Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family and strengthened its resources before accepting an ancestral jade pendant from Xiao Zhan. He recognized it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and warned Zi Yan that it was a powerful but dangerous treasure.

• After Xiao Ling left, Hai Bodong identified Jia Xing Tian’s requested pill as a Sect Breaking Pill, while Fa Ma and Nalan Jie considered Xiao Ling’s abilities and the possibility of asking him for help.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, settled Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into his courtyard, and brought Zi Yan to meet Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Xiao Ling gave the Xiao Family a Storage Ring of Techniques and Dou Skills and five Spirit Breaking Pills to strengthen the clan.
• Xiao Zhan offered Xiao Ling the Clan Leader position, but Xiao Ling declined and accepted an ancestral Jade Pendant instead.
• Back in his courtyard, Xiao Ling showed Zi Yan the Tou She Ancient God Jade and explained its connection to the Ancient God’s cave and the dangers surrounding it.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ling to examine the strange condition that had prevented him from cultivating, and Xiao Ling uncovered both Xiao Yan’s extraordinary strength and the presence of Yao Chen in the Bone Flame Ring. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling confronting Yao Chen after removing the ring from the sleeping Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan studied the Compendium of Pharmacological Knowledge that Yao Yue had given him while waiting for his cultivation talent to return.
• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to Xiao Ling, where Xiao Yan apologized for his past prejudice and asked Xiao Ling to examine him.
• Xiao Ling sent Qing Lin to cultivate with Xiao Xian'er and Zi Yan, then took Xiao Yan into a cultivation room and gave him a Yellow Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Ling examined Xiao Yan as he refined the pill, revealing that Xiao Yan was a fifteen-year-old Five-Star Dou Wang with a Spirit Realm soul.
• Xiao Ling put Xiao Yan to sleep, removed the Bone Flame Ring, and challenged Yao Chen to reveal himself.
• Yao Chen emerged from the Bone Flame Ring and acknowledged that Xiao Ling had caught him.

Xiao Ling confronted Yao Chen, learned why he had weakened Xiao Yan, and discussed Yao Chen’s offer to teach him alchemy in exchange for help restoring his body. Xiao Ling refused to become Yao Chen’s disciple but promised to introduce him to a gifted potential student, then led him out of the cultivation room.

• Xiao Ling questioned Yao Chen about dispersing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, and Yao Chen explained that he had meant to temper Xiao Yan before taking him as a disciple.
• Yao Chen revealed his identity with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Ling showed him the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame Seed and revealed that he cultivated Fen Jue.
• Yao Chen explained the materials needed to refine a new body and offered to teach Xiao Ling in exchange for help once Xiao Ling was strong enough.
• Xiao Ling showed Yao Chen Fen Jue and said it had reached Xuan Tier Intermediate after devouring flames; Yao Chen offered him the Bone Spirit Cold Flame if he became his disciple.
• Xiao Ling declined to become Yao Chen’s disciple, and Yao Chen still promised him a Flame Seed at Dou Huang and the full Bone Spirit Cold Flame at High-level Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ling offered to introduce Yao Chen to a girl with even greater cultivation talent than his own, then led Yao Chen out of the cultivation room.

Xiao Ling introduced Qing Lin to Yao Chen and arranged for Yao Chen to take her as his disciple, promising she would remain by Xiao Ling’s side. Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling his Alchemist’s Handbook and Black Demon Cauldron, and Xiao Ling vowed to help restore Yao Chen’s body when he became capable.

• Xiao Ling brought Qing Lin to meet Yao Chen, who revealed his soul form and learned that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Ling asked Qing Lin whether she would accept Yao Chen as her master, and she agreed after confirming she would not be separated from Xiao Ling.
• Qing Lin and Yao Chen completed a simple apprenticeship ceremony, and Yao Chen gave her the Bone Flame Ring to keep safe.
• Yao Chen offered to teach Xiao Ling alchemy and gave him his Alchemist’s Handbook and the eighth-ranked Black Demon Cauldron.
• Xiao Ling accepted the gifts and promised to refine a body for Yao Chen once he had the ability.

Xiao Ling accepted Yao Chen’s compensation for Xiao Yan and returned to find his cousin cultivating again. Xiao Yan regained his ability to advance, accepted Xiao Ling’s promise to recover his mother’s ring, and considered whether to accept further cultivation resources.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling Techniques and Dou Skills for Xiao Yan as compensation and asked him to pass them along.
• Xiao Ling returned to the cultivation room and found Xiao Yan awake and cultivating Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Ling for resolving his strange constitution, and Xiao Ling said he no longer needed to be formal.
• Xiao Yan asked about his mother’s ring, and Xiao Ling said he had given it to Qing Lin but would get it back if Xiao Yan wanted it; Xiao Yan let Qing Lin keep it as a meeting gift.
• Xiao Ling offered Xiao Yan pills, a Fire Attribute Technique, and Dou Skills, explaining that the medicines could help him regain the Dou Zhe level within two months.
• Xiao Yan declined to accept the resources for free, while Xiao Ling judged that his cousin was still worth nurturing.

Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yan to seek Elder Huo’s approval as a personal disciple in exchange for accepting his resources, and Xiao Yan agreed. After cultivating overnight, Xiao Ling learned that a royal Princess had arrived with medicinal ingredients as payment for his work on the Sect Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yan to become Elder Huo’s disciple, and Xiao Yan agreed to work hard to earn the elder’s approval.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring and warned him not to betray a master or his teachings.
• Xiao Ling toured the Xiao Family estate, then declined to accompany Zi Yan and the other girls on an outing and returned to cultivate.
• Xiao Ling refined an Earth Fire Lotus Seed overnight and judged that it would help him reach the Sixth Star of Dou Wang before taking a Spirit Dou Pill.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that a royal Princess had brought medicinal ingredients for him, and she gave him a Storage Ring containing congratulatory gifts sent to the family.

Xiao Ling gave Yao Ye a finished Sect Breaking Pill and entered seclusion to absorb another Heavenly Flame, leaving Yao Chen to guide the others. During the six months he was away, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin made rapid progress in cultivation, and Qing Lin subdued three powerful snake-type magical beasts.

• Xiao Ling gave Yao Ye an authentic peak sixth-tier Sect Breaking Pill for the imperial family’s Elder Jia and kept the three sets of ingredients she had brought.
• Xiao Ling entrusted Zi Yan with pills and asked Yao Chen to look after the three girls while he entered seclusion to absorb a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen guided Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as they cultivated and trained with Zi Yan and Rayquaza.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced from the Fourth Stage of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe, then activated her Calamity Poison Body and reached the peak of Da Dou Shi within two months.
• Qing Lin advanced from the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi to the peak of Dou Shi and used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue three fifth-tier snake-type magical beasts.

During Xiao Ling’s seclusion, Xiao Yan rapidly regained his cultivation and became a three-star Fighter and First-grade Alchemist, renewing interest in his engagement to Nalan Yanran. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Xiao Yan was her fiancé, and Yun Yun recognized him as Xiao Ling’s cousin.

• Yao Chen told Zi Yan that she was accumulating energy and had an extraordinary bloodline, though he could not identify her race.
• Xiao Yan advanced to a three-star Fighter and became a First-grade Alchemist within six months of regaining his ability to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan remained curious about Nalan Yanran, but she declined the Nalan Family’s attempts to arrange meetings so she could focus on cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran told her teacher Yun Yun that her fiancé was Xiao Yan, the Third Young Master of the Xiao Family.
• Yun Yun recalled reports of Xiao Yan’s rapid progress and exclaimed that he was Master Xiao Ling’s cousin.

Nalan Yanran decided to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun agreed to accompany her to the Xiao Family the next day. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin waited in Xiao Ling’s courtyard as Yao Chen sensed that Xiao Ling would soon emerge from seclusion.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to break off her engagement, and Yun Yun agreed to take her to the Xiao Family the next day.
• Qing Lin fed medicinal pills to her Snake Pets and stopped the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Six-Winged Black Snake King from quarrelling.
• Xiao Yi Xian discussed her cultivation and the possibility of curing her Calamity Poison Body’s side effects with Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen sensed energy surging into Xiao Ling’s cultivation room and predicted Xiao Ling would leave seclusion the next day.
• Yao Chen concealed the disturbance around Xiao Ling’s cultivation room with a Soul Barrier.

Xiao Yan prepared to meet the Misty Cloud Sect after practicing the Eight Extreme Collapse, while the Xiao Family gathered to receive Sect Leader Yun Yun. Yun Yun arrived with Nalan Yanran and greeted Zi Yan, noting that Xiao Ling was absent in seclusion.

• Xiao Yan practiced the Eight Extreme Collapse and wondered whether Elder Huo would approve of him.
• Butler Mo summoned Xiao Yan to the Reception Hall ahead of the Misty Cloud Sect's visit, which Xiao Yan suspected concerned his marriage arrangement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan joined Xiao Zhan and the elders in the hall, where Xiao Mei regretted having distanced herself from him.
• Zi Yan agreed to represent Xiao Ling's family at the reception and took a seat beside Xiao Zhan.
• The Misty Cloud Sect visitors arrived with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun greeted Xiao Zhan before addressing Zi Yan.

Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Family with Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect, then announced that she wanted to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan. Yun Yun backed her request, leaving Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan furious and the hall stunned.

• Yun Yun greeted Zi Yan, who barely acknowledged her, while the guests settled into an awkward silence.
• Nalan Yanran prompted Yun Yun to signal Ge Ye, who told Xiao Zhan that the Misty Cloud Sect had come to ask a favor.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Zhan she wanted to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan, surprising everyone in the hall.
• Xiao Zhan questioned the decision, and Nalan Yanran insisted it was her own matter, separate from the Nalan Family.
• Yun Yun explained that Misty Cloud Sect rules barred its future Sect Leader from romantic entanglements and asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve the engagement in exchange for generous compensation.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his jade cup, while Xiao Yan took the public request as an insult to him and the Xiao Family.

Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan valuable compensation on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect to end his engagement to Nalan Yanran. Xiao Yan agreed that the engagement should end, but challenged Nalan Yanran to a fight over the public insult to his father and himself.

• Yun Yun presented Xiao Zhan with pills and techniques as compensation for ending Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement.
• Xiao Yan rejected the gifts and asked Nalan Yanran whether Elder Nalan had approved her decision; she said it was her own choice.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she would choose whom to marry, and Xiao Yan agreed that their engagement should be broken.
• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to fight at their shared cultivation level, promising to accept the breakup if he lost and to publicly repudiate her if she lost.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Yan that losing would mean the engagement ended and the Misty Cloud Sect would take back its gifts.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their duel, overcoming her Wind Spirit Fractal Sword with his speed and Eight Extreme Collapse. He declared that he would soon go to the Nalan Family and repudiate his wife.

• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to a match at the Xiao Family's Training Ground, and Zi Yan started the battle.
• Nalan Yanran attacked with Thousand Wind Halberd and Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, but Xiao Yan dodged most of her strikes and charged forward.
• Xiao Yan took one phantom sword to the shoulder and struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extreme Collapse, sending her flying and winning the duel.
• Xiao Zhan checked on Xiao Yan, who healed his wound with a Second-grade Healing Pill.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that he would go to the Nalan Family and repudiate his wife.

Xiao Yan negotiated compensation from the Misty Cloud Sect and peacefully dissolved his engagement with Nalan Yanran. As the sect departed, Xiao Ling emerged from seclusion as a Four-star Dou Huang, drawing attention across Jia Ma Holy City.

• Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan Dou Skills, Sixth-grade Pills, and medicinal ingredients to prevent him from publicly repudiating Nalan Yanran at the Nalan Family's doorstep.
• Xiao Yan agreed to forgo the public repudiation but negotiated for Dou Skills, medicinal ingredients, and pills before ending the engagement with Nalan Yanran.
• After the Misty Cloud Sect left, Xiao Yan examined the resources Yun Yun had provided and anticipated advancing as an alchemist.
• Xiao Ling opened his eyes in the cultivation chamber after breaking through to Four-star Dou Huang, and his aura shattered the chamber's Soul Barrier.
• Yun Yun sensed the breakthrough and realized someone in the Xiao Family, likely Xiao Ling, had reached Dou Huang.
• Xiao Ling confirmed his cultivation had reached Four-star Dou Huang and that the Flame Mantra had advanced to a quasi-Earth-grade Technique.

After emerging from half a year of seclusion as a Four-star Dou Huang, Xiao Ling reunited with his companions and heard about the Misty Cloud Sect’s visit to the Xiao Family concerning Xiao Yan. He checked his status and used ten system draws, gaining several items and techniques, including the Spirit Race Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Xiao Ling left the cultivation chamber, and Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen welcomed him and discussed their progress.
• Xiao Ling congratulated Qing Lin on reaching peak Dou Shi and cautioned Xiao Yi Xian to control the poison qi awakened with her Calamity Poison Body.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that people from the Misty Cloud Sect had visited the Xiao Family over Xiao Yan, and he considered the danger the sect’s Soul Hall connection posed.
• Xiao Ling returned to his room, opened his personal panel, and spent ten draw chances.
• The system awarded Xiao Ling Heavenly Nether Poison Art, the Spirit Race Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, Companion Purple Crystal Source, Wind Extreme Meteor Kill, Thunder Emperor Scripture, and other rewards.

Xiao Ling examined several treasures from the System Space, gave Xiao Yi Xian cultivation techniques and Zi Yan a Companion Purple Crystal Source, then began learning alchemy from Yao Chen. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling returning to his room and wondering what the moon of the Dou Qi Continent was like.

• Xiao Ling examined the Heavenly Nether Poison Scripture, Spirit Race Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, Companion Purple Crystal Source, and Thunder Emperor Scripture, deciding to keep the dangerous clan treasures hidden.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Nether Poison Scripture and Taiyi Soul Art, explaining how they could aid her cultivation and future alchemy.
• Xiao Ling gave Zi Yan the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Xiao Ling studied Yao Chen's Alchemist's Handbook, and Yao Chen offered to guide him in alchemy.
• Yao Chen taught Xiao Ling alchemy for several hours, improving his understanding of medicinal properties and control over Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ling returned to his room and wondered how the Dou Qi Continent's moon differed from the one in his previous life.

After reaching Four-star Dou Huang, Xiao Ling spent a peaceful two months studying alchemy and spending time with his companions in Jia Ma Holy City. As he prepared to leave the Imperial Capital, Nalan Jie visited the Xiao Family and apologized for Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement, but Xiao Ling treated the matter as settled.

• Xiao Ling asked Hai Bodong to prepare ingredients and payment for a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill, then spent his days studying alchemy under Yao Chen and enjoying the city with his companions.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen that Han Feng had fled to the Black Corner Region and promised to hand him over when he was strong enough.
• Xiao Ling teased Xiao Yan about receiving sixth-tier Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast Fire through Yao Yue’s connections while instructing him in alchemy.
• A maid told Xiao Ling that Nalan Jie had come to visit, and Xiao Ling invited him to the courtyard after Xiao Yan left.
• Nalan Jie apologized for Nalan Yanran’s actions and the damage to relations between the Nalan and Xiao Families, but Xiao Ling said the matter had already been settled.

Nalan Jie asked Xiao Ling to remove the Brand Poison afflicting him, and Xiao Ling agreed in exchange for the Nalan Family's Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. Xiao Ling gave the ingredient to Yao Chen, who proposed using it and other materials to create a low-grade seventh-grade pill for Xiao Ling to refine.

• Xiao Ling recognized that Nalan Jie was suffering from a potent poison, and Nalan Jie explained that a Branded Iron Poison Seal Python had inflicted Brand Poison on him two years earlier.
• Nalan Jie offered medicinal ingredients as payment for Xiao Ling's help, but Xiao Ling requested the Nalan Family's Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva instead.
• Nalan Jie agreed to hand over the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Xiao Ling promised to remove his Brand Poison afterward.
• A maid delivered the potted Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to Xiao Ling, who took it to Yao Chen in Qing Lin's cultivation room.
• Yao Chen accepted the ingredient and proposed using it to create a low-grade seventh-grade pill formula that Xiao Ling would refine.

Xiao Ling examined Nalan Jie and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to purge the Brand Poison from his body. After restoring Nalan Jie's bodily functions, Xiao Ling left the Nalan Family estate.

• Xiao Ling arrived at the Nalan Family estate, where Nalan Su brought him to meet Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Ling used his Soul Perception to examine Nalan Jie and found Brand Poison spreading through his flesh and toward his bones and meridians.
• Xiao Ling warned Nalan Jie that purging the poison with a Heavenly Flame would be painful, and Nalan Jie agreed to proceed.
• Xiao Ling controlled the Green Lotus Core Flame to burn away the Brand Poison while using his Healing Skill to repair Nalan Jie's scorched bones.
• Xiao Ling withdrew the flame after completely removing the Brand Poison and restoring Nalan Jie's bodily functions, then flew away from the estate.

Xiao Ling visited the Alchemist Guild in Jia Ma Holy City to search for a fragment containing the first transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes. He found a mysterious Jade Pendant and traded a Spirit Ascension Pill for it.

• Xiao Ling arrived at the Alchemist Guild after helping Nalan Jie remove the Brand Poison, drawing admiration from the Alchemists and guards.
• Xiao Ling explored the Guild’s eastern trading area, where Alchemists bartered rare items rather than selling them for gold.
• Xiao Ling noticed a glowing Jade Pendant with mysterious patterns at a counter belonging to Wang, a Fourth-grade Alchemist and Mittel Family retainer.
• Xiao Ling offered Wang a Spirit Ascension Pill, and after bargaining, exchanged it for the Jade Pendant.