Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie defeated Sheng Qi and escaped with Shao Siming, then cheered her with jokes during their journey. He removed her veil, kissed her, and told her he loved her.

• Xiao Xie blocked Sheng Qi's attack with Gather Qi to Form Blade and revealed that he knew Sheng Qi was Chen Sheng and was searching for Wu Guang.
• Sheng Qi charged at Xiao Xie, who struck him with a powerful sword qi and left him badly injured before departing with Shao Siming on a leaf boat.
• Xiao Xie told Shao Siming jokes about Ying Zheng and a group of monkeys, making her laugh.
• Xiao Xie lifted Shao Siming's veil, kissed her, and told her he loved her.

Xiao Xie encountered Shi Lan and gave her money after learning she had been performing to earn it, while the Yin Yang Family began considering how to exploit Shao Siming’s connection to him. The Black Dragon Scroll revealed that the Hundred Schools of Philosophers would gather in Sanghai City, and Xiao Xie continued to leave affairs to his subordinates.

• Old Man Ban deciphered the Black Dragon Scroll, and Gao Jianli concluded that the Hundred Schools of Philosophers would gather in Sanghai City.
• Da Siming noticed Shao Siming’s purple Ascension Token and reported her suspected connection to Xiao Xie to Xing Hun, who ordered her movements monitored.
• Xiao Xie wandered through Sanghai City and recognized the Shu performers, including Shi Lan, as her clansmen.
• Xing Hun told Yun Zhongjun that both he and Dong Huang Taiyi were interested in Xiao Xie, the master of the Ascension Tower.
• Xiao Xie followed Shi Lan after the performance, learned she had been earning money, and gave her several Gold Notes.

Shi Lan hesitated to accept Xiao Xie’s generous gift as he teased her about marrying him. Meanwhile, Fu Su ordered Meng Tian and Li Si to respond to the rebels’ theft of the Thousand Machine Copper Plate, and Meng Tian’s cavalry surrounded the Mohist base; Old Man Ban led the gathered allies into a secret passage and relied on two White Tigers to delay their pursuers.

• Xiao Xie gave Shi Lan ten Gold Notes and joked that she should marry him to share his wealth.
• Fu Su questioned Meng Tian and Li Si about the rebels obtaining the Thousand Machine Copper Plate, and Meng Tian promised to attack their stronghold using an inside lead.
• At the Mohist base, Carefree Master met the Mohists and learned from the Black Dragon Scroll that Ying Zheng would come to Sanghai when the Mirage Ship set sail to seek immortality.
• A Mohist scout warned that Meng Tian’s Golden Fire Cavalry was close, and Dao Zhi spotted Qin soldiers surrounding the base.
• Old Man Ban led the group through a hidden underground passage and revealed that two White Tigers were ready to hold off Meng Tian’s forces.

After the Mohist School escaped Meng Tian’s forces, Xiao Xie ordered its members to wait for Ying Zheng’s arrival in Sanghai. A month later, the Xiongnu invaded Shangdang County, and Xiao Xie learned that the frontier city had fallen.

• Xiao Xie stopped Tian Ming and Shao Yu from rushing toward the Mohist stronghold, explaining that Gai Nie and the others had already retreated safely.
• Xiao Xie brought Tian Ming and Shao Yu to Gui Hai Manor and told the Mohist School to wait for Ying Zheng to arrive in Sanghai before acting.
• Meng Yi patrolled the Great Wall Pass in Shangdang as dozens of black shadows gathered at its foot.
• Ying Zheng received an urgent frontier report, ordered it transcribed onto a Red Dragon Scroll, and summoned his ministers.
• Xiao Xie told the Mohist School that the Xiongnu had attacked the Great Wall Pass and that the frontier city had fallen.

Murong Feng and Murong Huang brought Ascension Tower’s new bomb-carrying airships to help Meng Tian defend against the Xiongnu. Their first attack devastated the city, leaving Touman and the Wolf Clan under bombardment.

• Murong Feng read Xiao Xie's message and told Murong Huang that Ascension Tower would use its new inventions against the Xiongnu.
• Meng Tian brought a hundred thousand troops to the Great Wall and demanded Touman surrender, while Touman trusted the city’s reinforced walls and his sixty thousand soldiers.
• Murong Feng and Murong Huang arrived aboard an airship, announced that they had come to help, and flew ten airships toward the city after Meng Tian declined to respond.
• Touman ordered his soldiers to fire arrows at the airships, but the arrows could not reach or pierce them.
• Murong Feng ordered the airships to drop their bombs, and a thousand explosions battered the city as the Wolf Clan soldiers’ laughter turned to destruction.

Murong Feng’s airships annihilated Touman Chanyu and his Wolf Clan forces, leaving Meng Tian shaken by Ascension Tower’s military power. In Sanghai City, Li Si told Fu Su that the Confucian School might be supporting the rebels and pointed to Pao Ding as a lead.

• Murong Feng left the surviving Wolf Clan soldiers to Meng Tian and flew back to Ascension Tower with the airships.
• Meng Tian ordered his army to kill the remaining Wolf Clan soldiers and feared that Qin could not withstand Ascension Tower’s weapons.
• Meng Tian decided to report the airships’ threat to Ying Zheng as soon as possible.
• In Sanghai City, Fu Su asked Li Si for news of Meng Tian’s campaign, and Li Si raised the possibility that the Confucian School was backing the rebels.
• Li Si told Fu Su that Pao Ding, the finest chef of Qi and Lu, was his lead.

After Ying Zheng and Dong Huang prepared to confront Ascension Tower, Xiao Xie dismissed the threat of new troops sent to Sanghai. Shao Siming then came to Xiao Xie in tears, leaving him demanding to know what had happened.

• Ying Zheng summoned Moon God after learning that Ascension Tower’s airships could threaten even Xianyang Palace.
• Dong Huang offered to free Yan Fei and Ji Ru Qianlong if Yan Fei helped him face the Empire’s enemy, and he released her from her chains.
• Two months later, Xiao Xie dismissed the arrival of another hundred thousand troops in Sanghai as a precaution for Ying Zheng’s eastern tour.
• Fu Su prepared Meng Tian, Li Si, Zhao Gao, and their forces to attack Gui Hai Manor once Moon God gave notice.
• Shao Siming embraced Xiao Xie and sobbed, and he comforted her while asking who had wronged her.

After Shao Siming explained why the Yin Yang Family expelled her, Xiao Xie promised to protect her and welcomed her to stay by his side. Meanwhile, Yan Fei confirmed that the seal had activated, and Fu Su prepared to march on Gui Hai Manor.

• Shao Siming told Xiao Xie that Da Siming had reported her purple Ascension Token to Xing Hun, leading Dong Huang to expel her from the Yin Yang Family.
• Xiao Xie comforted Shao Siming and invited her to stay with him, and she agreed.
• Xiao Xie carried the sleeping Shao Siming to his room, where she took his hand and pleaded with him as he tried to leave.
• Yan Fei told Da Siming that the Yin Yang Harmony Seal on Shao Siming had activated.
• Fu Su agreed to wait two hours for the seal's effects to fully manifest before marching on Gui Hai Manor.

Xiao Xie faced a siege at Gui Hai Manor by the Yin Yang Family and Net Trap, only to discover that the Yin Yang Harmony Seal had left him without inner energy. Da Siming revealed that Yan Fei had secretly placed the seal on Shao Siming to lure Xiao Xie into activating it.

• Murong Huang warned Xiao Xie that the Yin Yang Family had entered Gui Hai Manor while Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry surrounded it, and Xiao Xie ordered his allies to hold their ground.
• Lord Donghuang and the Yin Yang Family's experts arrived with Zhao Gao and Net Trap's forces, and Xiao Xie mocked them before Xing Hun attacked.
• Xiao Xie's energy blade shattered against Xing Hun's, and he used Ink Brow to force Xing Hun back despite his inner energy having vanished.
• Xing Hun explained that Xiao Xie's loss of inner energy came from the Yin Yang Harmony Seal, which activated after he and Shao Siming joined yin and yang.
• Carefree Master explained the seal's effects, and Da Siming revealed that Yan Fei had planted it on Shao Siming as part of a plan to weaken Xiao Xie.

Xiao Xie revealed his true power, punished Dong Huang’s group, and was forced to leave Qin's Moon World before its will could destroy him. Shao Siming stayed behind to protect Ascension Tower and wait for his return, while Xiao Xie arrived back in the Worship Space.

• Xiao Xie summoned a towering golden giant and slashed away the gathering thunderclouds, shocking Dong Huang, Xing Hun, and the others.
• Xiao Xie used Tsukuyomi to mentally break Dong Huang, Xing Hun, Zhao Gao, and the other men, and altered Yan Fei, Moon God, Da Siming, and the other women’s memories.
• Xiao Xie entrusted Ascension Tower to Murong Huang and Xiao Feng, told Shao Siming he would return, and left Qin's Moon World with Xiao Xiao to avoid provoking its full power.
• Shao Siming agreed to return to Ascension Tower with Murong Huang and vowed to wait for Xiao Xie, while Murong Huang prepared to inform Murong Feng and confront Ying Zheng.
• Xiao Xie returned to the Worship Space, where Xiao Xiao rushed to the snacks.

Xiao Xie submitted the Qin's Moon World challenge and received a Houyi Sun-Shooting Bow, the Magic Sword, and a dragon-shaped mist. The Magic Sword's spirit, Long Kui, appeared and recognized Xiao Xie as her Wang Xiong, while Xiao Xie asked her to call him Big Brother.

• Xiao Xie learned that he had completed the challenge mission, though returning early had reduced its rewards.
• Xiao Xiao presented Xiao Xie with a gift box containing the Houyi Sun-Shooting Bow, the Magic Sword, and a mass of dragon-shaped white mist.
• Xiao Xie examined the weapons and learned the Magic Sword had been forged from Long Yang's legacy and the resentment surrounding the fall of Jiang Kingdom.
• Xiao Xie touched the Magic Sword, summoning its spirit, Long Kui, who leapt into his arms and called him Wang Xiong.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the system had altered Long Kui's memories so she believed Xiao Xie was Long Yang's reincarnation.
• Xiao Xie recited a poem for Long Kui, then asked her to call him Big Brother instead of Wang Xiong.

Xiao Xie gave Long Kui the Houyi Sun-Shooting Bow, then absorbed Emperor Dragon Qi and gained the Dragon Might immortal art. After leaving the Worship Space, he reunited with Qing Lin and asked her to fetch Xiao Yi Xian so they could go shopping.

• Xiao Xie gave the Houyi Sun-Shooting Bow to Long Kui, and Hong Kui briefly appeared to inspect it.
• Xiao Xie comforted Long Kui and sent her to Xiao Xiao while he absorbed the Emperor Dragon Qi.
• Xiao Xie’s body heated up and he released a powerful roar, which Xiao Xiao contained with a barrier to protect her snacks.
• Xiao Xie discovered that absorbing the dragon qi had granted him the Dragon Might immortal art and chose to save his Worship Points.
• Xiao Xie left the Worship Space and asked Qing Lin to fetch Xiao Yi Xian for a shopping trip.

Xiao Xie left Su Mei in charge of Dragon Gate and set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Central Plains. They reached the Heavenly Pillar Mountain Range, where they planned to travel to Horizon City and use its Space Wormhole.

• Xiao Xie told Su Mei he was leaving the Black-Corner Region and entrusted Dragon Gate to her management.
• Xiao Xie gave Su Mei a White Bone Pearl containing a Five Star Dou Zun-level White Bone Knight, and ordered the other leaders to support her.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin departed on a White Bone Giant Bird for Horizon City, the nearest city with a Space Wormhole to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Xie explained to Qing Lin how Space Wormholes connected distant places and why they were uncommon outside the Central Plains.
• The group reached the Heavenly Pillar Mountain Range by noon and flew over its forests and busy roads toward Horizon City.

Xiao Xie and his companions arrived at Horizon City seeking to use the Luo family's Space Wormhole to reach the Central Plains, but learned it was under repair. Xiao Xie offered to help and was led to the city square, where he met Luo Cheng, the Luo family ancestor.

• A Luo family elder named Luo Feng blocked the Heavenly Phoenix from entering Horizon City's airspace, then apologized after its Dou Zun pressure overwhelmed him.
• Xiao Xie explained that the group had come to borrow the Luo family's Space Wormhole and learned it was closed for repairs expected to take half a month.
• Xiao Xie decided to help repair the Space Wormhole, and Qing Lin clarified his intentions to Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng led Xiao Xie and his companions to the sealed square at the city center, where the Space Wormhole was being repaired.
• Luo Cheng, the Luo family ancestor, approached and greeted Xiao Xie and his companions.

Xiao Xie had Heavenly Phoenix repair the Luo Clan’s Space Wormhole and received three Seventh-Order Magic Cores as payment. Luo Cheng invited Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to lunch at the Luo Clan estate.

• Xiao Xie agreed to repair the Space Wormhole in exchange for a Seventh-Order Magic Core.
• Luo Cheng led Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the damaged wormhole on the stone platform.
• Xiao Xie summoned Heavenly Phoenix, which used its spatial power to repair the Space Wormhole.
• Luo Cheng thanked Xiao Xie and gave him three Seventh-Order Magic Cores, explaining that the Dou Zun’s work was worth more than the original payment.
• Xiao Xie accepted Luo Cheng’s invitation to lunch, and Luo Cheng ordered the estate’s finest food and wine prepared for the guests.

Xiao Xie met Luo Cheng’s granddaughter, Luo Xiaoyao, at the Luo Clan and traded pills for rare materials. After the deal, Luo Cheng escorted Xiao Xie and his companions to the Space Wormhole.

• Luo Xiaoyao returned to the Luo Clan and apologized after Luo Cheng warned her to treat Xiao Xie and his companions with respect.
• Xiao Xie and his companions shared a meal with Luo Cheng and several Luo Clan elders.
• Xiao Xie offered Dou Zong Pills and Po Zong Pills in exchange for Tier 7 Magical Beast corpses or Seventh-Order Magic Cores.
• Luo Cheng traded six Tier 7 Magical Beast corpses and two Seventh-Order Magic Cores for one Dou Zong Pill and three Po Zong Pills.
• Luo Cheng personally escorted Xiao Xie and his companions to the Space Wormhole.

Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through a Space Wormhole to Qingfeng City in the Central State Northern Region. After buying maps, Xiao Xie learned that the Tianmu Blood Pool would open in half a month, leaving them time to travel to the Tianmu Mountain Range.

• Luo Cheng gave Xiao Xie a space boat, but Xiao Xie accepted it and handed it to Qing Lin.
• Xiao Xie released the Heavenly Phoenix and took Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian through the Space Wormhole, reaching Central State after two days.
• Xiao Xie asked the guards where they had arrived and learned they were in Qingfeng City in the Northern Region.
• Xiao Xie bought a map of the Northern Region and learned from the map shop owner that the Tianmu Blood Pool would open in half a month.
• The map shop owner offered Xiao Xie a detailed map of the Tianmu Mountain Range, and Qing Lin teased him for quickly turning the conversation into another sale.

Xiao Xie brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Tianmu Mountain Range to claim the Tianshan Blood Pool for them. Jin Shi, chief of the Gold-Devouring Rat Tribe, explained that his tribe controlled only two of the pool’s ten slots and could not grant Xiao Xie the entire pool.

• Xiao Xie explained that the Tianshan Blood Pool could strengthen cultivators and help Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian improve their cultivation.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin flew to the Tianmu Mountain Range, where thousands had gathered ahead of the pool’s opening.
• Xiao Xie arrived on the Heavenly Phoenix, startling the cultivators gathered in the mountains.
• Jin Shi, chief of the Gold-Devouring Rat Tribe, greeted Xiao Xie at the summit of Tianmu Mountain.
• Xiao Xie declared that the Tianshan Blood Pool would be his, offering to cure Jin Shi’s Fire Poison and give him a Dou Zong Pill.
• Jin Shi refused to hand over the pool, explaining that his tribe held only two slots while human factions competed for the other eight.

Xiao Xie removed Jin Shi’s Fire Poison and learned about the pure energy beneath the Tianshan Blood Pool. As the Blood Pool appeared atop Tianmu Mountain, Xiao Xie prepared to enter while his White Bone Monsters guarded the crater.

• Xiao Xie gave Jin Shi a Dou Zong Pill and agreed to remove his Fire Poison, then settled with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in a secluded valley.
• After half a month, Jin Shi told Xiao Xie about the pure energy beneath the Tianshan Blood Pool and gave him a Gold-Devouring Rat Skull to pass through the spatial barrier.
• A five-colored energy tide gathered above the Volcano Crater, and Jin Shi left as the Tianshan Blood Pool began to appear.
• A huge energy pillar struck the crater, and Jin Shi shouted that it was the best time to enter the Blood Pool.
• Xiao Xie summoned ten White Bone Monsters and ordered them to guard the Volcano Crater against intruders.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Tianshan Blood Pool, with Qing Lin cultivating near the surface while Xiao Xie searched its depths with Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Xie opened a passage through a hidden Space Barrier and entered the sealed area beneath the pool.

• Xiao Xie told Qing Lin to absorb the Blood Pool's energy while he and Xiao Yi Xian descended to its bottom, and Xiao Yi Xian planned to consume the Fire Poison.
• Jin Shi saw Xiao Xie's ten White Bone Monsters guarding the area and wondered whether Xiao Xie belonged to a hidden clan.
• Qing Lin began absorbing the pool's pure energy as Xiao Xie used Heavenly Flame to protect himself from the Fire Poison and Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison around them.
• Xiao Xie followed the Gold-Devouring Rat Skull's glow to a Space Barrier and used the skull to open a passage through it.
• Xiao Xie entered the sealed space, where the pressure and viscous blood-red energy greatly slowed his movement.