Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Immortal Holy Whale Clan, Xiao Long traveled toward the Eastern Xuan Region and tried to win Mu Lingshan’s trust. He explained why he had taken the Life and Death Fu Zu and ended by asking Mu Lingshan whether she believed his excuse.

• Leaders of powerful forces visited the Immortal Holy Whale Clan, were stunned by its strength, and soon departed.
• Xiao Long rode the Space Shuttle toward the Eastern Xuan Region and entered the Cave Heaven Magic Treasure to deal with Mu Lingshan.
• Xiao Long decided to persuade Mu Lingshan to serve him willingly rather than refine her.
• Xiao Long found Mu Lingshan frightened beside the Life and Death Fu Zu and asked whether she thought he was a bad person.
• Mu Lingshan said her instincts found him familiar and not bad, but his actions made him seem terrible.
• Xiao Long claimed he had tried to save the Life and Death Fu Zu and asked Mu Lingshan if she believed him.

Xiao Long brought Mu Lingshan to the Dao Sect after promising to help her save someone, then reunited with Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao. Ying Huanhuan teased Mu Lingshan and was quickly overpowered, while Xiao Long explained who she was and mocked Ying Huanhuan.

• Mu Lingshan trusted Xiao Long, and he promised to find her and help save the person she cared about once they reached their destination.
• Xiao Long arrived at the Dao Sect and was allowed inside because its people already knew him.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao welcomed Xiao Long, but he responded coolly because he had no Exchange Points to spare.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned Mu Lingshan and pinched her cheeks, only for Mu Lingshan to overpower her and pinch her cheeks in return.
• Xiao Long told Ying Huanhuan that Mu Lingshan was not his disciple and teased her about her appearance.

Xiao Long told Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao that Mu Lingshan had reached the Great Accomplishment of the Sheng Xuan Realm, then inspected his disciples’ cultivation and musical progress. He rewarded them with the promise of Dragon Bone Swords and ended with Ying Huanhuan teasing him about Mu Lingshan potentially surpassing him.

• Ying Huanhuan asked Xiao Long about Mu Lingshan’s cultivation, and he revealed she had reached the Great Accomplishment of the Sheng Xuan Realm.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan were stunned by Mu Lingshan’s strength, but Xiao Long reassured them that they could surpass her because she was special.
• Xiao Long checked Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao’s cultivation and found that their realms and mastery of the Nine Nether Demonic Melody had improved.
• Xiao Long gave the Dragon Bone from the Hundred Dynasties War to Ying Xuanzi and asked him to forge a Dragon Bone Sword for each disciple.
• Ying Huanhuan teased Xiao Long by asking whether he would be embarrassed if Mu Lingshan eventually surpassed him.

Xiao Long showed Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan his Thunder Ancestor Talisman before going to the Desolate Hall. He intended to take the Great Desolate Tablet and the Second Tribulation Demon King sealed beneath it.

• Xiao Long revealed that he had reached the Turning Wheel Realm and possessed an Ancestor Talisman, shocking Ying Huanhuan.
• Ying Xiaoxiao admired Xiao Long after seeing his strength, and Xiao Long showed her the Thunder Ancestor Talisman.
• Ying Huanhuan sensed something familiar about the talisman but could not remember where she had seen it.
• Xiao Long sent Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Mu Lingshan away to cultivate and teach one another.
• Xiao Long went to the Desolate Hall to suppress the demon beneath the Great Desolate Tablet, which he also intended to claim.

Xiao Long entered the Great Desolate Tablet to help its spirit purge the Demonic Energy and kill the Demon King imprisoned within. The Demon King emerged and tried to intimidate Xiao Long, who remained unfazed.

• Xiao Long revealed the Devouring Ancestor Talisman and Thunder Ancestor Talisman, prompting the Great Desolate Tablet to draw him into its inner space.
• The Great Desolate Tablet asked Xiao Long to clear away the Demonic Energy and join forces to slay the Demon King.
• Xiao Long activated both Ancestor Talismans and began purifying the Demonic Energy, with the Devouring Ancestor Talisman also feeding power back to him.
• The Demon King emerged from underground after sensing his Demonic Energy diminish and reacted with alarm at Xiao Long's two Ancestor Talismans.
• The Demon King threatened Xiao Long with retaliation from the Demonic Race, but Xiao Long dismissed the threat.

After Xiao Long purged the Demonic Energy from the Great Desolate Tablet, he refused to let it fight the Demon King alongside him and insisted on facing the enemy alone. The Great Desolate Tablet warned that Xiao Long was outmatched, while the Demon King eagerly accepted his challenge.

• Xiao Long finished clearing the Demonic Energy from the Great Desolate Tablet, allowing its damaged areas to begin healing.
• The Great Desolate Tablet prepared to fight the Demon King and asked Xiao Long to join forces with it.
• Xiao Long refused because he wanted to spare the already damaged tablet and deal with the Demon King himself.
• The Demon King urged Xiao Long to leave and revealed that she still had the cultivation of a One Tribulation Reincarnation Realm expert.
• Xiao Long told the Great Desolate Tablet to stand aside while he fought, but the tablet warned that he was no match for the Demon King.
• The Demon King laughed and accepted Xiao Long's challenge.

Xiao Long and Hun Miesheng fought the injured Demon King inside the Great Desolate Tablet, while Xiao Long prepared a controlled finishing strike. The Demon King was caught by Xiao Long’s Ten Thousand Thunder Bamboos and discovered the Devouring Ancestor Talisman had entered his head.

• Hun Miesheng appeared before the Demon King, surprising both him and the Great Desolate Tablet.
• Xiao Long and Hun Miesheng joined forces against the Demon King, while the Great Desolate Tablet held back.
• Xiao Long used Thunder Slash to make the Demon King dodge, then withdrew to prepare his ultimate move.
• Xiao Long unleashed Ten Thousand Thunder Bamboos, trapping the Demon King in the attack.
• The Demon King tried to retaliate but sensed the Devouring Ancestor Talisman inside his head.

Xiao Long killed the Demon King by destroying his primordial spirit with the Devouring Ancestor Talisman, then collected the intact corpse. He told the Great Desolate Tablet about the Dou Qi Continent and offered to take it there, but it refused because it still had to fulfill the Symbol Ancestor’s mission.

• The Devouring Ancestor Talisman devoured the Demon King's primordial spirit, killing him beyond the possibility of reincarnation.
• Xiao Long stored the Demon King's intact corpse in his Cave Heaven Magic Treasure, explaining that it would be useful to him.
• Xiao Long told the Great Desolate Tablet that Hun Miesheng was a Demonic Puppet from another world, not Xuantian Continent.
• Xiao Long offered to take the Great Desolate Tablet to the Dou Qi Continent if it became his follower.
• The Great Desolate Tablet refused because it had not yet completed the mission the Symbol Ancestor gave it, and Xiao Long left.

Xiao Long returned to the Great Yan Dynasty with his disciples and reunited with his women after resolving matters at the Dao Sect. He left behind opportunities to aid Lin Dong, while the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court’s influence and wealth had grown across more than a hundred surrounding dynasties.

• Xiao Long left the Dao Sect for the Great Yan Dynasty with several young disciples, while Thunder Emperor stayed behind to undergo his Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Xiao Long reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Qing Tan, and Ying Huanhuan, and chose not to interrupt Lin Dong’s travels.
• Xiao Long left ruins and Nirvana Pills in the Great Yan Dynasty to give Lin Dong a chance to advance, while Lin Xiao remained missing and Lin Lang Tian remained alive.
• Xiao Long gathered his women, including Xiao Xun'er and Medusa, and spending the night together resolved the conflict between Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Xiao Long learned that Ya Fei had helped the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court expand its influence across more than a hundred dynasties and amass great wealth.

Xiao Long learned that the Great Desolate Sect had been founded by a former Devouring Ancestor Talisman controller and turned his attention to finding the reincarnated Lord of Life and Death. He then went to Great Eagle City, where he watched Lin Dong fight at the Eagle Martial Hall.

• Xiao Long took most of the treasures gathered by the female members of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Long learned that the Ten Kings Hall had destroyed the Great Desolate Sect and remained sealed inside the Great Desolate Tablet.
• Xiao Long decided not to confront the Ten Kings Hall yet and sought the Lord of Life and Death, whose reincarnation was near Great Desolate Commandery.
• Xiao Long activated his intelligence network, learned about the Eagle Martial Hall, and headed to Great Eagle City.
• Xiao Long watched Lin Dong, newly entered into the Dan Yuan Realm, fight Luo Shan, who was at Minor Accomplishment in the Dan Yuan Realm.
• Luo Shan grew furious when Lin Dong mocked him, but he ran low on trump cards and exposed openings.

Lin Dong defeated Luo Jiu’s son in the martial competition, prompting Luo Jiu to threaten the Eagle Martial Hall and attack Lin Dong. As Luo Jiu’s strike closed in, a young woman from the Eagle Martial Hall feared Lin Dong was about to die.

• Lin Dong used Eight Extremes Collapse to exploit his opponent’s weakness and knock Luo Jiu’s son off the martial platform.
• Luo Jiu discovered his son had suffered serious injuries and accused Lin Dong of striking viciously.
• Lin Dong reminded Luo Jiu that the competition rules left life and death to fate, but Luo Jiu declared he could break the rules and demanded the Eagle Martial Hall disband.
• Luo Jiu lunged at Lin Dong, intending to kill him with one strike.
• A young woman from the Eagle Martial Hall warned Lin Dong and regretted asking him to help, as Luo Jiu’s attack came within two feet of him.

Lin Dong used his spiritual power to strike Luo Jiu, but Luo Jiu remained strong enough to threaten him. Jiang Lei and the Eagle Martial Hall stood against Luo Jiu, and both sides prepared for battle.

• Lin Dong secretly attacked Luo Jiu's sea of consciousness with his spiritual power, revealing himself as a Two-Seal Symbol Master.
• Luo Jiu recovered enough to fight and tried to kill Lin Dong, but Jiang Lei stepped in to protect him.
• Jiang Lei refused Luo Jiu's demand to abandon Lin Dong, while the Heavenly Demon Sable urged Lin Dong to show his full strength.
• Luo Jiu ordered his followers to attack and leave no one from the Eagle Martial Hall alive.
• Jiang Xue rallied the Eagle Martial Hall students and ordered them to fight back.

Luo Jiu persuaded most of Eagle Martial Hall’s members to defect to Blood Vulture Martial Hall, leaving Jiang Xue and Jiang Lei devastated. Only seven people remained with Jiang Xue as the chapter ended.

• A fat Heavenly Origin Realm disciple left Eagle Martial Hall and joined Blood Vulture Martial Hall.
• Luo Jiu used the fat man’s acceptance to encourage Eagle Martial Hall’s other members to defect.
• Luo Jiu threatened the hesitant students, prompting more than half of those remaining to leave.
• Xiao Long counted seven people still standing behind Jiang Xue.
• Luo Jiu offered the remaining members one last chance to join him, while Jiang Xue and Jiang Lei grieved over their students’ betrayal.

Luo Jiu tried to make Jiang Lei despair by ordering the Eagle Martial Hall disciples who had defected to kill their former fellow disciples, then tempted them with Jiang Xue. The defectors became eager to attack her while Jiang Lei and Jiang Xue faced betrayal from within their own hall.

• Seven Eagle Martial Hall disciples vowed to remain loyal to Jiang Lei and Jiang Xue.
• Luo Jiu decided to make the defectors kill the seven loyal disciples to deepen Jiang Lei's despair.
• The defectors hesitated to attack their former fellow disciples when Luo Jiu ordered them to prove their loyalty.
• Luo Jiu offered Jiang Xue as a reward to whoever fought best, tempting the defectors to turn on her.
• Jiang Xue angrily confronted the defectors, but her fury only heightened their desire to attack her.

Xiao Long appeared at the standoff in Great Eagle City and crippled Luo Jiu, saving Lin Dong and the others. After Lin Dong recognized his master and thanked him, Xiao Long ordered the Blood Vulture Martial Hall members to leave.

• Luo Jiu targeted Jiang Xue and planned to take her for himself.
• Xiao Long entered the standoff and defeated Luo Jiu with a single slap, crippling him rather than killing him.
• The onlookers, including Lin Dong, were stunned by Xiao Long's strength, while the Heavenly Demon Sable criticized his public display.
• Lin Dong recognized Xiao Long as his master, thanked him for intervening, and felt grateful to the Heavenly Demon Sable for its earlier warning.
• Xiao Long ordered the Blood Vulture Martial Hall members to get lost, and his words left them too dazed to stay.

After helping Eagle Martial Hall, Xiao Long accepted Jiang Yinyin as his disciple and strengthened the martial hall with formations and resources. Jiang Lei distributed some of the resources to his seven loyal disciples, while the other students vowed to defend the hall.

• Xiao Long accepted Jiang Lei’s invitation to visit Eagle Martial Hall after Luo Jiu’s group fled.
• Xiao Long met Jiang Yinyin and accepted her as his disciple, leaving Jiang Xue disappointed when he did not take her along.
• Xiao Long set up a Defense Formation and a Spirit Gathering Formation at Eagle Martial Hall.
• Xiao Long gave Jiang Lei a large amount of resources, and Jiang Lei shared some with the seven disciples who had stayed loyal to him.
• The other students swore to defend Eagle Martial Hall, but Jiang Lei did not trust them enough to give them anything.

Xiao Long prepared to take Jiang Yinyin back to Qingyang Town and bring Liu Yan with him to the Dao Sect. That night, Jiang Xue visited Xiao Long and asked him to take her along as well.

• Xiao Long planned to return Jiang Yinyin to Qingyang Town and bring Liu Yan to the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Long considered making Liu Yan exclusively his, despite the complications of her lawful marriage.
• Jiang Xue brought Xiao Long the things Jiang Yinyin needed before she left.
• Jiang Xue asked Xiao Long to take her with him so she could escape her ordinary life.

Xiao Long rejected Jiang Xue as a disciple, then offered to take her on as a servant and potentially correct her talent later. Jiang Xue hesitated at the offer but accepted after Xiao Long began to dismiss her.

• Xiao Long told Jiang Xue she was not qualified to be his disciple, and she bowed and prepared to leave.
• Xiao Long called Jiang Xue back and asked whether she still had feelings for his disciple Lin Dong; she denied it and said she was grateful for his help.
• Xiao Long offered to make Jiang Xue his servant and later take her as a registered disciple after correcting her talent.
• Jiang Xue hesitated over accepting a low-status position, so Xiao Long told her to leave if she was unwilling.
• Jiang Xue declared that she was willing to be Xiao Long's servant.

Jiang Xue agreed to become Xiao Long’s servant, and he slept with her while the Eagle Martial Hall heard her cries. Lin Dong struggled with his discomfort about them, while Heavenly Demon Sable mocked him for being weak around women.

• Jiang Xue accepted Xiao Long’s offer after he reminded her that a servant needed absolute obedience and loyalty.
• Jiang Xue knelt before Xiao Long, and they slept together as the Eagle Martial Hall heard her cries.
• Lin Dong wondered whether Xiao Long had forced Jiang Xue, but Heavenly Demon Sable suggested she had seduced him.
• Lin Dong questioned why Xiao Long wanted Jiang Xue despite his many other women and admitted that seeing them together made him uncomfortable.
• Heavenly Demon Sable criticized Lin Dong for being a coward around women, leaving Lin Dong furious.

Xiao Long took Jiang Xue and Jiang Yinyin with him after Jiang Xue agreed to care for the young girl. Their departure left Jiang Lei without either daughter at Eagle Martial Hall, while the hall members focused on earning his favor.

• The Heavenly Demon Sable suggested that Jiang Yinyin might someday become Xiao Long's woman, shocking Lin Dong and prompting him to think of his sister, Lin Qing Tan.
• Xiao Long told Jiang Xue to come with him the next day and look after Jiang Yinyin.
• The next day, Xiao Long left Eagle Martial Hall with Jiang Xue and Jiang Yinyin.
• The Eagle Martial Hall members stayed behind and worked harder, hoping to become Jiang Lei's adopted sons.