Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian confronted the Black Annihilation Army after its members forced their way into Free and Unfettered Hall, while Xun Er rebuked them for their conduct. The Black Annihilation Army was left defeated and exposed as having come with a Blood Jade Token to bring Xiao Tian to Gu World, and Xun Er was truly angered.

• Ling Quan treated the injured Black Annihilation Army members, while Yang Hao recovered only enough to face Xun Er’s questions about their intrusion.
• Yang Hao claimed the elders had sent the army to escort Xun Er back, but Gu Qing and Gu Feng criticized the soldiers’ strength and conduct.
• Xiao Tian’s pressure forced most of the Black Annihilation Army to the ground and drove Yang Hao to his knees.
• Xun Er condemned the army’s lack of discipline, and Xiao Tian mocked its members for bullying the weak while fearing the powerful.
• Xiao Tian guessed that Yang Hao carried a Blood Jade Token and had orders to take him to Gu World, prompting Xun Er to realize the danger and become furious.

Xiao Tian and Xun Er prepared for her return to the Gu Clan so she could awaken her bloodline after spending three days together. When Ling Quan challenged Xiao Tian over Xun Er, Xiao Tian punished him by cutting three stars from his cultivation.

• Xiao Tian considered provoking the Gu Clan envoys over their Blood Jade Token, but Yang Hao refused to take it out.
• Xun Er told Xiao Tian she would return to the Gu World to awaken her bloodline and complete her coming-of-age ceremony, and Xiao Tian agreed to come for her afterward.
• Ling Quan saw Xun Er in Xiao Tian's arms and demanded that Xiao Tian let her go.
• Xun Er rejected Ling Quan's right to interfere, and Xiao Tian struck him down for forcing his way into Free and Unfettered Hall.
• Xiao Tian disrupted Ling Quan's Qi Sea and reduced his cultivation by three stars.

After Xiao Tian defeated Ling Quan and intimidated Yang Hao, Xun Er and the Black Annihilation Army left for the Gu Clan. Xiao Tian rewarded Free and Unfettered Hall’s elders for helping him and ordered them to keep quiet about the fight.

• Ling Quan passed out from rage and anxiety, and Yang Hao felt relieved that Xiao Tian had not attacked him.
• Xun Er said goodbye to Xiao Tian, then left with Gu Qing, Gu Feng, and the Black Annihilation Army on Four-Winged Unicorns.
• Xiao Tian watched Xun Er’s party disappear beyond Tianbei City, then returned to Free and Unfettered Hall.
• Xiao Tian told the elders to claim that the other side had started the fight and ordered Hai Bo Dong and Wen Yan to arrange Seven-Star Rank rewards for everyone who took part.
• The elders celebrated the reward, and Hai Bo Dong told them to restore the hall before the rewards were delivered that night.

Xun Er returned to the Gu Clan as its elders argued over Xiao Tian and the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, before a senior elder ordered the dispute to end. Meanwhile, Medusa challenged Xiao Tian to a spar, convinced by the others to prove her strength, and carried him off to the Training Field.

• Hai Bo Dong warned Elder Xie and the others to keep their mission secret.
• Xun Er left the Gu Clan Elder Courtyard while the elders debated whether to retaliate against Xiao Tian.
• A white-robed elder ordered the Gu Clan elders to end the dispute and avoid harming relations with Xiao Tian’s side.
• After the elders dispersed, a gray-robed figure appeared and spoke privately with the white-robed elder.
• Medusa told Xiao Tian her Bloodline Power had stabilized and challenged him to a spar, but Ya Fei and the others doubted her.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others encouraged Medusa to fight Xiao Tian, so she carried him to the Training Field.

After Xiao Tian and Medusa tricked the women of Sky Palace into sparring with him, the six wives eventually drove him out of the Free and Unfettered World. Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng were thrown out after him, and the family landed in a mountain range in the Southern Central State.

• Xiao Tian defeated Medusa in their sparring match, then teamed up with her to lure Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and the others into fighting him.
• Ten days later, the women held a meeting and decided to expel Xiao Tian from the Free and Unfettered World.
• Medusa and the other five women kicked Xiao Tian out through a Spatial Fold, and Xiao Tian stroked their feet as he fell.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng were thrown out after Xiao Tian, who caught both of his daughters in midair.
• Xiao Tian told his daughters to explore the mountain range while they teased him about being kicked out and the footprint on his clothes.

Xiao Tian and his daughters found a badly wounded woman in the forest and carried her to a nearby Mountain Cave to treat her. As they settled inside, the girls began searching for treasure, while the cave’s former occupant remained away.

• After Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng teased him, Xiao Tian followed them to a woman collapsed in the bushes with deep wounds and Black Gas lingering over them.
• At Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng’s urging, Xiao Tian stopped the woman’s bleeding and carried her toward a Mountain Cave while his daughters followed, improving their Ground Shrinking to an Inch.
• Xiao Tian found the cave’s magical beast had recently left, and Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng admitted they had kicked it away without killing it.
• Xiao Tian entered the cave with the injured woman, and Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng began checking the cave for treasures.

Xiao Tian treated an unconscious woman and used a healing pill and lightning to address her injuries and soul damage. As he attacked the corrupting force in her Sea of Consciousness, he began to identify her attacker.

• Xiao Ling told Xiao Tian that Yun Yun and the others teased her mother whenever the Mountain Cave came up, and Xiao Tian redirected the girls to build a stone bed.
• Xiao Tian examined the injured woman, found that her body was healing but her soul was being corroded, and gave her a Muscle-Growing Divine Healing Pill.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng identified the pill and its ingredients, then asked Xiao Tian to save the woman while they cleaned the place.
• Xiao Tian sent Three-Colored Lightning into the woman's Sea of Consciousness, where he found a black mist battling Blue Energy around her soul.
• Xiao Tian attacked the black mist and began to guess the identity of the woman's enemy.

Xiao Tian removed the black mist from an unconscious woman’s soul and gave her a healing pill, while Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng guarded and cared for her. The woman remained asleep as the family ate, and Xiao Tian suspected he recognized her.

• Xiao Tian carefully used his Thunder for hours to remove the black mist clinging to the woman’s soul while Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng watched over the cave.
• Xiao Tian fed the woman a pill, and she instinctively caught his fingertip between her lips before swallowing it.
• Xiao Tian explained that the woman’s soul still needed time to recover, then asked Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng to clean her and change her clothes.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng removed the woman’s clothes and dressed her in a clean blue robe, then joined Xiao Tian for a meal of magical beast meat and medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Ling asked to eat roasted rabbit the next day, and Xiao Meng protested that rabbits were too cute to eat.

Xiao Tian watched over the injured Xuan Yi while Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng slept, and Xuan Yi eventually awoke in the Mountain Cave. After learning that Xiao Tian had saved her and that the two girls had helped care for her, she thanked him and promised to repay him.

• Xiao Meng changed her mind about the rabbit and asked Xiao Tian to roast it with plenty of seasoning.
• Xiao Tian checked Xuan Yi's recovery, protected the sleeping Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng with a Dou Qi Shield, and cultivated through the night.
• Xuan Yi awoke in the Mountain Cave and asked Xiao Tian whether he had saved her.
• Xiao Tian introduced himself and told Xuan Yi that Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng had helped change her clothes and save her.
• Xuan Yi thanked Xiao Tian for saving her and promised to repay him with a generous gift.

After Xuan Yi woke, Xiao Tian cared for her and helped restore her weakened soul. She concluded that he had saved her out of kindness, while he explained that the two girls had asked him to help; they remained together in the cave with a growing sense of comfort between them.

• Xuan Yi realized Xiao Tian had accidentally seen her cleavage, and both fell into an awkward silence.
• Xiao Tian adjusted the bonfire for Xuan Yi and gave her water infused with rare soul-restoring herbs.
• Xuan Yi drank the water and asked why Xiao Tian had used such precious herbs and whether he knew her identity.
• Xiao Tian named Xuan Yi's rank and position in the Pill Tower, but she reasoned he had saved her without knowing who she was.
• Xuan Yi dismissed Xiao Tian's suggestion that he acted from attraction and praised his character, while Xiao Tian said the two little girls had asked him to save her.

Xiao Tian asked Xuan Yi how she had been injured, and she explained that Soul Hall's Three Venerables had ambushed her after she defeated a Guardian Beast while gathering medicinal herbs. Meanwhile, Medusa and Free and Unfettered Hall slaughtered the resisting forces in Ten Thousand Snake Gorge and continued expanding their territory.

• Xuan Yi admired Xiao Tian's ability to heal her, while he noticed her embarrassed reaction to his gaze.
• Medusa led Qing Lin and Free and Unfettered Hall in conquering Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, ordering her forces to kill all resistance and destroy the remaining snake eggs.
• The women divided responsibilities across Free and Unfettered Hall, while Xiao Ding, Hai Bo Dong, and the others took charge of newly acquired territory.
• Xiao Tian asked Xuan Yi how she had been injured, and she explained that she had traveled to Southern Central State to find medicinal herbs for a pill.
• Xuan Yi said she had driven off the herbs' Guardian Beast, but Soul Hall's Three Venerables ambushed her and left her badly injured.
• Xiao Tian recognized Soul Hall's aura from treating Xuan Yi, and she confirmed that she had fled after losing to the attacker.

Xiao Tian reassured Xuan Yi that he did not fear Soul Hall, then left the cave to prepare food for his daughters. While he was gone, Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng woke up and told Xuan Yi about their father, leaving her with a mistaken impression that they had been cruelly driven away by their mother.

• Xiao Tian told Xuan Yi that Soul Hall would not make him back down and instructed her to stay in the cave and watch over Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng.
• Xuan Yi promised to remain in the cave and asked Xiao Tian to come back soon as he left.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng woke up and learned from Xuan Yi that their father had gone out.
• Xiao Meng told Xuan Yi that she and Xiao Ling had been driven away by their mother and could not return.
• Xuan Yi comforted the girls and asked them to tell her about Xiao Tian and how he had saved her.

Xuan Yi learned that Xiao Tian had used a precious Rank 8 Pill to save her and grew grateful to him. After discovering that his young daughters were Dou Emperors, she questioned Xiao Tian about his strength, but he deflected her questions with jokes; she promised to repay his kindness and accepted something to aid her recovery.

• Xuan Yi learned that Xiao Tian had saved her with a Rank 8 Intermediate Pill and removed the black mist corroding her soul, leaving her deeply grateful.
• Xiao Tian returned to the cave, reunited with Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng, and prepared food for them after they said they were hungry.
• After the family ate roasted rabbit, Xuan Yi watched Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng cultivate and was stunned to discover that both girls were Dou Emperors.
• Xuan Yi asked Xiao Tian about his cultivation, but he claimed he was an ordinary person and joked that his daughters' mother had chosen him because he was handsome.
• Xuan Yi thanked Xiao Tian for the Rank 8 Pills, promised to repay him, and accepted something he offered to help her recover faster.

Xuan Yi used a Heavenly Spirit Jade Vine from Xiao Tian to restore her soul, then watched Xiao Ling refine a Soul Cultivation Pill. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling giving the pill to Xuan Yi.

• Xiao Tian gave Xuan Yi a Heavenly Spirit Jade Vine and urged her to refine it to restore her soul.
• After two hours, Xuan Yi found Xiao Ling preparing herbs and learned she planned to refine a Soul Cultivation Pill.
• Xuan Yi recognized the pill’s ingredients and watched Xiao Ling transform her bracelet into a medicine cauldron and refine the herbs with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ling successfully refined a blue pill and handed it to a stunned Xuan Yi, saying it was for her to eat.

Xiao Ling gave Xuan Yi a pill for her injuries and helped her let go of painful memories, lifting her spirits and renewing her hope of advancing. Xiao Ling then showed Xuan Yi the shape-changing Yunmeng Phoenix Gold, which Xiao Tian had made, and trusted her with the secret.

• Xiao Ling gave Xuan Yi a specially refined pill, and Xuan Yi felt moved by her care.
• Xuan Yi said she would repay Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling told her to leave the past behind and focus on the present and future.
• Xuan Yi's frozen heart thawed, and she sensed that her Dou Qi and soul might be ready to advance again.
• Xiao Ling showed Xuan Yi the Yunmeng Phoenix Gold and explained that Xiao Tian had made it for those closest to him.
• Xuan Yi returned the transformed Long Sword and warned Xiao Ling not to display the Yunmeng Phoenix Gold where others might covet it.

After recovering from her soul injuries, Xuan Yi agreed to travel to Saint Pill City with Xiao Tian, Xiao Ling, and Xiao Meng, despite her concerns about the Soul Hall pursuing her. The next morning, the group prepared to leave their mountain cave.

• Xuan Yi recovered fully and briefly released her Nine Revolution Dou Zun aura at Xiao Tian, who teased her about turning against him after receiving his help.
• Xiao Ling asked whether Xuan Yi would leave, and Xuan Yi said she planned to return to Saint Pill City; Xiao Tian agreed that the girls could travel with her and dismissed her fears about the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Yi accepted the offer to go to Saint Pill City with Xiao Tian and the girls, who eagerly looked forward to the trip.
• The next morning, Xuan Yi changed into a white-and-purple qipao while Xiao Tian watched and teased her, then she woke Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng to leave the mountain cave.

Xiao Tian confronted Soul Hall’s Three Venerables as the enemy attacked Xuan Yi and the two girls. After protecting them and sending them back, Xiao Tian began fighting Three Venerables, who revealed his Nine Revolution Dou Zun strength.

• Xiao Tian and Xuan Yi sensed Three Venerables hiding nearby as they left Mountain Cave with Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng.
• Three Venerables mocked Xuan Yi and attacked the girls with a black chain, but Xiao Tian caught and crushed it with his Five-Colored Lightning.
• Xiao Tian told Xuan Yi to take the girls back while he fought Three Venerables, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Three Venerables summoned a giant black palm, which Xiao Tian destroyed with a Five-Colored Lightning Dragon.
• Three Venerables unleashed his Nine Revolution Dou Zun aura and lunged at Xiao Tian, who met his claw with a lightning-coated fist.

Xiao Tian fought Three Venerables, who unleashed a soul-devouring Bone Blade against him. Xiao Tian shattered the weapon with his Thunder God Body and prepared to finish Three Venerables, who made an unexpected move.

• Xiao Tian and Three Venerables exchanged blows, and Xiao Tian forced his opponent back despite their difference in cultivation.
• Three Venerables formed a Bone Blade from collected souls and attacked Xiao Tian with Netherworld Soul Devour Slash.
• Xiao Tian activated Thunder God Body and struck the Bone Blade with Thunder Shatters Mountains and Rivers.
• Xuan Yi carried Xiao Meng and Xiao Ling farther from the battlefield as the collision unleashed a devastating shockwave.
• Xiao Tian ground the Bone Blade to pieces and taunted Three Venerables, who then made an unexpected move.

Xiao Tian killed Three Venerables with Thunder Shatters Mountains and Rivers, then reunited with Xuan Yi and the children. As Xuan Yi checked on him and grew flustered by a realization about his earlier condition, the story left her abruptly patting her own face to stop thinking about it.

• Three Venerables begged for mercy, but Xiao Tian refused and destroyed his body and soul with Thunder Shatters Mountains and Rivers.
• Xuan Yi, Xiao Ling, and Xiao Meng returned to the devastated battlefield and found Xiao Tian unharmed after his Dharma Form faded.
• Xiao Meng explained Xiao Tian's Dharma Form to Xuan Yi, who then teleported with the children to check on him.
• Xuan Yi gave Xiao Tian three Rank 7 recovery Pills and examined him, while Xiao Tian assured her that he was fine.
• Xuan Yi helped straighten Xiao Tian's clothes, remembered something about his earlier condition, and patted her face to interrupt her thoughts.

After Xiao Tian and his companions left the devastated Cui Lan Mountain Range, the Soul Hall learned that its Three Venerables had died and ordered an investigation. Two days later, Xiao Tian, Xuan Yi, Xiao Ling, and Xiao Meng traveled toward Tian Huang City to take a Space Wormhole to Central State.

• Xuan Yi hurried away with Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng after Xiao Tian touched her cheek and forehead, while Xiao Tian followed her from the battlefield.
• Tian Ling Venerable and other visitors surveyed the destruction in the Cui Lan Mountain Range, then scattered to avoid becoming entangled in the aftermath.
• A kneeling Dou Zun reported the Three Venerables' shattered jade tablet to the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and said they had gone to investigate Star Picking Heavenly Venerable's death.
• The Vice Hall Master ordered an investigation into the Three Venerables' deaths and suspected the Pill Tower or Gu Clan before disappearing to report the losses to the Hall Master.
• Two days later, Xiao Tian's group rode a Shadow Eagle Emperor toward Tian Huang City, where Xuan Yi said they could find a Space Wormhole to Central State.