Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian brought Yan Lingji to fight Bai Yifei, the Marquis of Blood, and retrieve the World Fragment. Yan Lingji defeated Bai Yifei but stopped short of killing him when Xiao Tian called her back.

• Zi Nu visited Xiao Tian, who revealed Yan Lingji and brought her to the outskirts where Bai Yifei was fighting the Deva Path Body.
• Xiao Tian hurled Yan Lingji toward Bai Yifei and withdrew the Deva Path Body, leaving her to face the Marquis of Blood.
• Yan Lingji fought Bai Yifei with Red Lotus Karmic Fire, melting his ice dragons and countering his twin swords.
• Yan Lingji used the Fire Charm Technique to make Bai Yifei remove his scented pouch, but he broke free before she could take it.
• Yan Lingji unleashed her full power and badly wounded Bai Yifei, then stopped attacking when Xiao Tian told her not to kill him.

Xiao Tian defeated and healed Bai Yifei, then sent him to search for more World Fragments in exchange for a regenerative ability. In Xinzheng, Xiao Tian forced Han Fei to shed a tear, completing half the progress on another World Fragment.

• Yan Lingji defeated Bai Yifei and kicked him at Xiao Tian’s request, allowing Xiao Tian to obtain a World Fragment.
• Xiao Tian healed Bai Yifei, spared him, and told him to find more fragments and meet him near Old Ji’s Bun Shop.
• At the Purple Orchid Pavilion, Zi Nu discussed Han Fei and the deaths of five presiding officials with Xiao Tian before leaving.
• Xiao Tian found an achievement quest to make Han Fei cry, then gave Bai Yuechu two World Fragments and sent him out to have fun.
• Xiao Tian confronted Han Fei, immobilized Reverse Scale, and pressured Han Fei until he shed a tear, raising World Fragment progress to 50%.

Xiao Tian invented a tale about a Heaven-Mending Lineage to persuade Wei Zhuang, Zi Nu, and Han Fei to help him find jade fragments. He warned Han Fei that Nightfall might target him and learned that Bai Yuechu had angered Princess Hong Lian, leaving him to seek Han Fei’s help.

• Xiao Tian showed Wei Zhuang, Zi Nu, and Han Fei a nine-colored jade fragment, and Wei Zhuang could not damage it with the Shark Tooth Sword.
• Xiao Tian claimed the fragments belonged to a Heaven-Mending Lineage and could grant immortality or other powers, then asked the others to help him collect them.
• Wei Zhuang agreed to search for fragments if Xiao Tian sparred with him, while Zi Nu and Han Fei also offered to help.
• Xiao Tian warned Han Fei that Nightfall might move against him and asked Wei Zhuang to protect him while he investigated the Ghost Soldier Military Pay Case.
• Wei Zhuang secretly helped Han Fei return home safely after ghost soldiers appeared in the streets, and Xiao Tian learned Bai Yuechu had angered Princess Hong Lian over a shop purchase.

Han Fei learned that two outsiders in Xinzheng had attracted Hong Lian’s suspicion, while Ji Wuye recruited Bai Yifei and Jade Tiger to search for a World Fragment by claiming it held a secret of immortality. Xiao Tian answered a summons outside the city, defeated Wushuang Gui, and discovered a World Fragment hidden in his plaque.

• Hong Lian told Han Fei that a vendor had sold a strange item to two outsiders instead of her, and Han Fei promised to investigate.
• Ji Wuye showed Bai Yifei and Jade Tiger a World Fragment and bluffed that it was tied to immortality, prompting them to help search for it.
• Xiao Tian left Zi Nu and Yan Lingji after receiving a summons from the Animal Path, while Yan Lingji recorded his behavior in her notebook.
• Xiao Tian appeared outside Xinzheng City and joined the Deva Path Body in confronting Wushuang Gui, a subordinate of Tian Ze.
• Xiao Tian subdued Wushuang Gui, destroyed his waist plaque, and revealed a nine-colored World Fragment inside.

Xiao Tian learned of a Poison Scorpion Sect outpost from Wushuang Gui and sent two of his Six Paths Bodies to scout it while he returned to Xinzheng. Meanwhile, Han Fei’s men arrested Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu, and Princess Hong Lian headed to the prison after hearing about it.

• Xiao Tian forced Wushuang Gui to cooperate and learned that a Poison Scorpion Sect outpost lay eighty li away.
• Xiao Tian sent the Deva Path Body and Animal Path to scout the outpost while he returned to the Purple Orchid Pavilion.
• Wushuang Gui read Xiao Tian’s incomplete Kong Arhat Breathing Technique and resolved to find him for its complete version.
• Xiao Tian evaded Yan Lingji and vanished after the Animal Path summoned him.
• Han Fei’s guards arrested Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu and brought them to the constabulary.
• Princess Hong Lian heard that Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu were in jail and left the palace.

Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu entered the royal palace with Princess Hong Lian, while Xiao Tian intimidated the Poison Scorpion Sect into revealing that a Seven Absolutes Hall spy had taken the nine-colored, glazed World Fragment. Xiao Tian then infiltrated the palace with Yan Lingji, where he found Bai Yuechu arguing with Hong Lian about her failed sorcery lessons.

• Bai Yuechu controlled a prison guard with the Fox Thought Technique, and he and Tushan Susu followed Hong Lian into the royal palace after she asked him to teach her sorcery.
• Xiao Tian threatened the Poison Scorpion Sect and learned from a scar-faced elder that he had stolen the World Fragment for the Seven Absolutes Hall.
• The Poison Scorpion Sect members turned on the scar-faced elder, while Xiao Tian left them to fight and returned to the Purple Orchid Pavilion.
• Zi Nu told Xiao Tian that Hong Lian had brought his companions to the palace, so Xiao Tian and Yan Lingji slipped inside.
• Hong Lian accused Bai Yuechu of deliberately teaching her badly, and Bai Yuechu admitted that he had never intended to teach her.

Xiao Tian infiltrated the Han palace while searching for a World Fragment and disguised himself to enter Lady Mingzhu’s residence. After she exposed him, Lady Mingzhu released concealed poison into the room, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Bai Yuechu escaped with Tushan Susu after provoking Hong Lian, who ordered palace guards to hunt them down.
• Xiao Tian and Yan Lingji entered the palace, where Xiao Tian saw Han Fei leave with Ji Wuye and Chancellor Zhang Kaidi after resolving the military payroll case.
• Xiao Tian followed the World Fragment’s glow to Lady Mingzhu’s residence, immobilized two maids, and disguised himself and a clone as them.
• Lady Mingzhu changed into the new dress, recognized that Xiao Tian and his clone were impostors, and demanded to know who they were.
• Xiao Tian revealed a demonic appearance and threatened Lady Mingzhu, who secretly pierced a packet of poisonous powder and released it into the room.

Xiao Tian confronted Lady Mingzhu in her room and overcame her Invisible Puppet Gu Worms by removing the hairpins that controlled them. After Yan Lingji secretly took an item from a treasure chest, Xiao Tian threatened to ruin Lady Mingzhu’s standing and urged her to follow her instincts if she wanted to survive.

• Xiao Tian used his abilities to destroy the Invisible Puppet Gu Worms approaching him while Lady Mingzhu waited for them to take effect.
• Lady Mingzhu lured Xiao Tian close and stabbed him, but her sword failed to pierce his body.
• Xiao Tian pulled the special hairpins from Lady Mingzhu’s hair, causing the Gu Worms to swarm over her.
• Xiao Tian used a hairpin to drive the Gu Worms away from Lady Mingzhu and killed some of them with a gust of wind.
• Xiao Tian revealed that Yan Lingji had taken an item from Lady Mingzhu’s treasure chest and threatened to destroy her position in the palace.
• Xiao Tian warned Lady Mingzhu that Nightfall would discard her if she lost the king’s favor, then vanished in a burst of black flame.

Xiao Tian recovered the missing jade shard, but his plan to drive Lady Mingzhu from the palace failed after Han Fei’s troubles with Bai Yuechu delayed the King of Han. Lady Mingzhu then offered to help Xiao Tian find the shards in exchange for immortality, leaving him to assess her resolve.

• Lady Mingzhu realized the Masked Man had taken the item she had acquired, while Xiao Tian rescued Bai Yuechu and Tushan Susu from the palace and arranged for Princess Hong Lian to meet them the next day.
• Wei Zhuang learned that the Poison Scorpion Sect had stolen the nine-colored glazed jade shard and that Tian Ze had appeared in Xinzheng, then later brought the recovered World Fragment to Xiao Tian after wiping out the sect.
• Zi Nu told Xiao Tian that the King of Han planned to make Lady Mingzhu his queen, and Xiao Tian discovered his scheme to make the king attack her had failed.
• Xiao Tian returned invisibly to Lady Mingzhu’s quarters and learned that the king had stayed away to soothe Princess Hong Lian.
• Lady Mingzhu told Xiao Tian that Ji Wuye had promised her immortality through a legend about teleportation, and she vowed to succeed in obtaining the power of immortality.

Xiao Tian warned Lady Mingzhu to stay away from his allies and pledged her to serve him, then helped Han Fei and Hong Lian reconcile while giving Hong Lian a protective treasure. Later, he confronted Ji Wuye in secret, and Ji Wuye killed two women to hide Xiao Tian’s presence before a black hole began swallowing their bodies.

• Xiao Tian threatened Lady Mingzhu after she revealed that Han Fei was seeking the jade fragment, and she pledged to obey him alone.
• Han Fei invited Hong Lian to Purple Orchid Pavilion, where Xiao Tian and the others helped her and Bai Yuechu reach a preliminary reconciliation.
• Xiao Tian gave Hong Lian a Crescent Moon Treasure Necklace that could protect her and transfer her through space, and warned Han Fei that Ji Wuye might target him.
• Xiao Tian suspected Lady Mingzhu might be plotting against the king of Han and decided to investigate her appointment as queen.
• Xiao Tian secretly entered Ji Wuye’s residence and confronted him while he entertained two women.
• Ji Wuye killed the two women to conceal Xiao Tian’s visit, but a black hole began swallowing their bodies.

Xiao Tian warned Ji Wuye to keep searching for the Nine-Colored Glazed Jade Fragments, then returned to the Purple Orchid Pavilion and helped Han Fei’s group discuss the danger posed by Nightfall and the state’s political instability. He stopped a Nightfall assassin from killing Hong Yu, prompting Wei Zhuang to recognize the attack as a warning to Han Fei.

• Xiao Tian confronted Ji Wuye over his failure to find information about the jade fragments, and Ji Wuye considered expanding the search beyond the state and approaching the power behind Han Fei.
• Xiao Tian joined Han Fei, Wei Zhuang, Zi Nu, and Yan Lingji at the Purple Orchid Pavilion, where he described Ji Wuye’s dominance and warned that the Han State could change hands.
• Wei Zhuang said a group seeking to restore its state had entered Xinzheng, and Xiao Tian joked that they might target his wealth.
• Xiao Tian rushed from the meeting and subdued a masked assassin who had tried to kill Hong Yu, preventing her death and raising World Fragment progress to 50%.
• Wei Zhuang identified the attack as a warning from Nightfall, while Han Fei wondered how to handle the assassin without provoking an untimely confrontation.

Xiao Tian learned that Chancellor Lü possessed a World Fragment after questioning Li Si, while Han State faced a crisis over the assassination of Qin’s envoy. Han Fei brought the news to Purple Orchid Pavilion, where Xiao Tian’s attempt to keep out of the trouble ended when Zi Nu made him a shareholder.

• Han Fei struggled to interrogate Vulture, while Ji Wuye learned that the failed mission had revealed a powerful expert at Purple Cloud Pavilion.
• Princess Hong Lian ventured into the palace ruins, encountered Wei Zhuang, and was caught when she stumbled into him.
• Xiao Tian’s Animal Path Body brought Li Si to him, and Li Si identified Chancellor Lü as the owner of a World Fragment he had seen in Qin State.
• The King of Han ordered Han Fei, Ji Wuye, Zhang Kaidi, and Han Yu to investigate the assassination of Qin’s envoy within three days as Qin’s army assembled at the border.
• Han Fei warned Xiao Tian about the crisis, but Zi Nu made him a shareholder of Purple Orchid Pavilion, tying him to the trouble.

Xiao Tian helped Han Fei uncover the truth behind Left Sima Liu Yi’s murder by revealing that Nongyu was Li Kai and Lady Hu’s daughter. Meanwhile, Tian Ze learned that Xiao Tian sought Nine-Colored Glazed Jade Fragments and planned to use the captured Han crown prince to collect a debt.

• Xiao Tian urged Han Fei to question Lady Hu after Li Kai refused to explain Vulture’s motive for killing Liu Yi.
• Xiao Tian recognized that Nongyu was Li Kai and Lady Hu’s daughter from her Huo Yu Agate and Li Kai’s reaction to her.
• Li Kai revealed that Liu Yi had ordered the Three Wolf Bandits to raid Duke Huo Yu’s estate and that Vulture had been one of them.
• Han Fei connected Liu Yi’s murder to Vulture’s revenge and search for the missing Huo Yu Agate treasure.
• The King of a Hundred Poisons told Tian Ze that Xiao Tian wanted Nine-Colored Glazed Jade Fragments, and the Corpse-Controlling Demon explained that they could repair Xiao Tian’s world.
• Tian Ze set aside plans involving Xiao Tian and prepared to make the captured Han crown prince pay for his past actions.

Xiao Tian infiltrated the palace after Baiyue remnants captured the crown prince, then visited Lady Mingzhu to ask about curing Tian Ze’s Gu poison. Lady Mingzhu poured out her feelings while clinging to Xiao Tian, and the King of Han arrived as they sat together.

• Zhang Liang told Han Fei that Baiyue remnants had captured the crown prince and poisoned his residence, prompting Han Fei to go to the palace.
• The King of Han berated Ji Wuye over the capture, then ordered Ji Wuye, Han Fei, and the fourth prince to work together to rescue the crown prince.
• Xiao Tian overheard the court meeting and went to Lady Mingzhu’s quarters, where Bai Yifei had warned her that the Han State belonged to Nightfall.
• After Bai Yifei left, Xiao Tian revealed himself to Lady Mingzhu and asked how to cure Tian Ze’s Gu poison and find the antidote.
• Lady Mingzhu asked Xiao Tian to spend time with her, nestled in his arms, and poured out her feelings before Sister Hua announced the King of Han’s arrival.

Xiao Tian impersonated the King of Han after putting the real king to sleep and swallowing him into a space distortion, then joined Han Fei’s effort to rescue the crown prince from the Baiyue remnants. The chapter ended as Han Fei, Xiao Tian, and Wei Zhuang arrived to begin probing the captors, with Nightfall represented by Mo Ya and Han Qiancheng.

• Xiao Tian transformed into the King of Han, put the real king to sleep, and swallowed him out of sight, then told Lady Mingzhu to keep his identity secret.
• Xiao Tian’s impersonation raised World Fragment progress to 50%, and he left Lady Mingzhu to handle anyone seeking the King of Han.
• Back at the Purple Orchid Pavilion, Xiao Tian deflected Yan Lingji’s questions before Han Fei and Zhang Liang arrived to ask Wei Zhuang for help rescuing the crown prince.
• Han Fei explained that the Baiyue remnants demanded a fortune and an end to the suppression of their people, and Xiao Tian agreed to help investigate.
• Xiao Tian and Wei Zhuang accepted a contest to see who would finish the rescue operation first.
• At the afternoon meeting, Xiao Tian noticed that Ji Wuye had sent Mo Ya and troops, while Han Qiancheng was also present and Ji Wuye himself was absent.

Han Fei’s allies attacked the crown prince’s residence to rescue the captured crown prince, while Xiao Tian confronted the King of a Hundred Poisons inside the poison formation. The chapter ended with Mo Ya trapped in the activated formation and Xiao Tian secretly marking him with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Han Qiancheng joined Han Fei’s group, and Wei Zhuang and Xiao Tian set out to breach the east and south gates.
• Wei Zhuang fought Wushuang Gui, pierced his defenses by repeatedly striking the same spot, and entered the residence.
• Xiao Tian used a burst of golden light to slip past the Corpse-Controlling Demon at the south gate and entered the hall through the poison formation unharmed.
• Xiao Tian demanded that the King of a Hundred Poisons bring Tian Ze to him, then turned invisible as Wei Zhuang and Mo Ya arrived.
• Wei Zhuang retreated and shut the hall doors just as the King of a Hundred Poisons activated the formation, trapping Mo Ya inside.
• Xiao Tian secretly kicked Mo Ya and placed a Flying Thunder God Technique Mark on him.

Xiao Tian rescued the crown prince after overpowering Tian Ze and rejecting his offer to cooperate. He left Tian Ze waiting by a river outside Xinzheng City and returned the crown prince to Han Fei and the others.

• Xiao Tian cleared Mo Ya’s mind, then took Wei Zhuang to Tian Ze’s underground chamber.
• Tian Ze attacked Xiao Tian with his black snakes, but Xiao Tian’s barrier repelled them and the Corpse-Controlling Demon’s curse backfired.
• Xiao Tian told Tian Ze to defeat Bai Yifei before he would consider cooperating, then took the unconscious crown prince and left.
• Tian Ze agreed to wait by the river thirty li outside Xinzheng City, while Xiao Tian dismissed Han Qiancheng’s attempt to inspect the crown prince.
• Xiao Tian and Wei Zhuang returned the crown prince to Han Fei and the others, and Han Qiancheng begrudged the credit they received.

Xiao Tian impersonated the King of Han to reward himself with command of the palace guards, then used his disguise to meet Hu Meiren and grant her request. The next morning, Lady Mingzhu confronted him and offered a bottle that could suppress Tian Ze’s gu.

• Disguised as the King of Han, Xiao Tian reprimanded Ji Wuye, rewarded Xiao Tian and Wei Zhuang, and appointed Xiao Tian commander of the palace guards.
• Xiao Tian dismissed his Shadow Clone and returned to his own appearance in the King of Han’s quarters, then transformed back when Hu Meiren arrived.
• Hu Meiren asked permission to bring her elder sister into the palace and find her a minor post, and Xiao Tian agreed.
• Hu Meiren cooked for Xiao Tian, and he let her spend the night with him before sending her back the next morning.
• Lady Mingzhu confronted Xiao Tian about Hu Meiren and gave him a bottle that could suppress Tian Ze’s gu.

Xiao Tian maintained his disguise as the King of Han while taking the post of palace guard commander and meeting Wei Zhuang in the ruined rear palace. When a Qin envoy arrived and the court summoned the king, Xiao Tian transformed into the King of Han to attend.

• Xiao Tian warned Lady Mingzhu that she had played her part, then left her to handle anyone who came looking for the king.
• Bai Yifei told Lady Mingzhu that the king had rewarded a mysterious expert connected to the ninth prince and asked her to sound him out.
• Xiao Tian met Wei Zhuang in the ruins of the Zheng State's rear palace and claimed he had become commander of the palace guards to check the Tide Banshee's influence.
• Xiao Tian let slip that he had secretly sat on the throne, but denied being the King of Han when Wei Zhuang questioned him.
• Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei discussed Xiao Tian's visit to the Purple Orchid Pavilion and whether Lady Mingzhu needed a warning.
• When the Qin envoy arrived and the court summoned the king, Xiao Tian appeared before Lady Mingzhu and used the Ruyi Divine Ability: Seventy-Two Transformations to take the King's form.

Xiao Tian, impersonating the King of Han, handled Li Si’s demand for justice over the murdered Qin envoy and accepted a Go challenge tied to the Han State’s territory. The chapter ended as Han Fei studied Li Si’s Broken Dragon Formation, which he needed to solve before Qin’s cavalry could advance.

• Xiao Tian summoned Li Si and claimed Han Fei had found the murderer of Qin’s previous envoy.
• Han Fei presented Vulture, and Xiao Tian used Genjutsu to make him attack Li Si before Bai Yifei froze him.
• Xiao Tian ordered Bai Yifei to release Vulture, who confessed to killing the envoy and said he wanted Qin and Han to fight.
• Li Si demanded compensation for the envoy’s death and proposed that the Han State cede as much territory as Qin’s cavalry could reach in fifteen days.
• Xiao Tian accepted Li Si’s challenge to solve an unfinished Go game, and Han Fei identified it as the difficult Broken Dragon Formation.