Recaps

Lin Fan helped Yang Kuan defeat a bandit and nearly died in the fight, but the two survived and returned toward the manor. Yang Kuan offered to introduce Lin Fan to his master so they could become true fellow disciples.

• The bandit used Lin Fan as bait to ambush Yang Kuan, breaking his ribs with a palm strike.
• Lin Fan stabbed the bandit in the back of the head with a broken arrow and kicked it deeper, but the bandit wounded him in return.
• Yang Kuan struck the bandit from behind, killing him, then asked Lin Fan to give him a healing pill.
• Lin Fan looted the bandit's pouch, and Yang Kuan let him keep the money.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan his name and offered to introduce him to his master as a potential fellow disciple.

After surviving an attack, Lin Fan cultivated through a night of mounting deaths and perfected Gale Leg. Yang Kuan then revealed that the martial arts hall had been trapped in a deadly trial, leaving Lin Fan resolved to fight back despite the overwhelming odds.

• Lin Fan treated his injured shoulder with Broken Bone Salve and practiced Gale Leg while cries announced the deaths of several disciples.
• Lin Fan perfected Gale Leg before sunrise, then continued cultivating toward its intent level.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan he could no longer introduce him to his master because he expected not to survive the mission.
• Yang Kuan explained that the Green Snake Bandits' young chief was undergoing a trial and that a powerful protector had trapped everyone in town.
• Yang Kuan warned Lin Fan to flee when battle began and asked him to carry a final message to his master if he survived.
• Lin Fan clenched his fists and resolved to make his enemies pay, even if he died fighting them.

Lin Fan reached Intent Realm in Gale Leg and discovered he could use his blood Qi to temper his body directly, making his cultivation far faster despite his injured shoulder. After attaining lesser accomplishment in the Body Tempering Art, he joined the outer courtyard disciples in protesting Senior Brother Tan’s order to patrol the medicinal fields again.

• Lin Fan completed Gale Leg at Intent Realm and realized his speed still might not be enough to escape an Eighth Grade Greater Accomplishment martial artist.
• Lin Fan discovered that his control of blood Qi let him temper his body without practicing the Body Tempering Art normally, and the Fate Panel recorded his progress.
• Lin Fan rapidly advanced the Body Tempering Art until his sinews and bones rang in unison, then continued cultivating toward Ninth Grade Perfection.
• Lin Fan saw the inner courtyard disciples grieving the four deaths from the previous night at dinner.
• Senior Brother Tan ordered the outer courtyard disciples to patrol the medicinal fields again, and they protested that the bandits would kill them.

Lin Fan hid from the Green Snake Bandits while cultivating until he reached body tempering major accomplishment and unlocked Gang Qi. When a bandit found him and attacked, Lin Fan killed him with a single strike.

• Senior Brother Tan killed an outer court disciple who questioned his orders, then sent Lin Fan and the others to patrol as bait.
• Lin Fan hid in a herb field and continued practicing the Body Tempering Art while Senior Brother Tan and the inner court disciples prepared to attack the bandits.
• A bandit set the herb field on fire to flush Lin Fan out, but Lin Fan kept cultivating as the flames spread toward him.
• Lin Fan reached body tempering major accomplishment and discovered that he could wield Gang Qi.
• The bandit attacked Lin Fan, and Lin Fan killed him with a blast of Gang Qi.

Lin Fan returned to the manor after killing a bandit and found the mission force nearly wiped out. As the survivors prepared for a final battle, he cultivated desperately and resolved to help Yang Kuan escape if he could.

• Lin Fan found two gold leaves on the bandit, destroyed the corpse in the fire, and returned to the manor.
• Lin Fan learned that a bandit ambush had killed most of the disciples, leaving only seven survivors, including Yang Kuan and Tan Lin.
• Lin Fan cultivated through the night and into the next day, reaching five thousand progress in Body Tempering Art and gaining tremendous strength.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that the final battle would come that night and that the outer court disciples would flee in separate directions.
• Lin Fan learned that the manor’s mole had been dealt with, vowed to help Yang Kuan if possible, and continued cultivating as the survivors ate their last supper.

Lin Fan escaped the town, killed two bandits, and hid in the hills to cultivate, but he discovered Tan Lin fleeing the same pursuit. As the bandit chasing Tan Lin was weakened by poisoned needles, Lin Fan prepared to kill Tan Lin in the woods.

• Lin Fan accepted Yang Kuan’s bundle of silver and letters, then left through the south gate after nightfall.
• Lin Fan killed two bandits who blocked his path, took their money pouches, and fled into the hills to cultivate.
• Lin Fan saw two eighth-rank bandits approaching and learned that one of them was chasing Tan Lin, who had disguised himself as an outer courtyard disciple to escape.
• Tan Lin fought the bandit, was badly injured, then struck him with poisoned Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles and fled into the woods.
• Lin Fan watched Tan Lin enter the woods and resolved to kill him.

Lin Fan killed the wounded Tan Lin and took his gold, then pursued the poisoned Green Snake Bandit guardian. He defeated the guardian with repeated Gang Qi attacks, leaving his corpse behind.

• Tan Lin ordered Lin Fan to help him, but Lin Fan refused and killed him with Gale Leg Gang Qi.
• Lin Fan took eight gold leaves from Tan Lin, destroyed his corpse, and set the weeds on fire to erase the evidence.
• Lin Fan approached the poisoned guardian, who mistook him for Tan Lin before recognizing his Intent Realm Gale Leg.
• The guardian tried to flee as Lin Fan kept his distance and struck with Gang Qi, worsening the poison in the guardian’s body.
• The guardian’s Golden Bell Shield broke under Lin Fan’s attacks, and the guardian fell dead.

Lin Fan killed the Green Snake Bandits’ protector, then returned to the manor and slaughtered the bandits who had captured Yang Kuan. He left with ten thousand taels of silver and found Yang Kuan still alive.

• Lin Fan killed the protector, buried his body to hide the evidence, and took a pouch full of gold leaves.
• Lin Fan discovered Yang Kuan and another inner court disciple tied up in the manor while bandits celebrated Zheng Huai’s rise as young chief.
• Lin Fan attacked the courtyard with Gang Qi, killing the bandits and badly injuring Zheng Huai.
• Zheng Huai mistook Lin Fan for Yue Shan and tried to leave, but Lin Fan killed him and looted his gold leaves.
• Lin Fan collected the bandits’ money, bringing his haul to ten thousand taels of silver, then checked Yang Kuan and found him alive.

After Lin Fan rescued Yang Kuan and another disciple from the burning manor, Yang Kuan offered him a chance to become Yue Shan’s nominal disciple if he achieved greater mastery of Iron Cloth Shirt. Zhang Yu and Li Feng then plotted to cripple Lin Fan and sabotage his treatment before he could meet that condition.

• Lin Fan brought Yang Kuan and another disciple safely back to Qingshan County, and Yang Kuan thanked him for saving his life.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that Yue Shan would take him as a nominal disciple once he achieved greater mastery of Iron Cloth Shirt.
• Han Feng told Zhang Yu that Lin Fan might become Yue Shan’s disciple, and Zhang Yu sought Li Feng’s advice.
• Li Feng ordered Zhang Yu to ensure Lin Fan never achieved greater mastery of Iron Cloth Shirt.
• Zhang Yu told Han Feng to have Lu Hao break Lin Fan’s arms and legs, then secretly put Bone-Eroding Powder in Lin Fan’s medicine.

Lin Fan trained with Young Master Tang, helping him improve his martial arts while advancing his own skills and earning silver. At an assembly celebrating Li Feng’s promotion, Lin Fan defied Zhang Yu and mocked him for demanding applause despite Lin Fan’s injured shoulder.

• Lin Fan waited for Young Master Tang, then sparred with him until Young Master Tang’s Gang-Breaking Fist reached major accomplishment, earning Lin Fan ten taels of silver.
• Young Master Tang continued sparring with Lin Fan, and his Gale Leg also reached major accomplishment, earning Lin Fan another ten taels.
• Zhang Yu’s lackeys announced that Li Feng’s Iron Cloth Shirt had reached major accomplishment and that Li Feng would become Hall Master Ma’s disciple.
• Han Feng brought Lin Fan to the assembly, where Zhang Yu led the outer court disciples in congratulating Li Feng.
• When Zhang Yu berated him for not clapping, Lin Fan said his shoulder was cracked and mocked Zhang Yu by asking if he should clap with his buttocks or fart like firecrackers.

Lin Fan humiliated Li Feng in front of the outer courtyard disciples, revealing his unexpected mastery of martial techniques. After Zhang Yu and Li Feng plotted to cripple him, Lu Hao returned to the dormitory, where Lin Fan’s next confrontation was about to begin.

• Zhang Yu stopped himself from slapping Lin Fan and let Li Feng challenge him instead.
• Lin Fan dodged Li Feng’s punch, struck him in the face, and knocked him down, earning the laughter and gratitude of the outer courtyard disciples.
• Zhang Yu helped the humiliated Li Feng leave, and the two resolved to have Lin Fan crippled.
• Lin Fan trained the Body Tempering Art in his dormitory until his progress reached 8200, then heard the senior brothers return from disaster relief.
• Lu Hao arrived at the dormitory, and the disciples feared for Lin Fan as Zhang Yu appeared to watch him get beaten.

Lin Fan effortlessly outmaneuvered Lu Hao in a dormitory fight, prompting onlookers to recognize his combat instincts as those of a possible combat prodigy. Lu Hao fled in humiliation, while Zhang Yu left determined to kill Lin Fan.

• Lu Hao confronted Lin Fan in the dormitory and attacked him, but Lin Fan tripped him and slapped him.
• Lu Hao pursued Lin Fan outside and attacked with his Gang-Breaking Fist, but Lin Fan dodged and kicked him in the groin.
• Lin Fan repeatedly evaded Lu Hao's attacks and struck openings in his defenses, stunning the crowd with his combat skill.
• The onlookers called Lin Fan a combat prodigy, and Zhang Yu feared how quickly Lin Fan might grow stronger.
• Lin Fan knocked Lu Hao down, and Zhang Yu left vowing to kill him; Lu Hao then fled the crowd in humiliation.

Lin Fan reached Body Tempering Perfection and demonstrated that his Iron Cloth Shirt had reached major accomplishment. Yue Shan confirmed his achievement and accepted him as a disciple, opening the way for Lin Fan to enter the inner court and pursue Bone Forging.

• Lin Fan completed Body Tempering Art, reaching perfection and gaining the strength of a hundred thousand jin.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that the Green Snake Bandits' lair was deserted and warned him to respect the martial arts hall's rules.
• Lin Fan revealed his major accomplishment in Iron Cloth Shirt, and Yang Kuan tested his arm with a cleaver before taking him to Yue Shan.
• Yue Shan tested Lin Fan, confirmed his Iron Cloth Shirt achievement, and accepted him as his disciple.

Lin Fan became Yue Shan’s disciple and entered the inner courtyard, where he began learning the Body Tempering Art while hiding how quickly he could master it. After hearing that Martial Dao Monsters with Divine Ability Bones were hunted for their bones, he resolved to keep his talent secret and looked for a way to obtain a Bone Forging method.

• Yue Shan accepted Lin Fan as his disciple, gave him a welcoming gift, and ordered Yang Kuan to register him and teach him the Body Tempering Art.
• Zhang Yu and Li Feng reacted with jealousy and anger to Lin Fan’s rise, and Zhang Yu decided that Lin Fan had to die.
• Yang Kuan registered Lin Fan as an inner courtyard disciple and showed him his private training room, where he began teaching him the Body Tempering Art.
• Yang Kuan described Martial Dao Monsters with Divine Ability Bones, and Lin Fan recognized that their talents resembled his own and feared his secret could make him a target.
• After lunch, Lin Fan asked Yang Kuan about Bone Forging, learned that Yang Kuan had not started it, and worried that he would need another way to obtain a Bone Forging method.

Lin Fan learned that Qingshan County had a black market and planned to seek a bone forging technique there, then returned to the rear courtyard with Yang Kuan. After reuniting with Wang Wu, Meng Lin, Sun Ming, and Fang Xiang, Lin Fan discovered Hu Gao had been stealing their medicinal food and mistreating them, so he and Yang Kuan planned to arrest him.

• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that Qingshan County's black market was near the south gate and warned him about its dangers, but Lin Fan secretly decided to go there that night for a bone forging technique.
• Lin Fan returned to the rear courtyard with Yang Kuan to visit his friends and confront the instructor who had treated them badly.
• Wang Wu, Meng Lin, Sun Ming, and Fang Xiang worried about Lin Fan and complained that Hu Gao had reduced their medicinal food while doubling their training.
• Lin Fan reunited with them and revealed that he had become an inner courtyard disciple under Head Steward Yue Shan and had publicly beaten Li Feng.
• Wang Wu and the others told Lin Fan that Hu Gao had skimmed their medicinal food and used the money to visit Pleasant Spring Pavilion; Yang Kuan entered and agreed to arrest Hu Gao with Lin Fan.

Lin Fan and Yang Kuan caught Hu Gao trying to kill Lin Fan and took him to the Law Enforcement Court for judgment. Lin Fan then told Young Master Tang Yan he was leaving his Human Stake duties, but Tang Yan decided to join him in cultivating the Body Tempering Art, and Yue Shan welcomed him into the courtyard.

• Lin Fan introduced Yang Kuan to Wang Wu and the others, who learned they would receive compensation for Hu Gao's abuses.
• Wang Wu told Lin Fan that Jiang Tong had been expelled after failing to learn Iron Cloth Shirt in ten days.
• Lin Fan and Yang Kuan waited at the market, then followed Hu Gao into an alley after Lin Fan called out to him.
• Hu Gao attacked Lin Fan, and Yang Kuan struck him down before the two men beat him and escorted him to the Law Enforcement Court.
• Lin Fan told Young Master Tang Yan he would stop serving as his Human Stake, and Tang Yan chose to cultivate the Body Tempering Art alongside him.
• Lin Fan brought Tang Yan to meet Yue Shan, who eagerly invited Tang Yan into his courtyard.

Lin Fan went to the black market to buy a bone forging cultivation technique, while Zhang Yu followed him intending to kill him. Lin Fan killed Zhang Yu on the way and reached the bustling black market.

• Young Master Tang joined Lin Fan in learning the Body Tempering Art from Yang Kuan.
• Lin Fan practiced the Gang-Breaking Fist, collected his money pouch, and left the martial arts hall for the black market.
• A gate guard informed Zhang Yu that Lin Fan had gone out, and Zhang Yu followed him toward the southern outskirts.
• Lin Fan met Zhang Yu in a clearing, where Zhang Yu revealed himself and attacked.
• Lin Fan crushed Zhang Yu's hand, snapped his neck, and took his money pouch.
• Lin Fan reached the southern city gate and found the brightly lit black market.

Lin Fan bought the Bone Forging Art from the black market, killed the robbers who tried to steal his gold, and began training. After learning that Hu Gao had been punished, Lin Fan turned his attention to Li Feng and learned that the Green Snake Bandits had targeted Young Master Tang’s family.

• Lin Fan verified the Bone Forging Art at a black-market stall, paid one thousand taels, and left with the manual.
• Six robbers ambushed Lin Fan outside the black market, but he killed them with Gang Qi and took their money pouches.
• Lin Fan returned to the martial arts hall, recognized a disciple who had tipped off Zhang Yu, and began practicing the Bone Forging Art.
• Lin Fan practiced the manual’s forms and saw his progress appear on the Fate Panel as entry level 10/2000.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that Hu Gao would have his martial arts crippled and be sent to a mine, while Lin Fan resolved to deal with Li Feng next.
• Young Master Tang told Lin Fan that the Green Snake Bandits had targeted his family and that he would be confined until they were dealt with; Lin Fan hinted that he would soon be able to go out again.

Lin Fan trained the Bone Forging Art, learned that Zhang Yu had disappeared and that Yue Shan could not intervene in the medicinal-meal scandal, then went to visit Zhang Meng. He rescued Zhang Meng from Blood Wolf Gang thugs and left one of them disarmed.

• Lin Fan practiced the Bone Forging Art until his progress reached 120, then heard Yang Kuan say Zhang Yu had gone missing and warn him to stay out of the outer courtyard's affairs.
• Lin Fan decided to uncover the reason Yue Shan could not stop Zhang Yu and left the martial arts hall to visit Zhang Meng.
• Lin Fan found two Blood Wolf Gang thugs demanding another fee from Zhang Meng, and he kicked one thug away before he could cut Zhang Meng's hand.
• Lin Fan killed the thug who attacked him, then identified himself as a disciple of the Mountain Suppression Martial Arts Hall.
• Lin Fan cut off both arms of the remaining thug after the man begged for mercy.

Lin Fan protected Zhang Meng’s noodle shop and earned the Blood Wolf Gang’s submission by invoking Yue Shan and the Mountain Suppression Martial Arts Hall. On his way back, he found Lin Ming in debt to loan sharks and began beating him after Lin Ming tried to use him to escape repayment.

• Lin Fan drove off the Blood Wolf Gang thugs and declared Zhang Meng’s noodle shop under his protection.
• Lin Fan and Zhang Meng celebrated over drinks, and Lin Fan secretly repaid Zhang Meng with two gold leaves.
• Lin Fan overheard Boss Xu threatening Lin Ming over his gambling debt and saw Lin Ming offer their mother’s savings to pay it.
• Lin Ming pointed Boss Xu toward Lin Fan, but Boss Xu and his enforcers recognized Lin Fan as an outstanding disciple of the Mountain Suppression Martial Arts Hall.
• Lin Ming boasted that Lin Fan’s status would protect him from the debt, so Lin Fan slapped and kicked him.

Lin Fan punished Lin Ming and ordered Boss Xu to collect the family’s debts and keep them out of the city. At home, Lin Ming and Lin Ping demanded money from Lin Fan, but Boss Xu’s men beat them and warned them to stay away.

• Lin Fan beat Lin Ming unconscious, then told Boss Xu to demand compensation for the silver and collect Lin Ming’s family debt.
• Boss Xu returned with gold leaves and promised to watch Lin Ming’s family and bar them from the city.
• Boss Xu’s men dragged Lin Ming home and demanded repayment from his parents.
• After Lin Ming blamed Lin Fan and Lin Ping threatened to confront him at the martial arts hall, Boss Xu’s men beat Lin Ming and Lin Ping.
• One thug explained how Lin Fan had supported his parents and accused them of spending his martial-arts savings on Lin Ming’s gambling debts.

Lin Ping’s family faced the consequences of sacrificing Lin Fan’s martial arts funds, while Lin Fan advanced his training and learned that the returning chief disciple might clash with his master over control of the outer courtyard. The chapter left Lin Fan concerned that his master could be in danger.

• The thugs condemned Lin Ping, Mother Lin, and Lin Ming for their treatment of Lin Fan, then took the twenty taels saved for Lin Ming’s marriage fund.
• Lin Ping handed over the money, Mother Lin broke down in tears, and Lin Ming was left regretful and resentful.
• Lin Fan spent five days cultivating, advanced the Bone Forging Art, and brought the Gang-Breaking Fist to the Intent Realm.
• Yang Kuan told Lin Fan that the chief disciple was returning and might choose his own ally to lead the outer courtyard.
• Yang Kuan feared the hall master would confront the chief disciple over the outer courtyard’s corruption, and Lin Fan worried his master could be harmed.

At a gathering to welcome Chen Yang and choose the outer courtyard's eldest senior brother, Chen Yang nominated Li Feng, prompting Yue Shan to object. Lin Fan watched tensely as Yue Shan challenged Chen Yang, fearing the confrontation would be difficult to resolve.

• Lin Fan resumed practicing the Body Forging Art and raised his progress to 1520 before resting.
• The hall master summoned the martial arts hall to welcome Chen Yang and choose the outer courtyard's eldest senior brother, but Chen Yang kept everyone waiting until midday.
• Yue Shan complained about the delay, and Chen Yang arrived by flying down into the training grounds.
• Chen Yang nominated Li Feng for eldest senior brother and claimed Li Feng had reached body tempering initiation in five days, winning the disciples' support.
• Yue Shan stood and objected to Chen Yang's choice, leaving Yang Kuan worried and Lin Fan braced for trouble.

Chen Yang defeated Yue Shan in a public duel, then knocked Lin Fan and Yang Kuan aside when they tried to intervene. With no one daring to oppose him, he secured Li Feng’s appointment as outer courtyard senior brother, leaving Lin Fan secretly swearing revenge against them both.

• Chen Yang challenged Yue Shan to test his cultivation, then blocked Yue Shan’s attacks with his Gang Qi mountain.
• Chen Yang overwhelmed Yue Shan with thirty fist manifestations, wounded him, and pinned him beneath his foot in the training ground.
• Yang Kuan charged Chen Yang, and Lin Fan followed, but Chen Yang blasted both disciples to the ground.
• Chen Yang asked who opposed Li Feng’s appointment, and the crowd unanimously agreed.
• The hall master announced Li Feng as outer courtyard senior brother, while Lin Fan silently vowed to kill Li Feng and Chen Yang.

After Chen Yang crippled Yue Shan’s apertures, Yue Shan gave his disciples cultivation notes and savings before sending Lin Fan and Yang Kuan away on an assignment. Lin Fan gathered his former roommates and led them toward the Tang Family Estate, leaving Yue Shan behind as his enemies threatened to act.

• Yue Shan returned to his courtyard with Lin Fan and Yang Kuan, then collapsed after admitting Chen Yang had ruptured his apertures.
• Lin Fan and Yang Kuan vowed to avenge Yue Shan, but Yue Shan warned them not to risk their lives and gave Yang Kuan seven cultivation books.
• Yue Shan gave Lin Fan and Yang Kuan one hundred taels of gold each, asked Yang Kuan to guide Lin Fan, and sent them to protect Shopkeeper Tang’s estate from the Green Snake Bandits.
• Lin Fan pulled the grieving Yang Kuan away, and Yang Kuan knelt to thank Yue Shan before heading for the dormitories.
• Lin Fan found Wang Wu, Meng Lin, Fang Xiang, and Sun Ming, told them to pack, and met them at the market.
• Lin Fan explained that Yue Shan’s injury and Li Feng’s appointment as head senior brother made the Mountain Suppression Martial Arts Hall unsafe, then led the group toward the Tang Family Estate.