Recaps

Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yao in the Xiao Clan's forbidden Extreme Yang Land and reflected on how he had created a Yang Attribute cultivation method after being unable to find one. Xiao Yao's sun-powered land and medicinal herbs had also brought the clan great wealth, and the chapter left them sharing a meal and conversation.

• Xiao Xun'er entered the Extreme Yang Land and found Xiao Yao resting at its center.
• Xiao Xun'er recalled Xiao Yao's rapid rise to Dou Zhe, his inability to find a suitable cultivation method, and his determination to make one himself.
• Xiao Yao studied the clan's books and cultivation methods, endured injuries while experimenting, and created an intermediate Yellow Tier Yang Attribute cultivation method.
• Xiao Xun'er greeted Xiao Yao, joined him on his Flame Crystal Stone bed, and brought out a feast.
• Xiao Yao's ability to create the Extreme Yang Land had helped the Xiao Clan grow fire-attribute medicinal herbs and strengthen its resources.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Xun'er cultivated in the Xiao Clan's forbidden grounds, where Xiao Yao reviewed his sun-analysis abilities and rapid progress. After night fell, he planned to visit the Mittel Auction House and left with Xun'er, where they encountered Xiao Ning and other Xiao Clan juniors.

• Xiao Yao and Xiao Xun'er cultivated together in the sunlight, and Xun'er teased Xiao Yao about the Mittel Auction House's chief auctioneer.
• Xiao Yao checked his panel and saw that his sun analysis had reached 5.1% and his cultivation had advanced to Nine-Star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yao inspected the golden liquid Dou Qi in his cyclone and reflected that his Sun True Scripture needed improvement to refine solar energy more effectively.
• When night fell, Xiao Yao and Xiao Xun'er finished cultivating and discussed their gains.
• Xiao Yao told Xun'er he was going to the Mittel Auction House, then they left the forbidden grounds and encountered Xiao Ning with several Xiao Clan juniors.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Xun'er encountered Xiao Ning on their way to the back mountain, where Xiao Yao’s presence frightened him into backing down. After escorting Xiao Xun'er home, Xiao Yao headed to Wutan City's Mittel Auction House to seek books from Ya Fei.

• Xiao Ning saw Xiao Xun'er accompanying Xiao Yao and questioned them about cultivating alone together.
• Xiao Yao’s sunlike presence made Xiao Ning recoil when he tried to stop them, and Xiao Yao left with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Ning warned his companions not to provoke Xiao Yao, though they doubted his account of Xiao Yao’s terrifying presence.
• Xiao Yao escorted Xiao Xun'er back to her room, then left the Xiao Clan grounds for the Mittel Auction House in central Wutan City.

Xiao Yao visited the Mittel Auction House to appraise books and cultivation scrolls for Ya Fei, his close partner there. As he examined them, he continued pursuing the knowledge needed to create his own cultivation technique.

• Xiao Yao entered the Mittel Auction House, where the guards welcomed him as a guest elder and onlookers connected his status to his closeness with Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei invited Xiao Yao into her office, shared a green fruit with him, and gave him a Storage Ring containing books and scrolls to appraise.
• Xiao Yao examined the materials, drawing on the extensive knowledge he had gained from years of reading.
• The chapter explained that Xiao Yao had helped the Xiao Clan establish discreet sales of fire-attribute herbs and had grown close to Ya Fei after improving her cultivation talent.
• Xiao Yao carefully read the cultivation techniques without using soul power, preserving their Soul Imprints while studying how the techniques worked.

Xiao Yao reviewed questionable auction items with Ya Fei, then used his Yang-Attribute Dou Qi to improve her meridians and talent. Afterward, Ya Fei thanked him and acknowledged the mutual benefits of their partnership with the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yao identified books and scrolls that the auction house should scrutinize, and Ya Fei agreed to watch for similar items.
• Ya Fei praised Xiao Yao's appraisal work and asked him to help her with a private matter.
• Xiao Yao channeled his Yang-Attribute Dou Qi through Ya Fei's meridians, strengthening them and improving her aptitude.
• Ya Fei recovered from the treatment, thanked Xiao Yao, and reminded him that she had helped the Xiao Clan sell its herbs across the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yao learned that Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect party had arrived in Wutan City, and he planned to contain the fallout from the broken engagement. He disguised himself and entered the sect’s branch, where his first clash with its steward ended with the steward knocked back.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yao a report that Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and another Misty Cloud Sect member had arrived in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yao decided to try to prevent the broken engagement from becoming a public scandal, while Ya Fei prepared to help him escape if necessary.
• Xiao Yao disguised himself, assessed the two Da Dou Shi inside the Misty Cloud Sect branch, and leapt over its courtyard wall.
• The branch steward charged Xiao Yao with Dou Qi Armor, but Xiao Yao met his fist and sent him flying backward.

Xiao Yao confronted the Misty Cloud Sect branch and advised Nalan Yanran to handle her broken engagement discreetly to protect the sect’s reputation. After he left, Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye agreed to change their plans and arrange a quiet meeting with the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yao fought Zheng Ping at the Misty Cloud Sect branch and gained a slight advantage.
• Ge Ye challenged Xiao Yao, who claimed he had come to offer advice and urged Nalan Yanran not to make a spectacle of breaking off her engagement.
• Xiao Yao left the courtyard, and Ge Ye dismissed the gathered branch members before discussing the matter with Nalan Yanran and her companions.
• Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran considered whether an elder had sent Xiao Yao, but could not determine who was behind him.
• Nalan Yanran decided to replace the planned visit with a private meeting with Uncle Xiao and Xiao Yan, explaining that she refused to marry someone she did not know.

After intervening in Nalan Yanran’s engagement dispute, Xiao Yao prepared to pursue Jia Nan Academy for knowledge that could improve his cultivation method and help him analyze the sun. Nalan Yanran privately broke off her engagement with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yao learned the news from him that night.

• Xiao Yao returned to the Xiao Clan after confronting the Misty Cloud Sect branch and decided to wait for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.
• Xiao Yao planned to finish his affairs in the Jia Ma Empire before traveling to Jia Nan Academy, where he hoped to study books about cultivation and the sun.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yao that Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan had left after receiving an invitation, and Xiao Yao inferred that they were meeting Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran privately.
• Xiao Yao visited Xiao Yan that evening and learned that Nalan Yanran had come to break off their engagement.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yao he accepted the broken engagement and would not beg Nalan Yanran to marry him.

Xiao Yao learned that Xiao Yan had refused the Nalan Family’s compensation, then left as Yao Lao awakened in Xiao Yan’s ring. The next day, Xiao Yao lent Xiao Yan money, while Yao Lao revealed that Xiao Yao had reached Nine-Star Dou Shi at sixteen and urged Xiao Yan to strive to catch up.

• Xiao Yao comforted Xiao Yan after learning that he and Xiao Zhan had rejected the Nalan Family’s compensation and ended all dealings with them.
• After Xiao Yao left, Xiao Yan saw his ring float and heard Yao Lao reveal that he had awakened thanks to Xiao Yan’s offerings over the past three years.
• The next morning, Xiao Yao gave Xiao Yan a gold deposit card containing roughly twenty or thirty thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yao headed to the back mountain and considered finding a way to become an alchemist without exposing himself to Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yao was a sixteen-year-old Nine-Star Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan explained how his brother had created a Yang Attribute cultivation method.
• Yao Lao said Xiao Yao’s self-created method might slow his future progress and challenged Xiao Yan to work hard to surpass him.

Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Xiao Yao’s rare talent and self-created cultivation technique made him difficult to catch, and he set himself the goal of surpassing his brother. Meanwhile, Xiao Yao left the Xiao Clan to seek cave ruins near Qingshan Town, with Xun’er and Ya Fei seeing him off.

• Xiao Yan discussed the difficulty of creating yang-attribute cultivation techniques with Yao Lao, who secretly hoped to steer him toward the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan decided to catch up to Xiao Yao and surpass him, while Xiao Yao remained unaware of his brother’s new ambition.
• Xiao Yao planned to claim the cave ruins near Qingshan Town before the butterfly effect could let someone else find them.
• Xiao Yao told the Third Elder he was leaving to pursue an opportunity, packed his things, and left Xiao Yan a note.
• Xiao Xun’er encouraged Xiao Yao to be careful and asked Elder Ling to watch over him from the shadows.
• Xiao Yao visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House for travel supplies, and Ya Fei hugged him and kissed the corner of his lips before he departed.

Xiao Yao reached Qingshan Town and learned that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had seized power after discovering cave ruins, a change caused by his earlier actions. He heard that Mu Li was harassing Xiao Yi Xian and feared the conflict was not over.

• Xiao Yao traveled from Wutan City to Qingshan Town in half a day and disguised himself as a mercenary.
• Xiao Yao bought a booklet from a stallholder and asked why the townspeople seemed tense.
• The stallholder explained that a herb-gathering team had found cave ruins, but the Wolf Head Mercenary Group took them and grew powerful enough to absorb its rivals.
• Xiao Yao realized his actions had changed events and worried that the group might have already taken the Purple Cloud Wings from the ruins.
• The stallholder said the Wolf Head Mercenary Group extorted local businesses and that Mu Li had been harassing Xiao Yi Xian until she drove him off with poison.

Xiao Yao discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had lost the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s protection and was being threatened by Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. As Xiao Yi Xian prepared to defend herself with poison, Xiao Yao watched from the crowd as something suddenly whistled through the air.

• Xiao Yao learned that Xiao Yi Xian was Qingshan Town’s renowned pharmacist and that mercenaries were too afraid of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to protect her.
• Xiao Yao found Mu Li pressuring Xiao Yi Xian outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, while Mr. Yao urged her to accept Mu Li’s proposal.
• Xiao Yi Xian mocked Mr. Yao and rejected Mu Li, so Mr. Yao dismissed her and withdrew the pavilion’s protection.
• Mu Li ordered his men to seize Xiao Yi Xian, and one of his trusted lackeys promised them a handsome reward.
• Xiao Yi Xian raised her poisonous powder to fight, but a sound suddenly whistled through the air as Xiao Yao watched from the crowd.

Xiao Yao rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and revealed that he knew what treasures the group had taken from a nearby cave ruin. He killed Mu Li, leaving the surviving mercenaries facing him.

• Xiao Yao arrived and stood between Xiao Yi Xian and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then refused her offer of an antidote pill.
• Mu Li ordered the mercenaries to attack Xiao Yao, who killed the charging men with his spear and terrified the survivors.
• Mu Li offered Xiao Yao compensation, but Xiao Yao named the cave ruin’s treasures and showed he knew its contents.
• Xiao Yao thrust his spear through Mu Li’s throat and killed him.

Xiao Yao killed Mu Li and led Xiao Yi Xian to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters, where he slaughtered Mu She and destroyed the group. He recovered a remnant map, three scrolls, medicinal herbs, and more than 300,000 gold coins, but the Purple Cloud Wings were not among the haul.

• Xiao Yao killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members who attacked him, and Xiao Yi Xian searched their bodies and found Mu Li's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yao asked Xiao Yi Xian to lead him to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters, suspecting Mu She might have sold the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yao killed the guards at the headquarters and then hurled his spear into Mu She's chest, pinning him to a boulder and killing him.
• Xiao Yao pursued the fleeing mercenaries while Xiao Yi Xian searched the headquarters, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was destroyed.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yao a Storage Ring containing a remnant map, three scrolls, a few rare medicinal herbs, and a gold card with more than 300,000 gold coins.

Xiao Yao examined the spoils from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian in as his maid. He revealed that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture described her as possessing a Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him to confirm it.

• Xiao Yao identified the Demonic Flame Remnant Map and examined the Soul Imprints on Mad Lion's Roar and Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yao to take her in, explaining that she could no longer remain safely in Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yao agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian stay by his side as a maid, clarifying that he valued her talent and only expected her to attend to his daily needs.
• Xiao Yao showed Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and told her that her talent was extraordinary.
• Xiao Yi Xian read that a Woeful Poison Body could convert poison into Poison Dou Qi and recognized the seven-colored line on her abdomen.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yao whether she possessed a Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yao explained the Woeful Poison Body’s dangers to Xiao Yi Xian and promised that it could be controlled. After sparing Mr. Yao, he told her about the Poison Pill Method and sealing techniques, then revealed that his sun power might help suppress her poison.

• Xiao Yi Xian read that the Woeful Poison Body could spread to her heart, cause unbearable torment, and erupt to devastate everything around her.
• Xiao Yi Xian resolved to leave before losing control, but Xiao Yao assured her that he knew ways to control the condition.
• Xiao Yao led Xiao Yi Xian away from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s camp, where mercenaries later found Mu She’s corpse.
• Xiao Yao asked whether Xiao Yi Xian wanted Mr. Yao of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion killed, and she chose to spare him because he had protected her.
• Xiao Yao explained the Poison Pill Method and sealing as ways to control the Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yi Xian vowed to find a solution herself.
• Xiao Yao said his power might also help control the Woeful Poison Body and considered using his power of the sun to suppress it.

Xiao Yao tested whether his Yang Attribute Dou Qi could suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and confirmed that it reduced the mark on her abdomen. He then overcame the Purple Cloud Eagle’s vicious soul and prepared to cultivate the Purple Cloud Wings.

• Xiao Yao introduced himself to Xiao Yi Xian and explained that his Yang Attribute Dou Qi might suppress her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian marked the Seven-Colored Hidden Line on her lower abdomen, then joined palms with Xiao Yao as he circulated Yang Attribute Dou Qi through her body.
• Xiao Yao’s Dou Qi subdued Xiao Yi Xian’s poison Qi, and Xiao Yi Xian later confirmed that the mark had receded.
• Xiao Yao asked Xiao Yi Xian to stand guard while he cultivated the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yao resisted the Purple Cloud Eagle’s soul attack and used the power of the sun to sweep away its violent emotion.

Xiao Yao successfully cultivated the Purple Cloud Wings, which transformed into brilliant purple-gold wings under his yang-attribute Dou Qi. After testing his new flight technique and giving Xiao Yi Xian a ride, he flew with her toward Wutan City to return to the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yao used Sun Power to heal the branch meridians forcibly opened during his cultivation of the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yao saw the purple-black wing markings on his back and expanded them into purple-gold wings with his yang-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yao tested the wings by flying swiftly through the air, while Xiao Yi Xian watched in amazement.
• Xiao Yao carried Xiao Yi Xian into the sky and flew with her toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Yao reflected that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had unknowingly completed the work needed for him to return directly to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yao brought Xiao Yi Xian back to Wutan City and introduced her to the Xiao Clan, while Xun'er and Ling Ying discussed how he had recognized Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body. Ling Ying was amazed by Xiao Yao's perseverance and believed his talent could overcome the limits of his cultivation method.

• Xiao Yao flew with Xiao Yi Xian toward Wutan City, rested to recover his Dou Qi, then landed outside the city and continued on foot to avoid attracting attention.
• Xiao Yao took Xiao Yi Xian through Wutan City to the Xiao Clan, where the guards respectfully let them pass.
• Xiao Yao told the Third Elder that he had completed his trip, and the Third Elder agreed to withdraw the people stationed at the place of extreme yang.
• Xun'er examined Ling Ying's portrait of Xiao Yi Xian and discussed how Xiao Yao had identified her as a possessor of the Woeful Poison Body.
• Ling Ying admitted that he had not recognized Xiao Yi Xian's condition at first, and Xun'er explained that Xiao Yao had read every book in the Xiao Clan's collection.
• Ling Ying expressed amazement at Xiao Yao's perseverance and said he believed Xiao Yao could overcome the shackles of his cultivation method.

Xiao Yao introduced Xiao Yi Xian to members of the Xiao Clan and told her that Xiao Yan’s talent had returned. After more than a month of cultivation, Xiao Yao broke through to Da Dou Shi on the mountain behind the clan.

• The Third Elder gave Xiao Yi Xian an identity token, and Xiao Yao explained that the elder had treated her kindly because of his standing in the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yao introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Yan, who offered to help her and promised Xiao Yao a big surprise.
• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yi Xian about Xiao Yan’s lost talent, and she guessed that it had returned; Xiao Yao asked her to keep quiet and play along.
• Xiao Yao took Xiao Yi Xian to meet Xiao Xun'er, then brought her back to his courtyard, where she settled into an empty room.
• After more than a month of cultivation, Xiao Yao attempted a breakthrough on the mountain and reached Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yao broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm and celebrated with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian as Jia Nan Academy's recruitment approached. While preparing for the academy, he modified Mad Lion's Roar into a powerful new Dou Technique called Blazing Sun Explosive Flame.

• Xiao Yao reached the Da Dou Shi realm, and Xun'er congratulated him on his breakthrough and discussed the privileges he might receive at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yao took Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian around Wutan City to celebrate, and news arrived that Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team would soon come.
• Xiao Yao studied Mad Lion's Roar on the Xiao Clan's rear mountain and adapted it into a golden, explosive attack that blinded opponents instead of forming a lion or producing a roar.
• Xiao Yao named the modified technique Blazing Sun Explosive Flame and tested it by blasting through trees and shattering a large bluestone.

After refining Mad Lion's Roar into the more powerful Blazing Sun Explosive Flame, Xiao Yao went to Jia Nan Academy's reception quarters to challenge its students. Teacher Ruo Lin stepped in to protect them, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yao unleashed his full presence and prepared to fight her.

• Xiao Yao spent the day refining Blazing Sun Explosive Flame and saw his cultivation reach One-Star Great Dou Master (17%).
• Xiao Yao cloaked himself and went to Jia Nan Academy's reception quarters instead of the enrollment square.
• Two students confronted Xiao Yao, but Teacher Ruo Lin pulled back one who tried to attack him with an azure whip.
• Xiao Yao revealed that he had recently entered the Da Dou Shi realm and challenged Teacher Ruo Lin to spar.
• Teacher Ruo Lin ordered her students to retreat as Xiao Yao unleashed his full presence.

Xiao Yao fought Instructor Ruo Lin outside Jia Nan Academy's guesthouse, countering her whip techniques with precise spear attacks and Yang-Attribute Dou Qi. After Ruo Lin unleashed her full-strength Water-Spreading Datura, Xiao Yao's blazing attack destroyed the water snake and left her unable to continue fighting.

• Xiao Yao used his spear and sharp soul perception to block Instructor Ruo Lin's whip while closing the distance between them.
• Instructor Ruo Lin formed a Force-Dispelling Water Mirror to stop the stone fragments Xiao Yao had kicked toward her.
• Xiao Yao evaporated the sticky water beneath his feet with Yang-Attribute Dou Qi and told Instructor Ruo Lin to stop using little tricks.
• Instructor Ruo Lin unleashed the mid-level Xuan-rank Dou Technique Water-Spreading Datura, forming a nearly ten-meter water snake that swept toward Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao fired a blazing mass of energy that evaporated the water snake and charred Ruo Lin's whip, which smashed through the courtyard wall.
• Instructor Ruo Lin shielded herself and the students with a water mirror, but she had exhausted her Dou Qi and could no longer fight.

Xiao Yao revealed that he had challenged Instructor Ruo Lin as an unconventional admissions test and asked to join Jia Nan Academy. After confirming his age and strength, Ruo Lin accepted him and agreed to keep his identity secret until the recruitment group left Wutan City.

• Xiao Yao put away his spear and asked Instructor Ruo Lin to speak with him privately, and she agreed to protect her students.
• Xiao Yao revealed his face and told Ruo Lin that he was sixteen, from the Xiao Clan, and wanted to enroll at Jia Nan Academy.
• Ruo Lin verified Xiao Yao’s bone age and accepted that he had passed the admissions assessment.
• Xiao Yao asked Ruo Lin to keep his identity secret in Wutan City until he departed with the recruitment group, and she agreed.

Xiao Yao escaped the commotion caused by his modified Dou Technique and let Ruo Lin handle the fallout at Jia Nan Academy’s reception office. He later explained to Xun'er why he was concealing his talent in the Jia Ma Empire and considered moving the Xiao Clan to Jia Nan City to avoid the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yao gave Ruo Lin a gold deposit card for her damaged weapon, then slipped away as people gathered around the reception office.
• Xiao Yao learned that his Blazing Sun Explosive Flame had drawn the crowd, and Wutan City spread rumors the next day about a mysterious expert attacking Jia Nan Academy.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yao on a mountaintop, where Xun'er teased him for causing a sensation while keeping out of sight.
• Xiao Yao told Xun'er he planned to reveal his talent only after leaving Wutan City because attracting attention could alert the Soul Hall Protector.
• Xiao Yao resolved to grow stronger quickly at Jia Nan Academy and considered building a force in Jia Nan City and moving the Xiao Clan there.