Chapter Summaries

The Ling Family Head joined forces with the Wang Family Head and marched six thousand troops toward Black-Seal City to destroy the Nangong Family. As the armies approached, Nangong Hao Tian prepared for a final battle, while Xiao Huo dismissed the threat and threw Ling Hao and Ling Ming onto the city walls.

• The Ling Family Head assembled his army to avenge Ling Hao and Ling Ming and destroy the Nangong Family.
• The Wang Family Head arrived and agreed to divide the spoils with the Ling Family, while the Ling Family Head claimed Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo for himself.
• The Ling and Wang Families advanced toward Black-Seal City with six thousand troops, drawing alarm across the region.
• Nangong Hao Tian prepared his family for a final battle and said Xiao Huo would avenge them if they lost.
• Ling Hao taunted Xiao Huo about the invading armies, but Xiao Huo called the Ling Family Head an ant and threw Ling Hao and Ling Ming onto the city walls.

Ling Hao and Ling Ming watched the Ling Family and Wang Family arrive with an army of six thousand to destroy the Nangong Family. Xiao Huo ordered the Nangong Family to stand back and declared that he would make both families kneel, leaving the city stunned as he prepared to face the army alone.

• Ling Hao and Ling Ming endured their humiliation and vowed that the Ling Family would take revenge on Xiao Huo and the Nangong Family.
• Xiao Huo reunited with Nangong Yumo and casually spoke with Nangong Hao Tian as the Ling Family and Wang Family army approached Black-Seal City.
• Nangong Hao Tian saw the six-thousand-strong force and ordered the Nangong Family disciples to prepare for battle, while urging Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo to escape.
• The Ling Family Head threatened to destroy the Nangong Family and ordered his forces to capture Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo alive.
• The Ling Family army shattered the Nangong Family's mountain-protecting formation and charged the city walls.
• Xiao Huo told the Nangong Family disciples to fall back and declared that he would make both the Ling Family and Wang Family kneel before him.

Xiao Huo faced the combined Ling and Wang Families after demanding that they kneel, while the Nangong Family placed its hopes in him. He revealed overwhelming power, defeated both Family Heads in one strike, and left the assembled families stunned.

• Nangong Hao Tian ordered the Nangong Family disciples to withdraw and entrusted their fate to Xiao Huo.
• The Ling Family Head and Wang Family Head revealed that they had both reached the Dou Wang realm and challenged Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo manifested golden wings, then used the Space Rule to immobilize the two Family Heads and shatter their Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Huo struck both Family Heads with his massive golden staff, sending them crashing into a pit, bloodied and defeated.
• Ling Hao, the Ling Family disciples, and the Nangong Family reacted in shock as Nangong Yumo and Nangong Hao Tian marveled at Xiao Huo's victory.

Xiao Huo defeated the Ling Family Head and Wang Family Head, but the Ling Family army rallied and unleashed a combined Earth Tier technique against him. The Skyward Spear hurtled toward Xiao Huo as the Nangong Family watched in fear.

• Xiao Huo knocked the Ling Family Head and Wang Family Head into the ground with a single strike.
• The injured Ling Family Head refused to surrender and rallied his six thousand soldiers to attack Xiao Huo.
• Ling Hao urged the army on while Nangong Yumo worried and Nangong Hao Tian trusted Xiao Huo to withstand them.
• The Ling Family army combined its Dou Qi into a massive spear and the Ling Family Head activated the Earth Tier low-grade Dou Technique, Skyward Spear.
• The six thousand soldiers launched the spear at Xiao Huo, tearing through the air as the chapter ended.

The Ling Family Head and Wang Family Head led six thousand people in a combined Earth Tier Dou Technique attack against Xiao Huo. Xiao Huo used the Star Rule and Space Rule to freeze and shatter the attack, leaving the Ling Family Head and his forces devastated.

• The Ling Family Head and Wang Family Head gathered the strength of six thousand people and unleashed an Earth Tier Dou Technique at Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo calmly faced the attack and used the Star Rule and Space Rule to freeze the spear, the surrounding space, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Xiao Huo flicked his fingers and shattered the combined attack into countless particles.
• The Ling Family Head suffered a severe backlash and cried out in despair as the assembled forces stared up at Xiao Huo.

Xiao Huo annihilated the Ling and Wang Families’ forces with a storm and lightning, then revealed a power far beyond the Dou King level. The Ling Family Head and the people of Black-Seal City knelt before Xiao Huo after realizing he was a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Huo’s attacks killed the Wang Family Head and reduced the Ling Family’s six-thousand-strong army to two thousand badly injured survivors.
• Xiao Huo returned to Black-Seal City’s walls as Ling Ming and Ling Hao wondered whether he could make the Ling Family kneel.
• The Ling Family Head refused to submit, but Xiao Huo released an ancient pressure that made him kneel and worship.
• Nangong Hao Tian recognized Xiao Huo’s true cultivation and knelt, followed by Nangong Yumo, the Nangong Family, and the remaining Ling Family guards.
• The Ling Family Head realized Xiao Huo was a Dou Zong, not a Dou King.

After Xiao Huo revealed his Dou Zong strength, the Ling Family knelt, apologized, and offered its wealth and loyalty. Xiao Huo left the family’s submission to Nangong Hao Tian and turned his ambitions toward making the other major families submit to the Sacred Flame Sect.

• The Ling Family Head recognized Xiao Huo as a Dou Zong and knelt to beg forgiveness, while Ling Ming and Ling Hao also apologized and asked for punishment.
• Nangong Hao Tian and Nangong Yumo reacted with shock and gratitude as they realized how powerful Xiao Huo was.
• Xiao Huo asked whether the Ling Family submitted after he destroyed its soldiers and crippled its two sons, and the Ling Family Head affirmed its loyalty.
• The Ling Family Head offered the family’s savings, properties, and profits, and agreed to submit to the Nangong Family and join Black-Seal City.
• Xiao Huo accepted the offer, told Nangong Hao Tian to handle the rest, and resolved to bring the other major families under the Sacred Flame Sect.

After Xiao Huo forced the Ling Family and Wang Family to submit to the Nangong Family, the Ling Family Head begged him to guide his sons and offered his daughter, but Xiao Huo refused when Xun'er and Ya Fei arrived. Xun'er brought what was needed to cure Nangong Yumo, and Xiao Huo left the Ling brothers' training to Xiong Da.

• The Ling Family and Wang Family submitted to the Nangong Family after Xiao Huo's victory, and Ling Ming and Ling Hao apologized to Nangong Yumo.
• The Ling Family Head asked Xiao Huo to guide Ling Ming and Ling Hao, who knelt and begged for another chance to cultivate.
• The Ling Family Head offered his daughter to Xiao Huo, but Xiao Huo refused after sensing Xun'er and Ya Fei outside.
• Xun'er arrived with Ya Fei and revealed that she had brought items that could cure Nangong Yumo once the secret technique affecting her body wore off.
• Xiao Huo gave the Ling Family Head pills to restore his sons' meridians and assigned Xiong Da to train them.

Xiao Huo restored Ling Ming and Ling Hao’s cultivation with pills, earning the Ling Family’s loyalty and advancing to seven-star Dou Ancestor. Later, Xun’er worried that she and Xiao Huo did not have a baby, and Xiao Huo comforted her.

• The Ling Family Head urged Ling Ming and Ling Hao to thank Xiao Huo for the pills and chance to cultivate again.
• Xiong Da said Xiao Huo was stronger than a ninth-grade Alchemist, astonishing the Ling Family Head.
• Ling Ming and Ling Hao took Xiao Huo’s pills, restored their cultivation, and broke through to Three-star Dou King.
• The Ling Family Head pledged that the Ling Family would serve Xiao Huo, and the system rewarded Xiao Huo by advancing him to seven-star Dou Ancestor.
• Xun’er emerged from her bath and asked Xiao Huo whether she was still pretty, then lamented that they did not have a baby.
• Xiao Huo comforted Xun’er and held her in his arms.

Xiao Huo discovered and destroyed a Gu worm that was draining Nangong Yumo’s life, then restored her with Life Qi and Ten Thousand Year Ganoderma. Yumo awakened fully recovered, leaving the Nangong Family amazed and celebrating as Xiao Huo vowed to find whoever had targeted her.

• As Nangong Yumo’s vitality faded, Xiao Huo examined her Spiritual Sea and found a Gu worm devouring her Dou Qi and Life Qi.
• Xiao Huo killed the Gu worm with a Ten Thousand Lightning Strike, then used Life Qi and Ten Thousand Year Ganoderma to restore Yumo.
• After six hours, Nangong Yumo awoke and found Xiao Huo beside her; he reassured her and cared for her as she regained her strength.
• The Nangong Family heard Yumo laughing and realized she had survived, while Nangong Hao Tian and the others waited in disbelief.
• Xiao Huo announced that Yumo had been cured, and Master Feng confirmed that she had recovered without lingering aftereffects.
• Nangong Hao Tian and the Nangong Family celebrated Yumo’s recovery, while Xiao Huo resolved to uncover who had planted the Gu worm.

After Xiao Huo cured Nangong Yumo, the Nangong Family celebrated her recovery and Nangong Hao Tian pledged his gratitude. Master Feng became Xiao Huo’s disciple and urged him to return to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yu’s pregnancy was advancing and Master Feng’s granddaughter needed treatment.

• The Nangong Family disciples praised Xiao Huo after he cured Nangong Yumo, and Nangong Hao Tian knelt to thank him before arranging a feast.
• Nangong Yumo reassured Nangong Hao Tian that she was happy and that Xiao Huo treated her well.
• Master Feng learned Xiao Huo was a Dou Zong and begged to become his disciple, then urged him to return to Jia Nan Academy because Xiao Yu was nearly three months pregnant.
• Xiao Huo accepted Master Feng as his disciple and agreed to treat Master Feng’s granddaughter, who suffered from the same illness as Nangong Yumo.

Xiao Huo learned that Xiao Yu was thriving at Jia Nan Academy, while Nangong Yumo recovered and regained her strength. As Black-Seal City prepared to auction Xiao Huo’s pills, the Nangong Family celebrated Yumo’s recovery and marriage, ending with Xiao Huo taking her hand beneath the moonlight.

• Master Feng praised Xiao Huo’s medical knowledge, and Xiao Huo asked how Xiao Yu was doing at Jia Nan Academy.
• Nangong Yumo recovered, visited Xun'er, and learned cultivation from her.
• Black-Seal City announced an auction of Xiao Huo’s Supreme Quality pills for ten days later, drawing the Six Great Families toward the city.
• Nangong Hao Tian ordered stronger defenses and told Nangong Yumo to bid for pills for Xiao Huo.
• At the Nangong Family banquet, Nangong Hao Tian announced the alliance with the Ling Family and celebrated Yumo’s recovery and marriage.
• Nangong Yumo defeated Ling Ming and Ling Hao in the arena, then danced beneath the moon before Xiao Huo appeared and took her hand.

The Six Great Families and other powers gathered in Black-Seal City for the auction of miraculous pills and to celebrate Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo's marriage. At the banquet, Shangguan Lingshuang saw how close the newlyweds were and decided she would confront Xiao Huo, though she was glad Nangong Yumo seemed happy.

• The Six Great Families arrived in Black-Seal City with wedding gifts and gold, hoping to obtain the pills at the auction.
• The Shangguan Family Head warned Shangguan Lingshuang not to cause trouble, while Lingshuang complained that Xiao Huo had taken Nangong Yumo from her.
• The Eight Great Families and numerous experts gathered at a banquet hosted by Nangong Hao Tian, as people searched for the Alchemist Master behind the pills.
• Xiao Huo sat with Nangong Yumo and secretly caressed her during the banquet, drawing angry looks from the gathered young men.
• Shangguan Lingshuang found Nangong Yumo absorbed in Xiao Huo, felt happy that her friend had found happiness, and vowed to teach Xiao Huo a lesson for taking advantage of her.

At a banquet hosted by the Six Great Families, Zhao Wuji challenged Xiao Huo to prove his superiority and win Nangong Yumo’s admiration. Xiao Huo accepted and stepped onto the battle stage, while Nangong Yumo’s affectionate send-off enraged Zhao Wuji before the fight began.

• The family patriarchs agreed to have their young talents compete, and Zhao Wuji took the stage to challenge Xiao Huo.
• Zhao Wuji dismissed Ling Hao and claimed he could match Xiao Huo’s achievements, while the Zhao Family Patriarch urged him to go easy.
• Nangong Yumo tried to defuse the confrontation, and Shangguan Lingshuang offered to fight Zhao Wuji instead, but he ignored her and taunted Xiao Huo for hiding behind a woman.
• Xiao Huo stood up and accepted Zhao Wuji’s challenge, drawing the attention of the banquet guests.
• Xiao Huo stepped onto the battle stage after Nangong Yumo asked him to be gentle and he affectionately brushed her hair, intensifying Zhao Wuji’s anger.

Xiao Huo defeated Zhao Wuji with one casual strike, shocking the families gathered to watch. The Zhao Family Patriarch apologized and offered compensation, while Nangong Yumo teased Shangguan Lingshuang about whether she had fallen for Xiao Huo.

• Zhao Wuji attacked Xiao Huo, declaring that he was unworthy of Nangong Yumo.
• Xiao Huo used one strike to overwhelm Zhao Wuji and knock him off the platform.
• The spectators reacted in disbelief, and Ling Hao mocked Zhao Wuji as he returned to the Zhao Family Patriarch.
• The Zhao Family Patriarch apologized to Xiao Huo and offered three hundred thousand gold coins as compensation.
• Nangong Yumo teased Shangguan Lingshuang about falling for Xiao Huo, and Shangguan Lingshuang denied it with a blush.

After leaving the banquet, Xiao Huo defeated Shangguan Lingshuang without attacking and took advantage of her while catching her. He gave her a new sword and left, while Lingshuang and Nangong Yumo remained together to examine it.

• Shangguan Lingshuang confronted Xiao Huo about his relationship with Nangong Yumo and challenged him to a fight.
• Shangguan Lingshuang attacked with her icy sword, but Xiao Huo blocked it with one finger and her sword shattered.
• Xiao Huo caught the falling Shangguan Lingshuang, touched her, and gave her a new sword before leaving.
• Shangguan Lingshuang complained to Nangong Yumo that Xiao Huo had taken advantage of her, then drew the sword he had given her and was stunned.

Xiao Huo gave Shangguan Lingshuang a priceless High-grade Earth Tier sword, leaving her and the Shangguan Family Head stunned. Shangguan Lingshuang agreed to sleep in Nangong Yumo’s room, unaware that the night would lead to an unexpected pregnancy.

• Xiao Huo promised to accompany Xun'er to the Ancient Clan and shared an intimate moment with her on the mountaintop.
• Shangguan Lingshuang discovered that Xiao Huo had given her a powerful High-grade Earth Tier sword and wondered whether he was also the mysterious alchemist.
• Shangguan Lingshuang lent Nangong Yumo money to buy Xiao Huo Healing Pills and agreed to stay overnight with her.
• The Shangguan Family Head examined the sword, realized its immense value, and sent Shangguan Lingshuang to stay with Nangong Yumo.
• Shangguan Lingshuang headed for Nangong Yumo’s room, angry at Xiao Huo and determined to fight back if he took advantage of her again.

After Shangguan Lingshuang went to Nangong Yumo’s room to sleep, Xiao Huo mistakenly entered her bed and took her maidenhood. The chapter ended with Lingshuang attacking him in anger after he realized he had mistaken her for Yumo.

• The Shangguan Family Head sent Shangguan Lingshuang to Nangong Yumo’s room after admiring the High-grade Earth Tier spirit artifact Xiao Huo had given her.
• Xiao Huo advanced to seven-star Dou Ancestor, and Miss System told him that upgrading her to Level Five would let her warm his bed.
• Xiao Huo returned to Nangong Yumo’s room at night, expecting to find Yumo beneath the covers.
• Xiao Huo mistook Shangguan Lingshuang for Yumo and took her maidenhood before she woke and recognized him.
• Shangguan Lingshuang summoned her Ice Sword and attacked Xiao Huo, who dodged her and pulled her into his embrace.

After realizing Xiao Huo had taken her purity, Shangguan Lingshuang feared the consequences for herself and her family but chose not to make him take responsibility. She left resolved to bear the aftermath alone and, if she became pregnant, raise Xiao Huo’s child herself.

• Shangguan Lingshuang woke in Nangong Yumo’s bed, saw evidence that Xiao Huo had taken her purity, and broke down in tears.
• Shangguan Lingshuang feared that a pregnancy and scandal could get her expelled from Jia Nan Academy and endanger the Shangguan Family.
• Shangguan Lingshuang admitted to herself that she loved Xiao Huo but felt unworthy of him and refused to interfere with his relationship with Nangong Yumo.
• Shangguan Lingshuang told Xiao Huo he did not need to take responsibility, thanked him for the sword, and asked him to treat Nangong Yumo well.
• Shangguan Lingshuang left determined to face the consequences alone and, if she had Xiao Huo’s child, take care of it herself.

Xiao Huo stopped Shangguan Lingshuang from leaving and promised to take responsibility for her, then revealed his powerful status as the Sacred Flame Sect Master. Shangguan Lingshuang accepted his affection, and he brought her back to the room with Nangong Yumo.

• Shangguan Lingshuang tried to leave, believing she was unworthy of Xiao Huo, but Xiao Huo stopped her and said he would take responsibility for her.
• Xiao Huo pulled Shangguan Lingshuang into his embrace and kissed her, while she continued to doubt that she deserved him.
• Xiao Huo let Shangguan Lingshuang sense his cultivation and identity as the Sacred Flame Sect Master, astonishing her.
• Shangguan Lingshuang dismissed the idea that Xiao Huo was the genius alchemist, and Xiao Huo chose not to correct her.
• Xiao Huo took Shangguan Lingshuang back into the room, where Nangong Yumo was waiting, and the three spent the night together.