Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie kissed the Empress, provoked her into striking him, and pretended to die after she pierced his heart. When his prank turned her brief grief into fury, he unleashed Conqueror's Haki and knocked out everyone in Huanyin Workshop except the Empress.

• Xiao Xie stole the Empress's first kiss, and she attacked him in a rage.
• Xiao Xie stopped dodging, allowing the Empress to pierce his heart, then confessed that he loved her before falling as if dead.
• The Empress struggled with her feelings over Xiao Xie's apparent death, but he sprang up and revealed that he had faked it.
• The Empress ordered the Maids of Huanyin Workshop to kill Xiao Xie, and he released Conqueror's Haki that made everyone there except him and the Empress faint.

After leaving the exhausted Empress to rest, Xiao Xie returned with food and tried to make amends, easing her anger with promises and flattery. He hinted that she would one day become Empress and revealed he knew about the Dragon Spring Sword, leaving her eager to learn where it was.

• Xiao Xie waited outside while the Empress cried, then left after she fell asleep from exhaustion.
• The Empress woke hungry and called for someone, and Xiao Xie entered carrying a Food Box.
• The Empress angrily told Xiao Xie to leave, then bit his arm and cried about how he had treated her.
• Xiao Xie apologized and promised to treat the Empress twice as well, but refused to give her the position of World Alliance Master.
• Xiao Xie told the Empress she would become an Empress someday and asked whether she knew about the Dragon Spring Sword.
• The Empress excitedly asked whether Xiao Xie knew where the Dragon Spring Sword was.

Xiao Xie revealed that he had already obtained the Dragon Spring Treasure and proposed that the Empress use its wealth to secretly build an army while the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion fought over the Dragon Spring Sword. After sharing food and jokes with her, he left the Empress resting under the Maids’ guard.

• Xiao Xie told the Empress that he had sold the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion information about Yang Shuzi and the Dragon Spring Sword, but had already taken the Dragon Spring Treasure.
• Xiao Xie proposed that the Empress use the treasure’s wealth to recruit troops while the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion fought over the sword, and the Empress agreed that the plan was good.
• Xiao Xie fed the Empress Red Date and Lotus Seed Porridge and told her jokes, easing her resentment toward him.
• Xiao Xie told the Empress to rest, then ordered four Maids to guard her bedchamber and keep visitors away.

The Empress ordered Ji Ru Xue to serve Xiao Xie, and he took her as his woman before raising her cultivation with a Greater Revitalizing Pill. Xiao Xie then gave the Empress several treasures and left with her to deal with the Dragon Spring Treasure, while Ji Ru Xue rested in the bedchamber.

• The Empress summoned Ji Ru Xue and ordered her to serve Xiao Xie, and Ji Ru Xue accepted.
• Two hours later, Xiao Xie found Ji Ru Xue unconscious and fed her a Greater Revitalizing Pill, helping her cultivation rise from the Middle Star Rank to the peak of the Great Star Rank.
• The Empress complained that Xiao Xie had given Ji Ru Xue a pill, so Xiao Xie gave her three pills, a protective white dress, and the White Dragon Sword.
• Xiao Xie and the Empress left to deal with the Dragon Spring Treasure after instructing the maids to care for Ji Ru Xue.
• The maids outside the bedchamber discussed Ji Ru Xue's fortune and wondered who might serve Xiao Xie next.

Xiao Xie gave the Dragon Spring Treasure to the Empress and helped her break through to the Divine Firmament Realm. After testing her new strength, the Empress accepted that she could not defeat him, and they ended the sparring in an intimate embrace.

• Xiao Xie revealed the Dragon Spring Treasure to the Empress and urged her to secretly expand Huanyin Workshop's forces while the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion fought over the Dragon Spring Sword.
• The Empress took the Greater Revitalizing Pill and Jiazi Pill, and Xiao Xie helped her refine their medicinal power.
• The Empress broke through to the Divine Firmament Realm and advanced to its mid-stage.
• The Empress attacked Xiao Xie at full strength, but his Iron Body withstood her blows, so she stopped the sparring and admitted defeat.
• The Empress resigned herself to being Xiao Xie's woman, and Xiao Xie kissed her.

Xiao Xie took Ji Ru Xue to Qingcheng Mountain to find a Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Mushroom and observe the search for the Dragon Spring Sword. After finding the mushroom, he left their next move unanswered.

• Xiao Xie brought Ji Ru Xue to Qingcheng Mountain while the Empress stayed behind to oversee Huanyin Workshop and expand her forces.
• Xiao Xie and Ji Ru Xue flew leisurely to Azure Cloud City, where the forces of Tongwen Pavilion and the Xuanming Sect had not yet arrived.
• Xiao Xie told Ji Ru Xue he had come to search for the Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Mushroom and used Spirit Eyes to find valuable medicinal herbs around Qingcheng Mountain.
• Xiao Xie found a Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Mushroom, unearthed it without damaging it, and took it as Ji Ru Xue asked what they would do next.

Xiao Xie and Ji Ru Xue arrived at Yang Shuzi’s Sword Cottage after nightfall and secured a place to stay. Yang Shuzi remained wary of Xiao Xie’s strength as Xiao Xie began preparing the tiger he had killed.

• Xiao Xie killed an adult tiger with one punch and took it with Ji Ru Xue to the Sword Cottage.
• Lu Linxuan and Li Xingyun met the couple, and Yang Shuzi let them stay after sensing Xiao Xie’s formidable aura.
• Xiao Xie asked to use the kitchen, and Yang Shuzi directed him there while wondering why his name sounded familiar.
• Xiao Xie prepared the tiger and sliced more than one hundred catties of meat into pieces weighing exactly one catty each.

Xiao Xie prepared a feast and medicinal tiger bone soup for Ji Ru Xue, Li Xingyun, and Lu Linxuan, helping the two disciples advance their cultivation. He left with Ji Ru Xue to rest while Li Xingyun was stuck cleaning up.

• Xiao Xie made tiger bone soup with precious medicinal ingredients and told Ji Ru Xue it could help her break through to the Great Sky Realm.
• Yang Shuzi made Li Xingyun wait until Xiao Xie had eaten before allowing everyone to start the meal.
• Xiao Xie served Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan the medicinal soup, and Yang Shuzi checked them before confirming it was not poison.
• Li Xingyun advanced from the Small Sky Rank to the Middle Sky Rank, while Lu Linxuan advanced from the Small Star Rank to the Great Star Rank.
• Xiao Xie and Ji Ru Xue went to rest, and Lu Linxuan left Li Xingyun to clean up the dishes.

Xiao Xie helped Ji Ru Xue absorb Tiger Bone Soup and break through to the Great Sky Realm, then left the Sword Cottage as the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion converged on Qingcheng Mountain. He detected Liang Shuai watching the cottage and went to meet him, leaving Ji Ru Xue waiting nearby.

• Xiao Xie helped Ji Ru Xue refine the Tiger Bone Soup’s medicinal power, and she broke through from the Great Star Rank to the Great Sky Realm.
• Xiao Xie and Ji Ru Xue left the Sword Cottage after a night that kept Li Xingyun awake and embarrassed Lu Linxuan.
• The Five Great Yama Kings hurried toward Qingcheng Mountain to capture Yang Shuzi before Tongwen Pavilion’s men arrived.
• Zhang Zifan ordered Tongwen Pavilion to wait and let the Xuanming Sect act first, while Liang Shuai watched the Sword Cottage and considered how the conflict could push Li Xingyun toward competing for the realm.
• Xiao Xie spotted Liang Shuai from a cliff, left Ji Ru Xue waiting, and used Moon Walk to approach him unnoticed.

Xiao Xie discovered that Liang Shuai was Yuan Tiangang, defeated him, and found a way to assume his identity. After searching Yuan Tiangang’s memories, Xiao Xie watched the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion fail to defeat Li Xingyun and his allies at Sword Cottage.

• Xiao Xie surprised Liang Shuai by revealing that he knew his identity as Yuan Tiangang.
• Liang Shuai attacked Xiao Xie but was defeated with one punch and asked Xiao Xie to kill him.
• Xiao Xie killed Yuan Tiangang, collected his soul, and searched his memories for information about the Liang Ren and Shi Yao.
• Xiao Xie found the mask’s transformation technique, restored Shi Yao’s appearance, and took on Yuan Tiangang’s identity as Liang Shuai.
• The Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion attacked Sword Cottage but failed against Li Xingyun, Lu Linxuan, and Yang Shuzi.
• A Tongwen Pavilion underling asked Zhang Zifan what they should do after the attack failed.

Xiao Xie revealed Li Xingyun's identity to draw the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion away from the Huanyin Workshop, while Li Xingyun avenged his father and learned who had killed the emperor. Back at the Huanyin Workshop, Xiao Xie told the Empress that she could prepare to annex Great Liang.

• Zhang Zifan ordered most of his men to retreat after learning Li Xingyun had reached the Middle Sky Rank, leaving two spies to watch him.
• Lu Linxuan killed the wounded Black and White Impermanence to avenge her father, and Li Xingyun asked Yang Shuzi what to do with the defeated Five Great Yama Kings.
• Xiao Xie, disguised as Liang Shuai, spared Yang Shuzi and told Li Xingyun that the Five Great Yama Kings had killed Emperor Zhaozong and that Li Xingyun was the emperor's youngest son.
• Xiao Xie deliberately let the hidden spies overhear Li Xingyun's identity so the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion would focus on him instead of the Huanyin Workshop.
• Xiao Xie returned to the Huanyin Workshop with Ji Ru Xue, who entered seclusion to stabilize her cultivation after advancing to the Great Sky Realm.
• Xiao Xie told the Empress that Liang Ren was under his control and that Zhu Yougui's expected attack on Zhu Wen would give her a chance to annex Great Liang.

The Empress summoned Miao Cheng Tian and Xuan Jing Tian as she prepared to protect her future position beside Xiao Xie. Xiao Xie discovered Miao Cheng Tian had an Innate Terminated Meridian and promised he could cure it with a Marrow Cleansing Pill.

• The Empress explained that she was wary of ambitious women around Xiao Xie and planned to rely on Ji Ru Xue and the Nine Heavens Holy Maiden to secure her position.
• The Empress summoned Miao Cheng Tian and Xuan Jing Tian, who entered and paid their respects to her and Xiao Xie.
• Xiao Xie examined Miao Cheng Tian's pulse and recognized her Innate Terminated Meridian physique.
• Miao Cheng Tian doubted that her condition could be cured, but Xiao Xie told her a Marrow Cleansing Pill would heal it, delighting both sisters.

Xiao Xie promised Miao Cheng Tian a cultivation technique to cure her Innate Terminated Meridian, then spent over two months at Huanyin Workshop while the Empress expanded her power. He returned to Bing Yuan and proposed joining forces with Li Maozhen to seize the realm, while Bing Yuan privately planned to build her own influence in the future imperial harem.

• Xiao Xie told Miao Cheng Tian that a suitable cultivation technique could end her condition and greatly improve her cultivation.
• During Xiao Xie's two months at Huanyin Workshop, Meng Po secretly helped Li Xingyun and his group evade the Xuanming Sect, while clashes between the Xuanming Sect and Tongwen Pavilion weakened both sides.
• Xiao Xie learned that Zhu Wen was dissatisfied with the Nether Emperor and that the Nether Emperor was considering killing his father, giving the Empress a chance to take Great Liang.
• Xiao Xie returned to the Alliance Master Manor, where Bing Yuan resented his long stay at Huanyin Workshop before welcoming him back.
• Xiao Xie told Bing Yuan he planned to join forces with Li Maozhen to seize the realm and promised to make her a Noble Consort after he took the throne.
• Bing Yuan secretly resolved to win over Jia Xuan, Zuoqiuning, and others so she could secure influence in the future imperial harem.

After Zhu Yougui lured Li Xingyun and his companions into the Great Liang Imperial Palace, they found Zhu Wen and two others dead and realized they had been framed. Zhu Yougui revealed his plan to blame the murders on Li Xingyun, kill him, and claim the throne.

• Meng Po told Xiao Xie that Zhu Yougui was preparing to kill Zhu Wen and frame Li Xingyun for the murder.
• Meng Po helped Zhu Yougui capture Lu Linxuan so he could lure Li Xingyun and Yang Shuzi to Luoyang.
• Li Xingyun, Yang Shuzi, and Shangguan Yun Que entered Jiao Lan Hall and discovered the corpses of Zhu Wen, Zhu Youwen, and Zhang Shi.
• Xuanming Sect members surrounded the group as Zhu Yougui appeared with Meng Po and the captive Lu Linxuan.
• Zhu Yougui accused Li Xingyun of killing his family, then admitted he planned to kill Li Xingyun and present himself as a loyal son before taking the throne.

Xiao Xie revealed himself as Liang Shuai, killed Zhu Yougui, and let Li Xingyun leave rather than force him to restore Great Tang. He then joined Li Maozhen in taking control of Great Liang, leaving the realm annexed and its remaining loyalists dealt with.

• Xiao Xie appeared at Jiao Lan Hall and revealed himself as Liang Shuai, prompting the Xuanming Sect members and Meng Po to turn against Zhu Yougui.
• Xiao Xie killed Zhu Yougui and told Li Xingyun he could leave, while Shangguan Yun Que chose to go with him.
• Xiao Xie ordered Shi Yao to secure the Imperial Palace as the Empress, disguised as Prince Qi, led the Nine Heavens Holy Maidens in an attack on Luoyang.
• Xiao Xie forged imperial edicts with Zhu Wen's Imperial Jade Seal, and Li Maozhen's forces took Great Liang's cities with little resistance within three days.
• Xiao Xie and Li Maozhen purged Great Liang's loyal officials; Wang Yanzhang died by suicide, and Zhu Youwen and Zhu Youzhen were executed.

Li Maozhen and Xiao Xie marched on Taiyuan with only twenty thousand soldiers, prompting Li Siyuan to summon Li Keyong. After Xiao Xie killed Li Cunzhong with a thought, Li Keyong prepared to face him with his hundred-thousand-man army.

• Li Cunzhong warned Li Siyuan that Li Maozhen and the Flame Emperor were approaching Taiyuan with twenty thousand troops, so Li Siyuan decided to bring Li Keyong out of seclusion.
• Xiao Xie traveled with the Empress atop his Flowing Cloud Shawl while his soldiers drew confidence from his apparent supernatural abilities.
• Seven days later, Xiao Xie and the Empress reached Taiyuan and found Li Keyong waiting with one hundred thousand Jin troops and the Thirteen Taibaos.
• Xiao Xie demanded Jin State's surrender, and when Li Cunzhong shouted at him, Xiao Xie killed him with an invisible attack.
• Li Keyong grew wary of Xiao Xie but believed his hundred thousand troops could defeat Xiao Xie and the twenty thousand Qi soldiers.

Xiao Xie defeated Li Keyong’s Jin Army with his supernatural power, conquered the Jin State, and brought the realm under his control. Three months later, he became emperor of the newly established Flame Kingdom and placed the Liang Ren under his personal command.

• Xiao Xie destroyed the Jin Army’s arrow volley with one punch, then crushed Li Keyong, the Thirteen Taibaos, and more than thirty thousand soldiers beneath Rongwu Mountain.
• Xiao Xie accepted the surrender of the surviving Jin Army and ordered his forces to advance with their prisoners.
• After Li Keyong’s death, Xiao Xie subdued the Jin State in less than seven days and secured its control over the following month.
• Xiao Xie returned to Luoyang, ascended the throne three months later, and established the Flame Kingdom.
• Xiao Xie appointed Li Maozhen empress, named his consorts, and kept the Liang Ren under his personal control while Shi Yao remained unaware that Yuan Tiangang had died.

After proclaiming himself emperor, Xiao Xie won the people’s devotion by introducing high-yield potatoes and policies that improved their lives. More than seven years later, he visited Li Maozhen and their son Xiao Lie, while the imperial harem’s factions continued their restrained rivalry.

• Xiao Xie distributed high-yield potato seeds and reduced taxes, earning the common people’s support while increasing the treasury’s revenue.
• More than seven years after Xiao Xie became emperor, he went to Zhaoyang Hall to visit Li Maozhen and Xiao Lie.
• Xiao Lie told Xiao Xie he had studied military strategy and watched Li Maozhen handle state affairs, and Xiao Xie encouraged him to make time to play.
• Xiao Lie left while Xiao Xie and Li Maozhen teased each other affectionately.
• The palace maids observed that Li Maozhen’s faction and Bing Yuan’s faction had engaged in minor open and secret struggles in the harem.

After leaving the Hua Jianghu world, Xiao Xie returned to the Worship Space and used his lottery draws to obtain new items, including the Obelisk the Tormentor Summon Card and the Destructo Disc Skill Card. He learned the Destructo Disc and successfully summoned Obelisk the Tormentor, then identified the remaining prizes.

• Xiao Xie spent his final months in the Hua Jianghu world with his consorts, and Li Maozhen and Bing Yuan grew more harmonious while serving him together.
• A ball of white light carried Xiao Xie away from the Hua Jianghu world and back to the Worship Space, where Xiao Xiao welcomed him.
• Xiao Xie used five level-nine draws and three level-eight draws, obtaining two World Travel Tickets, the Obelisk the Tormentor Summon Card, the Destructo Disc Skill Card, and four other items.
• Xiao Xie learned the Destructo Disc and used magic power to create a golden energy disc.
• Xiao Xie sacrificed three wronged souls to summon Obelisk the Tormentor, whose aura was at the peak of the Saint Realm.
• Xiao Xie identified the remaining prizes as a Golden Table, a Hundred Flavors Candy Jar, a single-use Allspark, and a Vampire Bloodline Crystal.

Xiao Xie used the Allspark to turn the Gravity Chamber into a robot named Suppressing Heaven and Earth, then learned about its powerful gravity-based abilities. After reviewing his Attribute Panel, Xiao Xie judged that his strength had grown greatly but was still not enough to dominate the Beastman Continent.

• Xiao Xie gave the Hundred Flavors Candy Jar to Xiao Xiao and set aside the Vampire Bloodline Crystal.
• Xiao Xie used the Allspark on the Gravity Chamber, transforming it into a giant robot that introduced itself as Suppressing Heaven and Earth.
• Xiao Xie asked Suppressing Heaven and Earth to shrink, and it transformed into a two-meter-tall armored knight.
• Suppressing Heaven and Earth told Xiao Xie that it could manipulate gravity up to five thousand times normal and fire long-range Gravity Cannons.
• Xiao Xie reviewed his Attribute Panel and concluded that he had grown far stronger but still could not run rampant across the Beastman Continent.