Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan returned to rescue Fatty after realizing the masked assassins had targeted him, and the two fled into a mall while the attackers pursued them. Fatty contacted his cousin for help, but they remained trapped on the fourth-floor fire escape as the assassins closed in.

• Jiang Fan tried to send Fatty away, but masked assassins surrounded Fatty and attacked him.
• The assassins overwhelmed Fatty's Golden One-Horned Lion, and Jiang Fan returned, shot one attacker with an arrow, and pulled Fatty to safety.
• Jiang Fan and Fatty ran into a mall as the assassins split up to cut off their escape.
• Zhou Yanchen spotted Jiang Fan, called Zhou Zhengjiao for help, and Zhou Zhengjiao dragged Zhou Lingxing from the bathroom to go rescue him.
• Jiang Fan and Fatty hid in the mall's fourth-floor fire escape, where Fatty said he had contacted his cousin for help.

Jiang Fan and the fatty were cornered in an underground parking garage, where the fatty summoned his ancestor’s will to fight off the assassins. The ancestor battled a masked Martial Saint while Jiang Fan, facing the remaining attackers, summoned figures from a magic formation.

• Jiang Fan used his Psychic Power to guide the fatty through the mall while they evaded the assassins.
• The assassins herded Jiang Fan and the fatty into an underground parking garage, where the fatty prepared to unleash his ancestor’s will.
• The fatty summoned the Pill Pavilion ancestor’s phantom, who crushed the assassins and recognized Jiang Fan as the fatty’s brother.
• A masked Martial Saint appeared and fought the ancestor’s phantom, allowing the assassins to recover and attack Jiang Fan and the fatty.
• Jiang Fan slammed his palm against the ground and summoned hill-sized figures from a magic formation.

Jiang Fan used his Spirit Master abilities to save Fatty from a sixth-rank assassin, then revealed he could fly as an Advanced Psychic and escaped with him. The assassin tried to report Jiang Fan’s strength, but Ice Flame Hedgehog Spines attacked him before he could finish.

• Jiang Fan sent twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses to block the assassins while he and Fatty fled.
• Fatty split off to draw the sixth-rank assassin away, but Jiang Fan returned and shot an arrow that forced the assassin to dodge.
• Jiang Fan used Psychic Power to lift Fatty out of danger, revealing that he was a Spirit Master.
• Jiang Fan refused to abandon Fatty and flew away with him, revealing that he was also an Advanced Psychic.
• The assassin prepared to report Jiang Fan’s abilities, but hundreds of Ice Flame Hedgehog Spines shot toward him.

Jiang Fan fought to keep an early-stage sixth-rank assassin from escaping before reinforcements arrived, revealing a Spirit Weapon, advanced psychic power, and the World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body. The assassin’s Heart-Shattering Seal began to overwhelm Jiang Fan, leaving both men badly strained as the fight continued.

• Jiang Fan used Ice Flame Hedgehog Spines to restrict the assassin while Fatty recognized clues that Jiang Fan was the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm.
• The assassin broke through the spines and tried to flee, so Jiang Fan revealed a Spirit Weapon and struck him, cracking his grade-C alloy saber.
• The assassin broke his own fingers and used the Pill Pavilion’s forbidden Heart-Shattering Seal, prompting Fatty to warn Jiang Fan of its danger.
• Jiang Fan activated the World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body and poured his psychic power and the Spirit Weapon’s electricity into his defense and counterattack.
• The assassin’s arm filled with bloody cracks, but Jiang Fan’s organs began to weaken as the Heart-Shattering Seal threatened to make him collapse first.

Jiang Fan and Wei San stopped an assassin from self-detonating and dealt with the attackers at the fortress, while Wang Yao rushed to the underground garage to confront a powerful enemy. There, Wang Yao’s fading willpower faced a wounded opponent who claimed the Wang Family’s little crown prince had probably already fallen.

• Jiang Fan warned Wei San that the sixth-rank assassin was about to self-detonate, and Wei San stopped him and prepared to take him for interrogation.
• Jiang Fan told Wei San that Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses had trapped more assassins in the underground garage and that a powerful expert was battling the willpower inside Fatty.
• Wang Yao arrived on Little Turtle, checked on Fatty and Jiang Fan, then sensed trouble and flew toward the underground garage.
• Wei San followed, while Jiang Fan stayed behind and used his Psychic Power to observe the fight.
• In the underground garage, Wang Yao’s willpower began to fade as her wounded opponent taunted her that the Wang Family’s little crown prince had likely fallen, provoking her fury.

Wang Yao’s will self-destructed in a massive explosion, which Little Turtle and Wei San contained, while Jiang Fan reunited with the Zhou Family. Wang Yao exposed the captured assassin as Wang Xing, a subordinate of Fatty’s third uncle, and began questioning him about the attack.

• Wang Yao’s will self-destructed, creating a huge explosion that Little Turtle and Wei San contained.
• Jiang Fan discovered the underground garage had been reduced to a crater and was relieved he had recalled the Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses.
• Zhou Zhengjiao and Zhou Yanchen rushed to Jiang Fan, grabbed his legs, and offered him Body Restoration Pills before letting go when he looked ready to erupt.
• Wang Yao stopped Jiang Fan from taking the assassin away and had Fatty identify the unmasked man as Wang Xing, a subordinate of his third uncle.
• Wang Xing denied that his master was involved, but Wang Yao rejected his claim and demanded to know the attack’s goal.

Wang Yao let Wei San take Wang Xing and the others away for interrogation, while Fatty concealed Jiang Fan’s Spirit Master identity from her. Back at the dorm, Jiang Fan came clean to Fatty about his role in the Zhou Family Secret Realm and explained how Big Black became connected to the Church of Justice; Fatty promised to keep it secret as Jiang Fan prepared for the Five-School League selection tournament.

• Wang Yao allowed Wei San to take Wang Xing and the others for questioning and asked him to share any information he uncovered.
• Fatty asked Wang Yao to give Jiang Fan pills to help him recover, hiding his real reason for speaking up.
• Jiang Fan told Fatty that he had been the Spirit Master in the Zhou Family Secret Realm but had no connection to the Holy Lord of the Church of Justice.
• Jiang Fan explained how someone caused the beast tide at Fortress No. 31 and how Big Black absorbed a mosquito carrying the Crimson Flame Phoenix’s aura and mutated.
• Jiang Fan told Fatty that he learned the sword technique from the Spirit Weapon but did not know why he could refine it.
• Fatty promised not to reveal Jiang Fan’s identity and urged him to rest before the Five-School League selection tournament in two days.

Jiang Fan attended Yuanwu’s Five-School League selection, where students competed for the remaining starter positions. After others objected to him occupying an arena, he challenged one of his critics, leaving the assembled students to recall the deadly strength he had shown against Jin Yi.

• Xing Wu announced that five contestants had reserved places and explained that students would fight for the two remaining starter spots.
• The five preselected contestants took their places on arenas, and Jiang Fan silently stood on one of the two open arenas.
• Su Xiaoyan defended Jiang Fan when students accused him of acting arrogantly.
• A student told Jiang Fan to get off the arena, so Jiang Fan challenged him to come up and fight.
• Jiang Fan’s defiant challenge reminded the students of his victory over Jin Yi, whom he had killed despite being injured.

Jiang Fan and his friends secured the final arena spot after Fatty’s four-star Golden One-Horned Lion defeated a hostile upperclassman. Later, Jiang Fan met Lan Shengxue and her sister Lan Xinyu at a hot pot restaurant, where they joined his table.

• The male student who had taunted Jiang Fan claimed the last arena spot and challenged him indirectly, but Jiang Fan ignored him.
• Fatty summoned Xiao Gang, a four-star Golden One-Horned Lion, and ordered it to beat the male student for provoking Jiang Fan.
• At a hot pot restaurant, Fatty celebrated the frightened student’s defeat while Jiang Fan praised the food.
• Lan Shengxue and Lan Xinyu arrived, but the restaurant was full, so they faced a long wait for a table.
• Lan Xinyu spotted Jiang Fan, excitedly greeted him, and asked to share his table; Lan Shengxue agreed, while Lan Xinyu told Fatty to move over.

Jiang Fan celebrated his selection as a Five-School League starter with Fatty, Lan Shengxue, and Lan Xinyu, and Lan Shengxue gave him an expensive pair of martial-artist sneakers. Jiang Fan bought Lan Shengxue a snowflake hair clip in return, and Lan Xinyu asked him to walk the sisters home.

• Lan Shengxue asked Jiang Fan about the league selections, and he confirmed that he and Fatty had come to celebrate his place as a starter.
• Lan Shengxue noticed Jiang Fan's worn-out shoes and led him to a martial-artist sneaker store.
• Lan Shengxue gave Jiang Fan sneakers worth nearly two hundred thousand as a congratulatory gift.
• Lan Shengxue asked Jiang Fan to congratulate her on becoming a reserve, so he bought her an ice-blue snowflake hair clip.
• Lan Xinyu asked Jiang Fan to walk her and Lan Shengxue home because it was late.

Jiang Fan escorted Lan Shengxue and Lan Xinyu home, where Lan Mingxi treated him coldly and urged him to leave. After Jiang Fan departed, an aged voice began addressing him from behind.

• Fatty pretended he had to leave so Jiang Fan could escort Lan Shengxue and Lan Xinyu, while Wang Yao caught him secretly watching them.
• Jiang Fan brought the Lan sisters to their residence, where Lan Xinyu invited him to stay the night.
• Lan Mingxi welcomed Jiang Fan with pointed warnings about the dangers of Fortress No. 1 and made clear he wanted him to go home.
• Lan Xinyu and Lan Shengxue both defended Jiang Fan, but he politely said goodbye and left.
• Lan Shengxue told Lan Mingxi she simply liked her new blood-flower hair clip, then went inside without continuing their conversation.
• After Jiang Fan left, an aged voice called out to him and remarked on his talent and origins in Fortress No. 31.

Jiang Fan clashed with Lan Mingxi over Lan Shengxue, then left her confused and angry by insisting he only saw her as a friend. After improving his abilities in the Inner Wilderness Zone and preparing for the Five-School League, he was confronted by Jin Kai about the Jin Family’s World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body.

• Lan Mingxi told Jiang Fan he was unworthy of Lan Shengxue, and Jiang Fan deliberately claimed that he and Lan Shengxue had pledged themselves to each other.
• Lan Mingxi warned Jiang Fan that he could not protect Lan Shengxue, while Jiang Fan silently walked away and encountered Lan Shengxue.
• Lan Shengxue said she knew Jiang Fan had only spoken to anger her grandfather, but she became cold and left after Jiang Fan insisted he had no improper intentions toward her.
• Jiang Fan hunted monsters in the Inner Wilderness Zone, advanced to Early-Stage Third Rank, and decided to visit the Outer Wilderness Zone after the Five-School League.
• Jiang Fan encountered Jin Kai at the school gates, and Jin Kai demanded to know whether he had stolen the Jin Family’s World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body.

Jiang Fan deflected Jin Kai’s accusations about the World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body, while Jin Changfeng planned to kill him later in the Outer Wilderness Zone. At Yuanwu, the Five-School League began, and Jiang Fan’s team warned him about Shenwu’s formidable captain, Chao Yang.

• Jiang Fan argued that the Jin Family had obtained the World-Shaking Meteoric Metal Body by chance and pointed out that he could not have stolen or mastered it in the time available.
• Jin Changfeng concluded Jiang Fan was probably telling the truth, but Jin Kai demanded that the family avenge his cousin’s death.
• Jin Changfeng told Jin Kai to wait for the Outer Wilderness Zone, where Jiang Fan could be killed without anyone knowing how he died.
• At Yuanwu, students admired Shenwu captain Chao Yang, whose talent had earned him a place in the Divine Wind Camp.
• Su Xiaoyan warned Jiang Fan to concede if he faced Chao Yang, while Fatty insisted Jiang Fan could win; Su Xiaoyan then explained Chao Yang’s family connections to the Divine Wind Camp.

Jiang Fan and the others watched the standout contestants arrive for the competition, including Chao Yang, You Shi and You Zhong, and Gao Shou. Ye Qizhen then recognized Jiang Fan and greeted him warmly, leaving the surrounding students stunned.

• Su Xiaoyan explained Chao Yang’s background as the son and nephew of Second-Class Divine Wind Guards and said he had visited the Outer Wilderness Zone.
• Jiang Fan learned that the archer twins You Shi and You Zhong could challenge opponents a major realm above them when they fought together.
• The crowd praised Gao Shou, a talented student from Fortress No. 18, before Ye Qizhen arrived and drew everyone’s attention.
• Shan Taixiao insulted Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan ignored him and Fatty grinned smugly.
• Ye Qizhen spotted Jiang Fan, hurried over, and greeted him with unconcealed delight.

Jiang Fan reunited with Ye Qizhen, who asked about his rapid advancement and explained his own gains came from life-and-death battles in the Outer Wilderness Zone. After Lan Shengxue coldly ignored Ye Qizhen, Jiang Fan returned to the competing team, where Wang Yao pressed him about his relationship with Ye Qizhen.

• Ye Qizhen asked Jiang Fan how he had advanced so quickly, and Jiang Fan said his special opportunity could not be shared.
• Ye Qizhen told Jiang Fan that Commander Yan had sent him to the Outer Wilderness Zone, where repeated life-and-death battles had strengthened him.
• Lan Shengxue passed Ye Qizhen without greeting him, leaving him wondering whether he had offended her.
• Ye Qizhen said he had come to watch Jiang Fan compete after Commander Yan told him about the event.
• Su Xiaoyan, Zhao Zhidong, and the others questioned Jiang Fan about his closeness with Ye Qizhen, and Wang Yao insisted that he explain their story.

As the martial arts schools prepared for their competition, Jiang Fan saw that most people expected Yuanwu to finish last and decided to bet everything he had on Yuanwu taking first. His bold wager set off a frenzy on the Martial Alliance Network just as the competition was about to begin.

• Wang Yao's pursuit of Jiang Fan stirred gossip among the students, and Lan Shengxue watched them before leaving with Jiang Lin.
• Yuanwu's principal, Lu Chengjun, urged his team to aim for second from last after Longwu's principal thanked him for supposedly helping Longwu avoid last place.
• Fatty showed Jiang Fan the betting pools on the Martial Alliance Network, including the widely mocked prediction that Yuanwu would finish last.
• Jiang Fan told Fatty to open a pool betting on Yuanwu taking first and put all his money on it.
• The new pool caused an uproar as users mocked the bet and rushed to wager against Yuanwu.

Jiang Fan and Yuanwu were targeted by the other schools in the team competition, but Jiang Fan summoned a four star Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros. The chapter ended as more Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses began emerging from his magic array.

• The team competition began with all thirty-five starters entering the arena, and the other four schools quickly joined forces against Yuanwu.
• Zhou Yi revealed that she had arranged the alliance to retaliate against Jiang Fan, while Zhao Zhidong realized the opponents also intended to injure Yuanwu before the individual competition.
• As the other teams charged, Jiang Fan slammed his palm against the ground and summoned a four star Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros.
• Spectators were astonished when additional four star Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses emerged from Jiang Fan's magic array one after another.

Jiang Fan shocked the crowd by summoning twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses, including two four-star beasts, and revealed himself to be an early-stage third-rank martial artist. Wang Yao became convinced that he was her former master's reincarnation, while Little Turtle remained doubtful.

• Jiang Fan summoned twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses, astonishing everyone watching.
• Ye Qizhen and Lan Shengxue reacted to Jiang Fan's immense soul power, while Lan Mingxi considered recruiting him into the Lan Family.
• Wang Yao became convinced that Jiang Fan was her master's reincarnation because he had contracted twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses and was seventeen.
• Little Turtle disputed Wang Yao's theory, pointing out Jiang Fan's different appearance, lack of spirit-master status, and past as a scorned good-for-nothing.
• Wang Yao argued that Jiang Fan had not awakened his former power yet and that his sudden rise proved he was that man's reincarnation.

Jiang Fan used twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses to overwhelm the four great martial academies and secure Yuanwu’s victory in the team competition. Afterward, Wang Yao told Little Turtle she could prove Jiang Fan was hiding his spirit-master abilities, while Zhou Yi feared how powerful he might become.

• Jiang Fan ordered his Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses to charge, and the contestants from the four great martial academies fled the arena.
• The rhinoceroses tossed many fleeing contestants into the air, while Chao Yang, You Shi, You Zhong, and Gao Shou escaped by jumping down.
• Wang Yao told Little Turtle she could prove Jiang Fan had concealed his spirit-master abilities, but said it would have to wait.
• Yuanwu won the competition, and Zhou Yi regretted her past actions and feared Jiang Fan’s future potential.
• Jiang Fan greeted Ye Qizhen and Lan Shengxue, then a fiery figure rushed down from the stands toward him.

Wang Yao found Jiang Fan at the arena and confronted him about being the Advanced Psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm, while Jiang Fan denied it. After Lan Shengxue left, Lan Mingxi asked her whether she had taught Jiang Fan the Phantom Gale Leg, and she confirmed that she had not.

• Wang Yao rushed into Jiang Fan's arms, refused to let go, and asked him to admit that he was the Advanced Psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm.
• Jiang Fan denied Wang Yao's accusation and tried to get help from Fatty, Ye Qizhen, and Lan Shengxue, but none of them pulled her away.
• Wang Yao released Jiang Fan and inferred that he liked Lan Shengxue.
• Lan Mingxi stopped Lan Shengxue and asked whether she had taught Jiang Fan the Phantom Gale Leg.
• Lan Shengxue told Lan Mingxi that Jiang Fan's similar-looking martial technique differed from the Lan Family's version and that she had not taught it to him.