Chapter Summaries

Xiao Shuang prepared to travel to the Black-Corner Region to gather cultivation resources for the Xiao Family, while Xiao Yan supplied him with pills and a safeguard for the journey. The chapter ended with Xiao Shuang giving Xiao Yan the corpse of a Twin-Winged Snow Spirit Tiger for his alchemy.

• Xiao Shuang visited Xiao Yan’s residence, met Xun’er, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia, and gave Xiao Yan Fire Energy for buying medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Shuang asked Xiao Yan about the Black-Corner Region and said he planned to go there for cultivation resources; Xiao Yan warned him about its dangers.
• Xiao Yan bought ingredients and arranged to prepare pills and a storage ring containing Bone Spirit Cold Flame for Xiao Shuang.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan delivered the pills, the storage ring, and Gold Coins to Xiao Shuang, stressing that he should stay safe.
• Xiao Shuang gave Xiao Yan the corpse of a Twin-Winged Snow Spirit Tiger so Xiao Yan could extract its essence blood for pill refinement.

Xiao Shuang traveled from the Inner Academy to the Black-Corner Region, where he killed an ambusher at Black Seal City’s gate. After settling into an inn, he caught its innkeeper sneaking in to kill him and froze him with Ice Dou Qi.

• Xiao Shuang told Xiao Yan and Xun'er to return while he prepared to travel to the Black-Corner Region, and he advised them to seek Zi Yan if they needed help.
• Elder Su opened a silver gate for Xiao Shuang and arranged a Griffon Beast to take him to Peace Town.
• Xiao Shuang registered in Peace Town, flew to Black Seal City, and killed a burly man who attacked him at the gate.
• Xiao Shuang checked into an inn and reflected that killing a person felt different from hunting magical beasts.
• The innkeeper broke into Xiao Shuang’s room with a dagger, but Xiao Shuang caught him and froze his body and blood with Ice Dou Qi.

Xiao Shuang attended the Black-Seal Auction House auction and bid unsuccessfully on a Yansheng Pill. After the auction, the Ghost Fiend Sect ordered someone to follow him, while the White Bone Gate sent someone to watch the Ghost Fiend Sect.

• Xiao Shuang entered the Black-Seal Auction House and observed the Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate in the VIP seats.
• The auction sold a Soul Severing Blade, a young woman, a Third-grade Pill, and a Lightning Attribute Mysterious Tier Mid-grade Dou Skill.
• Xiao Shuang bid two million Gold Coins on the Yansheng Pill, but the White Bone Gate won it for six million.
• After Xiao Shuang left empty-handed, the Ghost Fiend Sect leader ordered an elder to follow him, and a White Bone Gate woman ordered someone to watch the Ghost Fiend Sect.

Xiao Shuang was targeted by the Ghost Fiend Sect and the White Bone Gate after leaving an auction, but he slaughtered both factions when they attacked and tried to steal his spoils. He forced the frightened girl bought by Shen Zheng to gather the storage rings, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Shen Zheng ordered the Ghost Fiend Sect to kill Xiao Shuang and take the two million Gold Coins he had spent, while Bai Yu waited nearby to exploit the confrontation.
• At midnight, Shen Zheng’s men killed the inn’s guard and attacked Xiao Shuang, who crushed Shen Zheng with an ice spike and overwhelmed the two Five-star Dou Ling elders.
• Bai Yu entered with the White Bone Gate and secretly pocketed Shen Zheng’s storage ring, so Xiao Shuang killed her and attacked her followers.
• Xiao Shuang impaled the Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate members across the inn, while the White Bone Gate’s two Dou Ling powerhouses tried to escape using disciples as shields.
• Xiao Shuang ordered the frightened girl outside to gather and wipe clean the storage rings, then told her he could grant her a quick death if she did a good job.

Xiao Shuang killed Shen Zheng and Bai Yu’s group, then entered Black Seal City under a black robe as Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate blamed the Eight Gates for the deaths. The dispute escalated when Ma Xiao claimed a witness could identify Yuan Yi, and he pointed toward Xiao Shuang on a rooftop.

• Xiao Shuang inspected the storage rings and took the valuables, regretting that he had left no one alive to question about the sects’ techniques and skills.
• Xiao Shuang rented a luxurious room under his disguise and left the inn the next morning.
• Xiao Shuang heard that Shen Zheng and Bai Yu’s deaths had led Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate to demand an explanation from the Eight Gates.
• Shen Li and Bai Rou confronted Yuan Yi, but the Eight Gates’ Dou Huang master repelled their attack.
• Ma Xiao appeared and accused Yuan Yi of killing the two factions’ people, then pointed out Xiao Shuang as a witness.

Xiao Shuang accepted Ma Xiao’s offer to help pressure Yuan Yi into compensating the Ghost Fiend Sect, the White Bone Gate, and Ma Xiao. After the others left with their rewards, Yuan Yi plotted revenge and sought Han Feng’s help.

• Ma Xiao secretly offered Xiao Shuang a concealment robe in exchange for helping him make Yuan Yi suffer a loss, and Xiao Shuang accepted.
• Yuan Yi agreed to provide compensation after facing pressure from Xiao Shuang, Ma Xiao, and the two factions.
• Manager Hu brought four storage rings, and Xiao Shuang detected something suspicious about his ring and sealed it in ice.
• The Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate took the compensation and left, while Ma Xiao departed and Xiao Shuang followed him.
• Yuan Yi ordered Manager Hu to invite Han Feng and vowed to destroy the Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate.

Xiao Shuang guarded Ma Xiao while the old forger reforged his Severing Life Spear, then received the finished weapon as Ma Xiao died. Xiao Shuang buried Ma Xiao and vowed to make the spear famous across the continent.

• Ma Xiao explained that Yuan Yi had stolen his Severing Life Spear and that Xi Ying, a black robe he had forged, had saved his life.
• Ma Xiao asked Xiao Shuang to guard him while he refined the spear, and Xiao Shuang used ice spikes to kill approaching demonic beasts.
• Ma Xiao added a Sixth-Tier Blue Wave Whale magic core to the furnace and spent his essence blood completing the spear’s refinement.
• Ma Xiao gave the transformed azure-blue Severing Life Spear to Xiao Shuang and died after asking him to find a better forger.
• Xiao Shuang tested the spear, buried Ma Xiao in an ice coffin, and vowed to make the weapon renowned across the continent.

Han Feng agreed to keep Fan Lao from interfering as Yuan Yi led the Eight Gates against the Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate. Yuan Yi killed Shen Li and gained Bai Rou’s surrender, but a black-robed attacker struck him with a spear.

• Han Feng sent Fan Lao a letter asking him to stay out of Yuan Yi’s conflict with the Ghost Fiend Sect and White Bone Gate.
• Yuan Yi led twenty Dou Lings from the Eight Gates to confront the allied sects, while Fan Lao agreed to stand aside after reading Han Feng’s letter.
• Yuan Yi attacked Shen Li and the two Dou Wangs as Fan Lao watched, and he pierced Shen Li’s chest before Shen Li could self-destruct.
• Bai Rou offered to make the White Bone Gate a subordinate force, and Yuan Yi paused to consider sparing her.
• A black-robed figure ambushed Yuan Yi with a deep-blue spear, piercing his arm as Fan Lao watched without intervening.

Xiao Shuang ambushed Yuan Yi and helped Fan Lao bring down the White Bone Gate's leader. After Yuan Yi's self-destruction, Han Feng appeared holding his soul, and he and Fan Lao discussed how to divide the Eight Gates.

• Xiao Shuang used his concealed black robe to ambush Yuan Yi, then retreated when Yuan Yi proved too powerful to fight head-on.
• Fan Lao attacked Yuan Yi and trapped him in a blood-thread cage, deliberately leaving a weak point for him to escape through.
• As Yuan Yi charged through the gap, Xiao Shuang struck him with the Severing Life Spear, pierced his arms, and took his storage ring before fleeing.
• Xiao Shuang honored Ma Xiao by leaving Yuan Yi's blood and a jug of wine beside the Severing Life Spear.
• Yuan Yi tried to destroy himself to take Fan Lao with him, but Fan Lao survived the explosion.
• Han Feng appeared holding Yuan Yi's soul, and Fan Lao asked how they should divide the Eight Gates.

Xiao Shuang returned to Jia Nan Academy, gave Zi Yan a gift, and reunited with Xiao Yan as Panmen faced an attack from Bai Gang. The chapter ended with Bai Cheng learning that Xiao Yan had brought Panmen to confront him.

• Xiao Shuang gave Zi Yan medicinal ingredients, received a strange fruit from her, and said farewell before returning to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Shuang visited Xiao Yan, who gave him the promised pill in a cold jade box.
• A Tai reported that Bai Gang had attacked Panmen’s medicinal-ingredient buyers and smashed its sales locations, injuring several members.
• Xiao Shuang joined Xiao Yan as Panmen gathered and marched toward Bai Gang.
• Bai Cheng learned that Xiao Yan had led Panmen to Bai Gang.

Xiao Yan confronted Bai Gang over its interference with Panmen, then accepted Han Xian’s challenge to an alchemy contest. The showdown was set for the next day at North Square, while Xiao Shuang learned he would soon return to the Jia Ma Empire with a team.

• Bai Cheng rallied Bai Gang’s members to confront Xiao Yan and Panmen in the plaza.
• Xiao Shuang appeared beside Xiao Yan and intimidated Bai Cheng into acknowledging their connection.
• Han Xian arrived with the Medicine Gang and challenged Xiao Yan to an alchemy contest, wagering trading locations against Panmen’s right to sell pills.
• Xiao Yan made Bai Cheng compensate Panmen for its losses before agreeing to use a prescription selected by Elder Hao for the contest at North Square.
• Elder Hao agreed to oversee the contest and choose the prescription, while Xiao Shuang learned he could lead a team back to the Jia Ma Empire in three days.

Xiao Yan and Han Xian began an alchemy contest to refine the difficult Fifth-grade Dragon Power Pill, with Xiao Shuang and Elder Hao watching. Xiao Yan’s first attempt lost much of its medicinal liquid, but he calmly prepared to continue.

• The Inner Academy gathered to watch Xiao Yan and Han Xian compete in alchemy, with Elder Hao presiding and Xiao Shuang observing.
• Elder Hao revealed that the contest required refining a Fifth-grade Dragon Power Pill, and each contestant received three sets of ingredients.
• Xiao Shuang raised concerns about Xiao Yan’s cracked medicinal cauldron and provided him with a jade-green replacement after Elder Hao approved it.
• Han Xian and Xiao Yan began refining the pill, using golden and green flames respectively.
• Xiao Yan started first, but a muffled sound from his cauldron caused more than half of the refined medicinal liquid to evaporate; he then tried again.

Xiao Yan defeated Han Xian in an alchemy contest by refining a Dragon Power Pill, while Han Xian produced only a flawed pill. After Xiao Shuang left for the Panmen residence, Xiao Yan and his companions returned and found him waiting.

• Han Xian failed to refine the Dragon Power Pill properly and handed Elder Hao a misshapen, flawed pill.
• Xiao Yan condensed and completed a Dragon Power Pill, using Xiao Shuang's cauldron to withstand the pill's burst of energy.
• Elder Hao and several Inner Academy elders inspected Xiao Yan's pill and confirmed it was a Dragon Power Pill, leaving Han Xian defeated.
• Xiao Shuang went to the Panmen residence and waited for Xiao Yan while making Ice Crystals with cold air.
• Xiao Yan returned with his companions, saw Xiao Shuang in the hall, and waved Hu Jia and the others away.

Xiao Shuang learned that his Extreme Cold Physique could suppress Heavenly Flames and received a spear technique from Old Yao before preparing to return to the Jia Ma Empire. He left with a pill for Hai Bodong and a jade slip for emergencies, then departed with Elder Su and the instructors on Griffon Beasts.

• Xiao Shuang demonstrated that his Ice Dou Qi weakened Xiao Yan’s Green Lotus Core Flame, and Old Yao identified his physique as the Extreme Cold Physique.
• Old Yao gave Xiao Shuang a mid-tier Earth Rank spear technique, and Xiao Yan asked him to deliver a Spirit Reviving Purple Pill to Hai Bodong.
• Su Qian warned Xiao Shuang to be careful around the Misty Cloud Sect and gave him a spatial jade slip to escape danger.
• Xiao Shuang and Elder Su joined the instructors at the Outer Academy and boarded the Griffon Beasts bound for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Shuang departed on a Griffon Beast and said he was returning to the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Shuang arrived in Jia Ma Empire as Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment representative and reunited with Yaoye in the Imperial Capital. He arranged for the Royal Family to help establish a local academy, while Yaoye asked when they would fulfill their marriage agreement.

• Xiao Shuang reached Two-star Dou Wang and studied the Seven Shadows spear technique during the flight to Town Ghost Pass.
• Xiao Shuang showed Jia Nan Academy’s token to Mu Tie, who let the group pass and sent word to the Imperial Capital about the academy’s recruitment office.
• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye welcomed the delegation, and Yaoye worried that the Misty Cloud Sect might threaten the Xiao Family and Xiao Shuang.
• Xiao Shuang reunited with Yaoye, told her the Misty Cloud Sect would not dare touch him as a Jia Nan Academy elder, and asked her to arrange a local academy and a place for the Griffon Beasts.
• Yaoye asked Xiao Shuang when they would fulfill their marriage agreement and invited him to live with her at the Royal Family’s residence.

Xiao Shuang met with Yaoye and Jia Xingtian, who offered him the Royal Family’s support despite their marriage agreement. He gave Yaoye a Rank Six Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill to heal the Royal Family’s guardian beast, and the meeting ended with Yaoye introducing her younger sister Yue'er as his future brother-in-law.

• Yaoye offered Xiao Shuang compensation for the Royal Family’s pressure over their marriage agreement, but he said he had no grievance and asked about the Royal Family’s guardian beast.
• Yaoye explained that the weakened Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast had suffered many injuries and that President Fama could not heal it without a Rank Six Pill.
• Xiao Shuang presented Yaoye with a Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill as his betrothal gift, and Jia Xingtian confirmed it was suited to the beast’s injuries.
• Yaoye offered Xiao Shuang the Royal Family’s military and support, while he said he had no interest in taking control of a nation.
• Yue'er entered the hall, and Yaoye introduced Xiao Shuang as her future brother-in-law.

Xiao Shuang arrived at the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial City, where Yaoye showed him his new residence and arranged for his comfort. He promised that once the Misty Cloud Sect disappeared from the empire, they would marry and Yaoye would become its Empress.

• Yue'er learned that the Rank Six Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill could heal the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and Jia Xingtian asked her to bring Fama and the other alchemists.
• Yaoye took Xiao Shuang on a tour of the Imperial City and showed him the palace that would be his residence.
• Yaoye ordered the palace guards to recognize Xiao Shuang as their master and give him access to every part of the palace.
• Yaoye and the maids helped Xiao Shuang bathe and settle into his palace, and Yaoye offered him the maids’ services.
• Xiao Shuang told Yaoye that she was enough for him and promised to marry her once the Misty Cloud Sect disappeared, declaring that she would be the Jia Ma Empire’s Empress.

Xiao Shuang and Yaoye joined the Royal Family as Fama and the other Alchemists treated the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast with the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill. The beast began recovering, and Jia Xingtian pledged the Royal Family’s support if the Misty Cloud Sect threatened the Xiao Family; Xiao Shuang then agreed to visit his family in Stone Desert City.

• The little princess told Yaoye and Xiao Shuang that Fama had arrived and the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast could be treated that night.
• At the lakeshore, Jia Xingtian presented the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill, and Fama and the other Alchemists refined it to heal the beast.
• The Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Beast swallowed the remaining pill and said it expected to recover fully in a couple of days.
• Jia Xingtian told Xiao Shuang that the Royal Family would go to war if Yun Shan threatened him over the Xiao Family.
• Yaoye asked Xiao Shuang whether he wanted to visit the Xiao Family in Stone Desert City, and he agreed.

Xiao Shuang returned to Stone Desert City and rescued Xiao Li and the Second Elder from a caravan of fighters who had discovered the Xiao Family's presence. He reunited with Xiao Ding at the City Lord's Manor, where the family prepared to celebrate his return and discuss its situation.

• Xiao Ding ordered Xiao Li and the Second Elder to stop a caravan trying to leave Stone Desert City, fearing it would expose the Xiao Family to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The caravan's hidden fighters attacked Xiao Li and the Second Elder, overwhelming them and injuring members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Shuang arrived and pinned the attackers down with ice spikes, then learned from the Second Elder that the Xiao Family had taken control of the city to conceal its whereabouts.
• Xiao Shuang declined the offer to become the Xiao Family's Great Elder and accompanied the Second Elder to the City Lord's Manor.
• Xiao Ding welcomed Xiao Shuang back, and the Great Elder gathered the family's upper ranks to celebrate and discuss the Xiao Family's situation.

Xiao Shuang and the Xiao Family celebrated taking control of Stone Desert City, but Misty Cloud Sect disciples launched a surprise attack that slaughtered the clan’s defenders. Hai Bodong opened a path through the city gate, allowing Xiao Shuang and the survivors to flee.

• Xiao Ding announced that Xiao Shuang held absolute authority over the Xiao Family in the Young Clan Leader’s absence.
• Xiao Shuang sensed danger as black mist spread through the courtyard and iron chains attacked the gathering.
• Xiao Ding organized the clan’s retreat while Xiao Li and the elders fought the Misty Cloud Sect disciples; Great Elder told the survivors to warn Xiao Yan to safeguard the Family Jade.
• Great Elder blew himself up to break the chains restraining Xiao Shuang, who rescued the wounded Xiao Li and rushed toward the city gate.
• Hai Bodong blasted open the city gate with an ice-bladed tornado and held off the pursuers as Xiao Shuang and the survivors escaped.