Recaps

Xu Xiao resolved to combine the strengths of many worlds and methods, while prioritizing safe growth before entering dangerous realms. A month later, the USBM laboratory had gathered scientists to improve NZT-48, and Xu Xiao relied on his control over America and Eddie’s status as a protagonist as research continued.

• Xu Xiao decided to strengthen his mental power and body while avoiding dangerous worlds until he was stronger.
• Xu Xiao concluded that he would draw on many systems of cultivation and science to forge a path of his own and transcend worlds.
• The United America Biotech Matrix was established with government and consortium backing, recruiting talented scientists with generous benefits and access to NZT-48.
• Scientists who took NZT-48 worked to improve it or eliminate its severe side effects, while Xu Xiao expected their combined efforts to produce a breakthrough.
• Xu Xiao maintained control over America’s leaders and financial masters and looked to Eddie, a world protagonist, for the favor of fate.

Eddie Morra's team developed an improved NZT-48, and Xu Xiao reviewed the promising test data before visiting a human test subject. Xu Xiao judged the drug successful after the subject calmly challenged the legality of the experiment, then touched the subject's forehead.

• Eddie led his team in synthesizing and testing a newly refined version of NZT-48.
• Xu Xiao learned that Eddie's drug had stable effects, few observed side effects, and was expected to last more than thirty hours.
• Eddie excitedly told Xu Xiao about the drug, and Xu Xiao examined the development report and pharmacological data.
• Xu Xiao visited a restrained Black test subject, who calmly protested that the experiment violated his rights.
• Xu Xiao told Eddie he believed the drug was successful, then placed a finger between the test subject's eyebrows.

Xu Xiao arrived in Taipei to obtain CPH4 and its synthesis formula, using his mental power to locate Lucy and the gang’s delivery. He took the briefcase from Richard and led Lucy into a hotel, leaving her under his influence.

• Xu Xiao scanned Taipei with his Divine Sense while explaining that he had come to collect CPH4 and learn how the gang synthesized it.
• Xu Xiao located Lucy and Richard arguing over a sealed briefcase outside a hotel.
• Xu Xiao descended from the sky, took the briefcase from Richard, and killed him with his mental power.
• Xu Xiao calmed Lucy, influenced her to follow him, and took her into the Regent Taipei hotel to gather information.

Xu Xiao interrogated Mr. Jang about CPH4, collected blood and spinal fluid samples from Lucy, and used his influence in Taipei to locate the drug cook and obtain the formula. He left the drug cook and Lucy under the control of Taipei's higher-ups so he could find them again.

• Xu Xiao forced Mr. Jang to reveal that a drug cook in Taipei had accidentally synthesized CPH4, then made Jang and his gangsters jump out of the hotel window.
• Xu Xiao asked Lucy for blood and spinal fluid samples, and she agreed after he reassured her.
• Xu Xiao took Lucy to the police station and used his control over Taipei's higher-ups to launch a search for the drug cook.
• Taipei's higher-ups found the drug cook in an abandoned factory, and Xu Xiao obtained the CPH4 formula and proportions through threats and inducements.
• Xu Xiao arranged for Taipei's higher-ups to keep watch over the drug cook and Lucy before leaving.

Xu Xiao tested how time passed between the main world and his anchor worlds and learned that time paused in other anchor worlds while he was away, complicating his plans to manage them. Realizing his lifespan and strength were still limited, he weighed possible worlds to visit for longevity and narrowed his options to Anaconda and Twin Dragons of the Great Tang.

• Xu Xiao returned to his manor in San Francisco and noticed that only seventeen minutes had passed there during his travels through other worlds.
• Xu Xiao tested the passage of time and determined that time paused in other anchor worlds while he was in one, while time in the main world slowed to roughly one-third speed.
• Xu Xiao assessed his aging and estimated that his lifespan would reach around two hundred years, making longevity his most urgent goal.
• Xu Xiao considered several worlds and rejected most because their dangers, uncertain supernatural forces, or limited benefits outweighed the rewards.
• Xu Xiao settled on Anaconda and Twin Dragons of the Great Tang as his likely destinations, but recognized that his insufficient strength still constrained his choices.

Xu Xiao arrived in the Borneo Rainforest, where he found abundant Spiritual Energy, the Blood Orchids, and the giant pythons they had helped create. He secured the flowers and prepared to test an enhancement serum on three surviving snakes, while Doctor Strange remained a threat in another world.

• Xu Xiao sensed the rainforest’s Spiritual Energy and followed signs of human activity to the town where scientists were seeking a guide to the Blood Orchids.
• Xu Xiao used mental control to make the scientists reveal the orchids’ estimated location and then killed them, while making the townspeople sabotage future seekers.
• Xu Xiao found the Blood Orchids guarded by dozens of giant pythons and altered the snakes’ instincts so they fought one another.
• Xu Xiao examined and collected Blood Orchids, noting that their substance resembled an ingredient in the Spider-Man enhancement serum and might unlock a creature’s DNA Gene Lock.
• Xu Xiao kept the three surviving snakes as test subjects and guards, then brought out the emerald-green serum to test their potential.

Xu Xiao encountered Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling on their way to Yangzhou and offered to teach them martial arts. He threatened them with his power and promised fame and a cure for Xu Ziling's blindness, leaving the brothers to decide whether to accept his conditions.

• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling discussed seeking Shi Long as a master and finding a way to cure Xu Ziling's blindness.
• Xu Xiao suddenly appeared on the road and recognized the two youths as the protagonists.
• Kou Zhong asked Xu Xiao to teach them martial arts, while Xu Ziling warned that the offer might be a trick.
• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling knelt to become Xu Xiao's disciples, but hesitated when he demanded control over their lives and actions.
• Xu Xiao promised they could become unrivaled and cure Xu Ziling's blindness, then blasted a crater into the ground to pressure them for an answer.

Xu Xiao made Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling his disciples and taught them Carefree Wind Riding, then took them to Yangzhou at supersonic speed. After helping them recover from the flight, he led them toward a guesthouse to attend to business.

• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling kowtowed to Xu Xiao, who accepted them as disciples and imprinted Carefree Wind Riding’s introductory method in their minds.
• Xu Xiao named himself the Heavenly Venerable Savior, making the Twin Dragons suspect they had joined an evil cult.
• Xu Xiao carried Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling through the air toward Yangzhou, flying so fast that they became terrified.
• After arriving in Yangzhou, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling vomited, and Xu Xiao used Spiritual Power to help them recover.
• Xu Xiao told the Twin Dragons to follow him to a nearby guesthouse because it was time to get down to business.

Xu Xiao entered the Li Clan's residence with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling and confronted Li Xiuning, revealing that he intended to make the Li Family obey him. Li Xiuning heard his demand, leaving their meeting on the brink of conflict.

• Xu Xiao reflected that the Sui dynasty's aristocratic clans were waiting for Yang Guang's True Dragon Qi to fade before rebelling.
• Xu Xiao brought Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling into the Li Clan's residence, where they found Li Xiuning playing the zither.
• Xu Xiao's mental interference hid their arrival until he spoke to Li Xiuning and summoned tables and chairs with Qi.
• Li Xiuning suspected Xu Xiao was a powerful Grandmaster and questioned him about his identity and purpose.
• Xu Xiao told Li Xiuning that he wanted the Li Family to follow his orders and end the chaos under heaven.

Xu Xiao tried to force Li Xiuning and the Li Family of Guanzhong to submit, then demonstrated his power by destroying their Black Armor Black Cavalry. Li Xiuning remained defiant as Xu Xiao took her back to the Li Clan residence and said he would speak with her father, Li Yuan, later.

• Li Xiuning rejected Xu Xiao's demand that the Li Family of Guanzhong obey him.
• Xu Xiao used his power to draw Li Xiuning toward him, held her, and threatened to wipe out her family.
• Xu Xiao carried Li Xiuning into the air and tore apart much of the Li Clan residence as Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling watched.
• Xu Xiao discovered the Black Armor Black Cavalry's location and destroyed their estate with flying wood, killing all five hundred riders.
• Li Xiuning called Xu Xiao a madman and refused to submit, so he took her back to the Li Clan residence and said he would visit Li Yuan later.

Yuwen Huaji learned that Shi Long might possess the Secret of Longevity and headed for his dojo, while Xu Xiao arrived there with Li Xiuning and the Twin Dragons. Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong privately considered turning against Xu Xiao, who overheard them and remained unconcerned about their loyalty.

• Yuwen Huaji learned that Shi Long was suspected of cultivating the Secret of Longevity and ordered his cavalry to go to Shi Long's Dojo.
• Xu Xiao arrived at Shi Long's Dojo with Li Xiuning, Xu Ziling, and Kou Zhong.
• Xu Ziling told Kou Zhong that he wanted to stop following Xu Xiao because of how he had treated the Li Family and Li Xiuning.
• Kou Zhong urged Xu Ziling to stay with Xu Xiao until they had learned more martial arts, fearing the consequences of leaving.
• Xu Xiao overheard the brothers and decided their loyalty did not matter, since he planned to use their protagonist's luck and eventually give them Carefree Wind Riding.

Xu Xiao examined Shi Long's Secret of Longevity, killed him when he refused to cooperate, and used Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to reveal the writing hidden on the golden silk armor. The chapter left Xu Xiao memorizing the secret as its characters and patterns appeared in the air.

• Xu Xiao pinned Shi Long to the ground, took the golden silk armor, and demanded that he reveal the Secret of Longevity.
• After Shi Long resisted and his Longevity True Qi dissolved the Life and Death Talisman, Xu Xiao examined the energy in his body and discovered the secret's Innate Qi and yin-yang attributes.
• Xu Xiao killed Shi Long, then told the silent Li Xiuning that her family could retain power if she obeyed him.
• Xu Xiao summoned Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling and had them hold the golden silk armor while he infused Spiritual Power through their bodies.
• The armor projected characters and patterns into the air, and Xu Xiao swallowed a transparent pill to memorize them.

Xu Xiao shared the Secret of Longevity with the Twin Dragons and warned them against defying him. At Shi Long's Dojo, he subdued Fu Junzhuo after she attacked him and restrained her when approaching soldiers drew near.

• Xu Xiao memorized the Secret of Longevity, then explained it to the Twin Dragons and urged them to combine it with Carefree Wind Riding.
• Xu Xiao warned the Twin Dragons that he would keep them under control, and they professed their loyalty.
• Xu Xiao sensed a guest and went to the mountain gate, where he encountered Fu Junzhuo arriving to seek Shi Long's help opening Duke Yang's Treasury.
• Fu Junzhuo drew her sword and attacked Xu Xiao, who used Telekinesis to pin her and disarm her.
• Xu Xiao groped Fu Junzhuo, released her, then stopped her renewed attack by tapping her acupoints and told her to behave as soldiers approached.

Xu Xiao captured Yuwen Huaji and killed his cavalry before demanding that the Yuwen Family serve him. Yuwen Huaji agreed to guide Xu Xiao to Chang'an, and Xu Xiao carried the group into the sky to depart.

• Yuwen Huaji arrived at Shi Long's Dojo and questioned Xu Xiao about Li Xiuning and the others.
• Xu Xiao pulled Yuwen Huaji from his horse and forced him to kneel, then killed the mounted cavalry with a gesture.
• Yuwen Huaji apologized, but Xu Xiao demanded that the Yuwen Family become his dog and threatened to destroy the clan if he refused.
• Xu Xiao said he was going to Chang'an and ordered Yuwen Huaji to guide him there.
• Xu Xiao lifted the group into the air and told Yuwen Huaji to point the way.

After Xu Xiao subdued Yuwen Shang, the Yuwen Family welcomed him in Chang'an and agreed to help him build an army using the wealth of Duke Yang's Treasury. Xu Xiao also ordered them to locate Cihang Jingzhai and asked about True Dragon Qi, learning that Yang Guang had inherited it from Yang Jian.

• Yuwen Shang and the Yuwen clansmen held a feast for Xu Xiao after accepting his authority.
• Xu Xiao ordered the Yuwen Family to gather troops and retrieve Duke Yang's Treasury so they could recruit soldiers and prepare to conquer the realm.
• Xu Xiao asked about Cihang Jingzhai, and Yuwen Shang promised to investigate; Xu Xiao gave him two days and warned him not to alert the sect.
• Xu Xiao asked Yuwen Shang about True Dragon Qi, and Yuwen Shang explained that Northern Zhou had never produced it while the realm remained divided.
• Yuwen Shang said Yang Jian gained True Dragon Qi after unifying the realm and passed it to Yang Guang.

Xu Xiao questioned the Yuwen Family about True Dragon Qi, then set out plans for its uprising and began training the Twin Dragons. He later confronted Fu Junzhuo and threatened her and the Longxi Li Family as he tried to make her submit.

• Yuwen Shang and Yuwen Huaji described how Yang Guang's True Dragon Qi had weakened as unrest spread across the realm.
• Xu Xiao ordered the Yuwen Family to raise its banner after he destroyed Cihang Jingzhai and opened Duke Yang's Treasury, promising to crush their enemies.
• Xu Xiao found the Twin Dragons learning basic Qi circulation and arranged for them to begin practicing Carefree Wind Riding.
• Xu Xiao returned to the rear courtyard, unsealed Li Xiuning and Fu Junzhuo's acupoints, and dismissed Fu Junzhuo's protest that he would never win her heart.
• Xu Xiao threatened that the Longxi Li Family would pay if Fu Junzhuo resisted, and warned that he would purge those who opposed the Yuwen uprising.

Xu Xiao coerced Li Xiuning and Fu Junzhuo into submitting by threatening their families and homelands, then studied the Yuwen Family’s Ice Profound Energy and compared Great Tang martial arts with the techniques from his other world. The chapter ended with him pondering the meaning of Shattering the Void.

• Xu Xiao threatened to destroy the Longxi Li Family unless Li Xiuning submitted, and she cursed him through tears.
• Xu Xiao threatened to invade Goryeo, and Fu Junzhuo agreed to serve him in exchange for his promise to spare her family and reduce the casualties.
• After a night of passion, Xu Xiao studied the Yuwen Family’s Ice Profound Energy and advised the Twin Dragons on cultivation.
• Xu Xiao used NZT-49 to analyze the martial art and compare it with the Secret of Longevity and techniques from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
• Xu Xiao concluded that Great Tang martial arts relied on abundant Spiritual Energy and cultivation of the mind as well as the body, then wondered what Shattering the Void meant.

The Yuwen Family’s private army attacked Cihang Jingzhai on Xu Xiao’s orders, and Fan Qinghui confronted them at the mountain entrance. After an unseen Grandmaster broke her oppressive presence, the battle began with Fan Qinghui fighting Yuwen Shang and Yuwen Huaji while wondering who was backing the army.

• The Yuwen Family’s private army entered Zhongnan Mountain, captured several Cihang Jingzhai disciples, and advanced to the sect’s gates.
• Fan Qinghui led the sect’s elders to confront the army, while Yuwen Huaji accused Cihang Jingzhai of spreading rumors and declared that he would destroy it.
• Fan Qinghui defended the sect’s actions against the Sui emperor and released her Grandmaster presence, making the ordinary soldiers hesitate.
• An unseen Grandmaster’s mental force countered Fan Qinghui’s presence and injured her, prompting her to demand that the expert reveal himself.
• Yuwen Huaji ordered the soldiers to attack and joined Yuwen Shang in fighting Fan Qinghui, who kept part of her attention on the unidentified Grandmaster.

Xu Xiao overwhelmed Fan Qinghui with Telekinesis, exposed her secret, and captured her after declaring that he wanted to seize Cihang Jingzhai and its political allies. He then led a search of the sect, leaving no disciple or hidden manual undiscovered.

• Yuwen Huaji and Yuwen Shang fought Fan Qinghui while the Yuwen Family's soldiers overwhelmed Cihang Jingzhai's disciples.
• Fan Qinghui wounded both Yuwen men, but Yuwen Shang called on the Heavenly Venerable for help.
• Xu Xiao appeared and used Telekinesis to injure and restrain Fan Qinghui, then taunted her about her virginity and past with Song Que.
• Xu Xiao took the Cihang Sword Canon's secret manual and said he intended to capture the political prostitutes who had annoyed him.
• Xu Xiao sealed Fan Qinghui's dantian and Sea of Consciousness, bound her, and searched Cihang Jingzhai for its disciples and secret manuals.

After returning to Chang'an, Xu Xiao brought Fan Qinghui and Cihang Jingzhai disciples to his residence, intending to test whether he could control a Grandmaster’s mind. He rejected Fan Qinghui’s appeal to the righteous path, condemned her beliefs, and threatened her as his anger escalated.

• Xu Xiao returned to Chang'an with Fan Qinghui and other Cihang Jingzhai disciples, while Yuwen Huaji arranged for them to stay in the rear courtyard.
• Xu Xiao decided to experiment on Fan Qinghui to see whether his stronger mental power could alter a Grandmaster’s mind.
• Fan Qinghui warned Xu Xiao that he would make the righteous path his enemy, but Xu Xiao dismissed her threat and declared that he would not spare either righteous or demonic factions.
• Fan Qinghui defended the righteous path, and Xu Xiao slapped her and accused Cihang Jingzhai and other religious institutions of exploiting ordinary people.
• Xu Xiao declared that he alone would rule and that everyone would have to obey him, then tore Fan Qinghui’s dress as his anger flared.

Xu Xiao explored Fan Qinghui’s Sea of Consciousness while she slept, hoping to understand Grandmaster spiritual power and the secrets of Shattering the Void. He found her True Spirit and memories, then sensed that her spiritual power carried the will of the Stop War Sword Technique and merged with part of it to investigate further.

• Xu Xiao checked that Fan Qinghui was asleep and cautiously sent his Divine Sense into her Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Xiao found a dreamlike inner world containing Fan Qinghui’s memories and a point of light he suspected was her True Spirit.
• Xu Xiao examined the lake of spiritual power and recognized the will of Fan Qinghui’s Stop War Sword Technique within it.
• Xu Xiao plunged his Divine Sense into Fan Qinghui’s spiritual power and merged with part of it.

Xu Xiao studied Fan Qinghui’s will-bearing mental power, then helped the Yuwen Family seize Duke Yang’s Treasury and claim the Evil Emperor Relic. He purified the relic’s essence while making Shi Zhixuan his servant, and the Yuwen Family’s open rebellion pushed the Sui Dynasty closer to collapse.

• Xu Xiao explored Fan Qinghui’s martial insights and learned how a Grandmaster’s will could become a direct mental attack.
• The Yuwen Family excavated Duke Yang’s Treasury with Xu Xiao’s help, and Xu Xiao took the Evil Emperor Relic.
• The Yuwen Family declared Xu Xiao the Heavenly Venerable Savior, opened its granaries, and openly rebelled against the Sui Dynasty.
• Xu Xiao carefully purified the Evil Emperor Relic’s essence, removing the former Demon Sect leaders’ wills before absorbing it.
• Xu Xiao altered Shi Zhixuan’s True Spirit and will, making him his servant, while the women in his estate obeyed him.

Xu Xiao prepared the Yuwen Family’s army for its uprising and used his True Meaning of Freedom to help Yuwen Shang break through to the Grandmaster realm. He left Yuwen Shang newly advanced and planned to fly to Luoyang to destroy Jingnian Zen Monastery.

• Yuwen Chengdu reported that the troops had finished training, and Xu Xiao ordered him not to harm innocent civilians.
• Xu Xiao assigned Shi Zhixuan to protect the army from Grandmaster experts and announced that he would attack Jingnian Zen Monastery in Luoyang.
• Yuwen Shang agreed to risk Xu Xiao’s untested method to break through the barrier to the Grandmaster realm.
• Xu Xiao flooded Yuwen Shang with his Intent of Freedom, stirring his desires and guiding his true Qi.
• Yuwen Shang drew Spiritual Energy into his body and formed a speck of Innate Qi, entering the Grandmaster realm.

Shi Feixuan met with Liaokong and the Four Great Holy Monks at Jingnian Zen Monastery, worried after losing contact with Cihang Jingzhai and seeking help with the Li Clan’s request to rescue its third young miss. Their meeting turned violent when the Heavenly Venerable Savior attacked and announced he had come to kill them.

• Shi Feixuan told Liaokong and the Four Great Holy Monks she had received no messages from Cihang Jingzhai for five days and feared for her sect after the Yuwen Clan’s rebellion.
• Jiaxiang and Zhihui reassured Shi Feixuan that Cihang Jingzhai was protected and said they had sent a disciple to Zhongnan Mountain for news.
• Shi Feixuan asked whether the monks knew the Heavenly Venerable Savior and explained that the Li Clan wanted them to rescue its abducted third young miss.
• Master Dixin called the Heavenly Venerable Savior a demonic-path scoundrel, then was struck by a surge of mental force and sent flying with a bloody chest.
• The monks recognized that a Grandmaster had attacked them, and the Heavenly Venerable Savior declared he had come to send them all to their deaths.

Xu Xiao attacked Jingnian Zen Monastery, devastating its buildings and killing its monks as the Grandmaster experts tried to stop him. He turned toward Shi Feixuan and the He Shi Bi, while unleashing his True Meaning of Freedom against the eight monks who charged him.

• Xu Xiao struck Master Dixin with Telekinesis, crushing his chest and severing the meridians around his heart.
• Xu Xiao hurled the monastery’s wood and stone at supersonic speed, collapsing buildings and crushing monks as the Grandmasters and Shi Feixuan emerged from the ruins.
• Xu Xiao used his spiritual power to burst the heads of monks within range of his Divine Sense, then noticed the He Shi Bi in Shi Feixuan’s arms.
• The Four Great Holy Monks, Liaokong, and four Vajra Guardians charged Xu Xiao with their ultimate techniques.
• Xu Xiao unleashed a wave of lightning, then attacked the eight monks’ minds with his True Meaning of Freedom.