Chapter Summaries

The Great Elder tried to arrange an apology between Xiao Ning and Xiao Ze, but Xiao Ze remained elusive until the Xiao Family’s coming-of-age ceremony. Xiao Ze arrived at the ceremony with Xiao Xun'er and Ya Fei, drawing everyone’s attention.

• The Great Elder learned that Xiao Ning had apologized to Xiao Yan but had not managed to meet Xiao Ze, so Xiao Yu suggested they approach him at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Ya Fei attended the ceremony as a guest and searched the Xiao Family’s younger members for the young man who had saved her.
• Xiao Ze broke through to Two Star Dou Master, and Xiao Xun'er urged him to wash and change into formal clothes for the ceremony.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Xun'er encountered Ya Fei, who thanked Xiao Ze again for rescuing her, and the three hurried to the venue as the bell rang.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Ya Fei entered together, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Xiao Ze attended the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, settled his conflict with the Great Elder and Xiao Ning, and received a VIP card from Ya Fei. After planning to ask Xiao Yu about Jia Nan Academy, he told Xiao Xun'er he intended to take a long trip.

• Xiao Ze arrived at the ceremony with Xiao Xun'er and Ya Fei, then joined Xiao Yan among the underage members.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ze that Xiao Ning had apologized to him and asked Xiao Ze to accept an apology as well.
• The Great Elder and Xiao Ning apologized to Xiao Ze, who forgave them after learning the conflict with Xiao Ning had begun over Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ze returned to find Xiao Xun'er alone, and the two watched the challenges before the ceremony ended.
• Ya Fei thanked Xiao Ze for saving her and gave him a Mittel Family VIP Card, which Xiao Xun'er teased him about.
• Xiao Ze planned to ask Xiao Yu about Jia Nan Academy's enrollment date and told Xiao Xun'er he intended to take a long trip.

Xiao Ze told Xiao Xun'er he planned to travel to Qing Shan Town to pursue a powerful talent before Jia Nan Academy's recruitment. After learning recruitment was about a month away, he agreed to let Xiao Yu guide them there, and the group headed to the back mountain hot springs.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Xun'er he planned a long journey, and she reluctantly agreed to stay behind while he traveled alone.
• Xiao Ze decided to seek Xiao Yi Xian in Qing Shan Town so he could bind her Calamity Poison Body as a subordinate.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Yu when Jia Nan Academy would recruit in Wu Tan City, and she said it would happen in about a month and offered to take him and Xun'er there.
• Xiao Ze praised Xiao Yu for being broad-minded, and she warmed to him and explained more about the recruitment process.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei agreed to go bathe in the back mountain hot springs, while Xiao Ze planned to stand guard outside.

Xiao Ze left Wu Tan City to begin a long journey, equipped with supplies from Xiao Zhan and an identity-concealing mask from Ya Fei. Before he departed, Xiao Xun'er sent Ling Ying to protect him, and Ya Fei asked him to call her his older sister.

• Xiao Ze prepared to leave, taking the storage ring and supplies Xiao Zhan had given him.
• Xiao Xun'er walked Xiao Ze to the Xiao Family gates, then asked Ling Ying to watch over him on his journey.
• Xiao Ze went to the Mitel Auction House and asked Ya Fei about ways to conceal his identity.
• Ya Fei helped Xiao Ze put on an Exquisite Face Mask, which settled into a new appearance.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Ze to acknowledge her as his older sister, and he called her Sister Ya Fei.

Xiao Ze left Wu Tan City with a map from Ya Fei and traveled through the Eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he killed a Blue Feather Magical Eagle. Near Qing Shan Town, he spotted Magical Beasts fleeing from an unknown danger and stopped to investigate.

• Xiao Ze refused Ya Fei’s offer to give him an Exquisite Face Mask for free, accepted a fifty-percent discount, and asked her to keep his trip out of town secret.
• Xiao Ze traveled through the wilderness using a rough map Ya Fei had helped him obtain and provoked a Blue Feather Magical Eagle near the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ze pretended to be exhausted, then used Force-Deflecting Water Mirror and Azure Sea Vortex to trap and kill the eagle.
• Xiao Ze recovered a Tier 2 magic core and realized he was close to Qing Shan Town.
• Xiao Ze saw a group of Tier 1 Magical Beasts fleeing toward him and waited to learn what had frightened them.

Xiao Ze followed a trail of poisonous handprints to an unconscious Xiao Yi Xian and bound her Calamity Poison Body. When her body improved after consuming poison, his Hundredfold Feedback granted him a Perfect Calamity Poison Body and raised his cultivation to an eight-star Dou Shi.

• Xiao Ze avoided the fleeing Magical Beasts and continued toward Qing Shan Town, where he found a poisonous handprint corroding a tree.
• Xiao Ze followed the poisonous traces into a valley and discovered that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body had flared up.
• Xiao Ze bound Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body after the system listed it as a pale-gold ability.
• Xiao Yi Xian consumed poison, improving her Calamity Poison Body and triggering Xiao Ze’s Hundredfold Feedback.
• Xiao Ze claimed the Perfect Calamity Poison Body, endured its transformation, and advanced six stars to become an eight-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Ze absorbed the poison from Xiao Yi Xian’s palms and revealed that they both possessed the Calamity Poison Body. After explaining the danger of her condition and offering to help her control it, he asked her to travel with him and help him cultivate.

• Xiao Ze absorbed the poison from Xiao Yi Xian’s unconscious body, bringing himself close to a breakthrough as she began to wake.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached for a poison powder, then asked Xiao Ze whether her eruption had harmed him.
• Xiao Ze revealed that he also possessed the Calamity Poison Body and explained how the physique worked and what would happen if hers fully erupted.
• Xiao Yi Xian feared she would become a Great Poison Master, and Xiao Ze offered to help her grow stronger while controlling her poison body.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yi Xian that he wanted her help cultivating by absorbing the poison her body produced, then asked her to come with him.

Xiao Ze comforted Xiao Yi Xian, promised to help control her Poison Body, and learned that someone had poisoned her. They returned to Qing Shan Town to investigate, where Ten Thousand Medicine Hall confronted World-Saving Hall over the attack, and Mu She arrived to challenge the crowd.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Xiao Ze, and he promised to help her control her Poison Body and treated her as a friend and companion.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ze that she had eaten pastries before her Poison Body flared up, and he concluded that someone had deliberately poisoned her.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian disguised themselves and returned to Qing Shan Town, where Xiao Ze identified World-Saving Hall as a likely suspect because it had lost customers to Ten Thousand Medicine Hall.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian learned that Ten Thousand Medicine Hall had caught the poisoner and traced the attack to World-Saving Hall, whose owner denied the accusation.
• As the crowd backed Ten Thousand Medicine Hall's demand for an explanation, Mu She stepped forward and questioned Xiao Yi Xian's medical ability.

Xiao Ze uncovered evidence that World-Saving Hall had poisoned Xiao Yi Xian and returned to confront the people arguing outside. When Mu She attacked him, Xiao Ze killed the Two Star Dou Master with one finger.

• Mu She backed World-Saving Hall, and its owner disputed Ten Thousand Medicine Hall’s witnesses and evidence as the crowd argued over Xiao Yi Xian’s poisoning.
• Xiao Ze secretly took Xiao Yi Xian into World-Saving Hall, where they found a hidden room containing residue from the poison.
• Xiao Ze brought the evidence outside and declared that he would avenge Xiao Yi Xian, leaving the World-Saving Hall owner unable to talk his way out of the accusation.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Ze, who struck Mu She between the brows with one finger and killed him.

Xiao Ze killed Mu She and the old man who had tried to poison Xiao Yi Xian, then left Qing Shan Town with her. They searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for herbs and found a concealed cave, entering it together to explore.

• Xiao Ze killed Mu She and the old man, then warned the mercenaries not to seek revenge before leaving Qing Shan Town with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ze agreed to help Xiao Yi Xian gather medicinal herbs and suggested she take Jia Nan Academy's entrance examination for a cultivation technique.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian searched two herb-rich cliffs near Qing Shan Town, and Xiao Ze spotted a concealed cave at the second one.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian tied themselves together with a vine and jumped down to the cave entrance, where Xiao Yi Xian blushed after he held her close.
• Xiao Ze made a torch, and he and Xiao Yi Xian entered the dark cave together.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian discovered a hidden stone chamber filled with medicinal herbs and treasures, including the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Purple Cloud Wings. After Xiao Yi Xian began studying the scripture, Xiao Ze started cultivating the flying technique, which caused intense pain as it opened new meridians.

• Xiao Ze opened the cave's stone door, and he and Xiao Yi Xian entered a chamber containing gold, medicinal herbs, a skeleton, and three treasure boxes.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered the rare herbs while Xiao Ze took three keys and found a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Xiao Ze opened the boxes and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, keeping Purple Cloud Wings and Mad Lion's Roar for himself.
• Xiao Yi Xian found records of the Calamity Poison Body in the scripture, then agreed to guard Xiao Ze while he cultivated Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Ze endured the technique's Soul Impact with little difficulty, then drew its wings into his body and began opening two secondary meridians, causing intense pain.

Xiao Ze mastered the Purple Cloud Wings and spent several days flying Xiao Yi Xian around the valley before they returned to Wu Tan City. After washing off his disguise, he revealed his true face to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Ze endured the Purple Cloud Wings’ painful cultivation and formed two new subsidiary meridians.
• Xiao Ze tested the wings by flying over the valley, then carried Xiao Yi Xian through the air.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian spent the next few days flying in the valley before heading back to Wu Tan City to avoid missing enrollment.
• Xiao Ze noted that Xiao Xun'er had broken through three stars but chose to save his reward until he was preparing to become a Da Dou Shi.
• At a stream near Wu Tan City, Xiao Ze removed his Exquisite Face Mask, and Xiao Yi Xian saw his true appearance.

Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Family with Xiao Yi Xian and reunited her with his childhood sweetheart, Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Xun'er learned about Xiao Ze's Calamity Poison Body and strength, while the two women politely got acquainted and went to freshen up together.

• Xiao Ze brought Xiao Yi Xian back to the Xiao Family and went to report his safe return to Xiao Zhan.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Ze had awakened the Calamity Poison Body, reached Nine Star Dou Master, and seemed to be suppressing a breakthrough.
• Xiao Xun'er worried that Xiao Ze might recklessly consume deadly poisons, then learned he had arrived with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ze introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Xun'er as his friend and childhood sweetheart, and the two women greeted each other warmly.
• Xiao Xun'er offered to take Xiao Yi Xian to freshen up, and Xiao Ze followed them toward the hot spring pool.

Xiao Ze broke through to Da Dou Shi on the Xiao Family’s back mountain, condensing a Dou Crystal and revealing the strength of his Perfect Calamity Poison Body. After discussing Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, he decided to visit Ya Fei.

• Xiao Ze claimed Xiao Xun'er's feedback reward and began absorbing natural energy for his breakthrough as Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er watched.
• Xiao Zhan guarded the path to the back mountain and considered making Xiao Ze the Xiao Family Patriarch once he became a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Ze compressed the natural energy in his Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone and condensed a round, dark blue Dou Crystal, reaching Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Ze opened his eyes with a seven-colored gleam and confirmed that his Perfect Calamity Poison Body let him control poison without risk of losing control.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Ze that Jia Nan Academy's recruitment in Wu Tan City was the next day, and Xiao Ze refused the idea of becoming an instructor.
• Xiao Ze invited Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to visit Ya Fei with him, but both declined.

Xiao Ze reunited with Ya Fei, sold her the magic cores he had gathered, and received a generous advance before preparing to leave for Jia Nan Academy. While choosing gifts for his family, he found a Qi Gathering Bead whose unusual properties seemed ideal for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Ze visited Ya Fei at the Mitel Auction House, and she let him give her a massage.
• Xiao Ze showed Ya Fei the magic cores he had collected in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and revealed that he had advanced from Dou Shi to Da Dou Shi.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Ze a Gold Storage Card holding one hundred thousand gold coins, and Xiao Ze told her he planned to apply to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ze browsed the auction house inventory for family gifts and found a Qi Gathering Bead that could absorb Dou Qi but was extremely difficult for others to use.
• Ya Fei explained that the Qi Gathering Bead had failed to sell because even a Da Dou Shi could extract only a trace of its Dou Qi, and Xiao Ze realized it could suit Xiao Yan.

Xiao Ze prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy, giving gifts to his family and using a Qi Gathering Bead to help Xiao Yan. The next morning, he and his companions arrived at the crowded admissions square, where Xiao Yu tried to bring them in through a guarded back entrance.

• Xiao Ze thanked Ya Fei for the Qi Gathering Bead, and Ya Fei found the gift he had left for her.
• Xiao Ze shared dinner with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, gave Xiao Yan a wristguard containing the Qi Gathering Bead, and revealed that he had reached Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yu came to fetch Xiao Ze and discovered Xiao Yi Xian in his room; Xiao Xun'er explained that Xiao Ze had spent the night with her.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er headed to Jia Nan Academy's admissions, but found the square packed with applicants.
• Xiao Yu led the group to a guarded entrance behind the square and showed her green badge to the commander, who eyed Xiao Ze and the others suspiciously.

Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian passed the garrison commander’s pressure test and entered the Jia Nan Academy recruitment plaza. Inside the tent, they arrived as a new student openly challenged a senior over being made to stand in the sun.

• Xiao Yu vouched for Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian, and the garrison commander let them pass through the soldiers.
• Xiao Yu struggled under the soldiers’ battlefield pressure, while Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian crossed the path calmly.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian to Xue Ni, whose friends crowded around Xiao Ze before an angry argument sounded from the tent.
• Xiao Yu led the group inside, where they saw new students standing in the sun and a burly boy confronting a senior about making him stand outside.

At Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment tent, Xiao Ze stopped Rod from killing a burly new student after Rod took a pill to boost his strength. Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, learned that Xiao Ze was Xiao Yu’s cousin and a recruitment candidate, and showed interest in him.

• Rod challenged the burly youth, and the two fought while the gathered students watched.
• The burly youth knocked Rod down, but Rod took a pill and surged back with enhanced strength, injuring his opponent.
• Xiao Ze seized Rod’s wrist to stop his lethal attack, snapped his arm, and kicked him out of the tent.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Ze to Instructor Ruolin and asked her not to blame him.
• Xiao Ze helped the burly youth, who introduced himself as Lei Luo, and told him his own name.

Xiao Ze challenged Jia Nan Academy’s practice of humiliating new students, persuading Instructor Ruolin to end it among her students and punish Rod. Ruolin then began ranking the new students by strength, leaving Xiao Ze unsure how to report his abilities while staying low-profile.

• Instructor Ruolin treated Rod’s injuries, and Xiao Ze argued that Rod had used deadly attacks against Lei Luo.
• Xiao Ze condemned Jia Nan Academy’s unwritten rule of making new students stand outside, arguing that it punished most students to restrain a few arrogant ones.
• Instructor Ruolin agreed the rule was rotten and forbade her students from bullying new students.
• Ruolin ordered Rod to stand outside for five hours for every half hour each new student had been made to wait, and Rod accepted the punishment.
• Ruolin began assessing the new students’ strength to assign their ranks, while Xiao Ze worried about how to gain benefits without attracting attention.

At Jia Nan Academy's recruitment, Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er revealed extraordinary cultivation for their age, with Xiao Xun'er surpassing the academy's S-Rank potential. Instructor Ruolin examined Xiao Ze and discovered a strength that left her stunned, but she had not yet announced its level.

• Xiao Yu told her friends that the Little Demoness was far inferior to Xiao Ze, while Xiao Ze and Lei Luo chatted as the registration line advanced.
• Lei Luo registered as a seventeen-year-old Three Star Dou Disciple and received a B-Rank potential assessment.
• Xiao Yi Xian registered as a twelve-year-old Three Star Dou Disciple and verified her strength by releasing her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xun'er registered as a twelve-year-old Six Star Dou Disciple, prompting Ruolin to assess her potential as beyond S-Rank.
• Xiao Ze asked Ruolin to examine his strength personally, and she lost her composure after sensing that his Dou Qi intensity matched her own.