Chapter Summaries

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.

Xu Xiao used the True Meaning of Freedom to twist the eight eminent monks' desires and sent them to kill the remaining Jingnian Zen Monastery disciples. He took the He Shi Bi from Shi Feixuan, but a bolt of heavenly lightning struck as he tried to examine it, leaving him to wonder why the treasure had provoked such a response.

• Xu Xiao amplified the monks' hidden ambitions and urged them to slaughter the remaining Jingnian Zen Monastery disciples.
• The eight eminent monks succumbed to Xu Xiao's influence and scattered to attack the monastery's disciples.
• Xu Xiao restrained Shi Feixuan, moved the wounded Master Dixin aside, and took the He Shi Bi from her robes.
• A lightning bolt struck Xu Xiao as he covered the He Shi Bi with his Divine Sense, but his Air Shield blocked it.
• Shi Feixuan taunted Xu Xiao, who slapped her and began considering why the lightning had appeared.

Xu Xiao triggered the Great Tang Twin Dragons World's Will while investigating the He Shi Bi, then escaped its lightning attacks by flying out to sea and hiding underwater. He discovered that he could no longer absorb spiritual Qi, leaving him uncertain how long he could endure.

• Xu Xiao linked his Divine Sense to the He Shi Bi again, and the World-Crossing Gate warned that the world's Will was awakening and would reject him.
• Xu Xiao replenished his world-crossing energy but chose to test the World Will instead of immediately fleeing.
• A thunderbolt struck Xu Xiao, but he blocked it with his air shield and then dodged the barrage that followed.
• Xu Xiao flew out over the ocean and hid beneath the sea, where seawater diluted the lightning and his Telekinesis formed a sealed space.
• Xu Xiao realized he could no longer absorb spiritual Qi.

Xu Xiao explored the He Shi Bi despite the Great Tang world's will disrupting his access to spiritual Qi. Inside the jade disc, he found a space filled with seven-colored mist and golden light, seized the light, and felt it trigger a new change.

• Xu Xiao found that the world's will had driven spiritual Qi away from him, so he replenished his Spiritual Power with a crystal core and defied it.
• Xu Xiao used his Divine Sense to pierce the barrier around the He Shi Bi and entered a vast white space filled with seven-colored mist and golden light.
• Xu Xiao discovered that brushing the mist strengthened his mental power, then hurried toward the golden light.
• Xu Xiao recognized the immense will inside the golden light as the Great Tang world's will, but seized the light anyway.
• Xu Xiao felt a warm current flow from the golden light as the world's will vanished, and a new change began.

Xu Xiao discovered that the golden light contained an unknown character that let him take control of the thundercloud pursuing him, though only enough to stop its lightning temporarily. Back in his body beneath the sea, he watched the Heavens World-Crossing Gate begin assimilating the character as it circled his True Spirit Seed, unsure what would happen next.

• Xu Xiao absorbed the golden light’s power, uncovered an unknown character, and found himself viewing the world from inside the thundercloud that had chased him.
• Xu Xiao sensed the world’s will lingering in the thundercloud and used the character to stop its lightning from striking his body in the sea.
• Xu Xiao failed to make the thundercloud disperse, and a pulling force sent his consciousness back to his body.
• Xu Xiao found the character circling his True Spirit Seed and the Heavens World-Crossing Gate in his Sea of Consciousness as the Gate began assimilating it.

Xu Xiao learned that the He Shi Bi had exposed him as an outsider because it contained a fragment of the world's origin, but absorbing its power gave the World-Crossing Gate authority that stopped the World Will from attacking him. With the danger past, he realized the Gate's disguise could let him enter even worlds with formidable backgrounds, provided he avoided treasures tied to their World Wills.

• The World-Crossing Gate assimilated the unknown character, sending some of its power into the Gate and the rest into Xu Xiao's True Spirit Seed.
• Xu Xiao learned that the character was a world wonder containing a trace of the world's origin and laws, which had been intended for Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
• Xu Xiao understood that taking the He Shi Bi had exposed him to the World Will, while the Gate's countdown disguise had concealed him in his previous worlds.
• The Gate absorbed a fragment of world authority, giving Xu Xiao a more legitimate status and causing the World Will to stop attacking him.
• Xu Xiao flew from the seabed as the thunderclouds followed overhead, and he considered visiting worlds he had previously avoided.

After the Jingnian Zen Monastery was destroyed, Xu Xiao summoned martial artists from across the world to Chang'an for a martial arts conference, threatening those who refused to attend. Song Que took the insult in Xu Xiao’s letter as a challenge and set out for Chang'an as the gathering drew near.

• Xu Xiao returned to Luoyang, took Shi Feixuan away, and left the monastery’s surviving grandmasters to flee after they recovered from his influence.
• Xu Xiao sent invitations to martial artists across the world, promising safety to those who came to Chang'an and threatening those who stayed away.
• Xu Xiao settled into a lavish estate in Chang'an, where the Yuwen Family supplied him with beautiful women and delicacies while he cultivated.
• Song Que read Xu Xiao’s personal insult about Fan Qinghui, grew furious, and decided to ride to Chang'an despite Song Shidao warning that the invitation might be a trap.
• Martial artists and factions across the jianghu, including the Yin Gui Sect, the Wuji Sect, the Turks, Dongying, and Goryeo, received invitations and reacted in different ways as Chang'an became a gathering point.

Wanwan entered Chang'an to investigate the Heavenly Venerable Savior, while Zhu Yuyan waited outside the city for other Demon Sect members. Xu Xiao sensed Wanwan's arrival, captured her, and confronted her in the city.

• Zhu Yuyan told Wanwan they would wait outside Chang'an for others to arrive before deciding whether to enter and investigate the Heavenly Venerable Savior.
• Wanwan persuaded Zhu Yuyan to let her scout ahead, then slipped into Chang'an alone.
• Xu Xiao spotted Wanwan using the World-Crossing Gate's expanded Divine Sense and approached her beneath a moving dark cloud.
• Wanwan recognized Xu Xiao's illusion technique and tried to flee, but Xu Xiao bound her and drew her close.
• Xu Xiao stroked Wanwan's cheek and told her he would not hurt her if she obeyed him.

Shan Meixian arrived in Chang'an with Shan Wanjing, and she, Zhu Yuyan, and her granddaughter argued over whether Wanjing should be offered to the Heavenly Venerable Savior. Xu Xiao arrived with Wanwan and interrupted them, leaving Zhu Yuyan wary as he openly appraised the three generations.

• Shan Meixian brought the Dongming Sect convoy toward Chang'an after receiving warnings and advice from the Yuwen Clan.
• Zhu Yuyan stopped the convoy and joined Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing in the central carriage.
• Zhu Yuyan advised them to wait outside Chang'an until Wanwan and the other Holy Sect members investigated the Heavenly Venerable Savior.
• Shan Meixian revealed that the Yuwen Clan had suggested Shan Wanjing could entrust herself to the Heavenly Venerable, prompting Zhu Yuyan to angrily defend her granddaughter.
• Xu Xiao arrived with Wanwan, interrupted Zhu Yuyan's threat, and confirmed that he was the Heavenly Venerable Savior.
• Zhu Yuyan sensed Xu Xiao's unusual bearing and prepared to defend herself as he openly looked over her, Shan Meixian, and Shan Wanjing.

Xu Xiao used his True Meaning of Desire to expose Zhu Yuyan, Shan Meixian, and Shan Wanjing’s deepest wishes, then released them and threatened Zhu Yuyan with control and humiliation. He offered to help her reclaim the Demon Sect and advance her cultivation, leaving her to decide whether to submit.

• Xu Xiao propositioned Zhu Yuyan, Shan Meixian, and Shan Wanjing, then used his mental force to make them reveal their deepest desires.
• Xu Xiao planted suggestions that the women should obey him, and Shan Meixian, Shan Wanjing, and then Zhu Yuyan approached him before he ended the influence.
• Zhu Yuyan demanded to know what martial art Xu Xiao had used, and he told her that Fan Qinghui had become his obedient woman.
• Xu Xiao immobilized Zhu Yuyan and kissed her, then threatened to control her if she resisted.
• Xu Xiao promised to help Zhu Yuyan reclaim the Holy Sect and master the Heavenly Demon Great Art, while leaving her to choose whether to submit.

Song Que traveled to Chang'an to assess the Yuwen Family’s campaign and meet Xu Xiao, the Heavenly Venerable Savior. After Xu Xiao welcomed him outside the city, Song Que challenged him and was swiftly defeated, then followed Xu Xiao’s arrangements for the gathering.

• Song Que observed that the Yuwen Family had conquered and governed several territories while protecting commoners and stabilizing local affairs.
• Song Que stopped outside Chang'an to inspect construction of the palace and questioned whether Xu Xiao was rushing toward luxury.
• Xu Xiao appeared beside Song Que unnoticed and introduced himself as the Heavenly Venerable Savior who had invited him.
• Song Que challenged Xu Xiao to a saber match, and Xu Xiao agreed, saying Song Que would listen to the rules afterward.
• Xu Xiao defeated Song Que in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, breaking his saber, and Song Que silently followed his arrangements.