Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian arranged for Yang Yan and Shi Jie to leave the Yang Family to avoid bringing trouble to it, then helped them set out to search for their son, Mu Mie. He returned to his companions after saying goodbye to Old Master Yang and Yang Yitan, where Tushan Yaya teased him about the women around Captain.

• Xiao Tian agreed with Old Master Yang to take Yang Yan and Shi Jie away until the Demon League and Yiqi Dao League could unite and the danger to the Yang Family had passed.
• While waiting for Yang Yan and Shi Jie, Xiao Tian discussed human-demon relations with Yang Yitan and encouraged him to pursue his Dao.
• Yang Yan and Shi Jie thanked Xiao Tian and asked him to help them find their son, Mu Mie, but Xiao Tian admitted he had no clues about where he was.
• Xiao Tian told Yang Yan and Shi Jie to wait until Shi Jie finished advancing, then escorted them out of the city and into a forest.
• Xiao Tian and his party said goodbye to Old Master Yang and Yang Yitan, and Tushan Yaya teased Xiao Tian about Captain being carried by a beautiful subordinate.

Xiao Tian and his companions returned to Tushan after visiting the Wangquan Family, then changed course toward the Yue Ti Clan after spotting smoke in the distance. They found demons demanding that a Demon King return the Insect Clan’s land.

• Old Master Yang left the Yang Family to discuss Xiao Tian’s plan with old acquaintances, while Xiao Tian took Wangquan Zui back to the Wangquan Family and shared a meal there.
• Dongfang Huaizhu returned to her manor, leaving Dongfang Qinlan with Xiao Tian and asking him to look after her sister.
• Tushan Yaya eagerly discussed joining forces against the Poison Emperor to establish the Demon League, and Captain revived a second shipgirl named Juno.
• Xiao Tian and his companions headed toward the Southern Kingdom, diverted toward the Yue Ti Clan after seeing black smoke, and found a group of demons demanding the return of the Insect Clan’s land.

Xiao Tian and his companions arrived at the Yue Ti Clan’s mountain, where the Insect Clan pleaded for relief from a strange effect caused by the Yue Ti Clan’s scented soap. After examining the soap, Xiao Tian detected a dark power and asked to meet its craftsperson.

• Dongfang Qinlan surveyed the Insect Clan demons as their sound-insect leader detected the visitors.
• Xiao Tian called out and hurt the sound-insect demon’s ears, then emerged with Tushan Yaya and the others.
• A Zhu and Yue Tixia recognized Xiao Tian, and Yue Tixia explained that he and his companions had come to help.
• The Insect Clan demons pleaded for the Yue Ti Clan to stop using scented soap, and their leader explained that its fragrances caused confusion and sex reversal among the forest Insect Clan.
• Xiao Tian examined the soap with his Tensei Jōgan, learned from Golden-Eyed Golden Morning Dawn that it contained the power of darkness, and asked to meet the craftsperson.

Xiao Tian investigated Yue Tichun’s apparent suicide and learned that a dangerous power had driven him to it. He found Dark Golden Dawn’s new host among the Yue Ti clansmen and helped destroy the spreading black liquid, though the elderly host transformed into a young man.

• Xiao Tian examined Yue Tichun’s body and concluded that the craftsman had killed himself, despite Patriarch Yue Tixia’s disbelief.
• Xiao Tian used a Soul-Beckoning Pill, and Yue Tichun’s remnant soul said that an evil power had guided him toward destruction.
• Xiao Tian asked Patriarch Yue Tixia to gather the Yue Ti clansmen and searched them with his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils.
• Xiao Tian identified an elderly clansman as Dark Golden Dawn’s new host, and the man collapsed as black liquid emerged from him.
• Xiao Tian attacked the black liquid with Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame while Tushan Yaya froze it with Ice Seal, destroying the power.
• The elderly man stood up again as his hair turned black and his aged face became young and rosy.

Yue Tihan regained his youth after the Dark Golden Dawn’s power transformed him into a being like Golden Morning Dawn, and he claimed he could grant others the same wish. He broke free from the Yue Ti Clan’s attacks, leaving A Zhu to strike at him.

• Xiao Tian and the others realized Yue Tihan had transformed after Xiao Tian destroyed the power restricting him, while his desire to regain youth fueled the change.
• Yue Tihan celebrated his rejuvenation and sensed that Yue Tixia’s mother wished to become young again.
• Xiao Tian explained that Yue Tihan had accidentally become like a creature from Outside the Circle through the combined power of Yaya and himself.
• Yue Tixia’s mother sent thorny vines to bind Yue Tihan, but they could not pierce him and he broke free from her spell.
• A Zhu hurled a caption board at Yue Tihan and followed with a powerful hoof strike.

Xiao Tian defeated Yue Tihan and forced the Yue Ti Clan to destroy its existing soap stock. As Yue Tixia escorted Xiao Tian away, she asked about the human named Weisheng whom he had predicted she would meet.

• A Zhu attacked Yue Tihan with eighteen strikes, but Yue Tihan survived because people still desired to regain their youth.
• Xiao Tian struck Yue Tihan with Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, defeated him, and gained ten Achievement Points.
• Xiao Tian warned the Yue Ti Clan about its soap, and Yue Tixia's mother and A Zhu compelled the clan to destroy its existing stock.
• Several days later, the forest Insect Clan stopped suffering confusion over the sexes after the Yue Ti Clan released new soap.
• Yue Tixia asked Xiao Tian about his prediction that she would meet Weisheng, and he told her to reveal her clan's secret about rootless water if she wanted to be with him.

Xiao Tian visited Hu Weisheng in this timeline, then traveled with Tushan Yaya and the others to the Southern Kingdom to meet the Poison Emperor. The chapter ended with Huandu Qingtian welcoming Xiao Tian and recognizing the formidable people accompanying him.

• Xiao Tian met a wealthy, handsome Hu Weisheng, who was practicing swordsmanship and eager to leave for a candy sale.
• Xiao Tian left Yue Tixia ten money-making schemes and departed with Tushan Yaya and the others for the Southern Kingdom.
• Xiao Xuan entered through the Heavenly Gate and found an interesting power source, while a hidden Little Golden Man observed him.
• Xiao Tian immobilized the Poison Emperor Palace guards and barged into the palace to see Huandu Qingtian.
• Huandu Qingtian recognized Xiao Tian and regarded Tushan Yaya and Kaguya with solemnity.

Xiao Tian persuaded the Poison Emperor to support a Demon League and a peace treaty between humans and demons, then claimed that forces from Outside the Circle threatened their world. The Poison Emperor believed Xiao Tian’s forged letter and was left gravely concerned about the danger.

• Xiao Tian delayed negotiations by sharing a long meal with Dongfang Qinlan, Tushan Yaya, and the Poison Emperor, Huandu Qingtian.
• Xiao Tian presented a plan for a Demon League to sign a nonaggression treaty with the Yiqi Dao League under the Aolai Kingdom’s supervision.
• Xiao Tian warned Huandu Qingtian that humans and demons would need to unite if forces from Outside the Circle invaded.
• Xiao Tian used a Shadow Clone to arrange a forged letter, then claimed the Heavenly Dao Palace had been attacked and sealed its small world.
• Huandu Qingtian examined the letter, believed its warning, and grew gravely concerned while Tushan Yaya kept quiet at Xiao Tian’s reminder.

Xiao Tian secured Huandu Qingtian’s and Northern Mountain’s support for establishing the Demon League by warning them about threats from Outside the Circle. After Lord Ji rallied Northern Mountain’s caves and mountains, Xiao Tian learned that major troublemakers still opposed Shi Kuan’s authority.

• Huandu Qingtian examined the Heavenly Dao Palace’s seal, then agreed to establish the Demon League and attend its ceremony after Xiao Tian reassured him about Outside the Circle.
• Xiao Tian recalled that Shi Kuan had authorized him to contact Northern Mountain’s Seventy-Two Caves and Thirty-Six Mountains.
• At World-Creation Mountain, Xiao Tian found only Xuezang managing the territory while the Mask Group trained in seclusion.
• Xiao Tian showed Lord Ji Shi Kuan’s token and used the threat from Outside the Circle to win his support for the Demon League.
• Lord Ji secured agreement from the Seventy-Two Caves and Thirty-Six Mountains, but Xiao Tian learned that powerful troublemakers in Northern Mountain did not answer to Shi Kuan.

Xiao Tian and Lord Ji traveled to the Fire River to bring Huo Yun Evil Demon into line, since his forces threatened safe trade and travel in Northern Mountain. Xiao Tian split the river with his golden staff, waking Huo Yun Evil Demon, who emerged to confront him.

• Lord Ji explained that Huo Yun Evil Demon controlled many strongholds and caves across Northern Mountain and hated humans.
• Xiao Tian identified the Fire River’s unusual union of fire and water and learned that Huo Yun Evil Demon’s mother had been a Fire Charm Demon.
• Xiao Tian used the Adamantine Staff to split the Fire River and suppress its flames, opening a path across the riverbed.
• Huo Yun Evil Demon woke from his doze and charged out of his cave to confront whoever had disturbed him.
• Xiao Tian saw Huo Yun Evil Demon and remarked that he had not inherited his Fire Charm Demon mother’s appearance.

Lord Ji confronted Huo Yun Evil Demon over his brutal treatment of humans and the coming Demon League, while Xiao Tian sought an answer from him. Xiao Tian’s Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame overwhelmed Huo Yun Evil Demon’s Sea Heart Flame, and the chapter ended with Huo Yun Evil Demon attempting to self-destruct.

• Lord Ji explained that Northern Mountain planned to form the Demon League with Tushan, the Southern Kingdom, and the Xi Xi Region, and said Huo Yun Evil Demon’s forces had to be dealt with for their brutality toward humans.
• Huo Yun Evil Demon rejected peaceful relations with the Yiqi Dao League and attacked Xiao Tian with his Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Tian summoned the Heavenly Dao Emperor Flame, forcing the Sea Heart Flame to flee into Huo Yun Evil Demon’s body and tremble before it.
• Lord Ji warned Xiao Tian that Huo Yun Evil Demon was about to self-destruct after forcibly severing the flame.
• Huo Yun Evil Demon resorted to self-destruction after believing the Sea Heart Flame had abandoned him.

Xiao Tian used the Void Immortal Tears to stop the Huo Yun Evil Demon’s self-destruction and won his allegiance by restoring his connection to the Sea Heart Flame. After the Huo Yun Evil Demon summoned his nine divisions, Xiao Tian gave him a list of medicinal herbs to find.

• Xiao Tian activated the Void Immortal Tears, locking down the surrounding space and preventing Tushan Yaya from reaching him.
• Xiao Tian struck the Huo Yun Evil Demon out of the locked space and caught him as he flew through the Fire River.
• The Huo Yun Evil Demon realized Xiao Tian’s Emperor Flame had incorporated the Sea Heart Flame, and he yielded to Xiao Tian.
• The Huo Yun Evil Demon fired a spark arrow to summon his nine divisions and pledged his affairs to Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian handed the Huo Yun Evil Demon a sheaf of papers listing medicinal herbs while Tushan Yaya and Dongfang Qinlan bickered.

Xiao Tian promised to refine pills to correct Huo Yun Evil Demon's physical defects, then helped him rally the nine demon strongholds behind the Demon League. The alliance gained support from most of the demons, but many rejected cooperation with humans, and Xiao Tian left after giving Huo Yun Evil Demon his contact information.

• Xiao Tian explained that pills made from the listed herbs could fix Huo Yun Evil Demon's defects, and Huo Yun Evil Demon knelt in gratitude before agreeing to protect travelers and trade caravans.
• Tushan Yaya teased Dongfang Qinlan about beauty and breast-enhancement pills while holding her down, and Xiao Tian joked with them until Yaya told him to get lost.
• The chiefs and troops of the nine demon strongholds arrived after seeing Huo Yun Evil Demon's signal flare, and Huo Yun Evil Demon explained the Demon League's plans.
• Huo Yun Evil Demon rejected the demons' protests against cooperation with humans, warning that outside forces could threaten them all.
• A demon refused to coexist with humans and left, while only sixty percent of the demons chose to stay; Xiao Tian gave Huo Yun Evil Demon his contact information and departed.

Xiao Tian and his companions traveled from Northern Mountain to the Xi Xi Region to meet Sand Fox Emperor Fan Yunfei. After Dongfang Qinlan scattered the guards who confronted them, Fan Yunfei arrived and began to ask Xiao Tian for help.

• Xiao Tian, Lord Ji, and Tushan Yaya spent two days suppressing or killing Northern Mountain’s rebellious old monsters, and Xiao Tian gained System Points.
• Xiao Tian left Northern Mountain for the Xi Xi Region, where powerful demon bandits made cooperation with the joint plan difficult.
• Xiao Tian and his companions arrived at the Sand Fox Kingdom, and the guards surrounded them after he called for Fan Yunfei.
• Dongfang Qinlan attacked the retreating guards with her Fire Release: Butt Blossom Technique, sending them tumbling.
• Fan Yunfei arrived with Empress Li Xueyang and began asking Xiao Tian for help, but Li Xueyang interrupted him to ask what he needed.

Xiao Tian learned that the Dark Queen had gathered Demon Kings in a hidden Underground City and led his companions there to investigate. The group entered the city unseen, approaching its guarded entrance.

• Xiao Tian told Fan Yunfei and Li Xueyang about the Demon League plan, and they agreed to help gather influential Demon Kings.
• Fan Yunfei and Li Xueyang returned with three Demon Kings and reported that many leaders had gone as guests to an Underground City ruled by the Dark Queen.
• Xiao Tian used the Tensei Jōgan to locate the Underground City beneath a barren stretch of land in the far west of the Xi Xi Region.
• Xiao Tian led Fan Yunfei, Li Xueyang, Tushan Yaya, and Dongfang Qinlan through the sand and down to the ancient Underground City.
• Xiao Tian made the group invisible and led them toward the guarded entrance without the sand lizard demons noticing them.

Xiao Tian and his companions reached the dungeon’s third underground floor and confronted the Dark Queen, whom the Snake-Haired Fire Princess revealed was actually the male Dark King. Xiao Tian restrained him and forced him to confirm the truth.

• Xiao Tian led his companions through the foggy upper floors and reached the more orderly third underground floor.
• Kaguya spread Dark Star Power through the ground, causing the ancient sandstone castle to disappear and exposing everyone inside.
• The Dark King confronted Xiao Tian, but Tushan Yaya froze him before he could attack.
• Xiao Tian teased Tushan Yaya about the Dark King’s appearance, and the Snake-Haired Fire Princess revealed that the Dark Queen was male.
• Xiao Tian broke through Tushan Yaya’s ice, restrained the Dark King with the Adamantine Hoop Ring, and made him confess.

Xiao Tian and his allies exposed the Dark King, who summoned the Fire Charm King in desperation. The newly awakened Yan Lingji killed the Dark King, and Xiao Tian recognized her Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

• The Dark King struggled against the Adamantine Hoop Ring while Xiao Tian made the Demon Kings look at his true identity.
• The Demon Kings recoiled after discovering the Dark King was a man, while the Night Wolf King declared his love for him and another Demon King thanked Fan Yunfei.
• The Dark King summoned the Fire Charm King, and Yan Lingji emerged from the magma beneath the castle.
• Li Xueyang explained that the Fire Charm Demons had been declared extinct, while Xiao Tian's system scan identified Yan Lingji as a woman from another world who had become a Demon Spirit.
• Yan Lingji rebuked the Dark King and killed him with a flame that Xiao Tian recognized as Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

Tushan Yaya challenged Yan Lingji in the Underground City, and the two began a fierce one-on-one battle. Yan Lingji dodged Yaya’s ice attacks before Yaya unleashed a torrent of deadly water blades, leaving Yan Lingji to face the attack with fiery wings.

• Yan Lingji warned Xiao Tian and the others to leave the Underground City or die, while Tushan Yaya stepped forward to challenge her.
• Tushan Yaya launched Ice Extreme: Slaughter of All Things, forcing the other Demon Kings to flee as Fan Yunfei pulled Li Xueyang away.
• Yan Lingji awakened her Red Lotus Karmic Fire and used fluid movements to dodge and counter Tushan Yaya’s ice attacks.
• Tushan Yaya used Secret Technique: Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death against Yan Lingji.
• Yan Lingji remained calm and manifested fiery wings behind her.

Tushan Yaya and Yan Lingji fought, with Yan Lingji seemingly gaining the advantage before Tushan Yaya revealed her Absolute Zero Domain. Yan Lingji escaped the ice and fled while injured, leaving Tushan Yaya to recover with Xiao Tian’s help.

• Yan Lingji used Hong Lian Instant Strike and Red Lotus Karmic Fire to attack Tushan Yaya, who blocked the flames with an ice shield.
• Yan Lingji cast the Fire Charm Technique, confusing Tushan Yaya, then pierced her with the Fire-Patterned Red Lotus Sword.
• Tushan Yaya revealed she had prepared a counterattack and froze the surrounding area with Absolute Zero Domain, trapping Yan Lingji.
• Tushan Yaya flew to Xiao Tian and asked him to purge the fire, but he pointed out that Yan Lingji had broken free and escaped.
• Yan Lingji vowed to return after recovering and fled when Xiao Tian called after her.

Xiao Tian treated Tushan Yaya’s injuries and reassured her that the Fire Charm King, Yan Lingji, would need months to recover. Back with the others, he continued teasing Yaya while Dongfang Qinlan tried to keep him from winning her over.

• Xiao Tian helped Tushan Yaya absorb the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and heal her wound inside the Kamui Dimension.
• Xiao Tian warned Tushan Yaya not to risk her life in future fights, then called her his ideal daughter-in-law and was hit with Ice Seal.
• Tushan Yaya and Dongfang Qinlan bickered after they returned, while Xiao Tian enjoyed his drinks and their argument.
• Li Xueyang asked whether releasing Yan Lingji would cause trouble, and Xiao Tian said her injuries would keep her recovering for at least half a year.
• Dongfang Qinlan called Xiao Tian a scumbag and tried to turn Tushan Yaya against him to protect her Cola and Sprite.