Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze guarded Xiao Yi Xian as she broke through to Dou Wang in a secluded valley, while he cultivated and learned that Xun'er had also reached Dou Wang. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian completing her breakthrough after Xun'er.

• Xiao Ze noticed Xiao Yi Xian was close to breaking through and took her to a secluded mountain valley for a Calamity Poison Power exchange.
• Xiao Yi Xian began her breakthrough, and Xiao Ze sealed the valley with a Dou Qi barrier to hide its poison and energy fluctuations.
• Xiao Ze cultivated nearby, reflecting that the Tree of Origin had reached its height bottleneck and that he had advanced to the peak of Dou Wang.
• Xiao Ze received news that Xun'er had broken through to Dou Wang and considered whether she would soon attempt to subdue the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Wang aura emerged from the valley, completing her breakthrough shortly after Xun'er's.

After Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Wang, she and Xiao Ze parted ways on their return to the Jia Ma Empire, while Gu Xun'er attempted to subdue the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame. Xiao Ze reached Shi Mo City to complete a Subordinate Binding and found a green-scaled girl being bullied.

• Xiao Yi Xian shared her Calamity Poison Power with Xiao Ze, then received his Soul Imprint before flying toward Qing Shan Town.
• Gu Xun'er began trying to subdue the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame at an altar in the Ancient Realm as Gu Yuan watched anxiously.
• Xiao Ze flew to Shi Mo City near the Tagor Desert, intending to complete the Subordinate Binding.
• Xiao Ze heard children insulting and throwing stones at a girl near the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's base, then frightened them away.
• Xiao Ze noticed faint green snake scales on the girl's wrist and gently asked whether she was all right.

Xiao Ze met and comforted Azure Scales, then brought her to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding. At the welcoming banquet, he learned Xiao Yan had already gone out to gain experience, and Xiao Ding grew concerned about Xiao Ze’s troubled expression.

• Xiao Ze healed Azure Scales, reassured her about her Snake-Human Hybrid identity, and asked her to lead him to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Azure Scales brought Xiao Ze to the headquarters, where he identified himself as a clansman of Commander Xiao.
• Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Ze warmly and brought him inside to reunite with Xiao Ding.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group held a banquet, where Xiao Ze learned that Xiao Yan had already left to gain experience.
• Xiao Ze wondered whether his interference had prevented the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Ding resolved to ask him about his apparent distress.

Xiao Ze promised to teach Azure Scales cultivation and revealed his Dou King Peak strength to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. He explained that the Xiao Family faced danger from powerful enemies and asked his brothers to help move the family somewhere safer.

• Xiao Ze told Azure Scales he would teach her cultivation and make her his personal maid, leaving her flustered and imagining a future with him.
• Xiao Ze joined Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and revealed that he had reached Dou King Peak by condensing Dou Qi Wings.
• Xiao Ze told his brothers that the Xiao Family's former enemies were among the continent's strongest powers and coveted a supreme treasure the family possessed.
• Xiao Ze said he intended to move the Xiao Family to a safer place and told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that the family needed their strength.

Xiao Ze persuaded Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to leave the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and move the Xiao Family to protect them from a powerful enemy. Xiao Yan arrived in Shi Mo City too late to find his brothers, while Xiao Ze reached Wu Tan City with them.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the Xiao Family's dangerous enemy and said he needed time to grow stronger before confronting it.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li resigned as commanders of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, leaving its senior members in charge, and Xiao Ze gave them wealth to help with the transition.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Shi Mo City and learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had left after Xiao Ze returned; he trusted Xiao Ze's reasons and stayed with the mercenary group.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his journey and his seven-star Dou Master strength as he searched the Tagor Desert for Heavenly Flames to evolve his Flame Mantra.
• After several days of travel, Xiao Ze, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Azure Scales arrived in Wu Tan City.

Xiao Ze persuaded the Xiao Family to relocate from Wu Tan City to Jia Nan City, revealing his Dou King Peak cultivation and offering resources to support the move. The elders accepted the plan, while Xiao Yi Xian agreed to escort the family to the Black Corner Region and look after Azure Scales.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Zhan that the family's Ancient Jade might be connected to the danger threatening the Xiao Family and explained why they needed to relocate.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Yi Xian to escort the Xiao Family to the Black Corner Region and entrusted Azure Scales to her care while he remained in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Zhan convened the family elders, and Xiao Ze argued that leaving Wu Tan City would give the family room to grow.
• Xiao Ze revealed his Dou King Peak strength and displayed the resources he had gathered, convincing the elders to support the relocation.

After Xiao Ze revealed his Dou King Peak strength, the Xiao Family prepared to relocate to the Black Corner Region under Xiao Yi Xian's protection. Xiao Ze stayed behind to settle matters in the Jia Ma Empire and gave Ya Fei the family's Wu Tan City property documents as repayment for her past kindness.

• The Xiao Family's higher-ups began arranging the family's relocation after witnessing Xiao Ze's power, and Xiao Ze entrusted Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li with the supplies taken from the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yi Xian would escort the family to the Black Corner Region while he remained in the Jia Ma Empire to handle other matters.
• Xiao Ze visited Ya Fei at the Mitel Auction House and revealed that he had reached Dou King Peak.
• Xiao Ze gave Ya Fei the Xiao Family's land deeds and property documents as repayment for her past kindness.

Xiao Ze gave Ya Fei the Xiao Family's deeds and businesses, then sent the family to Jia Nan City while worrying about Xun'er and Soul Hall. He realized he needed to focus on growing stronger and suspected Nalan Yanran was arriving in Wu Tan City.

• Xiao Ze gave Ya Fei the Xiao Family's property deeds and business certificates, and Ya Fei kissed his cheek before fleeing in embarrassment.
• Xiao Ze worried that Xun'er was trying to subdue the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame while still a five-star Dou King.
• The Xiao Family's convoy departed for Jia Nan City under Xiao Yi Xian's protection, and the Mitel Auction House took over the family's Wu Tan City holdings.
• Xiao Ze considered Soul Hall's influence and concluded that relocating the Xiao Family bought him time while he focused on increasing his strength.
• Xiao Ze noticed Shengde Restaurant was prepared for a visitor and guessed that Nalan Yanran was coming to Wu Tan City.

Xiao Ze watched Nalan Yanran arrive in Wu Tan City to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, then met with her after she learned the Xiao Family had moved away. Nalan Yanran refused to wait for Xiao Yan and threatened to publicize that the engagement was dissolved, leaving Xiao Ze displeased.

• Xiao Ze booked a private room at Shengde Restaurant and watched Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye arrive in Wu Tan City seeking the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran learned the Xiao Family had left and continued searching for them rather than returning home.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Ze that Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye had come to meet him at the Mitel Auction House.
• Ge Ye explained that Nalan Yanran wanted to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan because she had become the Misty Cloud Sect's next successor.
• Xiao Ze said he could not decide for Xiao Yan and suggested Nalan Yanran speak with him directly when they met.
• Nalan Yanran insisted she would publicize the engagement's dissolution, and Ge Ye tried to stop her as Xiao Ze frowned.

Xiao Ze prevented Nalan Yanran from abruptly dissolving her engagement to Xiao Yan, then revealed an aura that convinced her and Ge Ye he was a Dou Emperor. Nalan Yanran left Wu Tan City agreeing to wait three years, while Xiao Ze turned his thoughts to breaking through to Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Ze warned Nalan Yanran that forcibly ending the engagement would humiliate the Xiao Family and offered to find Xiao Yan within three years.
• Nalan Yanran rejected the delay and threatened to use any means necessary, while Ge Ye urged Xiao Ze to involve his elder brother.
• Xiao Ze warned them against provoking the Xiao Family and released an overwhelming aura, leading Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran to believe he was a Dou Emperor.
• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye reconsidered their plan and left Wu Tan City, deciding to wait three years before revisiting the engagement.
• Xiao Ze watched them depart, then returned toward Wu Tan City to find a place to break through to Dou Emperor.

Xiao Ze bid farewell to Ya Fei as she left for the Imperial Capital, then traveled to the Tagor Desert to follow Han Yue’s Treasure Map. There, Xiao Yan and Old Ya fled Queen Medusa’s pursuit, and Xiao Ze used the distraction to race toward the desert’s depths.

• Xiao Ze embraced Ya Fei before she departed for the Imperial Capital and promised to visit her.
• Xiao Ze left Wu Tan City and followed Han Yue’s Treasure Map toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Ze discovered that the map pointed deep into Queen Medusa’s territory and bought Snake People blood to conceal his aura.
• Xiao Ze sensed Xiao Yan and Old Ya fleeing Queen Medusa with a group of Dou Wang experts pursuing them.
• Xiao Ze realized Xiao Yan’s escape had drawn Queen Medusa’s attention and sped toward the desert’s depths to search for treasure.

Xiao Ze escaped the Snake People Tribe’s pursuit and followed the Treasure Map to a hidden Illusion Sea in the Tagor Desert. There, he met the remnant soul of the expert who had protected the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure, who began explaining how the sea came to be.

• Xiao Ze fled ahead while Queen Medusa continued hunting Xiao Yan to keep her Heavenly Flame evolution plan secret.
• Xiao Ze returned to the desert, disguised his human aura with snake people blood, and searched for the treasure indicated by the Treasure Map.
• Xiao Ze found an area where Water Attribute energy was absent and activated the map’s Soul Power, revealing a spatial entrance.
• Xiao Ze entered the Illusion Sea, where abundant Water Elements surged into him and nearly triggered a breakthrough.
• A remnant soul formed a body from the Illusion Sea’s Water Elements and told Xiao Ze that it had protected the sea and left the Treasure Map for someone fated to find it.

Xiao Ze learned from the ancient Boundless Sea Saint about the Illusion Sea Secret Realm and the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl it might nurture. After the Saint’s Soul Power vanished, Xiao Ze prepared to enter the Illusion Sea and seek his opportunity.

• Xiao Ze learned that the Boundless Sea Saint had created the Illusion Sea Secret Realm to protect a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure, not to leave an inheritance.
• The Boundless Sea Saint explained that the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl could mutate a water-attribute cultivator’s Dou Qi with Boundless Sea Power and Illusionary Power, though he did not know whether the pearl had fully formed.
• The Boundless Sea Saint advised Xiao Ze to use the secret realm’s rich water-attribute energy to help him approach the Dou Emperor realm and improve his affinity with the Water Element.
• Xiao Ze listened as the Boundless Sea Saint shared stories, until the Saint’s Soul Power faded and his water body dispersed into the Illusion Sea.
• Xiao Ze bowed where the Saint had disappeared, then prepared to seek his opportunity in the Illusion Sea.

Xiao Ze braved the Illusion Sea’s crushing depths and retrieved the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl from its core. He used the pearl and the sea’s Water Element to break through to the Dou Emperor realm, then continued absorbing its energy.

• Xiao Ze discovered that the Illusion Sea grew more pressurized toward its core and used layers of Golden Tree Roots to descend safely.
• Xiao Ze attached his Soul Power to a Golden Tree Root, located the central water vortex, and took the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl without disrupting the vortex.
• Xiao Ze swallowed the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl, and the Tree of Origin drew its energy into Void Space and suppressed its power.
• Xiao Ze claimed his accumulated feedback rewards and absorbed Water Element from the Illusion Sea as the Tree of Origin grew beyond one hundred meters.
• Xiao Ze broke through to the Dou Emperor realm and received a boost to his Water Attribute affinity and physical strength, but continued absorbing the pearl’s energy.

Xiao Ze integrated his soul with the Tree of Origin and absorbed the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl, gaining stronger Soul Power, Boundless Sea Power, and Illusionary Power. After leaving the secret realm, he fled from Queen Medusa, who recognized a familiar aura and suspected a diversion.

• Xiao Ze integrated his soul with the Tree of Origin, greatly strengthening it and allowing it to be nourished over time.
• Xiao Ze discovered that absorbing the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl had granted his Water Attribute Dou Qi Boundless Sea Power and Illusionary Power, raised his cultivation to Three Star Dou Sovereign, and doubled the Void Space.
• Xiao Ze exited the Illusion Sea Secret Realm with the Treasure Map rendered useless and decided to repay Senior Han Yue after returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Queen Medusa sensed Xiao Ze's aura in the desert, and Xiao Ze fled while using Illusionary Power to conceal himself.
• Queen Medusa recognized the aura from a previous encounter and suspected someone was luring her away.

Xiao Ze was exposed when Queen Medusa attacked the area indiscriminately, then fought her using his newly acquired Boundless Sea Power. As the Snake People Tribe’s leaders rushed toward the battle, Xiao Ze prepared to unleash the Great Boundless Sea Palm.

• Queen Medusa suspected Xiao Ze was still nearby and attacked the desert indiscriminately to reveal him.
• Xiao Ze emerged and tried to explain that he had come in search of treasure, but Queen Medusa attacked him.
• Xiao Ze used Boundless Sea Power to overpower Queen Medusa in their first clash, despite her being at the Dou Emperor Peak.
• Queen Medusa refused to let Xiao Ze leave and fought on while the Snake People Tribe’s leaders hurried toward them.
• Xiao Ze gathered his Dou Qi and unleashed the Great Boundless Sea Palm.

Xiao Ze defeated Queen Medusa by using poison to prevent her from mobilizing Dou Qi, then spared her and declared their conflict settled. He flew away, leaving her to recover in ten minutes.

• Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa clashed with powerful techniques, creating Spatial Rifts that forced them both to retreat until the rifts closed.
• Xiao Ze attacked again, and Queen Medusa suddenly found she could no longer gather Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ze used the Calamity Poison Body to overpower Queen Medusa, pinning her to the ground and explaining that poison had disabled her.
• Xiao Ze told Queen Medusa he had no reason to kill her and proposed that they call their conflict even.
• Xiao Ze covered Queen Medusa's exposed shoulder, told her she would recover in ten minutes, and flew away.

Queen Medusa recovered after Xiao Ze left, while Xiao Yan and Old Ya searched the Tagor Desert in vain for a Heavenly Flame. Xiao Ze found Xiao Yan and revealed himself as his long-lost Fourth Brother, leaving Old Ya stunned by his strength.

• Queen Medusa ordered her subordinates not to pursue Xiao Ze and to gather information about Heavenly Flames.
• After ten minutes, Queen Medusa regained her Dou Qi and returned to the temple.
• Xiao Yan grew frustrated after finding no Heavenly Flame at the third location, but Old Ya warned him against losing himself and suggested they go to Jia Nan Academy.
• Old Ya sensed Xiao Ze approaching, and Xiao Yan hid as Xiao Ze stopped above him.
• Xiao Ze called out to Xiao Yan as his Third Brother, then removed his cloak and explained that he had returned from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan agreed to leave with Xiao Ze for an imperial city, while Old Ya marveled that Xiao Ze was a fourteen-year-old Dou Emperor.

Xiao Ze reunited with Xiao Yan in the Jia Ma Empire and told him about the Xiao Family’s history and Nalan Yanran’s request to dissolve their engagement. After learning Xiao Ze was a Three Star Dou Sovereign and an elder at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan decided to join the academy to cultivate.

• Xiao Ze recognized Xiao Yan as the person Queen Medusa had chased a month earlier, and the brothers flew together to a city in the Jia Ma Empire.
• At an inn, Xiao Ze explained the Xiao Family’s history and revealed that Nalan Yanran wanted to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan accepted that Nalan Yanran wanted to end the engagement and said he had no interest in romance or forcing the match.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yan he had reached Three Star Dou Sovereign and had become an elder at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Ze offered to arrange his admission to the Inner Academy and support him there.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ze whether Jia Nan Academy had a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ze revealed that the Inner Academy guarded the Fallen Heart Flame while Han Feng possessed the Sea Heart Flame. Xiao Ze gave Xiao Yan a letter and elder’s token for entering the academy, then set out for the Imperial Capital while Xiao Yan prepared to travel to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan and Old Ya discussed Xiao Ze’s formidable cultivation and Soul Power, and Old Ya suspected he might be an alchemist.
• Old Ya suggested Xiao Yan ask Xiao Ze whether Jia Nan Academy had a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan asked him after he returned with food.
• Xiao Ze confirmed that Jia Nan Academy had the Fallen Heart Flame, but warned that it was central to the Inner Academy and difficult to obtain.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yan that Han Feng possessed the fifteenth-ranked Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Yan realized Han Feng was far beyond his power.
• Xiao Ze gave Xiao Yan a letter and elder’s token to help him enter Jia Nan Academy, warned him about the Black Corner Region, and departed for the Imperial Capital to speak with Nalan Yanran and visit Ya Fei.