Chapter Summaries

Uncle Jiu rushed to Si Mu’s cottage after receiving an urgent message, but Si Mu was missing and Jia Le knew nothing about the message. That night, three Iron Armored Jumping Zombies attacked the cottage, and Uncle Jiu prepared to protect Jia Le.

• Uncle Jiu arrived at Si Mu’s cottage and learned from Jia Le that Si Mu had not returned from Zhanghe Town.
• Uncle Jiu decided to wait until morning before searching for Si Mu, while Jia Le cooked for him.
• That night, Uncle Jiu sensed three Iron Armored Jumping Zombies approaching the cottage and woke Jia Le.
• Uncle Jiu explained that the Zombies might have been sent to target Jia Le because Si Mu was facing trouble, then gave him a talisman-covered brass sword.
• The Zombies smashed through the gate as Uncle Jiu calmly sat in the courtyard and Jia Le stood ready beside him.

Uncle Jiu destroyed three Iron Armored Zombies with a Five Thunder Talisman and sent its power to help Si Mu defeat the Black-Clad Men who had trapped him. After Si Mu returned to the Taoist temple, Uncle Jiu said he was leaving because he had matters to attend to.

• Uncle Jiu drew a Five Thunder Talisman in the air and reduced the three Iron Armored Zombies to charred husks.
• Uncle Jiu sent a talisman toward Si Mu, who was surrounded by Zombies and three Black-Clad Men in a cave.
• The Five Thunder Talisman struck the Black-Clad Men, and Si Mu used his Spirit Invocation Technique to cripple their Zombies and kill the two surviving men.
• Si Mu burned the cave and escorted the children home before returning to his Taoist temple two days later.
• Uncle Jiu told Si Mu he was leaving, and Si Mu apologized for delaying him and offered to help with his business.

Natsu, Erza, and two others set out from Fairy Tail to handle a dangerous mission, while Daegu prepared to leave Lina with a Tiga clone to protect Earth Star. Ace also departed alone for a group mission after Whitebeard agreed to let him go.

• Natsu told Mira he planned to leave for a serious mission, and Mira urged him to inform Makarov before going.
• Erza returned to the guild carrying a Monster horn, and Mira explained to Lucy that Erza and Mira were the guild's two female S-Class Mages.
• The group formed a four-person team and headed to the train station, while Makarov remained unaware of their departure.
• Daegu gave Lina a Tiga figurine containing a clone with half his power and entrusted Earth Star's protection to her while he was away.
• Ace told Whitebeard he had decided to join the group mission, and Whitebeard agreed before Ace vanished.

Jiang Zhen met the Three Sisters of Tushan and Third Young Master of Aolai Country, explaining their cultivation levels and the nature of Third Young Master’s resurrection. He suggested that Third Young Master’s deceased eldest brother might also be resurrected, and the chapter ended with Third Young Master asking whether that was truly possible.

• Jiang Zhen arrived in Tushan and greeted Hong Hong of Tushan, Ya Ya of Tushan, and Rong Rong of Tushan.
• Jiang Zhen sensed Third Young Master of Aolai Country spying with a clone, and Third Young Master appeared before them.
• Jiang Zhen demonstrated his mastery of the Power of Space and explained that he was at Level Five, while Third Young Master was at late Level Four.
• Jiang Zhen explained the Immortal Path ranks and said Third Young Master had reached the Mysterious Immortal realm through comprehending the Way of Life and Death.
• Third Young Master confirmed that his eldest brother had been gravely wounded by a powerful enemy and later died.
• Jiang Zhen suggested that Third Young Master’s eldest brother might be resurrected, and Third Young Master asked if that was really possible.

Jiang Zhen explained the true origins of the Outsider Creatures and recognized the Great Tree of Affection as a powerful primordial being. He then told Third Young Master that he had come because a new person had joined the Mask Group, leaving Third Young Master wondering why that mattered.

• Jiang Zhen said he did not know how to revive Third Young Master's eldest brother, suggesting Nirvana or reaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to retrieve him from the River of Time.
• Rong Rong of Tushan explained that known Outsider Creatures came from the distracting thoughts of dead humans, but Jiang Zhen and Third Young Master clarified that these were not the original Outsider Creatures.
• Third Young Master recounted how the original Outsider Creatures killed his siblings and him, and how he later returned through Nirvana, defeated most of them, and created the circle to protect survivors.
• Jiang Zhen identified the Great Tree of Affection as a primordial Outsider Creature wielding immense Law Force, and speculated that it had ignored Third Young Master's attacks while comprehending or evolving its Dao.
• Jiang Zhen suggested that the rift might lead to a greater world where Third Young Master could find a way to revive his eldest brother.
• Jiang Zhen told Third Young Master that a new person had joined the Mask Group, and Third Young Master asked why that mattered.

Jiang Zhen explained that a Remnant Immortal from the shattered Main God Space had entered the world through the Mask Group, and that the group was waiting for him to reveal himself. Third Young Master hoped the Main God Space fragment could revive his elder brother, but Jiang Zhen warned that its abilities were unknown.

• Jiang Zhen told Third Young Master that the Main God Space had once spanned many worlds before its powerful members rebelled against its exploitative demands and shattered it.
• Jiang Zhen explained that a Remnant Immortal had entered the world using a fragment of the Main God Space and an agent in the Mask Group, but Hong Hong of Tushan and the Chat Group had discovered him.
• Third Young Master asked whether the Remnant Immortal could revive his elder brother, and Jiang Zhen said it might depend on the fragment he carried.
• Third Young Master wanted to capture the Remnant Immortal, but Jiang Zhen urged everyone to wait rather than alert him.
• Jiang Zhen predicted the Remnant Immortal would reveal himself when the Mask Group ventured into the Four Great Demon Regions and Outside the Circle to seek World Origin.

Jiang Zhen gathered allies for an undisclosed plan, explaining that he needed unfamiliar Human Race experts rather than Demon Race fighters. Su Wuming and Li Lianhua arrived, and Jiang Zhen compared Li Lianhua’s achievements to Wang Quan Wumu’s as the group awaited the others.

• Jiang Zhen told Third Young Master to wait for the others because his plan required Human Race experts unknown to their opponents, and Third Young Master admitted he could not find suitable people.
• Su Wuming arrived, and Jiang Zhen encouraged him to cultivate until he reached higher levels; Third Young Master doubted Su Wuming’s strength, but Jiang Zhen said he had reached Peak Level One.
• Su Wuming asked about Jiang Zhen’s plan, and Jiang Zhen said they had to wait until everyone arrived before acting.
• Li Lianhua arrived, and Third Young Master recognized his exceptional sword attainment and estimated that he was close to Level Three.
• Li Lianhua recognized Third Young Master’s strength, and Jiang Zhen argued that Li Lianhua surpassed Wang Quan Wumu because of his accomplishments and ability to suppress his poison after losing his cultivation.

Jiang Zhen welcomed Esdeath and Ace, and Third Young Master offered to help Esdeath fully fuse with the power she had gained from a Fierce Beast’s blood. He gave her Ice Dragon blood to strengthen that power, and Jiang Zhen began the fusion, leaving Esdeath encased in ice.

• Li Lianhua praised Tushan’s pastries while he and Jiang Zhen discussed the problems facing the group’s members.
• Esdeath and Ace arrived after their opposing ice and fire powers flared, and Third Young Master questioned Esdeath’s fierce aura.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Esdeath was human and that her Imperial Weapon Power came from swallowing Fierce Beast blood.
• Third Young Master examined Esdeath and offered to remove her power’s limits in exchange for a drop of her blood, and Esdeath agreed.
• Third Young Master gave Esdeath Ice Dragon blood, and Jiang Zhen began fusing it with her power, encasing her in a huge block of ice.

Jiang Zhen gathered the group to plan against the newcomer, and Rong Rong used the Celestial Computer to identify him as Linghu Chong, the protagonist of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The group learned that Linghu Chong was likely new to the world and had recently fallen out with the Dao Alliance, giving Jiang Zhen a possible opening for their next move.

• Daegu arrived at Tushan’s banquet hall, and Jiang Zhen explained Esdeath was merging with an opportunity and warned Daegu about the Evil God approaching his world.
• Jiang Zhen began outlining the group’s plan and said they needed to change their names because the newcomer might not know this world’s plot or its inhabitants.
• Rong Rong used information from the Celestial Computer to identify the newcomer as Linghu Chong, the protagonist of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
• Jiang Zhen described Linghu Chong’s story to the group and called him a fool who could not distinguish right from wrong.
• Rong Rong said Linghu Chong was probably newly brought to this world, had learned martial arts, and had recently offended members of the Dao Alliance.

Jiang Zhen planned to establish a Hidden Family as a cover for approaching the Mask Group and the Transmigrator. The group chose members to join, selected a temporary base, and prepared to build their clan.

• Jiang Zhen proposed openly founding a Hidden Family so younger members could join the Mask Group and make contact with the Transmigrator indirectly.
• Uncle Jiu, Madara, Hong Hong of Tushan, Sword God Li, Shi Potian, and Esdeath declined to join, while Natsu and Ace agreed to go together as brothers.
• Jiang Zhen asked Long Kui to join Natsu and Ace, then assigned Zhang Chulan and Li Lianhua to accompany them and guide them.
• Rong Rong of Tushan recommended asking the Third Young Master for a location, and he suggested a secluded area near Dragon Bay and Aolai Country as their temporary base.
• Jiang Zhen assigned Madara to build the base with Wood Release and asked everyone to recruit older people or children as their clansmen.

Jiang Zhen and his companions built a large garden estate at the base and gathered there the next day with several newcomers. He agreed to train Sword God Li’s two young disciples, sending them into a Yellow Millet Dream to test their fortunes.

• Jiang Zhen asked Madara to build a fifty-thousand-square-meter garden, while Esdeath, Ace, and Natsu helped create a pond and Jiang Zhen finished the residence.
• The group gathered at the estate the following morning, with Whitebeard, Makarov, Uncle Jiu, Sword God Li, and others accompanied by friends or disciples.
• Uncle Jiu introduced his junior brother Si Mu, a skilled artifact forger, and explained why he had left his two unreliable disciples behind.
• Sword God Li introduced Jiang and Little Xu as his disciples and asked Jiang Zhen to train them.
• Jiang Zhen tapped Jiang and Little Xu on the forehead and sent them into a Yellow Millet Dream, leaving their gains to their own fate.

Jiang Zhen and the others formed the Chenxing Clan and prepared to fight the Demon Dragons, whose release the Third Young Master arranged. A month later, Natsu, Ace, Li Lianhua, Zhang Chulan, and Lan Kui reached the Southern Borderlands to hunt the dragons, where Ximen Chuisha confronted them at an inn.

• Jiang Zhen proposed Yanhuang Garden as a name, but Su Wuming suggested the Chenxing Clan, which the group accepted.
• Jiang Zhen explained that the group would suppress the Demon Dragons and warned everyone to fight seriously without revealing their origins.
• The Third Young Master released six Dragon Clan members, all powerful demons, and Jiang Zhen ordered the preparations to begin.
• Young members of the Dao Alliance gathered at the Human Race's border with the Southern Borderlands to hunt demons.
• Natsu, Ace, Li Lianhua, Zhang Chulan, and Lan Kui arrived at an inn, where Natsu said he could track the escaped dragons by scent.
• Ximen Chuisha approached the group, but they ignored him until his embarrassment turned to anger.

Ace, Li Lianhua, and their companions stayed at an inn while pursuing a fierce beast, where they watched tensions rise among the Dao Alliance and a demon lurk nearby. After the demon seized Qin Lan during a battle, Li Lianhua believed her Pure Yang Flame would keep her safe.

• Ximen Chuisha tried to attack the group after they mocked his advances, but a white flash crippled his right hand, and Ace kicked him away while Li Lianhua returned his Snow Mist Wind-Controlling Fan.
• Ximen Chuisha left the inn in humiliation as a red-robed demon with four pairs of eyes watched from a rooftop and then vanished.
• Li Lianhua told Ace not to pursue the demon, calling it a little spider, and said the group would wait at the inn for the emotionless fierce beast they were tracking.
• The next night, Li Lianhua’s group heard a battle outside, and Zhang Chulan shielded their room with the Golden Light Spell so they could watch without revealing themselves.
• The demon captured Qin Lan during the fight, but Li Lianhua said her Pure Yang Flame and Dongfang Family heritage meant she was probably not in danger.

Li Lianhua and the others rushed to the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor’s battlefield and discovered that the Wood Demon Dragon had been attacking him. After confronting her, they began fighting, and Long Kui transformed into Hong Kui as the group prepared to attack together.

• Li Lianhua deduced that the injured Demon Dragon was targeting the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor to devour someone powerful, so the group flew to the battlefield.
• Natsu burned a hole through the poisonous mist, and his flames struck near the Poison Emperor, sending him flying and revealing the newcomers to Wang Quanbaye and Dongfang Huaizhu.
• Li Lianhua explained that the group had come for the creature in the pit, and the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor recognized it as a Great Demon Emperor-level demon.
• The Wood Demon Dragon refused Natsu’s demand to surrender and declared that the group was unqualified to make her return to the seal.
• Ace attacked with Flame Fist, the Wood Demon Dragon countered with a Wood Dragon, and Natsu was sent flying after striking her with Fire Dragon's Claw.
• Li Lianhua moved in front of Wang Quanbaye and the others, Zhang Chulan blocked the Wood Demon Dragon’s path, and Long Kui transformed into Hong Kui with a jade-green longbow.

Ace and Natsu fought the Wood Demon Dragon while Wang Quanbaye and the others watched, until Li Lianhua killed it with a single sword strike. As the Water Demon Dragon and Golden Demon Dragon approached, the spectators fled the area.

• The Wood Demon Dragon summoned giant trees to attack Natsu and Ace, but they burned through the forest with powerful fire attacks.
• Ace created a massive Flame Emperor that erased the forest and left a huge crater, and Natsu expanded the crater with another attack.
• The Wood Demon Dragon emerged and fired dark green energy at the group, but Hong Kui stopped it with three arrows.
• Zhang Chulan told Ace and Natsu to let Li Lianhua handle the fight as the Water Demon Dragon and Golden Demon Dragon approached.
• Li Lianhua drew his sword and cut the Wood Demon Dragon into eight pieces, shocking the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor and Wang Quanbaye.
• After someone warned that the approaching dragons would attack regardless of who was present, the spectators hurried away.

Li Lianhua and Zhang Chulan joined the battle, with Zhang Chulan defeating the Golden Demon Dragon and Li Lianhua cutting down the Water Demon Dragon. Ace revealed the Chenxing Clan’s role in sealing the Dragon Clan and shared troubling details about the Dragon Clan’s origins and the Wangquan Sword.

• Li Lianhua chose to fight the Water Demon Dragon while Zhang Chulan went after the Golden Demon Dragon.
• Zhang Chulan struck the Golden Demon Dragon with lightning, then battered it with a golden giant.
• Ace told the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor and the others that the Chenxing Clan had sealed the Dragon Clan and explained that the dragons had been created by someone from Aolai Country.
• Ace said that the Wangquan Sword had been tempered with Dragon Clan power and began describing the ruthless former head of the Wangquan Family.
• Li Lianhua killed the Water Demon Dragon with a single sword strike, and Ace revealed that Li Lianhua had comprehended Sword Intent at a young age.

After Zhang Chulan and the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor dealt with the Demon Dragons, the Poison Emperor told Wang Quanbaye how Wang Quan Jingxing’s crimes led to Wang Quan Wumu’s death and the Wangquan Family’s defeat by Fan Yunfei. Wang Quanbaye was left shaken, and the group headed off to talk and eat.

• Zhang Chulan arrived and sent Ace and Natsu to collect the Wood Demon Dragon’s corpse.
• Zhang Chulan asked the Southern Kingdom Poison Emperor to explain the Wangquan Family’s past to Wang Quanbaye in exchange for information about the Demon Dragons.
• The Poison Emperor revealed that Wang Quan Jingxing hunted demons for their power, killed his gifted son Wang Quan Wumu, and drove Zhang Feng to leave the Wangquan Family and found the Zhang Family.
• The Poison Emperor said Wang Quan Jingxing blamed Fan Yunfei for Wang Quan Wumu’s death, but Fan Yunfei became a Great Demon Emperor and killed him at Wangquan Villa.
• The Poison Emperor told Wang Quanbaye that the Wangquan Sword was a Demon Sword and that Wang Quan Jingxing had cut short the rise of the true Heaven and Earth One Sword.
• Li Lianhua and the others returned, and Zhang Chulan led the group to find food and continue their conversation while Wang Quanbaye remained stunned.

Zhang Chulan explained the Chenxing Clan’s origins and revealed the danger posed by the remaining Demon Dragons. As the Poison Emperor prepared to return to the Southern Kingdom, Li Lianhua suspected that Dongfang Huaizhu and Dongfang Qinlan’s father had been poisoned.

• Zhang Chulan traced the Chenxing Clan’s origins to Jiang Zhen, who fought the True Dragons before the Third Young Master of Aolai Country exterminated them and Jiang Zhen’s clan suppressed their remaining bloodlines.
• Zhang Chulan said Jiang Zhen was still alive, described the Chenxing Clan’s longevity, and warned that the group had never encountered real Outsider Creatures and should not venture deeper Outside the Circle.
• Zhang Chulan revealed that five Demon Dragons existed, named the three they had killed, and warned that the wounded Fire and Earth Demon Dragons were even more dangerous.
• The Poison Emperor decided to return to the Southern Kingdom to deal with the threat, while Natsu questioned Dongfang Huaizhu and Dongfang Qinlan about coming to fight the Demon Dragons.
• Dongfang Qinlan said the sisters had come to gather herbs for their sick father, and Li Lianhua asked whether he was actually poisoned, stunning Dongfang Huaizhu.

Li Lianhua and Zhang Chulan helped Dongfang Huaizhu realize that her father might have been poisoned by someone inside Divine Fire Manor, possibly Jin Renfeng. They offered to examine him and persuaded the Mask Group to consider backing the Dongfang sisters, though Wang Quanbaye asked to wait for more companions.

• Li Lianhua deduced that Dongfang Huaizhu's father might have been poisoned by an insider, and Zhang Chulan pointed out why the sisters had gone alone to gather herbs.
• Dongfang Huaizhu admitted she suspected poison, while Wang Quanbaye explained that Jin Renfeng was the Old Dongfang Family Head's powerful eldest disciple.
• Li Lianhua offered to examine Dongfang Huaizhu's father, and she accepted his help despite uncertainty about how they could reach him.
• Zhang Chulan urged the Mask Group to help the Dongfang sisters and argued that their families could leave the Dao Alliance if its inspectors interfered.
• Wang Quanbaye agreed in principle but asked to wait for several companions who were still on their way.

Jin Renfeng attacked Wang Quanbaye, but Li Lianhua and Natsu stopped him, and Natsu defeated him after devouring his flames. The group carried Jin Renfeng back to the inn to seal his power and keep him restrained while they decided what to do next.

• Jin Renfeng burst into the room and attacked Wang Quanbaye, but Li Lianhua cut his Flying Sword in two and Ace blasted him away.
• Natsu pursued Jin Renfeng outside, absorbed his fire attacks, and explained that flames could not harm him.
• Jin Renfeng unleashed Pure Yang Flame, but Natsu devoured it and knocked him unconscious with Fire Dragon's Roar.
• Dongfang Huaizhu agreed to let the group restrain Jin Renfeng, and they carried him back to the inn to seal his power.