Chapter Summaries

Five Reincarnators arrived in Guobei County on a mission to help Yan Chixia kill Tree Demon Granny, Black Mountain Demon, and the Centipede Demon. They reached Luo Temple as a powerful newcomer destroyed Tree Demon Granny, and the chapter ended when he recognized them as rookies assigned by the Main God.

• Man in Sunglasses and his four teammates checked their mission, changed into local clothes, and learned how to reach Luo Temple.
• The Reincarnators armed themselves and hurried to Luo Temple, hoping to befriend Yan Chixia.
• They found Yan Chixia already fighting amid the temple ruins, while a furious boy accused Tree Demon Granny of ambushing him.
• A figure wielding Demonic Flame, golden sword energy, and heavenly thunder destroyed Tree Demon Granny, causing the Reincarnators' mission to fail without penalty.
• The figure charged at the Reincarnators, and Man in Sunglasses shielded his teammates before the newcomer asked whether they were rookies assigned by the Main God.

Xiao Han destroyed Tree Demon Granny while Ning Caichen freed Nie Xiaoqian and the other female ghosts. He negotiated with the Reincarnators to cooperate against the remaining demons, but a system warning then ordered him to contact the Main God Space because of a business conflict.

• Xiao Han and Yan Chixia defeated Tree Demon Granny, while Ning Caichen retrieved the female ghosts’ Golden Pagodas and helped them reincarnate.
• The Reincarnators watched Xiao Han’s group and feared his strength after seeing him destroy Tree Demon Granny.
• Xiao Han approached the Reincarnators, claimed to be a high-tier Reincarnator, and asked about their mission.
• The Man in Sunglasses showed Xiao Han the mission to kill Tree Demon Granny, Black Mountain Demon, and Centipede Demon.
• Xiao Han and the Man in Sunglasses agreed to work together against Black Mountain Demon and Centipede Demon.
• Xiao Han received a system warning that he had to contact the Main God Space and negotiate over their conflicting business interests.

Xiao Han learned that the World Consciousness had double-rented the A Chinese Ghost Story timeline, so he agreed to kill the Black Mountain Demon with the Main God Space’s Reincarnators before returning. After the Reincarnators accepted the joint mission, Xiao Han dismissed the need for a plan and proposed a trade to their captain.

• The system told Xiao Han that the World Consciousness had rented the same timeline to both it and the Main God Space, and that they would give up the World Anchor after killing the Black Mountain Demon.
• Xiao Han learned that he would still receive the ten-pull reward, gain strength from killing the Black Mountain Demon, and have his demon-killing quest counted as complete.
• The Man in Sunglasses and his teammates worried about trusting Xiao Han, but the Main God’s mission required them to help him and Yan Chixia while forbidding the two Reincarnator groups from harming each other.
• The Man in Sunglasses approached Xiao Han to discuss a plan, but Xiao Han insisted they charge the Black Mountain Demon directly and use the Diamond Sutra against him.
• Xiao Han noticed the Man in Sunglasses’ modern clothes and asked him to gather his teammates so they could make a trade.

Xiao Han traded the Danyuan Technique and spells with the Reincarnators, obtaining the Purple Demon Eyes method and a futuristic laptop full of entertainment. He explained that he had been stranded in a fantasy-world mission for five years, and the group remained confused about why killing Tree Demon Granny had caused their mission to fail.

• Xiao Han offered to teach the Danyuan Technique in exchange for useful items and traded with the Dual Gunner for the Purple Demon Eyes cultivation method.
• Xiao Han taught the Dual Gunner the Danyuan Technique and Divided Spirit Technique, then gave him practical spells in exchange for his Golden Desert Eagle.
• Xiao Han discovered the Iron Man's laptop, found its collection of games and media, and broke down in tears after hearing GTA music.
• Xiao Han told the Reincarnators that he had been trapped in a fantasy-world mission for five years without access to modern technology.
• Chen Lan asked why the Main God had declared their mission a failure after Xiao Han killed Tree Demon Granny, and Xiao Han said he did not know.

Xiao Han broke Nie Xiaoqian’s Black Mountain Brand and sent her into reincarnation, provoking Black Mountain Demon to lead an army of ghost soldiers into the mortal realm. As Black Mountain Demon’s forces arrived at the ruins of Luo Temple, Xiao Han and Yan Chixia prepared a counterattack while the Reincarnators and Ning Caichen readied themselves to hold off the soldiers.

• Xiao Han traded with the Reincarnators for Two-Grade Pills and learned that their laptop used a year-lasting energy source and a solar converter to charge.
• After hearing Nie Xiaoqian’s story, Xiao Han broke Black Mountain Demon’s brand, allowing her to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
• Black Mountain Demon sensed the broken brand, summoned elite ghost soldiers, and traveled toward the mortal realm on his White Bone Throne.
• Xiao Han, Yan Chixia, the Reincarnators, and Ning Caichen prepared to face Black Mountain Demon’s forces, using Demon-Breaking Talismans and Buddhist scriptures.
• Black Mountain Demon transformed the area around Luo Temple into the Yin-Yang Realm, and Xiao Han and Yan Chixia unleashed thunder and sword attacks against the arriving ghosts.

Xiao Han and Yan Chixia led an attack against the Black Mountain Demon as the Reincarnators fought off his ghost army. After Xiao Han claimed the Wind Riding Sword Technique and strengthened his sword intent, he and Yan Chixia flew toward the demon and challenged him.

• Wrathful Ghosts and the Black Mountain Demon's soldiers and cavalry poured into Luo Temple, where Xiao Han and Yan Chixia struck them with lightning and sword attacks.
• Xiao Han completed the Demon Extermination Side Quest, claimed the Wind Riding Sword Technique, and unleashed a powerful new sword intent.
• Ning Caichen, the Man in Sunglasses, the Paladin Youth, Chen Lan, the Dual Gunner, and Iron Man fought the ghost army while Xiao Han and Yan Chixia advanced toward the Black Mountain Demon.
• The Black Mountain Demon used a sound-based attack on their Spiritual Sense, but Xiao Han and Yan Chixia resisted and declared they had come to defeat him.

Xiao Han and Yan Chixia defeated Black Mountain Demon after Xiao Han drew on the Demon Armor and frightened him by claiming to be Chiyou reborn. They purified the released Wrathful Ghosts, and Black Mountain Demon's faction was wiped out.

• Xiao Han and Yan Chixia attacked Black Mountain Demon, who used his Wrathful Ghosts and Killing Qi to withstand their strongest techniques.
• Xiao Han's Demon Armor absorbed the spirits of the shattered Wrathful Ghosts and granted him their power and desire for vengeance.
• Xiao Han unleashed the Demon Armor's full power and claimed to be the reincarnated Demon God Chiyou, terrifying Black Mountain Demon into fleeing.
• Xiao Han and Yan Chixia used the Immovable King Mantra and Diamond Sutra to immobilize Black Mountain Demon, and Xiao Han killed him with his massive sword.
• Yan Chixia trapped the released Wrathful Ghosts in a Sword Formation while Xiao Han and Yan Chixia chanted the Rebirth Mantra to purify them.
• Black Mountain Demon's Yin-Yang Realm vanished, and the remaining Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals burned away in the sunlight.

After helping Yan Chixia and the Reincarnators defeat the Black Mountain Demon, Xiao Han learned of the Thousand-Year Centipede Demon’s threat but chose to leave because of an urgent matter. He parted with his new friends and disappeared into the woods, while the others prepared to head for the Capital City.

• Xiao Han and Yan Chixia discussed how quickly the Black Mountain Demon had fallen, and the Reincarnators counted their rewards and treated their minor wounds.
• The Man in Sunglasses revealed that Imperial Tutor Pu Du Cihang was a Thousand-Year Centipede Demon draining the nation’s fortune, and Yan Chixia agreed to expose and kill him.
• Xiao Han announced that he had to leave, and Ning Caichen said farewell after thanking him for teaching the Sword Flying Technique.
• Yan Chixia revealed that he had long known Xiao Han’s story about Muye Daozhe Village was false, but had chosen to respect his secrets.
• Xiao Han said goodbye to everyone and vanished into the woods, while the Man in Sunglasses and Chen Lan speculated that the Main God had ended his mission.

Xiao Han received his first ten-pull from the system and found most of its prizes useless, though the guaranteed reward turned out to be a sealed, childlike Gatanothor. He learned she remained a powerful pet despite losing her strength, and the chapter ended with her tugging at his pants in search of something delicious.

• Xiao Han drew a collection of strange items, including a Spirit Summoning Technique and Li Jiayu's original underpants.
• The system revealed that Gatanothor, who had been defeated by Glitter Tiga, was the ten-pull's guaranteed reward.
• Xiao Han checked the pet system and learned Gatanothor was a loyal, sealed Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint with her powers lost after being struck by Glitter Zeperion Beam and Timer Flash.
• Gatanothor ran to Xiao Han, said she smelled something delicious, and began tugging at his pants.

After returning to the Douqi Continent, Xiao Han named Gatanothor Xiao Jiana and brought her into the Xiao Family’s Clan Territory as his new maid. When the clan members misunderstood their relationship and crowded around Jana, Xiao Han invented a tragic past for her, then fled with her when his story only drew more attention.

• Xiao Han returned to the Douqi Continent with Gatanothor and renamed her Jana, giving her the surname Xiao.
• Xiao Han dressed Xiao Jiana in a black robe and took her out of the Separate Courtyard as his personal maid No. 2.
• Xiao Clan Disciples welcomed Xiao Han, and he handed out bottles of pills while reflecting on his attachment to the family and the threat of the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Clan girls pulled down Xiao Jiana’s hood and crowded around her, and Jana called Xiao Han her master while asking him for help.
• Xiao Han told the clan members that Jana was an orphaned young miss he had rescued and hired as a maid, but he fled with her when the story drew more attention.

Xiao Han assigned Xiao Jiana to Qinglin and gave Qinglin a manual to awaken and conceal her special eyes. He then reviewed his gains from A Chinese Ghost Story, perfected several techniques, and discovered the full powers of the Mind Control Curse.

• Xiao Han told Qinglin that Xiao Jiana was a magical beast in human form and asked Qinglin to teach her cultivation and human etiquette.
• Xiao Han gave Qinglin the Purple Demon Eyes manual and warned her to conceal her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Han ordered Xiao Jiana to stay with Qinglin and warned her not to cause trouble.
• Xiao Han spent Energy Value to perfect the Myriad Swords Technique and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then refined his Crimson Longsword into the Crimson Refining Sword.
• Xiao Han raised his Thunder Immortal Sword spell to perfection and maxed out the Mind Control Curse, learning that it could enslave, control, torment, and read the memories of weaker targets.

Xiao Han secretly left the Xiao Family and visited Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan, who had been cultivating in a cave outside Wutan City. After Xiao Yan broke through to Fifth Stage Dou Disciple, Xiao Han announced they were going to Jia Ma Holy City to break off Xiao Yan’s engagement.

• Xiao Han used Invisibility and Concealment Techniques to leave the Xiao Family and traveled to the cultivation cave outside Wutan City.
• Old Man Yao refined pills to repay the clans and factions that had given him soul treasures, and Xiao Han watched to improve his Alchemist experience.
• Xiao Yan emerged after breaking through to Fifth Stage Dou Disciple, and Xiao Han scolded him for coming out naked.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his talent recovery was still secret and that he planned to surprise Xiao Zhan at the next family test.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan they were leaving for Jia Ma Holy City to break off his engagement, shocking Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao.

Xiao Han told Xiao Yan that he was engaged to Nalan Jie’s granddaughter and offered to take him to end the engagement. Xiao Yan agreed, while Xiao Han hinted that he also had another reason to visit the Nalan Family.

• Xiao Han explained that Xiao Yan’s engagement had been arranged between Xiao Lin and Nalan Jie, and Xiao Yan questioned why Nalan Jie had not helped the Xiao Family after Xiao Lin died.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han condemned Nalan Jie for standing by when the Xiao Family and later Xiao Yan needed help; Xiao Han contrasted him with the loyal Haibodong.
• Xiao Han revealed that Nalan Jie had forbidden the Nalan Family from breaking the engagement, though Nalan Jie’s granddaughter had begged to end it after Xiao Yan became a cripple.
• Xiao Han said he would take Xiao Yan to break off the engagement and warned him to keep his restored talent secret; Old Man Yao supported the plan and insisted Xiao Yan suffer no indignity.
• Xiao Yan gave Old Man Yao ingredients to refine Qi Gathering Powder for the visit, and Xiao Han asked whether he had heard of Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

Xiao Han strengthened the Xiao Family, checked on Qinglin and Xiao Jiana, and took Xiao Yan on a private Flying Beast flight from Wutan City. During the journey, he transferred several techniques from other worlds into Xiao Yan’s mind, leaving him reeling from the flood of information.

• Xiao Zhan approved Xiao Han’s decision about Xiao Yan’s Marriage Contract and received pills for the family, including three that could help people break through to Dou Ling.
• Xiao Han visited Xiao Xun'er, checked Qinglin and Xiao Jiana’s cultivation, and asked Qinglin to find a dark attribute cultivation technique for Xiao Jiana.
• Xiao Han left pills with Qinglin and Xiao Jiana, made a Spirit Summoning Technique pact with Xiao Jiana, and departed.
• Xiao Yan got a new hairstyle and outfit before Xiao Han took him to the Flying Beast transport station and boarded a private Thick-Winged Bird using Xiao Zhan’s VIP Card.
• Xiao Han transferred the Concealment Technique, Sword Flying Technique, Myriad Swords Technique, Purple Demon Eyes, Palm Thunder, and an Eye Technique into Xiao Yan’s mind, causing him intense pain.

During the flight to the Imperial Capital, Xiao Han shared a Spiritual Sense cultivation formula with Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan, then used the Spirit Summoning Technique to bring Xiao Jiana onto the bird and force her to practice. He sent her back after promising Demonic Qi as a reward for getting up early, while Old Man Yao sensed the strange fluctuations and wondered at Xiao Han's growing mystery.

• Xiao Han gave Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan copies of a Spiritual Sense cultivation formula and revealed that his cultivation had risen to Nine Star Dou Master.
• Old Man Yao quickly learned the formula and began strengthening his Spiritual Sense while Xiao Han practiced the Spirit Summoning Technique.
• Xiao Han summoned Xiao Jiana, woke her, and scolded her for sleeping instead of practicing.
• Xiao Han tied Xiao Jiana to a chair and repeatedly made her watch the Ultraman Tiga finale, then offered her Demonic Qi as a reward for practicing diligently.
• Xiao Han sent Xiao Jiana back with the Spirit Summoning Technique and resumed cultivating, while Old Man Yao sensed the spatial fluctuations from next door.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Ma Holy City, hired Wang Lin as a guide, and learned about the empire’s great clans while settling into a courtyard inn. Xiao Han accidentally bumped into a troubled young woman, who left the inn wondering how she could escape her fate and avoid returning to her grandfather.

• Xiao Han paid Wang Lin to guide him and Xiao Yan to a quiet inn, then asked him about the Mittel, Mu, and Nalan families.
• Wang Lin described the three great clans and said that swindlers who had recently beaten a Mu Clan young master would likely face the clan’s retaliation.
• Wang Lin brought Xiao Han and Xiao Yan to a courtyard inn, where they rented separate rooms three courtyards apart.
• Xiao Han accidentally bumped into a young woman in the inn’s corridor, apologized, and parted from her after she accepted that they were both at fault.
• The young woman worried that she had run out of money and would have to return to her grandfather, then left the inn feeling uncertain about controlling her own fate.

Xiao Han cultivated in the Separate Courtyard, then went to the Mittel Auction House to buy medicinal ingredients for a breakthrough pill. There, a mysterious figure hiding under a trash can begged him to conceal her from Jia Ma Imperial Family guards.

• Xiao Han learned that Nalan Jie was recuperating at home and Nalan Yanran had left the Nalan Family, then focused on cultivation.
• Xiao Han cultivated carefully with his Heavenly Stage Swallowing Spirit Technique and brought his Dou Qi close to a breakthrough to Da Dou Shi.
• Old Man Yao asked Xiao Han to buy ingredients for a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Xiao Han left the Separate Courtyard without disturbing Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Han visited the crowded Mittel Auction House, fending off pickpockets with his Dou Qi as he made his way through the crowd.
• A petite figure in a black robe hid behind Xiao Han under a trash can and begged him not to reveal her to approaching Jia Ma Imperial Family guards.

Xiao Han misdirected Imperial Guards searching for a black-robed fugitive, then went to the Mittel Auction House to buy costly medicinal ingredients. The little girl he had helped followed him and offered to pay for everything he bought that day, leaving Xiao Han ready to take advantage of her generosity.

• Xiao Han told the Imperial Guards that the black-robed fugitive had run toward another auction house, and the polite young officer apologized before following his companion.
• The black-robed girl revealed herself as a little girl who was likely a Jia Ma Imperial Family Princess, then followed Xiao Han to the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Han used his Mittel Family VIP Card to order ingredients for the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and Grade 3 pill practice, but the total came to 800,000 Gold Coins.
• The girl entered the VIP room with a matching VIP Card and offered to pay Xiao Han's 300,000-Gold-Coin shortfall using a Purple Gold Card.
• After initially preparing to refuse, Xiao Han accepted the girl's offer when he realized he could also buy a Tier 3 Pill Furnace.

Xiao Han took the runaway Yue'er under his wing and began teaching her alchemy, while Xiao Yan explored the marketplace with Old Man Yao. The chapter left Xiao Yan staring at a black Jade Piece that had caught Old Man Yao’s attention.

• Xiao Han recognized Yue'er as the Jia Ma Empire’s Little Princess, Yao Yue, and took her around the capital after she escaped her Imperial Guards.
• Xiao Han invited Yue'er to stay with him and offered to teach her alchemy, and she agreed because she wanted to become an alchemist.
• Xiao Han rented Yue'er a room at the Separate Courtyard inn, where the proprietress recognized her but agreed to keep her identity secret.
• Xiao Han began refining a Grade 3 Qi Returning Pill while Yue'er watched and learned.
• Xiao Yan browsed the marketplace with Old Man Yao and noticed a black Jade Piece after Old Man Yao reacted to it with disbelief.

After hiding Yue'er’s discovery of his true technique and Heavenly Flame, Xiao Han taught her alchemy basics and discussed her potential with Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao. The brothers then opened a Jade Piece and discovered the Xiao Clan secret technique Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.

• Xiao Han used the Mind Control Curse to erase Yue'er's memories of his Heavenly Flame and Heavenly Stage Technique, then taught her basic alchemy knowledge after she woke.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan that Yue'er was the Jia Ma Empire’s Little Princess and explained why he had helped her, while revealing he had become a Third-Grade Alchemist.
• Old Man Yao assessed Yue'er's Soul Power and suggested Xiao Han could eventually take her as a disciple, but declined to take her himself.
• Old Man Yao identified Xiao Yan's Jade Piece as a storage device made by Burning Flame Valley and explained the faction's reputation.
• Xiao Han burned the Jade Piece with his Demonic Flame, revealing the secret technique Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.