Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng lamented his weak cultivation and lack of a cheat while Xiao Yan’s long-awaited rise seemed near. As Lin Feng began cultivating that night, a system appeared, empowered him with new abilities, and directed him to check in at the Testing Stone the next day.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Yan discussed Lin Feng’s lack of progress before returning from Back Mountain, where Xun Er encouraged them ahead of the next day’s test.
• After dinner, Lin Feng resolved to cultivate harder and began practicing in his courtyard.
• A system bound itself to Lin Feng, improved his physique, raised him to Dou Practitioner One Star and Tier 3 Alchemist strength, and granted him the Undying Scripture and Phantom Tracing.
• The system designated the Testing Stone as Lin Feng’s next check-in location, promising him the Eight Inner Gates.
• Lin Feng cultivated the Undying Scripture, drawing powerful Dou Qi into his courtyard as Xun Er’s guard identified the disturbance as a Super Heaven Rank cultivation technique.
• Xun Er told Ling Lao not to investigate Lin Feng because she trusted him and believed he meant no harm to Xiao Yan or Uncle Xiao.

After cultivating through the night, Lin Feng revealed his new strength at the Xiao Family test and silenced those who had mocked him and Xiao Yan. He left with Xiao Yan and Xun Er after encouraging Xiao Yan to believe he could rise again.

• Lin Feng completed his cultivation breakthrough and went to the Test Magic Stone Tablet with Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
• Lin Feng struck down several youths who mocked him and Xiao Yan, defeating even their six-stage leader in an instant.
• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Three Stages, while Lin Feng was revealed to be a Dou Practitioner One Star.
• Lin Feng warned the clan youths to stop insulting Xiao Yan and declared that Xiao Yan could return to the peak.
• Xiao Yan thanked Lin Feng, and Xun Er joined Lin Feng in encouraging him.

Lin Feng accompanied Xiao Yan to meet Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation, who had come to dissolve Xiao Yan’s engagement. After Xiao Yan and Lin Feng rejected their proposal, Lin Feng urged Xiao Yan to cast Nalan Yanran aside.

• Lin Feng joined Xiao Yan on his way to the reception hall, where they met Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and another Misty Cloud Sect disciple.
• Lin Feng recognized the visitors as people from the Misty Cloud Sect and told Xiao Yan that they had come to break off his engagement.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve Xiao Yan’s marriage agreement and offered Qi Gathering Powder as compensation.
• Xiao Yan rejected the proposal, and Lin Feng stood with him, criticizing the Misty Cloud Sect’s offer and Nalan Yanran’s judgment.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran was not worthy of him and urged him to cast her aside.

Lin Feng defended Xiao Yan by defeating a Misty Cloud Sect disciple despite being far weaker, then challenged Nalan Yanran over her treatment of the Xiao Family. Xiao Yan formally ended their engagement, and Nalan Yanran left after accepting a future challenge at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Feng dodged the Five Star Dou Zhe's attacks with elusive movement techniques, then met his final charge head-on and defeated him.
• Ge Ye treated the unconscious disciple while Xiao Zhan confronted him over the Misty Cloud Sect's conduct.
• Lin Feng mocked the disciple's defeat and told Nalan Yanran she was unworthy of the Xiao Family.
• Lin Feng promised that Xiao Yan would challenge Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and she accepted the challenge.
• Xiao Yan wrote and signed a divorce letter, while Nalan Yanran left with Ge Ye after leaving the Qi Gathering Powder behind.
• Lin Feng struck the Qi Gathering Powder away and told Ge Ye to take it with him.

Lin Feng advanced his cultivation with the Meteor Tear and the Undying Scripture, drawing attention from powerful observers across Wu Tan City. When he was lured outside the city, a peak Da Dou Shi attacked him for his supposed treasure, leaving Lin Feng badly outmatched.

• Lin Feng received the Meteor Tear from the system and learned that his next check-in would be at the Monster Mountain Range for the Chaos Flame.
• Lin Feng cultivated through the night, reaching minor mastery of the Undying Scripture and rising to Dou Practitioner Three Star as others sensed the gathering Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan met Yao Lao, while Xun Er and several observers discussed Lin Feng's unusual secrets and growing strength.
• Lin Feng declined to accompany Xiao Yan and Xun Er into the city, then noticed someone following him and pursued the figure outside Wu Tan City.
• A peak Da Dou Shi demanded Lin Feng's supposed supreme treasure and attacked him, overcoming his evasions and striking him hard enough to leave him staggering backward.

Lin Feng fought a peak Da Dou Shi sent by the Misty Cloud Sect and defeated him by opening the first of the Eight Inner Gates, though he collapsed from his injuries afterward. The Undying Scripture and Meteor Tear began healing him, and news of his victory spread throughout Wu Tan City.

• The old man revealed that Ge Ye had sent him to seize Lin Feng's secrets, and Lin Feng fought back while waiting for help.
• Lin Feng used the Eight Inner Gates and the Meteor Tear to overcome and kill the peak Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Gu Ni, and Ya Fei sensed the battle and rushed toward the outskirts of Wu Tan City.
• Lin Feng collapsed after smiling at Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao found that the Undying Scripture and Meteor Tear were repairing his body.
• The witnesses recognized the dead man as a peak Da Dou Shi, and word of Lin Feng's victory spread throughout Wu Tan City.

After recovering from his near-fatal injuries, Lin Feng awoke in the Xiao Family and broke through to Dou Zhe Five Star. He revealed that Ge Ye’s men had attacked him, leaving Lin Feng and Xiao Yan determined to settle accounts with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• During Lin Feng’s recovery, Xiao Zhan and the elders watched over him while the Mittel Auction House sent medicinal pills and grew closer to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan visited Lin Feng and, remembering his past humiliation, vowed to prove himself in three years.
• Five days later, Dou Qi and golden light surged around Lin Feng’s courtyard as his body recovered and he prepared to awaken.
• Lin Feng emerged unharmed, having advanced to Dou Zhe Five Star and gained the ability to open the Eight Inner Gates’ second gate.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er that Ge Ye’s men had attacked him because they envied his talent and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Feng vowed to make Ge Ye and the Misty Cloud Sect repay the debt, while Xiao Zhan urged them to grow stronger.

Lin Feng visited the Mittel Auction House to buy ingredients for alchemy, where Ya Fei and Grandmaster Gu Ni discovered he was a young Tier 3 Alchemist. The chapter ended with Gu Ni offering free materials so he could watch Lin Feng refine pills.

• Lin Feng saw the Xiao Family members treat him with new respect while Xiao Yan trained in the Back Mountain and Xun Er waited for him.
• Lin Feng went to the Mittel Auction House and asked for two sets of ingredients from his pill recipe.
• Ya Fei welcomed Lin Feng and brought him to a private room after learning he was an alchemist.
• Grandmaster Gu Ni recognized the recipe as one for a Third Grade Pill and asked whether Lin Feng was a Tier 3 Alchemist.
• Lin Feng confirmed his rank, and Gu Ni offered free materials in exchange for watching him refine pills.

Lin Feng refined a Third Grade Spirit Recovery Pill at the Mittel Auction House while Grandmaster Gu Ni watched, then guided Gu Ni through his alchemy bottleneck. The chapter ended with Lin Feng giving the pill to Gu Ni to auction and Ya Fei arranging its sale.

• Lin Feng agreed to let Grandmaster Gu Ni observe him refining pills, and Ya Fei brought the ingredients and finest Pill Furnace to the refining room.
• Lin Feng smoothly refined a Spirit Recovery Pill as Grandmaster Gu Ni watched his flame control and soul power.
• Grandmaster Gu Ni asked Lin Feng for advice, and Lin Feng's guidance helped loosen Gu Ni's long-standing bottleneck.
• Lin Feng gave the Spirit Recovery Pill to Grandmaster Gu Ni to auction, saying it would be more useful to someone who needed it.
• Grandmaster Gu Ni asked Ya Fei to arrange the auction, and Ya Fei was surprised that Lin Feng had refined a Third Grade Pill.

Lin Feng refined pills at the Mittel Auction House until he reached the peak of Tier 3 alchemy, then attended an auction where his pills drew the attention of Wu Tan City's great families. The auction began with Xiao Zhan and other Clan Leaders bidding on Lin Feng's Spirit Recovery Pill.

• Ya Fei arranged ingredients and accommodations for Lin Feng, who spent several days refining pills at the auction house instead of returning to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan trained at the Xiao Family and, prompted by Yao Lao, resolved to focus on cultivation while noticing that Lin Feng was still away.
• Lin Feng finished refining pills, discovered his limit was the peak of Tier 3, and considered seeking the Chaos Flame in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Grandmaster Gu Ni thanked Lin Feng for helping him break through, and Ya Fei invited Lin Feng to watch the auction.
• Ya Fei announced Lin Feng's Third Grade Pills at the auction, where Xiao Yan attended in disguise to sell Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Ya Fei presented the Spirit Recovery Pill, and Xiao Zhan and other Clan Leaders began bidding against one another.

Lin Feng’s pills and Xiao Yan’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid sold for high prices at the auction, where Lin Feng reunited with Xiao Yan and teased Ya Fei. Back at the Xiao Family, Xun Er asked Lin Feng about Xiao Yan’s recent behavior and discovered that Lin Feng was an alchemist.

• Gale Bi won the Spirit Recovery Pill for two hundred and thirty thousand after Ouba Pa raised the bid and Xiao Zhan held back.
• Xiao Zhan joined the bidding for Xiao Yan’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and the auction’s pills and a cultivation method brought in more than a million in total.
• Ya Fei gave Lin Feng his one-million proceeds and teased him, prompting Xiao Yan to leave in a hurry.
• Lin Feng returned to his courtyard, changed clothes, and rested before Xun Er came to ask about Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng reassured Xun Er about Xiao Yan and admitted he was an alchemist after she noticed the medicinal smell on him.

As the Xiao Family’s Coming of Age Ceremony approached, Lin Feng trained with Xiao Yan and prepared to leave Wu Tan City for experience. Ge Ye decided to arrange Lin Feng’s quiet assassination, while the ceremony began with Xiao Yan anticipating his chance to overcome past humiliation.

• Lin Feng defeated Xiao Yan in a spar, and Yao Lao reflected on Lin Feng’s extraordinary talent.
• Lin Feng planned to travel to the Monster Mountain Range after the ceremony and continued visiting the Mittel Auction House.
• Ge Ye decided to kill Lin Feng quietly before he could grow stronger, avoiding another move near the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er brought Lin Feng to the Coming of Age Ceremony, where Xiao Yan looked forward to washing away his humiliation.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er teased Lin Feng about his apparent relationship with Ya Fei when they spotted her at the venue.

At the Xiao Family’s Coming of Age Ceremony, Lin Feng reunited with Xiao Yu and was urged to consider enrolling at Jia Nan Academy. As the ceremony began, Ya Fei joined him on his other side, drawing envious looks from the crowd.

• Ya Fei greeted Lin Feng, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er, teasing Lin Feng before leaving to watch the ceremony.
• Xiao Yu returned from Jia Nan Academy and encouraged Xiao Yan and Xun Er to join its recruitment, while Lin Feng said he would consider it.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders arrived to preside over the Coming of Age Ceremony as guests watched Lin Feng with interest.
• Ya Fei sat beside Lin Feng, prompting Xiao Yan to envy his good fortune and Xun Er to tease Xiao Yan about wanting the same.

At the Xiao Family ceremony, Xiao Yan revealed that his talent had returned, while Lin Feng astounded the gathered factions by reaching Dou Zhe Six Star. The Xiao Family celebrated its rising prospects, but an unexpected voice interrupted Xiao Zhan’s banquet invitation.

• Lin Feng flirted with Ya Fei, who blushed, teased him, and left after promising him a surprise; Xiao Yu questioned how close they had become.
• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Eighth Stage, surprising the gathered factions and declaring his return with a smile toward Lin Feng, Xun Er, and his father.
• Lin Feng tested at Dou Zhe Six Star, shocking the audience and strengthening the Xiao Family’s position against rival factions.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed the guests to a banquet as Xiao Yu, Ya Fei, and Xun Er admired Lin Feng’s talent, while Yao Lao praised him.
• An unidentified voice addressed Xiao Zhan, remarking that he seemed happy.

Gale Bi and Ouba Pa tried to turn the factions against the Xiao Family by revealing their alliance with Liu Xi and his Second-Rank Alchemist teacher. Liu Xi then openly demanded Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and Ya Fei, leaving the Xiao Family facing both political pressure and his lecherous threat.

• Gale Bi and Ouba Pa barged in with their men, and Xiao Zhan confronted them over their attack on the Xiao Family.
• Gale Bi and Ouba Pa invoked the prestige of alchemists and introduced Liu Xi as a First-Rank Alchemist backed by a Second-Rank Alchemist.
• Liu Xi displayed a Power Accumulation Pill and a Blood Fusion Pill, and Gale Bi and Ouba Pa announced their families would cooperate with the two alchemists.
• Liu Xi ogled Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and Ya Fei, then told Gale Bi and Ouba Pa that he wanted all three women.

Lin Feng confronted Liu Xi after he insulted Ya Fei, Xiao Yu, and Xun Er, but the Oba and Gale families declared war on the Xiao Family and lured away most of its business partners with promises tied to their alchemists. The Xiao Family was left with only a third of its partners, while Ya Fei and Yao Lao remained confident that the defectors would regret their choice.

• Lin Feng identified Ya Fei, Xiao Yu, and Xun Er to Liu Xi and warned him against insulting them, but Liu Xi demanded the other two women anyway.
• Ouba Pa and Gale Bi declared war on the Xiao Family and invited the gathered businesses to join them, citing their alchemists and the Alchemist Guild.
• Gale Bi and Ouba Pa offered forty percent of business profits and ten free medicinal pills each month, prompting partners to withdraw from the Xiao Family.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Zhan to let the partners leave, and only a third remained with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan considered intervening, but Yao Lao told him Lin Feng could handle the situation and said the defectors would soon regret their decision.

Grandmaster Gu Ni arrived at the Xiao Family gathering after breaking through to Tier 3, publicly thanking Lin Feng and siding with him against Gale Bi, Ouba Pa, and Liu Xi. Gale Bi and Ouba Pa tried to buy Gu Ni’s neutrality, but he rejected their offer and declared the Mittel Auction House would not let them target Lin Feng and the Xiao Family.

• Gale Bi and Ouba Pa celebrated their alliance with the alchemists and planned to destroy the Xiao Family and eliminate Lin Feng.
• Grandmaster Gu Ni entered the Xiao Family gathering, ignored Gale Bi and Ouba Pa, and bowed to Lin Feng in gratitude.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Gu Ni had broken through to Tier 3, and Xiao Yan suspected Lin Feng had helped him.
• After Ya Fei explained the situation, Gu Ni condemned Liu Xi and challenged the alchemists and Clan Leaders opposing Lin Feng and the Xiao Family.
• Gale Bi and Ouba Pa offered the Mittel Auction House a share of the Xiao Family’s businesses and future profits if Gu Ni stayed out of the conflict.
• Gu Ni rejected their offer, revealed that Lin Feng was a young Tier 3 Alchemist, and declared that the Mittel Auction House would not allow their plan.

Lin Feng confronted Ouba Pa, Gale Bi, and their allies by revealing that he was a Tier 3 Alchemist and promising rewards to the factions that supported the Xiao Family. He began refining pills in front of the assembled crowd, leaving his allies guarding him and his opponents shaken.

• Lin Feng stopped Grandmaster Gu Ni from confronting his doubters and told Ouba Pa, Gale Bi, and Liu Xi that the Xiao Family would cut ties with unreliable partners.
• Lin Feng announced that he had refined the Spirit Recovery Pill and promised the Xiao Family’s allies five pills and priority access to future medicines at below-market prices.
• Lin Feng brought out a Pill Furnace and began refining pills on the spot while Grandmaster Gu Ni, Xiao Zhan, and the clan elders guarded him.
• Yao Lao praised Lin Feng’s alchemy skills to Xiao Yan and said Lin Feng might surpass him if he obtained Heavenly Flames.

Lin Feng refined a Tier 3 Peak Foundation Nurturing Pill, proving his skill as an alchemist and securing the Xiao Family’s advantage in Wu Tan City. After the Gale and Ouba families’ allies were driven away, the Xiao Family celebrated Lin Feng at a banquet, where Ya Fei and Xiao Yu teased him about his talents.

• Lin Feng completed a Tier 3 Peak Foundation Nurturing Pill, impressing Yao Lao and everyone watching.
• Lin Feng told Ouba Pa and Gale Bi that the pill would be released by the Xiao Family, and they collapsed in despair as their defeat became clear.
• Lin Feng ordered the Gale and Ouba families to leave Wu Tan City, then left Xiao Zhan to handle the remaining arrangements.
• Xiao Zhan rejected the factions that had abandoned the Xiao Family and invited the loyal guests to a banquet celebrating Lin Feng’s achievement.
• At the banquet, Ya Fei teased Lin Feng, while Xiao Yu questioned him about secretly becoming a Tier 3 Alchemist and scolded him for staring at her legs.

The Xiao Family rose to become Wu Tan City’s leading family after Lin Feng helped it seize the market and absorb its rivals’ assets. As Lin Feng prepared to leave for experience, he agreed to stay until Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment visit in three months.

• The Xiao Family prospered as the Gale Family and Oba Family lost influence and moved their remaining assets elsewhere.
• Lin Feng guessed that Xun Er or Ling Lao had dealt with Liu Xi after he insulted Xun Er.
• Xiao Yu asked Lin Feng whether he would attend Jia Nan Academy, but he said he planned to gain experience on his own.
• Xiao Yu asked Lin Feng to wait until the academy’s recruitment visit so he could spend more time with Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
• Lin Feng agreed to delay his departure for three months until the recruitment visit.