Chapter Summaries

Over the past year, Xiao Xie expanded the Yuling Group across the Nine Provinces and gained more than thirty million Worship Points. He spent them on three level-eight draws, which left him disappointed when he identified one prize as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Sealing Ball.

• The Yuling Group grew to more than twelve hundred members, wiped out bandit strongholds and heretical sects, and secretly built an intelligence network through businesses across the Nine Provinces.
• Master Hei Gong used pills purchased with Points to reach the Ninth Heaven, while Jia Xuan and Zuoqiuning reached the Seventh Heaven with Xiao Xie's help.
• Jia Xuan and Zuoqiuning tried to bring Miao Qiao together with Xiao Xie, but he refused because he regarded her as a younger sister.
• Flame Emperor's reputation earned Xiao Xie more than thirty million Worship Points over the year.
• Xiao Xie spent thirty million Worship Points on three level-eight draws and identified one prize as a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Sealing Ball from Naruto.

After a disappointing lottery draw, Xiao Xie used the Gravity Chamber to train and refined the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's power. He reached Golden Core Late Stage and gained much faster Magic Power recovery.

• Xiao Xie discovered that the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Painting was a low-level item and smashed it in frustration.
• Xiao Xie found a Gravity Chamber capsule and deployed the chamber in the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie increased the chamber's gravity to fifty times Earth's gravity, suffered internal bleeding, and relied on the Nine Spirits Pearl to recover.
• Xiao Xie sat under fifty times gravity and used the Devouring Heaven and Earth Art to refine the sealed Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's power.
• Xiao Xie broke through to Golden Core Late Stage and found that his Magic Power now recovered in ten minutes instead of an hour.

After devouring the Nine-Tails, Xiao Xie tested his enhanced strength and new ninjutsu before learning that Wen Jing was being sent to marry Wanyan Zheng. As Wanyan Zang and Zong Shuai plotted to exploit the coming conflict with Wen Taiji, hidden motives and a potential threat to Zong Shuai emerged.

• Xiao Xie found that he could withstand greater gravity, use Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and had gained Ghost Divine Power and Tailed Beast Ball.
• Xiao Xie learned that Wen Jing and Wanyan Zheng were to be married and anticipated a conflict at Yulong Stronghold.
• Wanyan Zang planned to use Consort Ningrong's Luoshen Tears to kill Wen Taiji, then join forces with Mingfeng Pavilion against the Zong Family.
• Wen Taiji received a letter on the way to Yulong Stronghold and hurried onward, eager to meet his second brother.
• Zong Shuai revealed that Consort Ningrong was his lover and Wanyan Zheng was his son, while Sikong Zhenjiu watched him with a cold gleam in his eyes.

Xiao Xie witnessed Consort Ningrong manipulate Wen Taiji into killing Wanyan Zang, then watched her kill Wen Taiji and reveal her ruthlessness. When she attacked Xiao Xie with Fleeting Bloom, her illusion backfired, leaving her trapped in her own technique before he dispelled it.

• Wanyan Zang realized Consort Ningrong and Wen Taiji had betrayed him, and Wen Taiji killed him with a Blood Chasing Token.
• Consort Ningrong killed Wen Taiji after he murdered Wanyan Zang, then admitted that A Zheng was not Wen Taiji’s son either.
• Xiao Xie revealed himself to Consort Ningrong and said he had watched the killings.
• Consort Ningrong attacked Xiao Xie with Fleeting Bloom, but her illusion technique backfired and made her believe she had killed him.
• Xiao Xie explained that Ningrong had been caught in her own illusion and dispelled it, leaving her alarmed.

Xiao Xie subdued Consort Ningrong at Black Dragon Pool and forced her to obey by threatening Wanyan Zheng. After Ningrong returned to Yulong Stronghold and gave a prepared account of the deaths there, she let Mingfeng Pavilion leave while awaiting the Zong Family’s help, then confronted Xiao Xie in her chamber.

• Xiao Xie trapped Consort Ningrong in a sphere of water and threatened to kill Wanyan Zheng if she refused to submit.
• Consort Ningrong yielded to Xiao Xie’s threat and begged him not to harm A Zheng.
• The people of Yulong Stronghold found Consort Ningrong unconscious beside the bodies of Wanyan Zang and Wen Taiji, and Ningrong told them and Mingfeng Pavilion a prepared story about what had happened.
• Consort Ningrong let Mingfeng Pavilion leave after learning from a secret letter that the Zong Family planned to join Yulong Stronghold against them.
• Consort Ningrong returned to her chamber, blamed Xiao Xie for allowing Mingfeng Pavilion to escape, and Xiao Xie reminded her that she was his maidservant.

After Wanyan Zang died, Xiao Xie forced Consort Ningrong to appear grief-stricken when Wanyan Zheng came to see her, then frightened her by revealing his Transformation Technique. He left Ningrong with a Greater Revitalizing Pill as a reward, while she remained outwardly submissive to him.

• Xiao Xie beat Ningrong until she cried, then told her to keep the tear tracks so Wanyan Zheng would believe she was mourning his father.
• Wanyan Zheng entered Ningrong's room and comforted her, failing to notice Xiao Xie, who had disguised himself as a pillow.
• After Wanyan Zheng left, Xiao Xie revealed that he had stayed in the room and threatened Ningrong by explaining he could transform into everyday objects.
• Ningrong promised not to betray Xiao Xie, and he gave her a Greater Revitalizing Pill that could increase her pure inner strength by twenty years.

Xiao Xie advised Ningrong to let the Zong Family and Mingfeng Pavilion collide while she prepared traps, then waited for Tantai True Person’s group at the Gold Dragon Tower. He killed Yang Jie and Tantai True Person, collected their souls, and revealed himself as the Flame Emperor.

• Xiao Xie told Ningrong that the Zong Family would stay away until Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion weakened each other, and advised her to lay traps.
• Tantai True Person secretly returned to Yulong Stronghold with Yang Jie, Wen Jing, and the others, using illusion to control Wen Jing.
• Tantai True Person split his group, sending Tu He Tu and Wen Jing after Wanyan Zheng while he and Yang Jie went to the Gold Dragon Tower to confront Ningrong.
• Yang Jie attacked Xiao Xie with the Blood Eye Illusion Technique, but Xiao Xie reflected it and killed him, drawing his soul into Rongwu Mountain.
• Xiao Xie killed Tantai True Person, collected his soul, and declared that he was the Flame Emperor, leader of the Yuling Group.

Xiao Xie used his power over souls to frighten Consort Ningrong into obedience, while Wen Jing recovered from Tantai True Person’s illusion and stopped Tu He Tu and Wanyan Zheng from fighting. The chapter left Xiao Xie being attended to as he bathed and Wen Jing asking Wanyan Zheng to stop the conflict.

• Xiao Xie collected Yang Jie’s and Tantai True Person’s souls and warned Consort Ningrong that he could control her soul after death.
• Consort Ningrong swore she would never betray Xiao Xie and went to prepare his bath.
• After Tantai True Person died, the Golden Eye Illusion Technique on Wen Jing dissipated, and she stopped Tu He Tu and Wanyan Zheng from fighting.
• Wen Jing explained that Tantai True Person had controlled her with the illusion technique, angering Tu He Tu.
• Wen Jing begged Wanyan Zheng to stop the fighting, and he promised to ask his mother to call it off.
• Consort Ningrong helped Xiao Xie bathe at Azure Dragon Residence.

At White Dragon Hall, Consort Ningrong revealed that Wanyan Zang and Wen Taiji had each planned to kill the other and seize Mingfeng Pavilion, but both died in the confrontation. Wanyan Zheng and Wen Jing learned the truth as Xiao Xie, the Flame Emperor, urged Ningrong to restrain her grief.

• Wanyan Zheng brought Wen Jing and the others to see Consort Ningrong, but her maid said she was bathing alone.
• Wanyan Zheng led the group to White Dragon Hall after Ningrong told him to wait there.
• Consort Ningrong arrived with Xiao Xie and introduced him as the Flame Emperor and leader of the Yuling Group.
• Xiao Xie said Wanyan Zang had invited him to Yulong Stronghold, surprising Wanyan Zheng.
• Consort Ningrong explained that Wanyan Zang had planned to kill Wen Taiji and annex Mingfeng Pavilion, while Wen Taiji had come with the same plan.
• Xiao Xie told the group that Wanyan Zang and Wen Taiji had perished together and comforted the grieving Ningrong.

Xiao Xie redirected Wanyan Zheng and the others’ suspicions toward the Zong Family, then helped secure Wanyan Zheng and Wen Jing’s engagement. Meanwhile, Sikong Qi learned that the Zong Family’s plan to exploit the feud between Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion had failed.

• Xiao Xie told Wanyan Zheng, Wen Jing, and Tu He Tu that the Zong Family had tried to make Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion destroy each other, shifting their suspicions onto the Zong Family.
• Wanyan Zheng asked Consort Ningrong to approve his marriage to Wen Jing, but she initially refused because of the recent deaths.
• Xiao Xie urged Consort Ningrong to support the match so Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion could unite against the Zong Family.
• Consort Ningrong agreed to let Wanyan Zheng and Wen Jing become engaged, with their wedding postponed until the mourning periods ended.
• Sikong Qi, Xing Yun, and He Wei infiltrated Yulong Stronghold and learned that the two factions had not fought a major battle.

Xiao Xie learned that Bing Yuan had taken control of the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall and went there to subdue her. On the way, he discovered Wanyan Long and Huangfu Shangren fighting in the Snow Forest, and decided to deal with them.

• Sikong Qi, Xing Yun, and He Wei left Yulong Stronghold after discovering that events had differed from their elder’s predictions and that Mingfeng Pavilion and Yulong Stronghold might join forces.
• Xiao Xie told Ningrong that Wanyan Long was a threat and that Bing Yuan had taken control of the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall, then ordered Ningrong to handle Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion.
• Xiao Xie gave Ningrong a Youth Preservation Pill, which would keep her appearance unchanged for ten years.
• Two days later, Xiao Xie traveled beyond the Great Wall to subdue Bing Yuan and the Three Tribes.
• In the Snow Forest, Xiao Xie sensed Wanyan Long and Huangfu Shangren fighting and realized Huangfu had brought Wanyan Long beyond the Great Wall to gather forces for his ambitions.

Bing Yuan froze Bone Drawing Immortal and Skin Painting Ghost, but Xiao Xie appeared and quickly proved his overwhelming strength. He revealed that he was the true master of Yulong Stronghold and confronted Bing Yuan over her control of the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall.

• Bing Yuan trapped Bone Drawing Immortal and Skin Painting Ghost in ice as Wanyan Long and Huangfu Shangren watched.
• Xiao Xie revealed himself, shattered Bing Yuan’s Ice Mirror, and made her tell him her name.
• Xiao Xie killed Wanyan Long and Huangfu Shangren with a Mini Tailed Beast Bomb that blasted a passage through the forest.
• Xiao Xie identified himself as the Flame Emperor and the true master of Yulong Stronghold, then told Bing Yuan that Consort Ningrong was his maid.
• Xiao Xie confronted Bing Yuan about controlling the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall, saying they had originally been affiliated with Yulong Stronghold.

Xiao Xie persuaded Bing Yuan to make him the World Alliance Master in exchange for becoming his wife, then accompanied her to the underground Huhan Clan Stronghold. He freed the Three Great Elders from her control, leaving them grateful to him and wary of Bing Yuan.

• Bing Yuan agreed to become Xiao Xie's woman if he made himself World Alliance Master and let her manage the realm's forces.
• Bing Yuan planted Ice Souls in Bone Drawing Immortal and Skin Painting Ghost, who bowed to her as their master.
• Bing Yuan led Xiao Xie and the two controlled men to the underground Huhan Clan Stronghold, where she introduced the Three Great Elders.
• Xiao Xie shattered the Ice Souls in Elder Buyin, Lishan Elder, and Elder Muren, restoring their senses.
• The Three Great Elders thanked Xiao Xie for freeing them and held back from attacking Bing Yuan as they assessed his strength.

Xiao Xie won the allegiance of the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall and put Bing Yuan in charge of them. He gave the Three Great Elders and Bing Yuan pills to strengthen them, then stayed with Bing Yuan in her ice cave.

• Elder Buyin and the other two elders pledged the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall to Xiao Xie, who accepted them as his subordinates and gave them Greater Revitalizing Pills.
• Xiao Xie declared Bing Yuan his woman and ordered her to remove the Ice Soul controlling the three tribes while retaining authority over their affairs.
• Bing Yuan removed the Ice Soul from the tribes' members using the small ice sculptures in her ice cave.
• Bing Yuan worried the Three Great Elders might no longer obey her after taking Xiao Xie's pills, so Xiao Xie gave her a Jiazi Pill to help her surpass them.
• Xiao Xie and Bing Yuan became intimate in the ice cave.

Xiao Xie strengthened Bing Yuan and the Three Great Elders so Bing Yuan could control the frontier while he went to subdue the Zong Family. At the Zong Family, Zong Sheng continued to pursue Sikong Qi, unaware of the danger surrounding him.

• Xiao Xie helped Bing Yuan refine the Jiazi Pill and break through to the Great Sky Realm, then the Three Great Elders reached the same realm with Greater Revitalizing Pills.
• Bing Yuan defeated the Three Great Elders and restored her standing among the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall, while Xiao Xie ordered them to follow her decisions in his absence.
• Xiao Xie demonstrated his power by flattening a snow mountain with a Tailed Beast Bomb, then left Bing Yuan to gather the frontier forces as he headed for the Zong Family.
• Xiao Xie reflected that he could not take Leng Qingxue with him because Yulong Stronghold had not fallen into internal strife.
• At the Zong Family, Zong Sheng asked Sikong Zhenjiu where Sikong Qi was and dismissed his warning to focus on the conflict with Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion.

Xiao Xie entered the World Alliance hall, killed Zong Sheng, and asserted control over the Zong Family. He left Consort Ningwei alive but forced her to become his maid.

• Xiao Xie arrived and used Conqueror's Haki to force Sikong Ming to his knees.
• Xiao Xie declared that Yulong Stronghold and Mingfeng Pavilion had submitted to him, then snapped Zong Sheng's neck and threw his corpse through the courtyard wall.
• Sikong Yao attacked Xiao Xie, but he frightened her into collapsing and ordered Sikong Zhenjiu to take her away.
• Xiao Xie claimed the World Alliance Master's seat and made Consort Ningwei agree to serve as his maid.

Xiao Xie secured the Zong Family’s submission and united most of the martial world’s major factions, becoming World Alliance Master. He left the Alliance’s day-to-day affairs to Bing Yuan while focusing on the Worship Points his new status brought.

• Xiao Xie ordered Sikong Zhenjiu to bring the Zong Family under his control, and Sikong Zhenjiu pledged his allegiance as the Flame Emperor’s subordinate.
• Sikong Zhenjiu warned Sikong Ming that resisting Xiao Xie would mean death, and Sikong Ming agreed to obey.
• A month later, Sikong Zhenjiu purged the Zong Family’s remaining opponents, bringing the family under Xiao Xie’s command.
• Over the next three months, Xiao Xie united the Yuling Group, Yulong Stronghold, Mingfeng Pavilion, and the Zong Family to subdue major martial-world factions and become World Alliance Master.
• At the Alliance Master Residence, Xiao Xie teased Bing Yuan while she reviewed reports and handled the Alliance’s affairs.

Zhu Yougui visited Xiao Xie to propose an alliance that would help him claim the Liang throne. Xiao Xie agreed to cooperate for payment, and Zhu Yougui asked him to find Yang Shuzi, who possessed the Dragon Spring Sword.

• Sikong Zhenjiu told Xiao Xie that Zhu Yougui had arrived and was waiting in the reception hall.
• Xiao Xie met Zhu Yougui and dismissed Sikong Zhenjiu and the maid so they could speak privately.
• Zhu Yougui proposed joining forces with Xiao Xie to scheme for the world and secure his succession to the Liang throne.
• Xiao Xie rejected Zhu Yougui's promise of a title and agreed to provide help only in exchange for suitable compensation.
• Zhu Yougui asked Xiao Xie to find Yang Shuzi, and Xiao Xie recognized that he was seeking the Dragon Spring Sword.

Xiao Xie searched for Yang Shuzi while secretly claiming the Dragon Spring Treasure for the World Alliance. After his agents found Yang Shuzi near Qingcheng Mountain, Xiao Xie prepared to trade the information to the Nether Emperor for medicinal ingredients.

• The Nether Emperor promised Xiao Xie any condition in exchange for Yang Shuzi's whereabouts, and Xiao Xie agreed to provide the information in half a month.
• Xiao Xie sent Sikong Zhenjiu to investigate Yang Shuzi and traveled alone to the Qian Mausoleum.
• Xiao Xie used the Earth Evasion Technique to enter the Underground Palace and took all the treasure from its chests without touching the secret box.
• Xiao Xie discovered that the secret box held an incomplete immortal cultivation technique and an illusion mechanism, then left the palace with the treasure secured in the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie's agents found Yang Shuzi near Qingcheng Mountain, and Xiao Xie gave Sikong Zhenjiu a list of medicinal ingredients to request from the Nether Emperor in exchange for the information.

Xiao Xie sold information about the Dragon Spring Sword and Yang Shuzi to his rivals, then flew to Huanyin Workshop to meet Li Maozhen. After provoking the Empress, he dodged her attack and kissed her, leaving her shocked.

• Sikong Zhenjiu accepted Xiao Xie's costly list of medicinal ingredients in exchange for Yang Shuzi's information, while Xiao Xie planned to sell the Dragon Spring Sword's whereabouts to Tongwen Pavilion and Huanyin Workshop too.
• Xiao Xie sent Shan Yutong to sell the information to Li Siyuan at Tongwen Pavilion and flew toward Fengxiang City.
• Commoners mistook Xiao Xie flying on his sword for an Immortal and worshipped him along the way.
• Li Maozhen recognized Xiao Xie when he arrived at Huanyin Workshop and asked why he had come.
• Xiao Xie told Li Maozhen he wanted her to be his woman, dodged her claw strike, and kissed her.