Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han and his companions reached Jia Nan Academy’s crowded recruitment site, where Xiao Yu offered to bring the others inside but refused to help him. Xiao Han spotted an academy girl and headed toward her, confident he could get in another way.

• Xiao Han, Xun Er, Xiao Xueqin, and Xiao Yan arrived at Center Plaza and found it packed with assessment candidates.
• Xiao Yu arrived with Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei and said her instructor was in charge of recruitment.
• Xiao Yu offered to take Xun Er, Xiao Xueqin, and Xiao Yan inside but told Xiao Han to wait outside.
• Xiao Han sent the others in with Xiao Yu and walked toward a girl in academy clothing, intending to use his own way into the assessment.

Xiao Han met Xue Ni at the academy assessment square, and she brought him into the assessment area. There, he found Xiao Yu negotiating with a young man in white to help Xiao Xueqin and the others skip the wait in the sun.

• Xue Ni greeted Xiao Han, and he introduced himself as Xiao Yu’s relative and praised her until she agreed to escort him inside.
• Xue Ni led Xiao Han through the crowd into the central assessment area without obstruction.
• Xiao Han saw Xiao Yu negotiating with a young man in white to let Xiao Xueqin and the others enter the assessment directly.
• The young man in white noticed Xiao Han speaking with Xue Ni and briefly showed a cold look.

Xiao Han faced Luo Bu, who tried to make him wait in the sun or survive ten exchanges before entering the assessment. Xiao Han rejected Xue Ni’s offer to take him inside and challenged Luo Bu to defeat him in one move, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Luo Bu ignored Xiao Han and told him to wait in the sun for two hours before taking the assessment.
• Xue Ni protested that Luo Bu was deliberately making things difficult for her friend.
• Luo Bu offered to let Xiao Han enter directly if he lasted ten exchanges against him.
• Xue Ni took Xiao Han’s hand and tried to lead him into the tent, but Xiao Han freed himself.
• Xiao Han challenged Luo Bu, declaring that he would abandon the assessment if he could not beat him within one move.

Xiao Han challenged Luo Bu to a one-move fight and defeated the Seven-star Dou Zhe with a single punch, stunning the assessment candidates. He mocked Luo Bu afterward, leaving the field focused on his strength.

• Xiao Han declared that he would knock Luo Bu flat in one move or give up on the assessment.
• Luo Bu attacked Xiao Han after mocking his challenge, and Xiao Han met him with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Xiao Han shattered Luo Bu’s hand and sent him flying to the ground, where Luo Bu vomited blood.
• Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and the other candidates reacted with shock as Xiao Han’s strength became clear.
• Xiao Han told Luo Bu that he was nothing special, and Luo Bu spat out another mouthful of blood.

Xiao Han and his companions entered the assessment tent, where Mentor Ruo Lin evaluated their potential. Xiao Xueqin stunned everyone by revealing that she was a sixteen-year-old One-star Dou Shi.

• Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu about Xiao Han, and Xiao Han took Xiao Xueqin's hand to show that he already had a girlfriend.
• Xiao Yu led Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the others into the tent to meet Mentor Ruo Lin and take the assessment.
• Mentor Ruo Lin gave Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei Grade B, Xun Er Grade S, and Xiao Yan Grade S after learning how quickly his strength had recovered.
• Xiao Han claimed he deserved Double S Grade, and Xiao Yan explained that he had advanced from no Dou Qi to Six-star Dou Zhe in one year.
• Xiao Xueqin announced that she was sixteen years old and a One-star Dou Shi, leaving everyone in stunned silence.

Xiao Xueqin revealed that she had reached one-star Dou Shi in an astonishingly short time, while Xiao Han and Xiao Yan passed the Jia Nan Academy assessment and requested two years’ leave. Three months into training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Han had reached six-star Dou Shi, and he and Xiao Yan prepared to investigate a cave for girls and treasure.

• Xiao Xueqin revealed her one-star Dou Shi cultivation, astonishing Mentor Ruo Lin and the others, and Xiao Han proudly took her hand as the younger generation admired her.
• Xiao Yan requested two years’ leave for himself and Xiao Han, and Mentor Ruo Lin agreed to delay their enrollment at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Xueqin shared a tender farewell in the Xiao Family’s Back Mountain before Xiao Han left to train with Xiao Yan.
• After three months in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Han had reached six-star Dou Shi and Xiao Yan had become Dou Shi; they had also learned new Dou Techniques from Yao Lao.
• Xiao Han invited Xiao Yan to stir up trouble by looking at girls and hunting for treasure in a cave, and Xiao Yan eagerly agreed.

Xiao Han and Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cave and claimed shares of its treasures. After they opened three stone boxes, they discovered a rare Void Stepping Dou Technique, but sensed a group approaching, including someone with a powerful Da Dou Shi aura.

• Xiao Han led Xiao Yan to a cliff, where they hid and watched Xiao Yi Xian descend by rope.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan entered the cave after Xiao Yi Xian and startled her beside a skeleton and three locked stone boxes.
• Xiao Yan proposed splitting the treasures, and Xiao Yi Xian claimed the Seven-Colored Poison Classic while Xiao Yan took the Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Han opened the third box and found the Void Stepping Dou Technique: Nine Heavenly Steps.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan sensed several people approaching, including someone whose aura seemed to belong to a Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Han, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan were cornered in a cave by Mu She and the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group, then escaped by jumping from a cliff. Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan reached safety on her Blue Giant Eagle, while Xiao Han was left falling as she teased him.

• Mu She arrived at the cave with over a dozen mercenaries, and Xiao Han realized the story's events had diverged from the novel.
• The system deducted all of Xiao Han's points after he complained, and Mu She demanded the trio hand over their treasures.
• Xiao Han tricked the mercenaries with a false claim about a naked beauty while Xiao Yi Xian scattered medicinal powder, letting the trio flee the cave.
• As Mu She pursued them, Xiao Han pulled Xiao Yan off the cliff with him, and Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Giant Eagle.
• The Blue Giant Eagle caught Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi Xian refused to rescue Xiao Han right away and teased him as he fell.

After parting from Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Han and Xiao Yan continued training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range while the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group hunted them. Xiao Han ambushed Mu Li’s search squad and killed the young regiment leader.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Yi Xian made peace, exchanged names, and discussed their plans as they traveled with Xiao Yan on the Giant Eagle.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan parted from Xiao Yi Xian at dawn, and she flew back toward Qingshan Town.
• The Blood Wolf Mercenary Group began hunting Xiao Han and Xiao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but its searching mercenaries went missing.
• Mu Li led a squad through the forest to search for the two youths, and an unseen attacker killed every mercenary with him.
• Xiao Han appeared before Mu Li and killed him with a swift sword strike.

After accepting a bounty to rescue Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Han flew into the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group’s camp, where Mu She had imprisoned her. His arrival left the mercenaries stunned by what appeared to be Dou Zong-level power.

• Mu She ordered the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group to capture Xiao Yi Xian and offered the manager of Ten Thousand Medicine Hall a share of the cave treasures in exchange for her.
• Xiao Han relaxed by a waterfall while Xiao Yan trained and hunted magical beasts, then accepted Xiao Rou’s 100,000-point mission to rescue Xiao Yi Xian.
• The manager admitted he had betrayed Xiao Yi Xian for profit, while Mu She threatened her to force her to reveal Xiao Han and Xiao Yan’s whereabouts.
• Xiao Yi Xian prepared to self-destruct, but Xiao Han appeared in the sky above the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group and greeted her.

Xiao Han rescued Xiao Yi Xian by killing Mu She with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, then let the mercenaries go and freed her. Xiao Yi Xian chose to travel the continent practicing medicine, and Xiao Han reassured her that he and Xiao Yan would remain her friends no matter what she became.

• Xiao Han arrived to save Xiao Yi Xian and declared that he could defeat Mu She alone.
• Xiao Han used the Heavenly Emperor Sword to kill the three-star Da Dou Shi Mu She with one strike.
• Xiao Han spared the mercenaries, freed Xiao Yi Xian, and brought the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall shopkeeper before her.
• Xiao Yi Xian spared the shopkeeper and told Xiao Han she planned to practice medicine while traveling the continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Han would still consider her a friend if she changed, and he promised that he and Xiao Yan would always be her friends.
• Xiao Yi Xian left, and Xiao Han watched her go before departing through the air.

Xiao Han returned through the air and broke through to Da Dou Shi after an unexpected moment of enlightenment. He used his new Lucky Points Draw and won the Divine Concealment Cloak.

• Xiao Han flew through the mountains and forests, then stopped in midair to savor the feeling of roaming freely.
• Xiao Han opened his eyes and discovered that he had advanced to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Rou congratulated Xiao Han and told him that his new realm allowed him another Lucky Points Draw.
• Xiao Han spent Ten Thousand Points to spin the Illusory Great Turntable.
• Xiao Han won the Divine Concealment Cloak, which could conceal his aura and let him travel a certain distance through space.

Xiao Han decided to leave Xiao Yan and roam the Dou Qi Continent on his own. After an awkward first encounter with the wounded Yun Yun, he and Xiao Yan agreed to meet again at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Han departed before dawn.

• Xiao Han resolved to set out alone, confident in his strength and his Divine Concealment Cloak.
• Xiao Han returned to the waterfall cave and accidentally saw Xiao Yan treating the wounded Yun Yun, who angrily threatened him.
• Xiao Han apologized to Yun Yun, then spent the night outside the cave with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan agreed to train separately and meet at the Misty Cloud Sect, then drank together before Xiao Han's departure.
• Before dawn, Xiao Han left the sleeping Xiao Yan and flew toward the horizon.

Xiao Han used his electronic map to plan a training journey from his location in the northern Magical Beast Mountain Range. He chose to travel through Black Rock City and the Tagore Desert before heading north to the unexplored City of Ice and Snow.

• Xiao Han checked his system interface and brought out the Complete Electronic Map of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Han located himself at the northern edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and surveyed the nearby regions.
• Xiao Han decided to visit the Tagore Desert because Queen Medusa lived there.
• Xiao Han discovered the City of Ice and Snow at the far north of the map and made it his final destination.
• Xiao Han planned to enter Black Rock City, cross the Tagore Desert, and continue north to the City of Ice and Snow.

After arriving in Black Rock City, Xiao Han rested from his long journey and set out the next day to take the Alchemist Rank Badge assessment. He asked a vendor for directions to the Alchemist Guild, then remembered he had an electronic map and continued toward the guild.

• Xiao Han reached Black Rock City at dusk after several days of travel, intending to test his alchemy skill at the Alchemist Guild and earn a badge for free flying transport.
• Xiao Han checked into an inn, ate, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• The next day, Xiao Han woke refreshed and walked through the busy city toward the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Han asked a street vendor for directions, then remembered he had an electronic map and headed for the guild.

Xiao Han entered the Alchemist Guild to take an alchemist rank assessment, surprising the receptionist and the alchemists when he requested the Second-grade assessment. Lin Fei challenged his claim, and Xiao Han answered that alchemy should be judged by skill rather than age.

• Xiao Han reached the Alchemist Guild and told the guards he had come to take the rank badge assessment.
• A receptionist charged Xiao Han 100 Gold Coins and gave him a First-grade assessment form.
• Xiao Han asked to change the form to the Second-grade assessment, startling the receptionist and the alchemists nearby.
• Lin Fei entered, questioned whether Xiao Han could take the Second-grade assessment, and Xiao Han replied that alchemy was not judged by age.

Xiao Han registered for the Second-grade Alchemist assessment at the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, drawing skepticism from Lin Fei, Feng Qiu, and the crowd. The assessment began with Xiao Han and Feng Qiu assigned to neighboring rooms.

• Xiao Han filled out the assessment form, revealing that he was seventeen, and followed the female attendant to the Examination Room as Lin Fei and curious onlookers followed.
• Lin Fei encountered Feng Qiu, who mistakenly thought she had come to watch his assessment; he mocked Xiao Han for attempting the Second-grade rank at such a young age.
• A Third-grade Alchemist explained that examinees had one incense stick and two attempts to refine a Second-grade Pill, then sent them to their assigned rooms.
• Feng Qiu taunted Xiao Han before they entered neighboring examination rooms, and Xiao Han retorted that Feng Qiu had failed for years.
• The bell rang, officially beginning the Second-grade Alchemist assessment.

Xiao Han passed the Second-grade Alchemist assessment by refining a Qi Recovery Pill, then defeated Feng Qiu when he challenged him to a fight. He left the guild with his certification and prepared to travel to the Tagor Desert to see Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Han smoothly refined a Qi Recovery Pill and finished the assessment before the other candidates.
• The supervising Third-grade Alchemist announced that Xiao Han was the only one of twenty-five candidates to pass, then gave him a rank badge and alchemist robes.
• Feng Qiu accused Xiao Han of succeeding through luck and challenged him to exchange Dou Qi, and Xiao Han accepted.
• Xiao Han stopped Feng Qiu's attack, kicked him into a wall, and left the hall as the onlookers and Lin Fei marveled at his strength.

Xiao Han boarded the Jia Ma Empire Royal Flying Ship bound for the empire’s border and met the attendant Lin Xuan. At dinner, he intervened when a young Second-grade Alchemist forcibly grabbed Lin Xuan, leaving the two men facing off.

• After missing the day’s flight, Xiao Han stayed overnight in Black Rock City and boarded the royal flying ship the next morning.
• Lin Xuan welcomed Xiao Han, showed him to a private room, and later invited him to dinner in the dining hall.
• At dinner, a young Second-grade Alchemist demanded that Lin Xuan sit with him and grabbed her wrist when she refused.
• Xiao Han stood up and ordered the young man to let Lin Xuan go and get lost.
• The young man confronted Xiao Han, and the two Second-grade Alchemists stared each other down.

Xiao Han and the alchemists aboard an exclusive Flying Ship were poisoned and robbed by Poison Lady and her disguised crew. After collecting the passengers’ storage rings, Poison Lady ordered the ship blown up, leaving everyone’s fate uncertain.

• Xiao Han stabbed the young man with a chopstick after the man refused to leave, and Lin Xuan escaped to Xiao Han’s side.
• The passengers discovered they could not use their Dou Qi, and Xiao Han pretended to be poisoned while keeping Lin Xuan quiet.
• Poison Lady revealed her identity and explained that she had poisoned the alchemists to rob them.
• Poison Lady’s crew confiscated the passengers’ storage rings, while Xiao Rou hid Xiao Han’s High-grade Storage Ring.
• Poison Lady ordered her crew to blow up the Flying Ship and leave the passengers’ survival to chance.