Recaps

Xiao Tian revived after faking his death, learned Six Treasury Immortal Thief, and joined Barron on the way down the mountain to meet Nadutong. Zhang Lingyu learned that Xiao Tian was alive, and the chapter ended with Xiao Tian revealing that he had already mastered several of the Eight Impure Techniques.

• Xiao Tian climbed out of his crystal coffin, absorbed Six Treasury Immortal Thief, and learned that his actions had changed Tian Jinzhong's fate and others' outcomes.
• Xiao Tian persuaded Barron to travel with him and called Xu Si to arrange a pickup under his new identity as Nadutong's North China deputy head.
• Zhang Zhiwei told Zhang Lingyu that Xiao Tian was alive and explained that the apparent death had been a ruse, leaving Zhang Lingyu relieved and confused.
• Xiao Tian and Barron met Xu Si, Xu San, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao at the foot of the mountain, where Zhang Lingyu sent Xiao Tian a supportive message.
• Xiao Tian introduced Barron to the group and revealed that Barron possessed an Eight Impure Technique, then claimed he had already cultivated Heavenly Talisman, Spirit Binding and General Dispatch, and Six Treasury Immortal Thief.

Xiao Tian revealed that he had mastered three of the Eight Impure Techniques and handed out magic treasures, while the extraordinary world was led to believe he had died. The Old Celestial Master descended the mountain and began slaughtering Quanxing, demanding that they bring out Xiao Yuzi.

• Xiao Tian demonstrated the Heavenly Talisman and admitted he had also learned Spirit Binding and General Dispatch, then gave Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, Xu San, and Xu Si magic treasures.
• Xiao Tian’s gifts triggered an Achievement Points debt but activated a permanent ability to acquire triple Achievement Points.
• Reports spread that Xiao Tian had died saving Lu Jin, and that the Old Celestial Master had descended the mountain to avenge him.
• The Old Celestial Master attacked Quanxing on Xilingol Grassland while Zhang Lingyu rescued Xia He and warned that Quanxing would be destroyed unless they brought out Xiao Yuzi.
• Corpse Demon challenged the Old Celestial Master, who seized him effortlessly and left Quanxing’s fighters horrified.

The Old Celestial Master devastated Quanxing on the Xilingol Grassland, while Xiao Tian accepted the Dragon Guard leadership and was tasked with handling the fallout. At a meeting with the Ten Elders, Xiao Tian revealed himself as Xiao Yan and displayed his Heavenly Flame before asking how the Old Celestial Master and Lu Jin should be dealt with.

• The Old Celestial Master crushed Quanxing's elders, killed one, and fought Ding Shimao'an, while Lu Jin joined the battle and Gong Qing's suicide allowed Quanxing's survivors to escape.
• Zhao Fangxu offered Xiao Tian the Dragon Guard leadership, and Xiao Tian accepted the post while insisting his subordinates could handle the travel.
• Xiao Tian received a board assignment to address the Old Celestial Master's and Lu Jin's actions on the Xilingol Grassland.
• At the Ten Elders' meeting, Xiao Tian introduced himself as Xiao Yan and revealed his Heavenly Flame, leaving the elders shocked.
• Chen Jinkui and Wang Ai proposed crippling the Old Celestial Master's cultivation, while Chen Jinkui suggested confining Lu Jin for a year or two.

Xiao Tian provoked Chen Jinkui during the Ten Elders’ meeting and used his Heavenly Flames to intimidate him, but Director Zhao interrupted before they could fight. After the Elders settled the matter of the Old Celestial Master and Lu Jin, Xiao Tian burned Chen Jinkui’s hand during a staged reconciliation, then turned to recruiting for the Dragon Guard; Guihua was offered a chance to investigate the Jiashen Rebellion.

• Xiao Tian challenged Chen Jinkui over his proposal to cripple the Old Celestial Master and filled the conference room with Heavenly Flames, but Director Zhao arrived and stopped the confrontation.
• The Ten Elders agreed to send the Old Celestial Master back to Mount Longhu on the condition that he never leave, while Lu Jin received only a small fine.
• Xiao Tian shook Chen Jinkui’s hand in a show of reconciliation and secretly burned his palm before leaving to collect his approved Dragon Guard documents and funds.
• Xiao Tian encountered Guihua at the elevator, claimed to be Xiao Yan rather than Xiao Tian, and added her on WeChat.
• Guihua delivered something to Director Zhao, who offered her a place in a special department that could help uncover the truth behind the Jiashen Rebellion; she asked how that related to Zhang Chulan’s investigation.

Xiao Tian recruited Guihua into the Dragon Guard after discovering her Wuhou Qimen abilities, then joined Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao on their assignment to help the expelled Daoist Wang Ye. The group set out amid watchers who were tracking them, while Xiao Tian wondered why Chen Jinkui had not yet arranged their promised one-on-one fight.

• Xu Si introduced Guihua to Xiao Tian, who recruited her into the Dragon Guard after she demonstrated her Wuhou Qimen technique and he stopped her flames with a Fire-Sealing Talisman.
• Xiao Tian introduced Guihua to Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, and Barron over dinner, then Guihua drove him back to the base and wondered if he was the famous Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian learned that Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao had accepted an assignment to help Daoist Wang Ye, who had been expelled from Wudang, and insisted on joining them.
• Zhang Chulan recalled that Xu Si had warned him not to involve Xiao Tian because many factions were watching him and his presence would make the case far more difficult.
• Zhang Chulan noticed that they were being followed, while Xiao Tian dismissed the watchers and asked why Chen Jinkui had not arranged their one-on-one fight.

Wang Ye joined Zhang Chulan, Zhuge Qing, Feng Baobao, and Xiao Tian after bounty hunters targeted him for possessing Fenghou Qimen. The group traced the threat to two of the Ten Elders and prepared to draw out their pursuers while protecting Wang Ye.

• Wang Ye met Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao at the airport, then joined Zhuge Qing and Brother Du on the way to a Nadutong residence, where he discovered Xiao Tian was alive and posing as his own elder brother, Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian caught Scarface spying on the group and attacked him with Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, but Scarface escaped by shedding an outer layer of skin; Xiao Tian identified his technique as Great Luo Cave Observation.
• The group went to Wang Ye's luxurious home, where Xiao Tian broke Wang Ye's bed while testing it, and Zhang Chulan proposed using Wang Ye as bait to lure out his attackers.
• At a hotpot restaurant, Zhang Chulan told Wang Ye that bounty hunters had accepted jobs to capture him alive, and Wang Ye agreed that money was no obstacle because his father was rich.
• Xiao Tian received Xu Si's intelligence identifying Wang Ai of the Wang Family and Chen Jinkui of the Shuzi School as the people behind the bounties, and he asked Zhang Chulan to handle the matter.

A scar-faced man with Great Luo Cave Observation attacked Wang Ye, but Xiao Tian arrived and helped him defeat the intruder. Later, Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing brought Zhang Chulan into the Inner Landscape to discover whether Xiao Yan was Xiao Tian, and Xiao Tian followed them in after Zhang Chulan revealed the secret.

• The scar-faced man ignored Wang Ye's Disorderly Golden Watch and injured him until Xiao Tian arrived and bound the attacker with golden rings.
• Wang Ye knocked the scar-faced man unconscious, while Xiao Tian noticed that the man's Qi and demeanor seemed strange.
• Zhang Chulan learned that the Little Peach Garden Trio's photos had convinced Wang Ai to withdraw the bounty on Wang Ye, and he later paid bounty hunters travel allowances.
• Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing asked Zhang Chulan to help explore the Inner Landscape, and Feng Baobao agreed to watch over their bodies.
• Inside the Inner Landscape, Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing revealed they wanted to know whether Xiao Yan was Xiao Tian, and Zhang Chulan confirmed the secret.
• Xiao Tian used the Enhanced Spirit Transformation Technique to separate his Yang Spirit and enter the three men's Inner Landscape.

Xiao Tian entered the Inner Landscape with Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing, then used Kamui and his resurrection ability to halt the dangerous power unleashed by Zhang Chulan’s attempt to uncover the Jiashen Rebellion’s secret. After they escaped, Xiao Tian revealed that he had learned the name Biyou Village, giving Zhang Chulan a new lead.

• Xiao Tian appeared in the Inner Landscape, learned that Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing had brought Zhang Chulan there to investigate him, and asked the landscape where Chen Jinkui was.
• Zhang Chulan gave in to his desire to learn the secret of the Jiashen Rebellion and summoned an enormous, rapidly expanding fireball.
• Xiao Tian used clones to pull Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing away, knocked Zhang Chulan aside, and used Kamui to divert some of the fireball’s power before resurrecting from the damage.
• Feng Baobao forced Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing out of the Inner Landscape by violently stimulating their bodies, and Xiao Tian returned safely soon afterward.
• At the Nadutong Company’s secret villa, Xiao Tian demonstrated how Kamui had swallowed part of the secret’s core and said he had learned the name Biyou Village.

Xiao Tian learned Fenghou Qimen almost instantly, then defeated Chen Jinkui with his Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame and left the Ten Elder barely alive. After returning to Xu Si’s base with Zhang Chulan and the others, he learned that a major incident involving Biyou Village had occurred within Nadutong.

• Xiao Tian learned Fenghou Qimen in moments, leaving Wang Ye shocked by the speed of his progress.
• Xiao Tian defeated Chen Jinkui with nine Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame dragons and warned him to respect the Old Celestial Master.
• Chen Jinkui’s subordinates found him barely alive, and he decided to travel to Jinzhou rather than seek revenge.
• Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, and Guihua returned to Xu Si’s base, where Zhang Chulan explained how he learned of Biyou Village.
• Xu Si warned Zhang Chulan about the danger he had faced, then revealed that a major incident had occurred within Nadutong.

Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan learned that Chen Duo, a Nadutong temporary worker, had killed South China regional head Liao Zhong and was hiding in Biyou Village. They set out with Feng Baobao to join the other regions’ temporary workers, while Xiao Tian accepted a large payment from Chen Jinkui and planned to have fun with him.

• Xu Si told Zhang Chulan that Chen Duo, a temporary worker raised by the Medicine Immortals Society, had killed Liao Zhong, and that the other regions’ temporary workers were being sent to deal with her.
• Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao prepared to investigate Chen Duo and Biyou Village, with Xiao Tian insisting he would protect them rather than do the mission’s work.
• Xu Si approved travel money, and after resting overnight, the trio set out while Zhang Chulan invited the other regions’ temporary workers to a WeChat group.
• Zhang Chulan introduced Xiao Tian to Xiao Zizai, Old Meng, and Wang Zhenqiu, then suggested that the temporary workers meet up.
• Chen Jinkui sent Xiao Tian a friend request and transferred him 90,099, prompting Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan to suspect he was a fake and joke about messing with him.

Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao traveled to meet Nadutong's temporary workers while Xiao Tian extorted millions from someone posing as Chen Jinkui. The group finally reached the gathering after their car was wrecked, buying a replacement that Xiao Tian carried over the rough road.

• Chen Jinkui sent Xiao Tian millions to secure a dinner meeting, while Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan pretended to suspect surveillance and kept asking for more money.
• Gao Lian learned from Er Zhuang that Xiao Tian was alive and using the identity Xiao Yan, then asked her to investigate the fake Chen Jinkui without alerting him.
• Feng Baobao drove their MPV so recklessly that it caught fire and crashed into a mountain wall, forcing the group to walk to a dealership in Xiangkou.
• Xiao Tian paid 8.5 million for a Maserati Big Bull after the dealership staff had dismissed him and his companions.
• Xiao Tian carried the Maserati over an impassable stretch of road and arrived with Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao before the other Nadutong temporary workers, stunning Old Meng.

Xiao Tian, using the alias Xiao Zhan, met several temporary workers while accompanying Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao, and Wang Zhenqiu began to suspect his true identity. After the group settled in at a guesthouse, Chen Jinkui arrived in Jinzhou looking for Xiao Tian and vowed to track him down.

• Xiao Tian introduced himself as Xiao Zhan and shook hands with East China's temporary worker Xiao Zizai, earning Achievement Points.
• Wang Zhenqiu arrived, and Xiao Tian teased him before taking 1,000 yuan to admit he might be related to Xiao Tian from Mount Longhu.
• Wang Zhenqiu recognized Xiao Tian's familiar manner and invited him for drinks, while the group waited in vain for Er Zhuang and Black Pipe to arrive.
• Xiao Tian outdrank Wang Zhenqiu at the guesthouse and left him passed out.
• Chen Jinkui called Xu Si looking for Xiao Tian, learned he was away, and decided to seek help from Brother Mu You to find him.

Xiao Tian and the temporary workers traveled toward Biyou Village to investigate Chen Duo and the company’s motives for sending them. They found Chen Duo in the woods, but Xiao Tian’s offer to teach her immortal cultivation left her unmoved.

• Xiao Tian warned that the company might be using the mission to weaken the temporary workers and asked why Chen Duo had hidden in Biyou Village.
• Old Meng revealed that he had rescued Chen Duo from the Medicine Immortals Society and handed him over to Liao Zhong, whom he said had helped Chen Duo adapt to society.
• Xiao Tian and the others left the guesthouse and traveled by donkey cart toward Biyou Village.
• Xiao Zizai rushed to intercept Chen Duo, but a woman with a lightsaber blocked him while Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, and Old Meng pursued her.
• Wang Zhenqiu questioned a strange silicone creature about Xiao Tian’s identity and said he needed Xiao Tian to admit the truth himself.
• Xiao Tian caught up with Chen Duo, saw that gu poison filled her body, and asked whether she wanted to cultivate immortality; Chen Duo turned and walked away.

Xiao Tian stopped Chen Duo’s attacks by devouring her Gu poison Qi and offered to help her control the poison, but she fled. He and the others entered Biyou Village, where village chief Ma Xianhong welcomed them and offered to show Xiao Tian around.

• Xiao Tian intercepted Chen Duo and used Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame to devour her poisonous Qi, earning progress toward an Achievement Point.
• Chen Duo unleashed Living Gu: King Snake, but Xiao Tian destroyed the snakes and emerged unharmed, then told her he could help her control her Gu poison.
• Chen Duo fled after Xiao Tian released her, and Xiao Tian stopped Wang Zhenqiu from pursuing her, saying she could not escape Biyou Village.
• Xiao Tian and the others reached the village boundary, and Ma Xianhong allowed them to enter and arrange accommodations.
• Inside the village, Xiao Tian reunited with Wang Ye and warned Ma Xianhong that disaster might be coming; Ma Xianhong dismissed the warning and invited Xiao Tian to tour the village.

Xiao Tian pretended that Kamui Intangibility was Great Luo Cave Observation to gain Ma Xianhong’s trust and obtain Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. After swearing brotherhood with Ma Xianhong and Wang Ye, he gave Ma Xianhong a fabricated cultivation method and warned him of invented tribulations, leaving Ma Xianhong convinced and deeply trusting him.

• Xiao Tian spotted that Ruhua was a puppet, and Ma Xianhong openly offered to teach him Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• Xiao Tian claimed to inherit Great Luo Cave Observation and demonstrated Kamui Intangibility, convincing Ma Xianhong that he could evade attacks through space.
• Xiao Tian, Ma Xianhong, and Wang Ye swore brotherhood, with Ma Xianhong as the eldest, Xiao Tian as the second, and Wang Ye as the third.
• Ma Xianhong gave Xiao Tian the method for Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, which Xiao Tian immediately comprehended.
• Xiao Tian wrote a fabricated Great Luo Cave Observation method for Ma Xianhong and invented a story about wind, fire, and lightning tribulations.
• Xiao Tian tearfully claimed his master had died in a lightning tribulation, and Ma Xianhong comforted him and grew to trust him as a confidant.

Ma Xianhong benefited from practicing Great Luo Cave Observation, while Xiao Tian and the temporary workers discussed the danger surrounding Biyou Village and Chen Duo. Xiao Tian told Ma Xianhong he could help Chen Duo control her Gu poison in a month, and Ma Xianhong agreed to arrange a meeting; they arrived at Chen Duo’s residence as Chen Duo spoke to Chen Junyan.

• Ma Xianhong practiced Great Luo Cave Observation and found that it restored his mental clarity and supported his Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• Xiao Tian and the temporary workers discussed warnings that the company might target Biyou Village, along with the village’s puppets and Ma Xianhong’s artifact-refining abilities.
• Ma Xianhong told Xiao Tian that Chen Duo wanted the freedom to choose and that he intended to protect Chen Duo and the villagers.
• Xiao Tian claimed he could help Chen Duo control his Gu poison through cultivation in one month if Chen Duo cooperated.
• Ma Xianhong agreed to arrange a meeting between Xiao Tian and Chen Duo, and they went to Chen Duo’s residence.

Xiao Tian tried to gain Chen Duo’s trust, then secretly followed Ma Xianhong and watched the Self-Cultivation Furnace transform a villager. When the man became trapped in an Inner Landscape, Ma Xianhong arranged for Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, Zhuge Qing, and Xiao Zhan to help him.

• Ma Xianhong introduced Xiao Tian to Chen Duo, but she distrusted him and left with Chen Junyan.
• Xiao Tian secretly followed Ma Xianhong to his base, where Ma discussed the Self-Cultivation Furnace with Zhuge Qing and offered to introduce Xiao Zhan.
• Guo Liang brought a determined man from his hometown to use the Self-Cultivation Furnace, and Zhuge Qing helped Ma Xianhong operate it.
• The transformed man fell into an Inner Landscape, so Ma Xianhong sent Guo Liang to fetch Zhang Chulan and Xiao Zhan for help.
• Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao returned to their lodgings after finding that Biyou Village’s residents had many puppets and artifacts, and Xiao Tian told them someone would soon arrive with important news.

Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan met with Ma Xianhong, who revealed that his Self-Cultivation Furnace could transform ordinary people into extraordinary ones and described his ambitions for Biyou Village. Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing entered Li Kang’s Inner Landscape to try to bring him back to himself.

• Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan left Feng Baobao behind and met Guo Liang, who escorted them to Ma Xianhong’s secret room.
• Ma Xianhong introduced the Self-Cultivation Furnace and explained that Li Kang had become trapped in his Inner Landscape after a failed transformation.
• Ma Xianhong declared that Biyou Village was a New Jiejiao intended to transform ordinary people and usher in a new era.
• Wang Ye arrived, and Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing agreed to enter Li Kang’s Inner Landscape while Ma Xianhong watched over their bodies.
• The four entered Li Kang’s Inner Landscape and found him absorbed in a fantasy where he was a triumphant video-game player surrounded by admiring women.

Xiao Tian and the others broke Li Kang out of his Inner Landscape by forcing him to confront his past, and Li Kang chose to return to reality with renewed confidence. When they emerged, they discovered that Wang Ye’s body had been taken, and Ma Xianhong claimed a powerful stranger had abducted him.

• Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing fought Li Kang’s goddesses and war gods while Zhang Chulan and Xiao Tian crushed Li Kang in a game.
• After Li Kang declared himself immortal and resisted repeated deaths, Xiao Tian used Tsukuyomi to make him relive his life and arranged for his parents to apologize in the illusion.
• Li Kang emerged from the illusion, thanked Xiao Tian, and chose to return to reality; the others then realized Wang Ye’s body had been moved.
• Wang Ye regained consciousness bound inside a dark vehicle, while Ma Xianhong claimed a powerful stranger had wounded him and taken Wang Ye.
• Xiao Tian suspected Ma Xianhong was lying.

Xiao Tian and his companions pursued the people who had captured Wang Ye, while Wang Ye escaped from Chen Jinkui, who wanted to learn Fenghou Qimen. Xiao Tian arrived and took charge of the situation, but Wang Ye pointed Chen toward him for advice about the technique.

• Xiao Tian, Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Zhuge Qing rushed out of Biyou Village to search for the captured Wang Ye, while Zhang Chulan alerted Xiao Zizai and the other temporary workers.
• Chen Jinkui held Wang Ye captive on a road outside the village and tried to obtain Fenghou Qimen, but Wang Ye broke free and attempted to escape using his Qimen Array.
• Xiao Tian arrived, and Chen Jinkui eagerly greeted him before claiming that the occupants of a damaged van had kidnapped Wang Ye.
• Zhang Chulan photographed the unconscious people in the van and sent the images to Xu Si to investigate.
• Wang Ye told Chen Jinkui to ask Xiao Tian about learning Fenghou Qimen, leaving Xiao Tian annoyed at being drawn into the matter.

Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan returned to Biyou Village after finding the van’s occupants dead, while Xiao Tian considered the hidden forces behind Ma Xianhong and the Self-Cultivation Furnace. Guihua arrived to meet Xiao Tian, and Zhang Chulan confronted Ma Xianhong about whether he had protected Wang Ye.

• Chen Jinkui asked Xiao Tian to teach him Fenghou Qimen, but Xiao Tian warned him that he was unsuited to the technique and frightened him.
• Wang Ye told Xiao Tian that he had heard the van’s driver say their target would be delivered soon, and Xiao Tian suspected Ma Xianhong might be a pawn in a larger scheme.
• Xiao Zizai and the others found the three people in the van dead, and Xiao Tian led the group back to Biyou Village as he noticed Ma Xianhong’s Ruhua puppets watching them.
• Xiao Tian received a message from Zhao Fangrui assigning him Dragon Guard work and saying Guihua would meet him in Biyou Village.
• Guihua arrived at the village entrance, and Xiao Tian welcomed her before she and Ma Xianhong introduced themselves.
• Zhang Chulan asked Ma Xianhong whether he had properly protected Wang Ye after inviting him to Biyou Village.

Ma Xianhong decided to oppose the Company and ordered Xiao Tian and the others to leave Biyou Village. Xiao Tian abducted Chen Duo as the Company prepared to move against the village, leaving the others waiting outside with him.

• Zhang Chulan warned Ma Xianhong that the Self-Cultivation Furnace could destabilize the unusual-person world and human society, and Ma Xianhong left to consider his response.
• Xiao Tian shared a special cola with Chen Duo and Chen Junyan, hoping to awaken Chen Duo’s desire to live and experience more of the world.
• Guihua told Xiao Tian that Director Zhao had ordered the Dragon Guard to investigate Biyou Village and capture Ma Xianhong and its other leaders alive.
• Ma Xianhong chose to oppose the Company and ordered Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and Zhuge Qing to leave; Wang Ye departed, while Xiao Tian said he would stay.
• After Biyou Village went on alert, Ma Xianhong learned Chen Duo was missing, while Xiao Tian appeared outside the village carrying Chen Duo over his shoulder.

Xiao Tian gave Chen Duo a method to control her gu poison, destroyed Biyou Village’s Ruhua puppets, and rejoined Zhang Chulan’s group as Nadutong prepared to attack the village. The chapter ended with a hamster puppet emerging beneath the Self-Cultivation Furnace.

• Xiao Tian transmitted the Woeful Poison Body cultivation method to Chen Duo, who began using it to gather and control his gu poison.
• Xiao Tian intercepted a rocket and dismantled the Ruhua puppets, while Qiu Rang warned Biyou Village to prepare for an imminent crisis.
• Xiao Tian reunited with Zhang Chulan and the others alongside Xiao Wanwan, and helped Wang Ye get released from Nadutong’s blockade.
• Xu Si ordered Zhang Chulan’s group to cooperate with Nadutong and attack Biyou Village, and Xiao Tian told them to fight head-on.
• Xiao Zizai destroyed several Ruhua puppets, and a hamster puppet emerged beneath Ma Xianhong’s Self-Cultivation Furnace.

Xiao Tian destroyed the Self-Cultivation Furnace’s core, revealing that Ma Xianhong’s sister Qu Tong had made it and prompting her to investigate the mysterious intruder. He also negotiated with Zhao Fangrui over Chen Duo and planned to deal with Biyou Village before visiting the Tang Sect.

• Xiao Tian sent his puppet hamster into the Self-Cultivation Furnace, evaded Ma Xianhong’s puppets, and burned away the lump of flesh at its core with the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ma Xianhong discovered the core had been destroyed and suspected that his second brother’s Great Luo Cave Observation might be involved.
• Qu Tong felt the core’s destruction, learned what had happened from Ma Xianhong, and began investigating Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, and the others.
• Xiao Tian returned to Zhang Chulan and teased him by assigning him the task of destroying the Self-Cultivation Furnace, which Xiao Tian had already ruined.
• Xiao Tian called Zhao Fangrui to argue that Chen Duo could be cured and recruited into the Dragon Guard; Zhao Fangrui said the case would need discussion but promised favorable consideration if Xiao Tian proved he could help her.
• Xiao Tian decided to accelerate his progress with the Eight Impure Techniques and Pill Devouring, then visit the Tang Sect after dealing with Biyou Village.

Ma Xianhong’s improving mental state made him question Qu Tong and abandon his plan to defend Biyou Village, while Chen Duo returned with the primordial Gu under control. As the Company’s operation began, Xiao Tian tracked down the fleeing Ma Xianhong, who explained that he no longer wanted to be a pawn.

• Chen Duo returned to Biyou Village with the primordial Gu under control and urged Ma Xianhong to surrender or flee, but he refused to abandon the villagers.
• Ma Xianhong ordered the villagers to prepare for a breakout rather than stay in Biyou Village, and many villagers fled in panic.
• Xiao Tian’s team began its planned assault, while Zhang Chulan destroyed the Self-Cultivation Furnace again and learned from Bi Yuan that Ma Xianhong had escaped.
• Xiao Tian used a hidden locating mark in the cultivation method he had given Ma Xianhong to pursue him in spirit form.
• Xiao Tian confronted Ma Xianhong in the mountains, and Ma Xianhong said the furnace’s destruction had shown him he was only a pawn and that he wanted to leave.