Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang offered Ya Fei and Gu Ni a Fifth-grade Dou King Pill for only two hundred thousand gold coins, in exchange for the Mittel Auction House supporting the Xiao Clan and Ya Fei spending three days with him. Ya Fei accepted both conditions, leaving the deal agreed upon.

• Xiao Cang asked Ya Fei and Gu Ni to value the Dou King Pill, and they admitted they could not estimate its worth.
• Xiao Cang offered to sell the pill to the auction house for two hundred thousand gold coins, and Ya Fei and Gu Ni were stunned by the low price.
• Xiao Cang demanded that the Mittel Auction House become an ally of the Xiao Family and help it grow after he left Wutan City.
• Ya Fei agreed to support the Xiao Family and accepted Xiao Cang's request to spend three days touring Wutan City with him.

Xiao Cang completed his deal with Ya Fei, then helped Xun'er break through to Dou Zhe before returning to meet Ya Fei for dinner. The chapter left Xiao Cang and Ya Fei heading out together after he chose seafood.

• Xiao Cang gave Ya Fei the Dou King Pill and accepted a two-hundred-thousand-gold-coin credit card, then agreed to have dinner with her.
• Ya Fei entrusted the pill to Gu Ni and hurried off to prepare for her time with Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang returned to the Xiao Family and protected Xun'er as she used Qi Gathering Powder to break through to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Cang took Xun'er shopping for jewelry, then told her he had to leave for several days on a Misty Cloud Sect mission.
• Xiao Cang met Ya Fei at the Miter Auction House, exchanged flirtatious remarks with her, and said he wanted seafood.

Xiao Cang took Ya Fei to the Wutan Restaurant, where their public closeness drew astonished attention. After Jia Lie Bi saw Ya Fei dining with Xiao Cang and learned who he was, he swallowed his anger.

• Xiao Cang held Ya Fei's hand and carried her through the air to the Wutan Restaurant on his Dou Qi Wings.
• Xiao Cang and Ya Fei arrived at the restaurant, where Su Lu personally welcomed them and led them to the Heaven No.1 Private Room.
• Restaurant patrons recognized Xiao Cang and Ya Fei and reacted with surprise and jealousy.
• Jia Lie Bi became furious when he saw Ya Fei dining with Xiao Cang and complained that Xiao Cang had taken his usual private room.
• A servant told Jia Lie Bi that the young man was Xiao Cang, and Jia Lie Bi swallowed his curses.

At a banquet in Wutan Restaurant, Ya Fei flirted with Xiao Cang and served him Dragon Phoenix Blazing Fire Wine while Jia Lie Bi watched in jealous frustration. As the wine left Ya Fei flushed and unsteady, she leaned close to Xiao Cang and offered to dance for him.

• The Su Family head welcomed Xiao Cang and then tactfully left him alone with Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei introduced the Dragon Phoenix Blazing Fire Wine, poured it for Xiao Cang, and explained its ingredients and effects.
• Xiao Cang drank the wine and let its heat spread through his body, while Ya Fei drank with him and grew rosy-faced.
• Ya Fei fed Xiao Cang grapes, shrimp, and abalone as the other family heads watched enviously and Jia Lie Bi struggled to hide his anger.
• Jia Lie Bi toasted Xiao Cang, but Xiao Cang and Ya Fei ignored him, leaving his cup raised and his face livid.
• After drinking several cups, Ya Fei became flushed and hazy, leaned close to Xiao Cang, and asked if he wanted to watch her dance.

Ya Fei danced to entertain Xiao Cang, then flirted with him over drinks as he helped dry wine from her dress and thigh. She grew drunk and whispered that it was late and they should rest, leaving Xiao Cang to decide how to respond.

• Ya Fei danced alluringly for Xiao Cang while the family heads watched from across the corridor and Jia Lie Bi stormed away in anger.
• After the dance, Ya Fei stumbled into Xiao Cang's arms, and they exchanged flirtatious remarks.
• Xiao Cang used Dou Qi to dry wine from Ya Fei's dress and thigh after she spilled a cup.
• Xiao Cang recognized Ya Fei was teasing him and sometimes responded coldly, making her try harder to please him.
• After several drinks, Ya Fei leaned close to Xiao Cang and suggested they rest for the night.

Xiao Cang accepted Ya Fei’s proposal to marry him as a concubine and shared the Bridal Cup Wine with her in a simple ceremony. The next morning, he heard a system notification confirming that his experiment had succeeded.

• Xiao Cang carried Ya Fei into a private room, where she urged him to drink tea and spend time with her before they became intimate.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Cang to marry her, and he agreed as long as she accepted becoming his concubine.
• Xiao Cang suggested they drink the Bridal Cup Wine as a simple wedding ceremony, and Ya Fei agreed.
• Xiao Cang and Ya Fei linked arms and drank their wedding wine, completing his experiment.
• Xiao Cang carried Ya Fei to bed and massaged her feet before they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Xiao Cang woke beside Ya Fei and heard a system notification, realizing his experiment had succeeded.

Xiao Cang received cultivation and Dou Technique rewards, including the Netherworld Soul Control Art, which he planned to use to refine Yao Chen into a Soul Slave. After spending three days with Ya Fei and returning to the Xiao Family, he claimed his rewards and advanced to Two-star Dou Huang, startling Yao Chen.

• Xiao Cang received the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method, the Netherworld Soul Control Art, and Two-star Dou Huang cultivation from the system.
• Xiao Cang anticipated using the Netherworld Soul Control Art to refine Yao Chen into an Eighth-grade Alchemist Soul Slave.
• After three days together, Ya Fei left the room unsteadily, and inn patrons speculated about her time with Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang escorted Ya Fei to the Miter Auction House, where Gu Ni said his study of the Fifth-grade Dou King Pill had loosened his alchemist-rank bottleneck.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Cang she would prepare fertility-enhancing medicine for his next visit, and Xiao Cang returned to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Cang claimed his rewards and advanced to Two-star Dou Huang, while Yao Chen sensed his sudden surge in power.

After reaching the peak of two-star Dou Huang and mastering two Dou Techniques, Xiao Cang attacked Yao Chen to claim his treasures and soul. Xiao Cang erased Yao Chen’s spiritual consciousness and turned him into an obedient Soul Slave.

• Xiao Cang broke through to the peak of two-star Dou Huang and mastered the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method and Netherworld Soul Control Art.
• Xiao Cang tested the Five-Wheel Departing Fire Method with five powerful fire spirits, while Ling Ying sensed the technique’s aura from outside the Xiao Family estate.
• Xiao Cang used his Dou Qi to force Yao Chen out of the Storage Ring and attacked him with the Sorrowful Wind Soul Refining Hand.
• Yao Chen broke free with a desperate counterattack and fled, but Xiao Cang caught him and subdued him with the Netherworld Soul Control Art.
• Xiao Cang erased Yao Chen’s spiritual consciousness, leaving him as a Soul Slave.

Xiao Cang enslaved Yao Chen, claimed his Storage Ring, and took the Bone Spirit Cold Flame for himself. Refining the Heavenly Flame drove Xiao Cang’s cultivation to a high-level Dou Huang, astonishing the Xiao Family and Ling Ying.

• Xiao Cang implanted a Soul Imprint in Yao Chen’s mind, making him his obedient Soul Slave, though Yao Chen could not yet refine Grade 8 Pills because his Soul Power was weak.
• Yao Chen erased his imprint on the Storage Ring, and Xiao Cang claimed its collection of cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and pills.
• Xiao Cang ordered Yao Chen to surrender the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Yao Chen severed his connection to the flame, weakening his Soul Body.
• Xiao Cang used the Supreme Flame God Canon to suppress and refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, rapidly raising his cultivation and technique level.
• Xiao Cang’s aura swept across the Xiao Family as he advanced through several Dou Huang stars, leaving the family members trembling and Xun’er delighted.
• Ling Ying recognized Xiao Cang’s aura as that of a high-level Dou Huang and wondered what fortuitous encounter had brought about his rapid rise.

After refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Xiao Cang advanced to Six-star Dou Huang, and Xun'er ensured Ling Ying would keep his breakthrough secret from the Gu Clan. Xiao Cang restored Yao Chen with a flame imprint and prepared to put his plans for Wutan City in motion.

• Xiao Cang refined the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, reached Six-star Dou Huang, and caused the Xiao Family to feel his overwhelming aura.
• Ling Ying suspected Xiao Cang had undergone Dou Di Bloodline reversion to ancestry, and Xun'er warned him that the Gu Clan could threaten Xiao Cang if it learned of his talent.
• Xun'er told Xiao Cang she had already persuaded Ling Ying not to report his breakthrough, and Xiao Cang affectionately thanked her.
• Xiao Cang admired his three Heavenly Flames, restored some of Yao Chen's Soul Power, and gave him an imprint of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Cang decided it was time to begin setting things in order in Wutan City.

Xiao Cang revealed that he had reached the Dou Emperor realm and announced plans to bring Wutan City’s factions under control. He left Xiao Yan feeling further behind, then returned to his room, where Xiao Mei arrived to serve him.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that he had advanced to the fourth stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Cang revealed that he had just reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Zhan congratulated Xiao Cang and agreed to summon Wutan City’s major factions to the Xiao Family the next morning so Xiao Cang could settle their disputes.
• Xiao Cang told Xiao Yan to reach the Dou Zhe realm within a year to earn a chance to join the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan left to cultivate.
• That evening, Xiao Mei entered Xiao Cang’s room and said she had come to serve him.

Xiao Cang summoned Wutan City's factions to demand that they sell their businesses to the Xiao Family for one copper coin. After demonstrating his overwhelming pressure, he asked who agreed and who objected.

• Xiao Zhan sent invitations to the major and second-tier factions, announcing a meeting to reorganize Wutan City.
• Jia Lie Bi reluctantly accepted that the Jia Lie Family had to attend, while Ya Fei and Gu Ni prepared to represent the Xiao Family's ally, the Miter Auction House.
• News of Xiao Cang's plan spread through the city, and faction leaders set out for the Xiao Family the next morning.
• Xiao Cang flew into the main hall and overwhelmed the gathered leaders with his aura until they pleaded for him to withdraw it.
• Xiao Cang demanded that every faction sell its marketplaces and businesses to the Xiao Family within three days for one copper coin, then asked who agreed and who objected.

Xiao Cang demanded the other families’ businesses and properties for one copper coin, then killed Jia Lie Bi when he resisted. The surviving family heads submitted, leaving the Xiao Family in control of Wutan City’s major businesses.

• Xiao Cang offered to buy the families’ industries and shops for one copper coin, while the Great Elder said their clansmen could keep working in them for the Xiao Family.
• Jia Lie Bi rejected the terms, and Xiao Cang’s Human-Demon Puppet killed him with a single punch.
• Xiao Cang revealed that the Human-Demon Puppet was a Nine-star Dou King and challenged anyone who opposed him to withstand its punch.
• Ao Ba Pa and the other family heads accepted Xiao Cang’s terms, and the Xiao Family absorbed their businesses and became Wutan City’s dominant force.

After Jia Lie Bi’s death, Xiao Cang forced Wutan City’s families to surrender most of their businesses to the Xiao Family, while prestigious Imperial Capital families arrived with gifts to honor him. He spent his days with Xun’er and nights with Ya Fei, then arranged to find rare ingredients so Yao Chen could restore his Soul Power and help strengthen the Xiao Family.

• After Jia Lie Bi died, Wutan City’s family heads agreed to transfer their businesses and shops to the Xiao Family, and each received a copper coin in return.
• The Mu Family, Nalan Family, and Mittel Family arrived at the Xiao Family with congratulatory gifts, delighting Xiao Zhan and impressing the local family heads.
• The Xiao Family took control of more than eighty percent of Wutan City’s markets and shops, leaving the original families to continue operating them.
• Xiao Cang tickled Ya Fei after she joked about visiting Yun Yun, warning her not to risk exposing his relationships to Xun’er.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Cang that the medicinal ingredients he requested were nearly gathered, with only the rare fourth-grade Nether Lotus Soul Grass still missing.
• Xiao Cang planned to use the ingredients to restore Yao Chen’s Soul Power so Yao Chen could refine pills to strengthen the Xiao Family.

Xiao Cang spent time with Ya Fei before learning that the Nether Lotus Soul Grass was available in Blackrock City and deciding to travel there. A letter from Xiao Yu revealed that Jia Nan Academy would soon recruit students there, giving Xiao Cang more reason to make the trip.

• Ya Fei shaved Xiao Cang’s beard, and he playfully returned the favor before telling her about the Four Sacred Beasts.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Cang that the Blackrock City Alchemist Guild had two stalks of Nether Lotus Soul Grass, and he decided to go there himself.
• Xiao Cang returned to the Xiao Family, where the Great Elder gave him a letter from Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu wrote that Jia Nan Academy would visit Blackrock City to recruit students and that she planned to persuade its instructors to recruit Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang welcomed the chance to meet Instructor Ruo Lin and Xue Ni during his trip to Blackrock City.

Xiao Cang decided to join Jia Nan Academy and traveled to Blackrock City to retrieve an important medicinal ingredient, first arranging a private farewell with Xun'er. He left the next morning aboard Little Silver, then collected the Human-Demon Puppet and continued toward the city.

• Xiao Cang accepted the Great Elder's request to look after Yu'er if he attended Jia Nan Academy and confirmed that he would go there for the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Cang summoned Yao Chen to control the Human-Demon Puppet and lure Ling Ying away so he could spend extra time with Xun'er.
• Ling Ying returned after failing to catch the puppet, and Xiao Cang later departed Xun'er's room.
• Xun'er saw Xiao Cang off the next morning as he flew toward Blackrock City on Little Silver.
• Xiao Cang retrieved the Human-Demon Puppet outside the city, praised Yao Chen for delaying Ling Ying, and resumed his journey to Blackrock City.

Xiao Cang arrived in Blackrock City and visited the Alchemist Guild, where he reunited with Otto and Frank. He asked them for Nether Lotus Soul Grass.

• Xiao Cang flew Little Silver to Blackrock City and landed outside the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Cang asked a maid to notify Otto and Frank, then gave her First-grade Pills to feed Little Silver and as a reward.
• The Guild’s maids competed to serve Xiao Cang, who let them attend to him before losing interest.
• Frank and Otto welcomed Xiao Cang and offered to help with his request.
• Xiao Cang told Otto and Frank that he wanted Nether Lotus Soul Grass.

Xiao Cang secured Nether Lotus Soul Grass and other ingredients from Otto and Frank, then agreed to let them and their disciples watch him refine a pill. After Otto and Frank left to address an assessment problem, Xiao Cang wandered into the alchemy area and found Lin Fei refining a pill.

• Otto promised to fetch two Nether Lotus Soul Grasses and had a subordinate gather the other ingredients Xiao Cang listed, disregarding the He Family's reservation.
• Frank asked Xiao Cang to let Otto, Frank, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei observe his pill refinement, and Xiao Cang agreed.
• A servant reported a problem with preparations for the alchemist assessment, so Otto and Frank left to handle it while Xiao Cang explored the guild.
• Xiao Cang searched the trading area, then entered the alchemy area and saw Lin Fei drawing a crowd as she neared success refining a pill.

Xiao Cang challenged Lin Fei’s alchemy by quickly refining a perfect first-grade Qi Replenishing Pill before the Alchemist Guild crowd. Master Otto greeted Xiao Cang as a brother, leaving Lin Fei to suspect he was the famed young Fifth-grade Alchemist of the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Lin Fei successfully refined an ordinary first-grade Qi Replenishing Pill, and the onlookers praised her talent.
• Xiao Cang criticized Lin Fei’s crude alchemy, then revealed a golden solid flame that shocked the crowd.
• Xiao Cang used precise Spiritual Sense to refine a perfect Qi Replenishing Pill in fewer than a hundred breaths.
• Lin Fei apologized to Xiao Cang and asked his name, but Master Otto arrived and greeted him as Brother Xiao.
• Lin Fei realized Xiao Cang might be the Misty Cloud Sect genius who had become a Fifth-grade Alchemist at eighteen.

Master Otto introduced Lin Fei to Xiao Cang, an eighteen-year-old Fifth-grade Alchemist and Dou Wang, and brought her to observe his pill refinement. Xiao Cang waited for Frank’s disciple Xue Mei to arrive before beginning.

• Master Otto introduced Xiao Cang to Lin Fei, who was astonished by his accomplishments and greeted him respectfully.
• Lin Fei hesitated to show her Qi Replenishing Pill, so Xiao Cang handed it to Master Otto, who praised her for refining a properly formed pill.
• Master Otto took Xiao Cang and Lin Fei to the VIP room, where Lin Fei learned she could watch Xiao Cang refine a Fifth-grade Pill.
• Xiao Cang waited for Frank’s disciple Xue Mei, and she arrived and greeted him.
• Xiao Cang welcomed Xue Mei, and the group prepared to begin the pill refinement.