Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian told Xu San and Xu Si about Liu Yanyan and the walking corpses, then helped the company consider using Zhang Chulan as bait to investigate Quanxing’s interest in his grandfather’s remains. Later, Xiao Tian took Zhang Chulan to a spa to cheer him up, but Feng Baobao’s messages soon upset him again.

• Xiao Tian rejected Xu San’s attempt to pressure him and recounted his encounters with Liu Yanyan and her zombies.
• Xu San identified Liu Yanyan as a corpse-driving successor seeking to join Quanxing, while Xu Si took Xiao Tian out around the city.
• Xiao Tian and Xu Si discussed Zhang Chulan’s grandfather, Zhang Xilin, and agreed that Zhang Chulan could serve as bait for Quanxing.
• Zhang Baobao joined Zhang Chulan’s class, and Feng Baobao’s daily lessons drove Zhang Chulan to vent his frustrations in mobile games.
• Xiao Tian took Zhang Chulan to the Azure Dragon Spa, but Feng Baobao’s messages interrupted his massage and left him angry again.

Xiao Tian and the Nadutong Company watched Zhang Chulan, but Xia He captured him and took him to a warehouse with Lü Liang. Zhang Chulan broke free and attacked Lü Liang, while Xia He escaped with him as Feng Baobao moved to stop her.

• Xiao Tian used his mutant Byakugan to see Xia He subdue Zhang Chulan at the club, and Xu San ordered the operation to begin.
• Liu Yanyan led walking corpses into the warehouse, forcing Xia He and Lü Liang to respond as Nadutong Company closed in.
• When Lü Liang approached him, Zhang Chulan woke and struck him with Yang Five Thunders, then fought Xia He.
• Lü Liang escaped in a van while Nadutong Company ability users pursued him.
• Xia He carried the disoriented Zhang Chulan out of the warehouse and confronted Xu San and Feng Baobao, who demanded that she put him down.
• Feng Baobao charged at Xia He with a cleaver.

After the Quanxing operation, Xiao Tian warned Xu San that Zhang Chulan was more perceptive than he seemed and urged Feng Baobao to treat him differently. Xiao Tian then learned that Nadutong Company had declared him the illegitimate grandson of KKC Bank’s founding chairman and wanted to give him a position, leaving him wondering whether joining Quanxing might be better.

• Xia He fled after seeing Xiao Tian, and Feng Baobao woke Zhang Chulan by striking his face with a cleaver.
• Xu San told Liu Yanyan that Lü Liang had escaped, and Xiao Tian warned her that Quanxing was unlikely to target her for his sake.
• Xiao Tian told Xu San that Zhang Chulan had known about his situation since their first meeting and warned him to change Feng Baobao’s attitude toward Zhang Chulan.
• Feng Baobao taught Zhang Chulan a cultivation method she called the Old Farmer’s Skill, which he said made his Qi circulate easily.
• Xu San and Xu Si showed Xiao Tian DNA results and documents naming him the grandson of KKC Bank’s founding chairman, then said the company wanted to arrange a position for him.

Xiao Tian learned that Elder Xiao and Director Xiao claimed him as family, then accepted the Xiao Clan’s Coiling Dragon Seal, which recognized him as its master. After celebrating with Xu Si and Xu San, he heard that Zhang Chulan had run away.

• Xiao Tian called the Old Celestial Master and then hung up on Director Xiao’s secretary, refusing to accept his newly discovered family.
• Xu Si told Xiao Tian that he had been appointed resident expert and deputy head of the North China region, and three days later Xiao Tian met Elder Xiao.
• Elder Xiao presented Xiao Tian with the Coiling Dragon Seal, which automatically refined itself and recognized Xiao Tian as a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian explained the seal’s ability to preserve a dying person’s life, then used it to smash Xu Si and Xu San while earning Achievement Points.
• Xu San and Xu Si held a family celebration for Xiao Tian, but Baobao reported that Zhang Chulan had run away.

Xiao Tian and Feng Baobao went to the World Society to retrieve Zhang Chulan, while Feng Shayan asked him whether he would marry her. After Zhang Chulan rejected the match and tried to leave, Feng Shayan stopped him.

• Xiao Tian and Feng Baobao disguised themselves in fashionable outfits and went to the World Society, where the receptionist said visitors were being turned away.
• Feng Shayan had a masseuse treat Zhang Chulan before asking whether he would agree to marry her.
• Zhang Chulan teased Feng Shayan about being forced to marry him, then dismissed himself as a loser and rejected the match.
• Feng Shayan learned that intruders had forced their way upstairs and injured World Society guards.
• Zhang Chulan headed to leave, and Feng Shayan shouted for him to stop.

Xiao Tian, disguised as a woman, fought his way through the World Society building and defeated Jia Zhengyu with the Adamantine Staff. Feng Baobao went on to find Zhang Chulan while Xiao Tian confronted Feng Zhenghao, who refused to let the Company reach his guest.

• Feng Baobao defeated three World Society officers as Xiao Tian warned Feng Xingtong and the security guards about their injuries.
• Jia Zhengyu attacked Feng Baobao, but Xiao Tian intervened and withstood his Rushing Stream Palm.
• Xiao Tian used the Adamantine Staff to destroy Jia Zhengyu’s Dragon-Pecking Awls and kicked him into a wall, completing a hidden achievement.
• Xiao Tian told Feng Baobao to find Zhang Chulan and faced Feng Zhenghao.
• Feng Zhenghao said he would not let the Company pass if Zhang Chulan did not want to see them.

Xiao Tian used the Adamantine Staff to help Feng Baobao get past Feng Zhenghao, then tried to bargain for part of Spirit Binding and General Dispatch. Feng Zhenghao agreed to provide a portion in exchange for a condition, which he had yet to reveal.

• Feng Zhenghao summoned spirits with Spirit Binding and General Dispatch to block Feng Baobao and Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian struck Feng Zhenghao with his Heaven-Equaling Divine Ability, disrupting his spirit and letting Feng Baobao slip past.
• Feng Zhenghao noticed Xiao Tian's Adamantine Staff and grew greedy for the magical treasure.
• Xiao Tian offered the treasure in exchange for part of Spirit Binding and General Dispatch, while Feng Zhenghao warned that cultivating it could cause Qi deviation.
• Xiao Tian glanced at Feng Xingtong, prompting Feng Zhenghao to agree to share a portion of the technique in exchange for one condition.

Xiao Tian agreed to protect Feng Zhenghao’s children in exchange for World Group dividends and received an upgraded version of Spirit Binding and General Dispatch. Meanwhile, Zhang Chulan won his wager with Feng Shayan and left with Feng Baobao, then learned Xiao Tian was facing Feng Zhenghao.

• Xiao Tian agreed to save Feng Xingtong or Feng Shayan if either faced danger near him, in exchange for a one-percent stake in the World Group and this year’s dividends.
• Feng Zhenghao gave Xiao Tian a fragment of Spirit Binding and General Dispatch, and Xiao Tian borrowed 299 Achievement Points to complete and upgrade the technique.
• Zhang Chulan countered Feng Shayan’s Spatial Transfer Fist and won their wager, but Feng Baobao took a blow meant for him and Zhang Chulan sent Feng Shayan into a wall with Yang Five Thunders.
• Zhang Chulan left with Feng Baobao, who revealed that Xiao Tian was confronting Feng Zhenghao, and Zhang Chulan smiled at the news.

Zhang Chulan left the World Society with Xiao Tian, Feng Baobao, Xu San, and Xu Si after Feng Zhenghao tested him and then let him go. Outside, Jia Zhengyu attacked Zhang Chulan, but Feng Baobao took the hit, triggering Zhang Chulan's fury.

• Feng Zhenghao confronted Zhang Chulan as he tried to leave the World Society, then relented after briefly pressuring him with Spirit Binding and General Dispatch.
• Xu Si and Xu San arrived after guards reported that Nadutong had forced its way in, and they led Xiao Tian, Feng Baobao, and Zhang Chulan away.
• Jia Zhengyu watched Xiao Tian pass and remembered that Xiao Tian had destroyed his eight Dragon-Pecking Awls.
• Jia Zhengyu threw another Dragon-Pecking Awl at Zhang Chulan, but Feng Baobao pulled him aside and was pierced instead.
• Zhang Chulan erupted with Yang Five Thunders and vowed to kill Jia Zhengyu.

After Xiao Tian rescued Feng Baobao and exposed Jia Zhengyu's attack, Feng Zhenghao punished Jia and apologized to Xu Si. Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan reconciled over dinner, then learned Xiao Tian had received a huge dividend from the World Society.

• Xiao Tian stopped Zhang Chulan from attacking Jia Zhengyu and revealed that he had destroyed the Dragon-Pecking Awl.
• Feng Zhenghao arrived, learned Jia Zhengyu had attacked Feng Baobao, and knocked him unconscious with Spirit Binding and General Dispatch.
• At Nadutong Company, Feng Baobao recovered quickly, and Xiao Tian scolded Xu Si before treating the group to dinner.
• At the restaurant, Zhang Chulan teased Xiao Tian in his women's clothes and asked whether they could keep playing mobile games together.
• The next morning, Xiao Tian received a transfer of about twenty million and announced he would treat Zhang Chulan to an extravagant outing, leaving Zhang Chulan stunned.

After discovering Xiao Tian’s wealth, Zhang Chulan persuaded him to sponsor his living expenses and went with him for a late-night wellness treatment. Xiao Tian then brought Zhang Chulan to meet Zhang Lingyu, who attacked him without explanation and revealed a far stronger Golden Light Curse.

• Zhang Chulan begged Xiao Tian for money, then asked him to cover his food and drink while he studied.
• Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan visited the Supreme SPA Wellness Club, where they received treatments from otherhumans.
• Xiao Tian received a message from Zhang Lingyu asking him to bring Zhang Chulan to meet her, and warned Zhang Chulan he might get beaten up.
• Xiao Tian led Zhang Chulan to a forest outside the city, where Zhang Lingyu ambushed him and demanded to see what he could do.
• Zhang Lingyu used a glasslike Golden Light Curse to attack Zhang Chulan and blasted him away.

Zhang Lingyu fought Zhang Chulan and invited him to the Luotian Grand Jiao, where he would compete to become the Celestial Master's successor. After Lü Liang showed Zhang Chulan memories extracted from his grandfather’s remains, Xiao Tian followed Zhang Chulan to meet with Feng Baobao and the Xu family.

• Zhang Lingyu defeated Zhang Chulan with Yin Five Thunders, then invited him to the Luotian Grand Jiao and revealed that winning could make him the Celestial Master's successor.
• Zhang Chulan agreed to attend after Zhang Lingyu said the event could reveal secrets about his grandfather's death.
• Xiao Tian pulled Zhang Lingyu and Zhang Chulan into an overnight barbecue, after which Zhang Lingyu returned to Mount Longhu and Zhang Chulan wandered alone.
• Zhang Chulan confronted Lü Liang in an alley, released him, and received memories extracted from the soul fragments on his grandfather's remains.
• Xiao Tian followed Zhang Chulan to a hospital, where Feng Baobao offered iced cola to the bedridden Old Xu and Xu San and Xu Si tried to stop her.

Xiao Tian’s fortified cola restored Elder Xu’s vitality, and Elder Xu revealed that Feng Baobao had killed Zhang Chulan’s grandfather. Zhang Chulan heard the story behind the killing and was advised to seek more information at the Luotian Grand Jiao.

• Feng Baobao gave Elder Xu iced cola fortified by Xiao Tian, and it restored his health and vigor.
• Xiao Tian told Xu Si that the cola contained powdered Vermilion Fruit and promised to bring him more, though its effects would diminish after the first cup.
• Zhang Chulan entered and asked Feng Baobao whether she had killed his grandfather.
• Elder Xu admitted that A-Wu, Feng Baobao, had killed Zhang Xilin, then recounted their shared past and the reasons behind the killing.
• Xiao Tian told Zhang Chulan that his grandfather had been gravely ill and advised him to attend the Luotian Grand Jiao to learn more about the Jiashen Rebellion.

Xiao Tian and Xu Si devised a disguised massage-parlor ambush to push Zhang Chulan into a real fight and test his training. Zhang Chulan broke Xiao Tian’s restraints with a surge of Yang Five Thunders, revealing that he had become far stronger.

• Zhang Chulan promised to help Feng Baobao recover her memories, while Xiao Tian warned that the upcoming Luotian Grand Jiao would bring uncertainty to Zhang Chulan’s bid to become the Celestial Master’s successor.
• Xiao Tian trained Zhang Chulan for half a month by having Feng Baobao beat him while he carried heavy weights, then arranged a massage-parlor ambush with Xu Si and the others.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself as a bone-setting specialist, dislocated Zhang Chulan’s limbs, and used silver needles to block his Qi before claiming that Quanxing wanted the secrets in his head.
• Zhang Chulan blasted the needles away and unleashed his Yang Five Thunders, demolishing the bed and engulfing Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian recognized that Zhang Chulan’s rage had made him six times stronger than he had been against Zhang Lingyu.

Xiao Tian tested Zhang Chulan’s combat resolve and warned him about the challenges awaiting him at the Luotian Grand Jiao. The revelation that Lu Jin would offer the Heavenly Talisman drew powerful young practitioners to the tournament and left Zhang Chulan facing intense training and new danger.

• Xiao Tian ambushed Zhang Chulan, knocked him unconscious, and criticized him for hesitating once he recognized his opponent.
• Xiao Tian warned Zhang Chulan that hesitation could cost him against Zhang Lingyu and other powerful competitors, while Zhang Chulan joked about sabotaging Zhang Lingyu if necessary.
• Xu Si, Xu San, Feng Baobao, and Liu Yanyan told Zhang Chulan that Lu Jin had offered the Heavenly Talisman as a prize for the Celestial Master’s successor.
• Xu Si explained that the Heavenly Talisman was one of the Eight Impure Techniques and revealed that Zhang Chulan’s grandfather, Zhang Huaiyi, had mastered the Origin of Qi.
• Xiao Tian and Xu Si warned that Zhang Chulan’s connection to Zhang Huaiyi would attract even more attention, while Feng Baobao prepared to begin his intense training.

Xiao Tian and Xu Si discussed the Jiashen Rebellion, the Origin of Qi, and Zhang Chulan’s chances at the Luotian Grand Jiao, while the Ten Elders talked about the Old Celestial Master’s eleventh disciple. As the tournament approached, Xiao Tian led Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, Xu Si, and Xu San to Mount Longhu, where they faced a dangerous chasm they had to cross to compete.

• Xu Si asked Xiao Tian what he knew about the Origin of Qi, and Xiao Tian said he could not explain it or reconstruct the full Spirit Binding and General Dispatch from the scraps Feng Zhenghao had shown him.
• Xu Si gave Xiao Tian a list of Luotian Grand Jiao participants and asked whether his identity would prevent him from helping Zhang Chulan; Xiao Tian said he could help as long as no one saw or proved it.
• At the Celestial Master's Manor, the Old Celestial Master confirmed that Zhang Chulan would receive no special treatment and that his eleventh disciple, Xiao Tian, would participate in the Luotian Grand Jiao.
• After the Old Celestial Master left, Wang Ai and Lü Ci discussed testing Xiao Tian and agreed to make arrangements while waiting for the tournament.
• As the Luotian Grand Jiao neared, Xiao Tian led Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, Xu Si, and Xu San up Mount Longhu and reached a five- or six-hundred-meter chasm they had to cross to compete.

Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao crossed the abyss during the Luotian Grand Jiao’s basic test, where Xiao Tian met Wang Ye and demonstrated a safer way across. The chapter left Xiao Tian waiting for Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao while Jia Zhengliang searched for the woman who had defeated his brother.

• A burly man threw his laughing daughter across the abyss, then was kicked into its depths by an angry woman.
• Wang Ye introduced himself to Xiao Tian and the others, then crossed the steel cable with effortless balance.
• After Xu San and Xu Si left to handle something, Feng Baobao dragged Zhang Chulan to the cliff, and they crossed upside down along the cable.
• Xiao Tian fashioned his shirt into a makeshift sling and glided across a steel cable, while several people who copied him fell into the abyss.
• A Celestial Master's Manor disciple told Xiao Tian that the Master wanted him to visit the Grandmaster, and Xiao Tian waited for Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao.
• Jia Zhengliang arrived at the opposite cliff and searched for Feng Baobao, wondering whether she had failed to attend.

Jia Zhengliang questioned Zhang Chulan and Xiao Tian about the woman who had paralyzed Jia Zhengyu, but Xiao Tian and Zhang Chulan convinced him that Xiao Tian was only her male cousin. At the Celestial Master's Manor, Wang Ye learned that Xiao Tian belonged to Mount Longhu and began to wonder about his circumstances.

• Jia Zhengliang helped Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao reach the cliff and asked Zhang Chulan about the woman who had fought Jia Zhengyu.
• Zhang Chulan and Xiao Tian told Jia Zhengliang that the woman was away preparing for her wedding, and Xiao Tian denied being the person in Jia Zhengliang's photograph.
• Zhang Chulan showed Jia Zhengliang that Xiao Tian was a man, and Xiao Tian promised to pass along news about his cousin before exchanging contact information with him.
• Xiao Tian, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao reached the Celestial Master's Manor, where a disciple asked Xiao Tian to visit the Grandmaster.
• Wang Ye learned that Xiao Tian was from Mount Longhu, and Xu Si left Zhang Chulan with Xiao Tian and Wang Ye to explore the sect.

Xiao Tian teased Wang Ye into a fight, then spent the night gaming before the Luotian Grand Jiao began. As the first-day matches started, Xiao Tian was paired with Hu Jie and considered how to expose his connection to Quanxing.

• Wang Ye warned Xiao Tian that his choices at the Luotian Grand Jiao could affect the world, but Xiao Tian mocked him until Wang Ye attacked with Qimen arts and Xiao Tian earned Achievement Points.
• Xiao Tian gave the hungry Wang Ye a chicken leg after Wang Ye complained that Xiao Tian had led him around the grove until he got lost and missed dinner.
• Xiao Tian and Zhang Lingyu played a mobile game that night, while Feng Baobao took Zhang Chulan to study Mount Longhu’s terrain.
• The Luotian Grand Jiao preliminaries began, and Xiao Tian’s third match included Hu Jie, whom Xiao Tian recognized as a Quanxing-controlled fighter empowered by Shen Chong’s ability.

Xiao Tian defeated Hu Jie, helped Zhang Lingyu refine his Yin Five Thunders with his special drink, and secretly made Quanxing’s Gong Qing fetch breakfast. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian teasing Zhang Chulan as Zhang Lingyu recovered from a night of diarrhea.

• Xiao Tian stopped Hu Jie from killing a contestant, then defeated him and planted a Genjutsu seed in him.
• Feng Baobao’s opponents surrendered immediately, while Zhang Chulan advanced by intimidating and outwitting his opponents without fighting.
• Xiao Tian and Zhang Lingyu sparred, and they discovered that Xiao Tian’s Yin Five Thunders had begun to develop Yang Qi.
• Xiao Tian gave Zhang Lingyu ten bottles of his special drink, which left Zhang Lingyu with diarrhea but strengthened his Qi and changed his Thunder Method.
• Xiao Tian took Zhang Lingyu’s breakfast from Xiao Yuzi, secretly recognizing him as Gong Qing, Quanxing’s acting sect leader.
• Xiao Tian later teased Zhang Chulan about earning a reputation as Shameless.