Chapter Summaries

At the Nalan estate, Yan Xiao accepted blame for Nalan Jie's death while the real Xiao Yan watched, and Nalan Yanran swore to avenge her grandfather at the Three-Year Agreement. After the Otherworlders departed, Thunder God and Night Spirit offered Yan Xiao secret support, while the Flame-Slaying Alliance planned to investigate the real Xiao Yan.

• The real Xiao Yan removed Brand Poison from Nalan Jie’s corpse, and Yan Xiao took the blame for the old man’s death, provoking Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su.
• Numerous Otherworlders and Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, and other experts arrived, but the Otherworlders sealed off the area and watched as Yan Xiao threatened the Nalan family and insisted on the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran vowed to avenge Nalan Jie at the agreement, Yun Yun comforted her, and the real Xiao Yan declined Jia Xingtian’s invitation before leaving with Mittel Tengshan.
• Thunder God and Night Spirit warned Yan Xiao that other Otherworlders wanted him dead, but Yan Xiao refused to abandon the Three-Year Agreement, and they offered to help him from the shadows.
• The Flame-Slaying Alliance discussed the hidden Otherworlders, and its leader ordered Xingyu to approach the real Xiao Yan and consider recruiting him while keeping watch on Thunder God and Night Spirit.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Flame-Slaying Alliance by posing as Chen Beixuan, while Ye Fan’s shadow clone encountered Yan Xiao, an impostor posing as Xiao Yan, at the Alchemist Guild. The real Xiao Yan arrived and told Ye Fan to dispel his clone so he could enter the Alchemist Conference in his place.

• Xiao Yan accepted Xingyu’s invitation to join the Flame-Slaying Alliance and met Alliance Leader Feng Lie, Ling Yu, Chen Xiu, and the other members.
• Xiao Yan heard Feng Lie’s private thoughts and learned the alliance intended to kill Xiao Yan, then left for the Alchemist Guild after his treasure chest system revealed a chest there.
• Ling Yu accompanied Xiao Yan, while Xingyu explained that the alliance members were accustomed to Ling Yu’s cross-dressing and flirtatious behavior.
• Ye Fan’s shadow clone arrived at the Alchemist Guild with Otto, Frank, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei, where they encountered Yan Xiao, who was impersonating Xiao Yan.
• Yan Xiao failed to recognize Ye Fan, and the real Xiao Yan arrived and ordered Ye Fan to dispel his shadow clone so Xiao Yan could take his place in the Alchemist Conference.

Xiao Yan used Ye Fan and Chen Beixuan identities to deceive Yan Xiao and the Flame-Slaying Alliance while preparing to turn their factions against each other. Yan Xiao accepted Xiao Yan’s apparent offer of help and obtained the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, while Ling Yu revealed the alliance’s fear of Feng Lie and suggested using an inn storyteller to provoke action.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Ye Fan’s Shadow Clone, copied Ye Fan’s appearance, and gave a Puppet Chen Beixuan’s form and a portion of his fused flame.
• Xiao Yan, disguised as Ye Fan, convinced Yan Xiao that he opposed the Otherworlders targeting him and proposed a meeting that night, while Yan Xiao secretly planned to distrust him.
• Xiao Yan helped Yan Xiao find the jade fragment containing the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, then secretly followed him after sending Xue Mei and Lin Fei away.
• The Puppet Chen Beixuan taught Ling Yu a lesson, and Ling Yu explained that the Flame-Slaying Alliance feared Feng Lie and had not attacked Xiao Yan because they feared his last-ditch retaliation.
• Ling Yu told Chen Beixuan that alliance members unhappy with Feng Lie might support a challenge, then suggested using an inn storyteller as a pawn.

Chen Beixuan’s plan drew the Flame-Slaying Alliance into targeting the fake Xiao Yan, while the real Xiao Yan prepared a second impersonator and sent the Medicine Emperor with it. As the Puppet Xiao Yan headed for Jia Ma Holy City, nine-colored light suddenly burst from the real Xiao Yan’s clothes.

• Chen Beixuan persuaded Ling Yu to help recruit Lin Shu, and Lin Shu became furious after Ling Yu claimed Xiao Yan had insulted him.
• Yan Xiao told Thunder God and Night Spirit about Ye Fan’s offer, and they planned to test whether Chen Beixuan would draw the Flame-Slaying Alliance out that night.
• The real Xiao Yan overheard Yan Xiao’s group, summoned Hai Bodong to the Imperial Capital, and decided to use multiple fake Xiao Yans to conceal himself.
• Ling Yu persuaded Lin Shu to confront Xiao Yan, while Chen Beixuan and the Flame-Slaying Alliance agreed to use Lin Shu to probe the fake Xiao Yan’s strength.
• The real Xiao Yan gave the Medicine Emperor the Flame Ancestral Symbol and placed him inside the Puppet Xiao Yan before sending the puppet toward Jia Ma Holy City.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave, nine-colored light suddenly emerged from inside his clothes.

Queen Medusa reunited with Xiao Yan, accepted a Spirit Fusion Pill, and withdrew to merge her souls. Meanwhile, Lin Shu attacked the impostor Yan Xiao, who fled toward the imperial palace as Xiao Yan and Thunder God followed, leaving Lin Shu in pursuit with the Flame-Slaying Alliance backing him.

• Queen Medusa thanked Xiao Yan for helping the Snake-People Tribe, accepted his Spirit Fusion Pill, and returned to snake form to sleep.
• Xiao Yan warned Yan Xiao that the Flame-Slaying Alliance was coming for him and urged him to seek protection from Chief Steward Meng in the imperial palace.
• Lin Shu arrived and challenged Yan Xiao, then overwhelmed his attacks with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Hand.
• Yan Xiao used Yao Lao Ghost's possession and a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to clash with Lin Shu, then fled toward the imperial palace.
• Thunder God restrained Lin Shu with Heavenly Thunder Lock while Xiao Yan followed Yan Xiao; Feng Lie freed Lin Shu, and Ling Yu encouraged him to pursue.

Chief Steward Meng emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zun and tried to stop Lin Shu from killing Yan Xiao, but Lin Shu unleashed a devastating trump card that appeared to kill him. Lin Shu then attacked Yan Xiao, who revealed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus, while Xiao Yan secretly arranged for Ling Ying to track Lin Shu’s escape attempt.

• Fa Ma warned Jia Xingtian that the fighters were heading toward the palace, and they flew after them.
• Chief Steward Meng broke through to Dou Zun, appeared before Lin Shu, and tried to protect Yan Xiao, but Lin Shu resisted his attack and unleashed Qing Zhi’s dragon-claw strike.
• Chief Steward Meng escaped with a Silver Talisman, but the pursuing dragon claw struck him in the wilderness, and the alliance members assumed he was dead.
• Lin Shu attacked Yan Xiao, who used a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to engulf him in flames, while Xiao Yan heard Lin Shu’s Inner Voice and told Ling Ying to locate him through spatial fluctuations.
• The Flame-Slaying Alliance praised Chen Beixuan and urged him to take the lead, but Chen Beixuan declined Feng Lie’s attempt to make him test whether Yan Xiao had any trump cards left.

Feng Lie’s Flame-Slaying Alliance withdrew after Chief Steward Meng protected Xiao Yan, then recruited Yan Li, who admitted he had secretly killed Xiao Yan once and possessed a deadly cursing system. Xiao Yan learned the truth, claimed Lin Shu’s system and Devouring Ancestral Symbol, promoted Ling Ying, and sent his puppet to the Mittel Family, where it encountered Night Spirit.

• Chief Steward Meng returned unharmed, defended Xiao Yan, and persuaded Feng Lie’s alliance to leave the imperial palace; Jia Xingtian hoped Meng’s strength would restore the imperial family’s power.
• The Flame-Slaying Alliance planned to wait for another chance to attack Xiao Yan, and Yan Li arrived claiming he could curse anyone to death and had killed Xiao Yan once before.
• Xiao Yan learned from Chen Beixuan about Yan Li, then flew out of the Imperial Capital to take Lin Shu’s system.
• Xiao Yan cremated the barely surviving Lin Shu and plundered his Devouring Ancestral Symbol and Strongest Storytelling System, advancing his own system to LV4.65.
• Xiao Yan promoted Ling Ying to Outer Sect Elder and ordered him to protect Puppet Xiao Yan, who had gone to the Mittel Family.
• Puppet Xiao Yan met Night Spirit on a street in the Imperial Capital, and she asked whether he was Xiao Yan.

A disguised Xiao Yan and the puppet Xiao Yan both arrived in the Imperial Capital, raising suspicions among Thunder God and Night Spirit about which one was genuine. At the Alchemist Conference, Xiao Yan used Pill God Possession to refine five Sect Breaking Pills, stunning the crowd as the competition was disrupted.

• Night Spirit met the puppet Xiao Yan and learned that another Xiao Yan was already in the Imperial Capital, then vanished to investigate which one was an impostor.
• Thunder God and Night Spirit questioned Yan Xiao about the other Xiao Yan, his unexpected strength, and Hai Bodong's absence, while Xiao Yan urged them to wait until after the Alchemist Conference.
• Xiao Yan privately told Yan Xiao that he believed him, and Yan Xiao resolved to eliminate the real Xiao Yan and claim his achievements.
• President Fa Ma announced that the Alchemist Conference would have only one round, and the spectators were shocked to see two Xiao Yans among the competitors.
• Xiao Yan activated Pill God Possession and refined a Sect Breaking Pill so rapidly that energy ripples shook the plaza and forced the other alchemists to stop.

Feng Lie and the Flame-Slaying Alliance tried to recruit Nalan Yanran and threatened Yun Yun, but Chen Beixuan protected the two women and they left. Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Conference with a Sect Breaking Pill, while Thunder God stopped Yan Xiao from fleeing and demanded that he confront the other Xiao Yan.

• Feng Lie proposed helping Nalan Yanran defeat Xiao Yan, but Chen Beixuan secretly warned her that the Flame-Slaying Alliance might harm or control her and pointed her toward Ye Fan.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Feng Lie's offer, and the Flame-Slaying Alliance threatened her and Yun Yun; Chen Beixuan stopped Yun Yun from attacking and secured their release.
• Xiao Yan finished refining a Sixth-Grade Sect Breaking Pill, and Fa Ma named Ye Fan the conference champion while Jia Xingtian awarded the puppet Xiao Yan second place.
• The puppet Xiao Yan approached Yan Xiao, who tried to flee, but Thunder God intercepted him and demanded that he prove which Xiao Yan was real.
• The Flame-Slaying Alliance members watched the confrontation and debated which Xiao Yan was genuine, noting that both possessed the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Yan Xiao and the real Xiao Yan headed to the Misty Cloud Sect with the Flame-Slaying Alliance to determine which Xiao Yan was genuine, while a transmigrated Yun Shan gained an Invincible Domain System and killed Protector Wu. The visitors entered the sect, where Xingyu discovered Yun Shan was invincible within its territory, leaving Xiao Yan and the others in danger.

• Yan Xiao and the Puppet Xiao Yan matched each other's weapons, flames, and techniques, so Ye Fan suggested checking their histories with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A transmigrated Yun Shan received the Invincible Domain System, seized Protector Wu, and killed him.
• Yun Shan learned about the powerful visitors coming to the Misty Cloud Sect and ordered the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation deactivated so they could enter.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and entered its main hall, where Yun Shan welcomed them confidently.
• Xingyu appraised Yun Shan and discovered that his system made him invincible within ten li of the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan heard Xingyu's worried inner thoughts.

Yun Shan’s invincible-domain power prompted most of the Flame-Slaying Alliance to pledge allegiance to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Jia Xingtian was trapped as he tried to leave. Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran exposed Yan Xiao as a fake Xiao Yan, though the chapter ended before the impostor’s fate was decided.

• Xingyu and Yan Li joined the Misty Cloud Sect after their systems revealed the danger of opposing Yun Shan, and the rest of the Flame-Slaying Alliance followed their lead.
• Yun Shan froze Jia Xingtian in place when he tried to leave, then agreed to help Thunder God identify which of two Xiao Yans was genuine.
• Yun Shan isolated Yan Xiao while the puppet Xiao Yan recounted his experiences, and Nalan Yanran confirmed his account of their broken engagement.
• Yan Xiao gave a conflicting version of events, claiming Yun Yun had met him in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and given him her Heart of the Sea Armor.
• Yun Yun denied Yan Xiao’s claims, and Nalan Yanran testified that Yun Yun had always worn her armor and that the events at the Xiao Clan had happened differently.

Yan Xiao escaped Yun Shan’s judgment by joining Xiao Yan’s Dao Sect, while Xiao Yan maneuvered events around the Misty Cloud Sect and the approaching Three-Year Agreement. Yun Shan planned to kill Xiao Yan and the dissenting Otherworlders after the duel, while Feng Lie revealed his Contract System as a way to control the sect’s new members.

• Yun Shan condemned Yan Xiao for impersonating Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan secretly guided Yan Xiao into joining the Dao Sect, where he vanished from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• At the Dao Sect plaza, Xiao Li took charge of the unconscious Yan Xiao, Medicine Emperor arrived, and he nearly killed Ling Ying before Xiao Yan explained that Medicine Emperor was his Teacher.
• Xiao Yan’s puppet asked to hold the Three-Year Agreement early, and Yun Shan scheduled the duel for three days later while deciding to kill Xiao Yan and take the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Yun Shan told the Misty Cloud Sect’s Otherworlders that he was one of them and asked them to help oppose Xiao Yan; Thunder God, Night Spirit, and Xiao Yan refused, while Chen Beixuan pledged himself to Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan offered Thunder God and Night Spirit a way to survive by joining his faction, while Yun Shan planned to invite Xiao Zhan to the sect.
• Feng Lie revealed that his Contract System could bind the Otherworlders through their blood essence, and Yun Shan proposed using it as a safeguard when they left on missions.

Chen Xiu sent the Three Otsutsuki to capture Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Yan recruited five chat-group members to protect his father. In Wutan City, Yun Leng and the Otsutsuki confronted Xiao Zhan, and Urashiki exposed Lin Dong’s Shadow Clone, leaving the Xiao Clan facing a dangerous fight.

• Chen Xiu summoned Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki, and Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng to take them to Wutan City to capture Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan learned that his father was in danger, recruited Thunder God and Night Spirit into the Dao Sect, and posted a chat-group mission to protect Xiao Zhan.
• Han Tianzun, Naruto Uzumaki, the Sealed Otherworldly Demon Emperor, Sun Wukong, and the Saint Seiya accepted Xiao Yan’s mission.
• Xiao Zhan defeated Oba Pa and celebrated the Xiao Clan’s growing power, unaware that Lin Dong’s Shadow Clone had secretly supplied him with pills and techniques.
• Yun Leng arrived in Wutan City with the Three Otsutsuki and announced that he had come to take Xiao Zhan to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Urashiki detected Lin Dong’s Shadow Clone and attacked him, but Lin Dong blocked the strike with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

Shaka and the chat group members subdued the Otsutsuki trio in Wutan City, then set out for the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Zhan. There, Nalan Yanran asked Ye Fan, who was really Xiao Yan, to help her win their Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Yan warned the group that Yun Shan was invincible within the sect’s rule-based domain.

• Shaka deprived the Otsutsuki trio and Yun Leng of their five senses, but Sun Wukong and the Otherworld Demon Emperor demanded a chance to fight them.
• Han Li suggested restoring the Otsutsuki’s strength by feeding them their own eyes or Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and the two fighters began tormenting Momoshiki and Urashiki.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Han Li, Shaka, and Xiao Zhan teleported to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Lin Dong dispelled his Shadow Clone and reassured the Xiao Clan.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ye Fan to help her become strong enough to beat Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan learned she wanted to preserve their destined marriage.
• Yun Shan invited the newcomers into the sect, and Xiao Yan warned the chat group that Yun Shan was invincible inside the Misty Cloud Sect unless someone could override his rules.

Sun Wukong, Shaka, and the Foreign Demon Emperor entered the Misty Cloud Sect to challenge Yun Shan, who effortlessly defeated each of them and tried to recruit them. After Xingyu revealed Xiao Zhan was Xiao Yan’s father, Yun Shan approached him to invite him to witness the Three-Year Agreement, while Sun Wukong and the others remained wary.

• Han Li stayed outside the Misty Cloud Sect to observe, while Sun Wukong and the Foreign Demon Emperor handed him the Otsutsuki corpses before entering with Shaka, Naruto Uzumaki, and Xiao Zhan.
• Xingyu appraised Xiao Zhan and discovered he was Xiao Yan’s father, but withheld the information until Yun Shan defeated the Foreign Demon Emperor with a single palm.
• Shaka attacked Yun Shan with the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel, but Yun Shan blocked his strikes and shattered the technique with the Great Compassion Wind-Rending Hand.
• Sun Wukong attacked with his Golden Cudgel and began to use Heaven-and-Earth Form, but Yun Shan bound him with Myriad Wind Binding before he could grow beyond the sect.
• Yun Shan invited the Foreign Demon Emperor and Shaka to join the Misty Cloud Sect, then walked toward Xiao Zhan and Naruto Uzumaki as Sun Wukong challenged him to fight somewhere outside the sect.

Yun Shan seized the Tou She Ancient God Jade and imprisoned Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan struggled to find a way to save his father. Xiao Lin resurrected with the Invincible Dad System and arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, where he confronted Yun Shan to avenge Xiao Zhan.

• Yun Shan defeated Naruto Uzumaki, broke Sun Wukong’s protective circle, and forced Xiao Zhan to reveal that he carried the Ancient Jade.
• Han Li learned that the others had been beaten, while Xiao Yan used puppets to stall Yun Shan and discovered that Yun Shan’s system made him invincible within its domain.
• Xiao Lin resurrected, received the Invincible Dad System, and entered a spatial vortex after learning that Xiao Zhan’s life was in danger.
• Yun Shan broke Xiao Zhan’s bones, restrained Puppet Xiao Yan, took the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and ordered Feng Lie to use his Contract System on father and son.
• Chen Beixuan exposed the limits of Yun Shan’s domain, prompting several allies to flee before Yun Shan sealed the space and trapped the others.
• Xiao Lin emerged through the sealed space, found Xiao Zhan gravely injured, and prepared to fight Yun Shan with the Furious Lion Vajra technique.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin defeated Yun Shan, then Xiao Yan dismantled the Flame-Slaying Alliance and recruited Xiao Lin into the Dao Sect by plundering his invincible dad system. Xiao Yan killed Yun Shan and began plundering his fleeing invincible domain system.

• Xiao Lin defeated Yun Shan and knocked him outside his invincible domain, freeing Sun Wukong, Shaka, and the Foreign Demon Emperor from their restraints.
• Sun Wukong immobilized Yun Shan while Shaka and the Foreign Demon Emperor sealed the area, and Xiao Yan treated Xiao Zhan and restrained the Flame-Slaying Alliance’s Otherworlders.
• Xiao Yan stripped the Flame-Slaying Alliance members of their senses, plundered their systems, and killed them, earning the netherworld poison flame as a reward.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Xiao Lin to join the Dao Sect and plundered his invincible dad system, leaving it unfused while he dealt with Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan burned Yun Shan to ashes, and Yun Shan’s purple-gold invincible domain system tried to escape before Xiao Yan used Plunder.

After Sun Wukong warned the chat group that the Dou Qi Continent hid far more powerful forces than they had expected, Xiao Yan used Yun Shan and Li Feiyu’s identities to bring the empire’s major factions under the Dao Sect. The chapter ended with Ling Ying stopping Chief Steward Meng from fleeing the Imperial Palace.

• Sun Wukong, Shaka, and the Foreign Demon Emperor left the Misty Cloud Sect, and Sun Wukong told the chat group that powerful Buddhist, demonic, beast, and ghostly forces inhabited the continent.
• Xiao Yan sent a Yun Shan puppet and his Li Feiyu clone to reassure Yun Yun and announce a reconciliation between Yun Shan and Xiao Yan through the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Yan invited the major factions to join the Dao Sect, and Mittel Tengshan and Mu Chen accepted after Xiao Yan secretly raised them to Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan had Yun Shan pressure Jia Xingtian, while Li Feiyu promised the Dao Sect would leave the empire’s internal affairs alone; Jia Xingtian agreed to submit and proposed a marriage alliance.
• Ling Ying stopped Chief Steward Meng from fleeing the Imperial Palace and ordered him to wait.

Ling Ying used the Medicine Emperor to stop Chief Steward Meng from leaving the imperial palace, while Xiao Yan chose to settle the three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect. After surviving her attack, Xiao Yan revealed his feelings and accepted Nalan Yanran as his fiancée, leaving Yun Yun and Xiao Zhan to witness their relationship becoming official.

• Ling Ying summoned the Medicine Emperor, whose soul attack forced Chief Steward Meng to stay and wait.
• Xiao Yan chose the reward of Nine-Thousand Lei Dong and Nine-Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, then insisted that Nalan Yanran decide whether to fulfill their agreement.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to fight Xiao Yan and attacked with Extreme Wind: Sunset Radiance, but her sword energy left him unharmed.
• Xiao Yan caught Nalan Yanran as she fell and explained that he had written the repudiation letter out of insecurity, then told her to become the Xiao Clan's daughter-in-law.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to witness their relationship becoming official.

Xiao Yan secured the Jia Ma Empire for the Dao Sect, then began merging ten systems, sending his system into a one-year slumber. With Night Spirit, he left for Jia Nan Academy and recruited Sun Wukong to protect the empire, leaving the story poised to begin the academy arc.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran confirmed their engagement, and Ling Ying exposed Chief Steward Meng as an Otherworlder before taking Yao Ye and Yao Yue captive.
• Li Feiyu invited Chief Steward Meng into the Dao Sect, and Chief Steward Meng accepted under pressure; Xiao Yan took his systems and had Nalan Yanran kill him.
• The Dao Sect spread across the Jia Ma Empire, completing its mission and raising its members' cultivation; Xiao Yan then merged ten systems, causing his system to slumber for a year.
• Xiao Yan prepared to travel to Jia Nan Academy, entrusted the Jia Ma Empire's defense to his allies, and departed with Night Spirit after saying farewell to Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan asked Sun Wukong to draw a protective circle around the Jia Ma Empire and offered him a memory copy of Journey to the West: The Sequel to secure his help.