Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tian, a Two-Star Dou Ling whose cultivation rose alongside Xiao Yan’s, secretly entered the Xiao Family to help him and advance his own strength. After Zhang Tian left Xiao Yan two Qi Gathering Pills, Yao Lao drained the medicinal energy, leaving Xiao Yan’s cultivation unchanged but stabilizing his Dou Qi.

• Zhang Tian recalled his lonely past and explained that his cultivation had once surged whenever Xiao Yan broke through, but had stalled after reaching Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Believing Xiao Yan’s loss of talent had begun the story, Zhang Tian infiltrated the Xiao Family and found him cultivating at Third Stage Dou Qi.
• Zhang Tian tossed two Qi Gathering Pills into Xiao Yan’s room, and Xiao Yan accepted them despite not knowing who had sent them.
• As Xiao Yan refined the pills, Yao Lao’s ring absorbed the Dou Qi, preventing Xiao Yan from advancing and frustrating Zhang Tian.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the pills with his Dou Qi stabilized at Third Stage and thanked the absent benefactor, while Zhang Tian had already left.

Zhang Tian supplied Xiao Yan with pills, helping him regain his cultivation while monitoring the risk of Yao Lao awakening. At the Xiao Family Clan Gathering, Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Chu and showed the clan that his talent had returned.

• Zhang Tian gave Xiao Yan a Grade 2 Foundation Nurturing Pill, which Xiao Yan endured and absorbed to reach Early Stage Four Duan Dou Qi.
• Zhang Tian supplied Xiao Yan with Grade 1 Pills for half a month and decided that Xiao Yan needed to grow strong without becoming dependent on him.
• Xiao Yan competed in the Clan Gathering and defeated Xiao Chu, who had Six Duan Dou Qi, with one punch.
• Fourth Elder declared Xiao Yan the winner, and the Xiao Family erupted in celebration and speculation that his talent had returned.

Zhang Tian decided to build a force by joining the Yun Lan Sect, while secretly using Xiao Yan’s cultivation to increase his own strength. After returning to Wu Tan City, he saw Xiao Yan leading a grand procession out of the Xiao Family.

• Zhang Tian planned to recruit the Ouba Family and Jia Lie Family, but chose to join the Yun Lan Sect first so he could later subdue Wu Tan City’s powers under an imposing identity.
• Zhang Tian secretly released Dou Ling aura near Xiao Yan, causing Yao Lao to drain Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi; he gave Xiao Yan a Qingxin Hongqi Pill, and both of their cultivation levels rose.
• Zhang Tian left Wu Tan City for Yunlan Mountain, joined the Yun Lan Sect as a disciple, and received several bottles of Grade 2 pills.
• On his return journey, Zhang Tian killed bandits at Qinglong Mountain and broke through to Four-Star Dou Ling as Xiao Yan’s cultivation advanced to the Fifth Stage Dou Qi.
• Zhang Tian returned to Wu Tan City in Yun Lan Sect robes, ate at a roadside stall, and saw Xiao Yan and a beautiful young woman lead a large group out of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan’s progress drew the Xiao Family’s respect, but a confrontation with Ga Lie Mi put Xiao Mei and the others in danger. Zhang Tian defeated Ga Lie Mi’s guards and let Xiao Yan fight back, while sensing that Yao Lao was about to awaken.

• Xiao Yan reached the fifth stage of Dou Qi and regained the Xiao Family’s respect while keeping his modest manner.
• Ga Lie Mi stopped Xiao Yan’s group, mocked him, and ordered his guards to seize them and strip Xiao Mei.
• Zhang Tian stood up, slapped away Ga Lie Mi’s two Dou Zhe guards, and told Xiao Yan to show his strength.
• Xiao Yan fought Ga Lie Mi, overpowered him, and struck his chest with Burning Wood Fist.
• Zhang Tian sensed spiritual force emerging from Xiao Yan as Yao Lao’s consciousness began to awaken.

Zhang Tian revealed that he had been supplying Xiao Yan with cultivation pills and agreed to stay with the Xiao Family to guide him. After hearing Xiao Yan’s cautious prediction for his progress, Zhang Tian challenged him to reach Seven-Star Dou Shi within a year.

• Xiao Yan caught the Azure Pill Zhang Tian threw at him and learned that Zhang Tian had been helping his cultivation.
• Zhang Tian revealed that he was a Four-Star Dou Ling from the Yun Lan Sect and decided to remain with the Xiao Family to guide Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan accepted Zhang Tian’s guidance and promised to work hard, while Ga Lie Mi realized the Jia Lie Family was doomed.
• As Xiao Yan and the others walked back with the arriving Xiao Family guards, Zhang Tian asked how far Xiao Yan expected to advance in a year.
• Xiao Yan predicted he could reach around Three-Star Dou Zhe, and Zhang Tian challenged him to reach Seven-Star Dou Shi within a year.

Zhang Tian brought Xiao Yan to the Xiao Family and offered to take him as a disciple, promising he could reach Seven-Star Dou Shi within a year. Xiao Zhan approved, and Xiao Yan completed an apprenticeship ceremony with Zhang Tian.

• Zhang Tian assured Xiao Yan he could reach Seven-Star Dou Shi within a year and brought him to meet Xiao Zhan.
• Gu Xun'er spoke with Xiao Yan about his recent fight with Ga Lie Mi, then asked Ling Ying about Xiao Yan's recovery.
• Zhang Tian told Xiao Zhan he had come to congratulate the family over Nalan Yanran and to take Xiao Yan as his disciple.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to the apprenticeship and arranged a ceremony, during which Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan shared ritual drinks and tea.
• After the ceremony's incense rites, Xiao Yan knelt before Zhang Tian and offered him a cup of tea.

Zhang Tian confronted Yao Lao about draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, then left to help the Xiao Family deal with the Jia Lie Family. After the Xiao Family defeated and absorbed its rivals, Zhang Tian asked the Jia Lie Family’s First Elder about the Jade Bone Iron Orchid.

• Zhang Tian exposed Yao Lao’s presence in Xiao Yan’s ring and demanded an explanation for Xiao Yan’s vanishing Dou Qi, but Yao Lao fled back into the ring when someone approached.
• A Xiao Family disciple summoned Zhang Tian to the council hall because the Jia Lie Family had come to cause trouble, and Zhang Tian left Xiao Yan alone with Yao Lao.
• Zhang Tian and Xiao Zhan attacked the Jia Lie Family’s delegation; Zhang Tian killed the Gale Family Head and two elders while Xiao Zhan subdued the guards.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Family to attack the weakened Jia Lie Family, whose First Elder and Gale Ao surrendered and offered the clan’s resources.
• Zhang Tian asked the First Elder where the Gale Family had stored its Jade Bone Iron Orchid, and the First Elder answered cautiously.

Zhang Tian stopped Jia Lie Cong Tian from attacking Xiao Zhan, and the Jia Lie Old Ancestor surrendered on the spot. Back at the Xiao Family, Zhang Tian found Xiao Yan talking with Yao Lao, whose attempt to disparage Zhang Tian and present himself as a renowned alchemist ended in embarrassment.

• Xiao Zhan accepted Zhang Tian's explanation that the Jade Bone Iron Orchid was meant to temper Xiao Yan's body and declared it belonged to Zhang Tian.
• Jia Lie Cong Tian awoke and struck Xiao Zhan, but he immediately dropped to his knees and kowtowed when he sensed Zhang Tian's Dou Ling aura.
• After returning to the Xiao Family, Zhang Tian noticed Xiao Yan was missing and found him on the back mountain speaking with Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao belittled Zhang Tian and expressed surprise that the Yun Lan Sect's strongest members were only Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs, while Xiao Yan defended the sect.
• Zhang Tian interrupted their conversation and questioned Yao Lao about his alchemy, prompting Yao Lao to claim he was famous for refining pills on the roads.

Yao Lao taught Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan the recipe for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and prepared a potent batch using Zhang Tian’s medicinal ingredients. Xiao Yan began soaking in it to strengthen his body, while Yao Lao continued refining pills.

• Yao Lao scolded Zhang Tian for giving Xiao Yan pills before he had reached the Dou Zhe realm, then offered his Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid formula.
• Yao Lao listed expensive ingredients, but Zhang Tian supplied nearly all of them from his bundle and obtained a wood-element Magic Core from Xiao Zhan.
• Yao Lao refined the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid in a quiet room, impressing Zhang Tian with his alchemy.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to drink the liquid and diluted it in a tub of water for him to soak in.
• Xiao Yan endured the painful medicinal effects while cultivating, and Yao Lao began refining Small Revitalizing Pills and Greater Purple Spirit Pills.

Zhang Tian gave Xiao Yan the Sucking Palm and planned to help him temper his body after he became a Dou Zhe. Their New Year banquet was interrupted by an arrogant City Lord's Mansion captain, Gu Men, while a hidden elder sensed Zhang Tian's formidable aura.

• Yao Lao refined Small Revitalizing Pills and offered three to Zhang Tian, who refused them and urged him to save them for Xiao Yan.
• During the New Year banquet, Zhang Tian had reached Eight-Star Dou Ling, while Xiao Yan had advanced to the eighth stage of Dou Qi and drew the family's praise.
• Zhang Tian gave Xiao Yan the Sucking Palm manual and planned for him to take a Marrow Cleansing Rebirth Pill after breaking through to Dou Zhe.
• Gu Men arrived at the Xiao Family banquet and accused Xiao Zhan of failing to welcome the City Lord's Mansion; Zhang Tian rose to confront the interruption.
• A gray-robed elder in the Xiao Family library sensed Gu Men approaching Dou Ling strength and recognized Zhang Tian's aura as nearly that of a Dou Wang.

Zhang Tian intimidated the City Lord's Mansion, killed its rogue-cultivator forces and defeated the City Lord. He left the City Lord dead, confident the Gama Empire would not discover his role for years.

• Zhang Tian overwhelmed Gu Men at the Xiao Family estate, killed the guards who drew their weapons, and let Gu Men flee with a message for the City Lord.
• Zhang Tian entered the City Lord's Mansion, where its concealed fighters ambushed him and Azure Demon Hand Yi Ku attacked with poison.
• Zhang Tian killed Yi Ku and defeated the City Lord's many rogue-cultivator allies, though the battle left him bloodied and low on Dou Qi.
• Zhang Tian offered the wounded City Lord a choice of explanations for the massacre, threatened his family, and killed him when he invoked the Empire's laws.
• Zhang Tian considered the Gama Empire's strength and concluded that Xiao Yan would grow powerful before the Empire learned he had killed the City Lord.

Eight months after inheriting the Vast Sea Seal and two rare weapons from the Dou Di Space, Zhang Tian had risen to Seven-Star Dou Wang and become the Yun Lan Sect’s Second Elder. At the Xiao Family, Ge Ye brought Nalan Yanran to meet her fiancé Xiao Yan, while Zhang Tian wondered why she had taken so long to arrive.

• Zhang Tian tested the seven forms of the Vast Sea Seal and found his Dou Qi could sustain seven seals before running out.
• Zhang Tian recalled falling into a cliff eight months earlier, inheriting the Vast Sea Seal, the Phoenix Cry Longsword, and a blue spear through the Dou Di Space, then emerging at the Yun Lan Sect.
• Zhang Tian failed to control the Phoenix Cry Longsword with Soul Power alone, so he used Dou Qi to send it flying through a mountain at tremendous speed.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Ge Ye and two young visitors to the flourishing Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan was startled by Ge Ye’s Seven-Star Great Dou Shi strength.
• Xiao Zhan recognized Nalan Yanran as Xiao Yan’s fiancée and ordered Steward Mo to summon the Third Young Master, embarrassing Nalan Yanran as the Xiao Family youths glared at her.

Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family rejected Nalan Yanran’s attempt to annul their engagement, and the Xiao Family ancestor defeated Ge Ye when he threatened them. As Ge Ye prepared to leave, a familiar figure appeared with a sword at his brow, shocking the Yun Lan Sect party.

• Xiao Yan entered the family hall as Xiao Zhan introduced him to Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran.
• Ge Ye explained that Yun Yun had sent him to end Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, prompting Xiao Zhan to shatter his jade cup in anger.
• The Xiao Family ancestor arrived, defeated Ge Ye with the Burning Wood Palm, and revealed himself as a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan refused to let Yun Yun decide his marriage and said he would personally visit the Nalan Family or Yun Lan Sect to annul the engagement.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that Xiao Yan had reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe, shocking Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Mo Cheng.
• As Ge Ye prepared to leave, a sword appeared at his brow and its wielder arrived; Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Mo Cheng recognized the newcomer as the Second Elder.

Zhang Tian defended Xiao Yan when Nalan Yanran came to annul their engagement, and Xiao Yan insisted he would personally end it at the Nalan Family. Later, Yao Lao taught Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, while Zhang Tian received a mysterious inheritance connected to the technique.

• Zhang Tian confronted Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran, rejecting her attempt to speak as his equal and letting Xiao Yan decide how the engagement would end.
• Xiao Yan agreed to annul the engagement but said he would go to the Nalan Family himself, and Ge Ye reported that Xiao Yan had demanded Yun Yun come personally.
• Zhang Tian struck Ge Ye with the Wave Splitting Seal, and Xiao Yan warned Nalan Yanran not to bully the poor youth before she left the Xiao Family.
• Yao Lao recalled how Han Feng had betrayed him over the Flame Mantra and decided to teach it to Xiao Yan before he reached Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan learned the Flame Mantra, and Zhang Tian felt his mind jolt as he received an inheritance he recognized as belonging to a certain person.

Zhang Tian cultivated the Flame Emperor Mantra and discovered that it could suppress most Strange Flames, making it easier to retrieve the Azure Lotus Core Flame. Yun Yun asked him to teach Nalan Yanran, and Zhang Tian agreed in exchange for Xiao Yan’s entry to the Life and Death Gate, while making clear that he and Yun Yun would never be friends.

• Zhang Tian refined his Dou Qi with the Flame Emperor Mantra and realized it could suppress most Strange Flames.
• Yun Yun confronted Zhang Tian about Xiao Yan’s strength and his relationship with Nalan Yanran.
• Zhang Tian said he would teach Nalan Yanran to reach Dou Shi within a year if Yun Yun let Xiao Yan enter the Life and Death Gate.
• Yun Yun agreed, and Zhang Tian told her to bring Nalan Yanran in two months because he expected to become a Dou Emperor by then.
• Zhang Tian rejected Yun Yun’s hopes of friendship, saying their relationship could only involve exchanges of favors.
• Yun Yun was stunned to realize that Zhang Tian had rejected her personally.

Xiao Yan broke through to become a Dou Shi as the Flame Mantra devoured the Secluded Valley Spirit Snake's Innate Beast Flame. Meanwhile, Zhang Tian reached the Dou Emperor realm and defeated Yun Yun in a spar, leaving Gu He to confront him.

• Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra absorbed and refined the energies around him, evolving as he broke through to become a Dou Shi.
• Zhang Tian's breakthrough to the Dou Emperor realm stirred a violent energy storm across Yunlan Mountain.
• Zhang Tian challenged Yun Yun and overwhelmed her with his sword techniques and Earth Rank Dou Skill.
• Zhang Tian shattered Yun Yun's Azure Longsword and stopped his Dragon Yin Halberd just before her, forcing her to concede defeat.
• Gu He comforted Yun Yun, then angrily demanded to know who Zhang Tian was and accused him of bullying her.

Zhang Tian asserted his dominance over Gu He and strengthened his position in the Yun Lan Sect, while Yun Yun urged the two elders to avoid conflict. In the Monster Mountain Range, Yao Lao decided to enlist Zhang Tian’s help against the sixth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Zhang Tian threatened Gu He, then struck him with the Phoenix Cry Sword until Yun Yun’s protective seal shattered and Gu He backed down.
• Zhang Tian offered to train Nalan Yanran and proposed killing Gu He in exchange for giving the Yun Lan Sect a Sixth Grade Alchemist, but Yun Yun refused.
• Yun Yun explained Zhang Tian’s strength to Gu He, gave him a pill for her injuries, and asked him to apologize and avoid clashing with Zhang Tian.
• The Yun Lan Sect’s disciples treated Zhang Tian with respect, and his reputation spread throughout the Gama Empire.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan returned to the Monster Mountain Range to hunt magical beasts, and Yao Lao chose the sixth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion King as their target.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Zhang Tian had reached the Dou Emperor level and planned to rely on him to fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao recruited Zhang Tian to help obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Symbiotic Amethyst Source and Accompanying Purple Fire, which could strengthen Xiao Yan through the Flame Mantra. As Zhang Tian prepared for the coming battle, he sensed a startling revelation in the Dou Di Space inheritance.

• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan would need to sneak into the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave to find its natural spiritual flame, and Xiao Yan avoided getting involved with a suspicious woman in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Zhang Tian returned with Triple Overlapping Waves for Xiao Yan, but Yao Lao dismissed it and gave Xiao Yan the stronger Eight Extremes Collapse to learn.
• Yao Lao asked Zhang Tian to help obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Symbiotic Amethyst Source and Accompanying Purple Fire, promising that the Flame Mantra would help Xiao Yan reach Seven-Star Dou Shi.
• Zhang Tian agreed to help after Xiao Yan mastered Eight Extremes Collapse, and began preparing for the battle while Xiao Yan continued training.
• The Dou Di Space shook as Zhang Tian sensed the inheritance's laws and recognized that what he had discovered was not a Dou Skill.

Zhang Tian mastered the Quick Spear Technique and gained a powerful new combat trump card before entering the Monster Mountain Range with Yao Lao. There he fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose overwhelming strength forced Zhang Tian to reveal an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique.

• Zhang Tian comprehended the Quick Spear Technique, learning to unleash nearly a hundred spear thrusts in an instant.
• After half a month of cultivation, Zhang Tian set out for the Monster Mountain Range with Yao Lao while Xiao Yan waited near the Lion King Cave.
• Zhang Tian killed several magical beasts, and the scent of blood stirred the forest and awakened the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Zhang Tian used rapid spear thrusts to wound the Lion King and kill the nearby fifth-tier magical beasts, then continued attacking as his spear intent locked onto his opponent.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King charged Zhang Tian, who struck him with the Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique Vast Sea Seal, Second Form: Wave Suppressing Seal, astonishing Yao Lao.

Zhang Tian fought and killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King after surviving its desperate Amethyst Seal attacks. The battle left the Monster Mountain Range devastated, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao entered the Lion King Cave.

• Zhang Tian overwhelmed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, leaving it badly wounded as Xiao Yan watched and Yao Lao urged him to enter the cave.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Zhang Tian had the upper hand, then sensed that the battle was about to end and entered the cave with Xiao Yan.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King fired two powerful, target-locking Amethyst Seals at Zhang Tian, who evaded them and countered with the Ripple Calming Seal.
• Zhang Tian's flaming seal extinguished the Lion King's attacks and devastated the mountain range, leaving the Lion King barely alive.
• Zhang Tian killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King by piercing its skull with the Phoenix Cry Sword and its heart with the Dragon Yin Halberd.
• Zhang Tian surveyed the ruined landscape and reflected on the destruction caused by powerful fighters.