Chapter Summaries

Shang Xiuxun used the Xuan Yuan Sword’s Stone Statue Warriors to destroy the Four Great Bandits, then hosted a victory banquet attended by Xiao Xie and the allied leaders. At the banquet, Shi Feixuan approached Xiao Xie, who teased her by declaring that good looks were justice.

• Cao Yinglong and the bandits charged the Stone Statue Warriors, but their weapons broke against the stone bodies and the warriors killed them.
• Cao Yinglong severed one warrior’s head with his true qi, but the puppet kept fighting and killed his horse.
• The Stone Statue Warriors slaughtered all more than seventy thousand bandits, and Shang Xiuxun recalled them into the earth with the Xuan Yuan Sword.
• Shang Xiuxun announced a victory banquet and led Xiao Xie and the other guests to the hall, while the allied leaders grew wary of the sword’s power.
• After several rounds of wine, Xiao Xie invited the guests to ask their questions, and Shi Feixuan rose to pay her respects.
• Xiao Xie praised Shi Feixuan’s Spiritual Energy, then told her that good looks were justice, leaving her asking what he meant.

Xiao Xie taught Shi Feixuan that her appearance could help her spread Buddhist teachings, then challenged her dream of saving everyone by explaining his account of the six realms. After she nearly lost faith, he reminded her to keep striving without becoming obsessed with perfection, and she recovered with a renewed resolve.

• Xiao Xie explained that Guanyin took a kind female appearance to spread Buddhist teachings, and Shi Feixuan thanked him for the lesson.
• Shi Feixuan asked how she could save the people of the world, and Xiao Xie warned that saving every mortal was impossible.
• Xiao Xie described the six realms and claimed that saving all mortals into the Buddha Realm would destroy the balance of the realms.
• Shi Feixuan collapsed into despair, but Xiao Xie revived her by citing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's vow and urging her to follow her true heart without demanding perfection.
• Shi Feixuan regained her resolve, approached Xiao Xie, and performed Disciple Etiquette.

Xiao Xie named Shang Xiuxun the next Human Emperor because she held the Xuan Yuan Sword, then revealed the future history he had changed, including Li Shimin’s bloody rise to power. The chapter ended with everyone staring at Li Shimin after Xiao Xie exposed the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

• Xiao Xie accepted Shi Feixuan as his maid, and Su Su welcomed her beside her.
• Song Shidao asked who would become the next Human Emperor, and Xiao Xie declared Shang Xiuxun the chosen ruler because she held the Xuan Yuan Sword.
• Xiao Xie dismissed objections to a female emperor and said Wu Zetian would have risen in the future if he had not intervened.
• Xiao Xie told the gathering that Li Yuan would have founded the Tang dynasty, then revealed Li Shimin would kill his brothers in the Xuanwu Gate Incident and force Li Yuan to abdicate.
• The hall fell silent as everyone looked at Li Shimin, who broke out in a cold sweat under their contemptuous stares.

Xiao Xie exposed Li Shimin’s future crimes and dynastic troubles, undermining his standing with Li Xiuning and the others. He also explained how Li Zhi’s affair with Wu Cairen led to Wu Zetian’s rise as Huaxia’s first female emperor.

• Li Shimin regretted questioning Xiao Xie after Li Xiuning learned that he would kill his brothers and imprison his father to seize the throne.
• Xiao Xie revealed that Li Shimin and Liu Wenjing would trick Li Yuan into sleeping with Yang Guang’s consorts, forcing Li Yuan to rebel.
• Shi Feixuan confirmed that Cihang Jingzhai considered Li Shimin its likeliest candidate, and Xiao Xie warned her that Li Shimin would promote Taoism rather than Buddhism.
• Xiao Xie said Li Shimin’s sons would repeat his family betrayals, and that Li Zhi would take Wu Cairen from his father’s harem and make her empress.
• Xiao Xie explained that Wu Cairen would govern during Li Zhi’s illness, then become emperor and establish Wu Zhou as Wu Zetian.

Xiao Xie revealed Wu Zetian’s future and announced that Shang Xiuxun would become the next Human Emperor to end the wars. After the banquet, Li Shimin and Song Shidao pledged allegiance to Shang Xiuxun, while Shen Luoyan reflected on her ambitions.

• Xiao Xie revealed that Wu Zetian was Wu Zhao, Wan Wan’s future disciple, and said she would later destroy the Yinkui Sect and promote Buddhism.
• Xiao Xie declared that he would give the Xuan Yuan Sword to Shang Xiuxun and appoint her the next Human Emperor; he reassured her that she could rule by employing capable people.
• Xiao Xie ordered the gathered leaders to prepare their forces for incorporation under Shang Xiuxun, threatening those who resisted with death.
• After the banquet, Li Shimin pledged allegiance for himself and his forces, while Song Shidao pledged the Song Clan’s allegiance to Shang Xiuxun.
• Shen Luoyan finished a letter and reflected that a woman could become emperor, questioning her narrow view of power.

Shen Luoyan prepared to pledge allegiance to Shang Xiuxun after urging Li Mi to submit, while Xiao Xie persuaded Shi Feixuan that Buddhist precepts did not forbid marriage and children. Shi Feixuan accepted his argument and thanked him, though Wan Wan remained unconvinced.

• Shen Luoyan sent Li Mi a letter explaining her plan to pledge allegiance to Shang Xiuxun and urging him to submit.
• Shen Luoyan headed to Shang Xiuxun’s room, hoping to earn an important position in the new Empress’s court.
• Xiao Xie told Shi Feixuan and Wan Wan that they would attend him in bed, prompting Wan Wan to tease Shi Feixuan about her Buddhist vows.
• Xiao Xie argued that Buddhist precepts against sexual misconduct forbade unions outside marriage, and that overcoming temptations could help disciples become Buddhas.
• Xiao Xie used an overflowing cup of hot water to illustrate his argument, and Shi Feixuan accepted his guidance while Wan Wan remained doubtful.

Xiao Xie spent the night with Wan Wan and Shi Feixuan, then teased Shang Xiuxun when he found her jealous and frustrated. He reflected that his amorousness differed from indiscriminate lust because he treated his women sincerely.

• Xiao Xie praised Shi Feixuan for improving her aura and privately credited his sweet talk.
• Xiao Xie woke beside Wan Wan and Shi Feixuan after spending the night with them.
• Xiao Xie emerged with Wan Wan and Shi Feixuan late in the morning, and Shang Xiuxun resented that she had worked while he indulged himself.
• Xiao Xie teased Shang Xiuxun for being jealous and called his behavior boundless love.
• Xiao Xie reflected on how devotion could hurt other women and contrasted his approach with Duan Zhengchun's indiscriminate lust.

Shang Xiuxun unified the Central Plains and surrounding lands under Great Shang, while Xiao Xie later devoured the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty world and reshaped it as the Tang Universe. He returned to the Worship Space with over four billion Worship Points.

• Shang Xiuxun crushed forces that rejected her rule, then founded Great Shang in Luoyang and became Empress Shang.
• With Xiao Xie's support, Shang Xiuxun subdued neighboring countries and tribes, and high-yield crops and trade helped Great Shang prosper and assimilate them.
• After the three-year window arrived, Xiao Xie had the Chaos World devour the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty world's World Consciousness, increasing its World Origin.
• Xiao Xie created a Six Paths of Reincarnation and a new Heavenly Dao for the world, then established a small Immortal Realm for Shi Feixuan and the others.
• Xiao Xie named the transformed world the Tang Universe and returned to the Worship Space, where he found his balance had exceeded four billion Worship Points.

Xiao Xie spent his Worship Points on four lottery draws, summoning Artoria and examining two other useful prizes. He left Artoria enjoying snacks and gave Jiang Chen’s essence blood to Ikaros and the others, while deciding the Gourmet Tablecloth might suit Xiao Xiao.

• Xiao Xie used his remaining Worship Points to make four Level 10 draws and received four cards.
• Xiao Xie summoned Artoria, welcomed her as his master, and gave her pastries and other snacks.
• Xiao Xie turned Jiang Chen’s essence-blood card into a crystal and handed it to Ikaros and the others for possible use in cultivating Zombie King maidservants.
• Xiao Xie tested the Gourmet Tablecloth, found it unimpressive, and thought Xiao Xiao might like it.

Xiao Xie left Gambling City with Artoria and checked how she was adjusting to her new Upper God body while traveling through the Hell Plane. Artoria said she had mastered its control, and Xiao Xie continued to indulge her playful appetite.

• Xiao Xie found that the Gourmet Tablecloth could create ordinary foods but not rare delicacies, then handed it to Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xie took Artoria from the Worship Space and departed Gambling City.
• Xiao Xie asked Artoria how she had adapted to the wind-element Upper God body cultivated for her and to the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill that had raised her own cultivation to the peak of the Lower God realm.
• Artoria said she could control her new body perfectly, then stared at Bai Suzhen until Bai Suzhen fed her a spiritual fruit.
• Xiao Xie reassured Bai Suzhen that Artoria's familiar, food-loving behavior was adorable.

Xiao Xie and his companions reached Emperor Soul City and explored its prosperous Freedom Castle, where Artoria enjoyed exotic snacks and the group shopped for fine clothes. They each chose an outfit at an expensive clothing store on the fifth floor.

• Xiao Qing identified the distant city as Emperor Soul City, ruled by the Hell Asura-level Emperor Soul Asura.
• Xiao Xie led Artoria, Bai Suzhen, and the others into Emperor Soul City and explained that Freedom Castle was its major marketplace for goods from other planes.
• Xiao Xie bought divine sparks and took Artoria to sample snacks from the fifth floor's food shops.
• After Artoria spotted the clothing stores, Xiao Xie took her, Bai Suzhen, and Xiao Qing to browse them.
• At the sixth clothing store, Artoria, Bai Suzhen, and the others each selected an outfit.

Xiao Xie bought Artoria the rare Light Feather Long Dress, then rejected Xi Lu’s increasingly forceful attempts to obtain it for Fu Fuya. He left the shop with Artoria and the others, but Xi Lu blocked his way and accused him of insulting the Anderson Family.

• Xiao Xie bought Artoria the Light Feather Long Dress for more than 120 million Ink Stones.
• Fu Fuya admired Artoria’s dress, and Xi Lu asked the shop owner whether another one was available.
• Xi Lu’s silver-robed subordinate offered Artoria twice the price for her dress, but Artoria refused and went to Xiao Xie.
• Xi Lu offered Xiao Xie ten times the price, then presented an Anderson Family token when Xiao Xie refused to sell.
• Xiao Xie dismissed the Anderson Family and left the shop with Artoria, Xiao Ya, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Qing.
• Xi Lu flashed in front of Xiao Xie and demanded to know whether he was insulting the Anderson Family.

Xiao Xie confronted Xi Lu and the Anderson Family after they tried to take the Light Feather Long Dress by force. Fu Fuya recognized Xiao Xie as a potentially overwhelming threat, and when Anderson elder Most arrived, he chose to speak cautiously rather than fight.

• Xiao Xie mocked Xi Lu for resorting to robbery, while Xi Lu’s two guards blocked his way.
• Fu Fuya refused to join Xi Lu and led her guards aside after her bracelet warned that Xiao Xie might be an Upper God Great Perfection expert.
• Freedom Castle’s guards ignored the confrontation after Xi Lu showed his Emperor Soul Token.
• Most, the Anderson Family’s Third Elder, arrived after receiving Xi Lu’s distress message and asked Xiao Xie who he was.
• Xiao Xie challenged Most to attack, but Most denied coming to fight and spoke humbly.

The Anderson Family’s intelligence officers discovered that Xiao Xie had auctioned Chief God Power and might be closely connected to a Chief God, prompting Most to urgently protect him from Xi Lu. Xi Lu was left silenced after Most struck and threatened him, while the family prepared to alert its Three Great Elders.

• Most questioned Xi Lu’s guards and learned that the dispute with Xiao Xie had begun over a piece of clothing.
• The Anderson Family’s intelligence officers found records showing Xiao Xie had auctioned Chief God Power in Vance City and might have ties to a Chief God.
• The intelligence leader ordered his subordinates to contact the Three Great Elders using the most urgent signal.
• Xi Lu protested that Most should punish Xiao Xie, and Fu Fuya looked down on him for his reckless behavior.
• Most slapped Xi Lu and threatened to kill him after receiving the family’s emergency warning about Xiao Xie.

Xiao Xie accepted the Anderson Family’s compensation after defeating Xi Lu and settled in Emperor Soul City before choosing to travel to the Pacific Rim world. Fu Fuya and Sofu suspected that Xiao Xie resembled their ancestor, the Darkness Dominator.

• Most apologized to Xiao Xie on behalf of the Anderson Family and offered ten thousand Soul Crystals, which Xiao Xie accepted before warning Most to control his juniors.
• Most ordered Xi Lu to return and accept punishment, then arranged for Qi Mi to show Fu Fuya around Emperor Soul City.
• Fu Fuya and Sofu discussed Xiao Xie’s resemblance to their ancestor and wondered whether he was connected to the Locke Clan.
• Xiao Xie rented an estate in Emperor Soul City, sent Artoria and the others into the Kamui Universe, and entered the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie chose the ten-year World Travel Ticket for Pacific Rim to help strengthen the Chaos World’s origin power quickly.

Xiao Xie prepared to pose as humanity’s savior against the Kaiju, building Savior Island and designing five giant mechs. When a Kaiju attacked Manila, he waited for the destruction to create an opportunity to make a dramatic entrance.

• Xiao Xie traveled to the Pacific Rim world and learned that the next Kaiju attack was expected in Manila in a little over two months.
• Xiao Xie established Savior Island, built a hidden military fortress, and explained to Artoria that he wanted people to believe they needed a savior.
• Six months after San Francisco’s destruction, alarms detected a second Kaiju, and Xiao Xie went to inspect five mechs modeled on divine beasts.
• A crab-like Kaiju emerged near Manila Bay, tore a cruise ship in half, and began attacking the harbor.

A Kaiju attacked Manila, but Xiao Xie arrived in the White Tiger Mech and killed it before it could destroy the city. The mech escaped tracking, leaving world leaders scrambling to learn who Xiao Xie was and whether they could control his powerful weapon.

• The Philippine military attacked the Kaiju with fighter jets, but it ignored them and continued toward central Manila.
• Xiao Xie arrived in the White Tiger Mech, rammed the Kaiju, severed its pincers with the Laser Saber, and sliced it in half.
• Xiao Xie called himself Flame Emperor Xiao Xie and flew away in the White Tiger Mech, which evaded radar and satellite tracking.
• People around the world discussed Xiao Xie and the mech, while Obama Niu demanded that world leaders explain where it had come from.

After the world’s leaders failed to identify the White Tiger Mech’s pilot, Xiao Xie sent Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing to invade the aliens’ dimension and seize control of Kaiju production. A week later, their Mechanical Maids sent a Level Five Kaiju toward the Island Nation, leaving Xiao Xie to watch as disaster approached.

• Obama Niu told the other heads of state that the White Tiger Mech was not a United States secret weapon, and Number One denied that Huaxia had built it.
• The heads of state ordered their technological departments to research building mechs after failing to learn how to contact Xiao Xie.
• Xiao Xie sent Bai Suzhen, Xiao Qing, and two hundred Mechanical Maids through the Pacific Space Channel to capture the aliens who made Kaiju.
• Three days later, Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing returned after exterminating the alien race, while the Mechanical Maids stayed behind to copy its technology and manufacture Kaiju.
• One week later, a Level Five Kaiju entered the Pacific Ocean and headed toward the Island Nation as Xiao Xie watched it approach.

Xiao Xie had Ikaros broadcast a Level 5 Kaiju’s attack on the Island Nation, drawing worldwide attention as the monster laid waste to Tokyo. With the Jaeger Program delayed and conventional weapons ineffective, Obama Niu launched three nuclear missiles, while Xiao Xie hinted that the Kaiju had been modified.

• Xiao Xie sensed the Kaiju’s arrival and learned that the Level 5 monster was attacking the Island Nation.
• Xiao Xie had Ikaros take control of satellites and broadcast the Kaiju’s destruction around the world.
• The Kaiju smashed through the Island Nation’s defenses and reduced Tokyo to ruins within minutes.
• World leaders watched the devastation, while Obama Niu prepared to use nuclear weapons against the Kaiju.
• Obama Niu launched three high-yield nuclear missiles toward Tokyo, and Xiao Xie remarked that the Kaiju had been modified.

After the Kaiju survived a nuclear strike, Xiao Xie arrived in the Vermilion Bird Mech and killed it with two attacks. The world hailed him as a savior, while the Heads of State decided not to provoke him.

• Three nuclear bombs struck the Kaiju, but it survived and grew stronger by absorbing the radiation.
• Xiao Xie arrived in the Vermilion Bird Mech and pierced the Kaiju with Laser Arrows.
• The Kaiju attacked with flames, but Xiao Xie destroyed its flames and head with a massive Laser Arrow.
• Xiao Xie called himself the Flame Emperor and left without answering the Heads of State’s signals.
• People cheered Xiao Xie, while the Heads of State abandoned plans to seize his mech and agreed not to provoke him.