Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen received the Goddess Sign-in System after Xiao Xun'er arrived, gaining powerful rewards and resolving to win her heart. He and Xun'er headed to the Xiao Family Plaza for the family test, where his next check-in awaited.

• Xiao Chen discovered that he had received the Goddess Sign-in System, named it Ling Er, and checked in with Xiao Xun'er to obtain Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, Peerless Immortal Beauty, and Origin Emperor Qi.
• Xiao Chen checked in at Xiao Family Back Mountain and gained the Chaos Bloodline, which increased his ability to absorb energy.
• Xiao Chen embraced Xiao Xun'er and promised that he would marry her someday; she shyly accepted his words.
• Ling Er announced a new check-in location before the Magic Stone Tablet, and Xiao Chen led Xiao Xun'er toward the Xiao Family Plaza for the family test.

Xiao Chen comforted Xiao Yan after his cultivation test revealed only Third Segment Dou Qi, then received the Medicine Canon through a system check-in at the Magic Stone Tablet. The chapter left Xiao Chen’s new reward in hand and his Fifth Stage Dou Qi result impressing the clan.

• Xiao Yan tested at Third Segment Dou Qi and endured mockery from the Xiao Family crowd.
• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Yan, who thanked him and left to cultivate, while Xiao Xun'er noted the strange loss of his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Chen reflected that Yao Lao would soon awaken and that he had expected his own system to appear.
• Xiao Chen checked in before the Magic Stone Tablet and received the Medicine Canon.
• Xiao Chen tested at Fifth Stage Dou Qi, prompting surprise and speculation about his ability to fight stronger opponents.
• Xiao Chen finished absorbing the Medicine Canon and left the platform as the crowd discussed his strength.

Xiao Xun'er scored ninth-stage Dou Qi at the family test, while Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan discussed the changed betrothal agreement and their upcoming coming-of-age ceremony. Xiao Chen noticed a faint glimmer from Xiao Yan’s ring, suggesting Yao Lao would soon awaken.

• Xiao Xun'er tested at ninth-stage Dou Qi, earning the crowd’s amazement and the tester’s prediction that she would soon become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Chen praised Xiao Xun'er, then took her hand and led her away as the onlookers watched jealously.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Chen which of them Nalan Yanran would choose, and Xiao Chen said it would not be him because he already had Xun'er.
• Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yan that he needed to reach seven stages of Dou Qi within a year to qualify for the Dou Qi Pavilion, and told Xiao Chen to reach the same level.
• After Xiao Zhan left, Xiao Chen noticed a faint glimmer from the ancient ring on Xiao Yan’s finger, while Xiao Yan remained unaware of it.

Xiao Yan discovered that the black ring had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years and accepted Yao Lao as his teacher after the old man offered to help him grow stronger. Meanwhile, Xiao Chen cultivated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, awakening three particles as Xiao Yan and Yao Lao noticed the giant elephant phantom outside his courtyard.

• Xiao Yan confronted the voice in his ring, learned that it had drained his Dou Qi, and angrily threw the ring over a cliff.
• Yao Lao emerged from the ring, promised not to absorb Xiao Yan's Dou Qi without permission, and persuaded him to become his disciple.
• Xiao Chen checked his System Panel and began cultivating the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength.
• Xiao Chen awakened three Giant Elephant Micro-Particles and gained 300,000 jin of Giant Elephant Power.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Xiao Chen's courtyard to borrow money for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and saw the giant elephant phantom, while Yao Lao admitted he could not identify the technique's grade.
• Xiao Chen sensed someone outside his courtyard.

Xiao Chen borrowed one thousand Gold Coins from Xiao Xun'er for Xiao Yan, then took her with him to the Xiao Family’s Market in Wutan City. There, he met Pei En, the Market’s guard captain, as Xiao Yan went off to search for medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Chen to lend him one thousand Gold Coins, and Xiao Chen decided to borrow the money from Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Chen a Black Card containing five thousand Gold Coins, and he promised to repay her before bringing her back to his courtyard.
• Xiao Chen handed the card to Xiao Yan, then the three of them left the Xiao Family for the Market while Xiao Yan went to look for ingredients for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Chen took Xiao Xun'er to a Market controlled by the Xiao Family, where Pei En introduced himself as the guard captain appointed by Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er encountered Gale Ao harassing Xiao Yanmeng in the Market, and Xiao Chen intervened to protect the Xiao Clan servant. The chapter ended with Gale Ao angrily challenging Xiao Chen for making trouble over a servant.

• Xiao Chen declined Pei En's offer of an escort and entered the Market with Xiao Xun'er, while Pei En sent two guards to follow them.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er discovered Gale Ao accusing Xiao Yanmeng of breaking an expensive bracelet and pressuring her to become his woman.
• Xiao Chen stepped between Gale Ao and Xiao Yanmeng, and she recognized and bowed to him.
• Xiao Chen questioned Gale Ao's claim about the bracelet and pointed out that Gale Ao had dropped it himself.
• Gale Ao shouted at Xiao Chen for opposing him over a servant.

At the Market, Xiao Chen defended Xiao Yanmeng from Gale Ao and defeated him with a single punch despite their difference in strength. Gale Ao retreated after Pei En arrived, and Xiao Chen named Xiao Yanmeng his maid before inviting Xiao Xun'er to look around with him.

• Xiao Chen rejected Gale Ao's claim about the bracelet, and Gale Ao challenged him to take three moves.
• Xiao Chen sent Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yanmeng aside, then accepted Gale Ao's challenge.
• Gale Ao attacked with Crushing Stone Fist, but Xiao Chen struck him down and broke his arm.
• Gale Ao ordered his guards to seize Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen reminded him that the Market belonged to the Xiao Family, and Pei En arrived with guards.
• Gale Ao left after threatening Xiao Chen, and Xiao Yanmeng thanked Xiao Chen for helping her.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yanmeng she would be his maid, sent her back to the Xiao Family, and invited Xiao Xun'er to look around with him.

Xiao Chen visited the Mittel Auction House with Xiao Xun'er to claim a check-in reward and buy supplies for learning alchemy. He received a Transformation Pill, selected a medicine cauldron, and left a list of medicinal ingredients for the staff to prepare.

• Ling Er announced that the Mittel Auction House was Xiao Chen's new check-in location, so he took Xiao Xun'er there.
• Xiao Chen checked in at the auction house and received a Transformation Pill that could let magical beasts take human form.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Xun'er that he planned to learn alchemy with the Medicine Canon, but kept the source of his knowledge secret.
• A maid led Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er to a room of medicine cauldrons, where Xiao Chen chose a black cauldron priced at ten thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Chen handed the maid a list of medicinal ingredients to prepare, then invited Xiao Xun'er to look around the auction house.

Xiao Chen checked in with Ya Fei at the auction and received a Cosmos Ring, Time-Space Power, and a Nine-tailed Immortal Fox. After discussing his potential as an alchemist, he returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Xun'er, where Xiao Ning approached them.

• Xiao Chen checked in with Ya Fei and received a Cosmos Ring, Time-Space Power, and a Nine-tailed Immortal Fox.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Chen about alchemy, and Gu Ni judged that his strong soul power could make him an exceptional alchemist.
• Ya Fei decided the Mittel Family should build a good relationship with Xiao Chen and noted that the Xiao Clan seemed to be in trouble.
• Xiao Chen collected his medicinal ingredients and medicine cauldron, then left with Xiao Xun'er.
• As Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er walked through the Xiao Clan, Xiao Ning called out to Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Chen rejected Xiao Ning’s challenge, then explored the Cosmos Ring’s Small World and examined his new powers and Nine-tailed Immortal Fox. He learned the fox was a juvenile with the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Huang and considered using a Transformation Pill on it.

• Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Xun'er to spar, but she declined and left with Xiao Chen, prompting Xiao Ning to threaten Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen bound the Cosmos Ring with his blood, moved his belongings into it, and explored its Small World.
• Xiao Chen tested his Space Power and found he could tear open a small crack in space.
• Xiao Chen summoned the sleeping, six-tailed Nine-tailed Immortal Fox and learned from Ling Er that it was a juvenile with Seven-Star Dou Huang strength.
• Xiao Chen considered using a Transformation Pill to help the Nine-tailed Immortal Fox transform.

Xiao Chen formed a contract with the Nine-tailed Immortal Fox and used a Transformation Pill to turn her into a human girl, whom he named Xian Er. After they both cultivated, Xiao Chen awakened another Giant Elephant Micro-Particle, while a six-tailed fox silhouette briefly appeared behind Xian Er.

• Xiao Chen and the Nine-tailed Immortal Fox exchanged Essence Blood and formed a contract.
• Xiao Chen gave the Nine-tailed Immortal Fox a Transformation Pill, and she transformed into a human girl.
• Xiao Chen lent the girl his clothes, named her Xian Er, and brought her maidservant's clothes.
• Xiao Chen and Xian Er spoke, then sat down to cultivate in his room.
• After three hours, Xiao Chen awakened another Giant Elephant Micro-Particle, and a six-tailed fox silhouette briefly appeared behind Xian Er.

Xiao Chen discovered that a mysterious black substance blocked Xiao Yanmeng’s meridians and brought her and Xian Er into the Small World to begin removing it with Purification Water. The treatment began to draw black, rune-marked particles from Xiao Yanmeng’s skin.

• Xiao Chen examined Xiao Yanmeng with his soul force and found black matter obstructing her meridians, preventing her from cultivating.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yanmeng that he could remove the substance through a lengthy, painful process, and she agreed to try.
• Xiao Chen led Xian Er and Xiao Yanmeng into the Small World inside his Cosmos Ring and explained how it worked.
• Xiao Chen embraced and kissed Xiao Yanmeng, then took her and Xian Er to the Wooden House.
• Xiao Chen prepared Purification Water in a wooden basin, and black particles marked with runes began emerging from Xiao Yanmeng’s skin during the treatment.

Xiao Chen began studying alchemy and tested his Chaos Fire as he prepared to refine pills, while Yao Lao made Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan beginning to cultivate in the liquid.

• Xiao Chen asked Xian Er to watch over Xiao Yanmeng, then comforted her before leaving the Cosmos Ring's Small World.
• Xiao Chen decided to study the Medicine Canon and refine pills while continuing his cultivation and training.
• Xiao Chen reviewed alchemy's requirements and ranks, then revealed his Chaos Fire and its ability to evolve by devouring other flames.
• Yao Lao refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and poured it into water for Xiao Yan to use in cultivation.
• Xiao Yan entered the green liquid and began cultivating under Yao Lao's instruction.

Xiao Chen gave Xiao Yan a Qi Gathering Powder and Xiao Xun'er a Qi Gathering Powder and Youth Preservation Pill. After Xiao Yan received the Eight Extremes Collapse technique from Yao Lao, Xiao Xun'er noticed another woman's fragrance on Xiao Chen.

• Xiao Chen emerged from the Cosmos Ring and accepted Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid from Xiao Yan, then gave him a Pill-Marked Qi Gathering Powder.
• Xiao Yan showed the pill to Yao Lao, who explained its Pill Markings and taught Xiao Yan the Eight Extremes Collapse Dou Technique.
• Xiao Chen visited Xiao Xun'er and gave her a Qi Gathering Powder and a Youth Preservation Pill.
• Xiao Chen kissed Xiao Xun'er on the cheek, and she noticed another woman's fragrance on him.

Xiao Chen left Xiao Xun'er’s courtyard and visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House to discuss selling four Qi Gathering Powders. Ya Fei proposed prices for the pills, while Xiao Chen kept their origins and his plans close to his chest.

• Xiao Chen reassured Xiao Xun'er that the scent she noticed came from medicine, then left her courtyard after she dismissed Old Ling’s offer to follow him.
• Xiao Chen went to the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei asked whether he had refined the four Qi Gathering Powders.
• Xiao Chen avoided confirming who made the pills and asked Ya Fei how much they could fetch at auction.
• Ya Fei offered fifty thousand Gold Coins for each unmarked pill and seventy thousand for each pill with Pill Markings.

Xiao Chen demonstrated the Youth Preservation Pill to Ya Fei, who took one and offered to buy ten, but he said he had none left. After Ya Fei invited him to choose compensation, Xiao Chen kissed her, collected payment for the Qi Gathering Powder, and proposed working together, reigniting her anger.

• Ya Fei asked Xiao Chen about the pink pill, and he explained that the Youth Preservation Pill could preserve her youth.
• Ya Fei swallowed the pill, felt its effects, and asked Xiao Chen to sell her ten more, but he said he had none available.
• Ya Fei offered Xiao Chen compensation for the pill, and he kissed her before stepping away.
• Ya Fei confronted Xiao Chen about the kiss, and he joked that she had offered to compensate him.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Chen a Crystal Card containing two hundred and forty thousand Gold Coins for the Qi Gathering Powder.
• Xiao Chen proposed cooperating with Ya Fei, and she angrily objected that he had taken her first kiss.

Xiao Chen asked Ya Fei to have the Mittel Auction House deal exclusively with the Xiao family, preparing to cut off medicinal supplies to Wutan City's other two great families. After demonstrating his spatial teleportation, he won Ya Fei's agreement, though she also asked him to teach her the technique.

• Xiao Chen promised to fulfill a future condition for Ya Fei after she reminded him that he had stolen her first kiss.
• Xiao Chen asked Ya Fei to make the Mittel Auction House cooperate only with the Xiao family and stop supplying the other two great families.
• Ya Fei hesitated because the auction house's rules forbade involvement in conflicts between families and asked how Xiao Chen could guarantee the Xiao family's victory.
• Xiao Chen opened a Space Vortex Door and took Ya Fei from the Mittel Auction House to a cave in the Xiao Family Back Mountain.
• Ya Fei agreed to follow Xiao Chen's conditions and asked him to teach her how to use spatial teleportation.

Xiao Chen promised to help Ya Fei become a powerful expert and gave her a list of materials to gather, while keeping his methods secret. After returning to the Xiao Family, he learned that the Gale Family was monitoring him, and Gale Ao continued plotting against him and Xun'er.

• Xiao Chen told Ya Fei that he could not teach her to control Space Power but promised to help her become a Dou Venerable or stronger.
• Xiao Chen handed Ya Fei a list of materials, and she agreed to gather them despite the difficulty of obtaining some from Gama Holy City.
• Xiao Chen and Ya Fei used a Space Vortex Door to return to the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei said she hoped Xiao Chen would help her escape her family's control and a Marriage Alliance.
• Xiao Chen bought materials and clothes, visited Xun'er to repay her money, and returned to his courtyard, where Xian Er told him the Gale Family had been following him.
• Gale Ao learned that Xiao Chen might be an alchemist, ordered his servant to keep watching him, and vowed to claim the woman Xiao Chen had taken away and Xun'er.
• Xiao Chen recalled his agreement with Ya Fei and smiled, prompting Meng Er to ask what had made him happy.

Xiao Chen cultivated in seclusion for a month using Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and his Chaos Bloodline, reaching Seven Stages of Dou Qi and awakening thirty Giant Elephant Micro-Particles. After Meng Er called him to the cliff, he suspected that the materials Ya Fei had prepared had arrived.

• Xiao Chen entered a wooden basin of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and began cultivating in the Mountain Cave at the Xiao Family Back Mountain.
• Xiao Chen endured the painful tempering of his body and meridians while reciting the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength formula, awakening Giant Elephant Micro-Particles.
• Xiao Chen completed a month of secluded cultivation and discovered that he had reached Seven Stages of Dou Qi and awakened thirty Giant Elephant Micro-Particles.
• Xiao Chen found that the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had been depleted, then heard Meng Er calling for him from atop the cliff.
• Xiao Chen dressed and went to meet Meng Er, suspecting that the materials Ya Fei had prepared had arrived.

Xiao Chen refined pills for Ya Fei and received powerful rewards after checking in on Xian Er and Meng Er. He led Xian Er into the inner room to show her a surprise.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Xiao Family with Meng Er and received a Storage Ring from a maid of the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Chen refined three Marrow Cleansing Pills and then spent three days making the pills Ya Fei had requested.
• Xiao Chen woke in the wooden house, checked in on Xian Er, and obtained the Cosmos Cauldron, Divine Fox Essence Blood, and Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art.
• Xiao Chen checked in on Meng Er and obtained Progenitor Dragon Essence Blood, Phoenix Essence Blood, and the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture.
• Xiao Chen led Xian Er into the inner room, leaving her curious about the surprise he had prepared.