Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se returned to the Xiao family after meeting Ya Fei and Hai Bo Dong at the Mittel Auction, hoping to see Xiao Yu after a year apart. He reunited with Xiao Ning, who challenged him to a spar, and the chapter ended as Xiao Se accepted.

• Ya Fei told Hai Bo Dong that the branch lacked most of the rare ingredients he sought, and Hai Bo Dong asked her to deliver a letter to Mittel Tengshan instead.
• Xiao Se left Hai Bo Dong at the auction house, disguised himself, and returned to the Xiao family grounds using his disciple token.
• Xiao Se reflected on his past in the Xiao family and returned mainly to see Xiao Yu, his childhood sweetheart.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Se that Xiao Yu had returned the previous night and had been looking for him.
• Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Se to spar and revealed that he had reached the Seventh Stage Dou Qi; Xiao Se beckoned him to begin.

Xiao Se returned to the Xiao family and easily defeated Xiao Ning, drawing the attention of Xiao Yan and Yao Lao. After learning Xiao Se had returned, Xun'er broke her cup and silently cried.

• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Se defeat Xiao Ning with quick, effortless movements and left feeling discouraged about his stalled cultivation.
• Yao Lao probed Xiao Se with Soul Power, but Xiao Se sensed him and raised a soul barrier, prompting Yao Lao to withdraw.
• Long Kui and Hong Kui told Xiao Se that Yao Lao and a Dou Emperor were watching him, and Xiao Se chose to avoid conflict and keep building strength.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Xiao Se had returned, and Xun'er dropped her jade cup and shed a tear.

Xun Er struggled with her tears after hearing that Xiao Se had returned, while Xiao Se reunited with Xiao Yu and gave her gifts to help her cultivate. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu asking about Xiao Se’s past year and accepting his explanation that he had trained under a master.

• Xun Er cried when Ling Ying told her that Xiao Se was returning, but she chose not to go see him and wondered why her memories from ages four to six were hazy.
• Long Kui reminded Xiao Se that Ling Ying was nearby as Xiao Se went to visit Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu rushed into Xiao Se’s arms, scolded him for disappearing, and clung to him until he carried her into her room.
• Xiao Yu asked about Xiao Se’s year away, and Xiao Se claimed that an expert had taken him on as a disciple.
• Xiao Se gave Xiao Yu Qi Gathering Powder and a cultivation method for when she broke through to Dou Zhe.

After leaving the Xiao Clan, Xiao Se exchanged a medicinal herb for Dragon Blood Grass and was trapped in an alley by Ling Ying, who had been sent to test him. Their first clash revealed the gulf between Xiao Se and the high-level Dou Huang, and the fight continued.

• Xiao Yu broke through to Dou Zhe with Xiao Se's help, and Xiao Se left her cultivation pills before departing the Xiao Clan.
• Queen Medusa confronted Xiao Se about using the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's saliva to refine Purple Fire Pills, and the System reminded him to use his monthly exchange.
• Xiao Se exchanged a fire-element herb for Dragon Blood Grass and looked forward to using it to strengthen his body.
• Xiao Se realized he was trapped in a looping alley as black mist spread around him, and he rejected Long Kui's offer to intervene.
• Xiao Se spotted Ling Ying with X-Ray Vision and threw three poisoned needles, but Ling Ying knocked them away and attacked with his Curved Blade.
• Xiao Se blocked Ling Ying's strike with the Demon Sword, scattering the black mist and revealing Ling Ying in a black robe and mask.

Xiao Se fought Ling Ying in a fog-covered alley, using his unusual vision and Purple Flame to withstand the assassin’s attacks. Hai Bo Dong arrived to confront Ling Ying, who withdrew after they exchanged blows, leaving Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong to discuss the encounter.

• Ling Ying recognized that Xiao Se could follow his movements and attacked him with hundreds of high-speed afterimages.
• Xiao Se unleashed a wide wave of Purple Flame, but Ling Ying blocked it without being harmed.
• Ya Fei told Hai Bo Dong that Patriarch Tengshan had reserved four medicinal ingredients and was searching for the rest.
• Hai Bo Dong sensed Xiao Se’s flame aura and flew to the alley, where Xiao Se handed him the fight against Ling Ying.
• Hai Bo Dong and Ling Ying exchanged three attacks, recognized each other as Dou Huangs, and Ling Ying departed.
• Hai Bo Dong questioned Xiao Se about provoking Ling Ying, and Xiao Se said he had summoned him as a precaution.

Xiao Se left Wutan City to train in the Demon Beast Mountain Range after bidding farewell to Ya Fei and Hai Bo Dong, while Xun Er tried to see him off. Afterward, Xun Er questioned Ling Ying about her hazy childhood memories and learned of strange behavior from her past.

• Xun Er asked Ling Ying what he had discovered about Xiao Se, and he reported that Xiao Se had reached at least the Fighter level and had powerful soul perception and close-combat ability.
• Xiao Se said goodbye to Ya Fei and Hai Bo Dong, then left the auction house to head for the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Se encountered Xun Er near the city gates, and she asked to see him off as he left Wutan City.
• Xun Er returned to the Xiao Clan residence and asked Ling Ying about her hazy memories from ages four to six.
• Ling Ying recalled that Xun Er had once seemed like a boy and that Xiao Yan had entered her room at night and been thrown out beaten, before her attitude toward him changed after she turned six.

Xiao Se received Shimura Danzo's Kotoamatsukami through the System and learned its limitations. In Konoha, Danzo's right eye suddenly burst and left him screaming.

• Xiao Se spent ten days cultivating and fighting Magical Beasts across the Demon Beast Mountain Range, collecting Magic Cores and medicinal herbs while leaving Xiao Yan's portrait and name behind.
• Medusa said Xiao Se needed life-or-death combat and promised to train him until the Alchemist Grand Meeting; Xiao Se accepted her as his best teacher despite fearing her motives.
• Xiao Se exchanged a First Order Union Ape Magic Core for Shimura Danzo's right-eye Kotoamatsukami and learned it could be fused with his right eye, though it was ineffective against stronger souls.
• At the same time in Konoha, Shimura Danzo's right eye bulged and sprayed blood as he stood by Sarutobi Hiruzen's grave, and his scream was heard across the village.

After ten months of brutal training and pill cultivation in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Se had advanced to a three-star Great Fighter and successfully refined a fourth-rank peak pill. With the Alchemist Grand Meeting less than half a month away, he discussed his uncertain plan to refine a fifth-rank pill with Queen Medusa before joining her and Long Kui for dinner.

• Queen Medusa kept Xiao Se training through their ten months in the valley, helping him master his Dou Skills as he advanced from a seven-star Dou Master to a three-star Great Fighter.
• Xiao Se discovered a predecessor’s cave dwelling and obtained Dou Skills, a cultivation method, medicinal supplies, and the Azure Spirit Purple Ganoderma Paste pill formula.
• Xiao Se completed a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill, demonstrating that he could refine fourth-rank peak pills.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xiao Se’s chances of refining a fifth-rank Rejuvenating Purple Pill for Hai Bo Dong at the Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Se said he could improve his odds by practicing first.
• Xiao Se asked why the Alchemist Grand Meeting had shifted from an eight-year schedule to a four-year one, but Queen Medusa did not know.
• Long Kui announced that dinner was ready, and Queen Medusa used her snake tail to fling Xiao Se aside before entering the cabin.

Xiao Se prepared to travel to the Imperial Capital for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, reaching Black Rock City and reuniting with Lin Fei, Otto, Fokland, and Xue Mei aboard a flying magical beast. The journey began with Xiao Se joining his old acquaintances on their way to the competition.

• Medusa asked when Xiao Se would leave for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Se decided to depart the next day with Long Kui.
• Xiao Se refined two Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills, advanced to Five-Star Great Fighter, and fed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Amethyst Accompanying Source.
• Xiao Se and Long Kui packed their belongings, left a letter for the Little Fairy Doctor, and set off for Black Rock City.
• At the flying transport station, Xiao Se caught Lin Fei's hand when she tried to greet him, then gave her a Bone Renewal Pill as an apology.
• Lin Fei brought Xiao Se aboard the flying magical beast, where he reunited with Otto, Fokland, and Xue Mei.

Xiao Se learned that the Alchemist Grand Meeting had been moved up and wondered whether the change was connected to him. After installing a System Patch, he discovered new features that could let him travel temporarily to other worlds.

• Xiao Se told Otto, Fokland, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei about his journey through the Tagor Desert, then asked why the Alchemist Grand Meeting was now held every four years.
• Fokland and Otto explained that the Alchemist Guild headquarters had shortened the interval two years earlier, and Xue Mei and Lin Fei bickered about their alchemy skills.
• Xiao Se retired to his room, checked his System panel, and exchanged a teacup for Chewed Wine brewed by Miyamizu Yotsuha.
• The System explained that drinking the Chewed Wine would let Xiao Se's soul temporarily enter a woman from a world he had previously exchanged for, and that he would awaken if she died.
• Xiao Se stored items in the System Warehouse and cultivated until the System Patch installed, adding a Grand Wheel and an Information Identification function.
• Xiao Se inspected the Grand Wheel and saw travel tickets for Naruto and Soul Land among its prizes.

Xiao Se drank the Chewed Wine and spent seven days unconscious while his soul traveled to another world, where he forgot the identity of a girl he had met. After waking, he found his soul level had risen and Immortal Herbs had appeared in his System Warehouse, but the System could not explain what had happened.

• Xiao Se spun the System wheel, drew an Inflatable Doll, and told Long Kui and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to handle any trouble while he slept.
• Xiao Se drank the Chewed Wine and collapsed into a deep sleep.
• Long Kui and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python watched over Xiao Se for seven days until he woke, and Long Kui asked him not to drink again.
• Xiao Se remembered that he had forgotten a girl from another world and grieved over the lost memory, while Medusa urged him to become strong enough to reclaim what he had lost.
• Xiao Se checked his System panel, discovered his soul level had risen to Fifth-Rank Alchemist and Immortal Herbs had appeared in his warehouse, then asked the System for an explanation.

After discovering that Kotoamatsukami had been used and several Immortal Herbs and items were missing, Xiao Se arrived in Gama Holy City and headed to the Mittel Auction Headquarters. There, he reunited with Ya Fei, who recognized him and walked over to greet him.

• Xiao Se examined his condition, noticed that Kotoamatsukami had been used, and found five Immortal Herbs, three Qi Gathering Powders, and several cultivation methods and Dou Techniques missing from his System Warehouse.
• After arriving in Gama Holy City, Xiao Se declined Otto and Fokland's offer to stay with the Alchemist Guild and asked them to register him for the Alchemist Grand Meeting as Xiao Huo Huo.
• Xiao Se parted ways with Otto, Fokland, and Lin Fei, then followed Ya Fei's map to the Mittel Auction Headquarters.
• Several petty thieves tried to steal Xiao Se's Ring, so he struck them with Soul Power and left them mentally disabled.
• Xiao Se spotted Ya Fei in the auction hall, and she recognized him and walked over as he greeted her.

Xiao Se accompanied Ya Fei through the Mittel Family auction house, where she thanked him for helping her escape a political marriage and rise to authority. When Lei Le insulted Ya Fei and Xiao Se, Xiao Se attacked him and left him badly injured, then departed with Ya Fei.

• Ya Fei thanked Xiao Se for helping her become a supervisory elder and avoid being used in a political marriage.
• Lei Le confronted Ya Fei in the auction house corridor and mocked her authority and her connection to Xiao Se.
• Xiao Se asked whether Hai Bo Dong knew of Lei Le's behavior, then attacked Lei Le before Ya Fei could finish warning him.
• Xiao Se kicked Lei Le into the ceiling, leaving him injured and stuck in a hole.
• Lei Le's guards carried him away, and Xiao Se told Ya Fei they should leave.

Xiao Se faced Lei Ou after Lei Ou arrived at the Mittel Family reception hall to avenge Lei Le and challenge Ya Fei's authority. Xiao Se evaded Lei Ou's opening attack and appeared behind him to strike, leaving their battle underway.

• Ya Fei offered Xiao Se Jade Nectar, but Long Kui warned him not to drink, so he set the cup aside and discussed her conflict with Lei Le.
• Lei Ou arrived with Lei Le on a stretcher, accused Xiao Se of being a fraud, and threatened to have Ya Fei removed from her position.
• Ya Fei defended Xiao Se and stepped between him and Lei Ou, but Xiao Se told her he would fight rather than hide behind her.
• Lei Ou unleashed earthen spikes at Xiao Se and Ya Fei, and Xiao Se swept Ya Fei to safety before vanishing from sight.
• Xiao Se reappeared behind Lei Ou and swung a powerful fist at him.

Xiao Se defeated Lei Ou and Mittel Tengshan exiled Lei Ou and Lei Le from the imperial capital for ten years. After inspecting the ingredients Hai Bo Dong had gathered for the Rejuvenating Purple Pill, Xiao Se asked about the Alchemist Grand Meeting and then sought an Ice Silkworm Mask from Ya Fei.

• Xiao Se overpowered Lei Ou in a fist clash and revealed that Hai Bo Dong and Mittel Tengshan had been watching nearby.
• Mittel Tengshan removed Lei Ou from his position as a family elder and exiled him and Lei Le from the imperial capital for ten years.
• Hai Bo Dong apologized to Xiao Se, and they moved to another waiting room to talk.
• Xiao Se inspected the ingredients for the Rejuvenating Purple Pill and confirmed they were suitable.
• Hai Bo Dong told Xiao Se that Fa Ma had not revealed why the Alchemist Grand Meeting was moved forward or what its champion would receive.
• Xiao Se asked Ya Fei whether Mittel Auction had an Ice Silkworm Mask.

Xiao Se gave Ya Fei an Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and cultivated with a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower while the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python consumed a powerful root. Ya Fei’s cultivation improved, and she waited beside Xiao Se as he continued refining the herb.

• Ya Fei offered Xiao Se a mask as a gift, and he returned her generosity with an Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Ya Fei ate the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and began cultivating while Xiao Se prepared to consume a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python refused Amethyst Accompanying Source, ate a root of Blazing Apricot Alluring Sparse, and fell asleep.
• Xiao Se and Ya Fei cultivated for three hours as the immortal herbs’ effects took hold.
• Ya Fei woke after advancing from Fighter Two-Star to Fighter Five-Star, saw Xiao Se cultivating on the Azure Lotus Throne, and waited for him.
• The Demon Sword Tattoo on Xiao Se’s right wrist flashed red when Ya Fei turned away.

After refining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Xiao Se woke with his cultivation raised to the eight-star Great Fighter level and prepared for the Alchemist Guild examination. Mittel Tengshan’s words about the family’s marriage plans left Ya Fei in tears, and Xiao Se comforted her in private.

• Xiao Se woke after three days of cultivation and discovered that his strength had risen to the eight-star Great Fighter level.
• Ya Fei explained that Xiao Se’s Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover had kept her inside the room, and she brought him fresh clothes after he dismissed it.
• Mittel Tengshan noticed Ya Fei’s improved cultivation and told her that the family elders had considered marrying her to Mu Zhan before Xiao Se arrived.
• Ya Fei suppressed her tears and vowed to control the Mittel family rather than let it control her.
• Xiao Se covered them both with the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover, embraced Ya Fei, and let her cry.

Xiao Se arrived at the Alchemist Guild headquarters disguised as Xiao Huo Huo to represent Black Rock City in the Alchemist Grand Meeting. He entered the internal test hall, where Nalan Yanran was waiting to see him, and asked Otto who she was.

• Xiao Se revealed his identity to Otto and followed him into the Guild headquarters.
• Nalan Yanran told Liu Ling that she had come to see the young genius named Xiao Huo Huo praised by her teacher.
• Xiao Se entered the hall, where the young alchemists mocked him for being only a Second-Rank Alchemist, while Liu Ling dismissed him as a rival.
• Otto introduced Chemir and Yao Yue to Xiao Se as they prepared to begin the preliminaries.
• Xiao Se noticed Nalan Yanran beside Liu Ling and asked Otto who she was.

Xiao Se represented Black Rock City at the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s preliminary assessment, where he clashed with Yao Yue and drew Nalan Yanran’s attention. The test ended with Xiao Se still calm, leaving Chemir curious about his performance.

• Otto introduced Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling, then brought Xiao Se to meet Chemir and Yao Yue.
• Yao Yue demanded that Xiao Se bow, but he refused and called her a little girl, angering her until Chemir intervened.
• Nalan Yanran wondered whether Xiao Huo Huo was the Second-Rank Alchemist her teacher had seen traveling from the Tagor Desert.
• Chemir announced the ingredient-refining assessment, and Xiao Se entered an unoccupied room to take the test.
• Yao Yue doubted Xiao Se could win first place, while Otto predicted he might; after time ran out, Chemir noticed Xiao Se remained calm.

The Alchemist Guild tested the purity of the contestants’ Ironwood Spiritual Liquid, and Xiao Se earned the maximum score of twelve after claiming he had refined it ten times. As Chemir prepared to announce the result, Liu Ling interrupted him with a question.

• Chemir tested the alchemists’ medicinal liquids, and the pointer gave most contestants passing scores before one Second-Rank Alchemist failed.
• Liu Ling let Xiao Se go first, intending to save his own turn for a dramatic attempt to impress Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Se said he had refined the liquid ten times, drawing mockery from Yao Yue and Liu Ling while Otto and Nalan Yanran trusted him.
• The instrument flashed red and awarded Xiao Se twelve points, astonishing Chemir and the hall and leaving Liu Ling furious as Nalan Yanran’s regard for Xiao Se changed.
• Chemir praised Otto’s judgment and moved to announce Xiao Se’s result, but Liu Ling interrupted him.