Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiao gathered invited martial artists in Chang'an and opened the Dao Enlightenment Tower’s vast collection of manuals, tasking them with finding a path beyond Innate. He continued using the Heavens World-Crossing Gate to encroach on the Great Tang world’s will, hoping to gain control and locate the War God Temple.

• Xu Xiao spared the martial artists who came to Chang'an and housed them in the Dao Enlightenment Tower, where they could study its martial arts and other classics in exchange for pursuing a path beyond Innate.
• Xu Xiao explained that Shattering the Void occurred when the world's will drove beings who exceeded its power limit to leave for a higher world.
• Xu Xiao promised rewards for discoveries and left the martial artists to study while he went to the tower’s upper floor.
• Xu Xiao recalled that Fu Cailin had agreed to let him take the three Goryeo sisters and that the grandmasters had accepted his offer to study his collection.
• Xu Xiao used the Heavens World-Crossing Gate and the He Shi Bi’s trace of authority to slowly encroach on the Great Tang world’s will, while seeking the missing War God Atlas.

Xu Xiao unified the Central Plains, discovered that ruling the people accelerated his encroachment on the World Will, and founded the Hua nation with Chang'an as its capital. His ascension drew worship and an unexplained new power into his Sea of Consciousness.

• The Yuwen Clan defeated the remaining rivals, including Li Tang, and brought the Central Plains under Xu Xiao's command.
• Xu Xiao realized that the True Dragon Qi and the people’s wishes helped him encroach on the World Will.
• Xu Xiao prepared to declare himself emperor after the Daming Palace neared completion in Chang'an.
• Xu Xiao founded Hua, named Chang'an its capital, and ascended above the city in imperial robes.
• The people hailed Xu Xiao as emperor, and an unfamiliar power gathered in his Sea of Consciousness.

After gaining nearly half of the Great Tang world's authority, Xu Xiao resolved to seize control of the worlds he had visited and used his power to expand Great Hua. He located the hidden War God Temple beneath Mount Tai and entered its strange world to investigate.

• Xu Xiao felt his ambition grow after gaining nearly half of the Great Tang world's authority, and he decided to pursue complete control of this and other worlds.
• Great Hua's armies advanced across the surrounding regions while Xu Xiao used his authority over nature to aid their conquests.
• In September of Great Hua's first year, Xu Xiao went alone to Mount Tai and searched through space for the War God Temple.
• After two hours of searching, Xu Xiao found traces of the Temple and used lightning to break open a doorway into its independent world.
• Xu Xiao stopped the lightning, approached the entrance, and stepped into the War God Temple despite being unable to probe it with his Divine Sense.

Xu Xiao entered the War God Temple’s grotto-heaven and found the island where the War God Atlas was said to be. When its guardian Demon Dragon attacked, he destroyed it with his Atomic Collapse technique.

• Xu Xiao entered the War God Temple and surveyed its water-and-fire grotto-heaven with his Divine Sense.
• Xu Xiao flew toward the rocky island he believed held the War God Atlas, and the Demon Dragon erupted from the lake to attack him.
• Xu Xiao struck the Demon Dragon with lightning, Telekinesis, and a mental attack, but the beast resisted and grew more frenzied.
• Xu Xiao pressed his palm against the Demon Dragon and used Atomic Collapse to trigger a chain reaction inside its body.
• The Demon Dragon vanished in a burst of white light, leaving no dust behind.

Xu Xiao entered the War God Temple and began studying its War God Atlas and the remains of Guangchengzi, hoping to uncover their secrets. He prepared to research both alone, with the potential rewards depending on his ability to seize the opportunity.

• Xu Xiao landed on the central island, regretted destroying the near-dragon without saving its meat, and flew up the thousand-tiered staircase to the temple.
• Xu Xiao read the words on the stone wall and resisted the giant’s lingering presence with his powerful mental strength.
• Xu Xiao entered the hall, found the forty-nine War God Atlas reliefs, and swallowed an NZT-49 pill to aid his study.
• Xu Xiao found Guangchengzi’s remains, examined their unusual strength, and suspected the ancient sage had left behind a hidden plan.
• Xu Xiao moved Guangchengzi’s remains to the center of the hall and began studying them alongside the War God Atlas.

Xu Xiao discovered the War God Atlas’s true inheritance by entering the War God’s memories and experiencing his battles. After the Heavens World-Crossing Gate warned that the inheritance carried residual will, Xu Xiao refused to accept it and confronted the War God’s lingering presence.

• Xu Xiao used his spiritual power to enter the War God Atlas and became the ancient War God in a vision.
• Xu Xiao experienced the War God’s battles against enormous beasts and learned how fighting spirit drove the body and martial arts beyond their limits.
• Xu Xiao followed the War God’s life and found the War God True Formula, which made will rule the body so long as the will endured.
• The War God Atlas’s reliefs formed a point of light, but the Heavens World-Crossing Gate warned Xu Xiao that the inheritance contained residual will.
• Xu Xiao stopped himself from taking the inheritance and prepared to destroy it, accusing the War God of trying to use his body.
• The War God appeared from the point of light and denied intending to borrow Xu Xiao’s body or influence his will.

Xu Xiao fought the War God's apparition, convinced the consciousness inside the inheritance was a dangerous hidden threat. After failing to overcome its defenses, he agreed to hear the War God's proposal, which promised a path to the Great Dao in exchange for a condition.

• The War God's apparition told Xu Xiao it was only a remnant consciousness and denied influencing him, but Xu Xiao refused to trust it.
• Xu Xiao attacked the apparition with mental power, while the War God Atlas images shielded it and kept Xu Xiao from leaving the temple.
• Xu Xiao fought for over two hours, trying mental attacks, Telekinesis, and physical attacks, but could not damage the apparition or escape.
• As Xu Xiao's mental power dwindled, the War God urged him to stop and talk; Xu Xiao finally agreed, keeping the World-Crossing Gate as an escape route.
• The War God offered to swear a Great Dao Oath and disperse his consciousness if Xu Xiao accepted a condition, then promised him a path to the Great Dao.

Xu Xiao agreed to find a suitable successor for the War God's Path of Battle Intent in exchange for guidance toward a True Intent path and martial cultivation leading to the Golden Core. The War God's phantom passed him insights and prepared to use Guangchengzi's remains to provide the promised cultivation method.

• The War God's phantom offered Xu Xiao guidance in exchange for finding a successor to his Path of Battle Intent.
• Xu Xiao offered to inherit the War God's art himself, but the War God's phantom rejected him as unsuited to the path of battle.
• The War God's phantom explained that Xu Xiao would make poor progress on a Great Dao he did not truly desire, and Xu Xiao accepted that he should not pursue the inheritance.
• Xu Xiao agreed to find a suitable heir once he verified the promised payment, and the War God's phantom gave him insights into True Intent cultivation.
• The War God's phantom summoned Guangchengzi's remains to obtain a martial cultivation method, and an unseen powerful being approved his use of them.

Xu Xiao received the cultivation insights drawn from Guangchengzi’s remains after the War God assured him that Guangchengzi had permitted it. The War God passed on control of the grotto-heaven before dissipating, and Xu Xiao began absorbing the two inheritances.

• The War God drew the insights from Guangchengzi’s remains and told Xu Xiao that Guangchengzi had agreed to let him take them.
• Xu Xiao hesitated over the risk, but the War God reassured him that Guangchengzi would not object to his using the remains or their insights.
• Xu Xiao accepted the insights and promised to find a suitable inheritor for the War God.
• The War God revealed that the method for controlling the grotto-heaven was included in the inheritance, then dissipated into starlight.
• Xu Xiao vowed to advance cautiously and used his Divine Sense to absorb one of the two orbs of light.

Xu Xiao emerged from seclusion in the Great Tang World after gaining insights into the Path of True Intent and the Dao of Cultivating Perfection. He decided to follow his own desire-driven path, cultivate both spirit and body, and prepare to form a pill in the Anaconda World after mastering Great Tang.

• Xu Xiao returned from the War God Temple and decided to disband the Dao Enlightenment Tower because he no longer needed mortal martial arts for insight.
• Xu Xiao concluded that the Path of True Intent required refining and embedding a chosen will throughout the body, and he chose the Dao of Desire as his foundation.
• Xu Xiao drew on Guangchengzi's teachings about cultivating perfection but rejected the idea of focusing solely on the true self and abandoning physical cultivation.
• Xu Xiao resolved to cultivate spirit and body together and to visit the Anaconda World for Spiritual Energy and pill formation once he had mastered the Great Tang World.

Xu Xiao returned to Anaconda World and searched the Borneo Rainforest for a place with dense Spiritual Energy where he could form his core. He found a hidden passage beneath a waterfall and suspected the world’s rules prevented its creatures from cultivating, while leaving the world’s deeper secret undiscovered.

• Xu Xiao ordered the three giant pythons to stand down after they returned to him, and explained that he hoped to solve the problem of time flow between worlds.
• Xu Xiao sensed Anaconda World’s abundant Spiritual Energy and decided he would take control of the world after forming his core.
• Xu Xiao searched the Borneo Rainforest and found a passage behind a waterfall where dense Spiritual Energy seeped from underground.
• Xu Xiao cleared the passage of oversized bats, rock pythons, and insects as he wondered why the creatures remained ordinary despite the Spiritual Energy.
• Xu Xiao reflected that Anaconda World might lack a rule permitting cultivation, and considered the limits and duties he had discovered as administrator of the Great Tang Twin Dragons World.

Xu Xiao cultivated in a Spiritual Energy-rich underground passage and began forming a golden core using Guangchengzi's method. His core grew rapidly but continued devouring energy, leaving him short of what he needed.

• Xu Xiao descended hundreds of meters underground and found Spiritual Energy so abundant that it had formed a faint mist.
• Xu Xiao drew a Spirit Gathering Array, made a temporary cave abode, and resolved to focus on forming his golden core.
• Xu Xiao swallowed NZT-49 and used the Divine Charm Five Hearts Golden Core Art to circulate and compress his true essence.
• Xu Xiao endured severe pain as he carefully controlled the dangerous core formation process.
• A tiny golden speck appeared in Xu Xiao's dantian and rapidly grew into a longan-sized core by absorbing his true essence.
• Xu Xiao drew in more Spiritual Energy as the core continued devouring energy, but even that was still insufficient.

Xu Xiao formed a Golden Core by drawing on a Spirit Vein beneath Borneo, then used the World-Crossing Gate to provoke the World Will into attacking him. After withstanding its lightning, he began eroding its authority over the world.

• Xu Xiao struggled to sustain his core formation as Spiritual Energy ran short, then used Telekinesis to dig deeper underground and found a Spirit Vein.
• Xu Xiao gathered abundant Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Vein, completed his Golden Core, and planted his True Spirit Seed inside it.
• Xu Xiao cultivated underground for forty-nine days as his True Essence transformed into Magic Power and strengthened his body.
• A three-day storm of lightning struck over Borneo, and people and teams sent to investigate disappeared while satellites encountered interference.
• Xu Xiao removed the World-Crossing Gate's disguise, drew the World Will's lightning attack, and used the Five Elements Art to withstand and control it.
• Xu Xiao concluded that the World Will had come to him on its own and began using the Heavens World-Crossing Gate to erode its authority.

Xu Xiao gained complete authority over Anaconda World and learned that the World-Crossing Gate could synchronize worlds without merging them. He ordered Anaconda World synchronized with Great Tang Twin Dragons World and its spirit veins transferred there, setting changes in both worlds in motion.

• Japan sent a research team and Self-Defense Force navy toward Borneo despite Xu Xiao's warning, and a typhoon devastated the expedition and Japan.
• America prepared to send warships, but a tsunami struck its west coast, while other disobedient countries also suffered disasters and Huaxia held back.
• Xu Xiao completely devoured Anaconda World's consciousness and found that the world had Spiritual Energy and spirit veins but lacked cultivation laws.
• The World-Crossing Gate explained that worlds under Xu Xiao's complete authority could share laws and resources while remaining independent.
• Xu Xiao ordered Anaconda World synchronized with Great Tang Twin Dragons World and its spirit veins moved to Great Tang Twin Dragons World.

Xu Xiao transferred the Anaconda World's Spiritual Energy into the Great Tang Twin Dragons World, reserving it for loyal martial artists and his imperial household before draining the source world. He then gathered women from other worlds and expanded his control over their world authorities, leaving the scientists in the Limitless and Lucy worlds to pursue human evolution.

• Xu Xiao opened a passage between the Anaconda World and the Great Tang Twin Dragons World, flooding the latter with Spiritual Energy and triggering breakthroughs among its martial artists.
• Xu Xiao announced that Hua State loyalists could receive more Spiritual Energy, then restricted the supply to the Great Hua imperial palace in Chang'an.
• Xu Xiao drained the Anaconda World's Spiritual Energy over three days, moved Blood Orchids and three mutated giant pythons into the War God Temple's small world, and left the source world without Spiritual Energy.
• Xu Xiao traveled between the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils World and the Condor Heroes World and brought the women from both worlds to the Great Tang Twin Dragons World.
• Xu Xiao gained world authority over every world he had visited except the Spider-Man World, including Lucy's world, and assigned scientists in the Limitless and Lucy worlds to continue researching human evolution.

Xu Xiao arrived in the Naruto world and learned that the story had just begun in Konoha Year 60. After taking control of a Konoha jonin, he examined the world’s Chakra system and prepared to pursue the Tailed Beasts and God Tree.

• Xu Xiao arrived in a forest in the Naruto world and considered the God Tree, Chakra, and the world’s other powers as resources to exploit.
• Xu Xiao found Kozumi Jiro, a Konoha jonin, and took control of his mind to learn that Hiruzen Sarutobi governed the village in Konoha Year 60.
• Xu Xiao learned that Konoha was only a few dozen kilometers away and decided he would need to collect the Tailed Beasts and summon the God Tree himself.
• Xu Xiao ordered Kozumi Jiro to demonstrate Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique and studied how he used Chakra and Hand Seals to produce it.
• Xu Xiao judged Ninjutsu to be useful for combat but weaker at nourishing the body and controlling nature, and he resolved to see what else the ninja could show him.

Xu Xiao arrived at Konoha with Kozumi Jiro and used his Divine Sense to survey the village. After the gate guards raised the alarm, Xu Xiao killed them and entered Konoha, intending to face the gathered shinobi directly.

• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane recognized Kozumi Jiro at Konoha’s gates and grew wary of Xu Xiao.
• Izumo Kamizuki attacked Xu Xiao, but Kozumi Jiro blocked him and wounded his wrist.
• Kotetsu Hagane sounded the warning bell, then joined Izumo Kamizuki to confront Xu Xiao and Kozumi Jiro.
• Xu Xiao killed Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane with Telekinesis after surveying Konoha with his Divine Sense.
• Kozumi Jiro offered to draw away Konoha’s defense forces, but Xu Xiao told him to rise and strode into the village.

Xu Xiao entered Konoha and crushed its defenders with a casual display of power, sparing only Anbu member Uzuki Yugao. After she failed to kill him with a sword, he held her and showed that his body could withstand her attack.

• Xu Xiao entered Konoha as its security forces and Anbu rushed to confront him.
• The defenders challenged Xu Xiao, while Kozumi Jiro followed him after declaring his loyalty.
• Xu Xiao pressed down with Telekinesis, flattening the nearby ninjas and buildings while sparing Uzuki Yugao.
• Xu Xiao pulled Uzuki Yugao into his arms, and she stabbed him in the back with her Chakra-coated sword.
• Xu Xiao's body stopped the blade, and he snapped it between his fingers.

Xu Xiao terrorized Konoha, killing villagers and crushing Hiruzen Sarutobi with Telekinesis while declaring his intention to conquer the village and the world. He stopped the assembled ninjas from resisting, then sensed two distinctively dressed figures approaching.

• Xu Xiao restrained Uzuki Yugao, threatened her, and destroyed a stretch of streets and the people in its path with lightning.
• Xu Xiao told Uzuki Yugao that Konoha would pay if she defied him and prevented her from committing suicide.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's advisors, guards, and clan experts arrived to confront Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xiao used Telekinesis to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to his knees and crush his bones.
• Xu Xiao intimidated the assembled ninjas into silence and sensed two distinctively dressed figures rushing toward them.

Kakashi and Might Guy returned to Konoha during Xu Xiao’s attack, but Xu Xiao captured Kakashi and effortlessly stopped Guy’s Seventh Gate assault. The chapter ended with Xu Xiao holding Guy’s punch and dismissing the Eight Gates’ power.

• Kakashi and Might Guy hurried back to Konoha after seeing Xu Xiao’s lightning attack, and Kakashi sent a Shadow Clone with Guy while he gathered intelligence.
• Xu Xiao spoke into Kakashi’s mind, bound him with Telekinesis, and carried him away after the Ninja Dogs retreated.
• Xu Xiao considered the Naruto world’s summoned beasts as potential sources of energy and food.
• Might Guy found the Third Hokage and Konoha’s leaders kneeling before Xu Xiao, then opened the Seventh Gate and attacked with Daytime Tiger.
• Xu Xiao dispersed Guy’s compressed air attack with Telekinesis and caught his punch in one hand.