Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ning learned that Li Xuan had defeated Xiao Yan in one move and abandoned his plan to challenge him. Xiao Yu set out to visit Li Xuan, while Grand Elder, hoping to strengthen ties with him, encouraged her to go.

• A younger disciple told Xiao Ning that Li Xuan had defeated Xiao Yan in one move, leaving Xiao Yan badly injured.
• Xiao Ning lost his nerve and rushed back to his residence, claiming he would focus on cultivation instead of challenging Li Xuan.
• Xiao Yu remembered how Li Xuan had helped her with martial skills and decided to visit him.
• Grand Elder regretted failing to build a closer relationship with Li Xuan and scolded Xiao Yu for neglecting cultivation.
• When Xiao Yu said Li Xuan had guided her, Grand Elder changed his mind and encouraged her to visit him.

The Grand Elder encouraged Xiao Yu to spend time with Li Xuan, hoping to secure her future and strengthen his own position. After Xiao Yu joined Li Xuan, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er for grilled meat, Li Xuan gave the girls Water of Evolution, which rapidly boosted their Dou Qi, and said he would assign them tasks once they became Dou Zhe.

• The Grand Elder urged Xiao Yu to visit Li Xuan and learn from him, despite having recently forbidden her from going out.
• Xiao Yu went to Li Xuan's home, where she found him grilling meat with Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er and joined them.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er ate Li Xuan's grilled food until they were stuffed.
• Li Xuan gave each girl a bottle of Water of Evolution, and they felt their digestion and Dou Qi improve rapidly.
• Li Xuan explained that the Water of Evolution could help them break through bottlenecks and said he would give them tasks once they became Dou Zhe.

Li Xuan assigned the three girls to track down criminals before returning to his spatial cultivation, while Elder Ling used a Great Tree Statue to break through to Dou Sect. Elder Ling and Xiao Xun'er went to meet Li Xuan, who woke beside Xiao Mei and said they were coming.

• Li Xuan accepted the three girls and assigned them the task of tracking down criminals before resuming his cultivation.
• Over the next three years, Xiao Yan fell from Dou Zhe to Dou Qi Stage Three, and Xiao Mei grew more awed by Li Xuan after recalling his earlier words.
• Elder Ling used a Great Tree Statue from Li Xuan to advance from Dou Emperor to Dou Sect.
• Elder Ling decided to repay Li Xuan by taking him as a disciple and teaching him to use spatial power, and Xiao Xun'er agreed to introduce them.
• Li Xuan woke beside Xiao Mei and said Xiao Xun'er and Elder Ling were coming, but he stayed in bed.

Li Xuan revealed that he had known about Elder Ling and his recent breakthrough to Dou Sect, as well as the significance of the Great Tree Statue. Elder Ling thanked Li Xuan and pledged to serve him, while Xiao Xun'er watched with gratitude.

• Li Xuan told Xiao Mei that Elder Ling had recently become a Dou Sect and dismissed his potential, leaving her astonished.
• Xiao Mei welcomed Xiao Xun'er and Elder Ling, explaining that Li Xuan had predicted their visit.
• Xiao Xun'er and Elder Ling became alarmed that Li Xuan knew Elder Ling's name and recent breakthrough without being told.
• Li Xuan confirmed he had known about Elder Ling from the beginning and had deliberately given him insights into space through the Great Tree Statue.
• Elder Ling bowed to Li Xuan and promised to give his all if Li Xuan ever called on him.

Li Xuan went with Xiao Xun'er to the Mitel Auction House to seek alchemy lessons from Gu Ni, hoping to earn a Space Comprehension Stone. He left Gu Ni eight array discs and promised to meet him at the Xiao Clan in half a month, confident the arrays would make Gu Ni seek him out.

• Xiao Xun'er thanked Li Xuan for a precious gift, and he held her hand affectionately as Xiao Mei and Elder Ling watched.
• Li Xuan took Xiao Xun'er to the Mitel Auction House to ask Gu Ni to teach him alchemy without becoming his disciple.
• Gu Ni refused to meet Li Xuan, so Li Xuan left eight array discs for him and said they could improve the grade of pills below the second grade.
• Li Xuan told the receptionist to send Gu Ni to the Xiao Clan to find him in half a month, then left with Xiao Xun'er.

Li Xuan left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range through a Space Gate, astonishing Elder Ling with his command of space and prompting him to predict Li Xuan would become a Dou Saint. In the mountains, Li Xuan began searching for the Amethyst Winged Lion King and plants to transplant into his Natural Space.

• Li Xuan told Xiao Xun'er he would travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone, and Elder Ling warned that the mountains held dangers stronger than a one-star Spirit King.
• Xiao Xun'er and Elder Ling caught up with Li Xuan, but he created a Space Gate and departed after reassuring her he could leave whenever he wanted.
• Elder Ling said Li Xuan's mastery of space meant he could become a Dou Saint, and Xiao Xun'er ordered Xiao Mei to keep the prediction secret.
• Li Xuan arrived in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and decided to tame the Amethyst Winged Lion King and study its Sealing Technique.
• Li Xuan used God's Perspective to find Red Moon Flower, Blue Water Grass, Purple Gold Ginseng, and Green Essence Leaf for transplantation into his Natural Space.

Li Xuan gathered Red Moon Flowers in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and recruited a Great Strength Vajra Ape to help collect Blue Water Grass. He led the ape through a Space Gate, while Nalan Yanran and the Cloud Mist Sect disciples hid nearby, believing the beast had moved on.

• Li Xuan used Emotion Water to keep more than a hundred Red Moon Flowers fresh for transplantation into Natural Space.
• A Great Strength Vajra Ape approached, drawn by the Emotion Water, and Li Xuan ordered it to dig up the flowers.
• The Great Strength Vajra Ape carefully dug up the flowers, earned a drop of Emotion Water, and agreed to work for Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan stored the Red Moon Flowers, opened a Space Gate, and led the ape through to collect Blue Water Grass.
• Nalan Yanran and the Cloud Mist Sect disciples hid nearby and discussed their fear of encountering the Great Strength Vajra Ape.

After a Great Strength Vajra Ape’s attack exposed how little she could trust her fellow disciples, Nalan Yanran resolved to rely on her own strength. Meanwhile, Li Xuan brought the ape to a Blue Water Grass field and forced it to dig up the plants for his Natural Space.

• After escaping the Great Strength Vajra Ape, the Cloud Mist Sect disciples headed to a Blue Water Grass region and promised to protect Nalan Yanran if danger struck again.
• Nalan Yanran remembered how the others had fled and left her behind, then vowed to cultivate and rely only on herself.
• Li Xuan found several thousand Blue Water Grass plants and decided to collect them for large-scale cultivation in the Natural Space.
• Li Xuan ordered the Great Strength Vajra Ape to dig up the plants, then kicked it flying when it hesitated at the size of the field.
• Li Xuan gave the injured ape three days to finish digging, and the ape began the task despite its pain.

Li Xuan grilled meat while the Great Strength Vajra Ape chased Nalan Yanran and the other herb gatherers. After escaping the ape, Nalan Yanran followed the scent of Li Xuan’s cooking and hurried toward him to warn him of the danger.

• Li Xuan grilled meat on a hill and reflected on the adaptability and future potential of his Sacred Body and Sacred Soul.
• Nalan Yanran and the others reached the Blue Water Grass area and began gathering herbs.
• The Great Strength Vajra Ape appeared, and the group fled when they saw it holding Blue Water Grass.
• The ape realized the fleeing people could help gather herbs, then chased the larger group to finish its task and avoid being kicked again.
• Nalan Yanran escaped in a different direction and smelled Li Xuan’s grilled meat nearby.
• Nalan Yanran hurried toward Li Xuan’s hill, intending to warn him that the smell could attract the Great Strength Vajra Ape.

Nalan Yanran met Li Xuan while he roasted meat, fell for him at first sight, and resolved to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan. After discussing the engagement and sharing the meal, she remembered the nearby Great Strength Vajra Ape and warned Li Xuan that they were in danger.

• Nalan Yanran reached Li Xuan's hill, was captivated by him, and introduced herself.
• Li Xuan revealed that he had joined the Xiao Clan, and Nalan Yanran explained her betrothal to Xiao Yan and asked whether breaking it off was wrong.
• Li Xuan said pursuing happiness was acceptable but noted that a broken engagement could be humiliating; Nalan Yanran argued that compensation could settle the matter.
• Nalan Yanran tasted Li Xuan's roasted magical beast meat, praised its flavor, and felt more comfortable around him.
• Nalan Yanran remembered the Great Strength Vajra Ape nearby and urged Li Xuan to run because they were in danger.

Li Xuan reassured Nalan Yanran in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then used the Great Strength Vajra Ape to oversee Cloud Mist Sect disciples harvesting Blue Water Grass. After three days helping Li Xuan inspect mercenary deliveries, Nalan Yanran watched him leave and decided to visit the Xiao Clan and pursue him.

• Nalan Yanran warned Li Xuan that a Great Strength Vajra Ape might be drawn by their roasting meat, but Li Xuan dismissed her concerns and continued cooking.
• Nalan Yanran stayed vigilant beside Li Xuan until evening, when they left the Magical Beast Mountain Range for a nearby settlement to gather supplies and arrange mercenary missions.
• Li Xuan secretly told the Great Strength Vajra Ape to keep the Cloud Mist Sect disciples harvesting Blue Water Grass and said he would check its progress in three days.
• At Magical Beast Town, Nalan Yanran helped Li Xuan inspect mission goods while he cultivated and accidentally broke through from a one-star Dou Wang to a two-star Dou Wang.
• Li Xuan said goodbye to Nalan Yanran and agreed to call her Yanran; she decided to visit the Xiao Clan and ask her master to help break off her engagement to Xiao Yan so she could pursue Li Xuan.

Nalan Yanran killed the mercenaries who planned to rob and murder Li Xuan, then struggled with the shock of taking lives. Meanwhile, Li Xuan arrived at the harvested Blue Water Grass fields, collected the herbs, and transported the Cloud Mist Sect captives to another gathering area to continue working.

• Nalan Yanran learned the Ferocious Dog Mercenary Group was following Li Xuan and rushed to protect him.
• Nalan Yanran overheard the mercenaries plotting against Li Xuan and killed them, then left the alley shaken by her first killings.
• The Great Strength Vajra Ape waited beside the harvested Blue Water Grass while the exhausted Cloud Mist Sect members feared what would happen next.
• Li Xuan emerged through a Space Gate, collected the Blue Water Grass, and ordered the captives to keep harvesting at other sites.
• Li Xuan used spatial power to move the Cloud Mist Sect members to a new gathering area, and their leader feared that Li Xuan was nearing Dou Venerate strength.

Li Xuan finished gathering herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, released the Cloud Mist Sect members, and left to investigate a strange magical beast. The survivors returned to the Cloud Mist Sect and accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Clan, where the Dou Qi test was about to begin for Li Xuan.

• Li Xuan decided to leave the forest, ordered the Great Strength Vajra Ape to stay behind, and allowed the Cloud Mist Sect members to go free.
• Li Xuan rode Little Shadow away, then stopped after noticing a strange magical beast hiding in the darkness.
• The Cloud Mist Sect members returned to their sect and agreed to keep their ordeal and Li Xuan's identity secret.
• Nalan Yanran set out for the Xiao Clan with Elder Ge Ye and Zhao Tian to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• At the Xiao Clan's Dou Qi Testing Plaza, the examiner called Li Xuan's name.

The Xiao Clan’s youth took their Dou Qi tests while Li Xuan remained absent, and Xiao Yan’s low result drew more ridicule. Xiao Ning impressed the clan with Dou Qi Stage Nine, but Xiao Mei’s extraordinary leap left everyone wondering whether she had become a Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Xun'er told the examiner that Li Xuan was not home, so his test was skipped.
• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Stage Three, low level, and endured the clan youths’ mockery.
• Xiao Ning tested at Dou Qi Stage Nine, high level, earning praise but no visible reaction from Xiao Xun'er or Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Mei leaped more than ten meters to the Detection Stone, astonishing the crowd before her test result was revealed.

Xiao Mei revealed that she was a Five-Star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Xun'er stunned the Xiao Clan by testing as a One-Star Great Spirit Master. Both girls worried about Li Xuan and left to make him clothes, while the crowd was summoned to the reception hall after an important guest arrived.

• Xiao Mei tested as a Five-Star Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Ning, Xiao Yan, and the examiner shocked.
• Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er discussed making clothes for Li Xuan and caring for him, stirring envy among the crowd.
• Xiao Xun'er tested as a One-Star Great Spirit Master and worried that Li Xuan would scold her for not improving faster.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei left together to make clothes for Li Xuan.
• A messenger urged everyone to hurry to the reception hall because an important guest had arrived.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Clan to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan and revealed that she wanted to pursue Li Xuan instead. Xiao Ning mistakenly thought she meant him, then realized he had gotten excited for nothing.

• The Xiao Clan juniors gathered as Nalan Yanran explained that she wanted to end her engagement with Xiao Yan, prompting Xiao Zhan to react angrily.
• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran's offer of three Qi Gathering Powders and declared that he would remember the humiliation.
• Nalan Yanran offered five Qi Gathering Powders and said she was breaking off the engagement because she had fallen for a talented young man in the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ning thought Nalan Yanran meant him and grew excited when she searched the crowd for the person she liked.
• Nalan Yanran named Li Xuan as the person she loved, leaving Xiao Ning to realize that she had not meant him.

Nalan Yanran ended her engagement to Xiao Yan and offered the Xiao Clan ten Qi Gathering Powders so she could pursue Li Xuan. As she left Wutan City, Zhao Tian realized the Li Xuan she described might be the powerful expert from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan angrily vowed to defeat Nalan Yanran and surpass Li Xuan, then ran to the back mountain.
• Nalan Yanran offered the Xiao Clan ten Qi Gathering Powders, and Xiao Zhan approved the broken engagement after the elders supported the compensation.
• Nalan Yanran left for the Cloud Mist Sect, intending to investigate Li Xuan before pursuing him properly.
• Zhao Tian asked Nalan Yanran what Li Xuan looked like, and she described his golden hair, golden eyes, and delicious cooking.
• Zhao Tian fell from his horse in shock after recognizing the description as matching the expert from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Zhao Tian realized that Li Xuan was the powerful expert Nalan Yanran had met and fled, while Xiao Yan discovered the spirit living in his ring. Old Man Yao promised to help Xiao Yan grow stronger, leaving him determined to challenge Nalan Yanran and Li Xuan in three years.

• Zhao Tian learned that Li Xuan had golden hair and golden eyes, recognized him as a terrifying expert, and swore never to return to Wutan City or pursue Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran remained confused by Zhao Tian's panic and continued thinking about how to pursue Li Xuan.
• Xiao Yan raged over his weakness and his inability to catch up to Li Xuan until Old Man Yao revealed himself from the black ring.
• Xiao Yan learned that Old Man Yao had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years and, after cursing him, accepted his existence.
• Old Man Yao promised to help Xiao Yan surpass Li Xuan and advised him to refine Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid for his three-year challenge.

Xiao Yan sought materials for the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and was humiliated by Jialie Ao, who fled as soon as Li Xuan returned. Xiao Yan felt even more inferior to Li Xuan, while Old Man Yao promised he could surpass him and then noticed a mysterious golden-haired, golden-eyed man.

• Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan that the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid could rapidly improve his strength, and Xiao Yan borrowed five thousand gold coins from Xiao Zhan to buy its ingredients.
• While shopping for the final ingredient, a First-Tier Wood Attribute Demonic Core, Xiao Yan was mocked by Jialie Ao over his broken engagement and his weakness compared with Li Xuan.
• The Xiao Clan's marketplace manager warned Jialie Ao that Li Xuan might win Nalan Yanran's favor and bring the Cloud Mist Sect's support to the Xiao Clan.
• When someone announced Li Xuan's return, Jialie Ao panicked and fled, and the manager told Xiao Yan that Li Xuan had previously left Jialie Ao traumatized after he pestered Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan felt humiliated that he needed Li Xuan's reputation for protection, while Old Man Yao promised he could surpass Li Xuan within three years and then noticed a golden-haired, golden-eyed man approaching.

Xiao Yan learned from Old Man Yao that Li Xuan was a two-star Dou King and far beyond his reach, but Old Man Yao promised that alchemy could help him catch up. Xiao Yan hurried off to buy magic cores, while the Mitel Auction House staff prepared to deliver Li Xuan’s formation plates to Gu Ni.

• Xiao Yan recognized Li Xuan, and Old Man Yao revealed that Li Xuan was a two-star Dou King who was unlikely to be surpassed within three years.
• Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan that Li Xuan’s lack of support and possible indulgence in women could give Xiao Yan a chance to catch up.
• Old Man Yao urged Xiao Yan to buy magic cores and become an alchemist so Li Xuan might someday need his pills.
• Xiao Yan excitedly set off to buy magic cores and begin learning alchemy.
• At the Mitel Auction House, a receptionist noticed Li Xuan’s eight formation plates and arranged to deliver them to Gu Ni.