Chapter Summaries

After two months of failing to find Xiao Xian, Li Gang and Bai Jie decided to kidnap Bei Weiwei to force him out. Bei Weiwei and Xiao Nai continued searching for Xiao Xian, unaware that the Li Family was targeting her.

• Duanmu Jianren gave the police another half month to capture Xiao Xian or resign.
• Xiao Xian hid in a village under a changed appearance and forged identity, and the police failed to recognize him.
• The police and Li Family remained unable to find Xiao Xian as Li Yitian's condition worsened.
• Bai Jie demanded that Li Gang kidnap Bei Weiwei to lure Xiao Xian out, and Li Gang agreed.
• Bei Weiwei and Xiao Nai searched possible hiding places for Xiao Xian across the Imperial Capital.

Bei Weiwei was kidnapped by Bai Jie, who blamed her for Li Yitian’s injuries and intended to use her to lure Xiao Xian out. After learning of the kidnapping, Xiao Xian infiltrated the Li Family Compound and was caught by its alarms, where Li Gang confronted him.

• Bei Weiwei was abducted near Imperial Capital University and woke tied to a chair in a basement.
• Bai Jie accused Bei Weiwei of causing Li Yitian’s injuries and said she would deal with her after capturing Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian saw a televised missing-person appeal for Bei Weiwei and concluded that the Li Family had kidnapped her to lure him out.
• Three nights later, Xiao Xian entered the Li Family Compound, but its sensors triggered an alarm and armed men surrounded him.
• Li Gang confronted Xiao Xian, who warned that the Li Family could have lived if they had not rushed toward their deaths.

Xiao Xian let Li Gang’s men capture him so they would lead him to Bei Weiwei, whom the Li Family had tortured and imprisoned. After finding her near death, he confronted Li Gang, who refused to release her and threatened Xiao Xian.

• Li Gang dismissed Xiao Xian as a fool and ordered his gunmen to restrain him, while Xiao Xian cooperated because he needed to find Bei Weiwei.
• Xiao Xian asked to see Bei Weiwei, and Li Gang said he planned to kill them both and send them to hell together.
• Li Gang led Xiao Xian to a basement, where Xiao Xian sensed that Bei Weiwei’s life was fading.
• Xiao Xian saw Bei Weiwei tied to a chair, wounded, disheveled, and barely conscious.
• Li Gang refused to release Bei Weiwei and mocked Xiao Xian for threatening him while handcuffed.

Xiao Xian tore free of his handcuffs and proved immune to gunfire, then killed Li Gang’s five gunmen. He stopped Bai Jie’s attempt to use Bei Weiwei as a hostage and brutally overpowered her, while Li Gang tried to flee and was dragged back.

• Xiao Xian broke his refined-steel handcuffs, and Li Gang ordered the gunmen to shoot him.
• The bullets failed to injure Xiao Xian, who killed all five gunmen in seconds.
• Bai Jie held a dagger to Bei Weiwei’s neck and demanded that Xiao Xian kneel and slap himself.
• Xiao Xian seized Bai Jie, broke her hand, slammed her onto the floor, and mutilated her tongue with the dagger.
• Li Gang tried to escape, but Xiao Xian grabbed his collar and dragged him back as Li Gang regretted seeking revenge.

Xiao Xian rescued the tortured Bei Weiwei, killed Li Gang and wiped out the Li Family before taking her to the hospital. After Bei Weiwei’s parents and Xiao Nai arrived, Xiao Xian left; the next morning, news of the massacre spread nationwide and the police began hunting him.

• Xiao Xian killed Li Gang, freed Bei Weiwei, and carried her out of the basement.
• Xiao Xian slaughtered everyone in the Li Family Compound, then took Bei Weiwei to the hospital and contacted her parents.
• Xiao Xian told Xiao Nai and Bei Weiwei’s parents that the Li Family had abducted Bei Weiwei to lure him out, and he left after assuring them the family had been dealt with.
• The next morning, Xiao Nai learned that the massacre had become national news and realized Xiao Xian was being hunted.
• Xiao Nai heard police sirens and hurried to the hospital.

After Hong Yi ascended the throne and revived Meng Bingyun, Xiao Xian left the Yang God World for the Shrouding the Heavens Great World. An unknown powerful being attacked his passage and, despite Xiao Xian's desperate counterattack, prepared to kill him.

• Hong Yi succeeded the Sage Martial Emperor as Great Chu Emperor and revived his mother, Meng Bingyun, by granting her godhood and gathering offerings of incense and faith.
• The Sage Martial Emperor departed the Yang God World through a formation, and Xiao Xian began transmigrating to the Shrouding the Heavens Great World a month later.
• An unknown attacker struck Xiao Xian's spatial passage, which began to collapse around him.
• Xiao Xian summoned the World Suppressing Tower and Surprise Night Spear, but the attacker shattered the tower and resisted the spear.
• Xiao Xian burned his mana and blood vitality to wound the giant hand, but the attacker healed and struck at him again.

Facing death, Xiao Xian chose the System’s option to kill the Time-Space Hunter at the cost of sealing his memories and sending him to the cultivation world Zhu Xian. After storing the Hunter’s corpse, Xiao Xian lost his memories and was transported away to begin again.

• Xiao Xian chose the fourth option, and the System killed the Time-Space Hunter with a strike from beyond space-time.
• The System identified the Hunter as a peak sixth-rank Time-Space Beast from the Creation Extreme Realm.
• Xiao Xian asked the System to shrink the Hunter’s corpse, then stored it in his Small World.
• The System announced that Xiao Xian had to become the publicly acknowledged number one under heaven in Zhu Xian to unseal his memories.
• The System sealed Xiao Xian’s memories and sent him through a formation to Zhu Xian.

After Zhang Dazhu and the villagers sought help from Qingyun Sect for the unconscious stranger, Qi Hao arrived at Zhang Dazhu’s home to examine him. Qi Hao found the man’s breathing strong despite five days without food or water, leaving his condition unexplained.

• The villagers decided to seek Qingyun Sect’s help after doctors could not explain why the bloodied stranger would not wake up.
• Zhang Dazhu and several villagers traveled to Qingyun Mountain, where a returning disciple agreed to help and flew to Cao Miao Village.
• Qi Hao arrived at the village and asked the chief to take him to the patient without delay.
• Wu Cuilan led Qi Hao into the room, where he found the unconscious stranger breathing steadily despite his prolonged fast.

Qi Hao discovered that the mysterious mortal’s severe injuries were healing and that he possessed the legendary Innate Dao Body. Convinced the man could become an unprecedented cultivator for Qingyun Sect, Qi Hao left to report the discovery to the sect’s elders.

• Qi Hao examined the man and found countless fractures throughout his body and organs, despite his healthy appearance and lack of cultivation.
• Qi Hao gave the man a Healing Pill, which awakened his powerful healing ability and drew spiritual energy toward him.
• Qi Hao realized the man had the Hundred Meridians Open and an Innate Dao Body, and resolved to bring him into Qingyun Sect.
• Qi Hao asked the villagers to keep the discovery secret, then raced back to Qingyun Sect using a technique that depleted his vital energy.

After Qi Hao reported the discovery of a man with the legendary Innate Dao Body, Dao Xuan Zhenren and the other Qingyun Sect peak masters brought the severely injured stranger back and spent a month healing him. The man, Xiao Xian, awoke with no memories beyond his name and was greeted by an elderly Daoist after marveling at the sect’s mountain scenery.

• Qi Hao told Dao Xuan Zhenren that a man with the Innate Dao Body had been found in Cao Miao Village, prompting six peak masters to rush there.
• Dao Xuan Zhenren confirmed the injured man’s exceptional constitution and decided to bring him to Qingyun Sect for treatment before letting him choose a branch.
• Qingyun Sect healed the man’s injuries over the next month, and Xiao Xian finally woke.
• Xiao Xian remembered only his name and found himself in an ornate room at Qingyun Sect.
• Xiao Xian opened the door and saw the cloud-wreathed mountains, flying Daoists, and immortal cranes around him.
• An elderly man in a green Daoist robe appeared beside Xiao Xian and remarked that he had awakened earlier than expected.

After waking at Qingyun Sect with no memories beyond his name, Xiao Xian thanked Dao Xuan Zhenren for saving him and asked to become his disciple. The other branch heads interrupted to compete for him, leaving the sect leaders arguing over who could offer him the best training and resources.

• Dao Xuan Zhenren explained that a family in Cao Miao Village had rescued Xiao Xian and that Qingyun Sect had healed him.
• Xiao Xian said he remembered only his name, and Dao Xuan Zhenren urged him to stay until his memories returned.
• Xiao Xian asked to become Dao Xuan Zhenren's disciple, and Dao Xuan eagerly agreed.
• Cang Song Daoren, Zeng Shuchang, and the other branch heads emerged to object and compete for Xiao Xian.
• Cang Song Daoren criticized Feng Hui Peak and promised Xiao Xian rare materials, prompting Zeng Shuchang to challenge him to a duel.

Xiao Xian chose Tian Buyi of Great Bamboo Peak as his master after the branch leaders competed to recruit him. Tian Buyi celebrated his new genius disciple while Dao Xuan and the other leaders accepted the outcome.

• Tian Buyi clung to Dao Xuan Zhenren and pleaded to claim the talented Xiao Xian for Great Bamboo Peak.
• Dao Xuan Zhenren promised Xiao Xian the next Sect Leader position if he chose Reaching Heaven Peak, prompting the other branch leaders to accuse him of shamelessness.
• Xiao Xian considered his options and chose Tian Buyi as his master, trusting his instincts and Tian Buyi's eagerness.
• Tian Buyi accepted Xiao Xian and laughed with delight as Dao Xuan Zhenren dismissed them and the other branch leaders looked on in dismay.

Tian Buyi brought Xiao Xian to Great Bamboo Peak and introduced him to Su Ru and his six senior disciples. After Xiao Xian became their Seventh Junior Brother, Tian Buyi ordered the six to build him a residence as grand as the one on Long Shou Peak.

• Tian Buyi tried to reassure Xiao Xian about Great Bamboo Peak's austere bamboo huts and promised his senior disciples would build him a palace.
• Tian Buyi introduced Xiao Xian to Su Ru, who welcomed him and was praised by Tian Buyi for her cultivation.
• Tian Buyi introduced Xiao Xian to Song Daren, Wu Dayi, Zheng Dali, He Dazhi, Lu Daxin, and Du Bishu as their new Seventh Junior Brother.
• Du Bishu celebrated no longer being the youngest, while Xiao Xian hinted that he might regret welcoming him.
• Tian Buyi ordered his six disciples to build Xiao Xian a residence on the scale of Long Shou Peak.

Xiao Xian joined Great Bamboo Peak and tried to avoid being treated differently from his six senior brothers. After receiving the Taiji Xuanqing Dao and settling into a bamboo house, he was entrusted with reviving the peak.

• Tian Buyi offered to have his disciples build Xiao Xian a new house, but Xiao Xian declined, and Su Ru persuaded Tian Buyi to respect his wishes.
• Tian Buyi gave Xiao Xian a jade scroll and taught him the first three levels of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, skipping the usual bamboo-chopping training because of Xiao Xian's strength and regenerative abilities.
• Song Daren led Xiao Xian and the other senior brothers on a tour of Great Bamboo Peak.
• Song Daren showed Xiao Xian his room and said he hoped Xiao Xian would revive Great Bamboo Peak.

After joining Great Bamboo Peak, Xiao Xian studied the Taiji Xuanqing Dao and discovered he could master its first three levels at an astonishing speed. He joined his new family for dinner, then returned to Fatty Tian with a question about cultivation.

• Song Daren encouraged Xiao Xian to help Great Bamboo Peak shine at the Seven Peaks Martial Gathering and showed him to his bamboo house.
• Xiao Xian studied the Taiji Xuanqing Dao manual and broke through its first three levels in less than six quarter-hours.
• Song Daren called Xiao Xian to dinner, where he met Tian Ling'er and became acquainted with the other members of Great Bamboo Peak.
• After dinner, Xiao Xian returned to Fatty Tian to ask him for help with something related to cultivation.
• Fatty Tian assumed Xiao Xian had questions about the technique and offered to explain it.

Xiao Xian revealed that he had advanced through the first three layers of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao in only a few hours, shocking Tian Buyi and filling him with hope for Great Bamboo Peak. Tian Buyi and Su Ru decided to seek the Dragon Slaying Sword for Xiao Xian, but Dao Xuan Zhenren objected that Cang Song would never readily give it up.

• Xiao Xian told Tian Buyi he had broken through several barriers while cultivating the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and Tian Buyi examined his spiritual power.
• Tian Buyi confirmed Xiao Xian had completed the first three layers and gave him the remaining cultivation method.
• Tian Buyi praised Xiao Xian's potential to Su Ru, and they decided to pursue the Dragon Slaying Sword for him.
• Tian Buyi flew to Reaching Heaven Peak and asked Dao Xuan Zhenren to intervene, but Dao Xuan Zhenren protested that Cang Song treasured the sword and would not surrender it easily.

Tian Buyi demanded the Dragon Slaying Sword for Xiao Xian, revealing that his disciple had rapidly advanced in the Taiji Xuanqing Dao. After Dao Xuan Zhenren sensed Xiao Xian had reached the fourth level, he agreed to help Tian Buyi obtain the sword from Cang Song.

• Tian Buyi told Dao Xuan Zhenren that Xiao Xian deserved the Dragon Slaying Sword and threatened to seize it if the sect leader would not help.
• Tian Buyi claimed Xiao Xian had cultivated the Taiji Xuanqing Dao to the third level in a few hours, and Dao Xuan Zhenren agreed to examine him.
• At Great Bamboo Peak, Dao Xuan Zhenren sensed fourth-level spiritual power coming from Xiao Xian's bamboo dwelling and believed Tian Buyi's claim.
• Tian Buyi demanded the Dragon Slaying Sword even more urgently, and Dao Xuan Zhenren promised to persuade Cang Song to hand it over.
• Tian Buyi and Dao Xuan Zhenren flew to Long Shou Peak, where Tian Buyi barged inside.

Tian Buyi and Dao Xuan Zhenren asked Cang Song Daoren to give Xiao Xian the Dragon Slaying Sword, but Cang Song refused. He agreed to hand over the sword only if Xiao Xian could earn its recognition, then wondered what the Innate Dao Body had done to persuade Dao Xuan Zhenren to support the request.

• Tian Buyi and Dao Xuan Zhenren visited Cang Song Daoren and asked him for the Dragon Slaying Sword for Xiao Xian.
• Cang Song Daoren refused, saying the sword had belonged to Wan Jianyi and could not be given away lightly.
• Tian Buyi argued that Xiao Xian was a member of the Qingyun Sect, while Cang Song Daoren insisted the sword was his to give.
• Cang Song Daoren agreed to give Xiao Xian the sword if he could earn its recognition, and Tian Buyi hurried off to bring him.
• Dao Xuan Zhenren explained that he had made the request for the good of the sect, prompting Cang Song Daoren to ask what the Innate Dao Body had done.

Xiao Xian demonstrated extraordinary cultivation talent and was recognized by the Dragon Slaying Sword, which Cang Song Daoren had promised to give him. Tian Buyi left with Xiao Xian, while Cang Song Daoren looked ahead to the Seven Peaks Martial Gathering as a chance for Qi Hao to challenge him.

• Fatty Tian brought Xiao Xian to Long Shou Peak, where Cang Song Daoren sensed that Xiao Xian had reached the fourth level of the Jade Clarity Realm.
• Cang Song Daoren led Xiao Xian to the inner hall and showed him the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Xiao Xian grasped the sword, and it rang out with brilliant azure light, acknowledging him as its master.
• Tian Buyi celebrated Xiao Xian's success, while Cang Song Daoren accepted the outcome and challenged him to compare their disciples at the Seven Peaks Martial Gathering.
• Tian Buyi hurried away with Xiao Xian, and Cang Song Daoren angrily complained that he had never intended to break his promise.

After a month of secluded cultivation on Great Bamboo Peak, Xiao Xian reached the sixth level of Taiji Xuanqing Dao. Tian Buyi challenged him to gain combat experience, and their sword fight began with both sides displaying their skills.

• Xiao Xian arrived late to breakfast, apologized to Du Bishu, and joined the others after Tian Ling'er urged them to eat.
• Tian Buyi asked about Xiao Xian's progress and was shocked when Xiao Xian revealed he had reached the sixth level in a month.
• Tian Buyi praised Xiao Xian and proposed they exchange moves so he could teach him combat.
• Xiao Xian and Tian Buyi began fighting, with Xiao Xian wielding the Dragon Slaying Sword and Tian Buyi countering with spiritual power.
• Xiao Xian sent the Dragon Slaying Sword toward Tian Buyi, who slowed it with a grasping technique and summoned his Scarlet Spirit sword.