Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu, the fallen heir to the Lin Family, received a system that sent him to the Battle Through the Heavens plane with the goal of becoming its ruler within twenty years. He vanished from the rain-soaked street as the system began his transmigration.

• Lin Yu wandered through the rain and lamented the Lin Family's ruin and his parents' deaths.
• The system activated and bound itself to Lin Yu.
• The system tasked Lin Yu with opening a shop in the Battle Through the Heavens plane and ruling it within twenty years.
• Lin Yu was transported away in a flash of white light.

Lin Yu awoke in the Monster Beast Mountain Range as a child, received powerful gifts from the system, and met Gu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er. Gu Yuan took Lin Yu along with Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao Family, where they would live.

• Lin Yu discovered he had been reborn as a five- or six-year-old in the Battle Through the Heavens world, where Xiao Yan was seven and the story had not yet begun.
• Lin Yu opened his system's gift pack and gained the Chaos Immortal Body, which transformed his body and replaced his bloodline while he lay unconscious.
• Gu Yuan, Ling Ying, and Xiao Xun'er found Lin Yu beneath the beam of light, and Gu Yuan was astonished by the strength of Lin Yu's bloodline.
• After Lin Yu dressed and introduced himself, he misled Gu Yuan with stories about Earth's airplanes and weapons, leading Gu Yuan to believe Lin Yu came from a powerful clan.
• Gu Yuan invited Lin Yu to accompany him and Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Xun'er befriended Lin Yu and listened to his fairy tales during the journey.

Lin Yu learned that his system could create one shop that made him invincible within ten li, then settled into the Xiao Family with Xun'er and met Xiao Yan. After several days of exploring the estate, Lin Yu decided to find a place to open his shop.

• Lin Yu asked the system about cultivation techniques and learned he could open one shop, gaining absolute protection and control within ten li.
• Gu Yuan brought Lin Yu and Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao Family and asked Xiao Zhan to care for them.
• Xiao Yan met Lin Yu and Xun'er, pinched Lin Yu's cheeks, and offered to show them around.
• A steward assigned Lin Yu and Xun'er a quiet courtyard, where Lin Yu chose a room beside hers.
• Lin Yu and Xun'er spent several days exploring the Xiao Family estate, and Xun'er grew attached to him.
• Lin Yu decided it was time to find a place to open a shop.

Lin Yu opened the Lin Yu General Store in central Wutan City and used its power to calm Xun’er’s Golden Emperor Blazing Sky Flame when it flared up. After selling Ling Ying two pills and assigning him to protect Xun’er, Lin Yu stayed beside her as she slept.

• Lin Yu took Xun’er to the center of Wutan City, opened the Lin Yu General Store, and promised to protect her.
• Lin Yu inspected the store’s cultivation methods but decided not to exchange for one yet.
• Xun’er collapsed in pain as the Golden Emperor Blazing Sky Flame flared, and Lin Yu used the store’s power to calm and merge the flame with her.
• Ling Ying arrived, and Lin Yu silenced him, carried Xun’er to her room, and ordered him to keep the incident secret.
• Lin Yu sold Ling Ying an Essence Augmenting Pill and an Imperial Pole Pill, then told him to protect Xun’er whenever Lin Yu was absent.
• Lin Yu returned to Xun’er’s room, tucked her in, and fell asleep beside her bed.

After Xun'er recovered from her Heavenly Flames, she discovered that she had advanced to Fighter Five-star and mastered the Golden Emperor Blazing Sky Flame. Lin Yu reassured her that he would stay by her side, and he and Xiao Yan recognized each other as fellow arrivals from another world and became brothers.

• Xun'er woke to find Lin Yu had watched over her, then discovered her cultivation had risen to Fighter Five-star and that she had mastered the Golden Emperor Blazing Sky Flame.
• Xiao Yan entered while Lin Yu was holding Xun'er, then invited them to walk around Wutan City; Lin Yu took Xun'er’s hand as they went out together.
• When Xiao Yan asked whether they had made their relationship official, Lin Yu promised to protect Xun'er forever, and Xiao Yan explained what lovers were.
• Lin Yu and Xiao Yan recognized each other as arrivals from another world, and Lin Yu said he would not return because he wanted to stay with Xun'er.
• Xun'er asked whether Lin Yu would leave her, and he promised to remain by her side; she kissed his cheek before Lin Yu embraced her.
• Lin Yu and Xiao Yan agreed to be brothers and help each other, and Xun'er insisted that she be included too.

After revealing their immense hidden strength at the Xiao clan’s test, Lin Yu and Xun’er comforted Xiao Yan and offered to help restore his talent. Lin Yu brought Xiao Yan to his shop to find a high-tier cultivation technique.

• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Three-stage and faced the clan’s mockery, while Xiao Mei tested at Seven-stage and kept her distance from him.
• Xun’er revealed herself as a Five-star Dou Wang, and Lin Yu revealed himself as a Nine-star Dou Emperor.
• Lin Yu and Xun’er reassured Xiao Yan that they still considered him a brother after he called himself a cripple.
• Lin Yu offered to help restore Xiao Yan’s talent through his shop and recommended that Xiao Yan buy a high-tier cultivation technique.
• Lin Yu brought Xiao Yan and Xun’er to his shop.

Lin Yu introduced Xiao Yan to his upgraded shop’s lottery, and Xiao Yan won the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir Direct Guidance, an alchemy cultivation technique that could rival a Dou Emperor. After Xun’er also tried the lottery, she won a maid outfit, leaving Lin Yu staring at it eagerly.

• Xiao Yan and Xun’er explored Lin Yu’s expanded shop and learned that it contained many Heavenly Flames, including several stronger than Xun’er’s Golden Emperor Blazing Sky Flame.
• Lin Yu and Xun’er confessed their affection, agreed to marry in the future, and kissed while Xiao Yan waited patiently.
• Lin Yu explained the new lottery feature, and Xiao Yan spent 1,988 Gold Coins to win a one-hour Dou Huang Experience Card in the Ordinary Lottery.
• Lin Yu persuaded Xiao Yan to test his belongings for the Advanced Lottery, discovered that Xiao Yan’s ring qualified as a special item, and guided him to exchange it for a cultivation-technique draw.
• Xiao Yan won the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir Direct Guidance, which Lin Yu said could rival a Dou Emperor when mastered.
• Xun’er spent 2,000 Gold Coins on an Ordinary Lottery and won a maid outfit, prompting Lin Yu to imagine her wearing it.

Xiao Xun'er took home the revealing outfit she drew from Lin Yu's shop and waited for him to return, while Lin Yu awakened Yao Chen and took the Flame Mantra and Bone Spirit Cold Flame. After refining the Heavenly Flame, Lin Yu reached five-star Dou Zong and promised to find Yao Chen a body.

• Xiao Xun'er tried on the outfit at home, admired how she looked, and decided to wait for Lin Yu so he would be the first to see her wearing it.
• After Xiao Yan left the shop with his cultivation technique, Lin Yu forced Yao Chen out of the ring and offered to restore his physical body.
• Yao Chen, believing Lin Yu had ties to Han Feng, resisted until Lin Yu's powerful aura overwhelmed him, then handed over the Flame Mantra.
• Lin Yu absorbed the Flame Mantra's information and cultivated it, converting his attribute-less Dou Qi into fire-attribute Dou Qi.
• Lin Yu took the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from Yao Chen and refined it, advancing the Flame Mantra to high-grade Profound Tier and reaching five-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Yu told Yao Chen to remain in the ring until he could arrange a body, and Yao Chen returned to it.

Lin Yu welcomed Xiao Xun'er in her Maid Outfit, then joined the Xiao Family gathering where Nalan Yanran arrived with the Misty Cloud Sect to annul her engagement to Xiao Yan. After revealing that he had reached five-star Dou Zong, Lin Yu challenged Nalan Yanran’s public humiliation of Xiao Yan, and the meeting ended with Xiao Zhan demanding an explanation from Ge Ye.

• Xiao Xun'er wore the Maid Outfit for Lin Yu, who teased her and asked her to reserve it for him.
• Xiao Zhan summoned Lin Yu and Xiao Xun'er to the main hall to meet Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and another Misty Cloud Sect visitor.
• Lin Yu gave Xiao Yan his seat and explained that Nalan Yanran had come to annul their engagement.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Yu that the cultivation technique he had received helped him reach the fourth stage of Dou Qi in one day.
• Lin Yu announced that he had become a five-star Dou Zong, startling the Xiao Family and the Misty Cloud Sect visitors.
• Lin Yu confronted Nalan Yanran over her plan to humiliate Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan asked Ge Ye what was happening.

Lin Yu intervened when Nalan Yanran tried to end her betrothal to Xiao Yan, sealed her Dou Qi, and took her to stay in his courtyard. He left Nalan Yanran in custody while waiting for Yun Yun, then teased Xiao Xun'er as she went to buy ingredients for his cooking.

• Ge Ye explained that Nalan Yanran wanted to end the engagement because she was being groomed to lead the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Zhan let Lin Yu handle the dispute.
• Lin Yu rejected Ge Ye's compensation, and Xiao Yan backed Lin Yu's refusal to dissolve the betrothal.
• Lin Yu proposed repudiating Nalan Yanran instead, then sealed her Dou Qi and told Ge Ye to bring Yun Yun to claim her.
• Ge Ye left the Xiao Family, while Xiao Yan thanked Lin Yu and returned to his room to cultivate.
• Lin Yu took Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er to his courtyard and sent Xiao Xun'er to buy food so he could cook for her.

Lin Yu cooked a lavish meal with Xiao Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran reluctantly joined them after her own cooking failed. That night, Xiao Xun'er slept in Lin Yu's arms, and he resolved never to lose what belonged to him again.

• Lin Yu cooked a table of dishes with Xiao Xun'er, while Nalan Yanran watched from the courtyard.
• Nalan Yanran tried cooking to prove she could, but made a charred dish that Lin Yu praised and ate to persuade her to try his food.
• Nalan Yanran devoured Lin Yu's cooking and washed the dishes afterward.
• Xiao Xun'er went to Lin Yu's room and asked to sleep beside him, and Nalan Yanran overheard their conversation from next door.
• Lin Yu held Xiao Xun'er as she fell asleep, remembered losing everything in his previous life at eighteen, and vowed not to lose what belonged to him again.

Lin Yu accidentally exposed Wutan City to the Asura Demon Sword’s aura, causing Nalan Yanran to attack him and Xiao Xun'er to suffer a cultivation deviation. After learning more about the system, he discovered it had chosen him for a war and agreed to cooperate rather than leave Xun'er.

• Lin Yu drew the Asura Demon Sword in his shop, causing Nalan Yanran to attack him under its influence, and he put the sword away to restore her senses.
• Lin Yu found Xiao Xun'er suffering a cultivation deviation, calmed her, and comforted her as she confessed she had feared he would die and leave her.
• Lin Yu told Yao Chen he would restore his body if he agreed to protect Xiao Xun'er when Lin Yu left in a year, and Yao Chen accepted.
• The system appeared as a little girl and explained that it gained energy by absorbing World Power from items sold in the shop.
• The system revealed Lin Yu qualified to participate in a war but refused to explain its purpose, then threatened to take back his power and send him home if he refused.
• Lin Yu agreed to cooperate with the system because he could not bear to leave Xun'er.

Lin Yu restored Yao Chen’s physical body and then revealed the system’s existence to Xiao Xun’er. After the system rewarded Lin Yu for understanding its purpose, he advanced to Dou Zun.

• Lin Yu used a mysterious power to form a new body for Yao Chen, who dressed after Lin Yu covered Xiao Xun’er’s eyes.
• Xiao Xun’er learned that the resurrected old man was Yao Chen, and Lin Yu explained that he had brought Yao Chen back to life.
• Lin Yu sent Yao Chen out of the room and told Xiao Xun’er that a system had bestowed his abilities and brought them together.
• The system rewarded Lin Yu with five levels after he understood its purpose, raising him to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xun’er admired Lin Yu’s sudden advancement, while Lin Yu considered the challenge of winning the Ancient Clan’s approval to marry her.

Lin Yu let Nalan Yanran stay at his shop until her master came, but made her agree to cook in exchange. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran went to the Xiao Family and challenged Xiao Xun'er to a cooking contest, while Lin Yu named the system Xingluo and asked her to display his status.

• Lin Yu told Nalan Yanran she could return to the Misty Cloud Sect, but she refused to leave and agreed to cook in exchange for staying until her master came.
• Nalan Yanran went to the Xiao Family, where she found Xiao Xun'er struggling to cook, and the two girls agreed to compete.
• Lin Yu reviewed Battle Through the Heavens while Yao Chen consolidated his cultivation after breaking through to Half-Saint.
• Lin Yu summoned the system, named her Lin Xingluo, and asked her to create his status panel.
• Xingluo displayed Lin Yu's status, listing his realm, abilities, relationships, weapons, and 13669 points.

Ya Fei visited Lin Yu’s shop, bought Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, and learned that he was the Xiao family’s Dou Zun. After Gu Ni confirmed the items were genuine, he hurried with Ya Fei to meet Lin Yu, but the shop had already closed.

• Lin Yu met Ya Fei at his shop and showed her its unusually cheap pills and expensive cultivation methods.
• Ya Fei learned Lin Yu was from the Xiao family and claimed to be a Dou Zun, then bought Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill for 1,010 Gold Coins.
• Ya Fei brought the items to Gu Ni, who confirmed the spirit liquid was a potent spiritual medicine and the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill was genuine and exceptionally refined.
• Ya Fei told Gu Ni that Lin Yu was a Dou Zun and stocked Ninth Grade pills, prompting Gu Ni to ask her to take him to meet Lin Yu.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni reached Lin Yu General Store after it had closed and decided to return the next day.

Lin Yu found Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran trying to cook for him, then taught them how to prepare food. After sharing his meal with them, he teased Xiao Xun'er about marrying him, and she shyly agreed.

• Lin Yu arrived to find Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran with soot-covered faces after they cooked for him.
• Lin Yu tasted Xiao Xun'er's overly salty dish and praised Nalan Yanran's more successful attempt.
• Lin Yu showed Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran how to prepare ingredients and stir-fry food.
• Lin Yu cooked several dishes, and Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran enjoyed them with him.
• Lin Yu asked whether Xiao Xun'er would marry him someday, and she blushed and said she would.

Lin Yu took Xiao Xun'er shopping in Wutan City and gave her a pair of matching hairpins engraved with lines from a poem about devoted love. He told her he planned to leave to grow stronger, but promised to stay for another year before departing.

• Lin Yu accompanied Xiao Xun'er through a marketplace in Wutan City while Nalan Yanran stayed home.
• Lin Yu bought two white jade hairpins and engraved one with “May we be birds flying wing to wing in heaven” and the other with “May we be branches entwined upon the earth.”
• Lin Yu gave Xiao Xun'er one hairpin and told her the tragic legend of Han Ping and He Shi, moving her to tears.
• Lin Yu told Xiao Xun'er he planned to leave to become stronger so he could marry her, and she agreed to wait for him.
• Lin Yu said he would leave in a year, after the coming-of-age ceremony, and Xiao Xun'er happily accepted the delay.

A year after Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran left, Lin Yu and Xiao Xun'er prepared to attend the Xiao Family’s coming-of-age ceremony. Lin Yu stayed close to Xun’er at the gathering, where Xiao Yu pulled her away and advised her to keep Lin Yu at a distance.

• Yun Yun apologized to the Xiao Family and left with Nalan Yanran, encouraging Yanran to become stronger if she wanted Lin Yu’s favor.
• Lin Yu arranged for Yao Chen to work at his shop, and Yao Chen began teaching Xiao Yan, who advanced to 1-star Dou Zhe within a year.
• On the morning of the coming-of-age ceremony, Lin Yu kissed Xiao Xun’er, then reassured her that he could wait rather than risk affecting her bloodline.
• At the ceremony, Lin Yu rejected Ya Fei’s request to discuss a business deal with the Mite'er Auction House and rested with Xiao Xun’er beneath a tree.
• Lin Yu teased Xiao Xun’er, and Xiao Yu arrived, teased the pair about their relationship, then led Xun’er away while advising her to keep Lin Yu close yet out of reach.

At the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, Lin Yu awkwardly gave a speech before spending the night with Xiao Xun'er. He left Wutan City the next morning, promising to visit the Ancient Clan and marry her in three years.

• Lin Yu sat through the ceremony and spoke with Xiao Mei, then watched Xiao Yan shock the crowd by advancing to a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Zhan called Lin Yu to speak, and Lin Yu delivered a halting speech that drew enthusiastic applause.
• Xiao Yu let Xiao Xun'er return to Lin Yu, and he asked to hold her while they slept.
• Lin Yu told Xiao Xun'er he was leaving the next day and promised he would be gone no more than three years.
• Lin Yu left before Xiao Xun'er woke, leaving a note promising to go to the Ancient Clan and marry her in three years.

Lin Yu took Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cave in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where they found a cache of treasures and the fragment of a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. After learning about Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, Lin Yu drew a new poison art for her, leaving her with another path to control her condition.

• Lin Yu traveled with a merchant caravan to Qingshan Town, then met Xiao Yi Xian outside Myriad Medicine Pavilion and revealed that he knew she had the Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cave, teased her at the cliff’s edge, and protected her from a Rock Snake by burning it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Lin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian entered a stone chamber, where Lin Yu found a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and Xiao Yi Xian opened three boxes containing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Purple Cloud Wings, and Wind Scroll Art.
• Lin Yu stopped Xiao Yi Xian from taking the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and used a lottery draw to obtain the Formless Poison Art for her.