Chapter Summaries

Feng Wu used the Foundation Establishment Pill and his Rank 3 Soul Power to condense a Dou Crystal, advancing to the Dou Shi realm. After concealing his cultivation, he faced Xiao Zhan and the three elders, who had rushed to his courtyard after sensing his breakthrough aura.

• Feng Wu used his Soul Power to accelerate and compress the Dou Qi Cyclone until a Dou Crystal began to form.
• Feng Wu condensed the remaining Dou Qi into a Dou Crystal and broke through to the Dou Shi realm, briefly releasing a Great Dou Shi aura.
• Feng Wu swallowed a Second Grade Turtle Breath Pill to conceal his cultivation, which now appeared to be at the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders entered Feng Wu's courtyard after sensing a powerful aura, but Feng Wu denied seeing anyone unfamiliar.
• The Xiao Family Great Elder noticed Feng Wu was a Dou Zhe, astonishing Xiao Zhan and the other elders.

Feng Wu impressed the Xiao Clan elders with his apparent breakthrough to the Dou Zhe realm, then revealed the true extent of his cultivation as he tested his Dou Qi Emission and formed Dou Qi Armor. The chapter left him with abilities and power comparable to a Great Dou Shi.

• The Xiao Clan elders praised Feng Wu after he claimed he had recently reached the Dou Zhe realm with help from a Qi Gathering Powder.
• The Great Elder gave Feng Wu a signal and led the elders and Xiao Zhan away to inspect the clan.
• Feng Wu examined his cultivation and discovered that his Dou Crystal was unusually large.
• Feng Wu tested Dou Qi Emission by striking a stone wall from more than ten meters away.
• Feng Wu poured Dou Qi into his Dou Qi Gauze Robe and transformed it into a blazing red suit of Dou Qi Armor.

After breaking through in cultivation and Soul Power, Feng Wu attempted to advance to Rank 3 Alchemist. He failed when he tried an overly ambitious refining technique, then successfully made a Third Grade Turtle Breath Pill and confirmed his new rank before eyeing his worn cauldron.

• Feng Wu tested his new Dou Qi Armor and found that his combat power could rival a Great Dou Shi.
• Feng Wu’s Soul Power rose to the level of a late-stage Rank 3 Alchemist, and he prepared to refine a Turtle Breath Pill.
• Feng Wu’s first attempt failed when he tried to fuse too many medicinal essences at once, producing smoke and ruining the medicine.
• Feng Wu made a steadier second attempt and successfully refined a Third Grade Turtle Breath Pill, officially becoming a Rank 3 Alchemist.
• Feng Wu looked at his worn cauldron and came up with a bold idea.

Feng Wu practiced refining Third Grade pills for a week before attempting Qi Gathering Powder, but his damaged pill furnace exploded during the attempt. After cleaning up and bathing, he failed to notice someone entering his courtyard.

• Feng Wu decided to practice other Third Grade pills before attempting Qi Gathering Powder.
• He secretly refined six kinds of Third Grade pills over the following week while the Xiao Clan wondered about the explosions in his courtyard.
• After successfully refining the other pills, Feng Wu gathered ingredients and attempted to refine Qi Gathering Powder.
• His overworked apprentice-grade pill furnace exploded before he could finish fusing the ingredients.
• Feng Wu went to bathe, unaware that someone had entered his courtyard.

Xiao Yu returned home after seeing an explosion and found the courtyard wrecked, then caught Feng Wu rising naked from his bath. After scolding him over the destruction, she began reaching for her whip, and Feng Wu blamed Little Er Ha.

• Xiao Yu rushed back to the estate after seeing black smoke rise from her home and found the medicine cauldron, bamboo grove, garden, and other belongings damaged.
• Feng Wu rose from his bath as Xiao Yu kicked open the door, and the two argued after she saw him naked.
• Xiao Yu grabbed Feng Wu by the ear and reminded him that she was his godmother, then questioned him about the wrecked courtyard.
• Feng Wu realized he had caused most of the damage while practicing his techniques and feared Xiao Yu would whip him.
• Feng Wu spotted Little Er Ha outside the door and blamed her for the destruction as Xiao Yu reached for her whip.

Feng Wu admitted to Xiao Yu that he could refine pills and claimed a secret master had taught him, explaining why he had kept it hidden. Xiao Yu agreed to protect his secret but decided to accompany him to the Mittel Auction House the next day to confront Ya Fei.

• Feng Wu secretly asked Little Er Ha to take the blame for the broken bamboo, but Xiao Yu saw through the act and questioned him about the shattered medicine cauldron.
• Feng Wu confessed that the cauldron had exploded while he was refining medicine, and Xiao Yu was shocked to learn he could make pills.
• Feng Wu told Xiao Yu that a powerful, troubled master had taught him alchemy and warned that revealing his skill could endanger him and the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yu agreed to keep Feng Wu's alchemy secret, but learned that Ya Fei already knew about it.
• Feng Wu planned to visit the Mittel Auction House for a replacement cauldron and speak with Ya Fei, but Xiao Yu insisted on going with him to confront her.

Xiao Yu took Feng Wu to the Mittel Auction House, where they ran into Ya Fei and competed for his attention. After Ya Fei gauged Xiao Yu’s importance to Feng Wu and eased off, she explained that the auction house could provide a few Two-Fire Apprentice Cauldrons but would need approval for anything better.

• Xiao Yu dragged Feng Wu out early to visit the Mittel Auction House and go shopping.
• Feng Wu spotted Ya Fei outside the auction house and tried to avoid her, but Ya Fei noticed them and approached.
• Feng Wu took Ya Fei and Xiao Yu into the auction house together to prevent a public scene.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yu and teased Feng Wu about his frequent visits, leaving Xiao Yu intimidated and unsure how to respond.
• Feng Wu interrupted Ya Fei and asked whether the auction house had better cauldrons for sale.
• Ya Fei said the auction house had two or three Two-Fire Apprentice Cauldrons in storage, while higher-grade equipment required approval from the higher-ups.

Feng Wu arranged to buy medicine cauldrons and ingredients from Ya Fei, then reassured Xiao Yu about their bond. When Xiao Yu pulled away, Feng Wu stumbled and grabbed her thigh.

• Feng Wu asked Ya Fei to gather ten or twenty Apprentice Cauldrons, arrange a Rank 3 cauldron, and buy ingredients for Qi Gathering Powder.
• Ya Fei accepted Feng Wu's silver cards and left to collect his purchases.
• Xiao Yu reflected on Feng Wu's maturity and worried about his relationship with Ya Fei, but chose not to question him.
• Feng Wu held Xiao Yu's hand and told her that she was Xiao Yu and he would always be that Feng Wu.
• Xiao Yu pulled her hand away, and Feng Wu stumbled forward, landing his hand on her thigh.

Feng Wu gave Ya Fei a Foundation Establishment Pill and offered her a chance to pursue cultivation, explaining that repeated doses could improve her talent at each stage. Ya Fei was left considering the path after Feng Wu promised the pill could transform even someone with poor talent into a genius.

• Feng Wu and Xiao Yu stumbled into an embarrassing position just as Ya Fei entered the VIP Room with the supplies he had requested.
• Ya Fei gave Feng Wu three Apprentice Cauldrons, Qi Gathering Powder, and ingredients, then asked him for the promised surprise.
• Feng Wu asked Ya Fei whether she would take a dangerous path to reach the pinnacle of the world, and she asked how it compared with being an auctioneer.
• Feng Wu gave Ya Fei a Foundation Establishment Pill, but she doubted that it could overcome her poor talent.
• Feng Wu told Ya Fei that taking the pill before breakthroughs could improve her innate talent repeatedly and asked whether the Mittel Family could raise her to Nine Star Dou Zhe.

Feng Wu gave Ya Fei a Foundation Establishment Pill and teased her after she sincerely thanked him. Half a month later, Xiao Yu dragged Feng Wu to the Xiao Clan test, while Xiao Yan broke through in his medicinal bath and declared his return.

• Feng Wu advised Ya Fei to reach the Nine Star Dou Zhe realm quickly and use the Foundation Establishment Pill to shore up her foundation.
• Ya Fei sincerely thanked Feng Wu, who immediately teased her about being genuine with him.
• On their way home, Xiao Yu asked Feng Wu for a bottle of Peak Chest Pill after noticing him looking at Ya Fei’s chest, and Feng Wu agreed.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yu woke Feng Wu and took him to the Xiao Clan testing ceremony after he spent the previous night refining Qi Gathering Powder.
• Feng Wu and Xiao Yu found Xiao Ning already gone, and Feng Wu suspected he had advanced with the help of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• At his residence, Xiao Yan erupted with Dou Qi in his medicinal bath and declared that he had returned.

At the Xiao Clan coming-of-age test, Xiao Yan challenged the crowd’s expectations and revealed that he had reached Dou Qi Level Eight. The chapter ended with him waiting for a reaction that never came.

• Xiao Ning scored Dou Qi Level Nine, drawing praise from the elders and provoking Xiao Yan with threats about his future clan assignment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Ning taunted Xiao Yan while Feng Wu and Xiao Yu joined the group at the front of the line.
• Xiao Yan asked to test first, and Xiao Ying allowed him and those beside him to go together.
• Xiao Yan placed his palm on the Testing Stone Tablet and revealed Dou Qi Level Eight, then waited in vain for the crowd to respond.

At the Xiao Clan’s assessment, Xiao Yan reached Dou Qi Level Eight, but Xiao Ning’s breakthrough and Feng Wu’s display stole the crowd’s attention. Feng Wu revealed himself as a Two Star Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Yan to believe he could catch up even as Yao Lao warned that Feng Wu was hiding his strength.

• Xiao Yan turned from his Dou Qi Level Eight result when Xiao Ning swallowed Qi Gathering Powder and began breaking through to Dou Zhe.
• Feng Wu gave Xiao Ning the pill to draw attention away from Xiao Yan and protect the secret of the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• The examiners announced Xiao Yan’s result after Xiao Ning began his breakthrough, prompting mixed reactions from the Xiao Clan elders.
• Feng Wu tested as a Two Star Dou Zhe, astonishing the clan and taking the spotlight from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan took Feng Wu’s apparent cultivation pace as a sign he could catch up, but Yao Lao warned him that Feng Wu was hiding his strength.

Feng Wu helped Xiao Ning avoid challenging Xiao Yan at the clan test, then spent a month refining pills before enduring the Xiao Clan’s grueling Coming of Age Ceremony. The ceremony’s retest began with the elders seeking to verify Feng Wu and Xiao Yan’s strength and talent.

• Feng Wu warned Xiao Ning that Xiao Yan was stronger than he appeared, and Xiao Yu backed him up and stopped Xiao Ning from challenging him.
• Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Ke with one punch, and Feng Wu explained that Xiao Yan had raised his cultivation by five stages in a year.
• Feng Wu spent a month refining pills, producing seven or eight pills while breaking several medicine cauldrons and straining the Li Family’s herb reserves.
• Feng Wu accompanied Xiao Yu to the Coming of Age Ceremony and found its rituals exhausting.
• Second Elder Xiao Ying began the retest to verify the clan juniors’ strength, with Feng Wu and Xiao Yan’s results drawing particular attention.

At the Xiao Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, Feng Wu concealed his rapid cultivation progress while Xiao Yan reached One Star Dou Zhe and sought a chance to establish his authority. Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Ning, who rose to answer him with Xiao Yu and Feng Wu offering him pills.

• Feng Wu’s tablet reading showed Two Star Dou Zhe, though Xiao Xun’er and Yao Chen realized he had secretly advanced to Three Star Dou Shi and kept the truth quiet.
• Xiao Yan retested at One Star Dou Zhe and smugly looked toward Feng Wu, who only smiled.
• Second Elder Xiao Ying announced that participants could challenge anyone, including those above the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Yan waited for Xiao Ning to challenge him, then leaped onto the arena and publicly challenged Xiao Ning instead.
• Xiao Ning stood up angrily, and Xiao Yu and Feng Wu each handed him a bottle of pills before the fight.

Feng Wu gave Xiao Ning a stronger Qi Increasing Powder and urged him to fight Xiao Yan aggressively, while Xiao Yu discovered that Feng Wu had supplied Xiao Yan with two Xuan Rank Dou Techniques. Xiao Ning was overwhelmed by Xiao Yan’s techniques until the pill raised his strength to a Four Star Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Yan facing his charge.

• Feng Wu gave Xiao Ning Rank 3 Qi Increasing Powder and warned him that Xiao Yan knew multiple Xuan Rank Dou Techniques.
• Feng Wu encouraged Xiao Ning to trade injuries with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yu tried to call him back.
• Xiao Yan used Absorption Palm and Fire Blowing Palm to control Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu realized Feng Wu had traded the techniques to him.
• Xiao Ning struggled against Xiao Yan’s attacks until he broke the coating on the pill hidden behind his teeth and rose three stars in strength.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Ning had used Qi Increasing Powder, but Xiao Ning continued charging despite Xiao Yan’s Fire Blowing Palm.

Xiao Ning fought Xiao Yan fiercely, endured a broken arm, and managed to land a final punch before collapsing. Feng Wu used a rare Fifth Grade Healing Pill to treat Xiao Ning, then stopped Xiao Yan as he tried to leave.

• Xiao Yan used Fire Blowing Palm and Absorption Palm against Xiao Ning, but Xiao Ning broke through and injured him.
• Feng Wu warned Xiao Yu that Xiao Ning was about to lose, then urged Xiao Ning to land a punch on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ning forced his way out of Xiao Yan's palm techniques and charged again, prompting Xiao Yan to counter with Eight Extremes Collapse and break Xiao Ning's arm.
• Xiao Ning struck Xiao Yan once before falling unconscious, and Feng Wu gave Xiao Yu a Fifth Grade Healing Pill for him.
• Feng Wu knocked the pill into Xiao Ning's mouth, and Xiao Yu treated his injuries as the pill rapidly healed him.
• Xiao Yan tried to leave after seeing Xiao Ning recover, but Feng Wu told him he had not given permission.

Feng Wu challenged Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Ning, crippled him with a powerful palm technique, and left him unable to fight. Afterward, Ya Fei warned Feng Wu that the Gale Family was stockpiling medicinal ingredients and gave him a map to a reclusive Cauldron Forging Master.

• Feng Wu stopped Xiao Yan from leaving the arena and challenged him, and Xiao Yan agreed after Feng Wu refused to let him back down.
• After resting for half an hour, Xiao Yan attacked with Eight Extremes Collapse, but Feng Wu's Mountain Splitting Palm shattered bones in his forearm and made the hidden force rebound against him.
• Feng Wu used Absorption Palm and Cloud Dispelling Palm to defeat Xiao Yan, then gave Xiao Zhan healing pills and left the arena.
• Feng Wu and Xiao Yu arranged for juniors to carry Xiao Ning home, and the Great Elder praised Feng Wu as Ya Fei praised his potential.
• Ya Fei privately warned Feng Wu that the Gale Family was amassing medicinal ingredients and may be connected to a missing Rank 1 Alchemist.
• Ya Fei gave Feng Wu a Storage Ring containing the items he had requested and a map to a reclusive Cauldron Forging Master near the Gamma Empire's border.

Feng Wu received a third-order cauldron and visited the Xiao Family Dou Qi Pavilion, where he revealed a flame that made Xiao Xun'er wary. Before leaving, he helped Xiao Mei obtain a cultivation method and discovered that the Xiao Clan had a hidden Great Dou Shi guarding the pavilion.

• Feng Wu learned from Ya Fei that Cauldron Forging Masters were rare and highly valued, then stored the third-order cauldron she had brought him.
• At the Dou Qi Pavilion, Feng Wu provoked the Golden Emperor Burning Flame in Xiao Xun'er’s eyes with his Peach Blossom Fire, causing her to withdraw and become wary of him.
• Feng Wu tested as a Fire Attribute cultivator and entered the Fire Path, then found Xiao Mei unable to break the barrier to a room holding a Yellow Rank High Grade Wind Attribute cultivation method.
• Feng Wu shattered the barrier for Xiao Mei, left without accepting her thanks, and later took a Yellow Rank Low Grade Fire Attribute cultivation method for himself.
• Feng Wu scanned the old man recording the selections and discovered that he was a One-Star Great Dou Shi, revealing another source of strength hidden within the Xiao Clan.

Feng Wu negotiated with the Dou Qi Pavilion elder to let Xiao Ning study the Wind Scroll Skill in exchange for cultivation technique copies and additional benefits for the Xiao Clan. After returning to Xiao Yu, Feng Wu confirmed he planned to leave eventually, and she invited him to join her at Canaan Academy in eight months.

• Feng Wu asked the Dou Qi Pavilion elder to let Xiao Ning study the Profound Rank High Grade Wind Scroll Skill.
• Feng Wu offered copies of Profound Rank fire- and water-element cultivation techniques, and the elder agreed to the exchange after Feng Wu requested Dou Techniques as well.
• Feng Wu told Xiao Yu that Xiao Ning could visit the Dou Qi Pavilion once he recovered.
• Xiao Yu asked Feng Wu whether he was preparing to leave, and he said he would not leave too soon.
• Xiao Yu invited Feng Wu to accompany her to Canaan Academy when her instructor arrived in Wu Tan City in eight months.

Feng Wu refused Xiao Yu’s invitation to attend Canaan Academy with her, but promised to stay until she left the Xiao Clan. When the Gale Family’s commercial war threatened the Xiao Clan, Feng Wu revealed his identity as an Alchemist and gave the Great Elder thousands of pills to launch a counterattack.

• Feng Wu took Xiao Yu’s hand and promised to remain with her until she left the Xiao Clan, then comforted her as they playfully chased each other around the courtyard.
• Two months later, Xiao Yu explained that the Gale Family’s Rank 1 Alchemist and Blood Replenishing Powder were driving customers away from the Xiao Clan and the Ouba Family.
• After the Xiao Clan’s council meeting failed to find a solution, Xiao Yu reminded Feng Wu that he was an Alchemist, and he told her the story they would use to explain his skill.
• Feng Wu showed the Great Elder more than three thousand bottles of Rank 1 pills, claiming he had refined them after studying an Alchemist’s notes and preparing for the Gale Family’s threat.
• Feng Wu proposed splitting the pill profits evenly with the Xiao Clan and reserving thirty percent of the clan’s share for the Great Elder to control.
• The Great Elder signed an agreement protecting his authority over the profits and hurried to summon the Xiao Clan’s leaders for a meeting.