Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu revealed that he could refine Thunder Fire Beads and offered to help the Xiao Family overcome its business troubles. Just as the family welcomed the opportunity, the mysterious Old Yao arrived to discuss cooperation.

• Mo Yu reassured his grandfather that he could resolve the Xiao Family's financial troubles.
• Steward Mo brought Mo Yu to the Xiao Family meeting hall and announced that his grandson had a solution.
• Mo Yu showed the family a Thunder Fire Bead and claimed he could make five hundred in three days, easing Xiao Zhan and the elders' worries.
• Mo Yu explained that an old senior had taught him Weapon Refining Technique and permitted him to sell what he made.
• A black-robed visitor entered the meeting hall, and Mo Yu recognized him as Old Yao.

Venerable Yao visited the Xiao Family and learned that Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Beads had already helped counter the Jialie Family’s business pressure. After praising Mo Yu, he offered the clan a huge supply of healing medicine, leaving the Xiao Family with powerful support against its rival.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed the black-robed visitor, while Xiao Yu told Mo Yu that the visitor had ties to Xiao Yan.
• Venerable Yao asked why the Xiao Family seemed composed despite the Jialie Family’s business pressure, and Xiao Zhan explained that Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Beads could stabilize their business.
• Venerable Yao asked to meet Mo Yu, praised his talent, and promised to help the Xiao Family.
• Venerable Yao produced 1,283 bottles of Blood Coagulation Powder, whose healing effects surpassed the Jialie Family’s Spring Return Powder.

The Xiao Family prepared a counterattack against the Jialie Family with Old Yao’s healing medicine and Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Beads. When the Xiao Family revealed its cheaper, more effective Blood-Clotting Powder and Thunder Fire Beads in the Jialie Family’s market, the mercenaries rushed away, leaving the Jialie Family’s merchants panicked.

• Xiao Zhan and Old Yao agreed to split the profits from their cooperation equally.
• The Xiao Family gathered materials while Mo Yu spent three days refining Thunder Fire Beads, as the Jialie Family grew more aggressive and raised Spring Return Powder’s price.
• Xiao Family spies announced that the Xiao Family was selling Blood-Clotting Powder and Thunder Fire Beads in the Jialie Family’s market.
• A Xiao Family spy demonstrated the powder’s ability to stop bleeding and showed the crowd a Thunder Fire Bead.
• Mercenaries rushed from the Jialie Family’s market toward the Xiao Family’s, and merchants feared the Jialie Family would lose its advantage.

The Xiao Family’s Blood-Clotting Powder and Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Bead captured most of Wu Tan City’s healing medicine market, leaving the Jialie Family struggling to compete. At a family meeting, Liu Xi dismissed the products and urged the Jialie Family to kill or cripple Mo Yu to cut off the Thunder Fire Bead supply.

• The Xiao Family’s new products restored its market popularity, and Mo Yu’s role in refining the Thunder Fire Bead strengthened the family’s reputation and drew neutral factions closer.
• The Jialie Family lowered the price of its Spring Return Powder, but mercenaries still favored the Xiao Family’s products and bought from the Jialie market only when supplies ran out.
• Jia Lie Bi and the Jialie Family’s higher-ups examined the Blood-Clotting Powder and Thunder Fire Bead while Liu Xi played with a maidservant.
• Liu Xi claimed the Blood-Clotting Powder came from an inexperienced Alchemist and dismissed Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Bead as an inferior craft.
• Liu Xi insisted that his share of the Jialie Family’s earnings remain unchanged and advised the family to kill or cripple Mo Yu to disrupt the Xiao Family’s supply.

The Xiao Family celebrated Mo Yu’s Thunder Fire Beads and Xiao Yan’s Blood-Clotting Powder, which brought them major profits and strengthened their position against the Jialie Family. Ya Fei recognized Mo Yu as the black-robed person from the auction house, and the chapter ended with her angrily recalling that he had flirted with her despite having a fiancée.

• The Xiao Family praised Mo Yu’s success after the first five hundred Thunder Fire Beads sold out and another batch was prepared.
• Xiao Yan secretly delivered more Blood-Clotting Powder, and Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder celebrated the family’s growing sales and profits.
• Xiao Zhan offered Mo Yu half the profits from the Thunder Fire Beads, but Mo Yu gave the money to Steward Mo to keep.
• Ya Fei approached Mo Yu at the Xiao Family gates to discuss cooperation and revealed that she had recognized him as the black-robed person from the auction house.
• Mo Yu admitted he had visited the auction house in disguise and apologized for his earlier flirtation, then left as Ya Fei angrily recalled that he had asked her to marry him despite having a fiancée.

Mo Yu went to rescue Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Ning after Jialie Ao and Liu Xi set a trap for them in the marketplace. The chapter ended with Mo Yu arriving and attacking a man who was about to strike Xiao Yu.

• Mo Yu patrolled the marketplace with Xiao Family guards and learned that Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and others were being harassed by Liu Xi and Jialie Ao.
• Liu Xi urged Jialie Ao to use the confrontation to lure out Mo Yu, promising to help bring down the Xiao Family in return.
• Jialie Ao ordered his men to seize the women, and Xiao Yu fought several attackers before becoming outnumbered.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ning to get Xun'er away and call Mo Yu, but an attacker raised his fist against her.
• Mo Yu struck the attacker across the face and warned Liu Xi and Jialie Ao that they had touched his woman.

Mo Yu and Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi and Jialie Ao after the Xiao Family intervened in a clash, and both accepted challenges from their older rivals. The Jialie Family hoped to cripple the Xiao Family’s rising fighters as the chapter ended with both sides preparing for battle.

• Mo Yu reassured Xiao Yu and checked that Xun'er was unharmed as Xiao Family men charged the Jialie Family guards.
• Xiao Yan arrived, reunited with Xun'er, and joined Mo Yu in facing Liu Xi and Jialie Ao.
• After Liu Xi insulted Mo Yu’s Artifact Refining, Mo Yu mocked Liu Xi’s Alchemy and accepted his challenge to fight.
• Jialie Ao challenged Xiao Yan, who accepted despite the crowd’s doubts about his strength.
• Jialie Ao and Liu Xi exchanged ruthless looks as they planned to cripple Mo Yu and Xiao Yan.

Mo Yu defeated Liu Xi and revealed that his Vermilion Bird Sky-Burning Thunder could devour the Dark Wolf Flame. He left Liu Xi defeated and secretly sent a strand of Profound Thunder power into his body.

• Xiao Yan’s iron-rod attack was stopped by Jialie Ao’s whirlwinds, leaving Xiao Yan at a disadvantage.
• Mo Yu activated his Thunder Adamant Body and sent Liu Xi flying with a single strike, revealing his Five Star Dou Practitioner strength.
• Liu Xi summoned the Dark Wolf Flame and charged Mo Yu, confident that its power would kill him.
• Mo Yu’s Vermilion Bird Sky-Burning Thunder overwhelmed and devoured the Dark Wolf Flame, which Liu Xi could no longer control.
• Mo Yu thanked Liu Xi for the gift, sent a hidden strand of Profound Thunder power into him, and withdrew his Profound Thunder.

Mo Yu defeated Liu Xi and discovered that devouring Beast Flames greatly strengthened his Vermilion Bird Sky-Burning Thunder. After Xiao Yan defeated Jialie Ao, Jia Lie Bi attacked the two youths, but Xiao Zhan arrived to protect them, leaving the conflict between the clan heads unresolved.

• Mo Yu defeated Liu Xi, who fled after losing the Nether Poison Wolf Flame, while Mo Yu secretly left Profound Thunder inside him.
• Mo Yu realized that devouring the Beast Flame had greatly strengthened his Vermilion Bird Sky-Burning Thunder and considered whether it could devour Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan defeated Jialie Ao with Eight Extremes Crash, then tried to kill him before Jia Lie Bi intervened.
• Jia Lie Bi attacked Mo Yu and Xiao Yan with wind blades, but both youths dodged them.
• Xiao Zhan rushed in and blocked Jia Lie Bi with his Lion Mountain Split, as the crowd protested Jia Lie Bi's ambush.

After reaching Seven-Star Dou Practitioner, Mo Yu attended a Xiao Family meeting where the family learned the Jialie Family had lost its alchemist and medicinal supplies. Xiao Zhan recognized Mo Yu and Xiao Yan’s roles in the family’s advantage over their rivals.

• After the marketplace conflict ended, several families secretly pledged allegiance to the Xiao Family, and Mo Yu focused on cultivation under protection.
• Mo Yu emerged from three days of seclusion after absorbing Liu Xi’s Dark Wolf Flame and advancing to Seven-Star Dou Practitioner.
• At the Xiao Family meeting, Xiao Zhan learned the Jialie Family’s supply of healing medicine had been cut off and Liu Xi had disappeared.
• A subordinate reported that Jialie Nu had been killed by a mysterious Black-robed person while transporting medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Zhan suspected Xiao Yan’s teacher had killed Jialie Nu, and Xiao Yan confirmed the suspicion.
• Xiao Zhan concluded that the Xiao Family had gained the advantage over the Jialie Family and credited Mo Yu and Xiao Yan.

As Jia Lie Family collapsed and Jia Nan Academy’s enrollment drew near, Mo Yu decided not to attend and prepared to leave Wu Tan City. He gave Xiao Yu a Storage Ring containing Earth Tier cultivation and combat techniques so she could grow strong enough to keep up with him.

• Jia Lie Family sold two Marketplaces to repay its debts, and the Xiao Family bought them, ending the families’ economic clash in Xiao Family’s favor.
• Mo Yu weighed the danger of pursuing Falling Heart Flame and decided to seek lower-ranked Heavenly Flames instead.
• Mo Yu watched the Xiao Clan youths train for Jia Nan Academy’s enrollment, then returned home and told Xiao Yu he would not attend the academy.
• Mo Yu gave Xiao Yu a Storage Ring containing the complementary Earth Tier Intermediate ‘Primordial Azure Wind Art’ and ‘Clear Shadow Sword Art.’
• Xiao Yu overcame her unease and accepted the techniques, resolving not to become a burden to Mo Yu.

Mo Yu and Xiao Yu led the Xiao Family youths through the crowded Jia Nan Academy recruitment square using Xiao Yu’s connection to the person in charge. After meeting Xiao Yu’s friend Xue Ni, Mo Yu recognized that his acquired Heavenly Gang Thunder Body was stirring uncontrollable lust, but decided its benefits outweighed the flaw for now.

• Xiao Yu led Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and the others through a guarded passage into the recruitment square with her jade-green medallion.
• Xue Ni greeted Xiao Yu warmly and teased her about Mo Yu being handsome and whether she would share him as a fiancé.
• Xiao Yu pushed Xue Ni away, feeling jealous despite recognizing the woman was joking.
• Mo Yu noticed his thoughts about Xiao Yu and Xue Ni and realized his acquired Heavenly Gang Thunder Body was making him crave female beauty.
• Mo Yu recalled that powerful cultivators with the Heavenly Gang Thunder Body had often succumbed to desire, but chose to trust himself and continue cultivating.

Mo Yu joined Xiao Yu and the Xiao Family Members at Jia Nan Academy, where he met Rob, a student who had pursued Xiao Yu for a long time. Rob challenged Mo Yu to a spar, and Mo Yu accepted, leaving the group eager to see the match.

• Xiao Yu introduced Mo Yu and the Xiao Family Members to the students gathered beneath the academy tent.
• The female students teased Xiao Yu about Mo Yu, then Rob arrived and greeted her.
• Xiao Yu linked arms with Mo Yu, and Mo Yu identified himself as her fiancé when Rob questioned him.
• Rob dismissed Mo Yu’s reputation and challenged him to spar as a senior student.
• Mo Yu accepted Rob’s challenge, while Xiao Yu and the Xiao Family Members looked forward to the fight.

Mo Yu effortlessly defeated Rob after Rob challenged him, stunning the students who witnessed the fight. As Mo Yu prepared to leave, a mature woman appeared and praised his talent, but he told her he was not interested in Jia Nan Academy.

• Mo Yu accepted Rob's challenge despite the girls' concerns, and Xiao Yu remained confident in him.
• Mo Yu stopped Rob's first punch with one hand and told him to attack with full strength.
• Rob used Earth Rock Coffin Palm, but Mo Yu shattered the technique and blasted him unconscious with a single blow.
• The students were shocked by Mo Yu's strength, and Xiao Yu said he had advanced from the Dou Qi stage in just one year.
• As Mo Yu prepared to leave, a woman in green praised his talent, and he said he was not interested in Jia Nan Academy.

Mo Yu rejected Jia Nan Academy, but Instructor Ruo Lin became determined to recruit him after learning he was a seventeen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Practitioner with SSS-Level Potential Value. The revelation shocked the students and left Ruo Lin eager to persuade him to join.

• Mo Yu told Instructor Ruo Lin he was not interested in Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yu tried to smooth over the awkward moment.
• Ruo Lin welcomed the students into the tent and apologized for Rob's earlier behavior, while Mo Yu warned that he might show less mercy if Rob provoked him again.
• Ruo Lin treated Rob's injuries, and Rob woke up and gave up pursuing Xiao Yu.
• Ruo Lin asked Mo Yu about his age and strength, and he revealed that he was seventeen and a Seven-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Ruo Lin recognized Mo Yu's SSS-Level Potential Value and resolved to recruit him, while Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei reacted to his strength.

Instructor Ruo Lin persuaded Mo Yu to enroll at Jia Nan Academy as a nominal student with indefinite leave, then discovered Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er also had remarkable potential. Xiao Yan asked to take a year of leave, leaving Ruo Lin speechless.

• After learning Mo Yu had SSS-Level Potential Value, Instructor Ruo Lin offered him an indefinite leave of absence if he joined Jia Nan Academy, and Mo Yu agreed.
• Instructor Ruo Lin began recording the other new students' information and assigned their Potential Value grades.
• Xiao Yan received an A-grade, and Xiao Xun'er received a Six-Star Dou Practitioner result, shocking Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yu told Instructor Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan and Xun'er were her cousins and that Xiao Yan and Mo Yu were known as the Xiao Family's Twin Dragons.
• Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin for about a year of leave, and she was left speechless.

Mo Yu helped Xiao Yan persuade Instructor Ruo Lin to grant him leave by having Xun'er explain Xiao Yan's extraordinary cultivation history. Instructor Ruo Lin approved Xiao Yan's one-year leave, leaving her to complain that the Xiao Family's Twin Dragons were really the Xiao Family's Twin Troubles.

• Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin for leave so he could train with Old Yao, but she initially objected because his talent did not justify special treatment.
• Mo Yu prompted Xun'er to explain why Xiao Yan was known as one of the Xiao Family's Twin Dragons.
• Xun'er told Instructor Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe at eleven, fell to Three Duan Dou Qi, and then rose to Four-Star Dou Practitioner in a year and a half.
• Xiao Yan threatened to withdraw from enrollment, and Instructor Ruo Lin approved his one-year leave.
• Instructor Ruo Lin complained that Mo Yu and Xiao Yan were the Xiao Family's Twin Troubles.

Mo Yu asked Xiao Zhan about his father's death, and Xiao Zhan revealed that it was connected to the Yan City Mo Family. The chapter left Mo Yu facing the identity of the family tied to his father's death.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan invited Instructor Ruo Lin to stay with the Xiao Family, and she agreed.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Instructor Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students and arranged rooms for them.
• After dinner, Mo Yu took Xiao Zhan aside and asked about the cause of his father's death.
• Xiao Zhan explained that the matter was a family secret and that Mo Yu's grandfather had kept it from him for his own good.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that Mo Yu's father's death was connected to the Yan City Mo Family.

Mo Yu learned that the Yan City Mo Family had crippled his grandfather’s cultivation and was likely responsible for his father’s death. He resolved to grow strong enough to take revenge, while Xiao Zhan warned him about the family’s powerful elder and ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Zhan told Mo Yu that his grandfather had come from the Yan City Mo Family after his cultivation was crippled and he was expelled.
• Xiao Zhan explained that Mo Yu’s father returned to the Mo Family after reaching Da Dou Shi strength and later died during an unexplained family mission.
• Xiao Zhan described Great Elder Mo Cheng as a Dou Ling known as Executioner Mo, who had ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Yu recalled that the Mo Family conducted magical beast limb experiments and suspected his father had been lured back to become a test subject.
• Mo Yu promised to repay the Xiao Family and resolved to destroy the Mo Family once he was strong enough, while Xiao Zhan urged him to wait before seeking revenge.

Mo Yu asked Xun'er to use the Ancient Clan’s resources to search for a low-ranked Heavenly Flame, and she promised to find information within three days. After he left, Xun'er ordered her attendant to mobilize the clan’s rare search authority, believing the Ancient Clan might someday need the favor Mo Yu owed her.

• Mo Yu set aside thoughts of revenge against the Mo Family and visited Xun'er to ask for her help before leaving.
• Xun'er offered to assist, and Mo Yu asked her to search for information about Heavenly Flames near the bottom of the ranking.
• Xun'er promised to provide news within three days, and Mo Yu thanked her before leaving.
• Xun'er summoned a hidden attendant and ordered him to inform the Ancient Clan and find the Heavenly Flames’ locations within three days.
• The attendant warned that the search would consume authority Xun'er could use only once every two years, but she insisted on repaying Mo Yu for helping her and Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er told the attendant that the Ancient Clan might one day need to rely on Mo Yu’s favor, startling him with her confidence in Mo Yu’s future.