Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent, Chen Cheng survived in the Da Ling Mountain Range until his Copy System activated and granted him the local language. The system then detected an unexplained abnormality in him, and a second system announced its arrival.

• Chen Cheng encountered a little beggar hiding in the grass, subdued him, and tied him to a tree.
• The Copy System introduced its functions and identified Chen Cheng’s location as the Dou Qi Continent, Northwest Continent, Izumo Empire, Da Ling Mountain Range.
• Chen Cheng used his first copy opportunity on the little beggar and acquired the ability to understand the local language.
• The system repeatedly failed to identify an abnormality in Chen Cheng’s body before finally reporting none.
• Chen Cheng asked the system to switch to a gentle female voice, then heard a notification that the Myriad World Summoning System had loaded successfully.

Chen Cheng discovered that he had a Myriad World Summoning System alongside his Copy System and used its two initial opportunities to summon Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi. After freeing the young man he had captured, Chen Cheng waited for his summons and set out with them to hunt a magical beast for money.

• The Myriad World Summoning System initialized, confirmed Chen Cheng was in the world of Battle Through the Heavens, and explained its summoning abilities.
• Chen Cheng used his first summoning opportunity to call Red Serpent, a Two-Star Great Dou Shi from Qin's Moon.
• Chen Cheng used his remaining opportunity to summon Huang Yaoshi, a Seven Star Great Dou Shi from Return of the Condor Heroes.
• Chen Cheng cut the vines binding the young man who had attacked him and let him leave unharmed.
• Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi arrived, and Chen Cheng decided to hunt a magical beast with them to earn money for his trip to town.

Chen Cheng explored the market in Linshi Town with Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi, buying supplies and medicinal herbs. He watched Young Master Feng bully an elderly herb seller, then saw Murong Zhi force Feng to pay and warn him against doing it again.

• Chen Cheng sold the Second-Tier Magical Beast’s corpse and ice-attribute magical core, changed his clothes, and settled into an inn with Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi.
• At the market, Huang Yaoshi found an ingredient for Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pills, and Chen Cheng gave him and Red Serpent permission to buy medicinal herbs.
• Chen Cheng watched Young Master Feng’s men beat Cao Lao Han and take his Xinlan Grass without paying.
• When Young Master Feng collided with Murong Zhi, one of Murong Zhi’s guards frightened Feng’s men with a thunderous shout.
• Murong Zhi ordered Young Master Feng to pay Cao Lao Han, warned him not to repeat his behavior, and identified himself as a member of the Murong Family.
• Chen Cheng used the system to learn that Murong Zhi was a Three-Star Great Dou Shi.

Chen Cheng met Murong Zhi, a celebrated young member of the Murong Family, and agreed to befriend him to learn more about the Izumo Empire. Murong Zhi revealed that Marquis Anyang planned to hunt a poison-attributed magical beast in the Green Ridge Mountain Range, and said his master would soon arrive in Linshi Town.

• Murong Zhi noticed Red Serpent in the crowd and approached her, but she said that meeting him depended on her master's wishes.
• Murong Zhi invited Chen Cheng to a teahouse, where Chen Cheng introduced Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi as his subordinates.
• Chen Cheng and Murong Zhi agreed to befriend each other, while Murong Zhi wondered whether Chen Cheng was connected to the Chen Family of Yanling County.
• Murong Zhi told Chen Cheng that Marquis Anyang intended to kill a poison-attributed magical beast after it advanced to the Sixth Order.
• Murong Zhi said Marquis Anyang would soon arrive in Linshi Town and promised to introduce him to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng learned that the timeline was early and encountered Marquis Anyang, Chen Yuan, when Murong Zhi brought him to visit. Chen Yuan recognized Chen Cheng as his missing son, but Chen Cheng denied the connection, and their confrontation was interrupted by someone demanding they clear the stairway.

• Chen Cheng learned that Yun Yun still led the Misty Cloud Sect and that no news of the Heavenly Poison Woman had surfaced, so he planned to visit Wutan City to confirm the timeline.
• Chen Yuan, Chen Yang, and Chen Ming arrived in town, and Chen Cheng identified them through the Copy System as a Dou Huang and two Dou Wangs.
• Huang Yaoshi told Chen Cheng that Murong Zhi had arrived with his teacher, so Chen Cheng went downstairs with Red Serpent and Huang Yaoshi to greet them.
• Chen Yuan rushed up to Chen Cheng and excitedly called him his son, prompting Red Serpent to threaten him until Chen Cheng saw that Chen Yuan showed no hostility.
• Chen Yuan explained that Chen Cheng had disappeared at age six and that he had searched for him for eleven years, but Chen Cheng insisted they were strangers.
• An angry voice demanded that Chen Cheng and the others stop blocking the stairway.

Chen Yuan confronted Chen Cheng with memories and evidence that he was his missing son, while Chen Cheng used his systems to confirm the truth. The chapter ended as Chen Cheng began to answer whether he would acknowledge Chen Yuan.

• Murong Zhi subdued a burly inn patron who had insulted Chen Yuan, and the group went to Chen Cheng’s room.
• Inn patrons discussed Chen Yuan’s reputation, the Chen Family’s power, and the loss of Chen Yuan’s ability to have children.
• Chen Yuan recalled childhood memories and declared that Chen Cheng was his son and the Chen Family’s sole heir.
• Chen Yuan pointed out a scar on Chen Cheng’s left shoulder, which matched despite having come from Chen Cheng’s life on Earth.
• Chen Cheng asked the Copy System and Summoning System about his connection to Chen Yuan, and both confirmed that he was Chen Yuan’s son by the identity implanted by the Summoning System.
• After a tense silence, Chen Cheng began to answer Chen Yuan.

Chen Cheng agreed to return to the Chen Family with Chen Yuan but left their father-son relationship undecided. Three days later, Chen Cheng watched Chen Yuan’s group fight a newly advanced Sixth Order Nether Poison Dog and learned that Murong Zhi had weakened the beast with poison prepared in advance.

• Chen Cheng agreed to return to the Chen Family with Chen Yuan, while reserving judgment on whether to acknowledge him as his father.
• Chen Yuan told Chen Cheng that the Nether Poison Dog in the Da Ling Mountain Range was expected to advance to the sixth order, and Chen Cheng agreed to watch the hunt.
• Chen Cheng traveled up the mountain with Murong Zhi, Red Serpent, and Murong Zhi’s subordinates while Chen Yuan and his companions went ahead.
• Chen Yuan ordered Chen Ming and Chen Yang to attack the Nether Poison Dog after surrounding it in the sky.
• The Nether Poison Dog broke into battle with Chen Ming and launched poisonous vapor and a barrage of poison arrows.
• Red Serpent detected poison in the air, and Murong Zhi revealed that he had used Yi He Feng Chen to weaken the beast after its breakthrough.

Chen Yuan and his allies killed the Nether Poison Dog, allowing Chen Yuan to absorb its toxins and advance to Five Star Dou Huang. Chen Cheng agreed to return to the Chen Family with his father, and the system offered him a copying opportunity as he spoke with Red Serpent that night.

• Chen Cheng watched Chen Ming and Chen Yang battle the Nether Poison Dog while considering how to begin cultivating Dou Qi himself.
• Chen Ming and Chen Yang killed the weakened Nether Poison Dog after a lengthy battle.
• Chen Yuan absorbed the toxins from the beast's corpse and advanced by two stars to Five Star Dou Huang.
• Chen Yuan asked Chen Cheng to return to the Chen Family with him, and Chen Cheng agreed.
• Murong Zhi began preparing carriages for their departure the next day while Chen Cheng settled into Chen Yuan's residence.
• As Chen Cheng spoke with Red Serpent that night, the system offered him one copying opportunity.

Chen Cheng copied Red Serpent’s Poison Art and approved her plan to use an alchemist to refine Zhen Yu Qian Ye. After traveling to Anyang City, he arrived at the Chen Estate and settled into Linjiang Courtyard, where his new servants wondered what kind of master he would be.

• Chen Cheng copied Red Serpent’s Poison Art, gaining her poison-making knowledge and increasing his assessed combat power.
• Chen Cheng approved Red Serpent’s proposal to recruit an alchemist to refine Zhen Yu Qian Ye and agreed to help her obtain the remaining materials.
• Chen Cheng traveled with his father, Chen Yuan, and their companions for five days before arriving in Anyang City.
• Chen Yuan arranged for Chen Cheng to rest at Linjiang Courtyard in the Chen Estate and said he would introduce him to everyone the next day.
• Chen Cheng’s new servants greeted him, then speculated about his temperament and compared him with the violent Young Master Zihang.

Chen Cheng met the Chen Family’s elders and learned how powerful the family was. Though he had no cultivation, his status as Chen Yuan’s only son earned him respect and access to the family’s resources.

• Chen Cheng walked with the steward to the Meeting Hall while younger family members questioned his lack of cultivation.
• Chen Cheng used the system to scan the elders and identified Chen Mian as a Four Star Dou Wang and Chen Li as a Two Star Dou Wang.
• Chen Yuan seated Chen Cheng beside him and introduced him to Chen Mian and Chen Li, who welcomed him and offered their guidance.
• Chen Cheng met the other family leaders, including a Fourth Grade Alchemist, as Chen Yuan’s heirs and elders gathered in the Meeting Hall.
• Chen Cheng learned that the Chen Family commanded two Dou Emperors, seven Dou Kings, and over fifty Dou Lings, backed by the Murong Family and King Yanling’s forces.

Chen Cheng improved his cultivation with Huang Yaoshi’s Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill and reunited with his parents over a meal. Murong Yan gave him a Murong Family Supreme Gold Card and encouraged him to explore Anyang City, while a family competition next month was briefly mentioned.

• Huang Yaoshi gave Chen Cheng a Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill, and Chen Cheng cultivated until his dou qi became more active.
• Chen Cheng met with Chen Yuan and Murong Yan, who welcomed him and served him soup made from a Third-Order Magical Beast Fresh Bone Rabbit.
• Murong Yan scolded Chen Yuan for making Chen Cheng cultivate instead of letting him rest.
• Murong Yan encouraged Chen Cheng to explore Anyang City and gave him a Murong Family Supreme Gold Card.
• Chen Cheng chatted with his parents and faintly heard them mention a family competition next month.

Chen Cheng’s cultivation and physical strength improved with Beast Bone Soup and the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill, so he went to the Dou Qi Pavilion to find a fighting skill for training. Chen Guan guided him through the pavilion and explained its rules as Chen Cheng gained access to the Profound Rank section.

• Beast Bone Soup and the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill helped Chen Cheng reach the second stage of Dou Qi and improve his physical abilities.
• Chen Cheng decided to practice a fighting skill to strengthen his body and headed to the Dou Qi Pavilion with Huang Yaoshi.
• Chen Guan welcomed Chen Cheng and explained that the main hall held borrowable Yellow Rank materials while the inner section contained restricted Profound Rank materials.
• Chen Guan brought Chen Cheng into the inner section because Chen Cheng was the Family Head’s son.
• Nana and Xiao Rou noticed Chen Cheng being escorted by Chen Guan, then resumed bickering about their preparation for the family tournament.

Chen Cheng browsed the Chen Family’s collection of Profound Rank techniques and learned that the sword skill he nearly took had come from the Yun Lan Sect. He left knowing Yun Yun led the sect and had become a Dou Emperor before the age of twenty-five.

• Chen Guan showed Chen Cheng the inner court’s collection of 376 Profound Rank Cultivation Methods and Fighting Skills.
• Chen Cheng browsed the Fighting Skills and let Lin Ling take the Wind Spirit Dividing Form Sword they both reached for.
• Chen Guan explained that a Chen Family junior had obtained the sword technique from a captured Yun Lan Sect disciple five years earlier.
• Chen Guan told Chen Cheng that Yun Yun was the Yun Lan Sect’s unmarried Sect Leader and the Jia Ma Empire’s youngest Dou Emperor.

Chen Cheng selected the poison-attribute Fallen Body Needle and a body-strengthening Dou Technique, then used his status as the Family Head’s son to register them at the Chen Family’s most exclusive window. His arrival drew attention from the family, including Chen Zihang, who resented him and resolved to challenge his claim to what he considered his own.

• Chen Cheng chose the Mysterious High-Rank Fallen Body Needle, despite not yet meeting its minimum cultivation requirement, and asked Chen Guan how to borrow it.
• Chen Cheng also took the Low-Rank Yellow Tiger Fighting Skill for its body-strengthening method and followed Chen Guan to register both techniques.
• Chen Guan explained the registration windows and brought Chen Cheng to the one reserved for the Family Head, elders, and foreign-surnamed retainers.
• Direct descendants and Lin Ling watched Chen Cheng use the exclusive window and speculated that he was the Young Master recently brought back by the Family Head.
• Chen Zihang recognized Chen Cheng and privately vowed to see what gave him the right to take what Chen Zihang considered his.
• Chen Cheng ignored the onlookers, completed the borrowing formalities, and left Dou Qi Pavilion with Huang Yaoshi carrying the two techniques.

Chen Cheng practiced the Tiger Fighting Skill and studied before using a new summoning opportunity to summon Yan Lingji. She arrived at Linjiang Courtyard, greeted him as her master, and the two grew close as they talked.

• Chen Cheng mastered the Tiger Fighting Skill and trained with Beast Bone Soup and medicinal liquid.
• Chen Cheng dismissed the tired Xiao E and prepared to attend the next day's Family Clan Meeting as an observer.
• The Myriad World Summoning System granted Chen Cheng a summoning opportunity, and he summoned Yan Lingji, a Nine-Star Great Dou Shi.
• A maid glimpsed a mysterious red-clad figure moving through Linjiang Courtyard and fled in fear.
• Yan Lingji arrived in Chen Cheng's room, greeted him as her master, and sat beside him.
• Chen Cheng and Yan Lingji chatted until they gradually became lost in passion.

The Chen Family began its Family Clan Meeting in Anyang City, where branch descendants and direct heirs were tested on the Magic Stone Tablet. Chen Xiaoyue impressed the clan with her Dou Qi Ninth Stage cultivation, and the gathering ended with a striking woman and an accompanying man approaching the plaza.

• Chen Yuan arrived at the meeting and ordered it to begin despite Chen Cheng's absence.
• Chen Xiaoyue tested at Dou Qi Ninth Stage, surprising her branch and earning a promise of Qi Gathering Powder.
• Chen Yuan instructed Chen Ming to assess Chen Xiaoyue against a Two-Star Dou Zhe and admit her to the main family if she showed strong combat awareness.
• The branch-line tests concluded, and Chen Guang began calling the names of the Chen Family's direct descendants.
• Chen Linna reluctantly headed toward the Testing Platform as a woman in a dark red dress and a man entered the plaza, drawing everyone's attention.

Chen Cheng arrived at the Chen Family gathering with Yan Lingji, introduced her as his concubine, and agreed to have his cultivation tested before the clan. As the descendants’ tests continued, Chen Yunrou revealed that she had reached the Dou Shi realm.

• Yan Lingji’s arrival captivated the crowd, and Chen Guang urged everyone to resume the tests.
• Chen Cheng greeted Chen Yuan and the elders, then took his seat beside his father.
• Chen Cheng admitted he had missed the gathering, introduced Yan Lingji as his concubine, and accepted Chen Yuan’s suggestion to test his cultivation.
• Chen Cheng told Chen Yuan and the elders that they could verify his progress at the gathering.
• Chen Linna tested as a two-star Dou Zhe, then encouraged Chen Yunrou before her turn.
• Chen Yunrou pressed her palm to the Magic Stone Tablet, which revealed that she was a one-star Dou Shi.

Chen Yunrou’s test revealed that she was a one-star Dou Shi, shattering her friendship with Chen Linna. After the clan’s testing ended, Chen Yuan named his son Chen Cheng the Young Family Head and revealed that Chen Cheng had cultivated Dou Qi in just ten days; the chapter ended with Chen Cheng testing at the Fourth Stage.

• Chen Linna accused Chen Yunrou of deceiving her, then ran away before Chen Yunrou could explain.
• Chen Guang concluded the clan testing and announced that the clan tournament would take place in five days.
• Chen Yuan declared Chen Cheng the Young Family Head, stunning the assembled clan members and guests.
• Chen Yuan brought Chen Cheng to the Magic Stone Tablet to demonstrate the progress he had made in ten days.
• Chen Cheng pressed his palm to the tablet, which displayed Dou Qi, Fourth Stage.

Chen Cheng’s cultivation test revealed that he had advanced four Dou Qi stages in ten days, silencing doubts about his position as Young Family Head. After the clan assembly and banquet, he took Yan Lingji for a stroll through Anyang City and entered a jewelry shop.

• Chen Cheng’s test result astonished the Chen Family, and Chen Zihang worried that Chen Cheng would soon surpass him.
• Chen Yuan praised Chen Cheng’s talent and asked whether anyone still objected to him becoming Young Family Head.
• The Chen Family disciples unanimously accepted Chen Cheng, while visiting leaders congratulated Chen Yuan and attended the banquet.
• After returning to Linjiang Courtyard exhausted, Chen Cheng rested and the next day invited Yan Lingji to walk through Anyang City.
• Yan Lingji drew attention from passersby as Chen Cheng joked with her, held her hand, and led her into a high-end jewelry shop.

Chen Cheng chose the Fire Rain Spiritual Light bracelet for Yan Lingji, but Chen Zihang arrived and demanded it. Chen Cheng stood by Yan Lingji as the two men faced off, until Chen Zihang’s companion tried to defuse the dispute.

• Chen Cheng bought Yan Lingji the Fire Rain Spiritual Light bracelet, a costly fire-attribute cultivation treasure.
• Chen Zihang entered the shop and demanded the bracelet, prompting the shop owner to refuse Chen Cheng’s sale and offer him a discount instead.
• Yan Lingji grew angry at the attempted snatching, but Chen Cheng took her hand and assured her he was there.
• Chen Cheng and Chen Zihang confronted each other, and the other customers hurried out of the shop.
• Chen Zihang’s companion said she did not want the bracelet and suggested it suited Yan Lingji better.