Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Old Yao wondered who the unreadable black-robed man was and whether he was Xiao Yue’s master. Su Mu reassured Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan would overcome his problem, then left with Xiao Yue, while Xiao Yan arrived and asked his father about the man.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about the black-robed man, and Old Yao said the man seemed no stronger than a Dou Emperor but was impossible to read.
• Xiao Yan wondered if the man was Xiao Yue’s master, but Old Yao dismissed that idea and suggested he might be her senior brother.
• Xiao Zhan asked Su Mu to examine Xiao Yan’s disappearing Dou Qi, and Su Mu said Xiao Yan had an opportunity coming and would surprise him at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Su Mu told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan would solve his own problem, then said he was leaving with Xiao Yue and invited Ya Fei to seek him out through her.
• Xiao Yan arrived after Su Mu had left, and Xiao Zhan lamented that he had missed the chance to have Su Mu examine him.

Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and encouraged him to improve before the Coming-of-Age Ceremony. Meanwhile, Xiao Yue questioned Su Mu about Ya Fei and prepared excitedly for the advance assessment.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that the black-robed man was Xiao Yue's master and planned to ask him to examine Xiao Yan's body.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and urged him to work hard before the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Zhan he would give him an answer at the ceremony, then left to cultivate and collect money.
• Xiao Yue confronted Su Mu about Ya Fei, and Su Mu said he wanted to take her as a disciple rather than find a master's wife.
• Xiao Yue took a long time choosing clothes for the advance assessment and asked whether her improved strength would astonish everyone.

Su Mu urged Xiao Yue to reveal her full strength at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and she arrived at the Boulder Training Ground ready to surprise everyone. Xiao Zhan worried about Xiao Yan’s trial while the elders questioned why Xiao Yan and Xiao Yue had not appeared as the ceremony approached.

• Su Mu told Xiao Yue to show off her strength and promised to help if anyone caused trouble, while insisting that she prepare a new trump card afterward.
• Xiao Yue took half an hour to get ready, then ran toward the Boulder Training Ground and met Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er along the way.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yue he was ready to reclaim the title of trash from those who had given it to him.
• Xiao Yue promised Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er that her strength would shock them.
• Xiao Zhan worried that Xiao Yan might not pass his trial, and the Second Elder asked why Xiao Yan and Xiao Yue had not arrived.

Xiao Zhan clashed with the First and Second Elders over their proposal to use Xiao Yue’s marriage to benefit the Xiao Family, while they held Xiao Yan’s future over him. The elders mistook Xiao Zhan’s silence for agreement, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xiao Zhan and the Second Elder argued over the clan head’s authority and Xiao Yan’s situation.
• The First Elder raised the marriage proposals from the Galeo Family and the Oba Family and urged Xiao Zhan to consider finding Xiao Yue a more advantageous match.
• Xiao Zhan rejected the idea of treating his daughter as a means to advance the family and said her future should depend on her test results.
• The Second Elder offered to let Xiao Yan remain in the family if Xiao Zhan agreed to consider the elders’ proposal.
• Xiao Zhan stayed silent, and the elders took his silence as tacit agreement.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yue, and Xiao Xun'er arrived at the family test, while Xiao Zhan trusted his children despite the elders’ schemes. Xiao Zhan announced the rules and began the test, leaving Xiao Yan’s result and the siblings’ strength yet to be revealed.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yue, and Xiao Xun'er approached the square together as Xiao Ning and the elders judged them.
• The First Elder and other elders discussed pressuring Xiao Zhan and arranging a marriage alliance for Xiao Yue, while Xiao Zhan remained confident in his children.
• Xiao Zhan announced that those below Qi Cultivation Stage Seven could qualify by challenging someone who had reached that level.
• The First Elder added the challenge rule and privately hoped Xiao Yan and Xiao Yue would both be eliminated.
• Xiao Zhan started the test, and the examinees began taking their turns at the Black Stone Tablet.

Xiao Yue teased Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er about their feelings while they watched Xiao Mei approach the Black Stone Tablet for her test. Xiao Yan said his relationship with Xiao Mei could never return to what it once was, and Xiao Xun'er playfully asked whether he thought highly of her.

• Xiao Yue asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er whether they felt nervous about the test, and they both expressed confidence in Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Mei confidently walked toward the Black Stone Tablet as Xiao Yue wondered how much her strength had improved.
• Xiao Yue asked Xiao Xun'er whether Xiao Mei's past closeness to Xiao Yan made her jealous, but Xiao Xun'er said she was curious about Xiao Mei's attitude toward him.
• Xiao Yan said his relationship with Xiao Mei had broken beyond repair and named his father, elder brother, Xiao Yue, and Xiao Xun'er as the few family members he cared about.
• Xiao Yue pressed Xiao Yan to compare her place in his heart with Xiao Xun'er's, and Xiao Xun'er playfully asked whether he thought highly of her.
• Xiao Yue answered for Xiao Yan, telling Xiao Xun'er that his heart was completely filled with her and teasing that there was no room left for Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er flirt while waiting to learn how her strength compared with the other young members of the Xiao Family. Xiao Xun'er stepped forward for her test, and Xiao Yan predicted that she had become a Dou Zhe, while the elders wondered how her result would compare with Xiao Yue's hidden talent.

• Xiao Yan complimented Xiao Xun'er, and the two nestled together as Xiao Yue complained and felt envious.
• Xiao Xun'er teased Xiao Yue by leaning on Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan privately enjoyed the situation.
• Xiao Mei tested at the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yue compared the result with her own strength.
• Xiao Mei asked how much Xiao Xun'er had improved, and Xiao Xun'er suggested she would surpass Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er went forward for her test, and Xiao Yan predicted that she had reached the Dou Zhe level.
• Xiao Zhan watched Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yue, wondering whether Xiao Yue's talent could keep her from being married into another family.

Xiao Xun'er revealed that she had reached One-Star Fighter, astonishing the Xiao Family and reassuring Xiao Yue that she could surpass her. Xiao Yue boasted to Xiao Yan and summoned Su Mu to watch the ceremony, while Su Mu found the tests dull.

• The Second Elder mocked Xiao Zhan and doubted that Xiao Yue could reach Qi Condensation Stage Eight or Nine.
• Xiao Xun'er tested herself and the Black Stone Tablet showed that she was a One-Star Fighter, shocking the audience.
• Xiao Yue celebrated Xiao Xun'er's strength and told Xiao Yan that she would protect him, but he rejected the idea of relying on her.
• Xiao Yue called Su Mu out to admire the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and he recalled that he had found it boring and gone to cultivate.

Su Mu stayed to watch Xiao Yue’s test after she insisted, then urged her to remain humble and cultivate harder. As Xiao Yan was called to begin his test, the elders again pressured Xiao Zhan to accept their marriage proposal for Xiao Yue, but he refused and waited for his son’s result.

• Xiao Yue persuaded Su Mu to stay and watch her test, then repeatedly praised her own talent.
• Su Mu warned Xiao Yue not to become arrogant and told her to focus on cultivation; she promised to work harder after the ceremony.
• The tester called Xiao Yan, drawing the crowd’s attention to the fallen genius’s final test.
• The grand elder pressed Xiao Zhan to reconsider the elders’ proposal concerning Xiao Yue’s marriage.
• Xiao Zhan refused to let the clan dictate Xiao Yue’s future and said they could discuss the matter after Xiao Yan’s test.

Xiao Yan stunned the clan by reaching Qi Cultivation Stage Seven, reversing his decline and shocking Xiao Zhan and the elders. Second Elder suspected Xiao Zhan had secretly helped him, and Xiao Zhan denied having any special methods.

• Su Mu warned Xiao Yue that the elders might have ill intentions, and Xiao Yue trusted him to protect her.
• Su Mu told Xiao Yue to watch Xiao Yan begin his test, while Xiao Yue anticipated her Third Brother's return to glory.
• Xiao Yan pressed his hand against the Black Stone Tablet, which revealed that he had reached Qi Cultivation Stage Seven.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his cup in astonishment and delight as the crowd reacted to Xiao Yan's four-stage advance.
• Second Elder accused Xiao Zhan of hiding Xiao Yan's strength and asked what method he had used, but Xiao Zhan denied having other methods.

Xiao Yan’s test revealed that he had reached Dou Qi, Seventh Stage, shocking the Xiao clan and silencing doubts about his improvement. As Xiao Yue insisted she was not impressed, Su Mu told her to keep training and suggested she spar with Xiao Yan.

• Second Elder questioned whether Xiao Yan’s improvement came from a hidden method, then suggested it might be due to the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Zhan rejected Second Elder’s insinuations and warned him not to concern himself with Xiao Yan’s future.
• Xiao Yan urged the tester to announce his result, and the tester declared him at Dou Qi, Seventh Stage, High level.
• The clan members were stunned by Xiao Yan’s return to strength, while Su Mu teased Xiao Yue about the result.
• Su Mu praised Xiao Yan’s strength and Martial Skill training, then advised Xiao Yue to keep improving and spar with her Third Brother.

Xiao Yan drew attention at the testing ceremony, while Xiao Yue wondered whether she could find a man as outstanding as her Third Brother. The Second Elder tried to use Xiao Yue’s test results to pressure Xiao Zhan, but Xiao Zhan hinted that her results would surprise him.

• Xiao Yue questioned Su Mu about whether many men could compare with Xiao Yan, and Su Mu told her to take her test before worrying about finding someone.
• Xiao Yue hurried to the Black Stone Tablet after the examiner called her name.
• The Second Elder complained about Xiao Yue’s delay and suggested she could skip the test if Xiao Zhan agreed to his conditions.
• Xiao Zhan rebuked the Second Elder and warned him that he would soon learn what Xiao Yue was capable of.

Xiao Yue astonished the Xiao clan by testing at Three-star Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Xiao Xun'er questioning their own progress. She smugly asked Uncle whether he had noticed the crowd's admiring looks, though he doubted their stares were admiration.

• Xiao Yue pressed her hand to the Black Stone Tablet and revealed that she had reached Three-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan compared Xiao Yue's rapid cultivation and generous master with Old Yao and complained to the ring on his hand.
• Old Yao questioned how Xiao Yue had advanced so quickly while keeping a solid foundation, then blamed Xiao Yan's shortcomings on insufficient effort.
• Xiao Xun'er felt shaken after realizing Xiao Yue had surpassed her and resolved to cultivate more seriously.
• Xiao Yue asked Uncle whether he had seen the crowd's admiring looks, and he wondered if they were hoping to live off a woman instead.

Xiao Yue’s strength surprised Xiao Zhan and the elders, who questioned how his children had grown so powerful and debated whether Xiao Yue should marry into another family. Xiao Zhan reminded them that Xiao Yue had a master and that her future was not theirs to decide, leaving the marriage alliance in doubt.

• Su Mu clarified that Xiao Yue could show her strength but should not become complacent or neglect cultivation, and Xiao Yue sulked at him.
• Xiao Zhan proudly reflected on how much his children had accomplished and wondered whether his son could also become Su Mu’s disciple.
• The Second Elder and First Elder questioned Xiao Zhan about the reason his children had grown so strong, while Xiao Zhan asked whether they still wanted Xiao Yue to marry into another family.
• The three elders struggled to choose between the marriage alliance and keeping Xiao Yue in the Xiao Family, weighing their own influence and the family’s interests.
• Xiao Zhan told the elders that Xiao Yue had a master and that her future was not theirs to decide as they pleased.

Xiao Yue’s family elders discussed arranging a marriage alliance for her, while Su Mu revealed their plans to his furious disciple. Xiao Yue resolved to confront the elders, and Su Mu tried to calm her down.

• The Xiao Family elders questioned the Patriarch about Xiao Yue taking a master and asked to meet Su Mu or have him accept more disciples.
• Su Mu teased Xiao Yue that she no longer needed his help finding a man, and she mistakenly thought he had chosen a match for her.
• Xiao Yue insisted she wanted to stay with Su Mu and put off finding a man.
• Su Mu clarified that the elders on the platform wanted to arrange a marriage alliance for Xiao Yue.
• Xiao Yue angrily glared at the elders and decided she needed to fight someone to vent her anger, while Su Mu tried to calm her.

After the testing, Xiao Yan easily defeated three challengers, while Xiao Yue grew frustrated that no one would challenge her. She stepped onto the high platform and invited anyone, including those who had passed, to test her strength.

• Xiao Zhan announced that those who failed the test could challenge someone who had passed once.
• Xiao Yan quickly defeated his first opponent with the Stone Shattering Fist, confirming his strength to Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Two more challengers tried Xiao Yan, and he defeated both of them in under a minute.
• Xiao Yue wondered why nobody had challenged her, while the crowd discussed her strength and the aura she had released.
• Xiao Yue asked whether anyone would challenge her and sought the elders' permission to accept challenges from those who had passed.

Xiao Yue accepted a challenge from Xiao Mei, who wanted to test whether Xiao Yue truly had Three-star Dou Zhe strength. Xiao Yue effortlessly redirected Xiao Mei’s strongest attack with her sword, and Xiao Mei pressed on despite realizing the gap between them.

• Xiao Zhan and the First Elder agreed to let Xiao Yue compete, and she asked the crowd for an opponent.
• Xiao Mei challenged Xiao Yue, saying she wanted to see how much strength Xiao Yue could display.
• Xiao Mei opened with her mastered Yellow Tier Intermediate Dou Skill, Blazing Hand.
• Xiao Yue evaded the attack and redirected it with a single sword movement, leaving Xiao Mei shocked by their difference in strength.
• Xiao Mei refused to surrender and used Surging Waves Sword Skill.

Xiao Yue defeated Xiao Mei with a single strike from her sheathed sword, leaving Xiao Mei hurt and humiliated. After no one else challenged her, Xiao Yue prepared to face Xiao Xun'er, who accepted the match.

• Xiao Yue worried that she had injured Xiao Mei, while Xiao Mei lay on the ground struggling with the pain and the shame of losing in one move.
• Xiao Mei refused help, got to her feet, and moved aside to rest.
• Xiao Yue asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge her, and Xiao Yan remarked on her strength as he asked Xiao Xun'er if she was confident about fighting her.
• Xiao Xun'er said she would fight Xiao Yue despite the risk of being beaten.
• After waiting about three minutes without another challenger, Xiao Yue said that only Xiao Xun'er remained.

Xiao Yue and Xiao Xun'er faced off in a spar, revealing the depth of their strength to the Xiao Family spectators. Their battle continued as Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei reconsidered how far they lagged behind.

• Xiao Yue and Xiao Xun'er exchanged polite remarks before preparing to spar, with Xiao Yue keeping the Green Lotus Sword sheathed.
• Xiao Yue released an imposing aura that shocked Xiao Xun'er and made her realize she had underestimated her opponent.
• Xiao Xun'er attacked first, but Xiao Yue countered with swift sword strikes that Xiao Xun'er evaded.
• Xiao Yue infused the Green Lotus Sword with Dou Qi, and her sword Qi collided with Xiao Xun'er's golden palm as their duel continued.
• Xiao Yan felt inspired to surpass both girls, while Xiao Mei recognized the gap between herself and Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue and Xiao Xun'er escalated their spar until Xiao Yue unleashed her ultimate sword move against Xiao Xun'er's golden defense. Dust obscured the outcome, leaving the onlookers wondering who had won.

• Xiao Yue raised her strength while Xiao Xun'er matched her with a limited use of her secret technique, and they continued exchanging attacks.
• Xiao Yue cut Xiao Xun'er's arm, but Xiao Xun'er countered Xiao Yue's Surging Waves Sword Skill without either gaining the advantage.
• Xiao Yue warned Xiao Xun'er that she would use her ultimate move, then attacked with One Sword Breaks Sun and Moon.
• Xiao Xun'er formed a pale golden ring of defense as a thin strand of black Dou Qi surrounded her, and their energies collided in a burst of light and dust.
• Xiao Yan and the other spectators wondered whether Xiao Xun'er had blocked Xiao Yue's move and who had won.