Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian learned that Su Qian had stopped obtaining projections about two months earlier, then returned to the Free and Unfettered World and began cultivating the Emperor Seal Technique Xun Er had left him. He mastered its first two seals and received a message that made his gaze sharpen.

• Xiao Tian asked Su Qian when he had stopped obtaining projections, and Su Qian said it had been about two months earlier.
• Xiao Yan continued refining the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin flame seed while Yao Lao slept and recovered from sacrificing much of his soul power.
• Xiao Tian opened Xun Er’s scroll and absorbed the first two forms of the Emperor Seal Technique, along with her message asking him to come bring her back.
• Xiao Tian opened the required meridians, practiced the Mountain Splitting Seal, and blasted a palm-shaped hole through a mountain peak.
• Xiao Tian mastered the Mountain Splitting Seal and learned the Sea Overturning Seal, then received a message on his Sound Transmission Stone that sharpened his gaze.

After learning that Demon Flame Valley had attacked Xiao Li, Xiao Tian summoned Free and Unfettered Hall’s leaders and ordered a two-pronged campaign to destroy the valley and seize Maple City. The forces departed, with Xiao Tian leading the assault on Demon Flame Valley and Wen Yan leading the advance on Maple City.

• Xiao Tian learned that Hai Bo Dong had rescued Xiao Li after the Three Great Elders of Demon Flame Valley attacked their transport team.
• Xiao Tian summoned Free and Unfettered Hall’s leaders and declared that Demon Flame Valley would be destroyed in retaliation.
• Hai Bo Dong told Xiao Tian that the attack might be connected to Free and Unfettered Hall’s efforts to take control of Maple City.
• Xiao Tian split the forces, leading Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Xiao Li, and several elders against Demon Flame Valley while Wen Yan led Jin Mo, Hai Bo Dong, and the remaining elders toward Maple City.
• Xiao Tian told Yun Yun and Ya Fei to stay out of the fighting, and the assembled forces departed Free and Unfettered City.

Xiao Tian led his allies to Demon Flame Valley and launched an assault, crushing its defenses and confronting its elders. The Grand Elder, Fang Yan, recognized Xiao Tian as an enemy from Free and Unfettered Hall, then fell silent when Xiao Tian revealed something in his hand.

• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Yi Xian about building a Space Wormhole, then used a Disposable Teleportation Portal to reach Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Tian killed a Dou King elder and assigned Xiao Yi Xian to seal off the valley so nobody could escape.
• Xiao Tian smashed Demon Flame Valley’s black palace with a Thunder palm, killing the Fifth Elder and badly injuring the Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder.
• Fang Yan tried to negotiate with Xiao Tian, then recognized him as someone from Free and Unfettered Hall.
• Fang Yan boasted that Demon Flame Valley’s Old Ancestor would avenge them, but stopped speaking when he saw what Xiao Tian held in his hand.

Xiao Tian and Free and Unfettered Hall destroyed Demon Flame Valley and found the entrance to its Treasury. As Xiao Yi Xian prepared to break through the sealed door, Medusa vowed to surpass Xiao Tian and make him call her Queen.

• Xiao Tian killed Fang Yan and the other two men, then learned that Free and Unfettered Hall had nearly finished conquering Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Tian ordered the battlefield cleaned up and led Medusa, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yi Xian to the hidden Treasury entrance.
• Medusa punched apart the stone wall after Xiao Tian revealed what lay behind it, and the group entered the tunnel.
• Xiao Tian stopped Xiao Li from searching for a mechanism and told Xiao Yi Xian to blast open the Treasury door.
• Medusa told Xiao Tian she would surpass him and make him call her Queen, but he teased her about fulfilling that wish that night.

Xiao Tian and his companions searched the storeroom, gathering scrolls and medicinal herbs for Free and Unfettered Hall. At the storeroom’s end, Xiao Yi Xian began trying to retrieve four Earth Rank items without damaging them.

• Xiao Yi Xian blasted open the storeroom door, and Xiao Tian led the group inside.
• Xiao Li collected the Profound Rank scrolls for Free and Unfettered Hall while the group sorted the medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Tian kept some herbs and handed the rest to Xiao Li, who joked that Xiao Tian had brought him along to do the labor.
• Medusa’s thoughts turned to Xiao Tian as he stroked her hair, and she smiled before following him deeper into the storeroom with her hand in his.
• The group found four boxes labeled Earth Rank behind a Protective Barrier, and Xiao Yi Xian began trying to remove them safely.

Xiao Tian and his companions looted Demon Flame Valley’s storehouse, claiming its valuable cultivation method, magic core, and scrolls before destroying the valley. After Xiao Yi Xian burned the ruins and eliminated those still hiding there, the group left the mountain range.

• Xiao Yi Xian broke through the shield and retrieved four boxes, and Xiao Tian opened them to find the improved Flame Manipulation Art, a Tier 7 Fire-Type Magic Core, the Thunderclap Mirror and Awakening of Insects Thunder Method, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet scroll.
• Xiao Tian gave the Flame Manipulation Art to Xiao Li to safeguard and cultivate trusted members with, while Xiao Li stored the other scrolls for Free and Unfettered Hall.
• Xiao Tian left a Lightning Ball in the storehouse, and the resulting explosion collapsed it after the group departed.
• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Yi Xian to clean up Demon Flame Valley, and she engulfed it in poison gas and flames, destroying the valley and killing hidden survivors.
• Xiao Tian took the others into the Free and Unfettered World, then he, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa left the mountain range.

After three days of roaming the mountains with his companions, Xiao Tian arrived in Maple City, now controlled by Free and Unfettered Hall. He met with Hai Bo Dong and went to question three captured faction leaders, introducing himself as Hall Master Xiao.

• Xiao Tian and his companions spent three days touring the mountains, where he held wilderness body-tempering exchanges with several of the women.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew Xiao Tian to Maple City, refused his request to stay with him, and returned to the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Tian learned that Free and Unfettered Hall had taken over Maple City and visited Hai Bo Dong, who reported that the takeover had been successful.
• Hai Bo Dong told Xiao Tian that three Dou Huang leaders from the Heavenly Yin Sect, Rakshasa Gate, and Mad Lion Gang had been captured.
• Xiao Tian met Yin Gu Lao, Tie Wu, and Su Mei, then introduced himself as Hall Master Xiao.

Xiao Tian forced the three leaders occupying Maple City to submit to Free and Unfettered Hall, using his strength and Medusa’s presence to make refusal seem impossible. After naming them Elders and giving them jade bottles, he left them wondering what the bottles contained.

• Xiao Tian claimed Maple City as Free and Unfettered Hall’s spoils of war and overwhelmed Tie Wu, Yin Gu Lao, and Su Mei with his Dou Zong aura.
• Yin Gu Lao, Su Mei, and Tie Wu called the occupation a misunderstanding and asked Xiao Tian to let them leave.
• Su Mei tried to approach Xiao Tian, but Medusa knocked her away and sat beside Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian offered the three a place in Free and Unfettered Hall, and Yin Gu Lao and Su Mei immediately knelt; Tie Wu followed and kowtowed.
• Xiao Tian made the three subordinate forces and Elders of Free and Unfettered Hall, gave them jade bottles, and left with Medusa.
• Tie Wu asked what was in the jade bottles, while Yin Gu Lao and Su Mei explained why they had submitted.

Yin Gu Lao, Su Mei, and Tie Wu discovered that Xiao Tian had rewarded them with rare pills after they joined Free and Unfettered Hall. Meanwhile, Medusa’s jealousy led Xiao Tian to take her into the Free and Unfettered World, and Xiao Yi Xian later joined him in the bath.

• Yin Gu Lao and Su Mei opened their Jade Bottles and found Imperial Zenith Pills.
• Tie Wu discovered a Sect Breaking Pill in his other Jade Bottle and hid it from the others.
• Medusa questioned Xiao Tian about accepting the women and admitted she could warm his bed instead.
• Xiao Tian teased Medusa about her offer and took her into the Free and Unfettered World.
• Afterward, Xiao Yi Xian appeared in Xiao Tian’s bath, and the pool grew turbulent.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian completed a Space Wormhole between Free and Unfettered City and Maple City. As Yun Yun and Ya Fei gave birth beneath strange auspicious signs, two infants cried, but their sexes remained unknown.

• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian spent half a month opening a Space Wormhole between Free and Unfettered City and Maple City.
• The three great sects merged into the Free and Unfettered Hall, and Yin Gu Lao and the other two became Elders.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Zhan, and the others gathered at Yun Yun's palace for her and Ya Fei's due date.
• Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds appeared, and a Fire Phoenix phantom entered Yun Yun and Ya Fei's bodies.
• A midwife announced that Yun Yun and Ya Fei were both safe, and two infant cries sounded from inside the palace.

Xiao Tian welcomed his daughters, Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng, as Yun Yun and Ya Fei recovered from childbirth and their family celebrated. After the newborns and their mothers fell asleep, Nalan Yanran noticed a pair of glowing red eyes watching her in the Underground Magma World beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Tian comforted Yun Yun and Ya Fei, gave them recovery pills, and reassured them that he cherished their daughters regardless of gender.
• Xiao Tian held the newborns and joined the women in celebrating their first moments as a family.
• Yun Yun named her daughter Xiao Ling, and Ya Fei named hers Xiao Meng.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family members met the newborns, and Xiao Zhan happily held both granddaughters.
• Xiao Tian put the sleeping babies back on the bed, and Yun Yun and Ya Fei fell asleep as the women left quietly.
• Nalan Yanran opened her eyes while cultivating beneath Jia Nan Academy and saw a pair of red-glowing eyes fixed on her.

While absorbing Heavenly Flames in the Underground World, Xiao Yan lost control and assaulted Nalan Yanran. After he regained his senses, he apologized and insisted on taking responsibility by fulfilling their Marriage Contract, but Nalan Yanran had not yet answered his proposal.

• Xiao Yan approached Nalan Yanran while delirious and bound her with Emerald Green Flame.
• Xiao Yan regained his senses and realized that he had taken Nalan Yanran's innocence while out of control.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Nalan Yanran and said he wanted to continue fulfilling their Marriage Contract.
• Nalan Yanran said their contract had already ended and suggested they pretend nothing happened and never meet again.
• Xiao Yan hugged Nalan Yanran and promised to propose to her family once they escaped, while she stared at him in a daze.

Xiao Tian learned of his daughters’ powerful physiques while the Free and Unfettered Hall expanded across the Black-Corner Region. He led Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to confront the Black Emperor Sect, where they killed Mo Tianxing and the sect’s Elders.

• Xiao Yan stayed with Nalan Yanran in the Underground Magma World, then descended into the magma to retrieve the newly born Heavenly Flame promised to Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian checked Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng’s attributes and found that they possessed powerful Fire Phoenix-based physiques, then shared the news with the women and Xiao Zhan.
• The Free and Unfettered Hall brought most of the Black-Corner Region’s sects and cities under its command, while Xiao Tian planned to deal with the Black Emperor Sect himself.
• Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect’s Elders discussed the threat of the Free and Unfettered Hall, and Xiao Tian appeared with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed Mo Tianxing, Medusa finished off the remaining Elders, and Xiao Tian led the women to inspect the sect’s collection.

Xiao Tian and his companions finished raiding the Black Emperor Sect’s treasure vault after its forces were defeated. Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian teased each other as they searched the vault, while Xiao Tian collected its manuals, medicinal herbs, and other valuables for Free and Unfettered Hall.

• Jin Mo brought Mo Ya before Xiao Tian, who ordered Old Mo to kill him after revealing that Mo Tianxing was dead.
• Old Mo executed Mo Ya and left to continue dealing with the Black Emperor Sect.
• Xiao Tian, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian found the sect’s treasury, where Medusa smashed open the entrance and Xiao Yi Xian joked with her about getting revenge on Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian gathered the Dou Skills and cultivation methods, noting that the vault lacked Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler.
• Xiao Tian collected the rare medicinal herbs and other valuable items he found in the vault.

Xiao Tian searched a hidden chamber beneath the storeroom for the missing Bodhi Transformation Saliva and other valuables. He found several treasures, but the final chest remained unopened when the chapter ended.

• Xiao Tian collected three Rank 7 Magical Cores, including a poison-attribute core intended for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed a hidden space, while Medusa joined the search and later bickered with Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Tian comforted her.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through a bookshelf to reveal a passage, and the three of them followed it to a concealed chamber.
• Xiao Tian opened the chamber's first box and identified its contents as a Jade Ring Fruit that could strengthen a person's physique.
• Xiao Tian took the Black Emperor Sect's Earth Rank Middle Grade cultivation method from the second box, then approached the final chest.

Xiao Tian, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian discovered the valuable Bodhi Transformation Saliva and its hidden significance, then returned to Xiao Tian’s palace. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian holding the liquid and worrying that it might be missing something because of a butterfly effect.

• Xiao Tian explained that the Bodhi Transformation Saliva could boost cultivation, aid transformation, and guide its user toward the Ancient Bodhi Tree and Bodhi Heart.
• Medusa warned Xiao Tian to conceal the treasure, while he explained that Mo Tianxing had likely intended to use it as bait.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Tian to coax out the secret inside the Crystal Box, and Medusa followed after insisting she was only doing it for Xiao Yi Xian’s sake.
• Medusa proposed that Xiao Tian kiss Xiao Yi Xian into submission in exchange for allowing the women to share a promised experience, and Xiao Tian kissed them both.
• Xiao Tian sent an order through the Sound Transmission Stone and took Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian to his palace in Sky Palace.
• Afterward, Xiao Tian held the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and worried that a butterfly effect might have left nothing inside it.

Xiao Tian refined the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and extracted a Bodhi Seed, then gave the Transformation Saliva to Xiao Yi Xian to help her grow stronger. Xiao Yi Xian began absorbing it while Medusa teased Xiao Tian and called her reaction a sudden whim.

• Xiao Tian used the Qilin Burning Sky Sacred Fire to refine the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and reveal a Bodhi Seed.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Tian to keep the Bodhi Seed secret because powerful Dou Zun might pursue it.
• Medusa gave the Bodhi Transformation Saliva to Xiao Yi Xian, who agreed to use it.
• Xiao Tian sent the Transformation Saliva into Xiao Yi Xian's body, and it began entering through her pores.
• Medusa brushed off Xiao Tian's teasing by saying that what happened earlier had been merely a whim of hers.

Xiao Yi Xian’s aptitude improved and her strength reached Four-Star Dou Zun Peak, after which Xiao Tian helped her and Medusa bathe. The next morning, he promised Qing Lin he would visit her that night, then joined his family and companions in the Sky Palace’s main hall.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the vitality qi and broke through to Four-Star Dou Zun Peak, though she did not reach Invisible Dou Zun.
• Xiao Tian carried Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to the bathing pool and helped them wash.
• Qing Lin helped Xiao Tian wash and dress, and he promised to visit her that night; she asked to invite Sister Yue.
• Xiao Tian went to the main hall, where Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Han Yue, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, Xue Lan, and others had gathered with his daughters.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun said they felt well, and Qing Lin joined the gathering after finishing her chores.

Xiao Tian reunited with his family and teased Xiao Ding about having a child, while Xiao Yan explored the Underground Magma World to retrieve a young Fallen Heart Flame for Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Flame Venerable’s remains, but an illusory figure appeared before he could capture the flame, and they began negotiating.

• Xiao Tian asked Han Yue about her cultivation, reassured her and the other women of his affection, and held his daughters Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng.
• Xiao Tian teased Xiao Ding about having a niece, and Xiao Ding replied that Xiao Li Zi and Xiao Yanzi were not even married yet.
• In the Underground Magma World, Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to wait for him before diving into the magma to find the young Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan fought Flame Lizardmen, gathered their Fire Pearls, and escaped into the Energy Shield surrounding the Heavenly Flame Venerable’s remains.
• As Xiao Yan reached for the young Fallen Heart Flame, the Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared as an illusory figure and introduced himself.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Heavenly Flame Venerable had once been a Dou Zun, and the two began negotiating.

Xiao Yan secured the Fallen Heart Flame and Heavenly Flame Venerable’s help, then called Xiao Tian to break the seal and bring him and Nalan Yanran out of the Magma World. The brothers reunited at Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Tian sent Nalan Yanran to the Free and Unfettered World and left with Xiao Yan, while a gigantic eye watched from the magma below.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Heavenly Flame Venerable repair his soul in exchange for the Five Round Li Fire Method, the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, and a year of protection, then stored the flame and collected the Venerable’s bones.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the sealed exit, and Xiao Yan used a Sound Transmission Stone to ask Xiao Tian to rescue him.
• Xiao Tian received Xiao Yan’s message, reassured Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan had succeeded, and went with Su Qian to remove the seal.
• Xiao Tian descended to the stone platform, reunited with Xiao Yan, teased him about Nalan Yanran, and sent her to the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan left the Magma World, while a gigantic eye appeared deep below and watched them go.