Chapter Summaries

Wei Cangyue tried to recruit talented students for his squad, but Crazy Old Man kept him from investigating the mysterious figure training on Plow Mountain. The next day, Wei Cangyue heard that Jiang Fan had wagered his Qi and Blood Raw Stone in a fight against Jiang Youtian and dismissed him as careless.

• Crazy Old Man doubted Wei Cangyue could recruit Lan Shengxue, while Wei Cangyue insisted he might persuade her during their three months together.
• Jiang Fan served food, tidied the room, and massaged Crazy Old Man, earning 1,000 system points before stopping when the reward notification appeared.
• Wei Cangyue spotted someone training on Plow Mountain at night and tried to go investigate, but Crazy Old Man blocked him to prevent him from poaching Jiang Fan.
• The next day, Wei Cangyue learned that Jiang Fan and Jiang Youtian were holding a PK, with Jiang Fan's Qi and Blood Raw Stone at stake if he lost.
• After hearing that Jiang Youtian was a middle-stage martial apprentice and Jiang Fan had only just reached the early-stage threshold, Wei Cangyue criticized Jiang Fan for not taking cultivation seriously.

Jiang Fan defeated Jiang Youtian in a school match and broke both of his knees, invoking the life-and-death waiver to avoid punishment. Wei Cangyue took notice of Jiang Fan before announcing that the special training class would climb Plow Mountain.

• Jiang Fan caught Jiang Youtian’s punch, slapped him, and shattered both of his knees with kicks.
• Jiang Fan reminded Jiang Youtian that they had signed a life-and-death waiver, and Jiang Youtian realized his own wager left him without recourse.
• Wei Cangyue ordered Jiang Youtian taken home for his Bone-Mending Pill and questioned Jiang Fan about his background.
• Wei Cangyue considered whether Jiang Fan had climbed Plow Mountain the previous night, then dismissed the idea.
• Wei Cangyue ordered the special training students to gather and announced that their training would be climbing Plow Mountain.

Wei Cangyue offered a Body Restoration Pill to whoever reached Plow Mountain’s summit and returned first, and Jiang Fan entered the race after Lan Shengxue left. Jiang Fan beat Mu Feng to the finish, but Wei Cangyue noticed his weighted rings and the other students accused him of cheating.

• Wei Cangyue announced that the first person to climb Plow Mountain and return would win a Body Restoration Pill, and Lan Shengxue left after being called home.
• Jiang Fan overtook Wei Qi and caught up with Mu Feng despite wearing F-grade alloy weighted rings.
• Jiang Fan kept pace with Mu Feng on the descent, then surged ahead when Mu Feng’s breathing grew uneven.
• Jiang Fan reached Wei Cangyue first and struggled to recover from his exhaustion.
• Wei Cangyue asked what Jiang Fan was wearing on his feet, and students accused Jiang Fan of cheating.

Jiang Fan won the training race while wearing F-grade alloy weight rings, and Wei Cangyue questioned him about climbing Plow Mountain before giving him the race prize. When Jiang Qifeng tried to retaliate for Jiang Youtian's injury, Wei Cangyue stopped his bodyguards and warned that Jiang Youtian would be expelled from the special training class if it happened again.

• Wei Cangyue saw Jiang Fan's F-grade alloy weight rings and asked whether he had climbed Plow Mountain, but Jiang Fan denied it and tricked Wei into handing over the first-place Body Restoration Pill.
• Jiang Qifeng arrived with two bodyguards and accused Jiang Fan of breaking Jiang Youtian's leg, then ordered the men to attack him.
• Wei Cangyue knocked both bodyguards away with a kick each while Jiang Fan watched his movements clearly.
• Jiang Qifeng backed down, and Wei Cangyue warned him to tell Jiang Youtian that another attempt to settle a loss through a parent would get him expelled from the special training class.

Jiang Fan learned that Tang Guo had disappeared and searched Ancheng with his psychic power until he found her among dozens of abducted children in a villa. As he prepared to act, he realized another captive, Xiao Yun, was likely Lan Shengxue’s younger sister.

• Jiang Qifeng regretted provoking Jiang Fan in front of Wei Cangyue and decided to avoid further trouble until Wei Cangyue left.
• Jiang Fan returned home and learned from Wang Shuqin that Tang Guo was missing; he took Old Wu’s contact information and went to search for her.
• Old Wu received a call from his wife saying that his daughter, Xiao Yun, was missing too.
• Jiang Fan searched the city with his psychic power, found Tang Guo and thirty-two other abducted children in Villa 13 of the Imperial View Villa District, and stole a knife to prepare for a rescue.
• Jiang Fan recognized Xiao Yun as likely related to Lan Shengxue while Tang Guo reassured her that Jiang Fan would rescue them.

Jiang Fan discovered that a group of organized criminals were holding children at Villa 13 and alerted Old Wu, who called for reinforcements. When Ding 123 threatened Tang Guo over her Qi and Blood Raw Stone, Jiang Fan used Psychic Power to kill him with a thrown fruit knife, leaving the remaining criminals on guard.

• Jiang Fan identified Bing 78 as a Middle-Stage First-Rank Martial Artist and texted Old Wu the criminals’ location and strength.
• Old Wu told Jiang Fan not to act and ordered Xiao Qian to notify the bureau and request reinforcements.
• Bing 78 ordered the criminals to move the thirty-three children to headquarters, and Ding 123 began dragging Wu Yun and Tang Guo by their hair.
• Tang Guo bit Ding 123, who flung her aside; her Qi and Blood Raw Stone fell out, and the criminals tried to take it from her.
• Jiang Fan threw a fruit knife guided by Psychic Power into Ding 123’s neck, killing him.
• Bing 78 and Ding 145 went on guard as the two criminals at the entrance rushed in, and Bing 78 examined Ding 123’s wound.

Jiang Fan fought Bing 78 after his cover was blown, enduring devastating attacks before using his Psychic Power to control an F-grade alloy weight ring. He drove the ring into Bing 78’s chest, and Bing 78 realized Jiang Fan was a Spirit Master.

• Bing 78 followed the sound of Jiang Fan’s ringing phone and intercepted him as he fled.
• Bing 78 punched Jiang Fan and then attacked with an F-grade alloy saber, leaving Jiang Fan badly injured.
• Bing 78 learned that the Police Bureau had surrounded the villa and realized Jiang Fan had contacted them.
• Jiang Fan swallowed a Body Restoration Pill and used an F-grade alloy weight ring to attack Bing 78.
• Jiang Fan drove the weight ring into Bing 78’s chest, and Bing 78 recognized him as a Spirit Master.

Jiang Fan killed Bing 78 and returned to find Tang Guo missing after another criminal escaped with two girls. He used his Psychic Power to locate her and raced into an alley, while Lan Shengxue followed.

• Jiang Fan killed Bing 78, took his saber, and noticed a tattoo resembling scales and a sword on his body.
• Jiang Fan returned to the villa district, where Old Wu and Lan Shengxue learned that he claimed a passing expert had killed the criminal.
• Old Wu revealed that another criminal had escaped with two girls, and Jiang Fan immediately ran after them.
• Lan Shengxue pursued Jiang Fan while Wei Cangyue arrived and ordered the others to find Bing 78's body after hearing Jiang Fan's name.
• Jiang Fan detected Tang Guo with his Psychic Power, changed direction, and disappeared into a dim alley.

Jiang Fan rescued Tang Guo and Lan Xinyu from Ding 3, then killed him as he fled. The sisters returned home with Jiang Fan while Lan Shengxue and Wei Cangyue learned what he had done.

• Ding 3 dragged Tang Guo and Lan Xinyu into a car, but Jiang Fan used his psychic power to crash another car into its path and rescue them.
• Jiang Fan left Lan Shengxue to guard the girls and chased Ding 3, who stole a motorcycle to escape.
• Jiang Fan ripped up a road sign and hurled it into Ding 3's chest, killing him when the motorcycle crashed into a truck.
• Jiang Fan returned to Tang Guo, comforted her, and told her he had avenged her before taking her home with Lan Xinyu and Lan Shengxue.
• Lan Xinyu declared that Jiang Fan was worth marrying, and Lan Shengxue told Wei Cangyue that Jiang Fan had killed Ding 3.

Wei Cangyue investigated Bing 78’s death and suspected Jiang Fan was hiding his role in the fight. Back home, Jiang Fan discovered his system had upgraded, won several Qi and Blood Fruits in the lottery, and raised his qi and blood to 116N before considering whether to increase his psychic power.

• Wei Cangyue examined Bing 78’s body and concluded that Jiang Fan could not have been the opponent who exchanged blows with the criminal.
• Wei Cangyue ordered Old Wu to collect blood for DNA comparison and arranged for Jiang Fan to hand over the criminal’s weapon and come in for questioning.
• Jiang Fan opened the upgraded system and learned that he had gained 10,088 points from killing criminals and rescuing children.
• Jiang Fan used the lottery to win and consume several Qi and Blood Fruits, increasing his qi and blood to 116N.
• Jiang Fan decided to let his body adapt and gain combat experience before advancing further, then considered exchanging points for psychic power.

Jiang Fan used his enhanced Psychic Power to detect two bodyguards sent by Jiang Qifeng, then killed them with his strength and telekinetic control. He returned home unnoticed while the Jiang Family waited for the bodyguards to report back.

• Jiang Fan raised his Psychic Power and practiced sensing people and events in nearby homes.
• Jiang Fan detected two of Jiang Qifeng’s masked bodyguards approaching and led them into the woods.
• Jiang Fan identified the bodyguards and learned Jiang Qifeng had sent them to break his legs in retaliation for Jiang Youtian’s injuries.
• Jiang Fan revealed strength beyond that of an early-stage martial apprentice and used hovering alloy rings to kill both bodyguards.
• Jiang Fan buried the bodyguards and went home to sleep while Jiang Qifeng and Jiang Hongyuan waited for news.
• Jiang Qifeng asked Jiang Youtian about his healing legs, then angrily cut him off when he questioned whether attacking Jiang Fan was right.

Jiang Fan went to the Police Bureau as a witness, where Wei Cangyue challenged his account of the fight and hinted that forensic evidence might link him to it. The chapter left Jiang Fan alone in the interrogation room, waiting for Wei Cangyue to return with the DNA results.

• Jiang Qifeng sent Butler Zhou to search for the missing bodyguards.
• Old Wu thanked Jiang Fan for helping rescue his daughter, then asked him to hand over the F-grade alloy saber and give a statement at the Police Bureau.
• Wei Cangyue questioned Jiang Fan about the death of the Mid-Stage First Rank criminal and accused him of lying about an expert killing the criminal.
• Jiang Fan defended his account and argued that he should be treated as a student and a witness rather than a criminal.
• Xiao Qian brought Wei Cangyue the DNA comparison results, and Wei Cangyue revealed that blood found beside the broken lamppost might belong to Jiang Fan.

Wei Cangyue’s DNA test identified the blood as chicken blood, so he failed to expose Jiang Fan’s lie and let him go. After Old Wu described Jiang Fan’s abusive upbringing and rapid progress as a martial apprentice, Wei Cangyue began to suspect that Jiang Fan was the mysterious genius Crazy Old Man had protected.

• Wei Cangyue learned the DNA comparison matched chicken blood and realized Jiang Fan had outmaneuvered the investigation.
• Jiang Fan decided not to confess, fearing that revealing his spirit master identity would put him and his family in danger.
• Wei Cangyue tried to bluff Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan recognized that the DNA results had failed and asked to go home.
• Wei Cangyue let Jiang Fan leave, unable to pry the truth from him.
• Old Wu told Wei Cangyue about Jiang Fan’s abuse by his biological family and how he became an early-stage martial apprentice within a month.
• Wei Cangyue began to suspect Jiang Fan was the mysterious genius Crazy Old Man had been hiding.

Jiang Fan learned that Crazy Old Man had known he was a Spirit Master and had hidden his identity by replacing his blood with chicken blood. Crazy Old Man explained the Church of Justice’s corruption and warned Jiang Fan to avoid its members, while Jiang Fan failed ten prize draws and headed out to train.

• Crazy Old Man revealed that he had recognized Jiang Fan as the one who killed the Mid-Stage First Rank Martial Artist and had swapped Jiang Fan’s blood for chicken blood to protect his secret.
• Crazy Old Man said Yan Tianyang had told him the person he sent was a Spirit Master, while Jiang Fan insisted he was not that person.
• Crazy Old Man identified the criminals as Apostles of Justice from the Church of Justice and explained that the organization turned evil after its Holy Lord disappeared eighteen years earlier.
• Crazy Old Man warned Jiang Fan to stay away from the Church of Justice because he was too weak to fight its members.
• Jiang Fan spent 1,000 points on ten prize draws and failed to win, then decided to go mountain climbing to continue his training.

After Jiang Fan received a modest reward for exposing a child-abduction gang, he worried about his dwindling funds and tried to keep up with Lan Shengxue during mountain training. Lan Shengxue ran beside him and thanked him for helping her little sister.

• Jiang Fan used the system to slightly increase his blood essence and Psychic Power.
• Wei Qi and the class discussed the high school student who had helped rescue thirty-three abducted children, while Old Wu told Jiang Fan the bureau had concealed his identity.
• Old Wu offered Jiang Fan a 30,000-yuan reward, but said it would take at least a month to process, leaving Jiang Fan anxious about his lack of money.
• During training on Plow Mountain, Lan Shengxue repeatedly pulled ahead of Jiang Fan, but he kept closing the gap until she ran alongside him.
• Lan Shengxue thanked Jiang Fan for helping her little sister, while their classmates watched in astonishment.

Jiang Fan accepted a Qi and Blood Raw Stone and a love letter from Lan Shengxue, then shut down Tong Shuyao when she questioned him about their breakup. After spotting a studio job posting on his way home, he decided to try archery work and arrived at Xiaoqiang Studio on Saturday.

• Lan Shengxue gave Jiang Fan Yi Hong’s love letter and offered him a Qi and Blood Raw Stone and a favor; Jiang Fan accepted them.
• Jiang Fan offered to sell Wei Qi the Qi and Blood Raw Stone for five hundred thousand, infuriating him.
• Tong Shuyao asked Jiang Fan whether he had broken up with her for Lan Shengxue, and Jiang Fan told her it was none of her business.
• Tong Shuyao asked Lan Shengxue whether she liked Jiang Fan, and Lan Shengxue gave her the same dismissive reply.
• Jiang Fan found a flyer advertising an archer position at Xiaoqiang Studio and decided his Psychic Power could make up for his lack of archery experience.
• Jiang Fan followed the flyer’s address to Xiaoqiang Studio on Saturday.

Jiang Fan applied to Xiaoqiang Studio but had to borrow the thirty-thousand-yuan application fee from Old Wu. After provoking a hostile applicant who nearly attacked him, Jiang Fan joined the other candidates as the first interview round began.

• The receptionist mocked Jiang Fan’s low martial-apprentice strength and required him to pay a thirty-thousand-yuan application fee.
• Jiang Fan called Old Wu, who offered to transfer the money, and Jiang Fan accepted it as a loan.
• Jiang Fan paid the fee and waited with the other applicants, where a bald man criticized him for borrowing the money and doubted he could win the single archer position.
• Jiang Fan challenged the bald man’s confidence, drawing hostile stares from the other applicants, and the bald man accused him of setting him up.
• The bald man tried to punch Jiang Fan, but the receptionist warned that fighting meant immediate disqualification, and he backed down.
• The receptionist led the applicants to the archery range to begin the first interview round.

Jiang Fan impressed Yang Xiaoqiang and the other interviewers by hitting the bull’s-eye with every arrow during Xiaoqiang Studio’s archer recruitment test. The next round began with moving targets and strong wind, putting the remaining applicants’ skills to the test.

• Yang Xiaoqiang introduced himself and explained Xiaoqiang Studio’s strict requirements for a new archer.
• Jiang Fan joined the final group and borrowed a bow after claiming his own had broken.
• Jiang Fan hit the bull’s-eye with every shot, repeatedly piercing his arrows through the previous ones and astonishing the interviewers and applicants.
• Yang Xiaoqiang praised Jiang Fan’s archery but decided the interview needed to test more than his shooting ability.
• Yang Xiaoqiang had the targets move and wind rise, then challenged the applicants to land at least three hits in ten shots.

Jiang Fan impressed Xiaoqiang Studio with his impossible accuracy and became the only candidate willing to face the final test outside Fortress No. 31. After he deduced that the team had no intention of taking him into the Inner Wilderness Zone, Yang Xiaoqiang explained why they needed a new archer.

• Jiang Fan shot every arrow through the previous one and into the bull's-eye, impressing Xiaoqiang Studio and frightening the bald man who had insulted him.
• Yang Xiaoqiang led the four remaining candidates to Fortress No. 31 and announced that the final assessment would take place at the edge of the Inner Wilderness Zone.
• Three candidates panicked and withdrew, leaving Jiang Fan as the only one willing to go.
• Jiang Fan reasoned that Yang Xiaoqiang's experienced team would not risk taking a rookie into the wilderness without an archer, so the announced test was not what it seemed.
• Yang Xiaoqiang praised Jiang Fan's judgment and revealed that the team's previous archer had died after retreating from a fight with two one-star demonic beasts.

Jiang Fan joined Yang Xiaoqiang’s studio and met its members, including Miao Xi, a survivor of Fortress No. 39’s beast tide. When the studio accepted a two-million commission to capture a one-star Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig, Jiang Fan asked to accompany them, confident he could handle it.

• Wang Jiangang welcomed Jiang Fan, and Yang Xiaoqiang introduced the studio members, including Zhou Xiaoyan and Yao Lingling.
• Miao Xi warned Jiang Fan that the wilderness was terrifying, and Yang Xiaoqiang explained that her family had died in the beast tide that destroyed Fortress No. 39.
• Yao Lingling reported that the Demon Beast Research Institute wanted the studio to capture an escaped one-star Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig for a two-million commission.
• Yang Xiaoqiang accepted the task, and Jiang Fan asked to join the team because he believed he could handle it.
• The team was surprised by Jiang Fan’s confidence, and Miao Xi gave him a closer look.