Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian saved Qiao Feng from the Beggar Sect’s accusations and fought Murong Fu, but reaching Grandmaster level triggered the system to force him out of the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils plane. Unable to take Mu Wanqing with him, Xiao Tian left her behind and was sent to Hua Jianghu: Buliang Ren.

• Xiao Tian arrived at the Beggar Sect gathering, exposed Quan Guanqing’s plot, and helped Qiao Feng regain the sect’s support.
• Xiao Tian pretended to be weakened by Western Xia’s sleeping poison, then fought Murong Fu after he attacked to protect his restoration plans.
• Qiao Feng recovered and drove off the Western Xia soldiers while Xiao Tian defeated Murong Fu and absorbed his internal energy, breaking through to Grandmaster level.
• The system ordered Xiao Tian to leave within a day because he had failed to unify the plane, and told him he could not take Mu Wanqing with him.
• Xiao Tian bid Qiao Feng farewell, spent his remaining day with Mu Wanqing, and was expelled from the plane before the system transported him to Hua Jianghu: Buliang Ren.

Xiao Tian arrived in the Buliang Ren world and began pursuing his missions by taking Zhu Youwen’s identity and power. After killing Zhu Wen and Lady Zhang, he set out for the Xuanming Sect to eliminate Zhu Yougui and unite Great Liang.

• Xiao Tian learned his missions and infiltrated the Great Liang Imperial Palace to find Zhu Youwen imprisoned beneath it.
• Xiao Tian absorbed Zhu Youwen’s inner power, advanced to the peak of the Lesser Sage Rank, and obtained the upper volume of the Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself as Zhu Youwen and killed the fake Zhu Youwen in the palace.
• Zhu Youwen told Zhu Wen that Zhu Yougui had imprisoned him and exposed Lady Zhang as Zhu Yougui’s spy.
• Zhu Youwen killed Zhu Wen, the guards, and Lady Zhang, then headed for the Xuanming Sect to confront Zhu Yougui.

Xiao Tian, posing as Zhu Youwen, seized control of Great Liang and the Xuanming Sect after defeating Zhu Yougui and absorbing his power. He clashed with Yuan Tiangang, who escaped with Wen Tao, while Xiao Tian declared himself emperor and ordered his followers to obey.

• Zhu Youwen exposed Meng Po as Shi Yao, imprisoned her, then wounded Zhu Yougui and revealed that he was Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian absorbed Zhu Yougui’s inner power, advanced to the initial Middle Sage Rank, and obtained the second half of the Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art.
• Xiao Tian imprisoned Zhu Youzhen, took control of Great Liang and the Xuanming Sect, and purged Buliang Ren spies.
• Yuan Tiangang arrived at the palace and fought Xiao Tian, but they withdrew after their inner-power contest risked injuring them both.
• Yuan Tiangang escaped with Wen Tao after Xiao Tian blocked him from taking Shi Yao, and Xiao Tian declared himself emperor before his followers.
• Xiao Tian appointed Zhong Xiaokui as his personal maid and gave her the first half of the Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art.

Zhu Youwen seized control of the Flame Ganoderma hunt, captured Li Xingyun’s companions, and fought off their rescuers. Near Great Liang’s capital, he defeated Li Siyuan and Li Cunxiao and demanded that Li Siyuan submit to him.

• Zhu Youwen traveled to Yuzhou, spared Black and White Impermanence, and learned that Li Xingyun had taken the Flame Ganoderma.
• Zhu Youwen captured Li Xingyun, Lu Linxuan, and Zhang Zifan, but Marshal Bu Liang’s attack gave Shangguan Yunque and Wen Tao a chance to rescue Li Xingyun.
• Zhu Youwen stopped the Five Great Yama Kings from pursuing Li Xingyun and continued toward the capital with Lu Linxuan and Zhang Zifan.
• Li Siyuan arrived with Li Cunxiao and Li Cunzhong, and Zhu Youwen attacked them before they could resolve their dispute.
• Zhu Youwen drained Li Cunxiao’s inner power, captured Li Siyuan, and offered to spare him if he submitted.

Zhu Youwen seized control of Great Liang, absorbed Celestial Master Zhang’s power and the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art, then marched on the Phantom Music Workshop. After surrounding Fengxiang and demanding the Empress submit to him, he was confronted by Li Maozhen and four Saintesses in a nighttime attack.

• Zhu Youwen forced Li Siyuan and Li Cunzhong to swallow Mysterious Underworld Blood Pills, declared himself Emperor of Great Liang, and secretly instructed them before returning to the palace.
• Zhu Youwen sent Zhong Xiaokui and the Water Fire Judges to capture Celestial Master Zhang, then absorbed his inner power and Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art, reaching Mid-Saint Stage Mid-Phase.
• A month later, Zhu Youwen led 750,000 troops against the Phantom Music Workshop and surrounded Fengxiang while demanding the Empress submit or face a massacre.
• After Xuan Jingtian revealed Zhu Youwen’s demand, the Empress chose to launch a nighttime sneak attack with Li Maozhen and four Saintesses.
• Zhu Youwen detected the attackers in his tent and taunted Li Maozhen about her disguise, prompting her and the Saintesses to attack him.

Xiao Tian captured Li Maozhen and the Phantom Music Workshop's Sacred Maidens, then revealed that he had been impersonating Zhu Youwen and had taken control of Great Liang and the Xuanming Sect. He pressured Li Maozhen to accept becoming his Empress, leaving her conflicted and exhausted in his custody.

• Li Maozhen tried to retreat from Zhu Youwen, but Zhong Xiaokui and Liang soldiers helped defeat her group and capture the four Sacred Maidens.
• Zhu Youwen sealed Li Maozhen's acupoints and demanded that she become his Empress or slave within three days, threatening Fengxiang if she refused.
• Zhu Youwen took Li Maozhen to his tent, where he revealed that he was Xiao Tian and claimed to have freed the real Zhu Youwen and killed Zhu Yougui and Zhu Wen.
• Xiao Tian told Li Maozhen that he came from another world and promised she would become its leading woman if she submitted to him.
• Li Maozhen questioned whether Xiao Tian could trust her, and he dismissed her concerns before forcing himself on her again.

Xiao Tian secured Li Maozhen’s Phantom Music Art, revealed his identity to Zhong Xiaokui, and prepared to bring Li Maozhen and the Phantom Music Workshop under Great Liang’s rule. The chapter ended with Li Maozhen announcing the workshop’s submission and incorporation into the Xuanming Sect.

• Xiao Tian ordered the troops to return to Great Liang and revealed to Zhong Xiaokui that he had impersonated Zhu Youwen and killed him; Zhong Xiaokui pledged her loyalty to Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian ordered Wang Yanzhang to take half the troops to seize Li Cunxu’s territory and told Li Maozhen they would deal with Li Keyong, whose lameness was an act.
• Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen traveled to Fengxiang, where Li Maozhen announced that the Phantom Music Workshop would submit to Great Liang and join the Xuanming Sect.
• Xiao Tian reassured the Saintesses that Li Maozhen would become Great Liang’s Empress and that they would not have to obey anyone else.

Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen encountered Yuan Tiangang, Marshal Bu Liang, who ambushed them with the Witch King. Xiao Tian and Yuan Tiangang fought fiercely while Li Maozhen engaged the Witch King, and the chapter ended as Xiao Tian and Yuan Tiangang unleashed their arts against each other.

• Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen traveled toward Jin State together, but Marshal Bu Liang appeared and challenged them.
• Xiao Tian identified Marshal Bu Liang as Yuan Tiangang and began fighting him, while the Witch King joined the confrontation.
• Xiao Tian used the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art and the Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art against Yuan Tiangang, who countered with the Tiangang Art and Huayang Needles.
• The Witch King tried to ambush Xiao Tian, but Li Maozhen intercepted the attack and fought the Witch King, taking care to avoid his Gu Worms.
• Xiao Tian and Yuan Tiangang gathered their strength for a final clash after Xiao Tian offered Yuan Tiangang a chance to submit and he refused.

Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen confronted Li Keyong at Tongwen Hall, but his hidden strength and ambushed death warriors forced them to flee Jin State. Li Keyong killed Li Siyuan, while Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen escaped together.

• Xiao Tian brought Li Maozhen to Tongwen Hall, where Li Siyuan reported that he controlled the hall and agreed to help attack Li Keyong.
• Li Maozhen attacked Li Keyong at his cottage, but Li Keyong stopped her with his internal energy and revealed his great strength.
• Xiao Tian fought Li Keyong and discovered that he had reached the Middle Sage Rank, while Li Keyong summoned powerful death warriors to attack them.
• Xiao Tian broke through the encirclement with Li Maozhen and fled, abandoning Li Siyuan as Li Keyong ordered his men to pursue them.
• Li Keyong struck Li Siyuan down and killed him, then called off the pursuit because he expected Xiao Tian and Li Maozhen to escape.
• As Xiao Tian carried Li Maozhen out of Jin State, she asked whether he would abandon her if she were ever surrounded, and he assured her that it would not happen.

Xiao Tian’s forces conquered Jin State, while Li Keyong escaped with only a handful of followers and planned to pursue the Dragon Spring Treasure through Li Xingyun. Xiao Tian then prepared to return to the palace with Li Maozhen, leaving their relationship in a possessive and intimate moment.

• Xiao Tian asked Wang Yanzhang to conquer Jin State, and Wang promised to seize its territory within three days.
• After two days of heavy attacks, Li Keyong decided to flee Jin State; Jing Xinmo reported that Li Cunxu had died in battle.
• Li Keyong led a breakout through the west gate, but an ambush in a forest reduced his group to twelve survivors, including Li Cunren and Jing Xinmo.
• Li Keyong ordered Li Cunren to gather information on Li Xingyun so they could follow him and seize the Dragon Spring Treasure.
• Xiao Tian learned that Li Keyong had escaped, ordered Wang Yanzhang to reclaim the Miao Frontier, and planned to return to the palace with Li Maozhen.
• Li Maozhen demanded that Xiao Tian keep favoring her, and Xiao Tian ordered the attendants away before pulling her close.

Xiao Tian killed Li Xingyun, overcame the Miao Frontier’s Gu defenses, and unified the world. After draining the inner force of his captives and revealing he was not Zhu Youwen, he completed his tasks and began traveling to another world.

• Xiao Tian killed Li Xingyun and ordered Zhong Xiaokui to take Lu Linxuan and the Dragon Spring Treasure back to the palace.
• Xiao Tian joined Wang Yanzhang in the Miao Frontier, destroyed the Gu Worms, and helped his army conquer the region and capture the Gu King.
• Xiao Tian drained the inner force of Marshal Bu Liang, the Witch King, the Gu King, and Li Keyong, killing all but Marshal Bu Liang.
• Xiao Tian revealed to Marshal Bu Liang that he was not Zhu Youwen and had come from another world to rule this one.
• Xiao Tian received rewards for completing his tasks, became the master of the world, and set off for the next world.

Xiao Tian entered the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber world with his previous powers sealed and set out to obtain its martial arts techniques. After learning the Nine Yang Divine Skill alongside Zhang Wuji, he reached Bright Summit and found the secret passage where the Heaven and Earth Great Shift was hidden.

• The system sealed Xiao Tian's powers, gave him the location of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and warned that Zhang Wuji would soon arrive.
• The apes attacked Xiao Tian, but Zhang Wuji stopped him and helped retrieve the Nine Yang Divine Skill from an ape's stomach.
• Xiao Tian and Zhang Wuji agreed to study the Nine Yang Divine Skill together, and both reached the peak of the innate realm after a month.
• Xiao Tian left Zhang Wuji and traveled to Bright Summit, where he secretly followed Cheng Kun into the secret passage.
• After losing track of Cheng Kun and searching for half a day, Xiao Tian found a mechanism that opened a stone wall.

Xiao Tian mastered the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, then pursued Wei Yixiao and persuaded him to take him to Bright Summit so he could unite the Ming Cult. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian and Wei Yixiao heading there together.

• Xiao Tian found the Heaven and Earth Great Shift on Yang Dingtian's remains, learned it to the seventh level, and broke through to the middle stage of the acquired realm.
• Xiao Tian waited half a year for the six major sects to attack Bright Summit, then followed the Emei Sect disciples toward the mountain.
• Zhang Wuji, disguised as Zeng A Niu, treated an injured Emei Sect disciple and kept his identity secret from Zhou Zhiruo.
• Wei Yixiao attacked the Emei Sect party, and Xiao Tian pursued him after Zhang Wuji spotted Xiao Tian in the forest.
• Xiao Tian fought Wei Yixiao and used the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, then told him he intended to unite the Ming Cult.
• Wei Yixiao agreed to support Xiao Tian and led him toward Bright Summit.

Xiao Tian reached Bright Summit with the Five Wanderers and Wei Yixiao, defeated Yang Xiao’s challenge, and exposed Cheng Kun’s attack and schemes. The Ming Cult recognized Xiao Tian as its thirty-fourth Cult Leader, and he ordered the Cult to unite the martial world, overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and prepare for the six major sects’ assault.

• Xiao Tian defeated the Five Wanderers in a fight, earning their support as Ming Cult Leader, and they traveled to Bright Summit with Wei Yixiao.
• Xiao Tian fought Yang Xiao in the main hall, sensed Cheng Kun hiding nearby, and used Heaven and Earth Great Shift to protect the others and strike Cheng Kun down.
• Xiao Tian questioned Cheng Kun, who revealed his schemes behind the six major sects’ siege and the Yuan forces’ attacks on Ming Cult territory.
• Xiao Tian ordered Cheng Kun cremated and called the Ming Cult’s forces back to Bright Summit.
• Yang Xiao announced Xiao Tian as the Ming Cult’s thirty-fourth Cult Leader, and Xiao Tian ordered the Cult to recall Yin Tianzheng, unify the martial world, and overthrow the Yuan Dynasty.
• Xiao Tian declared that the Ming Cult would wait at Bright Summit for the six major sects to attack.

Xiao Tian gathered the Ming Cult at Bright Summit to face the six major sects and defeated Yin Tianzheng, securing the Sky Eagle Cult’s return to the Ming Cult. The arena battles began with the Ming Cult winning several rounds, but Wei Yixiao’s old ailment left him vulnerable to Kongwen, and Yin Tianzheng intervened to protect him.

• Xiao Tian defeated Yin Tianzheng with one hand, and Yin Tianzheng pledged the Sky Eagle Cult’s allegiance to the Ming Cult.
• The six major sects arrived at Bright Summit, where Xianyu Tong challenged the Ming Cult and lost to Shuobude.
• Yang Xiao defeated five Kongtong fighters and then knocked He Taichong off the arena.
• Wei Yixiao defeated Kongzhi, but his old ailment flared during his fight with Kongwen.
• Yin Tianzheng leaped in to block Kongwen’s attack on the weakened Wei Yixiao.

Xiao Tian rescued Wei Yixiao, then defeated the Wudang and Emei fighters and forced the six major sects to concede defeat at Bright Summit. The sects departed, leaving Xiao Tian and the Ming Cult in control of the mountain.

• Xiao Tian purged most of Wei Yixiao’s cold poison and gave him the Nine Yang Divine Skill to cure it completely.
• Xiao Tian stopped the White-Browed Eagle King and Kongwen’s evenly matched duel, then faced Kongwen himself.
• Xiao Tian defeated Song Yuanqiao and the Wudang disciples, disarmed Abbess Miejue, and drove the Emei disciples from the stage.
• Xiao Tian summoned Ming Cult reinforcements, and Kongwen admitted defeat and agreed that the six major sects would leave Bright Summit.
• Yin Li led Zhang Wuji away by another route, while Xiao Tian ordered the Ming Cult members to rest and regroup.

Xiao Tian mobilized the Ming Cult to head for Wudang Mountain and dealt with Yang Buhui and Xiao Zhao before departing. On the road, he rejected an invitation from a servant whose master was surnamed Zhao.

• Xiao Tian ordered Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Cult members to return to Bright Summit, then announced that he would lead forces to defend Zhang Sanfeng at Wudang Mountain.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Zhao to summon her mother back to Bright Summit within a month and spoke with Yang Buhui, who learned that Xiao Zhao’s chained appearance had been a disguise.
• Xiao Tian prepared to seek the Dragon Slaying Saber and learn Tai Chi, then led Ming Cult members toward Wudang Mountain the next day.
• A servant invited Xiao Tian to visit an estate on behalf of a master surnamed Zhao, but Xiao Tian refused and threatened the servant.

Xiao Tian hurried to Wudang Mountain and exposed Zhao Min’s impersonation of the Ming Cult Leader. With Ming Cult reinforcements, he defeated her forces and captured Zhao Min, then ordered the prisoners escorted away.

• Zhao Min ordered the Xuanming Elders to attack Wudang and eliminate sects that refused to submit to the Yuan Dynasty.
• Yuan soldiers ambushed Xiao Tian and his group, so Xiao Tian split the Ming Cult members up and continued toward Wudang.
• Xiao Tian arrived at Wudang and revealed himself after hearing Zhao Min impersonate him; he also told Zhang Sanfeng that Zhao Min had likely captured his disciples.
• Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, and Yin Tianzheng arrived with Ming Cult forces, and Zhao Min’s subordinates attacked Xiao Tian after he taunted her.
• Xiao Tian used the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to defeat the Xuanming Elders, captured Zhao Min, and ordered Yang Xiao to escort the prisoners back under guard.

After spending more than a month learning from Zhang Sanfeng, Xiao Tian returned to Bright Summit to direct the Ming Cult’s campaign against the Yuan Dynasty and rescue the six major sects. He then visited the captive Zhao Min and took her from the dungeon to be cleaned up, while she remained resentful and watched for a chance to escape.

• Xiao Tian healed Zhang Sanfeng and trained with him for more than a month, learning Tai Chi and greatly improving his strength.
• Xiao Tian left Wudang after Zhang Sanfeng promised that the Wudang Sect would help him when needed.
• Back at Bright Summit, Xiao Tian ordered Zhu Yuanzhang to lead Ming Cult members in an attack on the Yuan Dynasty and instructed the others to prepare to rescue the six major sects in Dadu.
• Xiao Tian learned that Zhao Min had been confined in the dungeon for a month and went to see her.
• Zhao Min attacked and cursed Xiao Tian, but he subdued her and took her out of the dungeon to bathe, warning her not to try escaping Bright Summit.

Xiao Tian imprisoned Zhao Min and forced himself on her, leaving her devastated and unable to escape. That night, he confronted Xiao Zhao’s mother, Golden Flower Granny, and forced her to return to the Ming Cult, while Xiao Zhao agreed to serve him.

• Xiao Tian learned from Xiao Zhao that her mother had not come because she was outside the Central Plains, then returned to his room and confronted the freshly bathed Zhao Min.
• Xiao Tian overpowered Zhao Min despite her threats and attempt to defend herself, and by evening she lay in despair as he ordered the maids to watch her.
• Xiao Tian followed Xiao Zhao to a grove and discovered her meeting with Golden Flower Granny, whom he identified as the Purple Robe Dragon King.
• Xiao Tian seized Golden Flower Granny and threatened her, then released her after she agreed to return to the Ming Cult and serve him.
• Xiao Zhao pleaded for her mother and agreed to become Xiao Tian’s personal maid, then led Golden Flower Granny back to Bright Summit.