Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan joined Yang Xiaoqiang’s team to hunt an Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig and showed unusual stamina and tracking ability. When the beast fled again, the team chased after it, leaving Jiang Fan’s chance to prove his archery unresolved.

• Yang Xiaoqiang led Jiang Fan and the team into the woods to hunt the Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig, but the beast sped away before they could catch it.
• Jiang Fan kept up with the exhausted team and impressed them by showing no signs of fatigue, explaining that he climbed mountains for hours every day.
• Jiang Fan used his Psychic Power to locate the Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig, and Yang Xiaoqiang led the team to hide near it.
• Jiang Fan offered to shoot the beast, but Yang Xiaoqiang stopped him and sent Zhou Xiaoyan and Wang Jiangang to circle around it.
• The Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig heard Zhou Xiaoyan and fled, forcing the team to resume the chase.

Jiang Fan captured an Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig with a flawless double-arrow shot and earned his teammates’ respect by offering to share the mission reward. The group prepared to return with the beast, while Jiang Fan kept his face concealed from Zhou Xiaoyan.

• Jiang Fan shot two arrows into the Eight-Legged Hedgehog Pig’s eyes, stopping it, and Yang Xiaoqiang trapped the beast in a demon-trapping net.
• Jiang Fan received 50 points from the system for hunting the demon beast and dodged Wang Jiangang’s attempted pat on the back.
• Yang Xiaoqiang offered Jiang Fan the full two-million commission, but Jiang Fan insisted the team split it evenly.
• Wang Jiangang and Miao Xi praised Jiang Fan, while Zhou Xiaoyan tried to remove his mask and Jiang Fan repeatedly dodged him.
• Yang Xiaoqiang proposed that Jiang Fan take one million and the others split the rest, and Jiang Fan accepted.

After earning his mission commission, Jiang Fan repaid Old Wu and went to cook for Crazy Old Man before spending his remaining system points on draws. He won a Psychic Fruit that could double his existing Psychic Power, leaving Crazy Old Man watching his strange reactions.

• Jiang Fan agreed to join Xiaoqiang Studio only for missions, and the studio paid him one million from the completed mission commission.
• Jiang Fan repaid Old Wu fifty thousand, but Old Wu returned twenty thousand and advised him to focus on his martial arts exam.
• Jiang Fan called Tang Fugui to say he would miss dinner, then went to the cemetery management office and cooked for Crazy Old Man.
• Jiang Fan spent points raising his qi and blood and Psychic Power to their limits, then used the rest on draws.
• Jiang Fan won a Psychic Fruit that could double his existing Psychic Power, while Crazy Old Man quietly watched him react.

After eating a Psychic Fruit, Jiang Fan doubled his Psychic Power, and Crazy Old Man urged him to keep his Spirit Master ability secret. At special training, Wei Qi challenged Jiang Fan to a sparring match and bet that the loser would kneel, call the winner Daddy, and run naked around the gymnasium.

• Jiang Fan ate the Psychic Fruit and increased his Psychic Power from 3130P to 6260P.
• Crazy Old Man noticed Jiang Fan's sudden increase in Psychic Power, advised him to hide that he was a Spirit Master, and offered to help if he faced danger.
• Wei Cangyue told the special training class to pair up for sparring, then chose Lan Shengxue as her own partner.
• Jiang Fan taunted Jiang Youtian and challenged him to fight, but Jiang Youtian refused to move closer.
• Wei Qi challenged Jiang Fan and proposed that the loser kneel, call the winner Daddy, and run a naked lap around the gymnasium; Jiang Fan accepted.

Jiang Fan defeated Wei Qi despite their gap in cultivation, then watched Wei Qi honor his promise in an outrageous fashion. Wei Cangyue praised Jiang Fan’s combat ability and temperament but told him his low talent limited how far he could go.

• Wei Qi attacked Jiang Fan with all his strength, but Jiang Fan stopped his punch with one hand and kicked him across the gymnasium.
• The students and Wei Cangyue were shocked when Jiang Fan defeated Wei Qi, while Lan Shengxue was unsurprised because she had seen Jiang Fan kill a late-stage martial apprentice criminal.
• Jiang Fan told Wei Qi he had lost, and Wei Qi knelt, called him Dad, stripped, and ran a lap around Gymnasium No. 2 to keep his promise.
• Wei Cangyue ordered Wei Qi to get dressed, then praised Jiang Fan’s ability and temperament before warning him that his limited talent constrained his potential.

Jiang Fan accepted Mu Feng’s challenge and revealed that he had reached the middle stage of martial apprenticeship. After matching Mu Feng’s opening punch, Jiang Fan easily dodged his next attack and pressed forward, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Wei Cangyue praised Jiang Fan’s combat talent and said he might have recruited him into the Divine Wind Squad if his vitality were higher.
• Mu Feng challenged Jiang Fan, and Jiang Fan agreed to fight him so he could gain practical combat experience.
• Jiang Fan and Mu Feng exchanged a powerful punch, and their clash revealed that Jiang Fan was a middle-stage martial apprentice.
• Mu Feng attacked at close range, but Jiang Fan dodged, counterpunched, and forced him to retreat.
• Mu Feng recovered and assumed an opening stance as Jiang Fan attacked again.

Jiang Fan defeated Mu Feng by adapting and turning his opponent’s techniques against him, then accepted Lan Shengxue’s challenge. Their spar began with Lan Shengxue revealing her Lan Family secret skill, Phantom Gale Leg.

• Jiang Fan analyzed Mu Feng’s techniques, countered him with increasing ease, and kicked him off the arena platform to win.
• Lan Shengxue challenged Jiang Fan, who agreed to spar despite knowing she was a powerful martial artist from the Lan Family.
• Jiang Fan blocked Lan Shengxue’s first kick, impressing the spectators and Wei Cangyue.
• Jiang Fan asked Lan Shengxue to use her full strength, and she attacked with Phantom Gale Leg, a secret Lan Family technique she had mastered to its first level.

Jiang Fan lost his sparring match with Lan Shengxue but focused on memorizing her moves. Wei Cangyue then took the special training class to the Demon Beast Research Institute, where the students confronted terrifying caged beasts and Jiang Fan remained calm.

• Lan Shengxue defeated Jiang Fan in a spar, and Jiang Fan sat aside to study the moves he had learned.
• Wei Cangyue questioned Jiang Fan's sudden advancement, and the students suspected he had hidden his strength from Jiang Youtian and Wei Qi.
• Wei Cangyue led the special training class to the Demon Beast Research Institute and insisted that anyone who refused to enter would lose his training.
• The students saw caged demon beasts, including a Golden One-Horned Lion, a Mist-Hidden Flying Crow, and a Twin-Tailed Blood-Eyed Wolf, and many were frightened.
• Wei Qi tried to reassure Tong Shuyao, while Jiang Youtian offered to protect Lan Shengxue and she told him to stay away.
• Wei Cangyue observed that Lan Shengxue, Mu Feng, and Jiang Fan remained relatively composed around the beasts.

Jiang Fan remained calm around demonic beasts, and news of his rise and victories reached the Jiang Family, who accepted that reconciliation was unlikely. Later, Crazy Old Man discovered that Jiang Fan could reproduce Lan Shengxue’s Phantom Gale Leg after watching her fight and realized how extraordinary his talent was.

• Wei Qi saw Jiang Fan remain expressionless around the demonic beasts and was shocked by his composure.
• News spread that Jiang Fan had become a Middle-Stage Martial Apprentice and defeated Wei Qi and Mu Feng.
• Jiang Qifeng urged Jiang Youtian to surpass Jiang Fan, while suspecting Jiang Fan had dealt with the two bodyguards the family had sent after him.
• Jiang Fan practiced Lan Shengxue’s Phantom Gale Leg in the courtyard and felled a tree with a flying kick.
• Crazy Old Man recognized the Lan Family technique and assumed Lan Shengxue had taught it to Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had memorized the moves by watching Lan Shengxue fight, leaving Crazy Old Man stunned and excited by his talent.

After reworking Phantom Gale Leg into a new speed-enhancing footwork technique, Jiang Fan followed Crazy Old Man’s suggestion to learn from other martial arts schools. At the Sky Eagle Martial Arts School, he challenged Mu Dong to test the techniques he had just memorized and adapted.

• Jiang Fan broke Phantom Gale Leg apart and reassembled it into footwork that let him dash to Plow Mountain and back in seconds.
• Crazy Old Man urged Jiang Fan to visit martial arts schools, learn their techniques, and combine them into something of his own.
• Jiang Fan went to the Sky Eagle Martial Arts School, where the receptionist directed him to a trial lesson taught by Mu Dong.
• Jiang Fan recognized some of Mu Dong’s demonstrated techniques from his earlier fight with Mu Feng and memorized the rest.
• Mu Dong challenged Jiang Fan to demonstrate his insights, and they began a fight using martial techniques.

Jiang Fan defeated Mu Dong using martial techniques that resembled Mu Dong’s family style, then accepted a dangerous protection assignment with Xiaoqiang Studio. The chapter ended with Jiang Fan and the studio members arriving at Imperial View Villa District for the job.

• Jiang Fan beat Mu Dong in a martial techniques match, leaving Mu Dong wondering how he had learned and improved the family’s moves.
• Mu Feng saw a photo of Jiang Fan and recognized him as the young man who had fought his brother.
• Yao Lingling told Jiang Fan that a client was offering fifty million for protection overnight, and Jiang Fan agreed to join the assignment.
• Jiang Fan slept through class, and Lu Yi told a student not to disturb him.
• Jiang Fan arrived with Xiaoqiang Studio at Imperial View Villa District, where the Apostles of Justice had once taken Tang Guo.

Jiang Fan proved his archery skill to Wei Xianghong, then saved Wei Qi from an ambush and killed the enemy archer. The attackers stormed the villa with more fighters than the employers had reported, and a masked man lunged at Jiang Fan as the battle began.

• Wei Xianghong doubted Jiang Fan’s ability, but Jiang Fan demonstrated his archery by shooting arrows into a wall to spell out his name.
• Jiang Fan noticed an arrow aimed at Wei Qi, deflected it with another arrow, and shot the hidden archer outside.
• Yang Xiaoqiang warned the group to prepare for a melee, and five attackers broke into the villa.
• Wei Xianghong learned from his former business partner that the enemy had sent six people with stronger martial artists than reported.
• Zhou Xiaoyan considered withdrawing, but the attackers called for Jiang Fan to be taken out, and a man in a Peking opera mask lunged at him.

Jiang Fan surprised the Wei Family team by defeating an early-stage first-rank martial artist in close combat, then helped eliminate the remaining attackers. After Yang Xiaoqiang praised his strength and future prospects, Wei Qi openly admired him.

• Jiang Fan charged an early-stage first-rank martial artist and held his own with swift, powerful kicks.
• Jiang Fan killed his opponent with a knife stroke and joined Miao Xi, helping her defeat another martial artist.
• Jiang Fan assisted Zhou Xiaoyan, then shot a fleeing middle-stage first-rank martial artist through the heart with his bow.
• Yang Xiaoqiang and the others killed the remaining attackers, and Yang Xiaoqiang praised Jiang Fan's potential for missions in the Inner Wilderness Zone.
• Wei Qi admired Jiang Fan, while Jiang Fan looked forward to hunting demonic beasts and earning points before the martial entrance exam.

After defeating an attack on Wei Qi’s household, Jiang Fan went to the cemetery to farm points, then arrived at school exhausted. Wei Qi praised his mysterious hero, Tang Fan, without realizing Tang Fan was Jiang Fan, while the school prepared to welcome Spirit Master Ye Qizhen.

• Wei Qi begged Jiang Fan to take him on as a younger brother, but Jiang Fan left for the cemetery to farm points.
• Wei Qi had the servants preserve the character Fan that Jiang Fan had shot into the wall, declaring that his family would keep it for life.
• The next morning, Wei Qi recounted Tang Fan’s archery and his victory over an early-stage first-rank martial artist to their classmates.
• Jiang Fan entered class and went to sleep, then silenced Wei Qi with a cold glance that reminded him of Tang Fan.
• The principal announced that Spirit Master Ye Qizhen would visit Ancheng the next day and that the school must give Ye Qizhen an enthusiastic welcome.

Jiang Fan attended Ancheng No. 9 Middle School’s welcome for Spirit Master Ye Qizhen, while the Jiang Family sought to make a favorable impression on him. The chapter ended with Tong Shuyao presenting Ye Qizhen with flowers as students argued over her.

• Jiang Fan slept through his classmates’ excited discussion of Ye Qizhen’s arrival and why their school had been chosen to welcome him.
• Jiang Fan and the school contingent arrived at Ancheng Railway Station, where Jiang Qifeng told his daughters to ignore Jiang Fan and focus on impressing Ye Qizhen.
• Ye Qizhen stepped off the train, drawing the attention of the assembled students and wealthy families.
• Wei Qi mocked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan taunted him over losing to someone weaker, and Wei Qi backed down.
• Tong Shuyao approached Ye Qizhen with a bouquet, prompting girls to criticize her while Wei Qi defended her.

Jiang Fan saw Ye Qizhen arrive at school and later encountered him at Crazy Old Man’s cemetery home, where Ye delivered a message from Yan Tianyang. Crazy Old Man and Jiang Fan both reacted sharply to Yan Tianyang’s name, leaving Ye Qizhen puzzled about their connection.

• Jiang Fan agreed with the female students criticizing Tong Shuyao, while Ye Qizhen greeted Lan Shengxue and told her that her grandfather wanted her to visit him.
• Tong Shuyao watched Lan Shengxue and Ye Qizhen together with jealousy, while Jiang Qifeng warned Jiang Youtian not to antagonize the powerful Spirit Master.
• Jiang Fan went to the cemetery with groceries and met Ye Qizhen, who followed him inside to see Crazy Old Man.
• Crazy Old Man dismissed Ye Qizhen until he heard that Yan Tianyang had sent him, then demanded to know who had sent him.
• Jiang Fan abruptly turned toward Crazy Old Man, and Ye Qizhen sensed that the two shared a secret.

After discovering Yan Tianyang’s letter, Crazy Old Man confronted Jiang Fan and then declared that he had already taken a disciple. Ye Qizhen and Wei Cangyue were stunned, and Ye Qizhen suspected Jiang Fan was the new disciple.

• Crazy Old Man recognized Yan Tianyang’s handwriting on the letter and accused Jiang Fan of lying, but Jiang Fan insisted he had never claimed to know Yan Tianyang.
• Wei Cangyue arrived with liquor and learned that Ye Qizhen had come at Commander Yan’s order to seek Crazy Old Man as a master.
• Wei Cangyue told Ye Qizhen that Jiang Fan was his student and described Jiang Fan’s low blood qi and rapid rise to middle-stage Martial Apprentice.
• Crazy Old Man emerged with Jiang Fan and told Ye Qizhen to report to Yan Tianyang that he had already taken a disciple.
• When Wei Cangyue asked whether the disciple was a Spirit Master, Ye Qizhen guessed that Jiang Fan was Crazy Old Man’s disciple.

Ye Qizhen tried to persuade the Crazy Old Man to take him as a disciple, but the old man refused and hinted that his existing disciple was exceptionally talented. Ye Qizhen and Wei Cangyue left intending to stake out Plow Mountain and discover who the mysterious climber was.

• Jiang Fan denied being the Crazy Old Man's disciple when Ye Qizhen and Wei Cangyue questioned him.
• Ye Qizhen told the Crazy Old Man he would keep trying to become his disciple, and the old man admired his persistence after learning his Psychic Power was 2163P.
• The Crazy Old Man refused to take Ye Qizhen as a disciple, implying that his current disciple was more talented.
• Wei Cangyue connected the Crazy Old Man's disciple to the person climbing Plow Mountain every night, and Jiang Fan frowned at the old man's tacit confirmation.
• Ye Qizhen and Wei Cangyue left, both planning to stake out Plow Mountain that night.

Crazy Old Man tested Jiang Fan’s Psychic Power and discovered that it was at least six or seven thousand, then decided to make him his disciple. Jiang Fan refused, but Crazy Old Man used his Psychic Power to force him to kneel and begin the ceremony.

• Crazy Old Man stopped Jiang Fan from leaving and insisted that he release all his Psychic Power, threatening to withhold the remaining alloy weight rings.
• Jiang Fan unleashed his Psychic Power, startling Crazy Old Man with its strength.
• Ye Qizhen sensed Jiang Fan’s Psychic Power from nearby, but Crazy Old Man’s overwhelming force crushed his attempt to investigate and drove him and Wei Cangyue away.
• Crazy Old Man estimated Jiang Fan’s Psychic Power at six or seven thousand and praised his potential.
• Crazy Old Man offered to take Jiang Fan as his disciple, but Jiang Fan refused and set down the cup.
• Crazy Old Man used his Psychic Power to force Jiang Fan to his knees and ordered him to bow.

Jiang Fan received a valuable spatial ring from the Crazy Old Man and used the system to advance to late-stage martial apprentice. Meanwhile, Wei Cangyue and Ye Qizhen waited on Plow Mountain for the Crazy Old Man’s disciple, and heard someone arrive.

• The Crazy Old Man gave Jiang Fan a ten-cubic-meter spatial ring, which Jiang Fan activated and used to store the table.
• Jiang Fan spent system points to improve his qi and blood and psychic power, then won a Qi and Blood Fruit in the lottery.
• Jiang Fan consumed the Qi and Blood Fruit, raised his qi and blood to 132N, and broke through to late-stage martial apprentice.
• On Plow Mountain, Wei Cangyue and Ye Qizhen discussed whether Master Li’s disciple would come to climb the mountain that night.
• Wei Cangyue and Ye Qizhen heard a sound from the foot of the mountain and realized someone had arrived.