed Chen Zheng came from a hidden family, but he said he had created the technique himself.
• Chen Zheng sensed his maid was in trouble and used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to leave.
• Zhang Zhengdao cornered the wounded Catherine inside a barrier and attacked her, intending to use her Pureblood Vampire nature for his secret art.

Chen Zheng rescued Catherine from Zhang Zhengdao and destroyed the Daoist with a single word. Catherine was left amazed by her master's strength.

• Catherine called for Chen Zheng when Zhang Zhengdao attacked her inside the barrier.
• Chen Zheng arrived, and Zhang Zhengdao demanded that he kneel, surrender his secret arts, and cripple his martial arts.
• Chen Zheng kicked Zhang Zhengdao's body away, but Zhang Zhengdao sent his soul out of his body and summoned Black and White Impermanence.
• Chen Zheng said, "Begone!" and shattered Black and White Impermanence and Zhang Zhengdao's soul.
• Zhang Zhengdao's body crumbled to dust, leaving Catherine stunned.