Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han hid on the back mountain to avoid Xiao Yu, but she tracked him down and confronted him. As Xiao Yu threatened to beat him up, Xiao Han tried to stand his ground, leaving her amused by his challenge.

• Xiao Han left Xiao Xueqin's and decided to sleep on the back mountain rather than return to his room.
• Xiao Yu found Xiao Han using Jia Nan Academy's Tracking Butterfly and told him she had come specifically to see him.
• Xiao Han tried to flee, but Xiao Yu quickly blocked his path and threatened to leave him bedridden for a month.
• Xiao Han puffed out his chest and threatened to get rough with Xiao Yu, who asked how he planned to do that.

Xiao Han used the Points Shop to buy Ten Fragrance Softening Muscle Powder and incapacitated Xiao Yu. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu shouting that she would kill him.

• Xiao Yu challenged Xiao Han, and he backed away in fear.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Rou for a way to disable Xiao Yu and spent 1,000 points on Ten Fragrance Softening Muscle Powder.
• Xiao Han threw the powder over Xiao Yu, who inhaled it and collapsed, unable to move.
• Xiao Han approached Xiao Yu as she lay on the ground, and she shouted that she would kill him.

After Xiao Yu recovered from Xiao Han’s assault, the Xiao Family faced steep losses when the Jialie Family used a First-grade Alchemist’s cheap healing pills to draw customers away from its Market. Xiao Yan and Xiao Han set out together to investigate the rival family’s Market.

• Xiao Yu woke on the Xiao Family’s Back Mountain, cursed Xiao Han, and went down the mountain with his handprints still on her legs.
• The Jialie Family’s healing pills caused customers and shops to leave the Xiao Family’s Market, sharply reducing the clan’s income.
• Xiao Yan overheard Xiao Zhan and the elders discussing the crisis and went to Xiao Han’s courtyard.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Han to investigate the Jialie Family’s Market, and Xiao Han agreed.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han left the Xiao Family together.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan bought Spring Recovery Powder at the Jialie Family's Market, and Yao Lao assigned them to learn alchemy and prepare medicine for the Xiao Family. After returning home, Xiao Han found a woman waiting at his courtyard and tried to sneak away, but she ordered him to stop.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered the Jialie Family's Market and bought a bottle of Spring Recovery Powder.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the medicine, and Yao Lao said it was not a Tier 1 Pill.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to make better healing medicine for the Xiao Family, and Yao Lao told him and Xiao Han to buy Medicine Cauldrons and ingredients to begin learning alchemy that night.
• Xiao Yan went to the Mitel Auction House to buy the supplies, while Xiao Han returned to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Han reached his courtyard, saw a tall woman waiting at the entrance, and tried to sneak away before she called, "Stop right there!"

Xiao Han tried to avoid Xiao Yu, but she confronted him and demanded to beat him up. He warned her not to come closer, and she stopped, remembering what happened last time.

• Xiao Han turned around after Xiao Yu called out to him and tried to placate her with compliments.
• Xiao Yu accused Xiao Han of being shameless and said she wanted to beat him up.
• Xiao Han apologized while backing away, then warned Xiao Yu not to come closer.
• Xiao Yu halted, wary because she remembered the lesson from their previous encounter.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan began learning alchemy from Yao Lao, then two disguised alchemists arrived at the Xiao Family with a large supply of medicine and an offer to help its struggling business. Their identities remained hidden as they left, but their parting remarks about Xiao Yan and Xiao Han startled the family.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan learned to turn Dou Qi into flames and repeatedly failed while practicing how to refine Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Half a month later, the Xiao Family's market had fallen into crisis after the Jialie Family hired a First-grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Zhan received a letter from two alchemists offering to cooperate and prepared the family to welcome them.
• The two black-robed alchemists gave the Xiao Family one thousand eight hundred bottles of Blood Coagulation Powder to sell in exchange for half the profits.
• Xiao Yu recognized the right alchemist's young-looking hand, while the two visitors praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Han before leaving.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan kept supplying Blood Coagulation Powder to strengthen the Xiao Clan’s Market, but they worried that Xiao Yu and Xun Er would uncover their identities. After one more delivery, Xiao Han returned to his courtyard and caught a woman peeping into his room, only to recognize her.

• The Xiao Clan’s Market rebounded as customers flocked to buy Blood Coagulation Powder, while the Jialie Family’s Market grew quiet.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan continued refining medicine in a cave and delivered another large batch of Blood Coagulation Powder to the Xiao Clan for half the profits.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan agreed to stop after that delivery because Xiao Yu and Xun Er seemed close to recognizing them.
• Xiao Han found a woman peeping through his window and shouted at her, startling her into turning around.
• Xiao Han recognized the woman and exclaimed, "It's you!"

Xiao Yu confronted Xiao Han after catching him sneaking around, and their argument ended when she returned to inspect his hand. She recognized him as the person she had been looking for.

• Xiao Han discovered that the woman outside his window was Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu denied peeping at Xiao Han, and the two traded accusations and insults.
• Xiao Yu left after becoming embarrassed, while Xiao Han laughed at their exchange.
• Xiao Yu returned, demanded to see Xiao Han’s hand, and confirmed that it was him.

Xiao Yu confronted Xiao Han and discovered that he and Xiao Yan had secretly refined the Blood Coagulation Powders. After making him promise to keep their alchemy secret, she marched into his room to lecture him.

• Xiao Yu recognized Xiao Han as one of the two alchemists who had sold the Blood Coagulation Powders.
• Xiao Han explained that he and Xiao Yan had learned alchemy from a mysterious old man.
• Xiao Yu was surprised and pleased to learn that the Xiao Clan had two alchemists, then teased Xiao Han about his boastful claims of good looks and talent.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Yu to keep their identities secret and suggested she return home for the night.
• Xiao Yu ignored his request, opened the door, and strode into Xiao Han's room to reform his thinking.

Xiao Yan visited Xiao Han and found him sleeping beside Xiao Yu, then quietly left them alone. When Xiao Yu woke and discovered Xiao Han beneath her, she attacked him and chased him from the hut with a sword.

• Xiao Yan entered Xiao Han's hut and saw Xiao Han and Xiao Yu sleeping together on the bed.
• Xiao Yan quietly left and propped the fallen door back up without waking them.
• Xiao Yu woke, found Xiao Han beneath her, and kicked him off the bed.
• Xiao Han remembered that he and Xiao Yu had gotten drunk and fallen asleep with their clothes still on.
• Xiao Yu drew a longsword and chased Xiao Han out of the hut, threatening to butcher him.

Xiao Yu chased Xiao Han around the Xiao Clan after their conversation about their dreams, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xueqin reacted to the pursuit. The clan elders understood the situation and let the young people handle it.

• Xiao Yu chased Xiao Han through the Xiao Clan, shouting threats at him for several days.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Han flee and told him he would keep the incident from Xiao Xueqin.
• Xiao Xueqin asked Xiao Yan why Xiao Han had offended Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yan wrote that Xiao Han had touched Xiao Yu's leg.
• Xiao Xueqin read the message, grew angry with Xiao Han, and stormed off.
• Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder watched Xiao Yu chase Xiao Han and agreed to leave the young people to their own affairs.

Xiao Yan took Xiao Han to inspect the Xiao Clan Market, giving him a chance to get away from Xiao Yu. The pair arrived to find the Market thriving and drew attention as they strolled through it.

• Xiao Yan woke Xiao Han and invited him to inspect the Xiao Clan Market, and Xiao Han agreed to go.
• Xiao Han asked why Xiao Xueqin seemed angry with him, while Xiao Yan hid that he had written to her.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han arrived at the busier Market, where Xiao Meng greeted them and ordered guards to follow for their protection.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han noticed the guards trailing them but continued their stroll as passersby, especially young women, recognized them.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Han rushed to the Xiao Clan Market after learning that Xun Er, Xiao Xueqin, and Xiao Yu had been harassed by the Jialie Family. They arrived as the Jialie Family tried to seize the three girls, and Xiao Yan confronted Jialie Ao.

• A messenger reported that Xun Er and the others had clashed with people from the Jialie Family, so Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Meng and the Xiao Family guards.
• Liu Xi ordered Jialie Ao to capture Xun Er, Xiao Xueqin, and Xiao Yu, promising to help the Jialie Family with better healing medicines.
• Jialie Ao's guards surrounded the girls and attacked, and Xiao Yu stepped forward to protect Xun Er and Xiao Xueqin.
• Xiao Yu was forced back by a stronger guard, but Xiao Han caught her and steadied her before she broke away from him.
• Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family group arrived, and Xiao Yan accused Jialie Ao of openly snatching people on Xiao Family territory.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Han confronted Jialie Ao and Liu Xi when they tried to take Xun Er and the other girls, forcing them to retreat. Xiao Han planned to stir up trouble at the Jialie Family that night, then spent time with Xiao Xueqin while Xiao Yan walked with Xun Er, leaving Xiao Yu to go home alone in a bad mood.

• Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family guards arrived and stopped Jialie Ao and Liu Xi from taking the three girls.
• Liu Xi demanded that Jialie Ao attack Xiao Han, but Jialie Ao persuaded him to withdraw because they were outnumbered.
• Xiao Han held Xiao Yan back from pursuing them and said they would go to the Jialie Family that night to stir up trouble.
• Xiao Han took Xiao Xueqin to walk through the streets, and Xiao Yan went with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yu cursed under her breath and went home alone.

Xiao Han and Xiao Xueqin shared a warm moment in the market before Xiao Han and Xiao Yan sneaked out at night to deal with the Xiao Clan’s enemies. Xiao Han proposed a plan to stir up major trouble at the Jialie Family, and Xiao Yan approved.

• Xiao Han told Xiao Xueqin he felt lucky to have met her, and she confronted him about touching Xiao Yu’s leg.
• Xiao Xueqin forgave Xiao Han but warned him not to touch other girls, and he took her hand as they continued walking.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan climbed over the Xiao Clan courtyard wall at night and headed toward the Jialie Family.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to kill Liu Xi to remove the threat to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han whispered a more ambitious plan to Xiao Yan, who reacted with eager approval.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan infiltrated the Jialie Family to steal Liu Xi’s Ring and search the family’s eastern and western districts for valuables. After knocking out the guards with Instant-Knockout Powder, they split up and disappeared into the darkness.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered Liu Xi’s courtyard with Yao Lao concealing their auras and prepared to use Instant-Knockout Powder.
• The guards mistook the two black-robed figures for underworld spirits, and Xiao Han tricked them into believing they could avert a calamity by knocking themselves unconscious.
• Xiao Yan scattered the powder and knocked out the guards, then entered Liu Xi’s room and took his Ring.
• Xiao Yan proposed that he search the eastern district while Xiao Han searched the western district, and Xiao Han corrected him that they were searching and taking valuables.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan split up and vanished into the darkness.

News spread through Wutan City that two black-robed figures had looted the Jialie Family and killed its First-grade Alchemist. The Xiao Clan suspected the mysterious alchemists who had helped them before, and the chapter left attention fixed on the two silent youths at the table.

• Word spread that two black-robed figures had drugged the Jialie Family, stolen its valuables, and killed its First-grade Alchemist.
• Wutan City residents reacted with shock, while some small families welcomed the Jialie Family’s misfortune.
• A servant reported the news to Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan during breakfast.
• Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder suspected the two mysterious alchemists who had previously aided the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan and the others turned their attention to the two youths eating silently in a corner.

At the Xiao Clan’s dining table, Xiao Han and Xiao Yan denied knowing whether the mysterious seniors had looted the Jialie Family and claimed the seniors had praised their talents. Xiao Han then outmaneuvered Xiao Yu’s attempt to stomp on him and secretly touched her leg, leaving her furious but unable to expose him in front of the elders.

• Xiao Zhan questioned Xiao Han and Xiao Yan about the Jialie Family’s robbery and the mysterious seniors’ whereabouts, and both claimed they knew nothing.
• Xiao Han said the seniors had praised him and Xiao Yan as rare talents destined to become Peerless Warlords, shocking the Xiao Clan members.
• Xiao Yu glared at Xiao Han, who paid Xiao Rou points to predict her plan to stomp on his foot.
• Xiao Han clamped Xiao Yu’s leg between his own, then touched it beneath the table, making her blush and point angrily at him.
• Xiao Han feigned innocence, and Xiao Yu lowered her head to eat while the elders let the juniors’ quarrel pass.
• The conversation at the Xiao Clan dining table returned to the identity of the two mysterious Black-robed Alchemists.

After months of preparations and training, Xiao Han and Xiao Yan prepared to leave Wutan City, while Xun Er and Xiao Xueqin struggled with their coming separation. Xiao Han reassured Xiao Xueqin that they would meet again at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan stocked supplies and refined healing medicine for their journey and the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan advanced to a Four-star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Han reached Six-star Dou Zhe and surpassed him in strength.
• Xun Er and Xiao Xueqin learned the youths were leaving and spent the remaining time close to them.
• On the Xiao Family's Back Mountain, Xiao Han teased Xiao Xueqin that he would never return, then comforted her and promised they would meet at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Han and Xiao Xueqin planned to take Jia Nan Academy’s admissions assessment together when the academy’s instructors arrived in Wutan City. Yao Lao also sent Xiao Yan and Xiao Han to the assessment, intending to take them training afterward, while Xiao Han planned to reunite with Xun Er and Xiao Xueqin after their training and the matter with Misty Cloud Sect were resolved.

• Xiao Han told Xiao Xueqin that Jia Nan Academy would soon recruit students in Wutan City and invited her to take the assessment with him.
• Half a month later, Jia Nan Academy’s admissions team arrived, drawing aspiring students from Wutan City and nearby cities.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he and Xiao Han should enter Jia Nan Academy because it held the Fallen Heart Flame and offered a place to cultivate among talented youths.
• Xiao Yan relayed Yao Lao’s instructions to Xiao Han, who agreed to take the assessment.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan to invite Xun Er and Xiao Xueqin to reunite with them at Jia Nan Academy after their training and the matter with Misty Cloud Sect were settled.