Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan joined Wei Cangyue’s Sharp Edge Squad after revealing that he had advanced to the early-stage third rank, surprising his former teammates. A San resented the newcomer and threatened to leave rather than share the squad with him.

• Shan Taixiao feared facing Jiang Fan in a life-and-death arena match and regretted challenging him.
• Jiang Fan met the Shattered Star Squad at the Mercenary Guild, where Wei Cangyue announced that he was joining the Sharp Edge Squad.
• Wei Cangyue revealed Jiang Fan’s advancement, and Jiang Fan demonstrated his early-stage third-rank strength to the astonished squad members.
• Jiang Fan met Yi Tang, Shen Xu, and Bu Yingjun, while A San watched their friendly welcome with growing resentment.
• A San said he would leave the Sharp Edge Squad now that it had a proper archer, and Bu Yingjun urged him not to make trouble for Jiang Fan.

The Sharp Edge Squad debated whether to keep A San or bring the inexperienced Jiang Fan on their mission, which they had to complete to avoid disbandment. Wei Cangyue insisted they were certain to pass because Jiang Fan's Psychic Power could help them detect danger in the Outer Wilderness Zone.

• Shen Xu and Yi Tang argued that Jiang Fan lacked combat experience and had never entered the Outer Wilderness Zone, while A San took their support as proof that he remained indispensable.
• A San warned Wei Cangyue that the squad had to pass the Divine Wind Camp assessment within fifteen days or face disbandment.
• Bu Yingjun, Yi Tang, and Shen Xu worried about the squad's future after failing the previous two assessments by a wide margin.
• Wei Cangyue declared that the squad was certain to pass, prompting everyone to realize he was counting on Jiang Fan.
• Wei Cangyue urged A San to stay and explained that Jiang Fan's Psychic Power could detect danger and suitable targets from a distance.

Wei Cangyue accepted A San’s departure and led Jiang Fan’s group toward the Outer Wilderness Zone, where he doubted Jiang Fan’s reported Psychic Power. After arriving, Jiang Fan saw the wilderness’s immense abundance of demonic beasts and was thrilled by the chance to grow stronger.

• A San left the Sharp Edge Squad after Wei Cangyue refused to persuade him to stay.
• Wei Cangyue patiently briefed Jiang Fan on the Outer Wilderness Zone and asked about his Psychic Power, but he did not believe Jiang Fan’s answer of 110321P.
• Jiang Fan offered to fly to prove he was an advanced psychic, but Wei Cangyue challenged him to do so and then dropped the subject.
• Wei Cangyue’s group traveled by train and armored vehicle, and Jiang Fan slept until they reached the Outer Wilderness Zone.
• Jiang Fan saw the vast number and variety of demonic beasts and felt excited at the prospect of hunting them.

Jiang Fan led the Sharp Edge Squad into the Outer Wilderness Zone, using his Psychic Power to avoid low-level demonic beasts while secretly killing them for points. After hours without encountering any beasts, Bu Yingjun and the others began to suspect he had a rare magic artifact, and they connected it to a great family.

• Wei Cangyue asked Jiang Fan to choose their route, and Jiang Fan led the squad away from their usual path toward stronger demonic beasts.
• Bu Yingjun and Shen Xu objected, but Wei Cangyue said they needed to find Four Star demonic beasts before their assessment deadline and vouched for Jiang Fan’s instincts and luck.
• As they walked, Jiang Fan secretly used his ice flame hedgehog spines to kill low-level demonic beasts within range of his Psychic Power and rapidly gained points.
• After several hours without seeing any demonic beasts, Bu Yingjun and the other two speculated that Jiang Fan had a magic artifact that could help them avoid beasts.
• The three realized that such a rare artifact might have come from a great family and turned to look at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan warned Wei Cangyue’s team about an approaching four-star demonic beast, and Wei Cangyue killed it with a single strike. Wei Cangyue then let Jiang Fan deliver the finishing blow, leaving the others puzzled by Jiang Fan’s excitement.

• Bu Yingjun asked whether Jiang Fan was a descendant of a great family, and Wei Cangyue redirected the team toward believing Jiang Fan carried a scouting magic artifact.
• Jiang Fan detected a single Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf approaching and identified its rank and distance.
• Wei Cangyue ordered Jiang Fan to the rear, then swiftly brought down the wolf by cutting its legs.
• Wei Cangyue’s teammates praised his strength, and he asked Jiang Fan whether he was impressed.
• Wei Cangyue offered Jiang Fan the finishing blow, explaining that Jiang Fan loved killing demonic beasts.
• Bu Yingjun questioned whether early-stage third-rank Jiang Fan could finish off the four-star wolf.

Jiang Fan killed an Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf with one slash, and Wei Cangyue led the squad into battle against four more. Jiang Fan’s arrows pierced another wolf’s scales, but it charged at him while its companion blocked the others from helping.

• Jiang Fan killed an Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf with one slash, astonishing the Sharp Edge Squad with his strength and C-grade alloy saber.
• Jiang Fan sensed four more Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolves approaching, and Wei Cangyue decided the squad would fight them.
• Wei Cangyue charged the wolves and told Jiang Fan to cover the squad while he handled the others.
• An Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf broke past Wei Cangyue and charged Bu Yingjun, but Jiang Fan shot two arrows through its scales and into its eyes.
• The wounded wolf charged at Jiang Fan while another wolf blocked Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang from reaching him.

Jiang Fan killed a Four Star Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf with a carefully redirected arrow, stunning Bu Yingjun and the others. Bu Yingjun guessed that Tang Fan was the famous Jiang Fan from Yuanwu, but Wei Cangyue denied it by mocking Jiang Fan as too inexperienced to enter the Outer Wilderness Zone.

• Wei Cangyue trusted Jiang Fan to face an Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf alone and continued fighting the other wolves.
• Jiang Fan redirected one of three arrows and killed the wolf through its eye after it tried to dodge.
• Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang praised Jiang Fan's feat, and Wei Cangyue ordered them to keep it secret.
• Bu Yingjun deduced that Tang Fan was Jiang Fan from Yuanwu, and Wei Cangyue called his analysis excellent.
• Wei Cangyue denied the suspicion by claiming Jiang Fan was a sheltered first-year who would be too frightened to enter the Outer Wilderness Zone, and Bu Yingjun agreed.

Jiang Fan surprised Wei Cangyue’s team by extracting crystal cores from the Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolves with every saber strike, but a pack of wolves suddenly charged them. As the team fled, Jiang Fan raced ahead and they realized Wei Cangyue was missing.

• Wei Cangyue gave Jiang Fan the three wounded Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolves, and Jiang Fan finished them for system points.
• Jiang Fan struck a wolf’s corpse and a crystal core rolled out intact, then he repeated the feat on the remaining corpses.
• Bu Yingjun and the others celebrated Jiang Fan’s unusual talent, drawing uncomfortable stares from him.
• A large pack of Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolves charged, and the team ran for their lives.
• Jiang Fan sprinted ahead of the others, who then noticed Wei Cangyue was nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Fan and Wei Cangyue’s team escaped a pack of Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolves and rested before their hunt resumed at dawn. Later, Jiang Fan secretly left camp to hunt an Iron-Armored Rhinoceros-Horned Crocodile, while Wei Cangyue followed to protect him.

• Wei Cangyue dragged an Azure-Scaled Thunder-Patterned Wolf as he led the team away from its pursuing pack, and they escaped after nightfall.
• Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang were surprised that Jiang Fan seemed barely tired, but Wei Cangyue told everyone to rest for the next day’s hunt.
• At the Wang Family residence, Little Turtle found Wang Yao gazing at the moon and heard her say she wanted to join Jiang Fan in the Outer Wilderness Zone but did not want to hinder him.
• Wang Yao threatened to slaughter every beast in the Outer Wilderness Zone if Jiang Fan died, frightening Little Turtle.
• After taking over the night watch, Jiang Fan summoned Big Black and slipped away from camp, unaware that Wei Cangyue had awakened and was following him.
• Jiang Fan approached a five-star Iron-Armored Rhinoceros-Horned Crocodile to hunt it alone, and Wei Cangyue watched in astonishment.

Jiang Fan battled and killed a five-star Iron-Armored Rhinoceros-Horned Crocodile, while Wei Cangyue realized how powerful Jiang Fan had become and left him to train alone. After earning 300 points, Jiang Fan decided that hunting lower-tier demonic beasts was safer and more efficient.

• Jiang Fan used Ice Flame Hedgehog Spines to wound the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros-Horned Crocodile, but it broke free and ran into the woods.
• Jiang Fan chased the beast and fought it at close range, initially falling behind before adapting the Holy Lord of the Church of Justice's sword technique into a saber technique and gaining the advantage.
• Wei Cangyue recognized Jiang Fan as an advanced psychic with formidable hidden strength, suspected he had seized the Spirit Weapon in the Zhou Family Secret Realm, and left so Jiang Fan could train alone.
• Jiang Fan killed the five-star Iron-Armored Rhinoceros-Horned Crocodile and received 300 points from the system.
• Jiang Fan decided to hunt lower-tier demonic beasts for safer, faster point gains and headed into the woods.

Jiang Fan slaughtered demonic beasts in the Outer Wilderness Zone and spent his enormous haul of points on system draws, winning Qi and Blood Fruits repeatedly. As dawn approached, he hoped for Psychic Fruits to help him face the Li and Jin Families, but his lucky streak ended in more than twenty consecutive losses.

• Jiang Fan summoned twenty-three Earth-Splitting Rhinoceroses and hunted demonic beasts through the night, building up a huge number of points.
• Jiang Fan chose system draws over direct exchanges and won Qi and Blood Fruits in fifty consecutive draws, raising his qi and blood by 250 N.
• Jiang Fan continued winning until he had drawn a hundred times, gaining 500 N of qi and blood, then grew bored with the rewards.
• Jiang Fan returned to his group before dawn and considered how much psychic power he needed to defeat the Li Family and Jin Changfeng.
• Jiang Fan demanded Psychic Fruits, but after the system produced a losing draw, he suffered more than twenty consecutive losses and begged it to keep going.

Jiang Fan advanced to high-stage third rank as the Sharp Edge Squad prospered, but the leap to fourth rank demanded far more points. When Wei Tingshan's squad mocked them, Wei Cangyue challenged him to a spar, and their old rivalry came back into focus.

• Jiang Fan stopped the system's costly draws, bought enough Qi and Blood Fruits to reach middle-stage third rank, and later advanced to high-stage third rank with the Sharp Edge Squad's help.
• Jiang Fan realized reaching early-stage fourth rank required 5,000 N of additional qi and blood, far more than his previous breakthrough.
• After the Sharp Edge Squad killed three four-star demonic beasts, Wei Tingshan's six-person squad approached and mocked them, while A San glared at his former teammates and Jiang Fan.
• Wei Cangyue insulted Wei Tingshan and invited him to spar, prompting Wei Tingshan to back down before insisting he might win because they were both high-stage fifth rank.
• Wei Tingshan recalled that Wei Cangyue had beaten him since their recruit days, and that his modest goal had been to last more than five minutes in their fights.

Wei Cangyue defeated Wei Tingshan in one move, and the rival squads clashed after the Edge-Breaking Squad mocked the Sharp Edge Squad. A San argued with his former teammates over why he had left, while Jiang Fan stood ready to fight.

• Wei Cangyue provoked Wei Tingshan into a duel and knocked him to his knees with one move.
• The Edge-Breaking Squad treated Wei Tingshan’s injuries and taunted the Sharp Edge Squad as they prepared to leave.
• Jiang Fan drew his saber when A San challenged him, startling A San despite Jiang Fan being an archer.
• Wei Cangyue told Wei Tingshan that A San had left by his own choice and vowed never to abandon a teammate as Wang Feng had not.
• Bu Yingjun accused A San of betraying their brotherhood, and A San blamed Bu Yingjun for failing to defend him when Jiang Fan joined the squad.

Jiang Fan accepted A San’s challenge and defeated him with a single saber strike, stunning the Edge-Breaking Squad. The chapter ended with Wei Tingshan accusing Jiang Fan of a sneak attack while Wei Cangyue defended him.

• A San challenged Jiang Fan to regain face after Wei Cangyue had humiliated him, and Jiang Fan accepted despite Bu Yingjun’s warning about the cultivation gap.
• Jiang Fan said he would beat A San in one move, angering Wei Tingshan and the Edge-Breaking Squad.
• Jiang Fan rushed A San with swift footwork and knocked him down with one saber strike using the blade’s back.
• Jiang Fan told Bu Yingjun that he had meant what he said, then claimed he had reached high-stage third rank long ago.
• Wei Tingshan accused Jiang Fan of hiding his strength and launching a sneak attack, while Wei Cangyue defended him.

Jiang Fan humiliated A San in an archery rematch, then Ye Qizhen arrived and recognized Jiang Fan despite his disguise. Their close interaction left both squads wondering about their relationship, while A San insisted the Sharp Edge Squad would still fail its mission and disband.

• Jiang Fan dodged every arrow A San fired, mocked his poor aim, and caused him to collapse in anger.
• Ye Qizhen arrived with his teammates and bypassed Wei Tingshan to approach Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan pulled Ye Qizhen aside before he could reveal Jiang Fan's identity, and Ye Qizhen explained how he had recognized him.
• Jiang Fan told Ye Qizhen to keep his identity secret, while the squads speculated about their close relationship.
• A San insisted the Sharp Edge Squad would fail its mission and disband, despite Wei Tingshan wondering whether Jiang Fan could turn things around.

Jiang Fan refused Ye Qizhen’s invitation to travel with him, leaving Ye Qizhen’s escorts puzzled by their closeness. Meanwhile, the Edge-Breaking Squad discovered that all their crystal cores had been replaced with rocks, and A San accused Tang Fan of stealing them.

• Jiang Fan declined Ye Qizhen’s offer to join his squad or have his squad join theirs, then returned to the Sharp Edge Squad as his teammates chided him for refusing.
• Ye Qizhen departed reluctantly and warned an escort not to insult Jiang Fan, while the escort party wondered about their relationship.
• Lu Da You opened his backpack to show Wei Tingshan and the Edge-Breaking Squad the crystal cores he had supposedly stolen, but found only rocks.
• Wei Tingshan accused Lu Da You of stealing the squad’s crystal cores and nearly strangled him as his teammates tried to calm him.
• A San said Tang Fan must have stolen the Edge-Breaking Squad’s crystal cores.

Jiang Fan discovered that Lu Da You had stolen his squad’s crystal cores and revealed that he had swiped them back. Wei Tingshan’s squad blamed Jiang Fan and planned to kill him after the mission, while another squad watched from concealment as Jiang Fan and his teammates continued hunting demonic beasts.

• A San concluded that Tang Fan had stolen Wei Tingshan’s squad’s crystal cores, and Wei Tingshan decided they would kill him after the mission before he registered at Divine Wind Camp headquarters.
• Lu Da You complained that he wanted to torture and kill Tang Fan, prompting his teammates to move away from him after misinterpreting his words.
• Jiang Fan warned Wei Cangyue’s teammates to check their backpacks, and they found their crystal cores missing.
• Jiang Fan opened his backpack to show it full of crystal cores and explained that he had swiped them back after Lu Da You stole them.
• Wei Cangyue stopped the others from questioning Jiang Fan and ordered the squad to resume hunting demonic beasts.
• After the Sharp Edge Squad left, another squad emerged from concealment and watched them with cold, sinister eyes.

Lu Hen of Wildfire Squad plotted to sabotage Sharp Edge Squad’s Crimson Abyss Bird mission while avoiding scrutiny over Wildfire’s past crimes. Jiang Fan secretly advanced to early-stage fourth rank, then helped Sharp Edge Squad begin its hunt by swiftly killing three guarding birds.

• Lu Hen rejected another beast-tide scheme because investigators were probing Wildfire Squad’s role in an attack five years earlier, then planned to tamper with Sharp Edge Squad’s mission instead.
• Three days later, Wei Cangyue led Sharp Edge Squad to Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss to find Crimson Abyss Bird eggs, and Jiang Fan used his artifact to locate the birds’ territory.
• Jiang Fan slipped away and advanced to early-stage fourth rank before night fell.
• Jiang Fan sensed twelve Crimson Abyss Birds guarding the eggs, and Bu Yingjun asked him to quickly kill the nine three-star birds.
• Jiang Fan fired three arrows without aiming and pierced the hearts of three three-star Crimson Abyss Birds, shocking Bu Yingjun, Yi Tang, and Shen Xu.

Jiang Fan and the Sharp Edge Squad cleared the Crimson Abyss Birds’ nest and found eggs, but the returning flock forced them into a desperate escape. The Wildfire Squad watched from nearby, revealing that Lu Hen had set them up and expected them to die.

• Jiang Fan swiftly killed nine Three Star Crimson Abyss Birds, and the Sharp Edge Squad defeated the remaining birds.
• Bu Yingjun offered to introduce Jiang Fan to his sister, while Jiang Fan worried briefly that Bu Yingjun had recognized him.
• Jiang Fan guessed which smaller nest held eggs, and Wei Cangyue led the squad inside to retrieve them.
• The Crimson Abyss Birds returned, and Wei Cangyue led the squad in a flight from the flock as Shen Xu became its target while carrying an egg.
• Shen Xu, Yi Tang, and Bu Yingjun noticed Jiang Fan had reached early-stage fourth rank as the squad fled.
• The Wildfire Squad watched the pursuit, and Lu Hen said he expected the Crimson Abyss Birds to kill the Sharp Edge Squad.

Jiang Fan and the Sharp Edge Squad fought off the Crimson Abyss Birds while Wei Cangyue neared a breakthrough. Jiang Fan supplied Wei Cangyue with a mountain of Qi and Blood Raw Stones, and as the squad defended him, Jiang Fan produced more Body Restoration Pills when their supplies ran out.

• Jiang Fan used arrows guided by Psychic Power to save Shen Xu and Bu Yingjun from Crimson Abyss Birds, then Wei Cangyue gathered the squad and led their fight.
• As Wei Cangyue slaughtered the birds, his aura rose and he sensed that he was close to breaking through, but he needed Qi and Blood Raw Stones.
• Jiang Fan revealed his spatial ring and produced thousands of Qi and Blood Raw Stones, which Wei Cangyue began absorbing as the others guarded him.
• After a minute of fighting, Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang were badly wounded and had used all their Body Restoration Pills.
• Jiang Fan took out several porcelain bottles filled with Body Restoration Pills.