Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the body of a corrupt head constable, Lu Feng awakened a demon-slaying system and killed the pig demon threatening him and Ergou. He headed to the county yamen with the demon’s head to claim Merit Points, despite Ergou’s warning that doing so could provoke revenge.

• Lu Feng learned that the original owner had died of plague after bringing two plague victims to feed a pig demon, which arrived demanding food.
• When the pig demon turned on Ergou, Lu Feng tried to protect him, was struck aside, and awakened the Demon-Slaying and Exorcism System.
• Lu Feng opened the beginner’s gift pack, spent his Demon Points to master the Gale Saber Art, and beheaded the pig demon with one strike.
• Ergou thanked Lu Feng and warned that registering the demon’s head for Merit Points could expose Lu Feng’s past collusion and invite revenge.
• Lu Feng entered Lin'an City with Ergou and the pig demon’s head, ignored the constables’ mockery, and went into the county yamen to find the registrar.

Lu Feng redeemed a slain pig demon for Carefree Steps and used his system to master the technique while rushing to rescue Chen Hu’s sister from the wolf demons. He killed the two juvenile wolf demons carrying her just as Chen Hu and his men arrived at North Mountain.

• Lu Feng registered the pig demon’s head with Records Officer An and redeemed his merit for Carefree Steps.
• Chen Hu accused Lu Feng of abducting his sister, and Lu Feng remembered that the original owner had sent her to North Mountain as tribute to the wolf demons.
• Lu Feng spent 100 Demon Points to raise Carefree Steps to major mastery and raced ahead of Chen Hu’s group.
• Lu Feng found Chen Hu’s unconscious sister with Qian San and two juvenile wolf demons, then took her away from them.
• Lu Feng used Carefree Steps and the Gale Saber Art to kill both wolf demons before they could summon help.
• Chen Hu and his men arrived and saw Lu Feng beside the two severed wolf demon heads.

Lu Feng rescued Chen Hu’s sister, returned to Lin'an City, and perfected his Gale Saber Art with the system. After learning Deputy Magistrate Lin Yuan was furious about the wolf demons’ deaths, Lu Feng went to confront him at the yamen.

• Lu Feng revived Chen Hu’s sister and told Qian San to bring the wolf demon heads to the yamen under his name.
• Lu Feng overheard a woman call him a deputy magistrate’s lackey who colluded with demonic beasts, then returned to his residence.
• Lu Feng spent all 200 Demon Points to raise Gale Saber Art to perfection.
• Ergou warned Lu Feng that Lin Yuan was searching for him over the wolf demons’ deaths, and Lu Feng headed to the yamen.
• Lu Feng and Ergou entered Lin Yuan’s study, where Lu Feng saw Lin Shan, Lin Yuan’s nephew and a fellow head constable.

Lu Feng learned that a Demon-Slaying Envoy was coming to Lin'an County and decided to hunt demons to qualify for the Demon-Slaying Bureau. He attacked a pig demon lair, but his saber strikes barely hurt its first-tier leader.

• Lu Feng admitted killing the pig demon and two wolf demons, then persuaded Lin Yuan to keep him in charge of the demon beasts.
• Lin Shan told Lu Feng that a Demon-Slaying Envoy was expected, and Lin Yuan warned that Lu Feng might be stronger than he appeared.
• Lu Feng traded two hundred merit points for the Gate-Severing Saber Art and the Grasping Hand, then asked Registrar An about the Demon-Slaying Bureau’s requirements.
• Lu Feng decided to hunt demons for Demon Points and headed to the pig demons’ lair, where he found nine of them.
• The first-tier pig demon attacked Lu Feng, and his perfected Gale Saber Art left only faint wounds as the demon’s assault intensified.

Lu Feng killed the pig demons, perfected several martial arts, and broke through to Late Ming Jin before defeating the first-tier pig demon. He then encountered a wounded third-tier bear demon named Xiong Ba and a girl in purple who was pursuing it, leaving Lu Feng caught between them as she prepared to fight.

• Lu Feng used Carefree Steps to evade the first-tier pig demon and kill all eight unranked pig demons.
• Lu Feng spent Demon Points to perfect Carefree Steps, Gate-Severing Saber Art, and Grasping Hand, reaching Late Ming Jin.
• Lu Feng restrained and beheaded the first-tier pig demon, then strung the demons' heads on a vine and headed toward Lin'an City.
• Lu Feng heard a disturbance and blocked the path of the wounded bear demon, Xiong Ba, which attacked him.
• A girl in a purple dress struck at Xiong Ba with purple lightning, warned Lu Feng to keep back, and prepared to fight as Xiong Ba unleashed its bloodline power.

Lu Feng received a Demon-Slaying Bureau token and a Jin Origin Pill from Su Ying after she killed Xiong Ba, then returned to Lin'an City and found Chen Lan cooking for him. Chen Hu came to take his sister home, and Lu Feng let her leave, though she promised to visit again.

• Su Ying killed Xiong Ba, collected his essence blood, and offered Lu Feng a Jin Origin Pill in thanks for delaying the demon.
• Lu Feng failed to wound Xiong Ba's corpse, declared his desire to slay demons, and accepted Su Ying's invitation to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau as a demon-slaying guard.
• Su Ying gave Lu Feng her silver token and the pill, then vanished with Xiong Ba's corpse; Lu Feng returned to Lin'an City after realizing the pig demon heads had been destroyed.
• Lu Feng found Chen Lan cooking in his home, and she said she believed he was not a bad person despite the rumors and had come to repay him for saving her.
• Chen Hu stormed in, accused Lu Feng of deceiving his sister, and demanded that he release her; Lu Feng denied forcing her to stay and suggested she return home for the night.
• Chen Lan agreed to leave with Chen Hu and promised Lu Feng she would visit again the next day.

Lu Feng mastered Iron Cloth Shirt and reached consummate Ming Jin before learning that wolf demons had killed Qian San and abducted prominent families’ children. He rejected Lin Yuan’s order to apologize and set out for North Mountain with Chen Hu and his men to confront the demons.

• Chen Hu gave Lu Feng the Iron Cloth Shirt manual and demanded that he stay away from Chen Lan.
• Lu Feng used 500 Demon Points to raise Iron Cloth Shirt to consummate level, gaining exceptional physical toughness and breaking through to consummate Ming Jin.
• Ergou told Lu Feng that Qian San had been killed by a demonic beast and his head left outside the county yamen.
• At the yamen, Lin Yuan revealed that more than a dozen prominent families’ children had also gone missing and said the wolf demons demanded Lu Feng apologize at North Mountain.
• Lu Feng refused to negotiate and left to fight the wolf demons, joined by Chen Hu and his five men.
• Records Officer An accused Lin Yuan of sending them to their deaths, while Lin Yuan privately hoped their deaths would leave him in control of Lin'an County.

Lu Feng joined Chen Hu and Records Officer An in attacking the wolf demons’ den on North Mountain, where he showed overwhelming strength against the demons. After killing the unranked wolves outside and nine first-rank wolves inside, he saw his companions still struggling against the remaining enemies.

• Lin Yuan sent Lin Shan to North Mountain after a two-hour delay, promising him credit for killing wolf demons and a chance to enter the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
• Records Officer An caught up with Lu Feng and Chen Hu, and the group rushed to the wolf demons’ den.
• Lu Feng killed the unranked wolf demons guarding the den with a single saber strike each, then entered and found three captives surrounded by feasting demons.
• Lu Feng assigned Chen Hu and the others to rescue the captives and fight the unranked wolves while he attacked the ten first-rank wolf demons.
• The first-rank wolves’ claws barely scratched Lu Feng’s perfected Iron Cloth Shirt, and he killed nine of them with his Gale Saber Art.
• Lu Feng saw Records Officer An locked in a stalemate with the last first-rank wolf demon, while Chen Hu and the others struggled against the remaining unranked wolves.

Lu Feng slaughtered the wolf demons in their den and discovered the victims they had drained of blood, then vowed to wipe out every demonic beast in Lin'an County. Records Officer An followed him as he headed toward the eastern mountain to hunt the rat and rabbit demons.

• Lu Feng rescued Ergou, killed the remaining wolf demons in the den, and gained 3,200 Demon Points from the untiered ones.
• Lu Feng killed the last first-tier wolf demon in one slash, astonishing the constables and Records Officer An with his strength and perfected techniques.
• Records Officer An warned Lu Feng that Lin Shan might scheme against him because they both wanted to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
• Lu Feng and Records Officer An found a pool of blood, dozens of drained headless corpses, and hundreds of skulls deep in the den.
• Lu Feng vowed to eliminate every demonic beast in Lin'an County and set out for the eastern mountain, while Records Officer An ordered Chen Hu to recover the victims and followed Lu Feng.

Lu Feng and An Shi cleared the eastern mountain’s rabbit demon den, while Chen Hu’s group encountered Lin Shan carrying North Mountain’s wolf demon corpses back to Lin’an City. Lin Shan revealed his treachery after they left, as County Deputy Lin Yuan tried to secure him a place in the Demon-Slaying Bureau despite his lack of demon-slaying records.

• Lu Feng entered the rabbit demon den alone, killed its first-rank leader and the unranked rabbit demons, while An Shi blocked their escape.
• Lu Feng headed for the rat demon den, and An Shi collected the rabbit heads before following him.
• Chen Hu and the constables met Lin Shan with carts at the North Mountain pass, and Lin Shan offered to take the wolf demon corpses and villagers back to the city.
• After Chen Hu’s group left for the eastern mountain, Lin Shan dropped his friendly act, called them fools, and ordered his men back to the city with the corpses.
• County Deputy Lin Yuan tried to persuade a Demon-Slaying Bureau officer to accept Lin Shan, but the officer questioned whether Lin Shan had ever killed a demon beast.

Lu Feng and An Shi cleared the southern mountain’s monkey demon lair, where Lu Feng discovered a hidden second-tier demonic beast. The old ape attacked him, and their fight ended in a stalemate after Lu Feng’s saber broke and the ape lost much of its fur.

• Lin Yuan bribed a Demon-Slaying Bureau official to put Lin Shan on the Demon-Slaying Guard roster.
• Lu Feng and An Shi reached the southern mountain after clearing the eastern mountain’s rabbit and rat demons.
• Lu Feng killed the first-tier monkey demons while An Shi intercepted the fleeing unranked demons at the cave entrance.
• Lu Feng buried the dead villagers and went deeper into the cave to search for survivors.
• Lu Feng encountered a second-tier old ape, whose attacks he survived with his movement and Iron Cloth Shirt.
• Lu Feng’s saber broke during the fight, and he dodged the old ape’s attacks as both combatants fought to a stalemate.

Lu Feng discovered the old ape demon’s tail was its weakness and tore it off, provoking the second-tier beast to self-destruct and injure him. After recovering overnight, he returned to Lin'an City with his companions, where they witnessed a Demon-Slaying Bureau official collect the first-tier beast corpses used for Lin Shan’s assessment.

• Lu Feng seized the old ape demon’s tail and tore it off, causing the beast to rapidly age and lose its Yao Qi.
• The old ape demon self-destructed, and Lu Feng was knocked unconscious by the blast after receiving a system notification awarding him 10,000 Demon Points.
• Ergou, An Shi, Chen Hu, and the others found Lu Feng and stayed with him overnight as he healed and considered joining the Demon-Slaying Bureau to obtain an An Jin art.
• The group set off for Lin'an City the next morning and found townspeople praising Lin Shan for killing demonic beasts and preparing to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
• A young Demon-Slaying Bureau official took the first-tier demonic beast corpses for Lin Shan’s assessment using a cloth bag that stored them all.

Lu Feng arrived at the government office with demonic beast heads and asked Zhao An to let him join the Demon-Slaying Bureau, but Zhao An sided with Lin Shan and challenged Lu Feng to prove himself in a fight. Despite his grave injuries, Lu Feng accepted, and Lin Shan lunged at him as the match began.

• Zhao An prepared to take Lin Shan to the Demon-Slaying Bureau, but Lu Feng and An Shi arrived with demonic beast heads.
• Zhao An accused Lu Feng of harming villagers, while Chen Hu and the constables testified that Lu Feng had killed the North Mountain wolf demons.
• Lin Shan claimed credit for the kills, and two rescued villagers backed him after Lin Yuan had bribed and pressured them; the third villager insisted Lu Feng had saved them.
• Zhao An offered Lu Feng a chance to join the Bureau if he defeated Lin Shan in a match, despite Lu Feng's injuries.
• Lu Feng accepted the match, and Lin Shan launched a clawed attack at his face.

Lu Feng defeated Lin Shan in one move and secured Zhao An’s promise to take him to the Demon-Slaying Bureau’s formal assessment after he recovered. Half a month later, with Lin'an City back to normal, Lu Feng returned to the yamen and rejected Lin Yuan’s invitation to a celebratory banquet, while Chen Hu and Ergou warned him it might be a trap.

• Lu Feng used perfect mastery of the Grasping Hand to defeat the injured Lin Shan in one move, despite worsening his own injuries.
• Zhao An accepted Lu Feng’s victory, promised to take him to the formal assessment after his recovery, and collected the demonic beast corpses as proof.
• Chen Hu and the others helped Lu Feng home, where he spent half a month healing while Chen Lan cared for him.
• After recovering, Lu Feng found Lin'an City peaceful again and learned that the demonic beasts had fled and Registrar An was inspecting other counties.
• Lin Yuan invited Lu Feng to a celebratory banquet, but Lu Feng declined and left with Chen Hu and Ergou.
• Chen Hu and Ergou warned Lu Feng that Lin Yuan’s banquet might be a trap.

Lu Feng attended Lin Yuan’s celebratory banquet, where he exposed poisoned wine and Lin Yuan’s alliance with twelve first-tier demonic beasts. Lu Feng killed all twelve beasts, bringing his Demon Points total to 36,100.

• Lin Yuan promised the demonic beasts flesh and cultivation resources in exchange for helping him kill Lu Feng at the banquet.
• Lu Feng warned Chen Lan to stay inside, then went to Lin Yuan’s residence after preparing for an attack.
• Lu Feng exposed the poisoned wine, and Lin Yuan revealed the demonic beasts hidden behind a concealed door.
• Lu Feng took Chen Hu’s saber and killed the pig demon before fighting the other beasts.
• Lu Feng evaded the demons’ attacks and slew all twelve, gaining 12,000 Demon Points.

Lu Feng killed Lin Yuan after Lin Yuan fatally wounded Chen Lan, then learned Chen Hu wanted to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau to avenge his sister. After giving Chen Hu a Jin Origin Pill, Lu Feng returned to the government office and ordered most of Lin Yuan's seized wealth distributed to Lin'an City's people.

• Lin Yuan held Chen Lan hostage, but his subordinates refused to help him; when Lin Yuan stabbed Chen Lan, Lu Feng killed him and obtained Treading on Snow Without a Trace.
• Chen Lan died from her wound, and Chen Hu buried her before withdrawing from everyone.
• Lu Feng visited Chen Hu, who revealed that Lin Shan was Lin Yuan's son and vowed to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau and kill him.
• Lu Feng gave Chen Hu a Jin Origin Pill to help him break through to Ming Jin cultivation, and Chen Hu hurried inside to take it.
• Ergou brought Lu Feng the account book showing Lin Yuan's valuables were worth five hundred taels of gold.
• Lu Feng ordered one hundred taels of gold divided among the constables and the rest distributed to the people of Lin'an City.

Lu Feng perfected Treading on Snow Without a Trace and took Chen Hu to the Northern Demon-Slaying Bureau in Jinguan City. After officials initially denied knowing of their promised admission, Lu Feng presented his Demon-Catching Token and gained entry, but commandant Su’s maid Xiaolian challenged their request to join.

• Lu Feng spent 1,000 Demon Points to perfect Treading on Snow Without a Trace and realized he still needed an internal force cultivation technique to reach An Jin.
• Chen Hu returned to Lin'an City having broken through to Late Ming Jin, and An Shi appointed Ergou and two constables to oversee the yamen while Lu Feng and Chen Hu prepared to leave.
• Lin'an City's residents gathered to see Lu Feng and Chen Hu off, and Lu Feng carried the exhausted Chen Hu to Jinguan City in six hours.
• At the Demon-Slaying Bureau, a guard claimed Inspector Zhao had only promised entry to Lin Shan, but Lu Feng showed his Demon-Catching Token and the guards escorted them to commandant Su's residence.
• Xiaolian challenged Lu Feng and Chen Hu's request to join commandant Su's residence, and Lu Feng presented his token to her.

Lu Feng joined the Demon-Slaying Bureau with Chen Hu and received the first half of the Innate Primordial Qi cultivation technique. He began memorizing the manual in his new quarters, and the system panel registered the technique.

• Lu Feng showed Qin Shuang Su Ying's Demon-Catching Token, and Qin Shuang accepted him into the Demon-Slaying Bureau and allowed Chen Hu to join as well.
• Xiaolian assigned Lu Feng to Deputy Commandant Qin and Chen Hu to Inspector Li Mu, then explained that guards earned merit by completing missions.
• Xiaolian gave Lu Feng the first half of Innate Primordial Qi for free, which could cultivate him to Nei Jin Perfection.
• Xiaolian led Lu Feng and Chen Hu to their quarters, where Lu Feng gave her ten taels of gold and chose a room beside Chen Hu's.
• Lu Feng entered his secret chamber, memorized the Innate Primordial Qi manual, and saw the technique appear on his system panel.

Lu Feng spent his Demon Points to advance his Innate Primordial Qi and broke through to Mid Nei Jin before receiving his Demon-Slaying Guard uniform and token. At the mission hall, he prepared to choose an assignment but spotted Lin Shan speaking secretly with another guard.

• Lu Feng spent 35,000 Demon Points to raise his Innate Primordial Qi progress to 35%, breaking through to Early Nei Jin and then Mid Nei Jin.
• Lu Feng consolidated his cultivation and checked his system panel, which showed he had only 100 Demon Points remaining.
• Xiaolian gave Lu Feng and Chen Hu their Demon-Slaying Guard tokens, uniforms, and equipment, and explained how to use Merit Points.
• Lu Feng learned that each newcomer received 100 Merit Points and that a ten-cubic-meter storage bag cost 100 points.
• Lu Feng and Chen Hu surveyed the missions at the Demon-Slaying Hall, where Chen Hu spotted Lin Shan speaking in secret with another Demon-Slaying Guard.

Lu Feng explored the Demon-Slaying Bureau’s pill, technique, and weapon exchanges, then bought a Six Harmonies Saber after finding tier-two weapons too expensive in Jinguan City. Zhao An learned that Lu Feng had joined Commandant Su’s residence and began plotting against him, while Chen Hu appeared at Lu Feng’s door the next morning looking dejected.

• Lu Feng accompanied Chen Hu through the Pill Pavilion and cultivation techniques pavilion, where Chen Hu exchanged all his merit points for two Body-Tempering Pills.
• Lu Feng exchanged merit points for a ten-cubic-meter storage bag and considered replacing his tier-one saber, while Chen Hu left to cultivate and seek revenge on Lin Shan.
• Lu Feng bought the cheapest tier-two long saber he could find in Jinguan City, the Six Harmonies Saber, after discovering that even it cost twenty taels of gold.
• Zhao An learned that Lu Feng had become a demon-slaying guard at Commandant Su’s residence and ordered his subordinate to keep watching him.
• Zhao An privately instructed a trusted demon-slaying guard to exploit resentment over Lu Feng joining Commandant Su’s residence without an assessment.
• The next morning, Lu Feng stepped outside and found Chen Hu waiting by his door, looking dejected.