Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan and the Sharp Edge Squad escaped the Crimson Abyss Birds after Wei Cangyue broke through to early-stage sixth rank. They wandered into an immense, unsettling peach grove and suspected they had entered an unknown folded space.

• Jiang Fan gave Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang Body Restoration Pills, then helped them guard Wei Cangyue as he broke through.
• Lu Hen and his teammate considered attacking Wei Cangyue but held back to avoid being linked to the Crimson Abyss Birds and the Sharp Edge Squad incident.
• Wei Cangyue reached early-stage sixth rank, then led the squad through the flock and out of immediate danger.
• The squad wandered into a peach grove that Jiang Fan's psychic power could not reach the edge of, even after they walked for over an hour.
• Wei Cangyue suspected they had entered an unknown folded space and warned everyone to stay away from the strange peach trees as they prepared to rest.

Jiang Fan and Wei Cangyue led their squad through a peach grove filled with demonic trees, searching for the unstable spiritual fluctuations that might mark an exit. They remained trapped and exhausted, with Wei Cangyue still urging the others onward as they fought through another barrier of branches.

• At night, Jiang Fan and Wei Cangyue saw the peach trees moving like demonic beasts, and Wei Cangyue vowed to get Jiang Fan out alive.
• Wei Cangyue revealed his regrets, including bringing Jiang Fan into the squad, while Jiang Fan reassured him that the mostly low-star beasts left them a chance to escape.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had detected stronger spiritual fluctuations in one direction, which he believed led to the exit of the separate space.
• The peach trees formed an impenetrable net across that direction, and Wei Cangyue hacked through it so the group could press onward.
• Wei Cangyue told Jiang Fan to focus on protecting the team, then fought at the front as the squad repeatedly broke through barriers of branches.
• Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang collapsed from exhaustion, while Wei Cangyue kept urging them forward and Bu Yingjun noted that he had already claimed hope was ahead fifty-eight times.

Jiang Fan used his psychic power to clear a path through the branches, but an enraged enemy ambushed him just before the exit. Wei Jiu appeared to pursue and rescue him, and Jiang Fan shouted for help as the peach tree branch dragged him away.

• Jiang Fan revealed his psychic abilities by controlling alloy broadswords to cut through the branches, shocking Bu Yingjun, Yi Tang, and Shen Xu.
• Jiang Fan repeatedly cleared the branch barriers as the team ran toward the exit.
• An enraged aged voice accused Jiang Fan of killing its clansmen, and a peach tree branch grabbed his ankle and dragged him into the air.
• Wei Jiu appeared and chased after Jiang Fan, while Wei Cangyue realized the higher-ups had secretly arranged protection for him.
• Jiang Fan recognized Wei Jiu, pushed aside his old resentment, and shouted for him to save him.

Jiang Fan was dragged beneath a great peach tree that attacked him while Wei Jiu fought to rescue him. The tree stopped its killing blow after recognizing Jiang Fan’s Spirit Weapon, and Jiang Fan decided to bluff that it had always belonged to him.

• A branch dragged Jiang Fan underground as Wei Jiu attacked the peach tree’s dense defenses in an attempt to save him.
• Jiang Fan landed before the great peach tree, which accused him of killing its kin and launched a deadly branch spike at him.
• Jiang Fan used his Spirit Weapon to defend himself, but the peach tree abruptly stopped its attack after recognizing the weapon.
• The peach tree demanded to know how Jiang Fan had obtained the Spirit Weapon, and Jiang Fan claimed it had been his from the beginning.

Jiang Fan bluffed the injured great peach tree into believing he was its reincarnated master by claiming the Spirit Weapon, summoning Big Black, and performing a sword routine. The tree embraced him as its master, and Jiang Fan began identifying it as Peach Fruit Old Man.

• Jiang Fan insisted that the purple Spirit Weapon belonged to him, and the great peach tree wondered whether its master had reincarnated.
• Jiang Fan claimed his former-life memories had not returned and summoned Big Black, whose aura the great peach tree recognized as Xiao Yan's.
• Jiang Fan called Big Black the Crimson Flame Phoenix's heir and performed a sword routine for the great peach tree.
• The great peach tree embraced Jiang Fan as its master, then released him when he struggled to breathe.
• Jiang Fan asked whether the great peach tree was Brother Peach, and it rejoiced that Jiang Fan had met Little Turtle.
• Jiang Fan asked whether the great peach tree was Peach Fruit Old Man, one of the Church of Justice's guardian Divine Beasts.

Jiang Fan impersonated the Holy Lord of the Church of Justice to obtain peach fruit from Peach Fruit Old Man, who mistook him for his master. He left with three peaches and learned that the injured tree could produce only a few more each year after recovering.

• Jiang Fan pretended to remember Peach Fruit Old Man only vaguely and asked him for peach fruit to treat Wang Yao’s Dao Source damage.
• Peach Fruit Old Man’s furious reaction to Wang Yao’s injury unleashed a crushing aura that nearly overwhelmed Jiang Fan, but he quickly withdrew it and apologized.
• Peach Fruit Old Man insisted Jiang Fan hit him before he would hand over the fruit, then gave him three glowing peaches when Jiang Fan reprimanded him.
• Peach Fruit Old Man explained that he had spent his remaining peach fruit healing injuries from a battle with mortal enemies after searching for Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan learned that Peach Fruit Old Man needed up to a year to recover and could then produce only one to six peach fruit per year.

Jiang Fan refused to form a new contract with Peach Fruit Old Man, fearing the powerful beast would expose that he was not the reincarnated master it believed him to be. As Wei Jiu broke through the branch defenses, Peach Fruit Old Man agreed to send Jiang Fan out.

• Peach Fruit Old Man eagerly asked to become Jiang Fan’s contracted beast again, but Jiang Fan said he would wait until he was stronger.
• Peach Fruit Old Man’s fury surged as he imagined Jiang Fan in danger, and his roar shook Wei Jiu and injured Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan insisted he could not contract with Peach Fruit Old Man yet, and Peach Fruit Old Man stopped him from swearing an oath because he would be heartbroken.
• Jiang Fan ordered Peach Fruit Old Man to send him out, while Wei Jiu continued hacking through the defenses and believed Jiang Fan was already dead.
• Peach Fruit Old Man wrapped a peach branch around Jiang Fan’s waist to carry him out as Wei Jiu prepared to break through.

Jiang Fan survived the Peach Fruit Old Man’s attack and returned to the Sharp Edge Squad with his strength restored, while Wei Jiu remained cold and resentful toward him. After Wei Jiu left, Bu Yingjun addressed Jiang Fan with an unusually serious expression, leaving the squad’s intentions unclear.

• Jiang Fan emerged unharmed from the Peach Fruit Old Man’s branches, and Wei Jiu questioned why the creature had spared him.
• Jiang Fan teased Wei Jiu about being unable to defeat the Peach Fruit Old Man, prompting its branches to attack; Wei Jiu grabbed Jiang Fan and fled at high speed.
• Jiang Fan returned to the anxiously waiting Sharp Edge Squad, where Wei Cangyue checked him and found him healthy and energetic.
• Wei Jiu said he was leaving and vanished without another word, while the squad realized he had been secretly protecting Jiang Fan.
• Bu Yingjun called Jiang Fan “Little Tang” with unusual seriousness, making Jiang Fan uneasy.

Jiang Fan’s squad discovered he was an Advanced Psychic and kept his identity secret for his safety. After his Psychic Power greatly improved their hunt, they encountered Ye Qizhen and his guardians again, all looking battered and disheveled.

• Bu Yingjun, Shen Xu, and Yi Tang teased Jiang Fan for hiding that he was an Advanced Psychic, then reproached Wei Cangyue for helping keep it secret.
• Wei Cangyue warned the squad not to reveal Jiang Fan’s ability because doing so could endanger him, and the others agreed.
• Shen Xu realized Jiang Fan was neither Lin Chufeng nor Yuan Yu, making him a newly discovered Advanced Psychic of Great Xia.
• Jiang Fan used his Psychic Power openly, helping the Sharp Edge Squad hunt demonic beasts with unprecedented efficiency.
• On the final day, Jiang Fan and the squad encountered Ye Qizhen and his guardians again, all filthy and battered, with Ye Qizhen looking as though he had been struck by lightning.

Ye Qizhen told Jiang Fan how he gained a mysterious opportunity in a folded space and advanced to late-stage second rank. He left Jiang Fan wondering whether Ye Qizhen had gained a system as well, while teasing him about their narrow gap in strength.

• Ye Qizhen rushed toward Jiang Fan in tears, then calmed down and explained that he and Brother Qian's group had entered a folded space while hunting demonic beasts.
• Ye Qizhen revealed that he had advanced to late-stage second rank, shocking Jiang Fan with how quickly his strength had grown.
• Jiang Fan wondered whether Ye Qizhen had gained a system after nearly dying in the folded space.
• Ye Qizhen explained that he had fallen into an icy pool and discovered a hidden world beneath it, where he found a master's remains and received an opportunity.
• Ye Qizhen said he had to fulfill the master's wish, then teased Jiang Fan about being only one minor realm ahead of him.

Jiang Fan revealed that he had reached early-stage fourth rank, while Ye Qizhen disclosed that he had become an Intermediate Psychic after his encounter in the folded space. As Ye Qizhen and his team departed, he defended Jiang Fan as his best brother, but teammate Qian remained convinced Jiang Fan was a bad influence and planned to report him to Yan Shuai.

• Jiang Fan told Ye Qizhen he had reached early-stage fourth rank and had less than 120,000 Psychic Power, shocking him with his progress.
• Ye Qizhen revealed that he had become an Intermediate Psychic and said he had found no clues to identify the master in the folded space.
• Ye Qizhen suggested that he and Jiang Fan team up to target bandits and cults, but Jiang Fan neither accepted nor rejected the idea.
• After the team left, teammate Qian urged Ye Qizhen to distance himself from Tang Fan, whom he considered beneath him.
• Ye Qizhen called Jiang Fan the best brother he would ever have and warned Qian not to speak ill of him again.
• Qian decided to report his concern about Jiang Fan to Yan Shuai as soon as he returned.

Jiang Fan accompanied Wei Cangyue and the Sharp Edge Squad to the Divine Wind Camp assessment, where they stunned everyone by submitting an enormous haul of crystal cores. The squad avoided disbandment and far exceeded its quota, while onlookers debated whether Jiang Fan was the reason for its turnaround.

• Jiang Fan recalled that his Psychic Power could not penetrate the Heaven-Reaching Tower and that Crazy Old Man had warned him not to probe it again.
• Onlookers expected the struggling Sharp Edge Squad to disband, while they predicted the Edge-Breaking Squad would earn fourth-class status.
• Wei Cangyue and the Sharp Edge Squad emptied bag after bag of crystal cores onto the assessment table, including many Five Star cores.
• The crowd marveled at the Sharp Edge Squad's haul and wondered whether Jiang Fan, a newcomer, had helped turn its fortunes around.
• Wei Cangyue teased Jiang Fan as a precious little treasure, and Jiang Fan objected to his phrasing.

The Edge-Breaking Squad suspected Jiang Fan had stolen their crystal cores and plotted to kill him, while Qian Yi reported Ye Qizhen’s remarkable advancement to Yan Tianyang. Yan Tianyang dismissed Qian Yi’s warning about Ye associating with someone dangerous until Qian Yi revealed that person was from the Sharp Edge Squad.

• Wei Tingshan blamed Jiang Fan for the Sharp Edge Squad’s crystal cores, but A San stopped him from making an accusation without evidence.
• Wei Tingshan, A San, and the others agreed to find a way to kill Jiang Fan rather than let the Sharp Edge Squad keep benefiting from him.
• Qian Yi told Yan Tianyang that Ye Qizhen had reached late-stage second rank and intermediate psychic after encountering a great opportunity in the Outer Wilderness Zone.
• Qian Yi warned Yan Tianyang that Ye Qizhen was associating with insignificant people who might harm his cultivation, and Yan Tianyang said he trusted Ye’s judgment.
• Qian Yi revealed that Ye Qizhen’s new companion was a member of the fifth-class Sharp Edge Squad.

Yan Tianyang removed Qian Yi from Ye Qizhen’s protection detail after learning he had complained about Jiang Fan. Ye Qizhen revealed Jiang Fan had reached early-stage fourth rank, and Yan Tianyang later met Jiang Fan outside the Divine Wind Camp in a flamboyant disguise and led him away for a walk.

• Qian Yi complained to Yan Tianyang that Ye Qizhen trusted Jiang Fan, so Yan Tianyang dismissed Qian Yi from Ye Qizhen’s protection detail.
• Ye Qizhen learned Qian Yi had been reassigned and realized it was because he had complained about Jiang Fan; Yan Tianyang said Qian Yi was fortunate not to have attacked Jiang Fan.
• Yan Tianyang asked about Ye Qizhen’s breakthrough, and Ye Qizhen revealed Jiang Fan had advanced from early-stage third rank to early-stage fourth rank, astonishing Yan Tianyang and Wei San.
• Yan Tianyang, dressed in a flashy outfit and wearing sunglasses, stopped Jiang Fan outside the Divine Wind Camp and invited him for a walk.

Jiang Fan and Yan Tianyang shared a meal, where Yan Tianyang guessed that Jiang Fan’s opportunity might be connected to picking up trash, and the two discussed who should lead Divine Wind Camp. They headed toward Yuanwu, where Yan Tianyang revealed that he had graduated from Jiang Fan’s school, while the Edge-Breaking Squad continued plotting to kill Jiang Fan.

• Yan Tianyang ordered fifty large bowls of beef noodles and teased Jiang Fan for collecting empty bottles and a discarded sack on their way from Divine Wind Camp.
• Yan Tianyang suggested Jiang Fan’s trash-picking habit was linked to his fortuitous opportunity, and Jiang Fan jokingly claimed that picking up trash made him stronger.
• The Edge-Breaking Squad watched Jiang Fan from a restaurant across the street as Wei Tingshan told Lu Da You they would wait for a deserted place to attack.
• Jiang Fan paid for Yan Tianyang’s meal, and the two discussed whether Jiang Fan or Ye Qizhen was more suitable to lead Divine Wind Camp.
• As they reached a sparsely populated area, Yan Tianyang said he would visit Jiang Fan’s school and revealed that he had graduated from Yuanwu, making him Jiang Fan’s senior.

Jiang Fan and Yan Tianyang were cornered by the Edge-Breaking Squad, whose members tried to kill them after Jiang Fan had humiliated A San. Yan Tianyang revealed his overwhelming power and identity as Yan Shuai, then told the squad that the Divine Wind Camp would belong to Jiang Fan in the future.

• Wei Tingshan and the Edge-Breaking Squad surrounded Jiang Fan and Yan Tianyang and ordered their deaths.
• Yan Tianyang unleashed his pressure, forcing Wei Tingshan and the squad to their knees.
• Yan Tianyang removed his glasses, and the squad recognized him as Yan Shuai.
• A San and the others begged Yan Tianyang for mercy, believing Jiang Fan was his illegitimate son.
• Yan Tianyang said the squad's fate depended on Jiang Fan, then declared that the Divine Wind Camp would be Jiang Fan's in the future.

Jiang Fan rejected Yan Tianyang’s offer to become the Divine Wind Camp’s successor and left the Edge-Breaking Squad to face punishment. Back at Yuanwu, he spotted a familiar person running toward him.

• Yan Tianyang offered Jiang Fan the Divine Wind Camp succession, but Jiang Fan refused.
• The Edge-Breaking Squad begged Jiang Fan for mercy, and he asked Wei Tingshan whether they had interfered with the Sharp Edge Squad at the Crimson Abyss Birds’ nest.
• Yan Tianyang questioned Wei Tingshan about the Sharp Edge Squad’s troubles, but Jiang Fan detected no unusual signs and agreed the Edge-Breaking Squad lacked the strength to cause them.
• Jiang Fan disclaimed responsibility for the Edge-Breaking Squad, and Yan Tianyang ordered them punished under Divine Wind Camp military regulations.
• Jiang Fan returned to Yuanwu and saw a familiar figure running toward him.

Jiang Fan returned from the Outer Wilderness Zone, reunited with Zhou Yanchen and Tang Guo, and learned how Tang Guo and Lan Xinyu became friends. After inviting Lan Shengxue and the girls to his home, he noticed Tang Guo signaling him about Lan Shengxue and the villa.

• Zhou Yanchen greeted Jiang Fan at Yuanwu's gates by clinging to his leg and saying how much he had missed him.
• Jiang Fan learned that Fatty had left with his cousin, Wang Yao, and decided to go home before asking Fatty to give her the peach fruit.
• Jiang Fan returned to Yunlu Bay and met Lan Shengxue and Lan Xinyu, then reunited with Tang Guo.
• Lan Shengxue explained that Tang Guo and Lan Xinyu had become friends after Tang Guo defended Xinyu from an older child at kindergarten.
• Jiang Fan invited Lan Shengxue, Lan Xinyu, and Tang Guo to his home, while Tang Guo winked and gestured toward Lan Shengxue and the villa.

Jiang Fan returned home with Lan Shengxue and found Wang Yao there, acting intimately with him and calling his mother “Mom.” Lan Shengxue stayed instead of leaving, while Jiang Fan pulled Fatty aside to ask how Wang Yao had become young again.

• Tang Guo tried to warn Jiang Fan about something, but he invited Lan Shengxue to stay for dinner, and she accepted.
• Jiang Fan entered the house and saw Wang Yao in an apron beside Wang Shuqin; Wang Yao rushed over and embraced him.
• Lan Shengxue started to leave, but Lan Xinyu teased her about jealousy and admitting defeat, so Lan Shengxue stayed and offered to help Wang Shuqin cook.
• Wang Yao called Wang Shuqin “Mom,” leaving Jiang Fan and Lan Shengxue stunned as Wang Shuqin awkwardly wondered which woman was involved with her son.
• Fatty emerged from the bathroom, and Jiang Fan dragged him aside to ask how his ancestor Wang Yao had become young again and whether Fatty had washed his hands.

Jiang Fan gave Wang Yao a peach fruit and explained how he had obtained it from Peach Fruit Old Man. Little Turtle remained in disbelief that Jiang Fan was his master, while Wang Yao embraced the gift.

• Jiang Fan gave Fatty a peach fruit and explained that Peach Fruit Old Man had given it to him.
• Jiang Fan asked Fatty to pass the fruit to Wang Yao, but Fatty refused and sent Wang Yao to speak with him instead.
• Jiang Fan handed Wang Yao the peach fruit outside the villa, and Little Turtle recognized Brother Peach's scent.
• Wang Yao told Little Turtle that Jiang Fan was his master, but Little Turtle denied it and questioned how Jiang Fan got the fruit.
• Jiang Fan admitted that he had obtained the peach fruit through swindling and trickery, then recounted his encounter with Peach Fruit Old Man.
• Little Turtle listened to Jiang Fan's account and stared in shock.