Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Xiao Family with Xiao Xun'er, Bai Xiaoran used Qi Gathering Powder to break through to Dou Zhe. Xiao Xun'er secretly watched over him and arranged more pills to support his cultivation.

• Xiao Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran returned to the Xiao Family, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and asked about their journey.
• Xiao Xun'er brought Bai Xiaoran tea and gave him Qi Gathering Powder despite his protests.
• Bai Xiaoran began cultivating with the powder, and his dou qi appeared blue as it took shape.
• Xiao Xun'er watched from outside with Ling Ying and asked him for additional pills to help Bai Xiaoran.
• Bai Xiaoran completed his breakthrough and joyfully announced that he had become a Dou Zhe.

After breaking through to Dou Zhe, Bai Xiaoran received cultivation resources from the Xiao Family and met Nalan Yanran, who arrived to end her engagement with Xiao Yan. Mistaking Bai Xiaoran for a girl, Nalan Yanran invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect and insisted she liked girls like him.

• Xiao Xun'er gave Bai Xiaoran three Dou Techniques, and he chose Subtle Shadow Steps while rejecting Maiden Sword Heart because using it required castration.
• Xiao Zhan told Bai Xiaoran that the Xiao Family would provide him with cultivation resources, then learned that Bai Xiaoran had already reached Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Zhan announced that the Nalan Family had arrived, and Bai Xiaoran told Xiao Xun'er that Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan's fiancée.
• Nalan Yanran entered the Council Hall and announced that she had come to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran mistook Bai Xiaoran for a girl and invited him to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he told her he was a boy; she refused to believe him.

Nalan Yanran tried to recruit Bai Xiaoran to the Misty Cloud Sect while settling her engagement dispute with Xiao Yan, but Xiao Zhan refused to let her bargain with Bai Xiaoran’s future. After Bai Xiaoran mastered Subtle Shadow Steps, he agreed to visit the sect if Nalan Yanran won her Three-Year Agreement, and someone then came looking for him.

• Nalan Yanran discovered Bai Xiaoran was a boy and offered to resolve her engagement with Xiao Yan if he joined the Misty Cloud Sect, but Bai Xiaoran refused.
• Xiao Zhan rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer, and Xiao Xun'er escorted Bai Xiaoran away and told him to cultivate.
• Ling Ying brought Bai Xiaoran medicinal pills, and Bai Xiaoran practiced Subtle Shadow Steps until he mastered it.
• Nalan Yanran asked Bai Xiaoran to join the Misty Cloud Sect if she won her Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan, and Bai Xiaoran agreed to visit.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to his room, and someone outside came looking for him.

Bai Xiaoran rejected the Galli and Oba patriarchs’ attempt to make him pressure the Xiao Family, then sparred with Xiao Xun’er at the Training Ground. After Bai Xiaoran’s copied Dou Technique sent Xiao Xun’er flying, he caught her before Xiao Yan could and left with her.

• Patriarch Galli and Patriarch Oba asked Bai Xiaoran to persuade the Xiao Family to surrender some shops, but he refused, and Xiao Zhan drove them away.
• Bai Xiaoran dismissed their threat to bring an Alchemist and returned to the Training Ground with Xiao Xun’er to test her Dou Technique.
• Xiao Xun’er attacked Bai Xiaoran, who evaded her with Subtle Shadow Steps before copying her Swallow Return Strike and blasting her backward.
• Bai Xiaoran caught the flying Xiao Xun’er before Xiao Yan could reach her, then left the Training Ground with her.
• Xiao Xun’er admitted that she had been trying to make Bai Xiaoran catch her.

Bai Xiaoran mastered Subtle Shadow Steps, received another Dou Technique from Xiao Xun'er, and went with her to the Mittel Family's auction house. There, Jia Lie Ao mistook him for a woman and ordered an investigation, while the auction began with Ya Fei appearing as its host.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he had tried to catch Xiao Xun'er, and Old Yao marveled at Bai Xiaoran's feminine appearance.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Ling Ying for another Dou Technique, then gave Bai Xiaoran the Qi Manifestation Fist after he mastered Subtle Shadow Steps.
• Xiao Xun'er took Bai Xiaoran out, where Jia Lie Ao mistook him for a woman and ordered his people to investigate him.
• Xiao Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran entered the Mittel Family's auction house and found seats in the hall.
• Ya Fei appeared to open the auction, drawing the audience's attention.

At the auction, Xiao Xun'er bought the Mysterious Fire Three Transformations, while Ya Fei privately teased Bai Xiaoran and tried to learn how he had helped the Xiao Family prosper. After returning to the Xiao Family, Bai Xiaoran advanced to Three Star Dou Zhe and mastered the technique, then Xiao Xun'er took him to the Training Ground to test it.

• The Jia Lie Family won the Qi Gathering Powder, and Xiao Xun'er outbid everyone for the Mysterious Fire Three Transformations.
• After Xiao Xun'er went to pay, Ya Fei's attendants brought Bai Xiaoran to meet her, and Ya Fei flirted with him and asked how he had improved the Xiao Family's economy.
• Bai Xiaoran evaded Ya Fei's question by calling his method a secret and slipped away to rejoin Xiao Xun'er.
• Bai Xiaoran advanced to Three Star Dou Zhe and fully comprehended the Mysterious Fire Three Transformations.
• Xiao Xun'er brought Bai Xiaoran to the Training Ground to find a sparring partner, and the gathered disciples eagerly volunteered.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Xiao Yan and other challengers, while the Jia Lie Family arranged to kidnap Ya Fei to secure Liu Xi’s help. After agreeing to attend the Xiao Family’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Bai Xiaoran was summoned to meet Ya Fei, though he insisted he had not agreed to go.

• Bai Xiaoran outmaneuvered Xiao Yan, shattered his boulder, and used his force against him to send him flying, while Yao Chen revealed Bai Xiaoran was a Three Star Dou Zhe.
• Bai Xiaoran defeated more challengers at the Training Ground, and Xiao Xun'er offered to teach him a technique to conceal his cultivation and masculine aura.
• Liu Xi demanded that the Jia Lie Family kidnap Ya Fei, and the Jia Lie Patriarch ordered Jia Lie Ao to make arrangements.
• Xiao Zhan asked Bai Xiaoran to attend the Coming-of-Age Ceremony in a year and promised the Xiao Family would direct its resources toward him.
• A Xiao Family disciple told Xiao Zhan that the Jia Lie Family was selling medicinal pills cheaper than the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan went to investigate.
• A young woman summoned Bai Xiaoran to meet Ya Fei, claiming Ya Fei would offer him better Dou Techniques, and hurried off before he could refuse.

Bai Xiaoran protected Ya Fei from an assassin sent by the Jia Lie Family and received a Dou Technique from her. After returning to the Xiao Family, he agreed with Ling Ying to secretly target the Jia Lie Family’s Alchemist that night, while Xun’er celebrated her breakthrough.

• Ya Fei offered to invest in Bai Xiaoran, but a Masked Man attacked them before they could talk further.
• Bai Xiaoran rescued Ya Fei, defeated the Masked Man, and learned that the Jia Lie Family had sent him to deliver her to Liu Xi.
• Ya Fei gave Bai Xiaoran the Mysterious Grade Mid-Level Dou Technique Flame Boost as thanks for saving her.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to the Xiao Family and agreed to accompany Ling Ying on a secret mission to kill the Alchemist hired by the Jia Lie Family.
• Xun’er told Bai Xiaoran she had become a Dou Practitioner and mentioned the Alchemist’s efforts to suppress the Xiao Family’s business.
• Bai Xiaoran left with Xun’er after his robe fell to the ground and nearby disciples gathered to look at him.

Bai Xiaoran practiced the Flame Boost fighting technique, then joined Ling Ying on a mission to kill Liu Xi at the Jia Lie Family. He burned Liu Xi to death and escaped with Ling Ying, though Liu Xi’s dying threat invoked his Fourth-grade Alchemist master.

• Bai Xiaoran practiced his new fighting technique while Xiao Xun'er waited for him.
• Bai Xiaoran left the Xiao Family with Ling Ying to attack the Jia Lie Family and kill Liu Xi.
• Liu Xi overwhelmed Bai Xiaoran in their first exchange, then mistook the masked Bai Xiaoran for a woman when he uncovered his face.
• Bai Xiaoran struck Liu Xi with his flames and used the Flame Boost fighting technique to burn him to death.
• Ling Ying took Bai Xiaoran away after warning Jia Lie Ao and the Jia Lie Family patriarch not to interfere.

After Liu Xi died in the fire Bai Xiaoran had set, the Xiao Family gained control of Wutan City and prepared for its Coming-of-Age Ceremony. A year later, Bai Xiaoran reunited with Xiao Yu, found himself drawn into her teasing, and arrived at the ceremony, where Ya Fei joined him before his final test.

• Bai Xiaoran returned to the Xiao Family with food for Xiao Xun'er, while Ya Fei learned Liu Xi had died in the fire and suspected Bai Xiaoran was responsible.
• Xiao Zhan convened a clan assembly and ordered the Xiao Family to absorb the Jia Lie Family's remaining shops; Bai Xiaoran admitted to Xiao Xun'er that he had killed Liu Xi.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that she had fallen for a beautiful boy at the Xiao Family, whom Yun Yun assumed was a fantasy.
• One year later, the Xiao Family dominated Wutan City, and Bai Xiaoran had reached Nine-star Dou Zhe as the Coming-of-Age Ceremony began.
• Xiao Yu embraced and teased Bai Xiaoran until Xiao Xun'er intervened, then Xiao Zhan reserved Bai Xiaoran's test for last.
• Ya Fei arrived with a congratulatory gift and sat beside Bai Xiaoran, teasing him about enjoying a different kind of pleasure instead of cultivating.

At the Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Bai Xiaoran revealed that he had reached Nine-star Dou Zhe, then fled the crowd after their attention made him bashful. Ya Fei led him outside and gave him a small stone she had bought at auction, while Xiao Xun'er followed them.

• Ya Fei teased Bai Xiaoran about repaying him, and Xiao Xun'er bristled at their closeness.
• The Xiao Family disciples underwent Dou Qi testing, with Xiao Ning reaching Level Eight, Xiao Yan recovering to Level Nine, and Xiao Xun'er revealing she was a One-star Dou Zhe.
• Bai Xiaoran tested at Nine-star Dou Zhe, drawing cheers and unwanted attention that left him flustered.
• Bai Xiaoran used Subtle Shadow Steps to return to his seat, but Ya Fei took his hand and led him outside as Xiao Xun'er followed.
• Ya Fei teased Bai Xiaoran, then gave him a small stone she had bought at auction because she thought it might help him when he felt nervous.

Bai Xiaoran learned that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families might be preparing to strike back, while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu both urged him to join Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yu tried to persuade him with flirtation, but Xiao Xun'er interrupted them.

• Ya Fei left after Bai Xiaoran cooled her fever, and Xiao Xun'er told him Xiao Ning had challenged Xiao Yan at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Ning, who was taken away by the Great Elder after the crowd condemned him for using forbidden medicine.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to his room with Xiao Xun'er and learned that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families had been bringing masked people into the city; Xiao Xun'er also told him Jia Nan Academy would recruit in Wutan City.
• Xiao Xun'er suggested Bai Xiaoran join Jia Nan Academy with her, but he refused to pretend to be a girl.
• Xiao Yu entered Bai Xiaoran's room and revealed that she had returned to bring him to Jia Nan Academy early, then apologized for giving Xiao Ning forbidden medicine and guided his hand onto her thigh.
• Xiao Xun'er burst in and pulled Bai Xiaoran away from Xiao Yu, who teased him about whether her legs were slippery.

Bai Xiaoran rebuffed Yao Chen’s offer to take him as a disciple, despite Yao Chen discovering his exceptional Soul Perception and potential in alchemy. Yao Chen left the choice open, and Bai Xiaoran remained focused on his own path as Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment approached.

• Xiao Yu invited Bai Xiaoran to join Jia Nan Academy, but he did not accept, and he and Xiao Xun'er discussed preparing to reach Dou Master before recruitment.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Yan’s recovery and proposed meeting Bai Xiaoran after learning he was a nine-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Chen to Bai Xiaoran’s room, where Yao Chen offered to take him as a disciple and teach him alchemy.
• Bai Xiaoran declined to take a master or study alchemy, even after Yao Chen tested his Soul Perception and found it exceptional.
• Yao Chen left Bai Xiaoran an invitation to seek him out at Jia Nan Academy if he changed his mind, then departed with Xiao Yan.

Bai Xiaoran and his allies uncovered the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families’ human sacrifices for pills and followed a shipment to the forest. There, the Masked Man revealed he had noticed them, and the confrontation began.

• Ling Ying investigated the missing Xiao Family disciples and discovered they were being sacrificed for pills, while Ya Fei learned the exchange involved someone from the Black Corner Region.
• Ya Fei warned Bai Xiaoran about the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families, then teased him before he returned to Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying.
• Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Xun'er, and Ling Ying infiltrated the Jia Lie Family and followed its leaders as they transported hundreds of victims out of Wutan City.
• In a forest, the Masked Man exposed the trio’s pursuit and said he needed only three more people, while Ling Ying suspected he was a Dou Emperor.

Bai Xiaoran broke through to the Dou Master realm while fighting Jia Lie Bi, then killed him as Xiao Xun'er defeated Ao Ba Pa and the Masked Man escaped. After the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families fell, Xiao Yu told Bai Xiaoran that his strength let him bypass some Jia Nan Academy trials.

• The Masked Man held Ling Ying back while Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa attacked Xiao Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran.
• Jia Lie Bi knocked Bai Xiaoran back, and Ao Ba Pa's arrow removed Bai Xiaoran's veil, revealing his face.
• Bai Xiaoran broke through to Dou Master in the fight, then used Mysterious Fire Three Transformations to kill Jia Lie Bi before he could self-destruct.
• Xiao Xun'er defeated Ao Ba Pa, while the Masked Man escaped after saying his task was complete.
• The Jia Lie and Ao Ba families were exposed and stripped of their resources, and Jia Lie Ao committed suicide as the Xiao Family became Wutan City's leading clan.
• Xiao Yu told Bai Xiaoran that his Dou Master strength allowed him to bypass some Jia Nan Academy trials.

Jia Nan Academy arrived in Wutan City to recruit students, but Bai Xiaoran chose to delay enrolling and explore the Jiamar Empire for a year. As he prepared to leave, Xiao Xun'er arranged for Ling Ying to protect him, while Ya Fei gave him travel money and kissed him goodbye.

• Xiao Yu teased Bai Xiaoran by touching his smooth legs before Jia Nan Academy arrived in Wutan City six months later.
• Ruolin learned that Bai Xiaoran had reached Three-star Dou Shi and waived his entrance test, while Xiao Xun'er tested at Eight-star Dou Zhe.
• Bai Xiaoran asked to delay entering Jia Nan Academy so he could seek an opportunity in the Jiamar Empire, and Ruolin agreed; Xiao Yan also requested leave but had to pass Ruolin's test first.
• Xiao Xun'er agreed to Bai Xiaoran's plan and secretly sent Ling Ying to protect him during his travels.
• Ya Fei gave Bai Xiaoran a Storage Ring of gold coins, said she would return to the Mittel Family, and kissed him goodbye before he fled.

Bai Xiaoran left Wutan City for the Monster Beast Mountain Range and met Xiao Yi Xian, who mistook him for a girl and brought him to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town. After learning he was a boy and a Three-star Dou Shi, Xiao Yi Xian let him stay and brought him along to treat patients.

• Xiao Zhan gave Bai Xiaoran recovery pills before Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yan prepared to leave Wutan City.
• Bai Xiaoran traveled toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range and rested by the road, where Xiao Yi Xian's carriage stopped.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Bai Xiaoran to Qingshan Town, then discovered he was a boy when she tried to verify his claim.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Bai Xiaoran a mattress for the night and later admitted she had barely slept.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Bai Xiaoran the busy Myriad Medicine Pavilion and its clinic, where she treated patients despite the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's threats.
• After treating patients for half a day, Xiao Yi Xian asked Bai Xiaoran to pour her a cup of water.

Bai Xiaoran protected Xiao Yi Xian from Mu Li, then accompanied her into the Monster Beast Mountain Range to seek a treasure. After venomous snakes bit him, Xiao Yi Xian sucked out the poison, and a ruined pair of pants left Bai Xiaoran wearing a skirt as they continued their journey.

• Mu Li threatened Xiao Yi Xian and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, but Bai Xiaoran struck him down and drove off his guards.
• Mr. Yao warned Bai Xiaoran that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group might issue a warrant for him, though he would be safe inside the pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Bai Xiaoran to a valley where she knew there was something valuable, and he carried her there using Subtle Shadow Steps.
• Bai Xiaoran killed a venomous snake that lunged at Xiao Yi Xian, then later suffered a bite from another snake while fighting several of them.
• Xiao Yi Xian sucked the poison from Bai Xiaoran's leg, but accidentally tore his pants and helped him put on a skirt instead.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, which Xiao Yi Xian needed to suppress her Calamity Poison Body, then returned to Qingshan Town as the Wolf Head Mercenary Group pursued Bai Xiaoran. Xiao Yi Xian’s new acquaintance Xiao Yan arrived in town, and the chapter ended with the mercenaries confronting Xiao Yi Xian and Bai Xiaoran outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian entered a mist-filled valley and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and medicinal ingredients inside a cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had a Calamity Poison Body and needed the scripture to suppress it, while Bai Xiaoran stored the cave’s items in his Storage Ring.
• Back in Qingshan Town, Mr. Yao told Bai Xiaoran that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had placed a reward on him, and Bai Xiaoran decided to enter the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arrived in Qingshan Town, and Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Yan about the nearby Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group called for Xiao Yi Xian and Bai Xiaoran to come outside, accusing them of hurting Mu Li.

Bai Xiaoran was forced to flee the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and entered the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where he took shelter in a cave. Xiao Yan learned what had happened to him, and an unknown person arrived at the cave and recognized Bai Xiaoran.

• Mu She confronted Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and demanded that Bai Xiaoran become his maid.
• Bai Xiaoran fought Mu She and his men, then escaped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range after using his flames to create an opening.
• Xiao Yan spotted Bai Xiaoran being chased but followed Yao Chen's advice not to intervene.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yi Xian, told her he and Bai Xiaoran were from the Xiao Family, and learned about the confrontation.
• Bai Xiaoran rested in a cave, but an unknown person extinguished his flames and appeared to recognize him.