Chapter Summaries

Lan Mingxi recognized Jiang Fan’s technique as the Lan Family’s Phantom Gale Leg and asked Lan Shengxue to invite him to their home after the tournament. Meanwhile, Jiang Fan advanced through the individual competition as opponents conceded rather than face his Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses, leaving Chao Yang to surrender and Zhao Zhidong to criticize him.

• Lan Mingxi believed Lan Shengxue had not taught Jiang Fan the Phantom Gale Leg and decided to invite him to the Lan home to discover how he learned it.
• Lan Shengxue agreed to invite Jiang Fan after the tournament, though she insisted she did not know him well and denied being jealous of Wang Yao.
• Wu Hai conceded to Jiang Fan before their match began, and later opponents also surrendered, prompting Lu Chengjun to boast about Jiang Fan’s future.
• Chao Yang asked whether Jiang Fan would summon the Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses, then conceded to preserve his chance at second place.
• Zhao Zhidong criticized Jiang Fan for relying on contracted beasts rather than personal ability.

After provoking Jiang Fan, Shan Taixiao was forced into a public deathmatch challenge, while Jiang Fan faced Lan Shengxue in the team competition. As Lan Shengxue’s fierce saber assault pressed him into defense, Jiang Fan realized he might adapt a sword technique into a saber technique.

• Jiang Fan stopped Fatty from confronting Shan Taixiao, then challenged Shan to fight to the death in the arena the next day.
• Shan Taixiao denied agreeing to the fight and apologized, but Jiang Fan refused to accept his apology.
• Jiang Fan’s next match was against Lan Shengxue, who immediately attacked him with twin sabers.
• Lan Shengxue unleashed her ultimate move, Whirlwind Thrust, and Jiang Fan continued blocking without attacking.
• Jiang Fan realized he might modify the sword technique he had learned into a saber technique.

Jiang Fan gained sudden insight into Lan Shengxue’s sword technique and converted it into a saber technique during their duel. After he restrained Lan Shengxue and asked why she was angry, she warned him about his close lady friend and glanced at Wang Yao.

• Jiang Fan evaded Lan Shengxue’s attacks while seeking insight into her sword technique, then began transforming its momentum into saber momentum.
• Little Turtle teased Wang Yao about Jiang Fan and worried that she saw him as his master reincarnated, while Wang Yao remained focused on Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan tested his newly converted saber technique against Lan Shengxue and drove her back, astonishing the spectators with its power and refinement.
• Lan Shengxue refused to admit defeat, and Jiang Fan caught her wrist and told her their duel had gone far enough.
• Lan Shengxue told Jiang Fan not to repeat his claim that they had privately pledged themselves to each other, warning that his close lady friend might become jealous and seek trouble.
• Jiang Fan asked who she meant, and Lan Shengxue looked toward Wang Yao as Wang Yao watched them.

After Lan Shengxue conceded their match, she told Jiang Fan that her grandfather wanted to see him, likely because he had used Phantom Gale Leg. Jiang Fan then accepted Wei Cangyue’s offer to join the Sharp Edge Squad on a trip to the Outer Wilderness Zone, leaving in three days.

• Jiang Fan explained to Lan Shengxue that Wang Yao had forced him into a hug and said he suspected she had a hidden identity.
• Lan Shengxue asked why Jiang Fan was not wearing the expensive shoes she had bought him, then conceded the match and invited him to meet Lan Mingxi after the tournament.
• Ye Qizhen told Jiang Fan he planned to train in the Outer Wilderness Zone and invited him along.
• Wei Cangyue called Jiang Fan, praised his breakthrough, and urged him to join the Sharp Edge Squad for training in the Outer Wilderness Zone.
• Jiang Fan accepted Wei Cangyue’s offer, and Wei Cangyue said the squad would leave first thing in the morning three days later.

Jiang Fan accepted Wei Cangyue’s invitation to train in the Outer Wilderness Zone with the Sharp Edge Squad, despite Ye Qizhen warning him about the squad’s past and a rumor that its former members’ deaths were deliberate. Yan Tianyang learned of the trip and considered secretly protecting Jiang Fan, while Wei San suggested sending Wei Jiu.

• Ye Qizhen told Jiang Fan that the Sharp Edge Squad had fallen from second-class status after a beast tide killed its original captain and main fighters, and warned that the tide might have been deliberately caused.
• Jiang Fan said he would consider Ye Qizhen’s warning but showed no intention of breaking his promise to Wei Cangyue.
• Ye Qizhen reported Jiang Fan’s plan to Yan Tianyang, who learned that the Sharp Edge Squad would leave for the Outer Wilderness Zone in three days.
• Yan Tianyang considered secretly assigning someone to protect Jiang Fan and explained why he had not previously intervened in dangers Jiang Fan faced.
• Wei San cautiously suggested Wei Jiu as a guard, and Yan Tianyang asked whether Wei Jiu had asked him to plead for him.

Yan Tianyang ordered Wei Jiu to prepare for the mission with Jiang Fan, while Jiang Fan faced Lan Mingxi’s accusations about learning the Lan Family’s Phantom Gale Leg. Lan Mingxi agreed to demonstrate its second level and made Jiang Fan’s success the condition for accepting him and Lan Shengxue together.

• Wei San told Yan Tianyang that his investigation had found no evidence of anyone secretly suppressing the Sharp Edge Squad, though he suspected there was more to their misfortune.
• Yan Tianyang ordered Wei San to tell Wei Jiu to prepare, warning that Wei Jiu could bring him Jiang Fan’s head if Jiang Fan died in the Outer Wilderness Zone.
• Lan Mingxi asked Jiang Fan how he had learned the Lan Family’s Phantom Gale Leg, and Jiang Fan said he had learned it from Lan Shengxue.
• Lan Shengxue denied teaching Jiang Fan, while Lan Mingxi imagined that the two had secretly pledged themselves to each other and scolded them.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had memorized the technique after seeing Lan Shengxue use it once and had improved it into a technique of his own.
• Lan Mingxi challenged Jiang Fan to learn the second level of Phantom Gale Leg from a demonstration, promising not to oppose him and Lan Shengxue if he succeeded.

Jiang Fan memorized and flawlessly performed the second level of the Lan Family's Phantom Gale Leg after watching Lan Mingxi demonstrate it once. Lan Mingxi challenged him to improve the technique, and Jiang Fan closed his eyes to work out a refinement on the spot.

• Lan Mingxi demonstrated the Phantom Gale Leg's second level while Jiang Fan memorized every move.
• Jiang Fan reproduced the entire sequence precisely, stunning Lan Mingxi and impressing Lan Shengxue.
• Lan Mingxi refused to admit defeat and demanded that Jiang Fan improve the technique instead.
• Jiang Fan reasoned that mastering higher levels required greater strength, then began recombining the moves to deduce an improvement.

Jiang Fan proved he had improved the Lan Family’s Phantom Gale Leg, convincing Lan Mingxi that he had not stolen their techniques. Lan Mingxi accepted Jiang Fan’s promise not to teach the technique to anyone else and openly approved of him dating Lan Shengxue, but Jiang Fan denied having romantic feelings for her, prompting her to leave with her sabers drawn.

• Jiang Fan demonstrated his improved Phantom Gale Leg, stunning Lan Mingxi and Lan Shengxue.
• Jiang Fan offered to let the dispute go and started to leave, but Lan Mingxi called him back and admitted he believed Jiang Fan had not stolen the Lan Family’s techniques.
• Lan Mingxi refused to apologize for his suspicion, and Jiang Fan swore he would never teach the Phantom Gale Leg to anyone else.
• Lan Mingxi threatened to cripple Jiang Fan if he broke his promise, then said he would no longer prevent Jiang Fan from dating Lan Shengxue.
• Jiang Fan insisted that he regarded Lan Shengxue only as a friend, and she drew her twin sabers and left to practice.

Lan Mingxi confronted Jiang Fan about Wang Yao, then spoke with Crazy Old Man about Jiang Fan, Crazy Old Man’s new disciple, and the Advanced Psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm. The call ended with Lan Mingxi acknowledging Jiang Fan’s extraordinary Beast Tamer talent while admitting that dealing with him gave him a headache.

• Lan Mingxi accused Jiang Fan of two-timing Lan Shengxue and warned him to stay away from Wang Yao, then left before Jiang Fan could explain.
• Lan Mingxi received a call from Crazy Old Man, who teased him about Jiang Fan using the Lan Family’s Phantom Gale Leg at the Five-School League.
• Crazy Old Man confirmed that he had taken a disciple and that an Advanced Psychic had appeared in the Zhou Family Secret Realm.
• Lan Mingxi offered to act as Crazy Old Man’s disciple’s guardian and bring him into the Lan Family, but Crazy Old Man refused and accused him of trying to recruit the disciple.
• Crazy Old Man mentioned Jiang Fan’s talent as a Beast Tamer, and Lan Mingxi said Jiang Fan’s Soul Threshold and ability to contract twenty-three demonic beasts gave him a headache.

Jiang Fan spent a huge sum of money on Qi and Blood Raw Stones to raise Big Black’s level, but the stones only increased its strength without advancing it. Crazy Old Man concluded that Big Black needed Crimson Flame Phoenix blood essence to cross the threshold from three-star to four-star, leaving Jiang Fan without an immediate way to obtain it.

• Lan Mingxi complained about Jiang Fan, but Crazy Old Man dodged his questions and ended their call.
• Jiang Fan told Fatty to transfer half of his betting winnings and use the rest to buy Qi and Blood Raw Stones for Big Black.
• Fatty warned that raising demon beasts with stones wasted enormous amounts of money, but Jiang Fan said Big Black was his companion and went ahead.
• Big Black absorbed the stones and grew stronger, but it did not advance to four-star.
• Jiang Fan called Crazy Old Man, who explained that Big Black likely needed Crimson Flame Phoenix blood essence to advance.
• Crazy Old Man said he could not simply provide the blood essence, and Jiang Fan teased him about his supposed abilities.

Jiang Fan asked Crazy Old Man to help convince Wang Yao that he was not the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm. Crazy Old Man told Wang Yao that Jiang Fan was his disciple, but she burst out laughing at the claim.

• Jiang Fan asked Crazy Old Man where else he could obtain Crimson Flame Phoenix blood essence, and Crazy Old Man said only the Church of Justice had it.
• Jiang Fan asked Crazy Old Man to clear up Wang Yao’s suspicion that he was the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm.
• Crazy Old Man asked how Wang Yao had reached her conclusion, then learned that Black Tortoise Baxia treated Jiang Fan with hostility.
• Crazy Old Man called Wang Yao and asked whether she believed Jiang Fan was the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm.
• Wang Yao assumed Crazy Old Man had known Jiang Fan was that person’s reincarnation, but he denied it and said Jiang Fan was his disciple.
• Wang Yao laughed uncontrollably at Crazy Old Man’s claim, leaving him furious.

After Wang Yao teased Jiang Fan over the phone, Tang Duo warned him that someone was targeting the family. Jiang Fan tracked down thugs sent by Li Renfeng, then confronted the family’s leader as the chapter ended with the room turning bitterly cold.

• Wang Yao teased Jiang Fan by phone, leaving him flustered and Crazy Old Man unwilling to help.
• Tang Duo told Jiang Fan that she, their parents, and Tang Guo had all been followed or targeted by a stranger.
• Jiang Fan used his Psychic Power to locate thugs near Tang Guo’s kindergarten and beat them until they identified Li Renfeng as their employer.
• Jiang Fan vowed to kill Li Renfeng after learning the Li Family was behind the surveillance.
• At an entertainment club, a business owner asked Li Renfeng whether he had found his son, and the private room suddenly plunged to far below freezing.

Jiang Fan confronted Li Renfeng in a private room after learning that Li Renfeng had hired people to target his family. The chapter ended with Li Renfeng laughing at Jiang Fan's threat, confident that the younger martial artist could not defeat him.

• Li Renfeng pressured Mr. Liu into sending his wife to apologize, and Mr. Liu agreed after his suited friend revealed that he had done the same the previous year.
• Mr. Liu arranged for his wife to wait in a private room, and Li Renfeng hurried in to meet her.
• Jiang Fan kicked Li Renfeng into the wall when Li Renfeng lunged at him in the dark.
• Jiang Fan told Li Renfeng that he had come because Li Renfeng hired people to target his family.
• Li Renfeng realized his hired men had been exposed, then mocked Jiang Fan's chances of killing a late-stage fourth-rank martial artist.

Jiang Fan revealed his Spirit Master power, killed Li Renfeng after confessing that he had killed Li Zhichao, and left evidence to turn the Li Family’s attention toward finding the killer. The next morning, Li Yanhe learned that Li Renfeng had vanished and ordered his people to hunt for the culprit.

• Jiang Fan used his power to force Li Renfeng to the floor and take his Body Restoration Pill, revealing himself as a Spirit Master.
• Jiang Fan told Li Renfeng that he had killed Li Zhichao, and Li Renfeng charged at him in a rage.
• Jiang Fan killed Li Renfeng with a Spirit Weapon and received 30 points for killing an evildoer.
• Jiang Fan left dried blood behind to make the Li Family investigate Li Renfeng’s disappearance instead of targeting Jiang Fan’s family.
• Boss Liu found Li Renfeng missing the next morning, and Li Yanhe ordered his people to find his son and the culprit.

Li Yanhe ruled Jiang Fan out as a suspect in his son’s death while Jiang prepared to leave for the Outer Wilderness Zone. Wang Yao staged a kidnapping to make Jiang reveal his strength, but when she was suddenly taken away in a van, Jiang realized something was wrong.

• Li Yanhe examined the scene and ruled Jiang Fan out because there had been no signs of a fight or Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses.
• Wang Yao arranged a fake kidnapping to provoke Jiang Fan into revealing his true strength, but he ignored the tattooed man’s calls and photo.
• Little Turtle told Fatty that Wang Yao had insisted on testing Jiang Fan without his knowing about her plan.
• Wang Yao confronted Jiang Fan during his evening run, but he turned away despite her claims that she had escaped her kidnappers.
• A group of Martial Artists forced Wang Yao into a white van, leaving the tattooed man and his lackeys stunned as Jiang Fan stopped, sensing something was wrong.

Jiang Fan chased the kidnappers who took Wang Yao and discovered that the Holy Son of the Church of Justice was behind the abduction. As Jiang Fan waited for Fatty and Little Turtle to arrive, the Holy Son threatened Wang Yao and struck at her throat.

• Jiang Fan chased the car carrying Wang Yao after realizing she was genuinely in danger, while the tattooed men followed because she had not paid them.
• Jiang Fan called Fatty, learned Wang Yao had planned a kidnapping, and asked where Little Turtle was when he realized the situation had gone wrong.
• Jiang Fan tracked the car to a private mansion and used Psychic Power to discover that the Holy Son of the Church of Justice had taken Wang Yao.
• The Holy Son threatened Wang Yao over the scars she had inflicted on his face, and Jiang Fan worried that Little Turtle had not arrived.
• Wang Yao insulted the Holy Son as an ugly freak, so he became enraged and swung his knife toward her throat.

Jiang Fan rescued Wang Yao from the Holy Son of the Church of Justice, but a powerful black-robed martial artist pursued them. Wang Yao revealed a terrifying transformation, destroyed the pursuer with a single finger strike, and left Jiang Fan stunned by her identity and power.

• Wang Yao baited the Holy Son of the Church of Justice, and Jiang Fan intervened just before his saber struck her.
• Jiang Fan grabbed Wang Yao and fled into the sky as the Holy Son ordered his men to capture them alive.
• The black-robed expert caught up and attacked Jiang Fan, but Wang Yao stepped in and blocked the palm strike.
• Wang Yao's aura surged as her appearance transformed, shocking Jiang Fan and the black-robed figure.
• The black-robed figure fled, and Wang Yao lightly tapped the air with one finger, causing him to explode into tiny specks.

Wang Yao removed Jiang Fan’s mask and insisted he was the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm and the person she had mistaken him for. After forcibly undoing her secret art to protect him, she suffered backlash and demanded that Jiang Fan feed her pills.

• Wang Yao snatched Jiang Fan’s mask away, and Jiang Fan admitted he was the advanced psychic from the Zhou Family Secret Realm while denying any connection to the person she suspected.
• Wang Yao declared that Jiang Fan was the person she was looking for, despite his denials, and Little Fatty admitted he had known about Jiang Fan’s identity.
• Little Turtle challenged Jiang Fan to convince Wang Yao that he was not his master’s reincarnation, but Wang Yao refused to believe Jiang Fan’s denial.
• Wang Yao spat blood from the backlash of forcibly undoing her secret art, then refused Little Fatty’s pills unless Jiang Fan fed them to her.

Jiang Fan learned that Wang Yao had gravely damaged her Dao Source to save him, while Little Turtle explained that only the missing Brother Peach might be able to heal her. After Jiang Fan and the others failed to catch the Church of Justice’s Holy Son, Yan Tianyang called and asked whether Li Renfeng was dead, leaving Jiang Fan fearing his killing of Li Renfeng had been discovered.

• Little Turtle explained that Wang Yao had severely damaged her Dao Source by undoing his master’s secret technique, and said Brother Peach’s fruit could heal such injuries.
• Little Turtle revealed that Brother Peach was his master’s contracted beast, but he did not know where the peach tree was after they had split up to search for their master.
• Jiang Fan remembered the Holy Son of the Church of Justice, but Little Turtle and the others found that he had already fled.
• Wang Yao pestered Jiang Fan about meeting his future in-laws and going to the marriage registry, though she did not follow him home.
• Yan Tianyang called Jiang Fan and asked whether Li Renfeng was dead, making Jiang Fan suspect that his killing of Li Renfeng had been exposed.

Jiang Fan denied killing Li Renfeng as Yan Tianyang revealed how closely he had watched the Li Family and promised to conceal Jiang Fan’s mistakes and protect his family. The next morning, Jiang Fan headed to meet Wei Cangyue and accepted Shan Taixiao’s public challenge with a single word.

• Jiang Fan denied killing Li Renfeng, while Yan Tianyang said he knew the Li Family had targeted Jiang Fan’s family and had considered destroying the family for his sake.
• Yan Tianyang offered to arrange secret protection for Jiang Fan’s trip to the Outer Wilderness Zone, but Jiang Fan refused.
• Yan Tianyang warned that the Li Family might discover clues about Jiang Fan’s involvement, then said he had covered them up and would leave Li Yanhe for Jiang Fan to face later.
• The next morning, Jiang Fan disguised himself as Tang Fan and traveled to the Mercenary Guild hall to meet Wei Cangyue.
• Jiang Fan read Shan Taixiao’s online declaration challenging him to fight without his Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses and replied, “Sure.”