Chapter Summaries

Lord Ji tried to escape Black Wind Mountain with King Samo Guyi, but Xiao Tian and his companions struck them with a fused technique. Lord Ji was badly wounded and realized the attack might be comparable to a Demon Emperor’s power.

• Lord Ji fled with King Samo Guyi after Xiao Tian warned him to leave Black Wind Mountain.
• Xiao Tian, Qing Muyuan, and Dongfang Qinlan combined their powers into a single attack and sent it after the fleeing pair.
• Lord Ji transformed into a three-legged golden bird and charged into the attack with his Divine Light of Nine Suns.
• The fused technique tore through Lord Ji’s divine light and wounded him, while Demon-Slaying Divine Flame spread through his body.
• Guyi swooped down to rescue Lord Ji, but an enormous ray of sword light slashed toward them.

Xiao Tian and the Yiqi Dao League captured Lord Ji after their combination technique disrupted the Three-Legged Golden Rooster’s Demonic Power. Lord Ji was imprisoned in Black Wind Mountain’s mine, where its capture plunged the demons into despair, though Xiao Tian promised to release them after a month of work.

• King Samo escaped after Lord Ji urged him to flee and warn Northern Mountain.
• Xiao Tian and the others surrounded the wounded Three-Legged Golden Rooster and explained how their combination technique had disrupted its Demonic Power.
• Li Quzhuo bound Lord Ji with the Immortal-Binding Rope while the Divine Lord of Three Senses sealed its Demonic Power.
• Deng Qiyue dragged Lord Ji into the golden essence stone mine, where Great King Black Wind recognized it and spread news of its capture.
• Black Wind Mountain’s demons despaired, and some tried to kill themselves, but Xiao Tian’s Shadow Clones stopped them and Xiao Tian promised to release them after one month of work.

Xiao Tian learned that Great King Black Wind was secretly gathering golden essence marrow to break the seal on his demonic power and lead the miners out of Black Wind Mountain. After the Ghost-Faced Pig Demon betrayed Black Wind’s plan, Xiao Tian decided to release Black Wind and warn him about the traitor.

• Xiao Tian announced that the demon miners would be released after serving a month, giving some of them hope.
• Great King Black Wind gathered the Demon Kings and asked them to secretly give him golden essence stone and marrow so he could break the seal on his demonic power.
• Xiao Tian and the Mask Group discussed Black Wind’s plan and the possibility of facing the Northern Mountain Demon Emperor, Shi Kuan.
• After three days, Black Wind’s group had stockpiled ten clumps of golden essence marrow, and Black Wind claimed one more batch would give him a ninety percent chance of breaking the seal.
• The Ghost-Faced Pig Demon informed Xiao Tian about Black Wind’s plan, and Xiao Tian decided to let Black Wind go and tell him about the betrayal.

Xiao Tian turned Great King Black Wind’s escape into a way to control the demons mining at Black Wind Mountain. He offered them freedom for reporting rule-breakers, and the White Rhinoceros Demon King urged them to cooperate.

• Great King Black Wind killed the Ghost-Faced Pig Demon for informing on the demons, then left the mine with the other Demon Kings after Xiao Tian let them go.
• After the Demon Kings escaped Black Wind Mountain, Xiao Tian showed the miners memories of their departure, but many demons accused him of showing fake images.
• Xiao Tian offered to release any demon who reported a teammate and used the Ghost-Faced Pig Demon’s corpse to demonstrate how Great King Black Wind had killed him.
• Xiao Tian told the demons they could follow his rules and leave the mine or wait until the humans departed in about a month.
• The White Rhinoceros Demon King encouraged the miners to cooperate, and Xiao Tian put him in charge of Area B with 25 days left until his release.

The Scarlet Bird tried to earn a better position by reporting other demons, but Dongfang Qinlan demanded more names before it could be promoted. After Xiao Tian learned it had once served as Lord Ji's mount, he gave it a new job delivering meals and kitchen ingredients.

• The Scarlet Bird hoped to escape the mine after seeing Lord Ji captured by humans it believed were as powerful as the Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Tian asked Dongfang Qinlan what to do with the Scarlet Bird, and she first suggested making it an area supervisor.
• Dongfang Qinlan withdrew the offer and told the Scarlet Bird to report twenty more demons, or five Demon Kings.
• Xiao Tian mentioned that the Scarlet Bird had been Lord Ji's mount, prompting it to confess that other demons had bullied it over the connection.
• Xiao Tian assigned the Scarlet Bird to deliver Lord Ji's meals and transport ingredients for the kitchen, and it gratefully accepted.

After the capture of Lord Ji, King Samo of the Far North urged Northern Mountain’s demon factions to find the Demon Emperor, while Xiao Tian’s group learned that Northern Mountain was mobilizing around Black Wind Mountain. The chapter ended with the group considering whether to flee before the surrounding scouts closed in.

• Scarlet Bird brought Lord Ji another miserable meal, and Lord Ji vowed to punish the former mount for betraying him.
• King Samo told Kang Jinlong and Jiao Mujiao that the Yiqi Dao League had captured Lord Ji and asked them to locate the Northern Mountain Demon Emperor.
• Kang Jinlong called on the Seventy-Two Caves, Thirty-Six Mountains, and demon kingdoms to contact the Demon Emperor.
• Northern Mountain’s factions rallied, sent out spies, and surrounded Black Wind Mountain with scouts.
• Xiao Tian’s group captured a spy serving Kang Jinlong and discussed whether they should escape.

Xiao Tian planned to use Lord Ji as leverage to secure freedom of movement in Northern Mountain while Shi Kuan remained missing. After the Mask Group announced its terms, Northern Mountain’s Great Demon Kings gathered and received intelligence from the returning Great King Black Wind.

• Yang Yitan said Northern Mountain’s forces were searching for Shi Kuan, and Xiao Tian planned to propose a PK match in exchange for the Mask Group’s freedom to operate.
• Dongfang Qinlan hit Li Quzhuo for calling Xiao Tian reckless, then bristled when he said she was defending her man.
• Over the next two days, Xiao Tian’s group caught Northern Mountain spies and learned that Shi Kuan had reportedly been sighted in the Xi Xi Region.
• Xiao Tian announced that the Mask Group would release Lord Ji if Northern Mountain allowed them to operate freely and signed a mutual nonaggression pact.
• Kang Jinlong told Northern Mountain’s assembled Great Demon Kings that Great King Black Wind had escaped Black Wind Mountain and could provide useful intelligence.

Great King Black Wind told Kang Jinlong and the other Great Demon Kings about his escape from Black Wind Mountain, exaggerating it into a tale of clever planning. Believing the Yiqi Dao League was overconfident, the Demon Kings prepared a counterattack as the real Yiqi Dao League forces arrived at Northern Mountain's border.

• Kang Jinlong and the other Great Demon Kings pressed Great King Black Wind to explain how he escaped and asked about the Yiqi Dao League's plans.
• Great King Black Wind claimed the Yiqi Dao League sought the golden essence stone mine and might leave Northern Mountain after mining it.
• Great King Black Wind embellished his escape into a brilliant scheme, and the Demon Kings praised him and mourned Lord Ji's imprisonment.
• Kang Jinlong and the other Great Demon Kings planned a counterattack based on the belief that Xiao Tian and his group were conceited.
• The real Yiqi Dao League forces arrived at the border between Northern Mountain and the Yiqi Dao League on a mission.

Lord Ji broke free of his bindings under the influence of Dark Golden Dawn, which created a second personality and raised him to Demon Emperor level. Xiao Tian recognized the threat and prepared his allies to fight while warning them about its mind influence and dangerous liquid.

• Xiao Tian ordered his group to kill the attackers from the Seventy-Two Caves and Thirty-Six Mountains rather than capture them.
• Dark Golden Dawn took control of Lord Ji through a second personality, and Lord Ji’s Divine Light of Nine Suns destroyed the Immortal-Binding Ropes.
• Xiao Tian and his allies arrived as Lord Ji transformed, and Xiao Tian’s cola glass melted against the Divine Light of Nine Suns.
• Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils to identify Dark Golden Dawn’s influence and saw that Lord Ji had become a Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Tian told Wangquan Baye, Yang Yitan, and Dongfang Huaizhu to prepare to attack, warned everyone about the mind influence and yellowish-white liquid, and began identifying attack points.

Xiao Tian used Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame to break Lord Ji’s Divine Light of Nine Suns and drive Dark Golden Dawn’s power from his body. Dark Golden Dawn escaped despite the group’s attacks, but Ji Wuji and the others sealed off its position.

• Dark Golden Dawn took control of Lord Ji and attacked Xiao Tian and his companions with Divine Light of Nine Suns and its golden liquid.
• Xiao Tian summoned Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, countered Lord Ji’s attack, and pierced the Three-Legged Golden Rooster with a flame spear, forcing Dark Golden Dawn out.
• Wangquan Baye, Dongfang Huaizhu, and Yang Yitan struck Dark Golden Dawn’s exposed power and severely wounded it.
• Dark Golden Dawn cut off part of itself to escape, but Xiao Tian used Kamui to trap and tear at it.
• Dongfang Qinlan, Ji Wuji, Li Zizai, Qing Muyuan, and the others attacked and sealed off Dark Golden Dawn’s position.

Xiao Tian and the interception squad defeated Dark Golden Dawn after it possessed Deng Qiyue, and Xiao Tian healed the injured man. The squad learned that creatures from Outside the Circle could influence minds, and Xiao Tian offered to make Calming Pills to protect them.

• Ji Wuji, Li Zizai, Dongfang Qinlan, and Deng Qiyue attacked Dark Golden Dawn, but it seeped into Deng Qiyue’s stone body.
• Xiao Tian punched Deng Qiyue to knock Dark Golden Dawn free, then used Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu to kill it.
• Xiao Tian received achievement points for eliminating Dark Golden Dawn and earning Light Golden Morning Dawn’s goodwill.
• Xiao Tian healed Deng Qiyue, who joked that the punch had left him unable to enjoy food and drink for a while.
• Xiao Tian told Wangquan Baye and the others that the creature was from Outside the Circle and offered to make Calming Pills to stabilize their minds.

Xiao Tian gave Qing Muyuan and the others Calming Pills and explained how they worked. He then claimed the Heavenly Dao Palace had a breathing method that could transform the body and potentially let people live for thousands of years, leaving Wangquan Baye and the others eager to learn more.

• Qing Muyuan examined the colorful Calming Pill, while Dongfang Qinlan doubted it was medicinal because she could smell no pill fragrance.
• Xiao Tian explained that the pill’s effects lasted about a week and advised them to take it if their minds felt unusual near creatures from Outside the Circle.
• Li Quzhuo asked whether Xiao Tian could refine lifespan-extending pills, and Xiao Tian said he could make pills that added several years if he could find enough ingredients.
• Xiao Tian asked whether they wanted to live for ten thousand years, then claimed the Heavenly Dao Palace had stood Outside the Circle for countless tens of thousands of years.
• Xiao Tian described the Palace’s ancestral breathing method as a way to transform the body, and Wangquan Baye and the others listened in astonishment.

Xiao Tian taught Wangquan Baye, the Dongfang sisters, and the others a basic breathing technique, then learned that his own mysterious breathing pattern was the Above the Heavens Breathing Technique. The technique left him ravenously hungry, and Xuezang warned that their food was running out.

• Li Quzhuo asked Xiao Tian for a longevity-granting breathing technique, and Xiao Tian agreed to teach everyone a basic one while warning them against practicing techniques their bodies could not handle.
• Xiao Tian taught Wangquan Baye, the Dongfang sisters, and the others to maintain the breathing pattern until it became subconscious.
• After teaching Dongfang Qinlan, Xiao Tian said he would research pills to make demon meat safe to eat, and Li Quzhuo enthusiastically supported him.
• The system awarded Xiao Tian 20 Achievement Points for creating a breathing technique for humanity and revealed that his method was the Above the Heavens Breathing Technique: Basic Chapter.
• Xiao Tian became so hungry that he gulped down Martial Soul drinks, while Xuezang reported that the group was running out of food.

Xiao Tian ended the group’s food shortage by revitalizing barren land and arranging for livestock, but Ji Wuji reported that Northern Mountain demons had mistaken them for members of the Yiqi Dao League and started a border war. Xiao Tian left a force to guard Black Wind Mountain and set out with the others to investigate and help their families if needed.

• Xiao Tian used Wood Release, Earth Release, and Water Release to transform barren land into fertile farmland, inspiring Xuezang to follow him.
• The group harvested vegetables and grain, then discussed securing safe meat and developing Purification Pills.
• Wangquan Baye, Yang Yitan, and Dongfang Huaizhu defeated the Demon King at Wolf Fang Stronghold and brought back livestock and poultry.
• Ji Wuji returned and warned Xiao Tian that Northern Mountain demons had gone to war with the Yiqi Dao League after mistaking the group for its members.
• Xiao Tian left guards at the mine and Black Wind Mountain, then led the others out under cover of night to investigate the conflict.

The Yiqi Dao League and Northern Mountain's Demon Kings clashed after the League's delegation was intercepted, with both sides still suffering no deaths. As Kang Jinlong and Tian Tui Star escalated the battle, Butler Fei led the League's response, while he worried that the younger generation might also be in Northern Mountain.

• The Yiqi Dao League leaders discussed their standoff with Northern Mountain, and Butler Fei suggested the Demon Kings wanted to capture them alive.
• Kang Jinlong accused the League of invading Northern Mountain's heartland, then attacked the head of the Black Sword Zhang Family with his dragon spear.
• The Zhang Family head met Kang Jinlong's charge with a sword strike, and their clash blasted the surrounding ground.
• Butler Fei wondered whether the young master and Xiao Tian had come to Northern Mountain while traveling with other family juniors.
• Tian Tui Star used the Azure Sea Blue Jade Staff's Presence, stripped technique, weakening the League cultivators' presence and frightening them.
• Butler Fei rushed to the front and ordered the League cultivators to retreat as others called for the Star Lord to be protected.

Butler Fei fought Tian Tui Star and wounded Heavenly Kui Xing, while Xiao Tian’s arrival interrupted the battle and drew the attention of both sides. Xiao Tian fixated on Kang Jinlong’s dragon bloodline, leaving the leaders unsure whether they could continue fighting.

• Butler Fei cut through the Demon Kings guarding Tian Tui Star, then struggled against her Magic Power Blockade and Magic Treasure Imprisonment.
• Heavenly Kui Xing charged Butler Fei with Exploding Death Star, but Butler Fei severed one of his arms and drove him back before pursuing Tian Tui Star.
• Xiao Tian arrived on a pale golden cloud and called out to the humans and demons, prompting Great King Black Wind to recognize the group that had seized Black Wind Mountain.
• Kang Jinlong confronted Xiao Tian, who remarked on his dragon bloodline and lack of demon form, making Kang Jinlong suspect that Xiao Tian wanted to eat him.
• Butler Fei spotted Xiao Tian and two other figures atop the cloud, while the leaders of both sides struggled to resume their battle.

Tian Tui Star cast a blood-talisman spell aimed at Xiao Tian and his companions, intending to seal their magical power and put them to sleep. Xiao Tian destroyed the talismans with Shadow Clones and Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, leaving Tian Tui Star shaken by his resistance.

• Tian Tui Star analyzed the Yiqi Dao League's strength and decided to attack while Xiao Tian and his companions were nearby.
• Tian Tui Star used Demon Star Liberation and began forming a dangerous spell from her blood and demonic power.
• Butler Fei and the Yiqi Dao League leaders tried to stop Tian Tui Star, while Xiao Tian realized her spell was aimed at his group.
• Tian Tui Star summoned the Tian Tui Star True Spirit Blood Talisman to seal Xiao Tian's magical power and put him to sleep.
• Xiao Tian sent Shadow Clones into the talismans and ignited them with Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, causing explosions that knocked out weaker fighters.
• Tian Tui Star was horrified that Xiao Tian had withstood her spell.

Xiao Tian survived Tian Tui Star's soul-targeting secret technique by sacrificing his Shadow Clones, forcing her to retreat from the battlefield. He then challenged the Yiqi Dao League and Northern Mountain to attack him together, drawing threats from Northern Mountain's demons.

• Kang Jinlong and Tian Tui Star were shocked when Xiao Tian's Shadow Clones endured and broke her secret technique.
• Xiao Tian warned Tian Tui Star about Butler Fei as he approached, and she flew away to recover.
• Butler Fei abandoned the pursuit and returned to the battlefield, suspecting Tian Tui Star had meant to attack someone other than Xiao Tian of the Heavenly Dao Palace.
• Xiao Tian introduced himself as Dugu Wudi, leader of the Mask Group, and dared both sides to attack him together.
• Kang Jinlong and Jiao Mujiao threatened Xiao Tian, while the Dongfang Sisters and Wangquan Baye reacted to his provocation.

Xiao Tian challenged the Northern Mountain demons and Yiqi Dao League to send six fighters against him, then used a mountain transformation to defeat the Xiao Family head in one blow. His strength stunned both sides, while Wangquan Baye said he had found a path to follow and would first conquer everything inside the Circle.

• Xiao Tian denied that the Mask Group belonged to the Yiqi Dao League and challenged six experts to injure him within a hundred moves, promising to release the Three-Legged Golden Rooster and apologize to Northern Mountain's demons if they succeeded.
• The Xiao Family head flew up to fight Xiao Tian after Xiao Tian taunted him.
• Xiao Tian used the Ruyi Divine Ability and Seventy-Two Transformations to become a small mountain and crush the Xiao Family head into the ground.
• Kang Jinlong, King Samo, Dongfang Qinlan, and the others reacted with shock to Xiao Tian's power.
• Wangquan Baye said he had found his path after learning Xiao Tian's breathing method and planned to conquer everything inside the Circle before pursuing the Outside the Circle.

Xiao Tian drove the Yiqi Dao League out of Northern Mountain and challenged the demons holding Lord Ji to an eating contest. He left the Mask Group’s fate and claim to Black Wind Mountain dependent on the contest, while promising to release Lord Ji either way.

• Xiao Tian crushed the Head of the Xiao Family, and Butler Fei persuaded the Yiqi Dao League to withdraw from Northern Mountain.
• Kang Jinlong demanded that the Mask Group hand over Lord Ji, but Xiao Tian mocked the demons’ strength and provoked them.
• Xiao Tian called Dongfang Qinlan the group’s mascot, and she angrily denied it.
• Xiao Tian proposed an eating contest with Kang Jinlong, wagering the land around Black Wind Mountain and livestock, while promising to release Lord Ji regardless of the outcome.