Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian escorted his group to the Poison Emperor’s palace with the unconscious Huandu Luolan slung over his shoulder. After recognizing Xiao Tian as Xiao Zhan’s younger brother, the Poison Emperor welcomed him and heard his warning that trouble was coming.

• The Black Wolf King escorted Xiao Tian and the others to the palace while Xiao Tian carried the unconscious Huandu Luolan.
• Xiong Ba explained that Xiao Tian was their boss’s younger brother, and Xiao Tian rewarded Xiong Ba and Lie Huo with precious bamboo and Divine Brew Moutai.
• Elder Panda accepted precious bamboo, became Xiao Tian’s guardian, and led the group into the palace.
• The Poison Emperor recognized Xiao Tian’s bloodline divine ability and welcomed him despite Huandu Luolan being unconscious.
• Xiao Tian teased the Poison Emperor about sending demons to arrest them, then warned him that trouble was coming and offered to show him something interesting.

Xiao Tian killed the Young Prince of the Southern Kingdom and the Two-Tails Black Fox General with the Heavenly Tribulation Light, exposing the prince’s alliance with the Black Foxes. Exhausted afterward, Xiao Tian received a reward and learned that the prince’s death had earned him the hostility of Du Laozi, while the Poison Emperor and Wangquan Baye pondered his power.

• The Poison Emperor listened as Xiao Tian prepared to reveal the Young Prince of the Southern Kingdom and the Withered Wood Medicine Immortal’s plot against him.
• The Young Prince of the Southern Kingdom entered the palace, and Xiao Tian’s System detected a Black Fox; the prince transformed and revealed that he had cultivated the Heavenly Silkworm Poison-Binding Gu.
• Xiao Tian unleashed the Heavenly Tribulation Light, turning the young prince and the Two-Tails Black Fox General inside him to ash and destroying the palace ceiling.
• Xiao Tian collapsed from exhaustion, and his System awarded him Achievement Points while assigning him 10% hostility from Du Laozi.
• Dongfang Qinlan comforted Xiao Tian, Dongfang Huaizhu questioned why he had killed the prince, and Wangquan Baye wondered why the divine ability had drained Xiao Tian so much.

Xiao Tian revealed that the Southern Kingdom’s young prince had conspired with the Black Fox, then misled Huandu Luolan about Xiao Zhan’s whereabouts. Huandu Luolan left for seclusion at Shaman Emperor Mountain, while Xiao Tian and his companions stayed in the capital; the next morning, Wangquan Baye came to ask about Outside the Circle.

• Xiao Tian gave the Poison Emperor a recording crystal showing that the young prince had plotted against him with the Black Fox, and the Poison Emperor ordered Elder Panda to fetch Du Laozi.
• Huandu Luolan woke furious after being knocked unconscious, but softened when she realized Xiao Tian had done it.
• Xiao Tian told Huandu Luolan that Xiao Zhan was at the Heavenly Dao Palace fighting a civil war, and she worried for his safety.
• Huandu Luolan agreed to focus on cultivation and left for seclusion at Shaman Emperor Mountain.
• The Poison Emperor invited Xiao Tian and his companions to stay, and they lodged at the manor where Xiao Tian had lived as Xiao Zhan five years earlier.
• The next morning, Wangquan Baye arrived to ask Xiao Tian about Outside the Circle, making Xiao Tian uneasy.

Xiao Tian warned Wangquan Baye against rushing Outside the Circle and urged him to strengthen the Mask Group first. Half a month later, the Southern Kingdom faced mounting food costs from Xiao Tian’s party, and Du Laozi reported that cultivation families in the Yiqi Dao League had requested aid.

• Xiao Tian cautioned Wangquan Baye that Outside the Circle was dangerous and told him to recruit more people and raise the Mask Group’s levels before tackling it.
• Xiao Tian hinted at a mysterious beginner-village boss and advised Wangquan Baye to stick with him and ask fewer questions.
• Over half a month, Dongfang Qinlan and Dongfang sisters executed death-row prisoners to cultivate the Demon-Slaying Divine Flame, and one Demon King killed himself after ten days of roasting.
• The Poison Emperor, Huandu Qingtian, learned that Xiao Tian’s party had consumed years of the capital’s grain reserves in half a month, and an elder urged him to send them away.
• Du Laozi told the Poison Emperor that cultivation families led by the Wangquan Aristocratic Family and the Dongfang Spirit Clan had asked the Southern Kingdom for aid.

Xiao Tian left the Southern Kingdom with the Dongfang sisters, Wangquan Baye, and the two Demon Kings after making the Poison Emperor pay for their shopping. After parting ways with Wangquan Baye, Xiao Tian sent a Shadow Clone ahead and disguised himself as the Poison Emperor to return to the Yiqi Dao League.

• Xiao Tian agreed to leave the Southern Kingdom with the Dongfang sisters, then led his companions on a shopping spree charged to the Poison Emperor.
• The Poison Emperor watched them depart and rejected the Yiqi Dao League's proposed alliance between demons and humans.
• Xiao Tian's group met Yiqi Dao League cultivators, who mistook him for the Poison Emperor, but a voice ordered them to let the group pass.
• Wangquan Baye said goodbye to Xiao Tian and the Dongfang sisters, promising to recruit capable friends for the Mask Group.
• Xiao Tian sent a Shadow Clone with the others toward the Divine Fire Family and returned alone, disguised as Huandu Qingtian.

Xiao Tian, disguised as the Poison Emperor, rejected the Yiqi Dao League’s proposed alliance while probing its plans for human-demon coexistence. The Slime Monster King learned of the impostor and mobilized the nine columns, while the talks ended without an agreement or a trial area.

• Yang Yifan offered the Poison Emperor an alliance and promised food aid for the famine-stricken Southern Kingdom.
• Xiao Tian questioned whether the Yiqi Dao League had caused the famine and rejected its proposal to promote human-demon coexistence.
• A demon scout reported the apparent sighting of the Poison Emperor, and the Slime Monster King realized someone was impersonating His Majesty.
• The Slime Monster King chose not to confront Xiao Tian, ordered the intelligence sent to the capital, and mobilized all nine columns.
• Yang Yifan proposed establishing a trial area for humans and demons, but Xiao Tian maintained that the Yiqi Dao League could not persuade him to change his mind.

Xiao Tian rejected Yang Yifan’s proposal, then infiltrated the Yiqi Dao League to learn why it wanted an alliance with the Southern Kingdom. A senior sister revealed that the League planned to “Create the strongest,” leaving Xiao Tian intent on finding Wangquan Baye to learn more.

• Xiao Tian refused Yang Yifan’s proposal for a temporary special residential zone and flew away.
• Xiao Tian used the Invisibility Technique to knock out a cultivator, take his appearance, and infiltrate the Yiqi Dao League.
• Xiao Tian questioned an older cultivator about the proposed alliance but left after discovering the cultivator was an oddball.
• A frosty senior sister wrote “Create the strongest” on Xiao Tian’s palm and ordered him back to the rear.
• Xiao Tian suspected the League was planning to create a powerful weapon and decided to seek out Wangquan Baye.

Xiao Tian escaped the Yiqi Dao League and tracked down Wangquan Baye, who explained why the League was seeking a new guardian weapon. Baye agreed to discuss its Southern Kingdom alliance in exchange for information about the world Outside the Circle.

• Xiao Tian slipped away after Yang Yifan and the others discovered the unconscious Li Han, while the senior sister worried over him.
• Xiao Tian checked his world map, spotted Wangquan Baye near the Peach Garden Li Family, and teleported to him.
• Wangquan Baye revealed that the Yiqi Dao League had tested young talents to find someone who could become its guardian weapon.
• Wangquan Baye asked Xiao Tian to explain how the Poison Emperor would rank Outside the Circle before he discussed the League's alliance with the Southern Kingdom.

Xiao Tian bluffed to Wangquan Baye about the dangers Outside the Circle and the strongest figure Inside the Circle, then learned the Yiqi Dao League’s plan to create the strongest. Meanwhile, Tushan Yaya confronted Tushan Honghong over sending Xiao Tian to Divine Fire Manor as Tushan Rongrong arrived with news.

• Xiao Tian told Wangquan Baye that the Poison Emperor would be vulnerable Outside the Circle and warned him about creatures that could manipulate emotions and thoughts.
• Xiao Tian claimed the biggest boss Inside the Circle lived in a sacred land in the eastern seas, and Wangquan Baye offered details of the Yiqi Dao League’s plan in exchange.
• Wangquan Baye explained that the Yiqi Dao League wanted an Infant Poison Tree fruit from Shaman Emperor Mountain to make a medicinal liquid that would open innate meridians and forge the strongest.
• Wangquan Baye asked Xiao Tian to visit the Peach Garden Li Family so he could bring a friend into the Mask Group, and Xiao Tian agreed to mooch a meal.
• Tushan Yaya accused Tushan Honghong of sending Xiao Tian to Divine Fire Manor to find the reincarnation of someone she had wronged, and the two Demon Emperors prepared to fight.
• Tushan Rongrong appeared and asked Tushan Honghong and Tushan Yaya if they wanted to hear something interesting.

Tushan Yaya and Tushan Honghong fought over Yaya’s feelings for Xiao Tian, while Tushan Rongrong watched. At the Peach Garden Li Family, Xiao Tian met Li Quzhuo, and Wangquan Baye revealed their Mask Group and invited him to join.

• Tushan Honghong warned that the Yiqi Dao League’s planned ultimate weapon could threaten Tushan, but Tushan Yaya demanded that she stop changing the subject.
• Tushan Yaya and Tushan Honghong grappled, with Honghong overpowering her and telling her not to worry about competing for Xiao Tian.
• Tushan Rongrong watched her sisters fight and remarked that love and romance were a headache.
• At the Peach Garden Li Family, Xiao Tian shared a lavish meal with Wangquan Baye when Li Quzhuo arrived on his Wind Fire Wheels.
• Li Quzhuo recognized Xiao Tian and praised his supposed strategy with the dragon eye, while Wangquan Baye introduced the Mask Group and invited him to join.

Xiao Tian recruited Li Quzhuo into the Mask Group, and Li Quzhuo asked to test Xiao Tian’s strength before treating him as Boss. Their duel began at the Li Family’s training grounds, where Xiao Tian’s Wood Release caught Li Quzhuo off guard.

• Xiao Tian and Wangquan Baye introduced Li Quzhuo to the Mask Group, and he joined after they promised outings and roast lamb.
• Li Quzhuo asked to see Xiao Tian’s strength, and Wangquan Baye refereed their duel at the Li Family’s training grounds.
• Li Quzhuo attacked with his Fire-Tipped Spear, and Xiao Tian countered with Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Li Quzhuo manifested Three Heads and Six Arms and used the Universe Ring to shatter Xiao Tian’s fire attack.
• Xiao Tian used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, splitting the ground and binding Li Quzhuo in rapidly growing vines and trees.

Xiao Tian demonstrated his powerful Wood Release spell to the Li brothers, and Li Zizai joined the Mask Group. The group prepared to help Qing Muyuan hunt an evil Demon King so she could reject an arranged marriage.

• Xiao Tian used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to bind Li Quzhuo and seal his magic treasures, then released him after Li Quzhuo admitted defeat.
• Li Zizai arrived at the training ground, and Li Quzhuo introduced him to Xiao Tian and the Mask Group.
• Wangquan Baye invited Li Zizai to join the Mask Group, and Li Zizai accepted while insisting that Baye not go easy on him in sparring.
• The Li brothers mooched more than three hundred cups of cola from Xiao Tian.
• Li Zizai suggested that the group help Qing Muyuan hunt an evil Demon King, the condition for rejecting her arranged marriage to Ji Wuji.

Xiao Tian and Wangquan Baye tried to leave the Li Family estate, but Li Quzhuo and Li Zizai were caught up in trouble with their second uncle, Li Xiu. Xiao Tian used Tsukuyomi to disable Li Xiu and help the group escape for Qing Muyuan’s mission.

• Li Xiu stopped Li Quzhuo from leaving the estate because he had ruined his second aunt’s Heavenly Fragrance Jade Elixir.
• Li Quzhuo exposed that Li Zizai had eaten a Jade Bodhi Fruit and blamed Da Huang, who was killed for it.
• Li Xiu summoned his golden tower and declared himself the Tower-Carrying Heavenly Lord as he prepared to punish both young men.
• Li Quzhuo and Li Zizai grabbed Xiao Tian and urged him to help them escape, with Li Zizai saying he alone knew the meeting place for Qing Muyuan’s mission.
• Xiao Tian revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and cast Tsukuyomi, causing Li Xiu to drop the tower and giving the group a chance to run.

After escaping the Peach Garden Li Family, Xiao Tian and the others traveled to the hidden valley of the Qingmu Family. Xiao Tian examined its spatial concealment restriction, and the group waited for Qing Muyuan to arrive.

• Li Zizai praised Xiao Tian for using a mental spell to get them out of the Peach Garden Li Family.
• Wangquan Baye explained Xiao Tian’s origins, and Li Quzhuo summarized them as a story about the Heavenly Dao Palace and Outside the Circle.
• Xiao Tian rewarded Li Quzhuo with iced cola, prompting Li Zizai to demand a share and Wangquan Baye to feel overlooked.
• At dawn, Xiao Tian’s group reached the concealed valley of the Qingmu Family, and Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils to inspect its spatial restriction.
• Li Zizai suggested they wait rather than risk offending the Qingmu Family, and Xiao Tian spotted a veiled woman arriving on a jade ruyi.

Qing Muyuan met Xiao Tian and the Mask Group while preparing to hunt a Demon King and sought a place to go after breaking off her engagement. After tasting Xiao Tian’s cappuccino, she asked where she could get more, while Li Quzhuo guessed that her interest in the drink might tie her to Xiao Tian.

• Li Quzhuo introduced Xiao Tian as the Mask Group’s boss, and Qing Muyuan asked about joining the group and its rules.
• Qing Muyuan said Ji Wuji was trying to escape the Ji Family to help her hunt the Demon King.
• Xiao Tian welcomed Qing Muyuan into the Mask Group and offered her cappuccino, which she accepted after lifting her veil.
• Qing Muyuan praised the drink’s taste and effects and asked Xiao Tian where she could buy it.
• Li Quzhuo speculated that Qing Muyuan would stay with Xiao Tian to keep drinking his magically enhanced cappuccino.

Qing Muyuan and her companions prepared to hunt an evil Demon King in the Xi Xi Region, though Ji Wuji never joined them. After setting out, they reached the desert, where Xiao Tian used magic to make it rain.

• Qing Muyuan shared information about their target, a fearsome dragonman, and the group suspected it might be a Great Demon King.
• The companions waited for Ji Wuji until two in the afternoon, but he did not arrive.
• Qing Muyuan and the others set off for the Xi Xi Region without Ji Wuji.
• Xiao Tian cast Water Release: Water Shockwave over an uninhabited stretch of desert, leaving Qing Muyuan, Wangquan Baye, and the Li brothers speechless.

Xiao Tian and his companions encountered Fan Yunfei and Xiao Li while searching for the evil dragon-man Demon King. After learning the dragon was at Thunderfire Mountain, they set off with Xiao Li to follow Fan Yunfei and help with their mission.

• Xiao Tian spotted Fan Yunfei and Xiao Li from the Somersault Cloud and identified them as sand foxes from the Xi Xi Region.
• Xiao Tian asked Fan Yunfei for directions to Thunderfire Mountain, showing him the information sheet about the evil dragon-man Demon King.
• Xiao Li recognized the figure on the sheet as the demon who had tricked the princess consort into leaving, and Fan Yunfei hurried toward Thunderfire Mountain.
• Xiao Tian cleared away the sand kicked up by Fan Yunfei and invited Xiao Li onto the Somersault Cloud.
• Xiao Tian and his companions took Xiao Li with them to follow Fan Yunfei and reach Thunderfire Mountain.

Xiao Tian and his companions followed Fan Yunfei to Thunderfire Mountain, where Li Xueyang was being held in a nightmare-filled passage. Fan Yunfei reached her, but she angrily refused to let him save her.

• Xiao Tian and his companions discussed how they would punish the dragonman who had taken Li Xueyang.
• Xiao Tian’s group followed Fan Yunfei for more than half a day until they reached Thunderfire Mountain.
• Li Xueyang endured the nightmares and remembered that an ugly mutt statue given to her at birth had haunted her ever since.
• Fan Yunfei rushed into the passage, but Li Xueyang cut him off and told him to leave rather than save her.

Xiao Tian helped Fan Yunfei and Xiao Li escape with the unconscious Li Xueyang, but Chi Lei blocked their way and fought Li Quzhuo. When Chi Lei declared himself a god, Xiao Tian used his Word Spirit Curse to force him to his knees.

• Xiao Tian immobilized and put Li Xueyang to sleep, and Fan Yunfei caught her as Xiao Li thanked their rescuers.
• Xiao Tian urged Fan Yunfei and Xiao Li to leave, but Chi Lei appeared and barred the group from escaping.
• Li Quzhuo attacked Chi Lei with his Fire-Tipped Spear, which withstood Chi Lei's powerful lava breath.
• Chi Lei proclaimed himself the Fire Dragon God, and Xiao Tian used his Word Spirit Curse to make him drop to his knees.

Xiao Tian and the others beat the immobilized Scarlet Refining Fire Dragon, Chi Lei, while Qing Muyuan wondered how to complete her mission. Wangquan Baye stepped forward with his sword to finish the dragon.

• Xiao Tian kicked Chi Lei in the face, then Li Quzhuo and the others joined in, targeting the dragon’s most vulnerable spots.
• Chi Lei screamed and convulsed as the group beat it, leaving its face covered in overlapping footprints and nearly unrecognizable.
• Xiao Tian stopped the beating after he had finished earning System Points and left Chi Lei for Fan Yunfei to handle.
• Xiao Tian reminded Li Quzhuo and his brother to stop, while Qing Muyuan asked what she should do about her mission.
• Wangquan Baye walked toward Chi Lei with his sword and offered to complete the mission.