Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin attacked Gu He and his companions in the desert while the Snake People Clan held Yun Yun back. Yun Yun escaped with the survivors, and Xiao Lin left with loot for the Xiao Family before reassuring Hai Bodong that his medicinal pill would be ready within one or two years.

• Xiao Lin declared that he intended to kill Gu He, while the Snake People Clan's five Dou Wangs trapped Yun Yun with the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal.
• Xiao Lin attacked Gu He and the others with Wind Blades, killing all four Dou Lings and severely injuring Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li.
• Yun Yun used an explosive secret technique to break free, then seized Gu He and the two other Dou Wangs and fled.
• Xiao Lin left the desert with a storage ring full of loot and changed his route and clothes to avoid being followed.
• Xiao Lin met Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and promised to refine his medicinal pill within a few months to one or two years.

After building the Xiao Family’s strength with the resources he gathered, Xiao Lin prepared to relocate the clan ahead of Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Pact with the Misty Cloud Sect. As he set out to witness the pact, a green-clad woman tried to abduct Qing Lin, and Xiao Lin confronted her.

• Xiao Lin left resources for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, returned to Wutan City with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong, and invested his gains in the Xiao Family.
• Over several months, the Xiao Family grew to 212 members, while Xiao Lin’s cultivation reached Dou Emperor Eight Star and neared another breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin ordered the Xiao Family to sell its assets, prepare to relocate, and split up to avoid the Misty Cloud Sect’s retaliation after Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Lin prepared to travel to the Imperial Capital to witness Xiao Yan’s pact, hoping his grandson’s breakthrough rewards would help him reach Dou Zong.
• A green-clad woman appeared outside Wutan City and tried to take Qing Lin while Xiao Yan was with her; Xiao Lin confronted the woman, who sensed two Dou Emperor auras nearby.

Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong confronted Lü Man after she abducted Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had drawn the attention of the Heavenly Snake Manor. Xiao Lin challenged Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor above the Monster Beast Mountain Range, leaving them facing a vast array of his summoned swords.

• After Lü Man abducted Qing Lin, Xiao Yan let Yao Lao take control of his body and joined Xiao Lin and Hai Bodong in confronting her.
• Lü Man confirmed that Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor arrived to support her.
• Xiao Lin's group moved the confrontation to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to protect Wutan City, where Lü Man said she only wanted to take Qing Lin away.
• Xiao Lin identified Lü Man as a member of the Heavenly Snake Manor and demanded that Qing Lin be allowed to choose for herself.
• Xiao Lin revealed overwhelming power and formed thousands of green longswords aimed at Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.

Xiao Lin subdued Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor with Wind Sword Domain, and they agreed to accompany Qing Lin to the Imperial Capital. Xiao Yan arrived there with the others, ready to face the Misty Cloud Sect and Nalan Yanran for the Three-Year Pact.

• Xiao Lin used Wind Sword Domain to threaten Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, who surrendered Qing Lin to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Lin let Lü Man and White Fang stay, and they agreed to accompany the group to the Imperial Capital.
• During the journey, Lü Man persuaded Qing Lin to consider growing stronger, but Qing Lin chose to watch Xiao Yan's Three-Year Pact before leaving.
• Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Lü Man reached Jia Ma Holy City while White Fang remained outside the city.
• Xiao Yan looked toward the Misty Cloud Sect and declared that he had come as promised to face Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan reached the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and took shelter with the Mittel Family, while Xun'er learned of their arrival and ordered her people to protect Xiao Yan discreetly. Hai Bodong then shared news that the Nalan Family's patriarch was dying from a poison only Heavenly Flames could remove, and Xiao Lin made clear he did not want to help him.

• At Jia Nan Academy, Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and ordered Master Ling to protect him without revealing her identity or angering Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin's group sought lodging with the Mittel Family, and Hai Bodong reunited with Mite'er Teng Shan and asked him to host them as distinguished guests.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin read that Old Master Nalan was collapsing from Brand Poison after being poisoned by an Iron-branded Poison Seal Python, and that only Heavenly Flames could completely remove it.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin what he thought about helping Nalan Jie, and Xiao Lin said he would rather the old man died, citing the Nalan Family's past treatment of him and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Grand Meeting as Yan Xiao, won first place, and became an Honorary Elder so he could obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula for Queen Medusa. As the Three-Year Pact approached, Hai Bodong brought him an invitation to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Qing Lin resolved to protect him there.

• Queen Medusa urged Xiao Yan to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, and he decided to enter the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan competed under the identity Yan Xiao while Qing Lin watched and Lü Man accompanied her; Hai Bodong prepared the Mittel Family for the Three-Year Pact, and Xiao Lin continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Grand Meeting, became an Honorary Elder, and met powerful Dou Emperors from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan an invitation from the Misty Cloud Sect to attend the Three-Year Pact, explaining that the sect was building support for Nalan Yanran.
• Hai Bodong revealed that Yun Yun had been seriously injured and absent from the sect, while Gu He had not refined a pill for a year.
• Qing Lin told Lü Man she would protect Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Lü Man agreed to go with her and White Fang.

As the Misty Cloud Sect gathered for an important event, Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Jia Xing Tian observed its formidable formation while Xiao Lin and his companions approached the mountain. Xiao Lin checked his strength and prepared to face a sect that had a Dou Zong expert.

• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Jia Xing Tian flew to the Misty Cloud Sect, where nearly a thousand disciples formed a synchronized defensive formation.
• The three Dou Huang experts observed Nalan Yanran, the sect elders, and invited factions gathered in the plaza.
• The Nalan Family stayed away because Nalan Jie was near death and they had been unable to find Yan Xiao, who could treat him with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Lü Man approached Misty Cloud Mountain, passing the Jia Ma Empire's elite legion at its foot.
• Xiao Lin counted his allies and checked the system, which showed him at Ninth Star Dou Huang with his breakthrough at 99%.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Lin, Lü Man, and Qing Lin to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Pact. After they agreed that the match would be life or death, Xiao Yan attacked, and Nalan Yanran countered with her Wind Spirit Fractal Sword.

• Xiao Yan and his companions appeared before the assembled Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran formally identified themselves.
• Yun Leng announced that he would preside over the pact and began to set rules, but Nalan Yanran declared that life and death would be left to fate.
• Xiao Lin led Lü Man and Qing Lin to the side of the plaza as spectators discussed his return and wondered about his strength.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Dou Qi and charged Nalan Yanran with the Black Heavy Ruler.
• Nalan Yanran dodged Xiao Yan's attack, sent Wind Blades at him, and followed with the Wind Spirit Fractal Sword.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran with his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and ended their three-year grievance, while Xiao Lin guarded Lü Man and Qing Lin from the blast. The Misty Cloud Sect’s attempt to secretly bargain for mercy was exposed publicly, and Yun Leng ordered the Enforcement Team to act against Xiao Lin.

• Xiao Lin sensed his immense Dou Qi as his cultivation remained stuck at Ninth Star Dou Huang, ninety-nine percent, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind Extreme: Setting Sun Radiance, but Xiao Yan fused his green and purple flames into Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and overwhelmed her attack.
• The explosion battered the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, while Xiao Lin protected Lü Man and Qing Lin with a green Dou Qi barrier.
• Xiao Yan struck Nalan Yanran and defeated her despite Yun Leng secretly asking him to show mercy.
• Xiao Lin made Yun Leng’s secret plea echo across the plaza, exposing the Misty Cloud Sect’s attempt to bargain and prompting Yun Leng to summon the Enforcement Team.

Xiao Lin and the Xiao Family confronted the Misty Cloud Sect after Xiao Yan’s victory, revealing three Dou Emperors and forcing many disciples to flee. As Xiao Lin declared that he would destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, one hundred thousand azure swords filled the sky above its peak.

• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to surround Xiao Yan, Xiao Lin, Qing Lin, and Lü Man, while three Dou Wangs trapped them in the sky.
• Xiao Lin told Lü Man to summon the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, which arrived and sent the three Dou Wangs flying.
• Lü Man and White Fang revealed their Dou Emperor strength, and Xiao Lin rose into the sky with Dou Emperor wings of his own.
• Xiao Lin gave the Misty Cloud Sect disciples three breaths to withdraw, and nearly half abandoned their posts before the countdown ended.
• Xiao Lin declared that he would destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, and one hundred thousand azure longswords appeared above its peak.

Xiao Lin unleashed the Wind Sword Domain and devastated the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan advanced to a four-star Da Dou Shi. As Yun Leng died after sounding a flute, Jia Xing Tian warned that another Misty Cloud Sect survivor could still turn the battle around.

• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Lin’s sword domain and broke through from a three-star to a four-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Lin activated the Wind Sword Domain, sending a hundred thousand green swords down on the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The sword rain destroyed the sect’s formation and killed its resisting disciples and elders.
• Xiao Lin sent thousands of swords into Yun Leng, who cursed the Xiao Family and sounded a cloud-white flute before dying.
• Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Fa Ma recognized Xiao Lin’s strength, and Jia Xing Tian said one Misty Cloud Sect member was still alive and might have become a Dou Zong.

Yun Shan awakened and confronted Xiao Lin after discovering the Misty Cloud Sect had been slaughtered. As Lü Man and White Fang fought to hold Yun Shan back, Xiao Lin prepared a powerful technique and revealed to Yao Lao that Soul Hall agents were behind the conflict.

• Yun Shan emerged from Misty Cloud Mountain and saw the dead Misty Cloud Sect disciples and Yun Leng's body.
• Yun Shan unleashed his Dou Zong power, dispelled Xiao Lin's Wind Sword Domain, and attacked him with the Great Sorrow Wind Tearing Hand.
• Xiao Lin asked Lü Man and White Fang to hold Yun Shan off while he prepared his technique.
• Xiao Lin told Yao Lao that Yun Shan was bait for people from Soul Hall, stirring Yao Lao's hatred of the faction.
• Lü Man and White Fang struggled against Yun Shan until Xiao Lin finished preparing his Dou Technique and told them to move aside.

Xiao Lin unleashed the Wind Sword Domain’s Great Destruction against Yun Shan, trapping the stronger opponent in a storm of broken swords that consumed his Dou Qi. As Yun Shan called for help, Yao Lao’s powerful aura rose from below.

• Xiao Lin used Great Silence to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect and kill its disciples, elders, and old Dou Wang figures.
• Xiao Lin activated Great Destruction, filling the area with invisible Wind Blades that forced Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Fa Ma to retreat while Xiao Yan endured them with his flames.
• Yun Shan attacked Xiao Lin with Wind Brake Annihilation Gang, but Xiao Lin’s swords and Wind Blades obstructed the strike.
• Xiao Lin drew Yun Shan into the Wind Sword Domain and shattered all one hundred thousand swords, turning their fragments into Wind Blades that clung to Yun Shan and consumed his Dou Qi.
• Trapped and facing a deadly threat, Yun Shan called for help as Yao Lao’s powerful aura surged toward him.

Xiao Lin faced Yun Shan and Protector Wu while Yao Lao fought to protect him, then used the clan’s cultivation feedback and a Sect Breaking Pill to seize an unexpected chance to break through to Dou Zong. He intended to use his new strength and the Wind Sword Domain to keep both enemies from escaping.

• Protector Wu emerged from the black mist, recognized Yao Lao, and attacked him with a Black Chain while dragging Yun Shan away from danger.
• Yao Lao countered Protector Wu’s chain with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Protector Wu realized that the Heavenly Flame had helped Yao Lao survive the Soul Hall’s pursuit.
• Yun Shan recovered his strength and prepared to overwhelm Xiao Lin, who began receiving the nightly cultivation feedback generated by the Xiao Family’s forced training.
• Xiao Lin revealed that Xiao Yan’s breakthrough had earned him a Sect Breaking Pill, creating an unexpected opportunity to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Lin produced the Sect Breaking Pill and resolved to use the Wind Sword Domain to defeat Yun Shan and Protector Wu.

Xiao Lin swallowed a system-granted Sect Breaking Pill and broke through from Ninth Star Dou Huang toward Dou Zong, then used his traversal opportunity to arrive in the Wu Dong Qian Kun world. He appeared inside a sealed flower grove near the Nine Heavens Tai Qing Palace, where Ling Qing Zhu found him while chasing a butterfly.

• Xiao Lin revealed that his Sect Breaking Pill had nine pill markings and swallowed it to force a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• The pill's powerful medicinal energy overwhelmed Xiao Lin, and the system announced that his breakthrough had granted him a traversal opportunity to Wu Dong Qian Kun.
• Xiao Lin activated the traversal and appeared in a mountain forest near the Nine Heavens Tai Qing Palace, while a fairy-like woman left Ling Qing Zhu inside a protective barrier.
• Xiao Lin struggled to control his Dou Qi and began cultivating with Earth Water Fire Wind as Ling Qing Zhu chased a butterfly through the flowers.
• The butterfly landed on Xiao Lin's bloodied head, and Ling Qing Zhu caught up and said she had found it.

Xiao Lin broke through to Dou Zong while stranded in the Tian Xuan Continent, where Ling Qing Zhu had secretly cared for him for half a year. When a powerful woman attacked him, the system returned him to the Dou Qi Continent, where he appeared on Yunlan Mountain amid the battle between Yun Shan, Protector Wu, and Yao Lao.

• Ling Qing Zhu cleaned the unconscious Xiao Lin and watched him regain his youthful appearance as his cultivation advanced.
• Ling Qing Zhu secretly returned to visit Xiao Lin for half a year until he awoke as a one-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Lin thanked Ling Qing Zhu for caring for him by passing her his comprehension of Wind Sword Domain.
• The Moon Palace Fairy attacked Xiao Lin, and he called on the system to send him back to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Lin appeared on Yunlan Mountain and confronted Yun Shan and Protector Wu during their battle with Yao Lao.

Xiao Lin used his newly strengthened Wind Sword Domain to kill Yun Shan and trap Protector Wu, while Yao Lao fought alongside Xiao Yan. After Xiao Lin and Yao Lao defeated their enemies, Misty Cloud Mountain was left in ruins.

• Xiao Lin advanced to Dou Zong and attacked Yun Shan with his Wind Sword Domain, cutting him apart as Yao Lao and Protector Wu fought to a standstill.
• Xiao Lin overwhelmed Yun Shan with the azure winds and killed him by piercing his heart.
• Protector Wu tried to flee and threatened Xiao Lin, but Xiao Lin trapped him in an azure prison and compressed the Wind Sword Domain around him.
• Xiao Lin declared Misty Cloud Sect’s fall and left with Yao Lao as the winds destroyed the sect’s buildings and shattered Misty Cloud Mountain’s summit.

After the Misty Cloud Sect fell, the Xiao Family became the Jia Ma Empire’s foremost power, and Xiao Lin warned his clan that the Soul Hall from Middle Continent might threaten them. The chapter ended when Xiao Lin learned that Yun Yun and Gu He had been captured.

• Jia Xing Tian’s forces seized the Misty Cloud Sect’s possessions, while the Jia Ma Royal Family and Mittel Family crushed clans tied to the sect or plotting against the Xiao Family.
• The Xiao Family rose to the top of the Jia Ma Empire, while Nalan Yanran and the rest of the Nalan Family were imprisoned pending Xiao Lin’s decision.
• Back in Wutan City, Xiao Lin gathered Xiao Zhan, the Three Elders, and Xiao Yan and explained the Dou Qi Continent’s regions and Middle Continent’s major powers.
• Xiao Lin revealed that Lu Protector had come from the Soul Hall, frightening the Three Elders and Xiao Zhan.
• A message arrived telling Xiao Lin that Yun Yun and Gu He had been captured.

Xiao Lin planned to strengthen the Xiao Family by absorbing the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources and rescuing the trapped Blood Axe Xiao Chen. Later, Xiao Yan visited the Misty Cloud Sect and Nalan Family prisoners and began explaining Yun Shan’s alliance with the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Lin decided the Xiao Family would pursue resources and strength while letting the Jia Ma Royal Family keep the public prestige.
• Xiao Lin set a long-term goal of rescuing Ancestor Xiao Chen and a short-term goal of cultivating with the Misty Cloud Sect’s seized resources.
• The Xiao Family kept a low profile, while Xiao Yan went to the estate’s secret chamber to see the captured Yun Yun, Gu He, Nalan Su, and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan told the prisoners they were safe for now and explained that Yun Shan had colluded with an evil force from the Middle Continent.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy while the Xiao Family expanded rapidly using the Misty Cloud Sect’s resources. Nearly three years later, Xiao Lin emerged from secluded cultivation as a Nine-star Dou Zong, with his breakthrough progress at 13%.

• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei the Fu Ling Zi Dan for Elder Hai and told her he was heading to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Lin ordered Xiao Family members with Xiao Family Bloodline, including Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, to return and improve their cultivation.
• Xiao Yan, Third Elder, and others set out for the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy.
• After more than two years, the Xiao Family’s numbers and cultivation ranks rose substantially through Xiao Lin’s investment of the Misty Cloud Sect’s assets.
• Xiao Lin checked his system and saw that he had reached Nine-star Dou Zong, with 13% progress toward his next breakthrough.