Chapter Summaries

Xu Long killed Yagyu Tajima no Kami while preventing Cao Zhengchun from fighting the Iron Courage Divine Marquis alone. After Cao Zhengchun realized Zhu Wushi had concealed his strength, Xu Long left with him for the capital, still keeping his connection to Yagyu Piaoxu hidden.

• Xu Long interrupted Cao Zhengchun and the Iron Courage Divine Marquis’s confrontation, then attacked Yagyu Tajima no Kami while Cao Zhengchun held Zhu Wushi off.
• Xu Long killed Yagyu Tajima no Kami and received 5,000 points for completing the hidden mission.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis departed with Duan Tianya and Haitang, while Cao Zhengchun rebuked Xu Long for killing Yagyu Tajima no Kami.
• Xu Long warned Cao Zhengchun that Zhu Wushi had absorbed the Internal Force of many martial arts experts, prompting Cao Zhengchun to realize he had underestimated his rival.
• Xu Long left Yagyu Piaoxu and Li Zhengkai behind and accompanied Cao Zhengchun to the capital to meet the emperor and learn what the Red Queen had discovered.

Xu Long learned that Gu Santong and Zhu Wushi had visited the Valley of Villains and set out to investigate it in search of the Energy Absorption Great Art. Before leaving, he stopped Cao Zhengchun from using Princess Yunluo’s library fire to secure a harsh punishment, then reached impoverished Wealth and Honor Village near the valley.

• The Red Queen told Xu Long that Gu Santong, the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake, had died in the Valley of Villains and that Zhu Wushi had also gone there.
• Cao Zhengchun reported that Princess Yunluo had burned down the library and brought her in bound, but the Red Queen ordered Yunluo confined to the empress dowager’s residence for three months and warned Cao Zhengchun.
• Xu Long told the Red Queen to keep investigating the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake and the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, then left for the Valley of Villains.
• After nearly eight days of travel, Xu Long arrived near the valley at Wealth and Honor Village and found its plague-stricken villagers starving and destitute.

Xu Long rescued Wan Sanqian from a group of beggars in Wealth and Honor Village, and the two shared their reasons for being there. While they ate, local bullies Third Master Bao and Second Master Hu forced them to move, leaving Xu Long to warn Wan Sanqian about when to stand his ground.

• Xu Long drove off the beggars attacking Wan Sanqian and introduced himself as Cheng Shifei.
• Wan Sanqian said he had come to Wealth and Honor Village to find Haitang, while Xu Long claimed he was searching for his deceased grandmaster's burial place.
• Xu Long and Wan Sanqian ate at a restaurant, where Third Master Bao and his lackey bullied them into moving to another table.
• Second Master Hu arrived and drove everyone else out, then made Wan Sanqian and Xu Long move outside to finish their meal.
• Xu Long told Wan Sanqian that bullies pushed harder when people yielded, but that survival mattered most when victory was uncertain.

Xu Long and Wan Sanqian dealt with a group of bullies, then set out together for the Valley of Villains, where Xu Long hoped to find his grandmaster. By dusk, they had crossed a pool and found a narrow path through the trees.

• Long Da attacked Wan Sanqian, but Xu Long wounded him and paralyzed Second Master Hu and Third Master Bao when they tried to flee.
• Haitang joined Xu Long and Wan Sanqian, and Xu Long explained the dispute with Haitang’s elder brother, drawing Wan Sanqian’s scorn.
• Xu Long told Wan Sanqian that his grandmaster was somewhere in the Valley of Villains, and Wan Sanqian revealed that he was headed there too.
• Wan Sanqian led Xu Long toward the valley, and they abandoned a frail horse after it struggled to carry them.
• At dusk, Wan Sanqian and Xu Long rowed across a pool and found a narrow path through the dense trees.

Xu Long and Wan Sanqian entered the Valley of Villains, where the Three Villains and their families tried to force Haitang to marry their daughters. Haitang was knocked unconscious with a powerful anesthetic, leaving Xu Long and Wan Sanqian stunned.

• Xu Long and Wan Sanqian entered the Valley of Villains and stopped to eat, where Xu Long spotted Haitang among the diners.
• The Three Villains arrived with their wives and daughters, and the wives ordered the men in the restaurant to sit still while their daughters chose husbands.
• The three daughters took a fancy to Haitang, who was disguised as a man, and their mothers insisted they would keep Haitang as a husband.
• Xu Long laughed at the daughters' boasts about having children with Haitang, but Wan Sanqian warned him to sit down to avoid being kept there for breeding.
• Haitang tried to resist, but someone stabbed her with an anesthetic needle, and she passed out within seconds.

Xu Long followed the Three Villains to Villains' Peak, intending to discover what they were digging for while delaying Haitang's rescue. He learned they had found an iron mine, then startled them by calling out from outside.

• Xu Long told Wan Sanqian he would save Young Master Hai later and followed the Three Villains toward Villains' Peak.
• Xu Long avoided the traps on the path and Wan Sanqian realized they were heading up the peak.
• The Three Villains and their wives kept the poisoned, bound Haitang captive and planned to give him an aphrodisiac.
• The Second Villain revealed that their two years of digging had uncovered an iron mine but no treasure.
• Xu Long called out from outside, praising them for finding the mine and startling the Three Villains and their wives.

Xu Long forced the Three Villains and their wives to reveal why they had been digging at Villains' Peak, then killed them and went to rescue Haitang. The monsters discovered Haitang was a woman when they tore away her disguise.

• Xu Long subdued the Three Villains and their wives, resisted their poison, and demanded to know what they had found while digging.
• The Three Villains explained that a book had led them to Villains' Peak, where they searched for the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake's buried manuals, weapons, and treasures.
• Xu Long killed all six villains, then asked Wan Sanqian whether he wanted to help rescue Young Master Hai, but Wan Sanqian refused.
• Xu Long headed for the rear courtyard to save Haitang while Wan Sanqian urged him to hurry.
• The three monsters tore away Haitang's armor disguise and discovered that she was a woman.

Xu Long killed the three monsters who were about to attack Haitang, then used sex to counteract the powerful aphrodisiac poisoning her. While robots began excavating the mountain’s hidden chamber, Haitang emerged in her original appearance and stunned Wan Sanqian.

• As the three monsters raised their hands to kill Haitang, Xu Long shot through the window and killed them.
• Unable to remove Haitang’s potent poison by other means, Xu Long had sex with her for three hours to save her.
• Xu Long told Wan Sanqian that the place he sought was beneath the mountain and asked him to keep it secret; he also said he had killed the three monsters.
• The Red Queen scanned the mountain and sent robots to excavate for the hidden chamber near its middle.
• Haitang came out wearing Xu Long’s bra and underwear, and Wan Sanqian was stunned to see her original appearance.

Xu Long told Haitang about the Iron Courage Divine Marquis’s future betrayal and revealed that he possessed the last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, drawing her affection away from the Divine Marquis and Duan Tianya. Ten days later, Xu Long and Haitang entered the excavated secret chamber and found it wrecked by Gu Santong and the Iron Courage Divine Marquis.

• Haitang accepted Xu Long’s embrace while Wan Sanqian prepared to continue searching for his future bride.
• Xu Long told Haitang the story of Number One Under Heaven, including how the Iron Courage Divine Marquis might betray the country over Suxin.
• Xu Long produced the last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and Haitang began to accept his claims about the world and turn her heart toward him.
• After ten days of excavation by two hundred robots, Xu Long and Haitang entered the secret chamber.
• Xu Long found the chamber smashed to pieces and complained about Gu Santong, while Haitang teased him about insulting his supposed father.

Xu Long discovered the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake’s original Indestructible Golden Body and planned to use it to defeat the Iron Courage Divine Marquis and Cao Zhengchun. Meanwhile, Hong Chao and the other escaped reincarnators joined Cao Zhengchun’s forces and complained about Xu Long.

• The Red Queen led Xu Long and Haitang to a hidden chamber, where Xu Long found the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake’s final words and the Indestructible Golden Body.
• Xu Long explained that the art had been divided into the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Energy Absorption Great Art, then took the stone slab and left with Haitang.
• Xu Long suspected that the Iron Courage Divine Marquis had invented the name Heavenly Lake to conceal Suxin’s actual hiding place.
• Xu Long decided to absorb martial artists’ internal force to strengthen himself, following the method the Iron Courage Divine Marquis had used twenty years earlier.
• Hong Chao, Meng Fanlong, the other escaped reincarnators, the Five Poisons, and the Thousand-Faced Gentleman gathered at a restaurant as Cao Zhengchun’s allies.
• Hong Chao complained about Xu Long and accused Yagyu Piaoxu and Yagyu Tajima no Kami of betraying their side.

Hong Chao realized Xu Jiao might be connected to Long Aotian while he and the other reincarnators debated Cheng Shifei’s identity. Xu Long then found their gathering and launched another slaughter, leaving Hong Chao terrified and asking why he was being targeted.

• Hong Chao recalled Yagyu Piaoxu’s Chinese-style swordsmanship and suspected she had been Xu Jiao in disguise.
• Hong Chao wondered whether Long Aotian was Xu Jiao’s younger brother, while the Thousand-Faced Gentleman explained that Cheng Shifei was close to Princess Yunluo and likely protected by the emperor.
• The reincarnators dismissed their worries and boasted that they could defeat Cheng Shifei with poison and numbers.
• Xu Long crashed into the gathering, killed one reincarnator, and scattered the group with two powerful moves.
• Xu Long killed Meng Fanlong by draining his qi, blood, and vital essence, then continued attacking the fleeing reincarnators.
• Hong Chao cried out in terror and demanded to know how Xu Long had found them and why he was killing them.

Xu Long killed Hong Chao and the six reincarnators, then tracked down the Five Poisons and absorbed their inner power essence. Haitang had also gone after the Thousand-Faced Gentleman, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Hong Chao activated a desperate soul attack as Xu Long kicked him, but Xu Long survived and killed him, earning 3,000 points.
• Xu Long hunted down and killed the six fleeing reincarnators, gaining 18,000 points from them.
• Xu Long followed the Red Queen’s tracking and found the Five Poisons unconscious after Haitang ambushed them.
• Xu Long endured their deadly poisons, then absorbed the inner power essence of Centipede, Scorpion, Viper, Gecko, and Toad.
• Xu Long learned that Haitang had gone after the Thousand-Faced Gentleman and set off to catch up.

Xu Long killed the Thousand-Faced Gentleman and learned his disguise techniques before returning to the capital with Haitang. They took refuge in the emperor’s bedchamber, where Haitang discovered the Red Queen had replaced the emperor, while the Iron Courage Divine Marquis began to suspect Xu Long’s plans.

• Xu Long identified the disguised Thousand-Faced Gentleman by his scent, crippled him, and forced him to reveal his disguise techniques before killing him and earning 2,000 points.
• Xu Long had the Red Queen keep Princess Yunluo confined at the Dragon Guardian Villa while he was away.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis learned that Haitang was with Xu Long and reviewed Xu Long’s recent actions, suspecting he had a plan involving Villains’ Peak.
• Xu Long returned to the capital with Haitang, who avoided the Dragon Guardian Villa because she feared the Iron Courage Divine Marquis would detain her.
• Xu Long brought Haitang to the emperor’s bedchamber, where she met the Red Queen and learned that the emperor had been replaced by a liquid metal robot.

The Iron Courage Divine Marquis learned that Haitang was to marry the emperor and began setting a trap to weaken his own allies and draw Cao Zhengchun into a confrontation. Xu Long recovered Suxin’s body and used her to bargain with the marquis, who refused his demands for the Energy Absorption Great Art and the emperor’s death.

• After seeing the emperor walking with Haitang, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis found her secret plea for rescue and concluded that Xu Long had brought her to the palace under the emperor’s orders.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis investigated Xu Long, then took Xu Jiao to the Heavenly Mountain and arranged for Suxin’s body to disappear so he could expel Xu Jiao and lure Cao Zhengchun into acting.
• Xu Long found Suxin’s coffin in Zhang Family Town, defeated the men guarding it, and carried the body to an inn instead of absorbing their internal force.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis rushed to meet Xu Long after learning he had Suxin, but Xu Long demanded the Energy Absorption Great Art and then the emperor’s death.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis refused both demands.

Xu Long tricked the Iron Courage Divine Marquis into handing over a falsified manual, then traveled to Fusang to challenge its martial arts schools and absorb their fighters’ internal force. He began a bloody assault on the Shinano School, where an expert finally confronted him.

• Xu Long threatened to kill Suxin, forcing the Iron Courage Divine Marquis to give him a bamboo scroll that secretly contained an altered version of the Energy Absorption Great Art.
• The Iron Courage Divine Marquis believed Xu Long would use the art to challenge martial artists and target the emperor, while Xu Long revealed that he already possessed the genuine Indestructible Golden Body.
• Xu Long traveled to Fusang, abandoned an attempt to cut his finger after the Main God warned him of severe consequences, and headed for the Shinano School.
• Xu Long killed the Shinano School’s gate guards and drained the internal force and vital essence of more than fifty members.
• An expert from the Shinano School appeared and demanded to know why Xu Long was killing its members.

Xu Long defeated Xinnong Tiedan and massacred several ninja schools, prompting Fusang Country’s martial arts world to unite against him. After surviving their poisoned meal, Xu Long faced more than a hundred experts who attacked together.

• Xu Long defeated Xinnong Tiedan’s Drifting Wind Sword with Overbearing Dragon Repents, then snapped his neck.
• Xu Long continued slaughtering members of the Shinano School, the Jiafei School, and the Echigo School while absorbing their Internal Force and vital essence.
• Fusang Country’s martial arts world decided to join forces against Xu Long after learning that he had wiped out three ninja schools.
• Xu Long ate at a restaurant while the ninjas poisoned his food, and his T-virus bloodline neutralized the poisons.
• Xu Long exposed the ambush by killing the cook with a fish bone, then faced more than a hundred experts from the Musashi School, the Yihe School, and the Koga School.

Xu Long massacred more than a hundred Fusang ninjas with the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, then suffered severe backlash from the clashing yin and yang energies in his body. He rested and continued killing the ninjas in disguise, while Zhu Wushi secretly helped him conceal his identity and locate their gatherings.

• Xu Long used the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art to withstand the ninjas' attacks and killed more than forty of them in less than three minutes.
• The remaining ninjas realized they could not hurt Xu Long and fled, so he dispelled the art instead of pursuing them.
• Xu Long vomited blood as the yin and yang energies linked by the Indestructible Golden Body clashed and injured him.
• Xu Long rested and weighed the danger of letting Zhu Wushi discover that he could use the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Energy Absorption Great Art without suffering backlash.
• Xu Long used the disguise technique he had learned from the Thousand-Faced Gentleman to kill ninjas in different places under changing faces.
• Zhu Wushi secretly helped Xu Long hide his identity and find where the ninjas gathered.

Xu Long learned that his T-Virus Enhanced Bloodline could no longer keep pace with his rapid growth and hoped to find stronger genes in a future mission world. On his way south to hunt Fusang ninjas, he was confronted by Xiaoquan Chun Yilang, Japan's number one, and charged through his sword-light attack.

• Xu Long considered how to find powerful foreign genes to strengthen his bloodline without slowing his advancement.
• Xu Long set out to kill the eighty Fusang ninjas gathered at Dongming Shoal for their potential reward points.
• Xiaoquan Chun Yilang confronted Xu Long and introduced himself as Japan's strongest man.
• Xu Long transformed into a golden man, announced himself as Cheng Shifei, and launched an immediate attack.
• Xiaoquan filled the air with real sword light, but Xu Long let it strike him and charged straight up to Xiaoquan.

Xu Long killed Xiaoquan Chun Yilang and his ninjas in Fusang, then accepted Zhu Wushi’s offer to rescue Guihai Yidao while secretly planning to undermine the Iron Courage Divine Marquis. As martial arts experts surrounded Water Moon Nunnery to hunt Guihai Yidao, Xu Long’s return to the Central Plains was underway.

• Xu Long shattered Xiaoquan Chun Yilang’s saber, killed him with an Iron Mountain Lean, and slaughtered the remaining ninjas.
• Zhu Wushi maintained the illusion that his four imperial secret agents were unavailable while secretly relying on the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dippers and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.
• Zhu Wushi offered Xu Long a ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus in exchange for rescuing Guihai Yidao.
• Xu Long decided to return to the Central Plains, intending to rescue Guihai Yidao while killing him and weakening Zhu Wushi’s forces.
• At Water Moon Nunnery, Guihai Yidao lay with his mother as a crowd of martial arts experts arrived and prepared to hunt him.

Xu Long killed Guihai Yidao, his mother, and numerous martial experts before turning his attention to the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends. Two months later, at the Iron Courage Divine Marquis’s staged funeral, the Red Queen confronted Cao Zhengchun, and an attacker suddenly threatened the emperor.

• Xu Long stormed the nunnery, killed most of the Eight Great Sects’ martial experts, and defeated Guihai Yidao’s mother.
• Xu Long killed Guihai Yidao and completed the hidden mission, earning 4,000 points.
• Xu Long targeted the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends while the Iron Courage Divine Marquis and Suxin were imprisoned and tortured.
• Two months later, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis faked his death, and Haitang, Xu Jiao, and Suxin held his funeral.
• The Red Queen, disguised as the emperor, challenged Cao Zhengchun over the imperial prison collapse, and a distant attacker shouted that the emperor’s life was his.