Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang impressed Jia Nan Academy instructors Ruolin and Xue Ni with his Tea Pills and revealed that he was eighteen and eligible to enroll. When Ruolin began registering him, she and Xue Ni recognized his name and reacted in shock.

• Ruolin and Xue Ni accepted Xiao Cang's invitation to tea to make up for misjudging the dudou, and he gave them Tea Pills to try.
• Ruolin and Xue Ni enjoyed the tea, then learned the pills were peak second-grade medicines that could boost cultivation.
• Ruolin offered to assess suitable members of Xiao Cang's family for Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Cang asked whether he could enroll himself.
• Xiao Cang said he had just turned eighteen, prompting Ruolin to offer to register him early despite Xue Ni's speculation that he could enter the Inner Academy.
• Ruolin asked Xiao Cang for his full name, then she and Xue Ni exclaimed in surprise when he said it was Xiao Cang.

Xiao Cang registered for Jia Nan Academy and stayed at the inn, where Ruolin and Xue Ni learned he was an eighteen-year-old Dou Wang. Xue Ni later visited him for drinks and proposed a game in which the loser would remove a piece of clothing.

• Ruolin and Xue Ni discovered that Xiao Cang was Xiao Yu’s cousin, and Ruolin registered him for Jia Nan Academy.
• Ruolin arranged an inn room for Xiao Cang, then learned from Ge La that Xiao Cang was a Dou Wang.
• Ruolin refused to defend Ge La and warned him that Xiao Cang would soon join the academy.
• Xue Ni visited Xiao Cang that night, and they drank, ate, and chatted together.
• Xue Ni suggested that they play finger-guessing, with the loser taking off a piece of clothing.

Xue Ni challenged Xiao Cang to a clothes-removing finger-guessing game, hoping to draw closer to him. After she lost and removed her last layer, Xiao Cang agreed to marry her if she performed well next.

• Xue Ni proposed that she and Xiao Cang play finger-guessing, with the loser removing an item of clothing, and Xiao Cang accepted.
• Xue Ni lost several rounds and removed her outer garments, while Xiao Cang lost once and revealed his muscular physique, giving her a nosebleed.
• Xue Ni lost the final round and removed her last layer of clothing, then grew embarrassed and worried about what Xiao Cang would think.
• Xiao Cang picked Xue Ni up, and she admitted she wanted him to marry her if their relationship went further.
• Xiao Cang readily agreed, but said it depended on how Xue Ni performed next.

Xiao Cang married Xue Ni and received a powerful water-attribute cultivation method and Dou Technique from the system. After revealing that Yun Yun was already his wife, he reassured the disappointed Xue Ni, while Ruolin overheard Xue Ni in Xiao Cang's room and realized they had gotten together.

• Xiao Cang and Xue Ni drank the Bridal Cup Wine, and the system rewarded him with Wave God's Wrath and Flood Dragon Breaks Water Whip.
• Xiao Cang learned that the water-attribute techniques could be used despite his fire-and-wood Dou Qi, and that using them together could rival a low-grade Heaven Tier technique.
• Xue Ni promised to be a good wife, but Xiao Cang told her he already had wives and that Yun Yun was his principal wife.
• Xue Ni recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect leader and accepted Xiao Cang's reassurance that he would treat all his wives equally.
• Ruolin left her room after nearly injuring herself while trying to cultivate faster, then overheard Xue Ni in Xiao Cang's room and realized they were together.

Ruolin learned that Xiao Cang was the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Son-in-Law, a prodigy, and already married to Yun Yun, with Princess Yao Ye as his concubine. After seeing Xue Ni’s closeness with Xiao Cang during admissions, Ruolin wondered whether she might also have a chance with him.

• Ruolin met Ke Zhen, who told her that Xiao Cang had married Yao Ye and become the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Ke Zhen clarified that Yao Ye was Xiao Cang’s concubine and that Yun Yun was his principal wife.
• Ke Zhen revealed that Xiao Cang was an eighteen-year-old Dou Wang and Fifth-grade Alchemist, making Ruolin reconsider her interest in him.
• The next morning, Xue Ni joined Ruolin to help register applicants, while Xiao Cang helped as well.
• Ruolin watched Xue Ni and Xiao Cang exchange flirtatious looks and wondered whether she could also become close to him.

Ruolin grew interested in winning Xiao Cang’s favor after learning that Xue Ni had married him, while Xiao Cang planned to entice Ruolin with a high-grade water cultivation method. At a new-student showcase beside a river, Xiao Cang borrowed Ruolin’s whip and began his demonstration.

• Ruolin considered how to attract Xiao Cang, and Xue Ni visited to fill out his enrollment form and reveal that they had secretly pledged themselves to each other.
• Xue Ni told Ruolin how she and Xiao Cang got together, leaving Ruolin envious and increasingly interested in him.
• Xue Ni returned to Xiao Cang, and he considered using an Earth Tier Advanced water-element cultivation method to win Ruolin’s favor.
• After Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment ended, Ruolin approved a new-student strength showcase while the group waited for Xiao Yu to return.
• Xiao Cang joined the showcase for Ruolin’s sake, borrowed her whip, and announced his Flood Dragon Breaks Water Whip technique.

Xiao Cang demonstrated a powerful water-element Dou Technique at the new students’ showcase, then told Ruolin he could pass on a water-attributed cultivation method. After Xue Ni left to handle recruitment matters, Ruolin arrived at Xiao Cang’s door that night.

• Xiao Cang unleashed a water dragon with his whip, shocking the students and earning full marks for his performance.
• Xue Ni cheered for Xiao Cang and embraced him publicly, while Ruolin watched with envy.
• Xiao Cang returned Ruolin’s whip and claimed he had promised a water-attributed senior’s remnant soul to pass on its cultivation method and Dou Techniques.
• Ruolin offered to prepare a list of suitable candidates, and Xiao Cang suspected she hoped to receive the method herself.
• Xiao Cang and Xue Ni returned to their room, and later Xue Ni left to take care of recruitment matters.
• Ruolin knocked on Xiao Cang’s door less than half an hour after Xue Ni left.

Xiao Cang persuaded Ruo Lin to marry him in exchange for receiving an Earth Tier Cultivation Method and staying by his side for three years. They went to the river at night so she could begin cultivating Wave God's Wrath, and the chapter ended as they settled into the water.

• Ruo Lin told Xiao Cang she wanted to inherit the water-attributed cultivation method instead of giving him a list of students.
• Xiao Cang said his senior required recipients of the inheritance to stay near him for three years so he could observe their character.
• Ruo Lin agreed to marry Xiao Cang and remain by his side for three years in exchange for the inheritance.
• Xiao Cang decided to teach Ruo Lin Wave God's Wrath by the river, where her water-attributed Dou Qi could benefit from the water elements.
• Xiao Cang and Ruo Lin entered the river at night and sat opposite each other in the water.

Xiao Cang taught Ruolin the High-grade Earth Tier cultivation technique Wave God's Wrath and the combat skill Flood Dragon Breaks Water Whip, promising to help her reach Dou Wang. After their close practice by the river, Xiao Cang bound Ruolin's wrists with the whip and carried her into the deeper water, leaving her startled and protesting.

• Xiao Cang passed Wave God's Wrath to Ruolin, who managed to circulate it after more than two hours of instruction.
• Xiao Cang promised to teach Ruolin a High-grade Earth Tier Dou Technique once she reached Dou Wang and said he would help her advance.
• Xiao Cang stood behind Ruolin and guided her through the moves of Flood Dragon Breaks Water Whip as they practiced without Dou Qi.
• After their tenth round of practice, Xiao Cang reminded Ruolin of her promise, and Ruolin shyly agreed to return with him.
• Xiao Cang bound Ruolin's wrists with the whip and carried her to a deeper part of the river, where she protested that the place was unsuitable.

Xiao Cang and Ruolin pledged themselves to each other and returned to the inn, where they ran into Xue Ni. Ruolin and Xue Ni adjusted to becoming both teacher and sister-in-law, while Xiao Cang sent Xue Ni to her room so he could spend the night with Ruolin.

• Xiao Cang and Ruolin exchanged vows by the river, and he tenderly dried her before they dressed and returned to the inn.
• Xiao Cang and Ruolin went to his room hand in hand, planning to drink Bridal Cup Wine, and found Xue Ni waiting there.
• Xiao Cang confirmed that he and Ruolin were together, and Xue Ni teased Ruolin about becoming her younger sister in the family.
• Xue Ni said she wanted to stay with Xiao Cang, but he told her to return to her room and come back the next night.

Xiao Cang and Ruolin celebrated their wedding night, and the system rewarded Xiao Cang with two Dou Techniques. After spending another day with Ruolin and Xue Ni, Xiao Cang left to find Xiao Yu in Wutan City.

• Xiao Cang promised Xue Ni that they would have a chance together later, then performed a bridal cup wine ceremony with Ruolin.
• Xiao Cang and Ruolin spent their wedding night, and the system awarded him Heavenly Winged Divine Phoenix Wings and Great Earth Gang Yan.
• The next morning, Xiao Cang told Ruolin he would take leave from Jia Nan Academy for between half a month and three months, and Ruolin agreed to help apply for it.
• Xiao Cang decided he had little time left with Ruolin and Xue Ni before returning to Wutan City to find Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Cang departed the inn using his golden Dou Qi Wings, while Ruolin and Xue Ni watched him leave.

Xiao Cang returned to Wutan City after claiming two powerful Dou Techniques and saw how the Xiao Family had grown. He went to visit Xun'er, only to find her crying and angry, leaving him unsure what had upset her.

• Xiao Cang claimed Great Earth Gang Yan and the Heavenly Winged Divine Phoenix Wings, gaining a powerful earth-based attack and a new way to increase his speed.
• Xiao Cang arrived in Wutan City and saw that the Xiao Family had absorbed the businesses of its former rivals and gained abundant resources.
• Xiao Cang learned that Xiao Yu had gone shopping and decided to visit Xun'er while he waited for her return.
• Ling Ying reproached Xiao Cang for his absence and hinted that Xun'er would demand an explanation.
• Xiao Cang found Xun'er tearful and refusing to speak to him, and he wondered whether she had learned about another woman.

Xun'er confronted Xiao Cang after learning he intended to marry Nalan Yanran, and he comforted her by explaining his feelings and swearing his love for her. Xun'er reconciled with him, though her fear of losing him remained at the heart of her distress.

• Xun'er accused Xiao Cang of hiding his relationship with Nalan Yanran and cried over his plans to marry her.
• Xiao Cang admitted he was wrong to conceal the relationship and told Xun'er that he and Nalan Yanran had not crossed the bounds of propriety.
• Xun'er questioned whether Xiao Cang would develop feelings for other women, and he promised she would always be the woman he loved most.
• Xun'er revealed that she feared losing Xiao Cang, and he reminded her that they had a child together.
• Xiao Cang swore he would love Xun'er forever, and she stopped his oath, said she believed him, and kissed him.

After Xun'er revealed that Xiao Ning had told her Xiao Cang would marry Nalan Yanran, Xiao Cang summoned Xiao Ning to answer for it. The Great Elder sent for Xiao Yu to plead for her brother, and Xiao Yu learned that Xiao Cang had returned.

• Xiao Cang gave Xun'er a Fetal Protection Pill and learned that Xiao Ning had told her about his supposed marriage to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Cang ordered a servant to bring Xiao Ning to him, and Xiao Ning panicked when he heard Xiao Cang had returned.
• The Great Elder, worried Xiao Cang would punish Xiao Ning, sent a servant to find Xiao Yu and ask her to plead for her brother.
• The servant found Xiao Yu near the Xiao Family's gates, and she was delighted to hear that Xiao Cang had returned.

Xiao Cang confronted Xiao Ning for telling Xun'er about his relationship with Yan Ran and nearly killed him to assert his authority in the Xiao Family. Xiao Yu persuaded Xiao Cang to spare her brother, but Xiao Cang crippled Xiao Ning's cultivation and then told Xiao Yu she would pay for his mercy by receiving ten lashes.

• Xiao Cang demanded that Xiao Ning explain how he had repaid the help Xiao Cang gave him and the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Cang accused Xiao Ning of telling Xun'er about Yan Ran and pinned him to the floor with his pressure as Xiao Ning begged for mercy.
• Xiao Yu arrived, kicked Xiao Ning away, and asked Xiao Cang to spare him while inviting Xiao Cang to drink with her.
• Xiao Cang spared Xiao Ning's life but shattered his Qi Vortex, dropping his cultivation from a One-star Fighter to the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cang told Xiao Yu that he would whip her ten times as the price for sparing her brother.

Xiao Cang crippled Xiao Ning’s cultivation, and Xiao Yu sent him away with a chance to rebuild under the Xiao Family’s improved resources. Xiao Cang then teased and spanked Xiao Yu as revenge for their childhood drinking game, leaving her to challenge him to a drinking contest the next day.

• Xiao Cang crippled Xiao Ning’s cultivation, and Xiao Yu told him to return to the Xiao Family and cultivate diligently.
• Xiao Yu invited Xiao Cang to drink and catch up, but he declined until the next day because he needed to accompany Xun'er.
• Xiao Yu teased Xiao Cang about losing a childhood drinking game, so he pulled her onto his lap and spanked her thigh in revenge.
• Xiao Cang gave Xiao Yu three spanks and released her, leaving red marks on her thigh.
• Xiao Yu promised to drink Xiao Cang into submission the next day and left.

Xiao Cang took Xun'er to Wutan Restaurant after she recovered, where they shared an affectionate meal. Their reunion with Ya Fei left Xun'er stunned when Ya Fei asked Xiao Cang why he had not gone to see her after returning.

• Xiao Cang carried Xun'er through the sky at frightening speed and brought her to Wutan Restaurant.
• Xiao Cang learned Ya Fei was drinking in Heaven No.1 Private Room and chose a different room so she and Xun'er would not meet.
• Xun'er fed Xiao Cang, and he returned the food to her while they ate together.
• Ya Fei entered their private room and asked Xiao Cang why he had not come to see her after returning.

Xiao Cang tried to hide his relationship with Ya Fei from Xun'er, but their exchange made Xun'er suspect Ya Fei was interested in him. The women traded increasingly pointed remarks while Xiao Cang tried to appease them both.

• Ya Fei called Xiao Cang “Xiao Lang,” prompting Xun'er to question her, and Ya Fei explained that it was a respectful family form of address.
• Xiao Cang invited Ya Fei to sit and promised to visit her with gifts, easing her displeasure while Xun'er watched them suspiciously.
• Xun'er fed Xiao Cang and challenged Ya Fei over her age, while Ya Fei warned that other women might lure Xiao Cang away.
• Xun'er declared that her childhood bond with Xiao Cang was stronger than gold, and Xiao Cang agreed as he privately dreaded the rivalry.

Ya Fei and Xun'er competed for Xiao Cang's attention until he ended their bickering and Ya Fei left. After sharing a meal, Xun'er asked to be intimate with Xiao Cang and shyly offered to take the lead.

• Ya Fei teased Xun'er about keeping Xiao Cang's affection and offered to teach her how to win a man's heart.
• Xun'er rebuffed Ya Fei's advances and sat in Xiao Cang's lap, while the two women exchanged pointed remarks.
• Xiao Cang stopped the argument and sent Ya Fei away, then carried Xun'er to a chair and comforted her.
• Xiao Cang and Xun'er ate together, and Xun'er mistook her full belly for the baby making it bigger.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Cang to be intimate, and after he agreed, she shyly asked to take the lead.

Xiao Cang spent the night with Xun'er, then left her to return to the Xiao Family and meet Xiao Yu. The chapter ended with Xiao Cang and Xiao Yu wagering on a finger-guessing game, and Xiao Cang striking her thigh after winning a round.

• Xiao Cang comforted Xun'er and spent the night with her, while she used a Qi Replenishing Pill to recover so they could spend more time together.
• The next day, Xiao Cang left while Xun'er slept, determined to grow stronger before her pregnancy was exposed.
• Xiao Cang met Xiao Yu and took her to the tavern he had bought years earlier.
• Xiao Yu proposed a wager: whoever won thirty rounds of finger guessing could make one request of the other.
• Xiao Yu won the first round but barely affected Xiao Cang, while Xiao Cang won the second and slapped her thigh, making her cry out in pain.