Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng encountered five Black Wind Bandits near the Redbud Mountain Range and killed three of them with ease. He paused when their leader threatened him with the Black Wind Bandits’ chief.

• Lin Feng reached the Redbud Mountain Range and waited as five Black Wind Bandits caught up to him.
• Old Huang demanded Lin Feng’s storage ring, and Er Gou tried to take it, so Lin Feng killed Er Gou with a kick.
• The bandit leader ordered the remaining men to attack Lin Feng, who killed two more with his fists.
• The leader threatened Lin Feng with the Black Wind Bandits’ chief, and Lin Feng stopped attacking.

Lin Feng decided to raid the Black Wind Bandits for Energy Points and forced Old Huang to lead him to their hidden base. After entering the cave, Lin Feng faced a massive rock falling toward him.

• Lin Feng knocked the Black Wind Bandits' boss down and offered to spare only the one who led him to their base.
• Old Huang volunteered, and Lin Feng killed the boss before ordering Old Huang to guide him.
• Old Huang led Lin Feng through the remote Redbud Mountain Range to a cave concealed behind vines at a cliff face.
• Lin Feng entered the cave and looked up as a massive rock crashed toward his head.

Lin Feng entered the Black Wind Bandits’ cave base and slaughtered its guards, leaving the training ground drenched in blood. When Qi Sea Realm bandits finally arrived, the surviving Body Tempering Realm bandits rushed toward them for help.

• Old Huang crushed Lin Feng with a boulder, but Lin Feng revived unharmed and survived Old Huang’s dagger attack before killing him with a punch.
• Lin Feng continued through the cave and kicked down the gate to the Black Wind Bandits’ base.
• More than a dozen Body Refinement Stage bandits charged Lin Feng, and he killed them all with single punches.
• Lin Feng attacked the remaining Black Wind Bandits in the training ground and filled it with blood and dismembered bodies.
• Several Qi Sea Realm bandits rushed toward Lin Feng, and the surviving Body Tempering Realm bandits ran to them for help.

Lin Feng killed the fleeing Black Wind Bandits, shrugging off their attacks and crushing them with his strength. When Hu Ke, the bandit leader at the Qi Sea Fourth Layer, arrived, Lin Feng had already killed every bandit except him.

• Lin Feng kicked stone locks at the fleeing Body Refinement Stage bandits and killed them as the Qi Sea Stage bandits rushed toward him.
• The Qi Sea Stage bandits slashed Lin Feng with their sabers, but their blades could not pierce his defenses.
• Lin Feng grabbed one bandit's saber, pulled him close, and crushed him to death with a bear hug.
• Lin Feng caught up with three fleeing bandits and killed each with a punch.
• The last bandit called for Hu Ke, the Black Wind Bandit leader, but Lin Feng caught and killed him before Hu Ke could save him.

Lin Feng fought Hu Ke, leader of the Black Wind Bandits, after killing all of his subordinates. Lin Feng activated his Black Iron Battle Body but still could not overcome Hu Ke’s spear, leaving him eager to obtain a Body Tempering cultivation technique.

• Hu Ke rushed out of the cave and watched Lin Feng kill the last Black Wind Bandit, then vowed to capture and torture him.
• Hu Ke attacked Lin Feng with his spear, and their clash sent Lin Feng crashing into the cave wall.
• Lin Feng activated his Black Iron Battle Body and charged at Hu Ke, who recognized it as a possible divine ability.
• Hu Ke redirected his spear into Lin Feng’s fist and sent him crashing through several houses.
• Lin Feng realized his strength could not defeat Hu Ke without being condensed into force and urgently wanted a Body Tempering cultivation technique.

Lin Feng used a crystal core bomb while holding Hu Ke, killing himself in the blast and leaving Hu Ke gravely wounded. Lin Feng reappeared unharmed, and Hu Ke could only stare at him in terror.

• Lin Feng pretended to offer Hu Ke a treasure and deactivated his Black Iron Battle Body to lower Hu Ke's guard.
• Lin Feng activated a crystal core bomb and grabbed Hu Ke, refusing to let him escape.
• Hu Ke covered himself with Primordial Power as the bomb exploded, while Lin Feng was blasted into scraps of flesh.
• Hu Ke regained consciousness with one hand and one leg blown off, and celebrated surviving the blast.
• Lin Feng appeared completely unharmed, leaving Hu Ke terrified and unable to understand how he had survived.

After defeating Hu Ke and the Black Wind Bandits, Lin Feng claimed their wealth and discovered a Body Tempering cultivation art in Hu Ke’s storage ring. He learned that the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art could develop force within his body, though it only covered cultivation up to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

• Hu Ke tried to kill himself, but Lin Feng stopped him and then killed him for his Energy Points.
• Lin Feng searched the Black Wind Bandits’ bodies and collected healing potions, crystal cores, and other valuables, bringing his Energy Points to 20,000.
• Lin Feng opened Hu Ke’s storage ring and found a large stockpile of crystal cores and two cultivation manuals.
• Lin Feng learned the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art, which appeared on his skill panel at level 0/9 and required 600 Energy Points to upgrade.
• Lin Feng learned that the art would unify his scattered strength into force, but it could only be cultivated to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

Lin Feng learned the Blood-Burning Art and upgraded the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art until his physical foundation reached its limit. He broke through to the Qi Sea Realm, where his Qi Sea grew to around a hundred times the size of an ordinary person’s.

• Lin Feng learned that the Blood-Burning Art consumed blood essence to temporarily boost strength, despite risks that included death.
• Lin Feng upgraded the Blood-Burning Art, gaining the ability to burn his blood essence at will.
• Lin Feng repeatedly upgraded the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art until his body produced condensed physical force that could rival Primordial Power.
• Lin Feng reached the limit of his physical foundation and broke through to Qi Sea First Layer.
• Lin Feng filled his unusually large Qi Sea with Primordial Power and celebrated his cultivation progress.

After spending all 40,000 Energy Points, Lin Feng reached Qi Sea First Layer and destroyed the Black Wind Bandits' cave. He camped in the forest, ate a roasted beast, and turned to confront the scarlet-eyed creatures gathering around him.

• Lin Feng used all 40,000 Energy Points to upgrade his cultivation and grew strong enough to challenge opponents at Qi Sea Third Layer or higher.
• Lin Feng tested his strength, gathered his spoils, and collapsed the rock face above the Black Wind Bandits' cave entrance.
• Lin Feng set up camp in the forest and hunted a Qi Sea First Layer exotic beast for dinner.
• Lin Feng roasted and ate both legs of the beast while scarlet eyes watched him from the darkness.
• Lin Feng stood after finishing his meal and prepared to begin slaughtering the creatures around him.

Lin Feng followed a pack of mutant wolves into a hidden facility and discovered a group called the Gene Cult conducting experiments on people. He confronted the black-robed figure who admitted the corpses displayed in the square had been used as test subjects.

• Lin Feng suspected the mutant wolves were acting intelligently and followed them deeper into the Redbud Mountain Range.
• The mutant wolf king led Lin Feng through a concealed passage in a rock wall to a hidden square.
• Lin Feng saw agonized prisoners and the corpses of adults, children, and infants hanging from stone pillars.
• A black-robed figure praised the mutant wolf king for luring Lin Feng to the Gene Cult and gave it a pill.
• Lin Feng entered the square, confronted the black-robed figure, and learned the dead people had been test subjects.

Lin Feng confronted the black-robed leader, who wanted to capture him as experimental material, and killed the leader’s black-robed subordinates. The leader transformed into a wolf king mutant beast and attacked Lin Feng.

• The black-robed leader ordered his men to capture Lin Feng as experimental material.
• Lin Feng charged into the black-robed men and killed them one after another.
• The black-robed leader attacked Lin Feng with a longsword, but Lin Feng struck him away.
• The black-robed leader tore off his robe and transformed into a humanoid wolf king mutant beast.
• The transformed leader lunged at Lin Feng, who judged him too slow.

Lin Feng fought the black-robed leader, but the leader detonated the explosives in the houses and killed the ordinary people trapped inside. Enraged, Lin Feng tortured the leader until he died and declared the Gene Cult his target.

• Lin Feng overpowered the black-robed leader and charged toward the rubble where the captive humans were trapped.
• The black-robed leader detonated the explosives, killing the ordinary people as Lin Feng watched.
• Lin Feng crippled the leader with two blows, dragged him from the pit, and severed both his legs and arms.
• Lin Feng bound the leader to a stone pillar, declared he would hunt the Gene Cult, and watched the leader bleed to death after an hour.

After defeating the black-robed men, Lin Feng used their Energy Points to perfect his martial arts and advance to the Second Layer of the Qi Sea Realm. His Black Iron Battle Body then upgraded into a Bronze Battle Body.

• Lin Feng buried the ordinary people, looted the black-robed men's bodies, and burned the genetic modification books he found.
• Lin Feng perfected the Bull Demon Body-Forging Art and gained the physical body enhancement trait.
• Lin Feng perfected the Mad Demon Staff Technique, gained the arm strength enhancement trait, and broke through to the Second Layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
• Lin Feng activated his Black Iron Battle Body, which upgraded into the Bronze Battle Body.

After testing the power of his arts, Lin Feng returned to Yang City after slaughtering mutant beasts that were drawn to his singing. He arrived safely and went home to bathe.

• Lin Feng tested his boosted strength and found that his attacks could devastate the ground and leave him nearly unmatched in the Qi Sea Realm.
• Lin Feng sang in the wilderness, attracting mutant beasts, and fought them until his singing stopped and they fled.
• Lin Feng gained over 20,000 Energy Points and decided to collect the Third Martial School's promised reward after returning.
• Lin Feng traveled back to Yang City in three hours without incident, then went home to take a bath.

Lin Feng returned to the Third Martial School to collect his reward, and Huang Wei discovered that he had reached the second layer of the Qi Sea Realm. Huang Wei raised Lin Feng’s reward and asked which attributes he wanted for his cultivation technique and martial skill.

• Lin Feng went to the Third Martial School and called Huang Wei to ask where to collect his reward.
• Huang Wei sensed Lin Feng’s breakthrough and learned that he had reached the second layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
• Huang Wei considered Lin Feng’s potential to earn the school a place at Jiangnan Martial University and increased his reward.
• Huang Wei asked Lin Feng which attributes he wanted for his cultivation technique and martial skill, leaving Lin Feng surprised that they had attributes.

Huang Wei gave Lin Feng a choice of rewards, and Lin Feng chose body-tempering and staff cultivation arts along with an Essence-Augmenting Pill. Li Lin and Qian Wei resented Lin Feng’s reward, and Li Lin urged his nephew to take the pill from him.

• Huang Wei explained that Qi Sea Realm martial artists needed new cultivation arts, and Lin Feng asked for a body-tempering art and staff techniques.
• Huang Wei brought Lin Feng the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art, the Ten Wave-Breaking Forms, and an Essence-Augmenting Pill.
• Huang Wei explained that an Essence-Augmenting Pill could raise the cultivation of a martial artist below the Qi Sea Fifth Layer by one layer.
• Li Lin told Qian Wei that Lin Feng had received an Essence-Augmenting Pill as part of his reward.
• Qian Wei complained that Lin Feng did not deserve the pill, and Li Lin urged him to find a way to seize it.

Qian Wei, jealous that Lin Feng received an Essence-Augmenting Pill, confronted him at the school gates and demanded it. Lin Feng refused and remained unfazed as Qian Wei threatened him.

• Qian Wei learned that Huang Wei had given Lin Feng an Essence-Augmenting Pill and decided to take it for himself.
• Qian Wei left the office after speaking with his uncle, Li Lin, while Lin Feng said goodbye to Huang Wei and headed home.
• At the school gates, Qian Wei confronted Lin Feng and demanded to borrow his pill as students gathered to watch.
• Lin Feng mocked Qian Wei and refused to hand over the pill.
• Qian Wei threatened Lin Feng and increased the pressure of his presence, but Lin Feng was not intimidated.

Qian Wei attacked Lin Feng at the school gates, but Lin Feng struck him down with a single slap. Humiliated and enraged, Qian Wei drew a saber and vowed to kill Lin Feng.

• Qian Wei approached Lin Feng, intending to cripple him, while Huang Wei and Li Lin watched from nearby.
• Qian Wei attacked with a punch, but Lin Feng swiftly slapped him across the face and sent him sprawling.
• The watching students were stunned, and Qian Wei struggled to believe Lin Feng had defeated him.
• Qian Wei flew into a rage, drew a long saber despite the school’s ban on weapons, and threatened to kill Lin Feng.

Lin Feng defeated Qian Wei by stopping his saber barehanded and slapping him unconscious. Li Lin watched from the school gates, resentful of Lin Feng and worried about his chances of becoming vice principal.

• Qian Wei charged at Lin Feng with his Three Water-Severing Saber Strikes, but Lin Feng blocked the saber with his Bronze Battle Body and slapped him away.
• Qian Wei activated his divine ability and attacked again, but Lin Feng crushed the saber Qi, caught the blade barehanded, and held it fast.
• Lin Feng taunted Qian Wei and slapped him unconscious, then decided he liked the sensation of slapping people.
• Li Lin appeared at the school gates and resented Lin Feng, whose talent threatened Li Lin's bid to become vice principal.

After losing his bid to undermine Huang Wei, Lin Feng upgraded the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art until he ran out of Energy Points, then discovered that consuming pills could replenish them. He resolved to seek a way out of the city to earn money for more pills.

• Li Lin left after Qian Wei's defeat ruined his chance to use the fight against Huang Wei in the contest for vice principal.
• Lin Feng studied his cultivation manuals, then spent Energy Points upgrading the Azure Jade Body Tempering Art to level five before running out of primal energy.
• Lin Feng remembered the Essence-Augmenting Pill, swallowed it, and received 10,000 Energy Points.
• Lin Feng realized pills offered a new source of Energy Points but were extremely expensive, so he decided he needed to leave the city and earn money.