Xu Qing had no way of knowing that Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior was moaning and sighing in his sect headquarters. Back in the scavenger basecamp, he bought a small residence so he would have a place to rest when needed. In scavenger basecamps, newcomers usually had to go through certain formalities before being allowed to take up residence. But if you were strong enough, those rules didn’t apply.

All Xu Qing had to do was show off the spirit power of the third level of Qi Condensation, and he had a new log cabin. Because of showing off the fact that he could easily afford something like that, he immediately attracted the attention of two scavengers with malicious intentions.

Before long, their severed heads were hanging outside his door.

After that, Xu Qing was accepted as a member of the camp. Days began to pass. A few people paid attention to him at first, but his behavior was exactly the same as the average scavenger, so he quickly blended in.

He would kill people who provoked him. He would go on missions. He would buy white boluses. And he prowled the camp with...