Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian took part in the Xiao Family test, then completed his system-mandated run and used points to learn alchemy. He left with Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid ingredients but no money and a growing debt to the system.

• Xiao Tian arrived at the test and watched Xiao Yan receive a low rank at the third Dou Qi stage, while Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er earned high ranks at the seventh and ninth stages.
• Xiao Tian tested at the seventh Dou Qi stage and high rank, then left without lingering to show off.
• Xiao Xun'er tried to comfort Xiao Yan, but he misread her reaction and walked away before she could explain.
• Xiao Tian completed his three-hour run after arguing with the system, earning 10 points and the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid formula.
• Xiao Tian spent 100 points on learning, became a second-grade Alchemist, and then bought ingredients for 50 points on credit from the system.

Xiao Tian refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and sold his first batch through the Miter Auction House, where he intimidated Ya Fei into keeping his alchemist identity secret. After continuing his refining, he found the iron piece Xiao Yan had obtained and discovered it contained the Sucking Palm Dou Technique.

• Xiao Tian rented a furnace cauldron from the system, refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and took the first batch to the Miter Auction House.
• Guni appraised the liquid, and Xiao Tian arranged for it to be auctioned while warning the auction house not to reveal his identity.
• Xiao Yan's father bought the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and Ya Fei paid Xiao Tian nearly forty thousand gold coins and gave him a VIP card.
• Xiao Tian bought materials for eleven more batches, refined through the night, and returned to the auction house with more Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Tian searched the Xiao Family Market, obtained an iron piece as a free gift, and found the Sucking Palm Dou Technique written on it.

Xiao Tian trained his battle skills, advanced to Eight Stages of Dou Qi, and negotiated a new task and reward with his system. After delivering Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to the Miter Auction House, he asked Ya Fei to acquire battle skills and pill recipes for him.

• Xiao Tian practiced the Instant Cloud Ladder and Sucking Palm, then walked with Xiao Xun'er and left after she admitted she was troubled by Xiao Yan ignoring her.
• Over seven days, Xiao Tian followed his routine of running, training, and visiting the auction house; he reached Eight Stages of Dou Qi and minor success in the Instant Cloud Ladder.
• The system stopped awarding points for running and tasked Xiao Tian with defeating ten Xiao Family disciples within twenty days for 150 points.
• Xiao Tian bargained with the system for its Furnace Cauldron, agreeing to surrender his current and future task points in exchange.
• At the Miter Auction House, Xiao Tian delivered one hundred portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, paused production for twenty days, and asked Ya Fei to find Mysterious Tier Advanced Battle Skills and Third-grade Pill Recipes.

Xiao Tian advanced his cultivation, ended his supply of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and witnessed Xiao Yan call off his engagement with Nalan Yanran. After copying the Flame Mantra and learning it, Xiao Tian reached Four-Star Dou Practitioner while Xiao Yan began earning money at the Miter Auction House.

• After eighteen days of training, Xiao Tian became a One-Star Dou Practitioner, perfected Sucking Palm, and completed a sparring mission at the Xiao Family's Combat Technique Hall.
• Xiao Tian told Ya Fei that Xiao Yan would soon refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, warned her to keep his information secret, and kissed her before leaving.
• At the Xiao Family reception, Nalan Yanran brought Qi Gathering Powder to end her engagement with Xiao Yan, who threw down a letter of divorce and declared a Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Tian followed Xiao Yan to the back mountain, where Yao Chen appeared and gave Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra; Xiao Tian's system copied the technique for him.
• Xiao Yan received ten thousand gold coins from Xiao Zhan for cultivation materials, while Xiao Tian learned the Flame Mantra and reached Four-Star Dou Practitioner over the following two months.
• Xiao Yan went in disguise to the Miter Auction House to make money after its Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid ran out, while Xiao Tian spent time with Xun'er and trained.

After witnessing Xiao Yan’s hard training, Xiao Tian doubled his own efforts and reached Eight-Star Dou Practitioner by the coming-of-age ceremony. He revealed Xiao Xun’er’s feelings and Gu Clan identity, then decided to leave Wutan City to gain experience and search for Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Tian watched Xiao Yan train for a full day and resolved to train twice as hard himself.
• Xiao Tian kissed Xiao Xun’er, then left after she stopped him; he began intense training and learned the Blazing Flame Palm.
• Over eight months, Xiao Tian trained daily, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Practitioner, and presented himself at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Yan tested at Seventh Stage and defeated Xiao Ning with Eight Extremes Collapse, while Xiao Tian’s test revealed his Eight-Star cultivation.
• Xiao Xun’er followed Xiao Tian to his room, confessed she was the Gu Clan leader’s daughter, and kissed his cheek after he asked her to prove her feelings.
• Xiao Tian said he planned to leave Wutan City to gain experience and seek Heavenly Flames, then checked his attributes after the system reported no missions.

Xiao Tian failed to refine a Third Grade Pill and chose to focus on cultivating. He grew closer to Xiao Xun'er, who gave him the Gu Clan's Emperor Seal Art before their paths began to diverge after the coming-of-age ceremony.

• Xiao Tian bought the Qi Recovery Pill formula from Ya Fei, then failed to refine a pill after two days of trying and learned from the system that he was not strong enough to make Third Grade Pills.
• Xiao Tian saw Xiao Yan training under Old Yao and decided to keep a low profile rather than risk becoming his enemy while he was still weak.
• Xiao Tian kissed Xiao Xun'er when she came to ask him to go shopping, and she fled after reminding him of their plans for the next day.
• Xiao Tian accompanied Xiao Xun'er around the Xiao Family Market, where Jia Lie'ao tried to make him leave her but backed down after learning who he was.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Tian she wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy to be with him, and Xiao Tian said he would seek her out in the Gu Clan once he became stronger.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Tian the Gu Clan's Emperor Seal Art and warned him not to share or use it carelessly; they continued spending time together until the coming-of-age ceremony approached.

At the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan displayed their strength before Xiao Xun'er left for the Gu Clan. Xiao Tian then traveled to Qingshan Town, where he joined Xiao Yi Xian's expedition and agreed to explore a hidden treasure site with her.

• Xiao Yan tested at the eighth stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Tian was announced as an Eight-Star Dou Practitioner, and Xiao Ning lost to Xiao Yan in another challenge.
• Xiao Tian skipped the cultivation-technique selection with Xiao Xun'er, who then left for the Gu Clan after kissing him goodbye.
• Xiao Tian traveled to Qingshan Town, joined a mercenary team heading into the Monster Mountain Range, and impressed them by revealing his strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Xiao Tian to explore a hidden treasure site she had discovered, and he agreed to go with her after she informed the team captain.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian explored a treasure cave, where they found a Demonic Flame Fragment Map, medicinal herbs, and several treasures. Xiao Tian promised to help cure Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, and they settled in a secluded valley to cultivate before he planned to register at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Tian took Xiao Yi Xian down a cliff and blasted open a cave entrance after the system announced a quest to collect four Demonic Flame Fragment Maps.
• Xiao Tian let Xiao Yi Xian keep the cave’s medicinal herbs and gave her a Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, promising he would help resolve her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Tian copied the Eagle's Wing Battle Skill, gave it to Xiao Yi Xian, and kept the Raging Lion's Roar Battle Skill from the treasure chests.
• Xiao Tian kissed Xiao Yi Xian and declared that she was his woman, reassuring her that he would help her control her condition.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian gathered the herbs, flew to her secluded valley on Blue Eagle, and agreed to cultivate there while Xiao Tian planned to register at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian spent a month cultivating and growing closer in the valley after her Calamity Poison Body awakened. After reaching Nine Star Dou Practitioner, Xiao Tian left for Wutan City, promising to return for Xiao Yi Xian, who vowed to wait for him.

• Xiao Tian received system points for taking the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, Eagle's Wing, and a Nether Demon Lotus Fire Fragment Map from the protagonist, then practiced his new battle skill while Xiao Yi Xian cooked and cultivated.
• Xiao Tian stayed beside Xiao Yi Xian when her Calamity Poison Body awakened, and she worried he would fear her, but he reassured her and remained with her.
• After half a month of practice, Xiao Tian mastered Purple Cloud Wings, carried Xiao Yi Xian above the valley, and the two teased each other as their closeness grew.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian continued cultivating for another half month, and Xiao Tian advanced to Nine Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Tian said goodbye to Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward Wutan City, promising to find her again; Xiao Yi Xian watched him leave and promised to wait.

Xiao Tian and the injured Yun Yun bickered while sharing a shelter and meals, until Xiao Tian refined the Lion King’s beast flame and advanced his cultivation. Yun Yun watched him break through to a four-star Dou Master and awaken a purple flame, but Xiao Tian refused to explain how he did it.

• Xiao Tian served Yun Yun his badly cooked food, then argued with her about clearing the table and sharing the only bed.
• The next morning, Xiao Tian teased Yun Yun for being unable to cook and went hunting, while she refused to help him prepare the rabbits.
• After they ate the roasted rabbits, Xiao Tian swallowed Companion Purple Crystal Source and began refining the Lion King's beast flame as Yun Yun watched over him.
• Xiao Tian spent the night refining the Purple Fire, broke through three stars to become a four-star Dou Master, and evolved the Flame Mantra into a Yellow Tier Mid-stage technique.
• Xiao Tian summoned purple flame and bragged about his talent, while Yun Yun demanded to know how he had advanced so quickly.

Xiao Tian completed a mission by killing a third-tier Magic Wolf Beast, then was badly injured fighting a porcupine and nearly died after using the Companion Purple Crystal Source. The system stabilized him and helped him break through to an eight-star Dou Master, but spent all his points, while Yun Yun hurried toward his valley after sensing something was wrong.

• Xiao Tian received 5,000 points for winning over Yun Yun, spotted Xiao Yan in the Monster Mountain Range, and later killed a third-tier Magic Wolf Beast to complete his mission.
• Xiao Tian encountered the porcupine that had injured him before, was struck down by its rolling attack, and used the Companion Purple Crystal Source to unleash a powerful Blazing Flame Palm.
• Xiao Tian flew back to his valley injured and fainted as violent energy surged through his body.
• Yun Yun sensed a troubling premonition at the Misty Cloud Sect and flew toward Xiao Tian's valley after giving Nalan Yanran instructions.
• The system calmed Xiao Tian's energy, helped him break through to an eight-star Dou Master, and spent all his points to save him.
• Xiao Tian woke up feeling stronger, learned that the system had used all his points, and angrily berated it.

Xiao Tian and Yun Yun traveled into a volcano to obtain the Volcanic Stone Flame, where Yun Yun fought its sixth-tier guardian while Xiao Tian refined the flame. Xiao Tian reached the two-star Da Dou Shi realm, and after returning to their valley, he told Yun Yun he planned to seek another Heavenly Flame in the Tagore Desert.

• Yun Yun found Xiao Tian in the valley, worried by a premonition, and scolded him for risking his life against a magical beast.
• Xiao Tian persuaded Yun Yun to fly him to the volcano where the Volcanic Stone Flame was guarded by a sixth-tier magical beast.
• Yun Yun fought the guardian while Xiao Tian entered the cave and pressured the system into helping him locate and refine the flame.
• Xiao Tian refined the Volcanic Stone Flame, broke through to the two-star Da Dou Shi realm, and evolved the Flame Mantra to the mid-Xuan tier.
• Yun Yun carried Xiao Tian back to the valley, where he revealed his plan to travel to the Tagore Desert for another Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Tian strengthened his cultivation, defeated a third-tier porcupine, and obtained pill formulas from Er Gou Zi, though the system charged him ten thousand negative points. Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed Xiao Tian and the Three-Year Pact, while Xiao Yan continued training for his confrontation with Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Tian consolidated his cultivation, flew out to hunt magical beasts, and briefly spotted Xiao Yan fighting at a mercenary camp before leaving to search for his own opponent.
• Xiao Tian trapped and battered a third-tier porcupine, endured its counterattack with his armor, then killed it with his skills and Heavenly Flame and took its magic core.
• Yun Yun blushed as Nalan Yanran teased her about being in love with Xiao Tian, then urged Nalan Yanran to cultivate for her coming contest with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed the approaching Three-Year Pact, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to break through to Dou Master before dealing with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and seeking Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Tian asked Er Gou Zi for the Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill and Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill formulas, received them, and discovered that the system had charged him ten thousand negative points.

Xiao Tian bought Fourth-Grade magic cores, practiced pill refining, and successfully made a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill that raised him to a Five-Star Da Dou Shi. After testing a new flame attack, he headed home and reflected on leaving his valley soon.

• Xiao Tian spent his savings buying Fourth-Grade fire, wood, and wind magic cores, then successfully refined five Third Grade Qi Recovery Pills.
• Xiao Tian failed twice to refine the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill, fused his Heavenly Flames with Purple Fire, and used the combined flame to complete one.
• Xiao Tian swallowed the pill and advanced to a Five-Star Da Dou Shi, becoming the strongest person in the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Tian stabilized his cultivation beneath a waterfall, then vaporized it with a new purplish-red energy attack he named Dragon's Wrath Light Wave.
• Xiao Tian dismissed a black bear that was eating honey and returned toward his valley, thinking about leaving and the people waiting for him.

Xiao Tian set out to unify Qingshan Town after the system assigned him a mandatory mission, defeating the Wolf Head and Blood Battle Mercenary Groups and bringing the town’s mercenaries under his control. He appointed Gan Mu to manage the town and received the soul-sealing secret art, which he found less useful than expected.

• The system ordered Xiao Tian to unify Qingshan Town and promised him a soul-sealing secret art, threatening to deduct a star of cultivation if he failed.
• Xiao Tian invaded the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, killed Mu Li and Mu She, and gave the surviving members the choice to submit or die.
• Xiao Tian sent the Wolf Head members to recruit the town’s mercenaries, and most submitted while those who resisted were killed.
• Xiao Tian confronted the Blood Battle Mercenary Group; after Ka Lan attacked and died, Xiao Tian killed the remaining members when they refused to submit.
• Xiao Tian finished subduing Qingshan Town’s mercenaries and appointed Gan Mu to manage the town.
• The system awarded Xiao Tian the soul-sealing secret art, which he discovered could only injure souls below the Dou Zong realm.

Xiao Tian bought a powerful white outfit at auction after outbidding He Zi and provoking the He Family. He left Shiyan City unaware that Ling Ying had secretly watched over him and resented his behavior.

• Xiao Tian grew interested when the auctioneer presented clothing made from a sixth-tier Mysterious White Turtle shell that could reduce damage from Dou Zong experts.
• Xiao Tian and He Zi competed for the outfit, and Xiao Tian taunted him by recalling that he had killed Mu She and destroyed the Snake Nest Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Tian raised his bid to two million, won the outfit, and put it on after paying.
• Xiao Tian considered relying on Yun Yun if the He Family retaliated, while the system mocked his plan to cling to powerful women.
• Ling Ying's recollections revealed that he had secretly protected Xiao Tian for Gu Xun'er, watched him grow stronger, and resented his closeness with Yun Yun and his leisurely trip to Shiyan City.
• Xiao Tian left the auction house unaware that Ling Ying continued to watch him and that Ling Ying was angry with him.

Xiao Tian earned Fourth Grade Alchemist certification by refining a pill before the Alchemist Association, impressing its members and drawing Lin Fei’s interest. After helping Xiao Yan enter the assessment, Xiao Tian left while Xiao Yan learned just how powerful his clanmate had become.

• Xiao Tian entered the Alchemist Association without a mentor’s recommendation and demonstrated his Purple Fire to gain access to the assessment area.
• Xiao Tian claimed he was a self-taught Fourth Grade Alchemist and refined a Two-Patterned Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill in front of Franck, Otto, and the gathered candidates.
• Franck awarded Xiao Tian his Fourth Grade Alchemist certification, and Lin Fei invited him to go shopping; Xue Mei reacted with surprise and embarrassment at his skill.
• Xiao Tian left the Alchemist Association and helped Xiao Yan gain entry by telling the guards they were from the same clan.
• After Xiao Tian departed, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Tian had reached the eight-star Da Dou Shi level and advised him not to make such a powerful person an enemy.

Xiao Tian toured Black Rock City with Lin Fei and Xue Mei, who bickered over him while asking about his connection to the He Family Patriarch and Xiao Yan. After the two women quarreled over who would be escorted home, Xiao Tian left them behind and returned to the inn.

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei argued over who had invited Xiao Tian to tour Black Rock City, and Xiao Tian persuaded them to keep walking together.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei asked why the He Family Patriarch had treated Xiao Tian respectfully, and Xiao Tian said he had only met him that day and believed he meant no harm.
• Xiao Tian learned that Xiao Yan had passed the Second Grade Alchemist assessment and revealed that he and Xiao Yan were both from the Xiao Family of Wutan City.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei were astonished to learn Xiao Tian was a Da Dou Shi, and Lin Fei admitted she was captivated by him while Xue Mei recalled her promise to pursue a man who surpassed her in every way.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei argued over who Xiao Tian should escort home, so Xiao Tian left for the inn without them noticing.

Xiao Tian bargained with his system for help locating the Green Lotus Core Flame, then used a one-time teleport to collect it from beneath the desert. He left to refine the flame in a remote grove, unaware until afterward that Xue Mei had been visiting because she was interested in him.

• Xiao Tian argued with his system over missions and rewards, then agreed to accept missions in exchange for its help reaching the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The system located the undiscovered flame and, for a doubled points debt, teleported Xiao Tian to it beneath the desert.
• Xiao Tian used Dou Qi to store the Green Lotus Core Flame and its Green Lotus Platform, escaping before the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake could catch him.
• The system warned Xiao Tian that Yao Chen was nearby, so he decided to refine the flame somewhere more remote.
• Xue Mei stopped by Xiao Tian's residence to talk, but he left after she departed and flew to a deserted grove.
• After the system told him Xue Mei had been offering herself to him, Xiao Tian took out the Green Lotus Core Flame and began refining it.

Xiao Tian refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, advanced to Dou Ling, and visited the Alchemist Association after Lin Fei invited him. He declined an offer to join, planned his trip to the Tagore Great Desert, and ended the day with a slender figure rushing into his arms.

• Xiao Tian refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, evolved the Flame Mantra to the low Earth tier, and advanced to Dou Ling.
• Lin Fei invited Xiao Tian to the Alchemist Association, where Xue Mei joined them and the two women competed for his attention.
• Franck and Otto offered Xiao Tian a vice presidency and a chance to study at the advanced Alchemist Association, but Xiao Tian declined because he planned to gain experience and return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Tian asked Franck about hiring flying mounts for his upcoming trip to the Tagore Great Desert, and Franck and Otto recognized that he was already a Dou Ling.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei spent the day with Xiao Tian, and that night a slender figure rushed into his arms as he was closing his door.