Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xun'er obtained a Marrow Cleansing Pill for Su Qingyun, hoping to help him cultivate, but he broke through on his own in a spectacular display of Immortal Qi. The chapter ended with Su Qingyun awakening as an Immortal Qi Stage One cultivator and beginning his path to power.

• Xiao Yan chopped firewood at Falling Immortal Stream, where he found peace despite his declining cultivation and the Xiao Clan's mockery.
• Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying that she cared more about Brother Qingyun than her clan's mission and received a Marrow Cleansing Pill from him.
• Ling Ying doubted the pill could help Su Qingyun, but Xiao Xun'er vowed to seek stronger remedies if needed.
• A surge of Immortal Spirit Mist engulfed Falling Immortal Stream, startling Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Ling Ying as Su Qingyun broke through.
• Su Qingyun emerged from the ruined bamboo house with Immortal Qi and awakened as an Immortal Qi Stage One cultivator with an Immortal Emperor Sacred Void Body.

Su Qingyun completed his breakthrough to Level 1 Dou Qi, revealing that his special physique cultivated Immortal Qi rather than ordinary Dou Qi. As Xiao Xun'er showered him with cultivation gifts, Xiao Yan gave him the black ring he treasured.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er congratulated Su Qingyun on breaking through, while Ling Ying remarked that his Dou Qi was unusually powerful.
• Su Qingyun recalled how his Immortal Emperor Physique had absorbed and transformed energy for ten years, while Xiao Xun'er’s closeness had also changed her Dou Qi and strengthened her bloodline.
• Su Qingyun explained that his Immortal Qi could contain all elemental attributes, unlike ordinary Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xun'er presented Su Qingyun with Qi Gathering Powder and several body-strengthening treasures, while Xiao Yan worried that he had no gift to offer.
• Xiao Yan took off his treasured black ring and gave it to Su Qingyun as a congratulatory present.

Su Qingyun refused Xiao Yan’s treasured ring and gave him Dou Qi Grasses, then protected him when Nalan Yanran and Misty Cloud Sect visitors arrived at Falling Immortal Stream. Nalan Yanran’s group sought the expert behind Su Qingyun’s breakthrough phenomenon, and the chapter ended with Su Qingyun confronting them after effortlessly dissolving an attack aimed at Xiao Yan.

• Su Qingyun recognized the ring’s hidden soul and potential, but refused to take Xiao Yan’s keepsake and gave him two Dou Qi Grasses instead.
• Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and a young Misty Cloud Sect disciple came to Falling Immortal Stream, drawn by Su Qingyun’s breakthrough phenomenon.
• Xiao Yan mistook Nalan Yanran’s arrival for an attempt to force him into marriage, while Su Qingyun realized she was likely on her way to annul their engagement.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Yan to introduce the expert who had caused the phenomenon, but Xiao Yan told the visitors to leave.
• The young Misty Cloud Sect disciple attacked Xiao Yan with Green Wind Fist, and Su Qingyun dissolved the technique with a wisp of aura before appearing before the visitors.

Su Qingyun intervened when Yun Chuan attacked Xiao Yan, and his Immortal Qi suppressed Yun Chuan’s Dou Qi so Xiao Yan could fight back. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan beating Yun Chuan while the Misty Cloud Sect disciple cried out for mercy.

• Su Qingyun appeared, captivating Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Yun Chuan with his extraordinary presence.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Su Qingyun for Yun Chuan’s attack, and Su Qingyun told her to apologize to Xiao Yan instead.
• Yun Chuan refused to apologize to Xiao Yan, dismissing him as a weak cultivator, so Su Qingyun told Xiao Yan to hit him back.
• Su Qingyun reassured Xiao Yan and used Immortal Qi to suppress Yun Chuan’s Dou Qi as Yun Chuan unleashed Mysterious Wind Palm.
• Xiao Yan charged in with his woodcutting axe and beat Yun Chuan until Yun Chuan begged him to stop.

Su Qingyun defeated Yun Chuan and tried to send Nalan Yanran away, but she insisted on staying with him. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Clan toward Falling Immortal Stream to investigate the strange heavenly phenomenon and seek a possible alliance with its rumored Dou Wang resident.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Chuan to accept the beating as even, then fussed over Su Qingyun and praised his Immortal Dou Qi.
• Su Qingyun explained that Immortal Dou Qi countered ordinary Dou Qi and Dou Techniques, then told Nalan Yanran's group to leave the stream.
• Nalan Yanran refused to leave and offered to help Su Qingyun, while Xiao Xun'er grew jealous of her attention.
• Farmers guided Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders to Falling Immortal Stream after describing the immortal qi and dragon they had witnessed.
• The Great Elder recalled that Xiao Yu had once claimed to meet an immortal young man at the stream, and Xiao Zhan decided to approach its rumored Dou Wang resident.

The Aoba Family and Jialie Family waited for the Xiao Clan to fall at Falling Immortal Stream so they could seize its businesses. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran confessed her feelings to Su Qingyun, and Xiao Zhan's group reached the bamboo house, where they saw something that stunned them.

• Oba Pa and Jialie Bi watched the Xiao Clan enter Falling Immortal Stream and prepared to attack its businesses if Xiao Zhan and his companions were killed or injured.
• Nalan Yanran asked Su Qingyun to join the Misty Cloud Sect and marry her, while Su Qingyun urged her not to rush into marriage and Xiao Xun'er grew jealous.
• Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Clan elders and clansmen upstream, uncertain whether the mysterious expert would attack them or welcome them.
• Xiao Zhan and the others reached the partly repaired bamboo house, and their gazes fixed on something that left them stunned.

The Xiao Clan elders arrived at Falling Immortal Stream and met Su Qingyun, while Nalan Yanran announced she wanted to annul her engagement to Xiao Yan and marry Su Qingyun instead. Xiao Yan said he would accept the annulment if Su Qingyun truly wanted Nalan Yanran, leaving the decision to him.

• The Xiao Clan elders recognized Su Qingyun at Falling Immortal Stream and tried to win his favor by offering him the title of High Minister.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders questioned Xiao Yan about his connection to Su Qingyun, while Xiao Yan kept the youth's secrets.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan and told the Xiao Clan elders she wanted to annul her engagement and marry Su Qingyun, offering gifts and a possible Misty Cloud Sect recommendation.
• Xun'er grew furious at Nalan Yanran's claim that she and Su Qingyun were in love, while Su Qingyun was stunned by her proposal.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qingyun he would accept the annulment if Su Qingyun truly wanted Nalan Yanran, and warned that otherwise he would not let the matter pass.

Su Qingyun refused Nalan Yanran’s proposal and urged her to respect herself, while Xiao Yan defended the Xiao Clan’s dignity by presenting her with a blood-written Letter of Divorce. Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to a duel in three years, then demanded that Su Qingyun marry her if she won, leaving the agreement’s terms in dispute.

• Su Qingyun rejected Nalan Yanran’s proposal, affirmed that Xun'er was closer to him than any other girl, and told Nalan Yanran to have some self-respect.
• Xiao Yan wrote a Letter of Divorce in blood and told Nalan Yanran that he was ending their engagement on behalf of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan accused Nalan Yanran of double standards for accepting her own attempt to annul the engagement but objecting to being divorced.
• Nalan Yanran proposed a duel in three years at the Misty Cloud Sect, with the winner deciding whose engagement would be annulled.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Three-Year Agreement, but Nalan Yanran added that if she won, Su Qingyun had to marry her.

Nalan Yanran left Falling Immortal Stream determined to defeat Xiao Yan and win Su Qingyun, while Su Qingyun reassured Xiao Yan and Xun'er about the three-year wager. Xiao Zhan welcomed Su Qingyun as the Xiao Clan’s benefactor, and Su Qingyun asked to use some of the clan’s scenic land for cultivation.

• Nalan Yanran vowed to train hard, defeat Xiao Yan in three years, and keep Su Qingyun’s existence at Falling Immortal Stream secret.
• Xiao Yan apologized for drawing Su Qingyun into the wager, and Su Qingyun encouraged him to win the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xun'er calmed down after hearing Su Qingyun’s reassurance, while he resolved to grow stronger and protect his freedom.
• Xiao Zhan thanked Su Qingyun for helping Xiao Yan and invited him to the Xiao Clan, declaring him its benefactor.
• Su Qingyun accepted the Xiao Clan’s offer of help and asked to borrow scenic mountains and rivers for cultivation.

Su Qingyun returned to the Xiao Clan in the Flame Chariot, stunning Wu Tan City and stirring rumors about the clan’s rising fortunes. On Jade Belt Mountain, he revealed his long-held hatred for the Jialie Family and Aoba Family, whose people had killed the old woman who raised him, and vowed to take revenge himself.

• The Xiao Clan brought Su Qingyun out of Falling Immortal Stream in the Flame Chariot, alarming Jialie Ao, Jialie Bi, and Oba Pa and prompting rival families to prepare gifts for the Xiao Clan.
• The Flame Chariot’s procession through Wu Tan City drew crowds, while the Great Elder urged Xiao Ning to summon his sister from Jia Nan Academy for a chance at happiness.
• Xiao Zhan brought Su Qingyun, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan to Jade Belt Mountain, then thanked the Xiao Clan’s ancestors for Xiao Yan’s connection to Su Qingyun.
• Su Qingyun arranged for Xiao Yan to absorb the Dou Qi Grass and scattered paper money with Xun'er in memory of the old woman who had raised him.
• Su Qingyun recalled how the Jialie Family and Aoba Family had seized him and caused the old woman’s death, and he reaffirmed his resolve to personally avenge her.

Su Qingyun reached Immortal Qi Stage Nine and comprehended two powerful Dou Techniques, but still judged himself unprepared to face the Jialie Family and Aoba Family. Xiao Yan revealed that Old Ya lived in his ring and asked him to teach both Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun; after seeing Su Qingyun, Old Ya immediately wanted him as a disciple.

• After two months cultivating in the Xiao Clan’s natural treasures, Su Qingyun broke through to Immortal Qi Stage Nine.
• Su Qingyun comprehended Carefree Steps and the second form of Immortal God's Lament, though he could use the latter only once at full strength.
• Su Qingyun assessed that he could fight a Dou Shi but remained wary of the Da Dou Shi experts of the Jialie Family and Aoba Family.
• Xiao Yan ran to tell Su Qingyun that an old expert named Old Ya lived in his ring and had caused his cultivation to regress.
• Old Ya reasoned that Su Qingyun had known about him and encouraged Xiao Yan to ask him to teach them both.
• Old Ya saw Su Qingyun and immediately agreed to accept him as a disciple, asking him to help secure a Senior Brother.

Yao Chen eagerly tried to recruit Su Qingyun as his disciple, while Xiao Yan negotiated a Mysterious Tier High-Grade Dou Technique and encouraged Su Qingyun to accept. Yao Chen began testing the two young men’s alchemy potential, leaving Xiao Yan worried that he might not qualify.

• Yao Chen begged Su Qingyun to become his disciple and agreed to give Xiao Yan a Mysterious Tier High-Grade Dou Technique in exchange for his help.
• Su Qingyun agreed to consider learning alchemy, and Yao Chen called Xiao Yan his freebie, prompting Xiao Yan to feel slighted.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Su Qingyun to accept Yao Chen’s offer so they could learn alchemy and prepare for the Three-Year Agreement together.
• Yao Chen explained the requirements for becoming an alchemist and prepared to test Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan’s soul attributes and power.
• When Xiao Yan asked about his own prospects, Yao Chen told him to settle for being a Dou Zhe if his soul lacked a fire attribute.

Old Ya tested Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun’s souls, discovering Xiao Yan’s promising Fire-Wood talent before Su Qingyun revealed a Spirit Realm soul with affinity for every element. Old Ya marveled at Su Qingyun’s potential as a supreme alchemist, leaving Xiao Yan awestruck and more convinced of his brother’s greatness.

• Xiao Yan used the Soul Detection Orb, which showed strong Soul Power and Fire-Wood attributes.
• Old Ya recognized Xiao Yan’s potential as an alchemist and offered to strengthen his Wood Element with Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.
• Su Qingyun placed his hand on the orb, unleashing overwhelming Soul Power that stirred the surrounding nature.
• Old Ya discovered Su Qingyun had a Spirit Realm soul and affinity for every element, and declared him a natural Alchemist Saint Body.
• Old Ya rejoiced at the prospect of training Su Qingyun, while Xiao Yan admired his brother’s power and handsome appearance.

Old Ya gave Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun separate cultivation tasks, including expensive materials for Su Qingyun to pursue his unusual All-Element Immortal Vortex. Su Qingyun shared Old Ya’s Dou Technique scrolls with Xiao Yan, while Old Ya watched their friendship and remembered an old companion.

• Old Ya explained alchemist basics to Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun, and Xiao Yan advanced one or two stages after receiving pills and Old Ya’s help.
• Old Ya told Xiao Yan to gather materials for Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and said Su Qingyun would need ten elemental Magic Cores and Spirit Transformation Grass to attempt forming his unique vortex.
• Xiao Yan protested at the cost of Su Qingyun’s materials, but Su Qingyun accepted the challenge and reassured him that alchemists could earn money by selling pills.
• Old Ya gave Su Qingyun Dou Technique scrolls to sell for materials, then refused to provide anything for Xiao Yan.
• Su Qingyun shared the Dou Techniques with Xiao Yan instead of taking his savings, and Old Ya praised Su Qingyun’s kindness as he recalled an old friend.

The Xiao Clan’s leaders decided to give their valuable gifts from the Aoba Family and Jialie Family to Su Qingyun, whom they regarded as their benefactor. Su Qingyun prepared to visit the marketplace in disguise, but Xiao Zhan arrived with the gifts and presented them to him.

• Oba Pa and Jialie Bi visited the Xiao Clan again, hoping to learn who the clan had brought back from Falling Immortal Stream.
• Xiao Zhan asked the elders to watch the visitors and learned from Xiao Ying that the two rival families had sent the Xiao Clan valuable goods over the past two months.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Ying to prepare the gifts for Su Qingyun, explaining that the rival families had sent them because the Xiao Clan had brought their benefactor back.
• Xun'er gave Su Qingyun a Rakshasa Red Mask, and he dressed in a red robe before they planned to visit the marketplace for money and alchemy supplies.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying arrived with boxes of treasures and presented the Aoba Family and Jialie Family's gifts to Su Qingyun.

Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er set out to find the rare Magic Cores needed for alchemy, while Xun'er gave Su Qingyun money and flirted with him. Jialie Bi recognized something familiar in Su Qingyun’s masked figure and ordered his people to investigate whether he was the child presumed dead in a fire ten years earlier.

• Xiao Yan counted the ingredients taken from the Aoba Family and Jialie Family and noted that Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, a Light-element Magic Core, and a Space-element Magic Core were still needed.
• Xun'er insisted that Su Qingyun take her Black Cards, then flirted with him as they prepared to visit the markets with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan members restrained the excited Second Elder Xiao Ying, who wanted to personally protect Su Qingyun.
• Jialie Ao saw Xun'er holding Su Qingyun’s arm, recognized his back as strangely familiar, and told Jialie Bi about it.
• Jialie Bi recalled a child who had vanished in a fire ten years earlier and ordered someone to remove Su Qingyun’s mask, while concealing his suspicions from Oba Pa.

Su Qingyun explored Central Market with Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, then found a magical beast shop’s costly gift-box game and decided to buy four tries. The chapter left them preparing to choose boxes, while Xun'er privately counted the purchase as a debt Qingyun owed her.

• Su Qingyun toured Central Market with Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, drawing envious looks as Xun'er clung to his arm.
• At a magical beast shop, Su Qingyun noticed the warehouse of unprocessed magical beast corpses after failing to find the magic cores he wanted.
• Gu Xun'er recalled how she had nourished Su Qingyun when he was frail, then embarrassed herself by licking his finger in public.
• The shop owner explained that customers could pay 500 gold coins for one minute to choose a Magical Beast Gift Box, and Xiao Yan warned that the game was a bad deal.
• Su Qingyun accepted Gu Xun'er's encouragement and bought four chances, while she calculated that he now owed her 2,000 gold coins.

Su Qingyun opened four Magical Beast Gift Boxes and found a Magic Core in each, including rare Light-element and Space-element cores, then refused Ya Fei’s offer to buy them. On the way back to the Xiao Clan, Jialie Ao ambushed him, and Su Qingyun instantly killed an Eight Star Dou Zhe.

• Xun'er defended Su Qingyun from onlookers mocking him as he entered the gift-box warehouse to choose four magical beasts.
• All four beasts yielded Magic Cores, and Ya Fei offered one hundred thousand gold coins for them, but Su Qingyun refused to sell.
• Ya Fei gave Su Qingyun her card, and Xun'er grew jealous as the group returned toward the Xiao Clan.
• Jialie Ao and six experts ambushed Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to seize the Magic Cores and unmask Su Qingyun.
• After Xiao Yan was beaten back, Su Qingyun dodged an Eight Star Dou Zhe’s attack, broke his arms, and killed him with a slap.

Su Qingyun used his Earth Tier Dou Technique to kill the Jialie Family fighters who attacked him, then returned with Xiao Yan and Xun'er to recover and cultivate. Jialie Bi found his son Jialie Ao dead and blamed the Xiao Clan, vowing revenge.

• Su Qingyun instantly killed an Eight Star Dou Zhe, then unleashed Immortal God's Lament First Form: Immortal Descent, Three Thousand Blood to kill the Nine Star Dou Zhe and the remaining attackers.
• Su Qingyun sensed Jialie Ao hiding nearby and killed him with a blood spear before he could report what he had witnessed.
• Xiao Yan praised Su Qingyun's strength and asked to learn his Dou Technique, but Su Qingyun said he hoped Xiao Yan would never need it and led him and Xun'er back.
• Jialie Bi returned to the Jialie Family and comforted Jialie Si while they waited for Jialie Ao, but his son's corpse arrived instead.
• After learning that Jialie Ao and several High Star Dou Zhe had died near a street cleared out by the Xiao Clan, Jialie Bi blamed the Xiao Clan and vowed revenge.

Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan began learning alchemy, and Su Qingyun quickly mastered Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid before agreeing to pioneer an all-attribute Qi Gathering Powder. As Su Qingyun prepared to refine it in Old Ya’s Black Demon Cauldron, Jialie Bi and Oba Pa pressured the Xiao Clan, and a burst of Immortal Spirit Aura erupted from Su Garden.

• Old Ya taught Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan to refine Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, and Xiao Yan produced an impure first attempt after four hours.
• Su Qingyun refined clear, emerald-green Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid in just a quarter hour, impressing Old Ya.
• Old Ya explained that Su Qingyun would need an unprecedented all-attribute Qi Gathering Powder to form his Dou Qi Cyclone, and Su Qingyun agreed to attempt it.
• Old Ya brought out his Heaven Ranking Black Demon Cauldron and explained that the rare magic cores meant the powder had to be formed in one go.
• Su Qingyun spent several days practicing with the cauldron while the Xiao Clan’s Second Elder guarded Su Garden; Jialie Bi secretly recruited fighters and persuaded Oba Pa to demand Su Qingyun from the Xiao Clan.
• Immortal Spirit Aura shot into the sky from Su Garden, drawing everyone’s attention.