Chapter Summaries

Su Xian and Qian Renxue forced Ling Ying to admit defeat, then chased him down to collect a wager. After receiving only three million gold coins instead of the five million he expected, Su Xian decided to obtain Dou Skills and cultivation methods to strengthen their combat abilities.

• Su Xian and Qian Renxue overwhelmed Ling Ying with basic attacks until he admitted defeat and asked what they wanted.
• Su Xian demanded the five-million wager, and Qian Renxue backed him up by suggesting they take Ling Ying’s Storage Ring.
• Ling Ying fled, but Su Xian and Qian Renxue pursued him until he stopped and handed over a gold card containing three million gold coins.
• Qian Renxue warned that Ling Ying was strong enough to threaten either of them alone, and Su Xian agreed that they needed better combat techniques.
• Su Xian decided to obtain Dou Skills and cultivation methods, thinking of Yao Lao and Xiao Yan with a cold smile.

Su Xian recognized that Xiao Yan’s cultivation was being drained by his Storage Ring and revealed that they were both transmigrators. After taking the ring and sending Xiao Yan off to cultivate, Su Xian left with Qian Renxue to deal with it.

• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to Su Xian, who identified his cultivation as the third stage of Dou Zhi Qi and said he could solve the problem.
• Su Xian exchanged a familiar phrase with Xiao Yan, and they realized they were fellow transmigrators.
• Su Xian took Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and explained that it absorbed the Dou Zhi Qi in his body.
• Su Xian told Xiao Yan to return and cultivate, then took Qian Renxue into a room to handle the ring, only to awkwardly admit he had shut the doors out of habit.

Su Xian and Qian Renxue pressured the captured Yao Lao to hand over his Storage Ring and possessions, while Yao Lao tried to bargain with his alchemy expertise. The chapter left Yao Lao furious and his Soul Body shaking under their relentless taunts.

• Su Xian demanded that Yao Lao give him his cultivation techniques, Dou Skills, Heavenly Flames, pill formulas, and alchemy techniques in exchange for a body.
• Yao Lao proposed teaching Su Xian alchemy in return for help forging a body, but Su Xian instead ordered him to hand over his Storage Ring.
• Yao Lao threatened to destroy the Storage Ring with his Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Su Xian and Qian Renxue calmly teased him about doing so.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue taunted Yao Lao by describing his supposed death and the epitaph they would give him.
• Yao Lao's Soul Body shook violently as the pair's verbal assault left him on the verge of collapse.

Su Xian forced Yao Lao to hand over his collection of cultivation arts and Battle Skills, then pressured him into revealing the Heavenly Flame Art and Flame Art. After storing Yao Lao’s ring in the System Space, Su Xian invited Qian Renxue to choose a cultivation art.

• Su Xian and Qian Renxue pressured Yao Lao until he surrendered more than twenty scrolls from his Storage Ring.
• Su Xian found that Yao Lao’s collection contained no Heaven Rank arts or Battle Skills, and Yao Lao explained that Falling Star Pavilion lacked Wind Lightning Pavilion’s inherited foundation.
• Su Xian suspected Yao Lao had held something back, so Yao Lao handed over the Heavenly Flame Art.
• Su Xian demanded the Flame Art as well, and Yao Lao gave him the scroll while warning that it began as a low-tier Yellow Rank art and was dangerous to cultivate.
• Su Xian sent Yao Lao back into the Storage Ring, put it in the System Space, and invited Qian Renxue to choose a cultivation art.

Su Xian began cultivating the Flame Art and took Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire to raise its grade. He safely handled the Heavenly Flame and prepared to absorb it.

• Su Xian chose the Flame Art, while Qian Renxue selected a cultivation method and two sword techniques, then suggested they compete after cultivating.
• Su Xian refused to spar with Qian Renxue, joking that he could not raise a hand against his wife.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue left Wutan City for a nearby mountain range, where he set up formations and studied the Flame Art for two days.
• Su Xian demanded Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Yao Lao surrendered it along with Soul Gathering objects for storing Heavenly Flames.
• Su Xian grabbed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and found that it could not harm him.

Su Xian absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and rose from One Star Dou Zong to Eight Star Dou Zong. He reunited with Qian Renxue, who was training a fighting skill and told him she had gained five hundred points.

• Su Xian swallowed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and guided its energy through his meridians with the Flame Art.
• The Heavenly Flame refined Su Xian’s Dou Qi, raising his strength to Eight Star Dou Zong after half an hour.
• Su Xian left the cave and found Qian Renxue practicing a fighting skill against a nearby mountain peak.
• Su Xian told Qian Renxue he had absorbed his first Heavenly Flame and reached Eight Star Dou Zong, making her worry she would not catch up.
• Su Xian agreed to let Qian Renxue protect him, then asked how many points she had gained; she answered five hundred.

Su Xian and Qian Renxue tested their Earth Rank Fighting Skills before deciding to stay in the region rather than travel to Central State. Su Xian brought her back to Wutan City to watch a group arrive at the Xiao Family, hinting at a broken-engagement confrontation.

• Su Xian used Three Points Sword Finger to pierce through a mountain and demonstrated its destructive power.
• Qian Renxue showed Su Xian how her cyan tornado could compress into a powerful single-target attack.
• Su Xian told Qian Renxue they would remain in the region for a year because they already had enough gold coins for his system.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue flew toward Wutan City to watch a spectacle unfold.
• A pink-gowned woman, an old man, and a group of white-clad sword-bearing youths arrived at Wutan City and headed for the Xiao Family.

Su Xian and Qian Renxue watched Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan clash over their engagement, while Su Xian reflected on Xiao Yan’s diminished chances without Yao Lao. After Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to a Three-Year Agreement, Su Xian secretly sent a Steel Frog into the aisle as Nalan Yanran prepared to leave.

• Su Xian and Qian Renxue entered the hall and watched the argument over Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Su Xian declined to help Xiao Yan and privately considered Nalan Yanran’s reasons for ending the engagement.
• Xiao Yan tore cloth from his clothes, wrote a repudiation letter in blood, and threw it to Nalan Yanran.
• Ge Ye attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders intervened.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran made a Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Xun Er watched Su Xian with hostility.
• As Nalan Yanran prepared to leave, Su Xian sent a Steel Frog from his sleeve toward the aisle.

Su Xian turned Nalan Yanran’s destruction of his frog toy into an excuse to extort the Yunlan Sect at the Xiao Family. After demanding more compensation, he asked for one hundred million gold coins, leaving the sect’s delegation facing an outrageous ransom.

• Nalan Yanran kicked Su Xian’s frog toy into a pillar and shattered it.
• Su Xian mourned the frog theatrically, and Xiao Zhan realized he was using the incident to stand up for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the elders to surround the Yunlan Sect delegation, while Ge Ye demanded to know what they intended to do.
• Su Xian insisted that Nalan Yanran pay more for the toy, threatening that the delegation would not leave otherwise.
• Su Xian proposed a friendly price of one hundred million gold coins, shocking everyone.

Su Xian demanded one hundred million gold coins from the Yunlan Sect as compensation, and Qian Renxue struck Nalan Yanran after she insulted him. Ge Ye fled to seek help, while Su Xian declared his debt to Xiao Yan settled and left Xiao Yan to face what came next.

• Su Xian insisted the Yunlan Sect pay one hundred million gold coins, and Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran accused him of extortion.
• Nalan Yanran drew her sword and insulted the Yunlan Sect's opponents, so Qian Renxue struck her down and threatened to kill anyone who insulted Su Xian again.
• Su Xian confirmed Nalan Yanran had only fainted, then ordered Ge Ye to leave and bring the ransom; Ge Ye departed to summon reinforcements.
• Su Xian told Xiao Zhan to take Nalan Yanran to his courtyard and told Xiao Yan that he had repaid his favor, leaving Xiao Yan to pursue cultivation.
• Xiao Yan went to cultivate as Xiao Zhan and the elders worried about the Yunlan Sect's response, while Su Xian teased Qian Renxue and held her hand.

Su Xian teased Qian Renxue about his recent restraint, then joked that he would sell the unconscious Nalan Yanran to a brothel. Nalan Yanran had awakened and overheard him, leaving Qian Renxue to wonder whether he had deliberately said it in front of her.

• Su Xian and Qian Renxue teased each other as she asked why he had recently held back; he promised she would find out in a week.
• Qian Renxue asked Su Xian how he planned to deal with the unconscious Nalan Yanran.
• Su Xian joked that he would sell Nalan Yanran to a brothel and make back one hundred million gold coins.
• Qian Renxue realized Nalan Yanran had awakened and accused Su Xian of saying it on purpose.
• Su Xian denied setting Nalan Yanran up, insisting she had only woken afterward.

After Nalan Yanran fled, Jia Lie Bi offered to help her return to the Imperial Capital in exchange for joining forces against the Xiao Family. Su Xian overheard their plan and appeared in the carriage, leaving them stunned.

• Nalan Yanran fled Su Xian and Qian Renxue's home and headed toward the Imperial Capital.
• Su Xian followed Nalan Yanran and secretly listened from atop Jia Lie Bi's carriage.
• Jia Lie Bi told Nalan Yanran that he hated the Xiao Family and asked her to help him defeat them.
• Jia Lie Bi revealed that Su Xian was a Dou King, and Nalan Yanran agreed to ask Yun Yun to capture him and Qian Renxue.
• Su Xian entered the carriage and greeted Nalan Yanran and Jia Lie Bi, startling them both.

Su Xian killed Jia Lie Bi and intimidated Nalan Yanran, then took her sword and asked about Yun Yun’s weapon. He told Nalan Yanran to drive the carriage back, but she admitted she did not know how.

• Su Xian recognized Jia Lie Bi’s grudge and dismissed Nalan Yanran’s threats about her teacher and Grandmaster.
• Su Xian saw through Nalan Yanran’s attempt to stall for Yun Yun, then burned Jia Lie Bi to ashes.
• Su Xian reached for Nalan Yanran, who feared he meant to assault her, but he only took her sword.
• Su Xian inspected the sword’s Fourth-Order Magic Core and asked whether Yun Yun’s sword had a Sixth-Order Magic Core.
• Su Xian told Nalan Yanran to drive the carriage back, and she said she did not know how to drive one.

Su Xian brought Nalan Yanran back to the courtyard, where Xiao Xun Er questioned him about his identity and reason for visiting the Xiao Family. He claimed he would leave if she paid him one hundred million gold coins, while Xiao Xun Er concluded that his childhood acquaintance with Xiao Yan meant he could not be from the Ancient Clan.

• Su Xian discovered that Nalan Yanran could ride a horse but could not drive a carriage, so he took her back to the courtyard by air.
• Su Xian found Xiao Xun Er waiting while Qian Renxue played a game, then joined Qian Renxue beneath a blanket in her hanging nest chair.
• Xiao Xun Er asked Su Xian which clan he belonged to and why he had come to the Xiao Family, and Su Xian said he was visiting his old friend Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun Er suspected Su Xian had come for the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade, while Su Xian said he would leave once he earned one hundred million gold coins.
• Xiao Xun Er asked whether Su Xian would leave if she paid him one hundred million gold coins, and he promised not to reveal the Xiao Family's secret.
• Xiao Xun Er reasoned that Su Xian could not be from the Ancient Clan because he had known Xiao Yan since childhood without exposing the Xiao Family.

Xiao Xun Er paid Su Xian to keep the Xiao Family’s secrets, but his greed and unexpected refusal to accept her prized Emperor Seal complicated the deal. The chapter ended with Su Xian claiming she still owed him fifty million gold coins for the replacement combat skill.

• Xiao Xun Er reasoned that Su Xian was not from the Ancient Clan and asked whether one hundred million gold coins would buy his silence about the Xiao Family.
• Su Xian accepted the offer, insisting he was motivated by integrity while eagerly asking whether she would pay in cash or with a gold card.
• Xiao Xun Er offered the Emperor Seal, but Su Xian returned it because it was too conspicuous to auction and asked for a mid-grade Earth-rank combat skill instead.
• Xiao Xun Er exchanged the Emperor Seal for a mid-grade Earth-rank combat skill, and Su Xian claimed she still owed him fifty million gold coins.

Xiao Yan doubted he could defeat Nalan Yanran in three years and went to Su Xian hoping for help. He encountered the hungry Nalan Yanran and the two argued until Su Xian and Qian Renxue interrupted, with Su Xian urging them to continue.

• Xiao Yan brooded over his weak cultivation methods and his slim chances against Nalan Yanran, then decided to seek Su Xian's help.
• Su Xian prepared a light lunch for Qian Renxue, who wondered why he had taken over the cooking.
• Nalan Yanran grew hungry while imprisoned, and Xiao Yan mocked her when he arrived at Su Xian's courtyard.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to fight, but Xiao Yan held back and taunted her about fearing their three-year agreement.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traded insults about their talent and reliance on the Yunlan Sect until Su Xian and Qian Renxue watched them.
• Su Xian urged Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to keep arguing after they noticed the audience.

Xiao Yan asked Su Xian how he could defeat Nalan Yanran, and Su Xian told him to win Xiao Xun Er’s favor and rely on her help. Xiao Yan rejected the idea of becoming a simp, leaving his next move undecided.

• Su Xian and Xiao Yan stopped trading barbs with Nalan Yanran and went into the main hall to talk.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Xian to point him toward a way to defeat Nalan Yanran.
• Su Xian demanded one million gold coins for his advice, and Xiao Yan asked to owe him the money.
• Su Xian told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun Er could help him become a Dou Wang, Dou Huang, or even Dou Zong if he made her happy.
• Xiao Yan angrily refused to become a simp, while Su Xian left the choice up to him.

Su Xian rejected Xiao Yan’s request for food and defended his advice that Xiao Yan win over Nalan Yanran by becoming devoted to her. After sharing lunch with Qian Renxue, Su Xian gave the leftovers to Nalan Yanran and told her to clean up afterward.

• Xiao Yan argued with Su Xian over the million-gold-coin advice to become a simp, then admitted the strategy might be his best option.
• Su Xian chased Xiao Yan away when he tried to join the meal, and Xiao Yan left without speaking to Nalan Yanran.
• Qian Renxue fed Su Xian lunch while he joked about living off a woman.
• Su Xian brought Nalan Yanran the leftover food, warmed it with Dou Qi, and watched her reluctantly accept it.
• Su Xian told Nalan Yanran to wash the bowls and chopsticks after eating, leaving her furious at his ulterior motives.

Su Xian scared Nalan Yanran into doing the dishes, but Qian Renxue caught him describing brothel practices and demanded an explanation. After he clarified he had seen them in films, he charmed Qian Renxue into leaving with him, while Nalan Yanran ate the leftovers and cleaned up.

• Su Xian threatened to send Nalan Yanran to a brothel unless she behaved, and she agreed in terror.
• Qian Renxue pinched Su Xian's ear and questioned how he knew about brothels after he had claimed his visit to Qingya Courtyard was his first.
• Su Xian explained that he had learned about the practice from Hong Kong films, and Qian Renxue blushed and scolded him for watching them.
• Su Xian teased Qian Renxue until she kicked him and walked away, then he followed her.
• Nalan Yanran ate the leftover meal, praised Su Xian's cooking despite herself, and cleaned everything up because she feared his threat.

Yun Leng learned that the Xiao Family had detained Yunlan Sect’s Young Sect Leader and demanded a ransom, while Su Xian rejected Xiao Mei’s request for guidance. Xiao Yan wrestled with Su Xian’s advice about becoming a simp, then greeted Xun Er with unusual eagerness.

• Ge Ye told Yun Leng that a Dou King at the Xiao Family had detained the Young Sect Leader and demanded one hundred million gold coins.
• Yun Leng reacted furiously, then grew wary after hearing the Dou King was under twenty and took Ge Ye to report everything to the Sect Leader.
• Su Xian refused to guide Xiao Mei, while Nalan Yanran continued massaging his shoulders and Qian Renxue watched dramas beside him.
• Xiao Mei left in tears after Su Xian dismissed her request.
• Xiao Yan agonized over whether to follow Su Xian’s shortcut and become a simp.
• Xun Er visited Xiao Yan, who greeted her warmly and offered to come to her whenever she needed him, leaving her confused.