Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiao told Li Qiushui that Wuyazi was alive and invited her to the Great Song, while explaining his plan to destroy the Li family's rule over Western Xia. Li Qiushui agreed to leave Western Xia's fate to him and went to bring her granddaughter Li Qinglu to meet him.

• Xu Xiao explained that Wuyazi was alive in the Great Song and invited Li Qiushui to reunite with him.
• Li Qiushui recognized Xu Xiao as the man who had forced the Great Song emperor to appoint him Military Command Commissioner.
• Xu Xiao revealed his plans to end the Li family's rule over Western Xia and bring other lands under his control.
• Li Qiushui accepted Xu Xiao's decision but asked him to spare her granddaughter, Li Qinglu, and he agreed.
• Li Qiushui learned that Xu Xiao was unmarried and hurried off to bring Li Qinglu to meet him.

Xu Xiao accepted Li Qinglu as his woman after Li Qiushui brought her to him, then sent Li Qiushui and Li Qinglu toward Great Song with his command token while he stayed in Xingqing Prefecture to hunt down the Tangut Li Clan. Li Qiushui advised Li Qinglu to rely on and honor Xu Xiao as the story left him flying toward the Li clanspeople’s hiding places.

• Li Qiushui brought Li Qinglu into the Hall of State Affairs and introduced her to Xu Xiao as her granddaughter.
• Xu Xiao praised Li Qinglu’s beauty, took her hand, and declared that she was his woman; Li Qinglu agreed softly.
• Xu Xiao gave Li Qiushui his Military Command Commissioner’s token and asked her to take Li Qinglu back to Great Song while he handled business in Xingqing Prefecture.
• Li Qiushui revealed secret Li Clan hiding places, and Martial Command Office spies signaled the clanspeople’s locations across the city.
• Xu Xiao flew toward the marked locations, astonishing Li Qiushui and Li Qinglu with his ability to ride the wind.
• Li Qiushui told Li Qinglu to depend on, honor, and love Xu Xiao, and Li Qinglu promised to remember her grandmother’s teachings.

After Xu Xiao’s actions forced neighboring states to submit and strengthened the Martial Command Office’s authority, Wu Xingyun arrived in Kaifeng to reunite with Wuyazi. Their reunion left them considering whether the three elders could restore the Carefree Sect’s lost divine art.

• The rulers of Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, the Jurchens, Dali, and other states died, and their successors pledged allegiance and sent tribute to the Great Song.
• Xu Xiao’s reputation spread across the Great Song as the Martial Command Office brought martial sects and officials under strict control.
• Wu Xingyun’s procession entered Kaifeng, where Wu 6 escorted her and her attendants to the palace.
• Meijian explained to Zhujian that Xu Xiao was the Carefree Sect’s leader and their Child Elder’s martial nephew.
• Wu Xingyun rushed from her carriage to reunite with Wuyazi, grieved over his injuries, and heard him wonder whether the three of them could restore Carefree Wind Riding.

Wuyazi persuaded Wu Xingyun to teach Xu Xiao the Carefree Sect’s martial arts, and she agreed while proposing that he marry her four beautiful quadruplet maids. The banquet ended with Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui arguing over her offer as Xu Xiao wondered about the rumored bond between the sisters.

• Wuyazi explained to Wu Xingyun that Xu Xiao sought to inherit Carefree Wind Riding and that the sect needed someone capable to carry on its legacy.
• Wu Xingyun agreed to teach Xu Xiao but complained that Li Qiushui might have gotten ahead of her in guiding him.
• At the banquet, Xu Xiao seated Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui beside Wuyazi and kept the two women from fighting.
• Wu Xingyun agreed to teach Xu Xiao the Heaven and Earth Everlasting Eternal Spring Art, then proposed that he marry her four quadruplet maids alongside his five wives.
• Li Qiushui objected to Wu Xingyun’s proposal, and the two women argued while Xu Xiao wondered whether the quadruplets shared a sense.

Xu Xiao traveled with the Three Elders of Carefree to Mount Kunlun to cultivate Carefree Wind Riding, enduring the mountain’s extreme cold and winds as he sought the scarce spiritual Qi. He successfully condensed Innate Qi in his dantian, beginning his path of entering the Dao through martial arts.

• After a month of intensive training in Kaifeng, Xu Xiao left the women behind and took the Three Elders of Carefree to Mount Kunlun.
• At the summit, Xu Xiao meditated in the wind and tried to sense the power of the wind spirits, while the three elders watched and waited to guide him.
• Xu Xiao sensed an invisible substance entering his body and continued circulating his Northern Darkness True Qi, drawing the substance into his meridians.
• Xu Xiao’s body underwent a transformation, and the Three Elders of Carefree recognized signs of cleansing the sinews, purging the marrow, and three flowers gathering at the crown.
• A point of white light appeared in Xu Xiao’s dantian, and his True Qi condensed into liquid as Innate Qi formed.

Xu Xiao mastered the introductory stage of Carefree Wind Riding, gaining Spiritual Power and Divine Sense, then prepared for his grand wedding and arranged protection for his family before charging the crystal core to return. The chapter ended with Xu Xiao startled by something he discovered as he began the return process.

• Xu Xiao awakened after cultivating Carefree Wind Riding and discovered he had gained Divine Sense, Spiritual Power, and a Wind Seed.
• Xu Xiao considered the limits of his knowledge of Carefree Wind Riding and planned to pursue greater power by exploring other worlds.
• Xu Xiao celebrated a grand wedding in Kaifeng, where he openly assumed imperial authority and arranged for Zhao Xu to abdicate after his children were born.
• Xu Xiao used Innate Qi to heal Wuyazi, Li Qiushui, and Wu Xingyun, and strengthened the women in his family before leaving.
• Xu Xiao held revelry with his women, who became pregnant with his children, then charged the purple crystal core for his return shortly before the hundred-day deadline.
• Xu Xiao exclaimed in surprise as the return process began.

Xu Xiao returned to Vanguard City and killed a patrol squad that confronted him at the outer energy reserve center. He discovered that crystal cores contained spiritual Qi, then began collecting them as he waited for the local powers to arrive.

• Xu Xiao appeared at the outer energy reserve center and was confronted by Li Meng and a patrol squad, who recognized that he might be the spatial superhuman behind an earlier theft.
• When the patrol captain ordered his men to fire, Xu Xiao used Telekinesis to snap the necks of all eight patrolmen.
• Xu Xiao tested an energy crystal core and confirmed that its energy could strengthen the wind eye in his dantian by supplying spiritual Qi.
• Xu Xiao destroyed the crystal-core storage tanks and took their cores, leaving bioenergy batteries untouched.
• Xu Xiao stayed at the reserve center, expecting the local powers to arrive and planning to use his old trick again.

Xu Xiao questioned Du Yu about mutated-beast crystal cores and Vanguard City's inner city after forcing his way into the Knife Society headquarters. When Du Yu concealed what he knew about the inner city, Xu Xiao punished him with an Enhanced Life and Death Talisman.

• Xu Xiao fought off the gunmen sent by the Knife Society and forced a survivor to lead him to its headquarters.
• Xu Xiao confronted Du Yu, who surrendered and asked what he wanted.
• Xu Xiao asked Du Yu where crystal cores came from and where the most could be found; Du Yu said they came from mutated beasts and that the inner city had the most.
• Xu Xiao questioned Du Yu about the inner city's forces, superhumans, and contact with higher-level cities.
• Xu Xiao accused Du Yu of lying and used spiritual power to trigger the Enhanced Life and Death Talisman, leaving Du Yu writhing in pain.

Xu Xiao tortured Du Yu for information, then targeted Vanguard City’s inner city and broke through its energy shield with Telekinesis. He entered the city under fire and began killing the soldiers on its walls as automated weapons and a special squad moved to oppose him.

• Xu Xiao stopped tormenting Du Yu, learned what he wanted about the inner city, then killed Du Yu and took the crystal cores he found.
• The inner city learned of trouble in the outskirts and raised its energy barrier, while Xu Xiao approached the walls and tested his Telekinesis against the shield.
• Xu Xiao concentrated his Telekinesis on the barrier until the energy shield generator exploded, despite Wang Jie ordering the wall’s heavy weapons to fire.
• Xu Xiao dodged the barrage by flying toward Vanguard City, then used Telekinesis to kill soldiers along the wall.
• Automated heavy weapons turned toward Xu Xiao, while a special squad from the inner city headed to confront him.

Xu Xiao attacked Vanguard City to seize control, overwhelming its defenders with his Telekinesis and Divine Sense. After Wang Jie and the other superpowered humans failed to stop him, Xu Xiao crushed one of them inside armor made of Super Steel, leaving the remaining defenders terrified and unable to escape.

• Xu Xiao destroyed Vanguard City's heavy weapons with Telekinesis guided by his Divine Sense.
• Wang Jie led a nine-person squad in black armor to confront Xu Xiao and warned him about the Human Alliance.
• Xu Xiao demanded the defenders submit or die, and Wang Jie attacked before his countdown ended.
• Wang Jie and the other superpowered humans launched attacks, but Xu Xiao blocked them and countered a mental attack with his Divine Sense.
• Xu Xiao crushed a superpowered human and his Super Steel armor, terrifying the remaining defenders.

Xu Xiao killed Wang Jie and the superhumans who attacked him, took control of Vanguard City, and ordered its people to gather crystal cores and pre-apocalypse entertainment media. He discovered that movies, television shows, and comics could serve as world-travel anchors, then chose a world to investigate next.

• Xu Xiao used Telekinesis to kill Wang Jie and the other superhumans after they tried to stop him.
• Xu Xiao tracked down Vanguard City's leaders, captured the city lord, and ordered everyone to hand over crystal cores and collect pre-apocalypse film and television materials.
• Scavengers brought Xu Xiao hard drives, playable discs, and comic books in exchange for resources, food, or superhuman serum.
• Xu Xiao discovered that movies, television shows, and comics could all provide anchors for traveling between worlds.
• Xu Xiao considered the risks of different worlds and settled on one to test his theory and prepare special plans.

Xu Xiao arrived in The Return of the Condor Heroes to test whether it shared a world with Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He encountered Li Mochou on a mountain and left her immobilized, teasing her as she demanded to know why he had attacked her.

• Xu Xiao arrived in a mountain forest and considered whether the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes was connected to Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
• Xu Xiao heard a woman reciting a lyric and flew toward her, finding Li Mochou beneath the evening sky.
• Li Mochou threw Ice Soul Cold Needles at Xu Xiao, but he immobilized her with his power and turned her to face him.
• Xu Xiao appraised Li Mochou’s beauty while she secretly watched him and grew anxious at his lustful gaze.
• Li Mochou asked why Xu Xiao had ambushed her and invoked the jianghu’s judgment, while Xu Xiao mocked her for making threats.

Xu Xiao tormented the immobilized Li Mochou, then carried her through a frightening flight before bringing her to rest on a treetop. With Li Mochou unable to fight, escape, or take her own life, she demanded to know what he wanted.

• Xu Xiao taunted Li Mochou, touched her face, and threatened her while she remained unable to move.
• Xu Xiao checked Li Mochou’s arm and saw the vermilion mark of her chastity, prompting her to defend her past relationship with Lu Zhanyuan.
• Xu Xiao took Li Mochou flying through the air, frightening her until she sobbed and begged him to stop.
• Xu Xiao set Li Mochou on a treetop, where she counterattacked with Ice Soul Cold Needles but remained unable to escape him.
• Li Mochou glared at Xu Xiao and demanded to know what he wanted.

Xu Xiao manipulated Li Mochou into questioning Lu Zhanyuan’s past treatment of her and persuaded her to accept him. He carried her down the mountain, leaving their relationship newly begun under the influence of his coercion and bewitchment.

• Xu Xiao threatened Li Mochou and warned her not to mention Lu Zhanyuan.
• Xu Xiao argued that Lu Zhanyuan had never truly loved Li Mochou, unsettling her faith in their youthful romance.
• Xu Xiao used a bewitching sound technique to convince Li Mochou that he would cherish her and never abandon her.
• Li Mochou asked whether Xu Xiao would truly cherish her, and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
• Xu Xiao carried Li Mochou down the mountain, believing he had succeeded in winning her.

After spending the night with Li Mochou, Xu Xiao learned that he was in the Southern Song era and welcomed her as his bride. He offered to teach her his cultivation method, hoping to test whether it could be learned across worlds, while his plans for controlling the worlds he visited remained in motion.

• Xu Xiao visited the Jiangnan prefect to learn about the realm while Li Mochou slept, then reassured her when she woke and called for him.
• The maids helped Li Mochou wash and dress in a noblewoman’s brocade gown, and she joined Xu Xiao for lunch in the courtyard.
• Xu Xiao told Li Mochou that she no longer needed to fight and revealed that he had learned this world was the Southern Song, threatened by Mongolia.
• Li Mochou asked about Xu Xiao’s abilities, and he described a martial art that could let her ride the wind, prolong her life, and preserve her looks.
• Xu Xiao agreed to teach Li Mochou the introductory method after lunch so he could test whether someone from another world could cultivate it.
• Xu Xiao recalled that he had instructed people in the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils World to seek martial manuals and develop cultivation methods beyond Innate.

Xu Xiao took Li Mochou to Mount Zhongnan to visit the Ancient Tomb Sect and seek martial arts manuals, but the Quanzhen Religion refused to let him see its Innate Skill. He used an enhanced Life and Death Talisman to torment the sect, leaving Li Mochou newly aware of his ruthlessness.

• Xu Xiao taught Li Mochou basic Carefree Sect Qi circulation before flying with her toward Mount Zhongnan.
• Xu Xiao told Li Mochou he wanted the Quanzhen Religion's Innate Skill and the Ancient Tomb Sect's martial arts, and also intended to pursue Xiaolongnü.
• Xu Xiao and Li Mochou landed in the Zhenwu Hall during the Quanzhen Religion's afternoon lesson, startling the Seven Masters of Quanzhen and the other Daoists.
• Xu Xiao asked to see the Innate Skill, but the Seven Masters of Quanzhen and their disciples angrily refused.
• Xu Xiao scattered an enhanced Life and Death Talisman through the hall, causing the disciples to writhe in agony while the Seven Masters struggled to endure it.
• Li Mochou watched Xu Xiao torment the Quanzhen Religion and understood that his threats were not empty.

Xu Xiao forced the Quanzhen Sect to surrender its original Innate Skill scripture by tormenting its disciples, then used a recorder to copy the manual. Ma Jue tried to damage the scripture before handing it over, but Xu Xiao caught him and punished him, while Li Mochou asked Xu Xiao to record her as well.

• Xu Xiao used Spiritual Power to inflict unbearable torment on the Quanzhen Sect, killing or incapacitating several disciples until Ma Jue agreed to let him see the Innate Skill.
• Xu Xiao withdrew the torment, and Ma Jue went to Quanzhen's secret cave to retrieve Wang Chongyang's original Innate Skill manual.
• Ma Jue tried to tear out important pages, but Xu Xiao used Divine Sense to watch him, pulled the scripture away, and crushed his legs as punishment.
• The Innate Skill manual flew back to Xu Xiao, who warned the other Masters of Quanzhen against further tricks.
• Xu Xiao recorded every page of the manual, and Li Mochou asked him to record her too so she could be preserved in the recordings.

Xu Xiao and Li Mochou returned to the Ancient Tomb Sect, where Granny Sun told Li Mochou that her master had died and introduced them to the sect's current leader, Xiaolongnü. Xu Xiao proposed copying the sect's martial arts and taking Li Mochou and her fellow sect members away to build a new home, and Li Mochou agreed.

• Xu Xiao and Li Mochou arrived at the Ancient Tomb Sect, where Granny Sun recognized Li Mochou and welcomed her back.
• Granny Sun told Li Mochou that her master had died and had ordered that Li Mochou not be informed.
• Xu Xiao introduced himself as Li Mochou's husband, and Granny Sun invited them inside before going to fetch Xiaolongnü.
• Xu Xiao offered to copy the Ancient Tomb Sect's martial arts and take Li Mochou and her fellow sect members to live elsewhere, and Li Mochou agreed.

Xu Xiao met Xiaolongnü at the Ancient Tomb Sect and, after paying respects to their late master, searched the burial chamber for hidden martial arts. He opened the way to an underground chamber and took Li Mochou and Xiaolongnü down with him, leaving Granny Sun behind.

• Granny Sun introduced Xiaolongnü to Xu Xiao and Li Mochou, who had returned to pay respects to their late master.
• Xiaolongnü led Xu Xiao and Li Mochou to the burial chamber, where they paid their respects.
• Xu Xiao tried to open a coffin, so Xiaolongnü attacked him and Li Mochou immobilized Granny Sun.
• Xu Xiao caught Xiaolongnü’s wrist, opened the coffin, and found Wang Chongyang’s writing about countering the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.
• Xu Xiao opened the hidden mechanism beneath the coffin and took Li Mochou and Xiaolongnü into the underground chamber using Telekinesis.

Xu Xiao seized control of the Southern Song, formed and trained the fifty-thousand-strong Restoration Army, and marched north to challenge the Mongols at Xiangyang. There, he defended his actions to Guo Jing and declared that the Han people—not the Zhao Song rulers—must decide their own destiny.

• Xu Xiao took Li Mochou, Xiaolongnü, and Granny Sun from the ancient tomb and flew to Lin'an Prefecture.
• Xu Xiao destroyed the Zhao Song dynasty, controlled the city's powerful figures with Life and Death Talismans, and took the title Heavenly Venerable Savior.
• Xu Xiao forced Jiangnan's gentry clans to fund a new army, and Han people and martial artists joined the fifty-thousand-strong Restoration Army.
• Xu Xiao devised the Marching Skill and spent two months training and equipping the Restoration Army for war against the Mongols.
• Xu Xiao led the army toward Xiangyang, where he met General Meng Gong and Guo Jing and his wife.
• Xu Xiao told Guo Jing that the Han people, not the Zhao Song rulers, must decide their own path and that no enemy could defeat them.