Recaps

Xu Xuan learned that the Grand Mystic Dao Palace invitation had put him on a path to join, then awakened the Infinite Life Deduction System and discovered that every outcome of Tang Chuan’s challenge ended with his death. The system identified Tang Chuan as a Heaven-favored chosen one and Xu Xuan as the first villain, then offered him a check-in opportunity.

• Xu Xiao urged Xu Xuan to stay sharp at the Grand Mystic Dao Palace and put his martial arts first, even if the sect suffered for it.
• Xu Xuan reflected on how his talent had forced him to cultivate and qualify for the Grand Mystic Dao Palace despite wanting a quiet, comfortable life.
• Xu Xuan activated the Infinite Life Deduction System, which predicted that Tang Chuan would kill him whether he accepted or refused the challenge.
• Xu Xuan checked the system panels and learned that he had low fate, while Tang Chuan was an S-rank chosen one and Xu Xuan was labeled the first villain.
• The system awarded Xu Xuan a check-in opportunity and asked whether he wanted to use it.

Xu Xuan obtained the Chaos Body and rose to the ninth level of the Sea Transformation Realm, while learning that killing Tang Chuan would require first weakening his destiny-protected fortune. Tang Chuan gained the Purple Moon Wolf Clan’s support and set out to challenge Xu Xuan and destroy the Evolutionary Spirit Sect’s Xu family faction.

• Xu Xuan signed in to obtain the Chaos Body, broke through to the ninth level of the Sea Transformation Realm, and gained the system’s sign-in function.
• Xu Xuan learned that Tang Chuan was a child of destiny and that he should weaken Tang Chuan’s fortune before attempting to kill him.
• Tang Chuan told Tang Tian that the Purple Moon Wolf Clan had granted him its inheritance and would reunite him with the Purple Moon Wolf Clan Queen if he conquered the Azure Spirit Mountains for the Demon Race.
• Tang Tian agreed to support Tang Chuan’s revenge against the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and the human factions around the Azure Spirit Mountains.
• The Purple Moon Wolf Clan Queen told Tang Tian they could be together again only after Tang Chuan fulfilled the clan elders’ condition.
• Tang Chuan headed to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect to challenge Xu Xuan, seize the Supreme Mystery Dao Palace Gold Invitation, and wipe out the Xu family faction.

Xu Xuan received congratulations from factions across the Cloud Azure Territory and offered to help Yun Qingxue enter the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace. His offer brought him closer to Yun Qingxue and damaged Tang Chuan’s destiny, while Tang Chuan’s murderous jealousy grew.

• Xu Xuan arrived at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect’s main hall, where Xu Xiao and leaders from nearby factions celebrated his selection as a disciple of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace.
• Yun Qianhe introduced his daughter Yun Qingxue, and Xu Xuan learned through the system that Tang Chuan had feelings for her.
• Xu Xuan praised Yun Qingxue, easing some of her reluctance, while Tang Chuan grew jealous outside the hall.
• Xu Xuan offered to ask the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace to grant Yun Qingxue a place, and she accepted his kindness.
• The system reported that Yun Qingxue’s destiny increased while Tang Chuan’s destiny fell, and Xu Xuan resolved to kill Tang Chuan once his destiny dropped to three hundred.

Yun Qingxue stayed at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and grew closer to Xu Xuan, while Tang Chuan’s presumptuous advances worsened her opinion of him. Xu Xuan resolved to kill Tang Chuan if he lost their coming match, and Yun Qingxue hinted that she might help him.

• Xu Xuan invited Yun Qingxue to stay at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, and she agreed to live on the rear mountain with him.
• As Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue walked together, she praised his ideas for managing the sect and related to his wish for a simpler life.
• Tang Chuan called Yun Qingxue “Xue'er” and pressed her to accept his feelings, but she rejected him and left.
• Xu Xuan left Tang Chuan and Yun Qingxue to talk, earning Yun Qingxue’s approval and deepening her dislike of Tang Chuan.
• Xu Xuan told Yun Qingxue he would kill Tang Chuan if Tang lost their upcoming match, and she said she might help him.

Xu Xuan raised Yun Qingxue’s affection and prepared to eliminate Tang Chuan, but Zhao Wuji’s arrival restored Tang Chuan’s Fate Points and turned the envoy against Xu Xuan. Xu Xuan decided to win Zhao Wuji over by revealing his own exceptional talent.

• Xu Xuan’s reflections on fate increased Yun Qingxue’s affection for him and destabilized Tang Chuan.
• Xu Xuan grew close to Yun Qingxue, who bashfully called him Brother Xuan and hurried away.
• Xu Xuan prepared to kill Tang Chuan, but Zhao Wuji arrived and greatly increased Tang Chuan’s Fate Points after recognizing his talent.
• Tang Chuan told Zhao Wuji about his grudge against Xu Xuan, making Zhao Wuji’s opinion of Xu Xuan worsen.
• Xu Xuan resolved to win Zhao Wuji over by showing him the Chaos Body he possessed.

Xu Xuan shattered the Phantom Spirit Stone while revealing his innate chaos body, astonishing Zhao Wuji and everyone in the Evolutionary Spirit Sect. He agreed to join the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace only if Yun Qingxue could join and Xu Xiao was kept safe, while Tang Chuan protested.

• Zhao Wuji arrived at the Evolutionary Spirit Sect with Tang Chuan and demanded that Xu Xuan prove his talent using a Phantom Spirit Stone.
• Xu Xuan gripped the stone, unleashed dazzling purple light, and shattered it after ancient characters revealed his innate chaos body.
• Zhao Wuji eagerly tried to recruit Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan initially refused to join the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace.
• Xu Xuan agreed to join if Yun Qingxue could come with him and the Heavenly Palace guaranteed Xu Xiao's safety.
• Zhao Wuji accepted Xu Xuan's conditions and prepared to summon escorts, while Tang Chuan protested that he refused to accept the outcome.

Tang Chuan challenged Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan revealed that he had reached the peak of the Sea Transformation Realm and proved immune to Tang Chuan’s Purple Moon Sacred Fire. Tang Chuan drew his Silver Moon Crescent Blade and prepared to continue the fight.

• Tang Chuan rose under Zhao Wuji’s pressure, revealed his fifth-level Sea Transformation Realm cultivation, and challenged Xu Xuan.
• Yun Qingxue and Xu Xiao warned Xu Xuan not to accept, but Xu Xuan stepped forward and revealed his peak Sea Transformation Realm cultivation.
• Zhao Wuji warned Tang Chuan not to kill Xu Xuan, while Tang Chuan agreed to fight him.
• Tang Chuan unleashed the Purple Moon Sacred Fire, but Xu Xuan remained unharmed and sent the flames back.
• Xu Xuan invited Tang Chuan to use any remaining tricks, and Tang Chuan drew his Silver Moon Crescent Blade and poured power into it.

Xu Xuan overwhelmed Tang Chuan in battle, while Tang Chuan offered Zhao Wuji a Chaos Source Stone in exchange for Xu Xuan. After Xu Xuan revealed that he had several of the stones and denounced Tang Chuan as a traitor, Tang Chuan's fate points fell below the kill threshold.

• Xu Xuan shattered Tang Chuan's attacks and defeated him through a hundred exchanges, while Zhao Wuji declared that their talents were worlds apart.
• Tang Chuan offered Zhao Wuji a Chaos Source Stone for entry into the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, then demanded that Zhao Wuji hand Xu Xuan over to him.
• Xu Xuan revealed several Chaos Source Stones of his own, leaving Tang Chuan without leverage.
• Xu Xuan accused Tang Chuan of colluding with the Purple Moon Wolf Clan and declared that he would purge him as a traitor on behalf of the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.
• The gathered crowd's collective will drove Tang Chuan's fate points below three hundred, reaching the kill threshold.

Xu Xuan fought Tang Chuan in a life-or-death duel after exposing him as a hostile element tied to the Purple Moon Wolf Clan. Tang Chuan revealed his wolf blood and transformed, but Xu Xuan killed him in the martial arena.

• Xu Xuan challenged Tang Chuan to a fair fight, and Zhao Wuji agreed to referee the duel with no escape allowed.
• Xu Xuan provoked Tang Chuan by pointing to Yun Qingxue, and Tang Chuan's anger surged as he launched the Purple Moon Wolf Claw.
• Zhao Wuji realized Tang Chuan was a demon-human hybrid with blood from the Purple Wolf royal family.
• Xu Xuan blocked Tang Chuan's attack without injury, while Xu Xiao and Yun Qianhe stopped Yun Qingxue from intervening.
• Tang Chuan transformed into a half-man, half-wolf, and Xu Xiao tossed Xu Xuan his sword.
• Xu Xuan fought Tang Chuan and beheaded him in the martial arena.

After Xu Xuan killed Xiao Chuan, the Purple Moon Empress learned of her son’s death and led the Purple Moon Wolf Clan’s army to invade the Cloud Azure Territory. The wolfmen reached a border city, where the city lord recognized the empress’s overwhelming strength and ordered an immediate evacuation.

• Xu Xuan gave Zhao Wuji the Chaos Origin Stone, and Zhao Wuji promised to honor his support for the Evolutionary Spirit Sect.
• Tang Tian told the Purple Moon Empress that Xu Xuan had killed Xiao Chuan, and she vowed to avenge her son.
• The Purple Moon Empress rallied the Purple Moon Wolf Clan’s hundred thousand warriors and ordered them to attack the Cloud Azure Territory.
• A city lord spotted the approaching wolfmen and ordered civilians evacuated and neighboring cities warned.
• The city lord saw the Purple Moon Empress flying with Tang Tian and urged everyone to flee rather than resist her.

After the Demon Race seized a border city in the Cloud Azure Territory, Xu Xuan, Zhao Wuji, and Yun Qingxue headed there to fight back. Zhao Wuji killed a demon gorilla and the human traitor Tang Shan, then unleashed devastating attacks on the occupied city as a demon child of destiny neared a breakthrough.

• Xu Xuan volunteered to defend the border, and Zhao Wuji and Yun Qingxue joined him despite Yun Qianhe's concerns about Qingxue's strength.
• A one-armed survivor warned them that demons had taken a nearby city and terrorized its surviving humans.
• Xu Xuan fought a gorilla demon but called on Zhao Wuji to finish it, and Zhao Wuji killed it with lightning.
• Tang Shan fled when he recognized Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Wuji burned him to ashes for betraying the Human Race.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed further destructive techniques against the demons occupying the city.
• A young man in purple robes bathed in a spirit pool as an old demon praised him as the Demon Race's child of destiny, nearing the Heavenly Abode Realm.

After Zhao Wuji destroyed the demon-held city and rescued its hidden human residents, he returned with Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue to the Evolutionary Spirit Sect. The sect welcomed the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace’s protection, and Xu Xuan prepared to leave for the Dao Continent as Sun arrived to help defend the Cloud Azure Territory.

• Zhao Wuji swept away the ruined city, revealed the cellars, and helped rescue the humans hidden beneath it.
• Xu Xiao welcomed the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace’s people, while Yun Qianhe sought closer ties with the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and discussed the possibility of their children becoming in-laws.
• Xu Xuan, Yun Qingxue, and Zhao Wuji returned safely to the sect, where Xu Xiao greeted his son.
• Zhao Wuji warned that demons could threaten the Cloud Azure Territory and urged Xu Xuan to leave for the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace on the Dao Continent.
• Sun arrived at the main hall and reassured Zhao Wuji that they would defend the Cloud Azure Territory.

Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue left the Evolutionary Spirit Sect with Zhao Wuji and arrived at the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, where Xu Xuan’s chaos body and peak Sea Transformation cultivation impressed the gatekeepers. Xu Xuan began to understand how the system awarded Fate Points.

• Nearly ten thousand disciples bid farewell as Zhao Wuji reminded Sun Shan to protect the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, while Yun Qianhe urged Yun Qingxue to support Xu Xuan at their new sect.
• Zhao Wuji summoned a high-grade Flying Spirit Butterfly and carried Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue toward the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace.
• Other factions mocked the small number of recruits from the Cloud Azure Territory, but Xu Xuan ignored them and earned Zhao Wuji’s admiration and Fate Points.
• Zhao Wuji brought Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue to the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, whose vast grounds and rich spiritual energy amazed them.
• The gatekeepers learned that Xu Xuan had a chaos body and had reached the peak of Sea Transformation, then welcomed the newcomers warmly.
• Xu Xuan gained the gatekeepers’ goodwill and Yun Qingxue’s affection, and he realized how the system awarded him Fate Points.

Xu Xuan arrived at the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, where its elders competed to take him as a disciple because of his chaos body. He declined the Pavilion Elder’s offer for the moment, and the nine elders then promised to accept Yun Qingxue as well, with one even proposing to arrange their marriage.

• Ouyang Quede tried to make Xu Xuan undergo the Three-Layer Trial before entering his tutelage, but Huo Yan arrived and accused him of delaying the elders.
• Elder Bai and the other elders gathered, and Elder Bai explained that Xu Xuan had to choose among the nine elders because Elder Zhang was away.
• The Pavilion Elder arrived and offered to take Xu Xuan as his final disciple, but said Yun Qingxue was not qualified to join his tutelage.
• Xu Xuan thanked the Pavilion Elder but asked for time to think, and the Pavilion Elder accepted his decision.
• The nine elders rushed to make offers to Xu Xuan, and one promised resources for Yun Qingxue and proposed arranging her marriage to Xu Xuan, making her blush.

Xu Xuan delayed choosing a master until he reviewed information on the nine elders, then chose the reclusive Mo Tianji despite the other elders’ objections. Mo Tianji accepted Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue as disciples and stood against Elder Bai and the others, while Xu Xuan lost Fate Points amid the elders’ rivalry.

• Xu Xuan asked the Pavilion Elder for information about the elders, gaining 999 Fate Points before the gathered disciples’ resentment drained them away.
• The Pavilion Elder returned with detailed records, prompting three elders to leave in embarrassment over the information.
• Xu Xuan chose Mo Tianji as his master, explaining that talent mattered more than cultivation resources.
• Mo Tianji accepted Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue as his disciples, but Elder Bai and four other elders surrounded them and objected.
• Mo Tianji defended his new disciples and warned Elder Bai that he had held back from challenging him for the position of one of the three great elders.
• The Pavilion Elder warned the elders not to ally with outsiders against their own, then prepared to leave.

Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue settled into Moji Pavilion as Mo Tianji’s disciples, while Elder Bai and Ouyang Quede separately plotted against Xu Xuan by targeting Yun Qingxue. The chapter ended with Ouyang Quede approving a plan to frame Xu Xuan, get him sent on a dangerous mission, and assassinate him.

• Mo Tianji brought Xu Xuan and Yun Qingxue to Moji Pavilion and asked Xu Xuan why he had chosen him as his master.
• Xu Xuan offered to sleep elsewhere when he and Yun Qingxue found only one bed, and a system message reported that Yun Qingxue felt slight resentment toward him.
• Xing Yun told Elder Bai that he had reached the heavenly mansion realm, and Elder Bai ordered him to lure Yun Qingxue to his side.
• Ouyang Quede’s disciple reported that Xu Xuan came from the Evolutionary Spirit Sect and suggested targeting Yun Qingxue to make Xu Xuan violate the Heavenly Palace’s rules.
• Ouyang Quede approved a plan to get Xu Xuan assigned to a dangerous mission and arrange his assassination.

Xu Xuan faced Xing Yu’s challenge to keep his place as Mo Tianji’s disciple, while the Life Deduction System warned that Xing Yu would try to kill him. Xu Xuan survived Xing Yu’s hidden-weapon attack and produced a recording bead as the palace deacons arrived.

• Mo Tianji explained that disciples who became an elder’s apprentices had to accept challenges and warned Xu Xuan that refusing would cost him access to sect resources.
• The Life Deduction System predicted that Xing Yu would kill Xu Xuan whether he accepted or refused, so Xu Xuan accepted the challenge.
• Xing Yu arrived and challenged Xu Xuan, who concealed the system’s recording bead and taunted him with a wooden stick.
• Xing Yu’s sword strike shattered the stick but forced him backward, and the setback damaged his state of mind and cost him Fate Points.
• Xing Yu launched three hidden weapons, but Xu Xuan dodged them and revealed the bead recording the attack.
• Xing Yu denied using hidden weapons as several palace deacons emerged.

Xu Xuan challenged Xing Yun after Xing Yun arrived to defend Xing Yu, but Xing Yun overwhelmed him and stomped him down. With Yun Qingxue cheering him on, Xu Xuan resisted the humiliation and rose, triggering a vast surge of spiritual energy that drew the attention of powerful elders.

• Xu Xuan handed the deacons evidence against Xing Yu, but Xing Yun arrived and accused Xu Xuan of framing his younger brother.
• After learning Xing Yun had a Sword Spirit Physique and a Heavenly Mansion Realm cultivation, Xu Xuan challenged him despite the crowd's mockery.
• Xing Yun accepted the challenge and quickly knocked Xu Xuan down, depleting his spiritual energy and demanding that he admit he was trash.
• Yun Qingxue encouraged Xu Xuan, who gathered his resolve and stood up, declaring himself Mo Tianji's disciple and not trash.
• A huge surge of spiritual energy converged halfway up the mountain, catching the attention of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace's elders.

Xu Xuan broke through to the Heavenly Mansion Realm and overpowered Xing Yun, but Elder Bai intervened before Xu Xuan could kill him. Mo Tianji drove Elder Bai away, while Elder Bai and Xing Yun resolved to eliminate Xu Xuan with help from Xing Yun’s eldest senior brother, a Holy Son.

• Xu Xuan broke through, seized Xing Yun, and threatened to kill him after his friends challenged him.
• Elder Bai struck at Xu Xuan with Sword Qi and accused him of violating the sect’s laws.
• Mo Tianji appeared, intimidated Elder Bai, and told Xu Xuan to consolidate his cultivation in Spirit Liquid.
• Xing Yun admitted he could not defeat Xu Xuan, and Elder Bai told him the Chaos Body made Xu Xuan too strong for him alone.
• Elder Bai revealed that Xing Yun’s eldest senior brother was a Holy Son nearing the Purple Mansion Realm and ordered Xing Yun to reflect while they planned to eliminate Xu Xuan.

After reaching the Heavenly Mansion at fifteen, Xu Xuan learned that he needed to become a Holy Son to protect himself from Elder Bai and his faction. Elder Ouyang then arranged an S-Rank mission for him, despite its danger.

• Yun Qingxue told Xu Xuan that Mo Tianji wanted to see him after he finished consolidating his cultivation.
• Mo Tianji praised Xu Xuan's talent, warned him to hide his true age, and urged him to claim a Holy Son position by defeating Zi Tian.
• Xu Xuan's system warned that challenging or attracting the attention of Zi Yun would lead to his death, and Mo Tianji advised him to remain inside the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace while he grew stronger.
• Mo Tianji kept Yun Qingxue behind to plan her cultivation, telling her she would need to grow stronger if she wanted to keep up with Xu Xuan.
• Elder Ouyang ordered the Mission Hall to assign Xu Xuan an S-Rank mission, claiming that Xu Xuan had reached the Heavenly Mansion and could handle it.

Xu Xuan entered the Divine Ability Pavilion seeking a Heaven-grade manual fragment and met Luo Xiaotian, a powerful inner disciple whom the system identified as a Son of Heaven's Dao. Luo Xiaotian gave Xu Xuan the fragment he wanted and then asked him to help secure Elder Mo as his own master.

• Xu Xuan entered the Divine Ability Pavilion and searched the second floor for the Heaven-grade fragment predicted by his system.
• Luo Xiaotian introduced himself to Xu Xuan, and the system revealed that Luo was a Son of Heaven's Dao with a God-Devouring Spirit Body.
• Xu Xuan shook Luo Xiaotian's hand, gaining 1,450 Fate Points as Luo declared him his friend.
• Luo Xiaotian handed Xu Xuan the Heaven-grade Spirit-Burning God-Slaying Art, whose first level, Heaven-Burning, could be cultivated up to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Luo Xiaotian explained the sect's mission requirements, learned Xu Xuan was Elder Mo's disciple, and asked Xu to recommend him to Elder Mo.

Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian took an S-Rank mission to eliminate the bandits terrorizing Black Dragon Town and rescue its abducted women. After reaching the town, they learned that the bandit chief had defeated even a ninth-heaven Heavenly Mansion expert, but Xu Xuan resolved to continue after learning Heaven-Burning aboard the spirit ship.

• Luo Xiaotian accompanied Xu Xuan to the Mission Hall, where Xu Xuan received an S-Rank mission to defeat the bandits in Black Dragon Town.
• Luo Xiaotian protested that the mission was too dangerous, then decided to go with Xu Xuan to protect him.
• Three days later, Luo Xiaotian and Xu Xuan arrived in the Black Dragon Empire aboard Luo Xiaotian's imperial-family spirit ship, and Black Dragon Town's mayor, Hu Lie, mistook them for imperial visitors.
• Luo Xiaotian explained that they had come on a mission from the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, and Hu Lie warned them that the bandit chief had killed a ninth-heaven Heavenly Mansion expert.
• After learning Heaven-Burning aboard the spirit ship, Xu Xuan resolved to help Black Dragon Town.

Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian investigated the bandits who had attacked Black Dragon Town, but Xu Xuan realized Mayor Hu Lie was plotting against them. After Hu Lie’s poisoned wine was exposed, he begged Luo Xiaotian for mercy, and Luo Xiaotian demanded to know whether his eldest brother Luo Feng had ordered the attempt on his life.

• Hu Lie explained that bandits had raided Black Dragon Town to seize a Ten-Thousand-Year Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus and had imprisoned the town’s women.
• Hu Lie showed Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian a map of the bandits’ hideout, and Xu Xuan postponed their rescue plan until the next day.
• After Hu Lie left, Xu Xuan warned Luo Xiaotian that the mayor seemed suspicious and questioned his connection to the Black Dragon Empire.
• Luo Xiaotian admitted he was the empire’s third prince and had joined the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace to escape imperial infighting.
• Xu Xuan recognized that Hu Lie’s wine was poisoned, and Luo Xiaotian forced the mayor to drink first.
• Hu Lie fell to his knees and confessed he had acted on someone’s orders, prompting Luo Xiaotian to ask whether Luo Feng was behind the plot.

Luo Xiaotian and Xu Xuan discovered that Qian Ren was working with the bandits at Black Wind Cave, where two young women were being held. Luo Xiaotian attacked the cave to distract the bandits while Xu Xuan went to rescue them.

• Luo Xiaotian spared Hu Lie but warned him to tell Luo Feng not to provoke him again.
• Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian entered the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains and located Black Wind Cave.
• At Black Wind Cave, Qian Ren ordered the bandit leader to kill Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace disciples who came to the mountains.
• Luo Xiaotian recognized Qian Ren and learned that two captured young women had been sent to his room, so he rushed toward the cave and told Xu Xuan to rescue them.
• Luo Xiaotian unleashed Dragon Shadow Chasing the Heavens, blasted a huge crater outside Black Wind Cave, and fled as the bandits poured out.

Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian escaped Black Wind Cave after the imprisoned women refused to leave, but the scarred man pursued them to the edge of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains. Luo Xiaotian stayed behind to confront the bandit leader while Xu Xuan hid nearby and prepared to flee.

• Xu Xuan opened the prison cell, but the women refused to escape, saying they had no strength or hope left.
• As the bandits rushed toward the prison, Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian fled, and Luo Xiaotian used a Rune explosion to help them escape the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.
• Luo Xiaotian reassured Xu Xuan that the women had made their own choice and promised to hold off the pursuers so Xu Xuan could escape.
• When the scarred man and his bandits caught up, Xu Xuan hid behind a tree while Luo Xiaotian stepped forward to challenge the leader to a fight.